Oklahoma Superfund Site: Double Eagle Refinery Co.
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Do you need a Toxic Tort Lawyer in The Sooner State? The E.P.A. has designated Double Eagle Refinery Co. in Oklahoma as a Superfund site because of its amounts of environmental toxins 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 Oklahoma may place you and the people you love at higher risk of getting sick from proximity 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 health of those who live close to a Superfund site.
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Double Eagle Refinery Co.
This site is not a Federal Facility.
1EPA Publication Date: Sep 6, 2005
Double Eagle
Refinery
Company
Oklahoma
Epa Id# Okd007188717
Site ID: 0601029
Epa Region 6
Congressional District 5
Oklahoma County
Oklahoma City
Updated: August 2005
Site Description
Location: Northeast Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Two blocks southwest of the intersection of Eastern Avenue (Martin Luther
King Blvd.) and NE Fourth Street, bordered by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe (ATSF) Railroad to the north.
Population: About 32,000 people live within three miles of the site.
Setting: Located in an industrial area of the city, southwest of the Fourth Street
Abandoned Refinery Superfund site.
One-half mile southwest of Douglas High School, one-quarter mile south of a
residential area.
Hydrology: Shallow groundwater directly beneath the site is not usable as a drinking water
supply due to extremely high concentrations of total dissolved solids, the result of
oil and gas activities in the area.
Deeper groundwater may be used as a supplemental water supply. However,
area drinking water is currently supplied from area lakes several miles from the
site.
The nearest river is the North Canadian, about 2,500 feet south of the site.
Present Status and Issues
The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) has completed the first three
semi annual sampling events of the groundwater. Results show that natural attenuation is
taking place through the generation or transformation of daughter products from the original
contaminants. Further investigations conducted by ODEQ and the U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS) confirm that soil conditions are adequate to support the natural attenuation process
and the process is taking place. The ODEQ and the USGS have noted that the high levels of
sodium, total dissolved solids and chlorides (saltwater or brine) in waters of the upper
aquifer make this a Class III or non potable aquifer. Brine contamination from historic
activities associated with oil and gas production in the area has degraded the water quality
to such an extent that these aquifers will never meet the criteria for potable water.
The ODEQ and EPA continue to monitor groundwater through semi annual sampling events
to verify that natural attenuation of contaminated groundwater is taking place.
EPA Publication Date: Sep 6, 2005 2DOUBLE EAGLE
Refinery
Company
Wastes and Volumes
l. Principal Pollutants
Lead up to 13,300 ppm(sludge)
Xylene(t) up to 48 ppm (soil/sediment.)
Ethylbenzene up to 10 ppm (soil/sediment.)
Trichloroethane 20 ppm (soil/sediment.)
(ppm = parts per million)
2. Volume: 43,000 cubic yards (approximately)
Site Assessment and Ranking
Npl Listing History
Site HRS Score: 30.83
Proposed Date: 6/24/88
Final Date: 3/31/89
NPL Update: No. 7
Site Map and Diagram
The Remediation Process
Site History:
From 1929 until the early 1980s, the facility re-refined used motor oils from truck
fleets, garages, automobile dealers, industries, and city, State, and Federal agencies
Double Eagle
Refinery
Company
3EPA Publication Date: Sep 6, 2005primarily within the State of Oklahoma, by a process of acidulation and filtration.
Based on soil, sludge, and water samples taken in October 1987, EPA proposed the
site to the National Priorities List (NPL) in June 1988. Inclusion on the NPL was
finalized in March 1989.
EPA began a Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (RI/FS) in March 1990.
Studies on the surface wastes were completed in September 1992; studies on the
ground water were completed in September 1993.
EPA selected stabilization and off-site disposal as the remedy to address surface
contamination, Source Operable Unit (OU) No. 1, in September 1992.
EPA completed the Remedial Design for the Source Control, OU No. 1, in April 1997.
EPA conducted the Remedial Action for the Source Control Operating Unit (OU) No. 1
through the Superfund program while continuing the enforcement process.
Asbestos abatement was also conducted at the site.
Remediation of the site soils completed according to the signed Record of Decision for OU
No. 1 in September 1998.
EPA selected groundwater monitoring upon completion of the source removal as the
remedy to address groundwater contamination, Groundwater Operable Unit, OU No.
2, in April 1994.
EPA completed the Remedial Design for the Groundwater, OU No. 2, in March 1995.
The Long Term Response Action for the Ground water OU No. 2 started in July 1995.
EPA completed Phase I installation of the Groundwater system, OU No. 2, in March
1996, and the final phase was completed in September 1996.
All field cleanup activities have been completed. The final construction completion
inspection was conducted on June 29, 1999.
The Preliminary Close Out Report (PCOR) for the Source Control OU No. 1, was signed
by the Superfund Division Director on September 07, 1999. The PCOR documents that all
construction activities have been completed at the Double Eagle Superfund site.
EPA and ODEQ conducted a Five Year Review of the remedy and included all operable
units of the Double Eagle Refinery Site and the Fourth Street Abandoned Refinery site.
This report was completed on July 29, 2002.
Health Considerations:
Direct contact threats from lead contaminated sludge and soil.
Record of Decision
Signed:
September 28, 1992 (Source), OU No. 1
April 19, 1994 (Ground water), OU No. 2
The Source Control Record of Decision (ROD) calls for on-site stabilization and disposal
in an off-site landfill permitted for non-hazardous wastes.
The Groundwater ROD calls for groundwater monitoring upon completion of source
removal.
EPA Publication Date: Sep 6, 2005 4DOUBLE EAGLE
Refinery
Company
Other Remedies Considered Reason Not Chosen
1. No Action/Limited ActionWill not address all risks
2. On-site stabilization and CappingNot considered permanent due to possible failure of cap.
3. On-site stabilization, Onsite Disposal Was the recommended alternative but State
preferred the more economical off-site disposal.
4. On-site Incineration,Does not address metals (primary risk)
Onsite capping of ash
5. Off-site Incineration, Off site DisposalDoes not address metals (primary risk)
Other Remedies Considered Reason Not Chosen
1. No ActionWill not provide for protection of lower ground
water.
2. Pump and TreatWill not reduce overall risk due to possible off-site
source and high dissolved solids.
Community Involvement
Community Involvement Plan: Developed 1/90
Remedy selection open houses and workshops: 9/89, 11/89, 8/90, 04/91, 6/92.
Original Proposed Plan Fact Sheet: 7/10/92
Remedy selection public meetings: 7/17/92 (source), 8/12/93 (groundwater)
Remedial design/construction open houses: 11/94, 3/95, and 1/99.
Milestone Fact Sheets: 9/89, 11/89, 2/90, 8/90, 3/91, 6/92, and 1/99.
Citizens on a site mailing list: 36
Constituency Interest:
- Current and potential contamination to residential areas.
- Health effects
Site Repository: Ralph Ellison Library, 2000 Northeast 23, Oklahoma City, OK 73111
Technical Assistance Grant
Availability Notice: 09/89
Letters of Intent Received:
1) Eastside Environmental Coalition - 02/13/90
Final Application Received: 03/15/91
Grant Awards: 06/11/91, 09/29/94, 05/08/98
Budget Periods: 06/11/91-05/31/94, 06/01/94-05/31/97, 05/08/98-05/31/00
Grantee: Eastside Environmental Coalition, Inc.
Chon Rouse, Administrator
Oklahoma City, OK
Technical Advisor: T.L.B. Associates, Inc., Millersville, MD
Current Status: Final decrease amendment issued and TAG closed out March 9, 2001.
Double Eagle
Refinery
Company
5EPA Publication Date: Sep 6, 2005Remedial Project Manager (EPA): Bartolome J. Cañellas, 214/665-6662, Mail Sta. 6SF-LP
Regional Public Liaison (EPA): Arnie Ondarza, 1-800-533-3508, Mail Sta. 6SF
State Contact: Dennis Datin, (405) 702-5125
Community Involvement (EPA): Bartolome J. Cañellas, 214/665-6662, Mail Sta. 6SF-LP
Attorney (EPA): Pamela Travis, 214/665-8056, Mail Sta. 6RC-S
State Coordinator (EPA): Robie Hirt, 214/665-8079, Mail Sta. 6SF-LT
Enforcement
Enforcement letters were sent to 453 companies in September 1989 and August
1991 requesting information on their involvement in the Double Eagle facility.
Records identifying 46 potentially responsible parties were found in the
Oklahoma State Department of Health archives in October 1992.
At the end, thirty three (33) PRPs were identified for the site.
Two (2) major PRPs were identified and only one (1) viable.
EPA completed in 2002 a final settlement offers with the de 31 minimis PRPs based on a
waste allocation estimate.
EPA is currently pursuing the major viable PRP identified to reach a settlement
offer.
Benefits
Completion of the remedy selected for the Double Eagle site mitigated risks from
43,000 cubic yards of contaminated sludge to protect approximately 32,000
people living within three miles of the site.
source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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