Copley Square Plaza

Site Information

Copley, OH (Summit County)
EPA ID# OH0000563122
NPL Site Narrative
NPL Factsheet
Superfund Site Progres Profile
Alias(es): Danton Dry Cleaners
Site photos
Maps
- Ground Water Plume Map (PDF) (1pg, 52K) September 2011

Contact Information

Community Involvement Coordinator
Susan Pastor (pastor.susan@epa.gov)
312-353-1325 or 800-621-8431, ext. 31325

Remedial Project Manager
Margaret Gielniewski (gielniewski.margaret@epa.gov)
312-886-6244 or 800-621-8431, ext. 66244

Ohio EPA Site Coordinator
Mike Bolas (mike.bolas@epa.state.oh.us)
330-963-1109

Repositories

(where to view written records)

Copley Twp. Trustees Office
1540 S. Cleveland-Massillon Road
Copley, OH

Fairlawn-Bath Public Library
3101 Smith Road
Akron, OH

Links

EPA Superfund Home Page
Region 5 Superfund
Superfund Frequent Questions

Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry

Background

The Copley Square Plaza Superfund site is located at 2777 Copley Road in Copley Township, Summit County. The site is near Copley Road, a busy street in the township. Private homes and the Meadows of Copley units are located immediately to the east, south and southeast.(more...)

Tetrachloroethene information from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

Site Updates | News Releases | Fact Sheets || Technical Documents || Public Meetings

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Site Updates

April 2013

Soil and Ground Water Work To Start in May

Treatment of the shallow ground water and soil is set to begin in May. Workers will be operating heavy equipment from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday within the property area located north of Copley Road, between Copley Square Plaza and Meadow Run. The work is expected to continue into August. You may notice:
• Frequent loud equipment noises.
• Dust from the construction.
• Heavy equipment in the area – please don’t allow children to play on or near the equipment.

Water

Twenty-three homes have been connected to public water and all private wells are being abandoned. We also removed whole-house filtration systems which were installed in the basements of six homes in 1994. Roadways and driveways were restored after the water connections and new fire hydrant installations were completed. Soil was brought in to cover excavated areas. Grass seed was placed on top and covered with hay to prevent it from blowing away. EPA will return in the spring to add more soil and grass seed as needed.

Based on results from water samples taken in 2011, it was decided that EPA would pay for these homes to be hooked up to Akron city water since they were on top or very near an underground area, or plume, of PERC contamination.

Residents whose homes were hooked up will receive a monthly water bill from the city of Akron. The Meadows of Copley homes aren't affected because they have always been connected to public water.

Connecting homes to public water is one part of our cleanup.

Vapor

Two of the homes that received public water also received vapor intrusion mitigation systems along with five other Copley homes. Indoor systems (about the size of footballs) were placed in basements to extract air from the soil beneath them. Vapors are being vented outdoors. Although the air venting systems were installed for free, there will be a slight increase in monthly electric bills.

Addressing homes suspected to have vapors rising up through the ground and entering them through a process known as "vapor intrusion" is the second part of our cleanup.

Ground Water

In addition to providing homes with city water, the tetrachloroethene, or PERC, cleanup involves treating the ground water in place. To do this, a thick chemical solution will be injected into the soil to break up the PERC into harmless compounds.

Some new monitoring wells have been installed to see if there is more PERC contamination deeper underground. These wells, along with those previously installed, are being sampled quarterly through fall 2013. The results will be summarized in a document called a Remedial Investigation Report which should be available to the public by spring 2014.

Addressing contaminated ground water is the third part of our cleanup.

Copley Square Plaza is one of 34 Superfund projects nationwide, and the only project in Ohio, to receive funding to address their environmental problems in 2012.

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