General Tire and Rubber (Mayfield Landfill)

• Site Profile
• Administrative Record Index (All PDF): OU1 (PDF, 6 pp., 241K), Deletion (PDF, 1 pp., 28K)
• 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 Background:
The General Tire & Rubber Company Site (Mayfield Landfill) is a 58-acre landfill located to the northeast of the company's tire manufacturing plant. The company began disposing of wastes in the landfill in 1970, shortly after the State approved the operation. Between 1970 and 1979, an estimated 152 tons of hazardous wastes were disposed in trenches on the Site. Mayfield creek is located approximately 150 yards from the eastern edge of the landfill. The Site was added to the National Priorities List in February 1990.

Cleanup Progress: Construction Completed
In 1981, General Tire began a groundwater monitoring program in compliance with a State request. In 1984 the landfill was covered and vegetated. As a result of the NPL listing, the company completed an investigation and risk assessment of the Site in the summer of 1993. Based on this study, EPA determined that no cleanup action was necessary since the Site did not exhibit a threat to human health or the environment. The Site continues to be monitored by the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The Site was removed from the NPL on October 27, 2000. No Five-Year Reviews are required for the Site. No further updates are warranted at this time.