Kansas Superfund Site: Ace Services
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Are you in need of a Toxic Tort Attorney in The Sunflower State? The EPA has designated Ace Services in Kansas as a Superfund site due to its levels of toxic pollution and threat 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 Kansas may place you and the people you love at higher risk of 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.Despite this, most of the Superfund sites still pose a health hazard to the health of local residents.
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Ace Services
This site is not a Federal Facility.
Ace S
ervices
Kansas
Epa Id# Ksd046746731
EPA Region 7
City: Colby
County: Thomas County
Other Names:
05/01/2003
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ite Description
The 2 1/2-acre Ace
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ervices site is a former chrome plating facility where chrome plating was appliedto farm implement parts. The facility operated from 1969 to 1989, and was permanently closed in early
1990. From 1969 to 1975, chrome plating wastewater generated during operations at the Ace
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ervicesfacility was discharged directly to the ground surface immediately west of the unnamed tributary to
Prairie Dog Creek. A local citizen filed a complaint with the Kansas Department of Health and
Environment (KDHE) in early 1971. KDHE and EPA collected wastewater samples in 1971 and 1972
that showed the presence of chromium. In 1974 and 1975, concrete retention vats were installed at the
Ace
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ervices facility, and an evaporation lagoon was built immediately adjacent to the facility to receivedischarged wastewater. The evaporation lagoon was not lined; however, and chromium-contaminated
wastewater was allowed to contaminate soil and infiltrate into the ground. Chrome plating solutions,
bulk hazardous wastes, and caustic acidic processing materials contained in vats and drums were
present at the site. Ground water from the Ogallala Aquifer is the sole source of municipal and private
drinking water in and around Colby. The Colby public water supply well No. 8 is located one-fifth of a
mile from the site. This well was closed by KDHE in 1980 due to chromium concentrations measuring
above Federal drinking water standards. Approximately 6,180 people are currently served by seven
Colby municipal drinking water wells. All of these wells are located within a 4-mile radius of the site,
and each draws water from the Ogallala Aquifer. The area is an agricultural community with a total
population of approximately 6,525, including college students and nearby rural residents. Residences
and commercial property surround the site.
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ite Responsibility:The site is being addressed through Federal,
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tate,and potentially responsible parties' actions.
Npl Listinghistory
Proposed Date:02/13/1995
Final Date:
Deleted Date:
09/29/1995
Threats And Contaminants
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oils and sludge in the lagoon area were contaminated with chromium prior to removalby Ace
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ervices, KDHE and EPA.S
urface wastewater was also contaminated withchromium prior to treatment and disposal by KDHE and EPA. The ground water in the
Ogallala Aquifer is contaminated with chromium. Inhalation exposure to lead and
chromium VI in indoor air within on-site buildings and ingesting contaminated ground
water are the primary threats to the public.
Cleanup Approach
Response Action
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tatusInitial Actions: In 1981, Ace
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ervices excavated approximately 2,200 cubic yards ofchromium-contaminated soil and sludge from the lagoon area and disposed of it at the Thomas County
Landfill, a municipal sanitary landfill. In early 1992, KDHE removed the bulk hazardous liquid and solid
wastes stored inside the Ace
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ervices facility. In mid-1994, EPA removed residual contamination(mainly dusts) from the building interior, excavated the concrete trough and the underlying soil, installed
additional building support columns near the trough, demolished the wastewater treatment building,
excavated underlying soil, and excavated and stabilized the lagoon soil. All waste was shipped off site
for disposal, except for approximately 3,000 gallons of wastewater, which were treated on site and
discharged to a publicly-owned treatment works.
Buildings: The EPA conducted indoor air sampling in the building in 1996. The Remedial
Investigation/Feasibility
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tudy (RI/FS) was completed in 1999. A remedy for the buildings wasselected in the Record of Decision (ROD) signed May 5, 1999. The Remedial Design was completed for
the buildings in 1999. The cleanup of the buildings was completed in March 2000. The Final Remedial
Action Report was approved December 5, 2000. Because of a large increase in the size of the ground
water plume, EPA decided in a ROD amendment dated
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eptember 13, 2001 to demolish thebuildings at the site so that a ground water treatment plant could be
constructed there. This
demolition was the first phase of construction at the site, and was completed in May 2002. During this
demolition, more than 1000 cubic yards of contaminated soil and concrete rubble was removed and
disposed at a hazardous waste landfill; this was much more than anticipated during project design.
Ground water: KDHE installed and sampled three ground water monitoring wells at the site in 1990.
During 1995, KDHE sampled ground water monitoring wells and residential wells. The EPA
conducted ground water sampling of monitoring wells and residential wells in 1996. During 1997, EPA
installed two
additional ground water monitoring wells and sampled all ground water
monitoring wells and residential wells. The RI/FS was completed in 1999, and a remedy for final cleanup
was selected in the ROD signed on May 5, 1999, following a public meeting in Colby. Additional
monitoring wells were installed in 2000 during remedial design, revealing a larger-than-expected plume.
Residential wells were
sampled in 1999, 2000 and 2001. A ROD amendment was completed
on
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eptember 13, 2001 for a larger treatment plant, to be placed on theAce
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ervices property,utilizing ion exchange technology to remove chromium from the extracted ground water. The amendment
also address the provision of a city water line to serve residences with affected residential water wells.
Design has been completed on the ground water extraction and treatment
system, and notice to
proceed was given to the subcontractor on May 28, 2002. Work on the construction has nearly been
completed.
The amended remedy includes institutional controls including deed restrictions, as permitted by law, to
prevent use of contaminated ground water. Active restoration of the aquifer will be achieved by pumping
and treating the contaminated ground water. Treatment of contaminated ground water will be done by
ion exchange processes. Treated ground water will be discharged to the on-site tributary to Prairie Dog
Creek, or alternatively and as appropriate, treated ground water will be discharged to the local
Colby publically owned drinking water system as needed. Ground water monitoring and periodic review of
results will be done.
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ite Facts:Environmental Progress
Removing containers of hazardous waste and removing and stabilizing contaminated soils,
sludges, dust, and buildings, and treating contaminated wastewater reduced threats at the Ace
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ervicesite while investigations into ground water contamination were conducted. Remedial design for the
ground water remedy is currently completed and construction on the ground water treatment system has
just begun.
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ite Repository
EPA Region 7
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uperfundCommunity Relations
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ection at(913) 551-7000
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uperfund Records Center901 N. 5th
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t.Kansas City,
Ks
66101S
topS
UPR(913)551-4038
Regional
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ite Manager:
Bob
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tewartE-Mail Address:
stewart.robert@epa.gov.
Phone Number:
(913) 551-7654
Community Involvement Coordinator:
Hattie Thomas
Phone Number:
(913) 551-7003
E-Mail Address:
thomas.hattie@epa.gov
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tate Contact:
Dan Gravatt
Phone Number:
(785) 296-6378
Miscellaneous Information
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tate:
Ks
07Ge
Congressional District:
01
Epa Organization:
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fd-Moks/Supr
Modifications
Created by:
Karla
Asberry/SUPRFUND/R7/US
Epa/Us
Created Date:
01
/16/1998 10:36 AMLast Modified by:
Robert
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tewart/SUPR/R7/USEPA/US
Last Modified Date:
05/01/2003
02:54 PMsource: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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