Iowa Superfund Site: Shaw Avenue Dump
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Are you in need of a Toxic Tort Lawyer in The Hawkeye State? The U.S. E.P.A. has designated Shaw Avenue Dump in Iowa as a Superfund site because of its amounts of toxic pollution 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 Iowa may place you and the people you love at risk of getting sick 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.Regardless, most of the Superfund sites continue to pose a threat the well-being of local residents.
By choosing Weitz & Luxenberg, you will get the legal ability of skilled Toxic Tort lawyers who will help fight back against polluters and win you and your loved ones the compensation and remediation to which you are entitled.
Below you can read the EPA report for the Shaw Avenue Dump Superfund site. If you, a loved one, or someone in your community has suffered due to exposure to a Superfund site Shaw Avenue Dump, or if your property has lost value because of pollution, you are better off with a toxic tort lawyer who knows the people of the State of Iowa . 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 lawyers at Weitz & Luxenberg.
Shaw Avenue Dump
This site is not a Federal Facility.
Shaw Avenue Dump
Iowa
Epa Id# Iad980630560
EPA Region 7
City: Charles City
County: Floyd County
Other Names:
Site Description
The Shaw Avenue Dump site, an 8-acre city dump, is located in southeastern Charles City,
approximately 500 feet east of the Cedar River. The City owns the site and operated it as a
municipal waste dump without a permit. Two areas in the northern half of the site were used from
1949 to 1953 to dispose of 14,000 to 28,000 cubic feet of arsenic-contaminated solid waste
generated by Salsbury Laboratories in the production of animal pharmaceuticals. Sludge from the
Charles City wastewater treatment plant, which received liquid wastes discharged from Salsbury,
was placed in the northern waste cells and in an undefined area on the southern portion of the site.
The northern disposal area no longer is in use and has been covered with soil and vegetated.
Between the southern and northern areas, trenches were used for disposing of lime sludges from
the drinking water treatment plant. The City and the public used this area for open burning of
wastes. The site is located within a large residential area. A high school is located approximately
1,000 feet north of the site. Students use a stadium located within 500 feet of the northern waste
disposal cells. One residence, 1,500 feet southeast of the site, uses a private well for domestic
purposes. The Charles City municipal water supply system, 2 miles uphill of the site, serves 8,800
people. The Cedar River flows through Charles City and is used for recreational fishing,
swimming, and canoeing.
Site Responsibility:
This site is being addressed through Federal,
municipal, and potentially responsible parties'
actions.
Npl Listinghistory
Proposed Date:09/18/85
Final Date:
Deleted Date:
