Mid-Atlantic Superfund

EPA Region 3 (Mid-Atlantic)

Delaware
Sussex County

EPA ID# DESFN0305412

1st Congressional District

Last Update: April 1999

Other Names

None

Current Site Status

EPA is preparing a contract proposal for the cleanup of the site soils. The contract will be a fixed-price contract with a performance-based standard, which means the contract will require a specific level of cleanup for the successful completion of the contract. EPA is currently doing a market survey to contact potential vendors.

Site Description

The Harbeson Dead Swan Site is a farm, a portion of which was formerly used as a skeet shooting range. Lead shot is contained in the surface soils. The Site is in the migration path of Tundra Swans and other species protected under the Migratory Bird Act. When used as a resting place, the swans ingest the lead shot. A rash of swan deaths occurred at the Site in 1998.

Site Responsibility

This site is being addressed by an EPA Superfund Removal Action

NPL Listing History

This Site is not on the National Priorities List

Threats and Contaminants

Lead shot is the primary contaminant at the Site. The lead shot must be removed to reduce the threat to wildlife in the area and also mitigate the potential of lead uptake in the farming plants.

Cleanup Progress

There were no previous actions at the Site.

Contacts

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