Region 5 Superfund (SF)

U.S. EPA REGION 5
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY
CLAYPOOL

Congressional District # 3

LAKELAND DISPOSAL SERVICE, INC.

EPA ID# IND064703200
Last Updated: April, 2008

Site Description

Lakeland Disposal Service, Inc. operated a 39 acre sanitary landfill three miles northwest of Claypool in Kosciusko County, Indiana. The landfill was licensed by the Indiana State Board of Health to accept municipal and certain industrial wastes. Beginning in 1974, general refuse and hazardous wastes, including cyanide and sludges containing paint, hydroxides of aluminum, and heavy metals were disposed at the site. In 1978, the Kosciusko County Circuit Court ordered the landfill closed as a result of improper operations. The area has several wetlands, which could be affected by contaminated runoff from the site. There are approximately 1,100 residents living within two miles of the site who rely on private wells for their water supply. Claypool's two municipal wells are located within three miles of the site.

Site Responsibility

This site is being addressed through federal, state, and potentially responsible parties' actions.

Threats and Contaminants

According to the Indiana State Board of Health records and other information, wastes disposed at the site included at least 18,000 drums of paint sludge, 8,900 tons of plating sludge, and two million gallons of plating sludge containing various hydroxide sludges of aluminum, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, nickel, tin, selenium, and zinc. Drummed wastes include benzene, 1,1-dichloroethane, 1,2-dichloroethane, ethyl benzene, methylene chloride, toluene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, trichloroethane, and xylene. Additionally, vinyl chloride, trichloroethane, 1,2-dichloroethene, antimony, and lead were found in groundwater at levels exceeding their established primary drinking water standards. Onsite soils are contaminated with heavy metals. 

Cleanup Progress

In 1989, Dana Corporation, General Motors Corporation, United Technologies Automotive, Inc., and Warsaw Black Oxide, Inc. signed a Consent Order with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) and conducted the investigation of site contamination and an evaluation of cleanup alternatives. The remedy selected in the 1993 Record of Decision (ROD) includes: fencing and security to prevent unauthorized access; deed restrictions; removal and proper disposal of buried waste in a "hot spot" area; construction and maintenance of a landfill cap and gas collection system; construction of a subsurface slurry wall to prevent groundwater migration from the site; extraction and treatment of the groundwater within the slurry wall; a monitoring program to ensure that the constructed system is operating effectively; and a wetlands assessment with restoration and/or replacement of wetlands affected. In 1994, U.S. EPA issued a Unilateral Administrative Order (UAO) to the above parties, including Eaton Corporation, to design and implement the selected cleanup actions. The Remedial Design (RD) was completed. During the RD, an investigation was performed on the "hot spot" area. It was determined that an alternate remedy to remediate the "hot spot" area would be more cost effective than excavation and offsite incineration as specified in the ROD. In October 1998, a ROD amendment to use low temperature thermal desorption (LTTD) to treat the "hot spot" area was approved.  Authorization to proceed with the LTTD of the "hot spot" area was given by U.S. EPA in August 2000.  The LTTD of the "hot spot" area was completed in May 2001. The Final Remedial Action (RA) construction was completed in September 2002.  The Preliminary Close-out Report was completed on September 26, 2002. The subsurface slurry wall, landfill cap, groundwater extraction and treatment system, wetlands mitigation, and gas system are also completed. The Final Inspection was conducted in fall 2004. The PRP is conducting the operation and maintenance (O&M) at the site. The first five-year review was completed in August 2005, concluding that the remedy remains protective of human health and the environment.  The next five-year review will be due in August 2009. 

Contacts

Remedial Project Manager, U.S. EPA
scott hansen (hansen.scott@epa.gov)
(312) 886-1999

Community Involvement Coordinator, U.S. EPA
mike joyce
(312) 353-5546

Aliases

LAKELAND DISPOSAL SERV INC

 

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