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SCRDI Dixiana
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Photos/Multimedia
Building housing the ground water extraction and treatment system at the SCRDI Dixiana 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: SCD980711394Location: Cayce, Lexington County, SC
Lat/Long: 33.904450, -081.063880
Congressional District: 02
NPL Status: Proposed: 12/30/82; Final: 09/08/83
Affected Media: Ground water
Cleanup Status: Construction Complete - Physical cleanup activities have been completed.
Site Reuse/Redevelopment: Potential for Commercial
Site Manager: Yvonne Jones (jones.yvonneo@epa.gov)
Site Background
The 2-acre South Carolina Recycling and Disposal, Inc. (SCRDI) Dixiana site is located in the town of Cayce, Lexington County, South Carolina. In 1978, SCRDI leased the site for drum storage of industrial wastes, including paints, solvents, acids, waste oils, phenols, and dyes. Instances of poor handling practices, leaky drums, and exposure to the weather created a number of discharges to the environment before the estimated 1,100 drums were removed from the site.
Threats and Contaminants
As a result of several investigations conducted by South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC), volatile organic compounds were found in the ground water and areas with visibly contaminated soil containing high levels of metals and volatile organic compounds were identified throughout the site.
Approximately 1,200 people use water supply wells within three miles of the site. Ground water samples from residential wells adjacent to the site had detectable concentrations of volatile organic compounds.
Site Cleanup Plan
The Record of Decision (ROD) for the site was issued in 1986. Major cleanup elements for the site included:
- Ground water extraction, treatment with air stripping and carbon adsorption, and discharge of treated ground water to the surface.
- Ground water extraction and treatment is estimated to operate for a period of approximately 30 years.
Cleanup Progress
Residences with wells that had been contaminated by site-related activities were connected to municipal water lines from the City of Cayce.
Construction of the ground water system described in the 1986 ROD commenced on October 15, 1990 and was completed on September 23, 1992. Since initialization of the system in 1992, over 100 million gallons of ground water have been extracted, treated, and discharged to the local publicly owned treatment works. Levels of contaminants are decreasing and the migration of the ground water plume is under control.
Site cleanup activities, as well as operation and maintenance of the ground water system, are being led primarily by potentially responsible parties (PRPs) with oversight by EPA.
Enforcement Activities
An August 1978 SCDHEC suit against SCRDI resulted in a Court Order which banned further shipments of waste to the site. Thereafter, SCRDI removed all drummed wastes from the property. In addition to moving drummed wastes, visibly contaminated surface soil was stockpiled and later removed from the site.
In February 1995, EPA issued a Unilateral Administrative Order changing the leadership of site cleanup activities to the PRPs.
Community Involvement
EPA has conducted a range of community involvement activities at the SCRDI Dixiana 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 fourth FYR for this site is scheduled to be completed by September 2010.
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.
R. H. Smith Library
1006 Twelfth Street
Cayce, SC 29033
Administrative Record Index
- OU-1 (PDF) (5 pp, 244K, About PDF)
For documents not available on the website, please contact the Region 4 Freedom of Information Office.