Asbestos Removal Project--Stabilization of Sinclair Refinery Landfill

We recommend you read about the EPA’s plan to stabilize the landfill at the Sinclair Refinery. This New York facility was contaminated with asbestos and other dangerous environmental pollutants.

The EPA selected the following remedies to stabilize the eroding Sinclair landfill: (1) remove approximately 300 drums from the landfill and dispose of them off-site; (2) excavate wastes such as asbestos from the 2-acre South Landfill Area; (3) place clean fill in the excavated area; (4) consolidate excavated wastes into the Central Elevated Sinclair Refinery 1 12/5/07 Landfill Area; (5) cap consolidated wastes in the Central Elevated Landfill Area; (6) partially channelize the Genesee River to protect the landfill from erosion or flooding; and (7) construct a fence around the entire landfill to secure it.

The EPA approved the designs to implement the river channelization portion of the remedy in February 1990 and the landfill consolidation portion in September 1990. Fieldwork commenced in 1990, and both of these activities were completed in 1991.

The design of the cap for the consolidated landfill was completed at the end of 1991, with site construction activity commencing in 1992. Construction of the landfill cap was completed in January 1994.

Courtesy of the EPA