Louisiana Superfund Site: Ruston Foundry
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Do you need a Toxic Tort Attorney in The Bayou State? The E.P.A. has designated Ruston Foundry in Louisiana as a Superfund site because of its amounts of enviromental contamination and danger 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 Louisiana may place you and your loved ones at risk of developing a disease 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.Despite this, most of the Superfund sites are still very dangerous to the well-being of local residents.
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Below you can read the EPA report for the Ruston Foundry Superfund site. If you, a loved one, or someone in your community has suffered due to exposure to a Superfund site Ruston Foundry, or if your property has lost value because of pollution, you will need a toxic tort lawyer who knows the people of the State of Louisiana . 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 attorneys at Weitz & Luxenberg.
Ruston Foundry
This site is not a Federal Facility.
Ruston Foundry Superfund Site
1EPA Publication Date: October 4, 2005Ruston Foundry Superfund Site
Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
EPA Region 6
Epa Id# Lad985185107
Site ID: 0604348
Contact: Katrina Higgins-Coltrain 214.665.8143
State Congressional District: 5
Fact Sheet Updated: September 2005
Current Status
The Environmental Protection Agency is working with the potentially responsible parties to complete
negotiations for work to be completed during the remedial design and remedial action.
Benefits
A Removal Action was completed in August 1999 and resulted in the removal and offsite disposal of
drums containing 250 gallons of liquid waste and
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scrap metal and debris were also removed. This removal action eliminated unacceptable health risks
associated with the liquid and solid waste stored in drums.
Site Description
Location: The 6.26 acre site is located at 1010 Bogan Street, Alexandria, Rapides Parish,
Louisiana.
Population: There are more than 9,000 residents who live within one mile of the facility and more than
64,000 individuals who live within four miles of the facility. There is an elementary school
located approximately .5 miles north and a recreational park located within .25 miles
south of the facility.
Setting: The facility is an inactive and abandoned foundry that was in operation from 1908 to
1985. The facility engaged in foundry and machine shop activities and in the
manufacturing, prefabrication and repair of articles of steel, iron and other metals.
Wastes And Volumes
Site Contamination and estimated volumes determined from the Remedial Investigation and a Future Site
Reuse as industrial are listed below.
Contaminants Lead and Antimony
Hazardous Waste Approximately 1300 cubic yards of slag
Soil/Sediment Approximately 1,766 cubic yards
Asbestos Containing Material (ACM) Approximately 22 cubic yards
Underground Storage Tank (UST) Approximately 5,000 gallons
Building debris Approximately
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Water supply well One onsite well
National Priorities List
Proposal Date: January 19, 1999
Final Listing Date: May 10, 1999
Ruston Foundry Superfund Site
2EPA Publication Date: October 4, 2005Site Map
Human Health And Ecological Risk Assessment
The human health risk assessment identified lead and antimony as the chemicals of concern. Lead is the
leading concern at this site because during early developmental stages, children are the most susceptible
to health risks associated with this metal. Based on the assessment and future site reuse as industrial,
the cleanup level for lead in soil is 1400 milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg) and the cleanup level for
antimony in soil is 820 mg/kg.
Record Of Decision
The selected remedy is Stabilization and Offsite Disposal and the major components of the remedy are:
Stabilization - Approximately 1300 cubic yards (yd) of hazardous waste will be excavated and stabilized.
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The material will be stabilized until sampling verifies that it no longer exceeds the Toxicity Characteristic
Leaching Procedure (TCLP) for lead. After verification, the waste will be disposed offsite at a Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulated Subtitle D facility.
Soil: The Record of Decision was signed on June 24, 2002.
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Asbestos Containing Material (ACM) - Materials will be consolidated onsite, contained, and transported
offsite to a disposal facility licensed to accept ACM. Methods to control airborne dispersion of asbestos
will be implemented during remediation. The estimated total volume of material is 22 yd.
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Underground Storage Tank (UST) - The UST, its contents, and the surrounding petroleum wastes will be
characterized during the remedial design to determine whether the contents will be cleaned up under
CERCLA or Oil Pollution Act (OPA) authority. The surrounding polychlorinated byphenol (PCB)
contaminated soils will be removed and disposed offsite in accordance with all federal, state, and local
regulations. Total volume of tank contents is estimated at 5,000 gallons. The volume of associated
contaminated soil is included in the soil/sediment estimated volume of 15,000 yd.
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Building debris and water supply well - The onsite well will be plugged and abandoned in accordance with
all federal, state, and local regulations. Portions of the Site will be cleared, where necessary, and the
existing buildings and foundations will be demolished, removed and disposed offsite.
Soil/sediment - Approximately 15,000 yd of lead and antimony contaminated soils and sediment will be
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excavated and disposed offsite in a RCRA Subtitle D facility.
Air Monitoring - During remedial action, efforts will be made to control dust and run-off to limit the amount
of materials that may migrate to a potential receptor. Air monitoring will be conducted during times of
remediation to ensure that control measures are working to regulate Site emissions.
Short-term monitoring - Monitoring of the surface water and ground water during remedial action may be
necessary to ensure that runoff control measures are working.
Explanation of Significant Differences
The selected remedy is Stabilization and Offsite Disposal with a Contingency of Excavation and Offsite
Disposal for the Hazardous Waste.
The major components of the ESD that have changed since the 2002 ROD are listed below. All other
components of the 2002 ROD remain unchanged.
Stabilization - Approximately 1300 cubic yards (yd) of hazardous waste will be excavated and stabilized.
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The material will be stabilized until sampling verifies that it no longer exceeds the Toxicity Characteristic
Leaching Procedure (TCLP) for lead. After verification, the waste will be disposed offsite at a Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulated Subtitle D facility. Stabilization may not be used if it is
determined through a treatability evaluation that the contingency remedy is more appropriate.
Soil/sediment - The soil volume estimated in the 2002 ROD was based on the 150 mg/kg antimony and
500 mg/kg lead cleanup levels (CLs) as well as the exceedances of the synthetic precipitation leachate
procedure (SPLP) screening values. The volume of soil exceeding both SPLP and the CLs was
estimated to be 15,000 yd. With a change in CLs and SPLP cleanup values, there is a change in the
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estimated soil volume. The estimated volume of soil exceeding the 820 mg/kg antimony and 1400 mg/kg
lead CLs is 1,766 yd.
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Contingency Remedy - The contingency remedy is Excavation and Offsite disposal, which was presented
in the 2002 Proposed Plan as Alternative 5. This differs from the stabilization process in that the wastes
will not be treated prior to transportation and disposal and will not be disposed of in a solid waste landfill.
Should it be determined through the treatability evaluation that excavation and offsite disposal proves to
Soil: The Explanation of Significant Differences was signed on September 28, 2004.
Ruston Foundry Superfund Site
4EPA Publication Date: October 4, 2005be the more appropriate method of addressing the hazardous waste, and then stabilization will no longer
be required. Implementation of the contingency remedy will be documented through a second ESD.
Operation and Maintenance - Because waste will be left onsite above levels that allow for unlimited use
and unrestricted exposure, future O&M activities, Five-year Reviews, and Institutional Controls (ICs) will
become part of the revised remedy. Annual O&M activities will include, but are not limited to, Site
inspection and maintenance, IC inspection and enforcement, and Site reports. Reviews of the remedy
will be conducted no less than every five years to ensure that the remedy is functioning as designed, and
remains protective of human health and the environment. The purpose of the IC is to ensure that the
property remains zoned industrial and is only used for that purpose.
Site
EPA Remedial Project Manager: Katrina Higgins-Coltrain 214.665.8143 or 800.533.3508
EPA Site Attorney: Amy Salinas 214.665.8063 or 800.533.3508
EPA Regional Public Liaison: Arnold Ondarza 800.533.3508
LDEQ Louisiana State Contact: Nora Lane 225.219.3205
source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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