Harvey and Knott Drum

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EPA ID: DED980713093

Location:

Old County Rd
Kirkwood, DE 19708
New Castle County

Congressional District: 1st

Other Names: None

Last Updated: January 2013

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Contacts

Remedial Project Manager
Anthony Iacobone
215-814-5237
iacobone.anthony@epa.gov

Community Involvement Coordinator
Vance Evans
800-553-2509
215-814-5526
evans.vance@epa.gov

State and Congressional Liaison
Sasha Brown-Perry
215-814-5404
Brown-Perry.kinshasa@Epa.gov

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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:
Vance Evans
800-553-2509
215-814-5526

Site Status

The cleanup of this site was completed in June 1994, and a five-year review conducted in 2008 confirmed that the cleanup remedy remains protective of public health and the environment.
The cleanup consisted of capping contaminated soil, excavating contaminated sediments, and continuous monitoring of the groundwater and surface water.

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Background

The Harvey & Knott Drum site was an open dump and burning area between 1963 and 1969 on a portion of a 20-acre site.
The facility accepted municipal and industrial wastes believed to be sludge, paint pigments, and solvents.
Wastes were emptied into trenches or left in drums, some buried on site.
The site is several hundred feet back from the highway in an open field and about 300 people live within one mile.

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Cleanup History

NPL Listing History

Status:	Proposed:1982
Deleted:	Added:1983

In 1982 EPA put a fence around the disposal area and staged leaky drums for removal. Seventeen monitoring wells were installed to identify the nature and extent of groundwater contamination.

In 1983 and 1984, 46 leaky drums were removed, a soil berm and surface drainage ditch were constructed.
EPA entered into a mixed funding agreement with General Motors to design and implement the full remedy laid out in the 1985 Record of Decision.
GM removed over 100 additional drums, 955 cubic yards of contaminated soil, and approximately 180,000 gallons of water pumped from the pond in the disposal area.
The Record of Decision was modified in 1992. This modification, known as an Explanation of Significant Differences, included capping lead-contaminated soils, excavating the pond an sediments, and starting the groundwater/surface water monitoring program, which continues today.

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Contaminants and Risks

Specific contaminants found in the groundwater include volatile organic compounds, such as ethyl benzene and toluene. Heavy metals included arsenic, admium and lead.
Heavy metals were detected in on-site sediments and surface water.
Contaminants detected in soil and sediments include volatile organic compounds, heavy metals and PCBs.
The groundwater/surface water monitoring program is ongoing and will ensure that the remedy continues to be protective of human health and the environment.
Contaminant descriptions and associated risk factors are available at: (ATSDR web site).

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Documents and Reports

To search an on-line database of all documents and reports on the Harvey and Knott DrumHarvey and Knott Drum site, go to EPA’s Administrative Record Database.

All documents and reports can also be reviewed in person at these locations:

Newark Free Library
Public Reading Room
705 Library Avenue
Newark, DE 19711
(302) 731-7550

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

Some of the site’s key documents of interest are accessible below.

Record of Decision

Five-Year Reviews
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