California Superfund Site: Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. (South San Jose Plant)
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Do you need a Toxic Tort Attorney in The Land of Milk and Honey? The US EPA has designated Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. (South San Jose Plant) in California as a Superfund site because of its amounts of environmental toxins and threat 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 California may place you and the people you love more vulnerable to developing a disease from proximity to the site and experiencing a loss of value for your property, but you can do something to 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 Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. (South San Jose Plant) Superfund site. If you, a loved one, or someone in your community has gotten sick due to toxic pollution in Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. (South San Jose Plant), or if your property has lost value because of pollution, you will need a toxic tort lawyer who knows the people of the State of California . 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, follow this link to let them know about the environmental toxic tort attorneys at Weitz & Luxenberg.

Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. (South San Jose Plant)

This site is not a Federal Facility.

Updated: January 27, 2005

FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. (SOUTH SAN JOSE PLANT)
CALIFORNIA
EPA ID# CAD097012298

EPA Region 9
City: San Jose
County: Santa Clara
Other Names: Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation
Schlumberger Technology Corporation

Site Responsibility:

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

NPL LISTING HISTORY

Proposed Date:10/15/1984

Final Date:10/04/1989

Deleted Date:

Soil was contaminated with various volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Groundwater is contaminated with VOCs. The potential threat of direct contact with contaminated soil has been eliminated through initial actions. All private drinking water wells located in the area surrounding the site have been sealed or abandoned. The plume of contaminated groundwater has been reduced through ongoing treatment, and the potential health threat posed by ingesting groundwater contaminants continues to decrease.

Initial Actions: Fairchild implemented several initial cleanup actions that have decreased the extent and magnitude of groundwater contamination in the area. In 1981, a leaking tank was removed. In 1982, 3,440 cubic yards of contaminated soils were removed. Since 1982, a series of on- and off-site groundwater extraction wells have been operating to control the migration of groundwater contaminants. In 1983, wells in several aquifers that provided potential pathways for contaminant migration to the C Aquifer were sealed. A slurry wall was built around the perimeter of the site in 1986 to help contain on-site contaminants within the A and B aquifers.

Entire Site: In early 1989, the potentially responsible party, under EPA oversight, completed an investigation of the nature and extent of contamination at the entire site. The following cleanup remedies were selected: treating contaminated on-site soil using a vapor extraction process; pumping on-site shallow groundwater and off-site groundwater and treating it using air stripping and carbon adsorption, followed by on-site reinjection of the treated groundwater; pumping deep groundwater from off-site wells, followed by air stripping and discharging to surface water using storm drains, or reuse of the groundwater for road construction and irrigation; conducting laboratory and field studies to determine the effectiveness of biodegradation on on-site chemicals; implementing deed restrictions to limit groundwater and land use; and monitoring groundwater. All construction of cleanup remedies was completed by early 1992. Treatment of the groundwater continues. Groundwater treatment has significantly reduced the size of the contaminant plume and will continue until approximately late 1999, or until contaminant levels are within established health-based levels. One of the two off-site aquifers (the C Aquifer) has reached the designated level.

Construction of all cleanup remedies is complete. The removal and treatment of contaminated soil, the closure of private wells, the operation of the groundwater treatment system, and the installation of the slurry wall have reduced the potential for exposure to hazardous substances at the Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. (South San Jose Plant) site while groundwater treatment system continues until health-based levels are met.

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

Regional Water Quality Control Board,
San Francisco Bay Region
2101 Webster Street, Suite 500
Oakland, CA 94612

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:

Tom Kremer

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(415) 972-3170

E-MAIL ADDRESS:

kremer.tom@epa.gov

EPA COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT COORDINATOR:

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PHONE NUMBER:

1-800-231-3075

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(415) 947-8701

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r9.info@epamail.epa.gov

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(800) 852-7550

(800) 424-8802

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CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT:

16

EPA ORGANIZATION:

SFD-7-2

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