Iowa Superfund Site: Midwest Manufacturing/North Farm
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Are you in need of a Toxic Tort Attorney in ? The U.S. E.P.A. has designated Midwest Manufacturing/North Farm in Iowa as a Superfund site because of its amounts of environmental toxins and danger 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 Iowa may place you and your family more vulnerable to 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.However, most of the Superfund sites are still very dangerous to the health of those who live close to a Superfund site.
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Midwest Manufacturing/North Farm
This site is not a Federal Facility.
Midwest
Manufacturing/
North Farm
Iowa
Epa Id# Iad069625655
EPA Region 7
City: 2 miles north of Kellogg
County: Jasper County
Other Names: North Farm
Smith-Jones
05/13/2003
Site Description
The Midwest Manufacturing/North Farm site consists of two areas: North Farm, which is an unlined
disposal cell located 2 miles from the plant; and Midwest Manufacturing, which is the plant facility. The
two areas were combined into the same site because they contain the same types of wastes and affect
the same population. From 1973 to 1981, under Smith-Jones ownership, the plant was engaged in
electroplating special-order stamped metal pieces, a process that involved using various heavy metals
such as nickel, zinc, and cadmium. Prior to a wastewater treatment plant being brought on line in 1977,
the electroplating waste from the plant was discharged directly into the North Skunk River. From 1977
to 1978, the sludge produced by this process was disposed of in an unlined cell at the North Farm area.
From 1979 to 1981, trenches at the Midwest Manufacturing area near the plant received the sludge
produced by the treatment process. In 1982, the EPA collected sludge samples from the disposal
trenches at both areas. Cadmium was the only metal which was found to be present in the soils above
naturally- occurring levels. No elevated metals were present in soil samples taken from the North Skunk
River downgradient from the plant. A ground water sample collected from Well #1 was found to
contain levels of zinc less than the proposed level for lifetime exposure. During the EPA's 1987 site visit,
a man-made drainage ditch was discovered to the west of the disposal trench at the plant. The
sediments in this ditch were covered with a black, oily substance that had a petroleum odor. Stressed
vegetation and an oily substance floating on top of the water were observed in a marshy area located on
the western end of the plant property. In a 1989 site visit, it was noted that the drainage ditch had been
covered and a plastic drain pipe had been placed in the bottom of the ditch. The plant currently
manufactures high-speed flywheel ring gears and assemblies for automobiles. Approximately 700
people depend on wells located within 3 miles of the site for their drinking water supply.
Site Responsibility:
This site is being 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
During sampling in 1982, the Midwest Plant city well #1 showed elevated levels of zinc
from the former waste disposal activities. Ground water samples from plant site
monitoring wells found elevated levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as
vinyl chloride, trichloroethylene, and dichlorothylene and the heavy metals cadmium and
nickel. Surface soils at both areas contain elevated levels of heavy metals. Adverse health
effects could result from ingesting vegetables grown on contaminated soils or watered
with contaminated ground water. Ingesting contaminated ground water may pose a health
risk to area residents.
Cleanup Approach
Response Action Status
Midwest Manufacturing Area: In 1990, the EPA concluded an investigation into the nature and extent of
contamination in the area. The final cleanup remedy, selected in 1991, included installing a ground water
extraction and treatment system and capping of the plant site disposal trench. The EPA conducted a
pump test in preparation for the cleanup design and determined that the aquifer was less permeable than
previous data indicated, which lengthens the cleanup time and increases site cleanup costs. Subsequently
in 1993, the EPA amended the remedy to include deed restrictions, installing ground water monitoring
wells and perimeter fencing, and performing regular ground water sampling of both monitoring wells and
supply wells located within a 1-mile radius of the plant site. Design of the amended remedy was
completed in early 1995. In 1995, potentially responsible parties installed one ground water monitoring
well. Deed restrictions have been placed on the property. Data from quarterly monitoring of selected
monitoring and city supply wells are used to evaluate the protectiveness of the remedy. In 1998, EPA
reduced the sampling frequency from quarterly to semi-annually for the selected site monitoring wells.
EPA eliminated the need for monitoring the City supply wells. Semi-annual ground water monitoring
continues. The first five-year review report was completed in November, 2000, and the next five-year
review report will be completed in November, 2005.
North Farm Area: In 1988, the EPA concluded a study into the nature and extent of contamination of
the area. The 1988 remedy included removal of soils containing cadmium above the concentration of 13
mg/kg. In 1993, the EPA re-evaluated risk data and determined that the site, in its present condition,
poses no current risk to human health and the environment. Future risks can be prevented by using
institutional controls that prohibit certain future land use, such as vegetable gardening, and prevent the
installation of water supply wells. EPA amended the remedy to include deed restrictions and ground
water monitoring of the three existing monitoring wells. Design of the cleanup was completed in
mid-1995. Cleanup activities began in 1995 with deed restrictions placed on the property. Ground
water monitoring began in December, 1995. In 1998, EPA terminated all future monitoring
requirements based upon the analytical results. The PRPs abandoned these wells according to IDNR's
procedures in the fall of 1998.
Site Facts:
In December 1994, EPA and Smith and Jones, Inc., signed a Consent Decree in which
the company agreed to conduct all future site response activities.
Environmental Progress
The remedy has been implemented and monitored for both areas since December, 1995. In
1998, EPA determined no further monitoring was needed for several wells and abandoned those
selected wells. A five-year review conducted in November, 2000, found the remedy at both areas is
protective. Successful completion of the work at the North Farm area allowed monitoring activities to
be terminated. Institutional controls at both areas remain and fencing surrounding the manufacturing
disposal area provides an effective barrier to restrict access to any remaining site contaminants.
Site Repository
Superfund Records Center
901 N. 5th St.
Kansas City, KS 66101
Mail Stop SUPR
(913)551-4038
Regional
Site Manager:
Diane Easley
E-Mail Address:
easely.diane@epa.gov
Phone Number:
(913) 551-7797
Community Involvement Coordinator:
Beckie Himes
Phone Number:
(913) 551-7003
E-Mail Address:
himes.beckie@epa.gov
State Contact:
Bob Drustrup
Phone Number:
(515) 281-8900
Miscellaneous Information
State:
Ia
07A1
Congressional District:
03
Epa Organization:
Sfd-Supr/Iane
Modifications
Created by:
Christina
Oliver/SUPR/R7/USEPA/US
Created Date:
11/13/1997 10:30 Am
Last Modified by:
Jude
Last Modified Date:
05/13/2003
03
:17 PMRoach/SUPR/R7/USEPA/US
source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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