Iowa Superfund Site: Lawrence Todtz Farm
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Do you need a Toxic Tort Lawyer in ? The US EPA has designated Lawrence Todtz Farm in Iowa as a Superfund site due to its levels of enviromental contamination 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 Iowa may place you and your communtiy more vulnerable to developing a disease from proximity to the site and experiencing a loss of value for your property, but action is being taken 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.However, most of the Superfund sites continue to pose a threat the health of local residents.
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Below you can read the EPA report for the Lawrence Todtz Farm Superfund site. If you, a loved one, or someone in your community has gotten sick due to toxic pollution in Lawrence Todtz Farm, 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 Iowa . You can begin the process of filing a claim 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.
Lawrence Todtz Farm
This site is not a Federal Facility.
Lawrence Todtz Farm
Iowa
Epa Id# Iad000606038
EPA Region 7
City: 1 mile west of Camanche
County: Clinton County
Other Names: DuPont Company Landfill
08/23/2002
Site Description
The Lawrence Todtz Farm site is located in a predominantly agricultural area of Clinton and covers
slightly over 6 acres. Municipal solid waste and industrial solid and liquid wastes were disposed of at
the site from 1958 to 1975. The E.I. DuPont de Nemours Company's cellophane plant buried 4,300
tons of liquid waste at the site from 1972 to 1975. The wastes were reported to include strong acids
and bases, plasticizers, resins, alcohols, inorganic salts, paints, and pigments. The site was closed in
1975 and capped with approximately 2 feet of "red sugar" clay and topsoil overlay. One hundred
people live within 1 mile of the site. Within ¼ mile of the site are 10 farmhouses with private wells for
drinking water and approximately 12 mobile homes. Murphy's Lake (formerly Willow Lake) and
Bandixen Lake, located near the site, are used for recreational activities such as fishing and swimming.
Two chemical industrial plants are located within a mile of the landfill. Evidence of deer, raccoon, and
cattle has been seen on the site and wild geese were observed on the site and the surrounding lakes.
Site Responsibility:
This site was addressed through Federal and
potentially responsible parties' actions.
Npl Listinghistory
Proposed Date:09/18/1985
Final Date:
Deleted Date:
06/10/1986
Threats And Contaminants
Ground water samples from on-site monitoring wells detected heavy metals including
arsenic, barium, and lead; sodium; and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) including
tetrahydrofuran, benzene and toluene from the former waste disposal activities on the site.
Sodium was detected at levels above health guidelines in ground water samples collected
from area residential wells. Wildlife at and near the site could have been threatened.
Contamination of surface water (on-site ponds and nearby lakes) could have occurred if
there had been a release from the impoundment, because the lakes are hydraulically
connected to the shallow sand and gravel aquifer.
Cleanup Approach
Response Action Status
Entire Site: In November 1988, the EPA signed a Record of Decision which specified the remedial
actions to be implemented at the site. Under the EPA's oversight, the potentially responsible parties
(PRPs) have implemented these actions. The PRPs installed an alternate water supply that included
drilling a new well to supply water to two area residences. This was completed in the summer of 1989.
The PRPs also graded the site area, constructed a 2-foot soil cover over the impoundment, and installed
a ground water monitoring system. These activities were completed in 1991. Monitoring of the
impoundment and municipal landfill will continue to ensure the long-term effectiveness of the cleanup
activities. Further actions, including cleanup of the impoundment and ground water pumping and
treating, will be implemented, if ground water monitoring detects contaminants exceeding specific action
levels.
Site Facts:
In November 1990, a Consent Decree between the EPA and the PRPs was entered in
court. Under this Decree, the PRPs agreed to complete the remedial action and perform
long-term cleanup of the site.
