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PCB Spills
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Site Summary Profile
EPA ID: NCD980602163Location: Warrenton, Warren County, NC
Lat/Long: 36.338100, -078.166100
Congressional District: 01
NPL Status: Proposed: 12/30/82; Final: 09/08/83; Deleted: 03/07/86
Affected Media: Soil
Cleanup Status: Deleted from the NPL
Site Reuse/Redevelopment: None
Site Manager: Donna Bledsoe (Bledsoe.donna@epa.gov)
Site Background
Between June and August 1978, over 30,000 gallons of waste transformer oil contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and chlorinated benzene were discharged along 243 noncontiguous miles of highway shoulders in 14 counties in North Carolina.
Threats and Contaminants
Soils were contaminated with PCBs.
Site Cleanup Plan
The cleanup approach for the PCB Spill site was to construct a landfill for disposal of PCB wastes, remove, transport and dispose of contaminated soils, and rebuild the highway shoulder where PCB waste was disposed of illegally.
Cleanup Progress
The State of North Carolina conducted several investigations and feasibility studies between 1979 and 1981 and determined that contamination did not migrate from the spill areas into surface water, biota, or ground water.
In May, 1982, EPA and the State of North Carolina initiated a remedial action to (1) construct a landfill to dispose of PCB wastes; (2) remove, transport and dispose of contaminated soils from highway shoulders; and (3) reconstruct the highway shoulders.
Beginning in June, 1982, a Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) approved landfill was constructed to receive the PCB wastes. Between September and November 1982, approximately 40,000 cubic yards of PCB-contaminated soil was removed and hauled to the newly constructed landfill located in Warren County, North Carolina.
Landfill construction, including capping, grading, and revegetating, was completed in July 1983.
Cleanup was funded by EPA and the State of North Carolina.
Enforcement Activities
Community Involvement
EPA conducted a range of community involvement activities at the PCB Spill site to solicit community input and to ensure that the public remained informed about site activities throughout the site cleanup process.
Future Work
No Five-Year Reviews are required for the site.
No further updates are warranted at this time.
Site Administrative Documents
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