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Howe Valley Landfill
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Site Summary Profile
EPA ID: KYD980501191Location: Howe Valley, Hardin County, KY
Lat/Long: 37.668500, -086.124200
Congressional District: 02
NPL Status: Proposed: 06/10/86; Final: 07/22/87; Deleted: 07/26/96
Affected Media: Soil
Cleanup Status: Deleted from the NPL - Physical cleanup activities have been completed.
Site Reuse/Redevelopment: Potential for recreational use
Site Manager: Nestor Young (young.nestor@epa.gov)
Site Background
The Howe Valley Landfill site consists of 11 acres of karst terrain located in Howe Valley, Hardin County, Kentucky. From 1967 through 1976, Kentucky Industrial Services, Inc. operated an industrial waste landfill on approximately 2.5 acres of the site. During the operation of the facility, drums of sludge and bulk wastes associated with various manufacturing and insulation operations were disposed of on site. Operations ceased in 1976 after the State landfill permit had expired. The Kentucky Division of Water Quality (KDWQ) visited the site in 1979 and found waste material and drums exposed on the surface of the landfill. Ground water samples collected by KDWQ indicated that the site might have been contaminating the local ground water.
Threats and Contaminants
Soil at the site was contaminated with heavy metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Soil contamination threatened local ground water. There are approximately 25 people living within a 1-mile radius of the site who depend on private wells for drinking water.
Site Cleanup Plan
The Record of Decision (ROD) for the site was issued in 1990. Major cleanup elements for the site included:
- Excavation and off-site disposal of approximately 100 cubic yards of outlying soils that contain elevated concentrations of inorganics.
- Replacement of removed soils with clean fill dirt.
- Excavation and treatment, via on-site aeration, of approximately 7,400 cubic yards of central area soils that contain elevated concentrations of organics.
- Implementation of a bench-scale treatability study to insure that the aeration process will reduce organic concentrations to acceptable levels.
- On-site air monitoring to insure adequate protection of workers and nearby residents.
- Installation of water diversion ditches to prevent water from running onto the aerating soils.
- Vegetation of the site to restore its natural conditions.
- Five years of quarterly monitoring of Boutwell spring and additional springs or wells that lay along the ground water conduit between Boutwell spring and the site.
- Placement of restrictions on the deed to limit use of the property and its associated ground water.
Cleanup Progress
In 1988, two potentially responsible parties (PRPs) agreed to conduct a Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study, as well as to excavate and properly dispose of the buried wastes on the property.
The remedial action (RA) began in 1992 and was performed to address the residual organic and inorganic contamination in the soil. The RA consisted of the following actions: 1) land farming soil contaminated with 1,1,1-tricholoroethane, 1,2-dichloroethene and tetrachloroethene; and, 2) excavation and disposal of soil contaminated with chromium, copper, zinc and cyanide. The RA was completed in August 1994.
Site cleanup activities were led primarily by PRPs with oversight by EPA.
The Howe Valley Landfill site was deleted from the National Priorities List on July 26, 1996.
Enforcement Activities
In 1991 a consent decree with Dow Corning, a PRP, was signed to conduct a treatability study, remedial design, and remedial action.
Community Involvement
EPA has conducted a range of community involvement activities at the Howe Valley Landfill site to solicit community input and to ensure that the public remains informed about site activities throughout the site cleanup process. Outreach activities have included public notices, interviews, and public meetings on cleanup activities and updates.
Future Work
No hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants remain on site exceeding concentrations that will restrict use of the site or threaten human health.
No Five-Year Reviews are required for the site. No further updates are warranted at this time.
Site Administrative Documents
Site Repository
For more information or to view any site-related documents, please visit the site information repository at the following location. As new documents are generated, they will be placed in the information repository for public information.
Hardin County Public Library
201 West Dixie Avenue
Elizabethtown, KY 42701
Administrative Record Index
- OU-1 (PDF) (29 pp, 1.2MB, About PDF)
- ESD (PDF) (3 pp, 84K, About PDF)
- Deletion (PDF) (2 pp, 74K, About PDF)
For documents not available on the website, please contact the Region 4 Freedom of Information Office.