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Pioneer Sand Company
Pioneer Sand CompanyEPA ID: FLD056116965
Location: Pensacola, Escambia County, FL
Congressional District: 01
NPL Status: Proposed: 12/30/82; Final: 09/08/83; Deleted 02/08/93
Project Manager
Documents:
- Site Profile
- Administrative Record Index: Deletion (PDF: 9 pp., 329K)
- Pioneer Sand Company Reuse Fact Sheet (PDF: 1 pp, 1.19M)
- Site Status Update, June 2004 (PDF: 3 pp., 46K)
- Second 5-Year Review Start Fact Sheet, May 2004 (PDF: 1 pp., 44K)
- Additional Site Documents including Five Year Reviews, Records of Decisions (ROD) and Explanation of Significant Differences (ESD).
- For documents not available on the website, please contact the Region 4 Freedom of Information Office (http://www.epa.gov/region4/foiapgs/submit.htm).
Site Description
The 11-acre Pioneer Sand Company site is an inactive quarry that was licensed in 1974 to receive shredded auto parts, construction debris, and various industrial sludges. Between 1974 and 1978, phenols and resin compounds were disposed on the site by Newport Industries, currently Reichold Chemical. Domestic and industrial wastes, including plating sludges, were received from the Pensacola Naval Air Station.
Approximately 75 percent of the site is an excavation pit, while the remaining 25 percent is the fill area where the wastes were deposited. In 1981, the Florida Department of Environmental Regulations (FDER) did not renew the disposal permit and ordered the dumping to cease. The State and EPA detected contamination in the soil. A monitoring well installed by the company and one of the on-site disposal ponds also were found to be contaminated. A wellfield for the City of Pensacola, which has a population of approximately 67,000 is located within 3 miles of the site. Sampling of nearby private wells indicated no off-site groundwater contamination. Groundwater is being monitored for BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene), chromium, and cadmium. There are no known domestic uses of groundwater within the area.
The second Five-Year Review was submitted in November 2004. The second Five – Year Review concluded that the remedy is protective of human health and the environment. The third Five – Year Review is currently being performed. The Five – Year Review of the remedy for the Site is scheduled to be completed in 2009.
Contact Information
Peter Thorpe
thorpe.peter@epa.gov
404-562-9688