Nebraska Superfund Site: Sherwood Medical Co.
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Are you in need of a Toxic Tort Attorney in The Cornhusker State? The E.P.A. has designated Sherwood Medical Co. in Nebraska as a Superfund site due to its levels of environmental toxins 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 Nebraska may place you and your communtiy more vulnerable to developing a disease from proximity to the site and experiencing a loss of value for your property, but there are steps you can take 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.
By choosing Weitz & Luxenberg, you can trust the legal experience of accomplished Toxic Tort lawyers who will help fight back against polluters and secure you and your community the financial compensation and environmental remediation to which you are entitled.
Below you can read the EPA report for the Sherwood Medical Co. Superfund site. If you, a loved one, or someone in your community has suffered due to toxic pollution in Sherwood Medical Co., or if your property has lost value because of pollution, you are better off with a toxic tort attorney who knows the people of the State of Nebraska . Learn more about your legal options by filling out this simple form. There is no obligation, and your case will be evaluated within 24 hours. To refer a friend, neighbor, or loved one, click here to let them know about the environmental toxic tort lawyers at Weitz & Luxenberg.
Sherwood Medical Co.
This site is not a Federal Facility.
Sherwood Medical Co.
Nebraska
Epa Id# Ned084626100
EPA Region 7
City: Norfolk,
Ne
County: Madison County
Other Names:
07/25/2002
Site Description
The 60-acre Sherwood Medical Co. site consists of the plant property and nearby wells contaminated
with volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Since 1962, Sherwood Medical Co. has manufactured
disposable medical supplies. From 1961 until early 1967, the floor drains in the tool room, thought to be
a source of contamination, discharged into Sherwood Lake. In early 1967, the drains were rerouted to
a concrete catch basin and then to septic system leach fields on the west side of the plant. In early 1969,
the discharge from the drain was diverted into a 2000- gallon underground storage tank and then to the
leach fields. This arrangement continued until 1974, when use of the leach fields was discontinued and a
sewage treatment system was installed for the plant. Local wells were sampled by the EPA and the
Nebraska Department of Health from 1987 to 1989. VOCs were detected in Sherwood Well #5, used
for industrial purposes, and the main well serving the residences of the Park Mobile Home Court
(PMHC). Soil-gas surveys led site investigators to believe that contaminants are migrating in a
north/northeast direction with ground water flow into PMHC's main well and backup wells. Public and
private wells located within 4 miles of the site provide drinking water to an estimated 5,900 people. The
surrounding area is used for agricultural, residential, and commercial purposes.
Site Responsibility:
The site is being addressed through Federal and
potentially responsible parties' actions.
Npl Listinghistory
Proposed Date:07/29/1991
Final Date:
Deleted Date:
