Nebraska Superfund Site: Waverly Ground Water Contamination
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E.P.A. has designated Waverly Ground Water Contamination in Nebraska as a
Superfund site because of its amounts of environmental toxins and danger 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 loved ones at risk of developing a disease 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.Despite this, most of the Superfund sites still pose a health hazard to the well-being of those near-by.
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Below you can read the EPA report for the Waverly Ground Water Contamination Superfund site. If you, a loved one, or someone in your community has gotten sick due to toxic pollution in Waverly Ground Water Contamination, or if your property has lost value because of pollution, you will need a toxic tort attorney who knows the people of the State of Nebraska . 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 24 hours. To refer a friend, neighbor, or loved one, follow this link to let them know about the environmental toxic tort attorneys at Weitz & Luxenberg.
Waverly Ground Water Contamination
This site is not a Federal Facility.
Waverly Ground Water
Contamination
Nebraska
Epa Id# Ned980862718
EPA Region 7
City: Waverly
County: Lancaster County
Other Names:
Site Description
The Waverly Ground Water Contamination site extends over an 11-acre area underlying the City
of Waverly. The U.S. Department of Agriculture operated a Federal grain facility in Waverly from
1952 to 1974. A grain fumigant consisting of carbon tetrachloride and carbon disulfide was used
at the facility from 1955 to 1965. Since 1975, the property has been owned by Lancaster County,
which operates a district office and maintenance facility on the premises. The EPA and the State
of Nebraska sampled the municipal wells in 1982 and found them to be contaminated. One well
was taken out of service, two wells were placed on standby status, and the city drilled new wells
to replace them. The area surrounding the site is predominantly agricultural. The population of
Waverly is approximately 1,700 people. There is a residential area adjacent to the former grain
facility. Several private wells near the site are used for drinking water, livestock watering and crop
irrigation. Runoff from the site drains into Salt Creek.
Site Responsibility:
This site is being addressed through Federal
actions.
Npl Listinghistory
Proposed Date:10/15/84
Final Date:
Deleted Date:
06/10/86
Threats And Contaminants
Samples taken from the municipal wells contained concentrations of heavy metals,
volatile organic compounds (VOCs), nitrates, and sulfates. The soil is contaminated
with VOCs including carbon tetrachloride and chloroform. Contaminants from the
soil have seeped into the aquifer, the source of water for the municipal water supply.
The polluted wells were taken out of service, and new wells were drilled; therefore,
the municipal water supply is safe to use. The new wells are upgradient of the site
and are not likely to be threatened.
Cleanup Approach
Response Action Status
Immediate Actions: In 1988, as an immediate response to the ground water contamination, the
EPA installed ground water monitoring wells, a system of pipes and wells in the ground
connected to a pump to remove vapors contaminating soil (soil gas extraction system), and a
ground water treatment system using air stripping. The ground water treatment involves forcing a
stream of air through the contaminated water to evaporate the chemicals, which then are released
into the atmosphere. Air monitoring is conducted to ensure that emissions are within acceptable
limits. Treated ground water is discharged to a ditch near the site. The U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) is performing the operation and maintenance on the ground water extraction
and soil gas treatment system. An additional extraction well was added to the system in 1993 to
address contamination discovered outside the influence of the original ground water extraction
well.
Entire Site: The USDA completed an investigation into the nature and extent of contamination at
the site. Based on the results of this investigation, the EPA recommended that the immediate
actions described above be continued until cleanup of soil and ground water is achieved.
Operation and maintenance of the ground water treatment system is expected to continue through
1998.
Site Facts:
Environmental Progress
Construction at the site is complete. With the ground water cleanup actions described
above underway and new wells providing drinking water to residences, the potential for accidental
contact with contaminated ground water or soil has been reduced while final cleanup continues.
Site Repository
Contact the Region 7 Superfund
Community Relations Office.
Superfund Records Center
901 N. 5th St.
Kansas City, KS 66101
Mail Stop SUPR
(913)551-4038
Regional
Site Manager:
Victor Lyke
E-Mail Address:
(913) 551-7256
Community Involvement
Coordinator:
Phone Number:
Public Information Center:
E-Mail Address:
State Contact:
Phone Number:
Miscellaneous Information
State:
Ne
071X
Congressional District:
01
Epa Organization:
Sfd-Supr/Ffse
Modifications
source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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