California Superfund Site: Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. (Mountain View Plant)
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Are you in need of a Toxic Tort Lawyer in The Land of Milk and Honey? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has designated Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. (Mountain View Plant) in California as a Superfund site due to its levels of environmental toxins and harm to the environment. 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 your family at higher risk of getting sick from exposure 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. (Mountain View Plant) Superfund site. If you, a loved one, or someone in your community has gotten sick due to toxic pollution in Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. (Mountain View Plant), or if your property has lost value because of contamination, you are better off with a toxic tort lawyer who knows the people of the State of California . Get started by filling out this simple form. There is no obligation, and your case will be evaluated within 24 hours. To refer a friend, neighbor, or loved one, click here to let them know about the environmental toxic tort lawyers at Weitz & Luxenberg.

Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. (Mountain View Plant)

This site is not a Federal Facility.

Updated: January 10, 2005

FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. (MOUNTAIN VIEW PLANT)
CALIFORNIA
EPA ID# CAD095989778

EPA Region 9
City: Mountain View
County: Santa Clara
Other Names: Part of Middlefield-Ellis-Whisman (MEW) Study Area

Site Responsibility:

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

NPL LISTING HISTORY

Proposed Date:10/15/1984

Final Date:02/11/1991

Deleted Date:

The primary contaminants of concern are volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The soil has met the cleanup levels.

Initial Actions: Initial cleanup actions included removing tanks from the site, removing and treating soil, sealing affected wells, and controlling groundwater movement by installing three slurry walls and 21 groundwater extraction wells.

Shallow Aquifer: In 1989, the following remedies were selected to address contamination in the shallow aquifer: in-place vapor extraction with treatment of contaminated soil found within the Fairchild and Raytheon slurry walls; limited soil excavation and treatment by aeration for some areas outside of the slurry walls, with on-site disposal of residues in the excavated area; and groundwater extraction and treatment using air stripping. In 1991, the parties potentially responsible for site contamination began designing the selected remedy. Final designs have been approved by the EPA. Cleanup activities began in 1995.

Deep Aquifer: In 1989, a remedy was selected to address contamination in the deep aquifer that includes sealing any conduit or potential conduits to protect the deep aquifer, and monitoring groundwater. The parties potentially responsible for site contamination began designing the selected remedy in 1991. Certain cleanup activities began in 1994. Design of remaining remedies were reviewed and approved by EPA in 1995. To date, some potential conduits have been sealed.

The removal of tanks and contaminated soil and the installation of slurry walls and extraction wells have reduced the potential of exposure to contaminated groundwater and soil at the Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. (Mountain View Plant). Final cleanup remedies have been designed and approved by EPA. Soil Vapor Extraction (SVE) began in 1995 and the soil cleanup was completed in 1999.

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

Mountain View Public Library,
585 Franklin Street,
Mountain View, CA 94041

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:

Alana Lee

ADDRESS:

75 Hawthorne Street
Mail Code SFD-7-3
San Francisco, CA 94105

PHONE NUMBER:

(415) 972-3141

E-MAIL ADDRESS:

Lee.Alana@epa.gov

EPA COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT COORDINATOR:

David Cooper

ADDRESS:

75 Hawthorne Street
Mail Code SFD-3
San Francisco, CA 94105

PHONE NUMBER:

1-800-231-3075

E-MAIL ADDRESS:

Cooper.David@epa.gov

PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTER:

(415) 947-8701

E-MAIL ADDRESS:

r9.info@epa.gov

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(800) 852-7550

(800) 424-8802

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CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT:

14

EPA ORGANIZATION:

SFD-7-3

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