Howe Valley Landfill

• Site Profile
• Administrative Record Index (All PDF): OU1 (29 pp., 1.2M), ESD (3 pp., 84K), Deletion (2 pp., 74K)
• 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 Howe Valley Landfill site consists of 11 acres in karst terrain. Approximately 2.5 acres of the site had been cleared for the landfilling of wastes. The site was used as an industrial waste landfill, operated by Kentucky Industrial Services, Inc. From 1967 through 1976, when the State permit expired. During the operation of the facility, drums of sludge and bulk wastes associated with various manufacturing and insulation operations were disposed of onsite. Waste material and drums were exposed on the surface of the landfill. In 1979, groundwater samples collected by the Kentucky Division of Water Quality indicated that the site might have been contaminating the local groundwater. There were approximately 25 people living within a 1-mile radius of the site who depend on private wells for drinking water . The Site was included on the National Priorities List (NPL) in July 1987.

Cleanup Progress: Construction Completed
In 1988 two Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs) agreed to conduct a remedial investigation/feasibility study, and excavate and dispose of the buried wastes. In 1991 a consent decree with Dow Corning was signed to conduct a treatability study, remedial design, and remedial action. 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 : 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. The final cleanup performed by Dow Corning was significantly larger in scope than originally estimated or required in the Record of Decision. EPA and Dow Corning had an excellent working relationship which facilitated and expedited the remedial action. No hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants remain on-site exceeding concentrations that will restrict use of the site or threaten human health. EPA deleted the Howe Valley Landfill Superfund Site from the National Priorities List on August 26, 1996.

No Five-Year Reviews are required for the Site. No further updates are warranted at this time.