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Nebraska Superfund Site: Ogallala Ground Water Contamination
Fight Air Pollution & Water Pollution With an Environmental Toxic Tort Lawsuit
 | Do you need a Toxic Tort Attorney in The Tree Planters State? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has designated Ogallala Ground Water Contamination in Nebraska as a Superfund site because of its amounts 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 Nebraska may place you and your communtiy more vulnerable to getting sick from exposure 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. Even so, most of the Superfund sites are still very dangerous to the well-being of those near-by.
By choosing Weitz & Luxenberg, you benefit from the legal passion of skilled Toxic Tort lawyers who will help fight back against polluters and get you and your loved ones the compensation and remediation to which you are entitled.Below you can read the EPA report for the Ogallala Ground Water Contamination Superfund site. If you, a loved one, or someone in your community has gotten sick due to toxic pollution in Ogallala Ground Water Contamination, or if your property has lost value because of contamination, you are better off with a toxic tort attorney who knows the people of the State of Nebraska . Take your first step 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.
Ogallala Ground Water ContaminationThis site is not a Federal Facility.
Ogallala
Ground Water
Contamination Site
Nebraska
Epa Id# Ned986369247
EPA Region 7
City: Western part of Ogallala
County: Keith
Other Names: American Shizuki/Ogallala
Electronic Co.
05/20/2003
Site Description
The Ogallala Ground Water Contamination Site consists of two distinct areas or operable units (OU)
located in the western part of Ogallala along the South Platte River. This area of the community is
primarily industrial, commercial, and residential. One OU (OU1) includes a company that formerly
manufactured electrical components since the early 1960s. The facility on this property was owned and
operated by TRW, Inc., until 1986. American Shizuki Corp. took over the operations in 1987. Ogallala
Electronics, which occupies a second area within OU1, also manufactures electronics components and
is considered a potentially responsibile party at the site. The Nebraska Department of Health first
detected volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in five of the nine municipal wells serving Ogallala in
1987. The two locations used by the companies were identified as the source of contamination during
subsequent investigations. Public and private wells located within 4 miles of the site supply drinking
water to an estimated 5,100 people; the water from these wells is also used for irrigation. A second OU
(OU2) is contaminated with solvents from Tip-Top Cleaners, a dry cleaner/operation.
Site Responsibility:
The site is being addressed through private party,
Federal and State actions.
Npl Listinghistory
Proposed Date:10/14/1992
Final Date:
Deleted Date:
12/16/1994
Threats And Contaminants
Various VOCs, including trichloroethane (TCA), cis 1,2-dichloroethylene,
1,1-dichloroethane, tetrachloroethylene (PCE), trichloroethylene (TCE) and gasoline
products (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene) were detected during a soil-gas
survey conducted by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Control in mid-1990.
TCE, PCE and TCA are related to both OU1 facilities. Similar contaminants have been
detected in monitoring wells in and around both properties and in numerous municipal
wells. Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) and carbon tetrachloride (CT) are also contaminants
of concern. OU1 is contaminated with PCE, TCE, and CT. The EPA believes that the
CT contamination source is from the grain storage operation in OU1. Tip-Top Cleaners
used and continues to use PCE in their operation. PCE is the only chemical of concern
at OU2.
Cleanup Approach
Response Action Status
This site is being addressed in a long-term remedial phase focusing on cleanup of both OUs. For OU1,
the EPA released its ROD in April, 1999, and selected the continuation of the extraction and treatment
system at American Shizuki Corp. until MCLs were attained and verified; institutional controls; and
ground water monitoring for eight quarters to determine if natural attenuation would address the residual
contamination. For OU2, the EPA released its Action Memorandum on September, 2001, which
selected soil vapor extraction (SVE) to remove the source of the PCE at Tip-Top Cleaners. Installation
of the vadose zone extraction wells was completed in December, 2001. Installation of the SVE system
was completed in February, 2002. The EPA monitors the progress of the SVE on a monthly basis.
The EPA selected 0.300 ppmv as the removal action goal for this operable unit and EPA believes that
this level will be attained within a year. As of June, 2002, a total of 114 pounds of PCE have been
removed. To address the contamination in the ground water at OU2, the EPA conducted two
treatability studies. The first study used reductive dechlorination and was completed in December,
2000 and the second study used chemical oxidation technologies and it was initiated in December, 2001
and completed in April, 2002. The EPA completed a soil-gas investigation in June, 2002, and installed
5 monitoring wells downgradient of the Tip-Top Cleaners. Ground water samples were collected from
these newly installed wells to aid EPA in determining which actions to implement. The EPA anticipates
releasing its decision document to address the ground water contamination during 2002.
Site Facts:
For OU1, EPA's remedy is the continuation of the ground water extraction and
treatment system, the implementation of institutional controls and the use of monitored
natural attenuation. For OU2, the EPA selected SVE to address the contamination in
the soils at the source area. The EPA anticipates implementing additional actions to
address the PCE ground water plume. The EPA will release its decision document
within 2002 calendar year.
Environmental Progress
The City of Ogallala developed a new public water supply well field upgradient from the
contaminated area. As a result, the Ogallala Groundwater Contamination site poses no immediate
threats to the health of the nearby population using water from the city. For OU2, the EPA initiated its
soil vapor extraction removal action in February, 2002. The EPA will release its decision document for
ground water PCE plume migrating from the Tip-Top Cleaner source area.
Site Repository
Ogallala Public Library,
Ogallala, Ne
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:
easley.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:
John Flint
Phone Number:
308-632-0544
Miscellaneous Information
State:
Ne
07Hw
Congressional District:
03
Epa Organization:
Sfd-Supr/Ffse
Modifications
Created by:
Karla
Asberry/SUPRFUND/R7/US
Epa/Us
Created Date:
10/17/1997 02:42 Pm
Last Modified by:
Jude
Roach/SUPR/R7/USEPA/US
Last Modified Date:
05/20/2003 03:04 PM
source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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