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Golden Strip Septic Tank Service
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Photos/Multimedia
YMCA of Greenville has built shelters for summer activities near the capped landfill area of the Golden Strip Septic Tank Service site.
- Additional Site Photos
- Site Video
Additional Resources
- Site Cleanup Terms - can be found in EPA's glossary
- EPA Guides to Cleanup Technologies
- Superfund Community Involvement (PDF) (17 pp, 130K, About PDF)
Site Summary Profile
EPA ID: SCD980799456Location: Simpsonville, Greenville County, SC
Lat/Long: 34.785000, -082.246600
Congressional District: 04
NPL Status: Proposed: 01/22/87; Final: 07/22/87; Deleted: 9/10/98
Affected Media: Ground water, Soil, Sludge, Surface Water
Cleanup Status: Deleted from the NPL - Physical cleanup activities have been completed.
Site Reuse/Redevelopment: Recreational - The YMCA of Greenville has developed a multi-use recreational complex, day camp, and park at the site.
Site Manager: Craig Zeller (zeller.craig@epa.gov)
Site Background
The Golden Strip Septic Tank site is located on a 55-acre parcel near Simpsonville, Greenville County, South Carolina. An industrial and septic waste hauling and disposal service was operated on the site from 1960 to 1975. During the period of active operation, industrial and septic wastes were discharged into five unlined wastewater lagoons located on site with a combined capacity of 2.8 million gallons.
The site is situated in a semi-rural area on a portion of a family farm, and is surrounded by a residential subdivision on three sides. An estimated 1,600 people draw drinking water from springs and private wells within three miles of the site. The site is also located in the drainage basin of Gilder Creek, which is used for recreational activities.
Threats and Contaminants
Site investigations detected the presence of inorganic contaminants such as cadmium, chromium, copper, lead and cyanide in the lagoon water, sludge, and surrounding soils. The presence of these contaminants in the soils also threatened ground water and surface water in the area.
Site Cleanup Plan
The Record of Decision (ROD) for the site was issued in 1991. Major cleanup elements for the site included:
- Discharge of surface water from the active lagoons to the local publicly-owned treatment works.
- Excavation of impacted soil/sludge and treatment by cement solidification/stabilization.
- Backfilling the cement-treated material into an on-site landfill cell.
- Covering the on-site excavations with clean soil.
- Establishing a vegetative cover that will prevent erosion.
- Long-term surface water and ground water monitoring to ensure the solidified, landfilled waste treatment remains effective in providing adequate protection of human health and the environment.
- Establishment of a restrictive easement for the property to limit land use.
Cleanup Progress
The remedy was initiated in August 1994 by pretreatment and discharge of the water from the open lagoons. Full scale excavation of contaminated soil/sludge began in May 1995. Once affected soils and sludges were excavated, they were mixed with 30 percent portland cement and water, transported to the on-site landfill, and compacted. The finished landfill was capped with more than 30 inches of clean soil and a vegetative cover was re-established. An approximate total of 57,000 cubic yards of soil-cement was placed into the on-site landfill at an estimated cost of $6 million. Construction of the remedy was completed in April 1996.
The site was deleted from the National Priorities List in September 1998. Current operation and maintenance activities include inspections to verify the integrity of the cap, cover and site security; landscape maintenance to keep the landfill cap intact; and stream and ground water monitoring to verify the performance of the soil remedy.
The YMCA of Greenville purchased this property in 2002 and has re-developed the site. The YMCA-Lucille Rice Recreational Park offers a day camp, team-building exercise courses, education trails, athletic fields, picnic areas, and natural areas. The former family farm structures on the site are being developed as an interactive environmental education center.
Site cleanup activities were led primarily by potentially responsible parties (PRPs) with oversight by EPA.
Enforcement Activities
On April 6, 1992, the PRPs formally entered into a Consent Decree with EPA, outlining the basis for remedial design and remedial action at the site. This Consent Decree was formally entered with the United States District Court on January 4, 1993.
Community Involvement
EPA has conducted a range of community involvement activities at the Golden Strip Septic Tank Service 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
This site is subject to Five-Year Reviews (FYRs). The second FYR for this site was completed on September 26, 2006, and the third FYR is scheduled to be completed by September 2011.
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.
Hendricks Branch Library
626 Northeast Main Street
Simpsonville, SC 29681
Administrative Record Index
- OU-1 (PDF) (9 pp, 381K, About PDF)
- Deletion (PDF) (14 pp, 784K, About PDF)
For documents not available on the website, please contact the Region 4 Freedom of Information Office.