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Duck Creek Watershed
Issue 2 – Landfills, Dumps, and Brownfield Sites
Buckeye Pipeline Company (3321 York Street, Oregon)
Site History:
The Buckeye Pipeline Company operates a petroleum products pipeline pumping
station which transports commodities such as gasoline, No. 2 heating oil, kerosene,
etc. In November of 1992, 63,000 gallons of unleaded premium gasoline was
released and migrated into Otter Creek.
Site Investigation (1996)
The site was investigated as a part of the Ohio EPA Maumee Area of Concern Project
Phase II Site Assessments in 1996. Soil samples showed elevated levels of benzene,
toluene, ethyl benzene and zylenes, probably attributable to pipelines, and associated
leakage, spills and activities at the site. Evidence doesn’t suggest migration from the
site to Otter Creek. Benzene was also detected at elevated levels in the ground water
below the site. This may be due to migration from onsite soils into the water table. It
was recommended this site be further evaluated.
Lead Organization:
Ohio EPA (funded in part by a grant from US EPA)
Consaul Street Dump (2510 Consaul St., Toledo)
Site History:
The Ohio Brick Company owned a portion of this site from 1913 to 1952 and used it
for clay mining and brick manufacturing. This property was then sold to Kuhlman
Builders Supply and Brick Company in 1952. The depression that remained from the
mining operations was subsequently filled with waste materials. The Consaul Street
Dump was operated from 1948 to 1966. The City of Toledo Streets Division operated
it from 1958 to 1966. The site is alleged to have received sludge, solvents, acids, and
other organic wastes. DDT was sprayed twice per week for pest and vector control
and the waste was burned regularly. Two major underground pipelines traverse the
property: a main City of Toledo high-pressure drinking water line and a Sun Oil
petroleum products line.
A trailer park development (Parkway Mobile Home Village) was built on the north side
of the site in 1970 and still exists on the site. By 1971, this site was known to be
leaching into Duck Creek. At that time an estimated 100,000 gallons/day were flowing
into Duck Creek. A French Drain leachate collection system was installed in 1975.
In 1988, the system overflowed and about 300,000 gallons/day entered Duck Creek.
Since 1988 the City of Toledo has done numerous investigations at the site. As of
1991 the system was discharging approximately 8,000 gallons/day into the sanitary
sewer.
Site Investigation (1982-1983)
In 1982 the Ohio Department of Health began a human health study that was
completed in 1983. On May 12, 1983 Ohio EPA and ODH issued a report stating that
no human heath threat exists at the site.
In 1983 leachate was reported discharging into Duck Creek at approximately 3.5
gallons per hour. Solvents and hydrocarbons were not detected in samples taken.
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Activities and Accomplishments
Issue 2: Landfills, Dumps and
in the Maumee Area of Concern Brownfield Sites