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Kent County (Houston) Landfill
EPA ID: DED980705727
New Castle County, DE
Congressional District: 1st
Other Names: Delaware Sand & Gravel-Lllangolen,
Army Creek Landfills
Last Updated: February 2013, Updates on an as-needed basis
Contacts
Remedial Project Manager
Debra Rossi
215-814-3228
rossi.debra@epa.gov
Community Involvement Coordinator
Ruth Wuenschel
215-814-5540
wuenschel.ruth@epa.gov
State and Congressional Liaison
Sasha Brown-Perry
215-814-5404
Brown-Perry.kinshasa@Epa.gov
Bulletin Board
Questions
The EPA is dedicated to providing you with timely and accurate information about our work at this site. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact:
Ruth Wuenschel
215-814-5540
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Site Status
- In October 1992, the Kent County Landfill site was removed from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s National Priorities List, based on a May 1992 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
- Therefore, the parties potentially responsible for site contamination are no longer obligated to continue cleanup work under a 1991 EPA order.
- The site is currently being addressed under the State of Delaware’s Hazardous Substance Control Act.
Background
- The approximately 100-acre Kent County (Houston) Landfill site was operated as a municipal landfill by the County from 1969 to 1980. Residential trash, sludge from poultry processing plants, oil sludge, hospital wastes, waste polymers, and solvents were accepted at the facility.
- The landfill holds an estimated two million cubic yards of waste and fill materials. The wastes were deposited in unlined trenches.
- In 1980, the County covered the landfill with three to five feet of sandy soil and planted grass and other vegetation.
- In 1980 and 1984, EPA found contaminants in a monitoring well screened in the water table aquifer underlying the site. EPA also found contaminated leachate seeping from the landfill. Approximately 684 people use private wells within three miles of the site. About 1,200 acres of cropland within three miles of the site are irrigated by well water, and surface water near the site is used for recreational purposes.
Cleanup History
NPL Listing History
| Added:1990 | Proposed: |
| Deleted: 1992 | Final: |
- This site was proposed to the list June 16, 1988 and formally added to the list August 8, 1990.
- The site was deleted from the list October 14, 1992.
- In spring 1998, the parties potentially responsible for the site contamination completed a study to determine the nature and extent of contamination and to evaluate alternatives for addressing the contamination.
- The State’s remediation plan, issued in June 1998, calls for monitoring and land and groundwater use restrictions.
Contaminants and Risks
- Contaminant descriptions and associated risk factors are available at: (ATSDR web site).
Documents and Reports
- To search an on-line database of documents and reports on the Atlantic Wood Industries, Inc site, go to EPA’s Administrative Record Database.
- All documents and reports can also be reviewed in person at these locations:
U.S. EPA Region 3 NPL Public Docket
c/o U.S. EPA Region 3 Library
1650 Arch Street, 2nd floor (3PM52)
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029
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Community Information
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