Arizona Superfund Site: Indian Bend Wash Area
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Do you need a Toxic Tort Attorney in The Grand Canyon State? The EPA has designated Indian Bend Wash Area in Arizona as a Superfund site because of its amounts of toxic pollution and harm to the natural world. You can read the report for the site below.

Some Superfund sites are on the National Priority Site Lists. The National Priorities List ("NPL") is the list of hazardous waste sites in the United States eligible for long-term remedial action financed under the federal Superfund program. Environmental Protection Agency regulations outline a formal process for assessing hazardous waste sites and placing them on the NPL. The NPL is intended primarily to guide the EPA in determining which sites warrant further investigation.

Sites are listed on the NPL upon completion of Hazard Ranking System (HRS) screening, public solicitation of comments about the proposed site, and after all comments have been addressed. EPA may delete a final NPL site if it determines that no further response is required to protect human health or the environment. Sites where a remediation was completed through the Superfund program are typically deleted from the NPL.

Living near Superfund Sites in Arizona may place you and the people you love at higher risk of getting sick from proximity to the site and experiencing a loss of value for your property, but there are steps you can take to fight back: The EPA says,

[We have] set up a "Post Construction Completion" (or PCC) strategy to ensure that Superfund response actions provide for the long-term protection of human health and the environment. EPA's Post Construction Completion activities also involve optimizing remedies to increase effectiveness and/or reduce cost without sacrificing long-term protection of human health and the environment.

Below you can read the EPA report for the Indian Bend Wash Area Superfund site. If you, a loved one, or someone in your community has gotten sick due to toxic pollution in Indian Bend Wash Area, or if your property has lost value because of pollution, you are better off with a toxic tort attorney who knows the people of the State of Arizona . Learn more about your legal options by filling out this simple form. There is no obligation, and your case will be evaluated within one business day. To refer a friend, neighbor, or loved one, click here to let them know about the environmental toxic tort lawyers at Weitz & Luxenberg.

Indian Bend Wash Area

This site is not a Federal Facility.

Updated: January 25, 2005

INDIAN BEND WASH AZEA
AZIZONA
EPA ID# AZD980695969

EPA Region 9
City: Scottsdale and Tempe
County: Maricopa
Other Names:

Site Responsibility:

This site is being addressed through Federal and potentially responsible parties' actions.

NPL LISTING HISTORY

Proposed Date:12/30/1982

Final Date:09/08/1983

Deleted Date:

Groundwater and soils (in certain isolated areas) are contaminated with VOCs, including TCE and PCE.

The primary risk at the IBW Site was to individuals who may have consumed contaminated groundwater before it was discovered in 1981. Since individuals are currently not drinking the contaminated groundwater, there is no direct human health threat associated with the groundwater contamination. All drinking water in the Scottsdale/Tempe area is provided by municipal drinking water suppliers. This water can not be served to customers unless it meets all drinking water standards set by the federal Safe Drinking Water Act.

Wells can not be drilled in the state of Arizona without a permit from the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR). EPA works with ADWR to coordinate the cleanup efforts at the IBW Site. If someone applied for a well permit, ADWR would inform them of the risks of using the groundwater for drinking, showering, etc.

The greatest risk associated with contaminated soil is its potential to impact the groundwater. If individuals were to come into direct contact with contaminated soil, due to the low concentrations of contaminants present in surface and deep soil, the potential health risks would be minimal or insignificant.

After adding this Site to the NPL, EPA performed preliminary investigations and determined that no immediate actions were required at the Site. Remedies have been selected and cleanup activities in various stages are currently underway at both NIBW and SIBW.

The public information repositories for the site are at the following locations:

NIBW Site Repository
Scottsdale Public Library, Civic Center Library, 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd.
Scottsdale, AZ 85251

SIBW Site Repository
Tempe Public Library, 3500 South Rural Road, Tempe, AZ 85282

The most complete collection of documents is the official EPA site file, maintained at the following location:

Superfund Records Center
Mail Stop SFD-7C
95 Hawthorne Street, Room 403
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 536-2000

Enter main lobby of 75 Hawthorne street, go to 4th floor of South Wing Annex.

EPA SITE MANAGER:

Matthew Jefferson

ADDRESS:

USEPA Region IX (SFD-8-2)
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105

PHONE NUMBER:

(415) 972-3272

E-MAIL ADDRESS:

jefferson.matthew@epa.gov,

EPA COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT COORDINATOR:

Vicki Rosen

ADDRESS:

USEPA Region IX (SFD-3)
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105

PHONE NUMBER:

(415) 972-3244 or (800) 231-3075

E-MAIL ADDRESS:

rosen.vicki@epa.gov

PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTER:

(415) 947-8701

E-MAIL ADDRESS:

r9.info@epamail.epa.gov

STATE CONTACT:

William DePaul
State Project Manager

ADDRESS:

Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
1110 West Washington Street
Phoenix, AZ 85007

PHONE NUMBER:

(602) 771-4654

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State Environmental Protection Agency

US Environmental Protection Agency

(800) 852-7550

(800) 424-8802

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CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT:

01

EPA ORGANIZATION:

SFD-8-2

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source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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