Oklahoma Superfund Site: Hudson Refinery
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Are you in need of a Toxic Tort Attorney in The Sooner State? The US EPA has designated Hudson Refinery in Oklahoma as a Superfund site due to its levels 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 Oklahoma may place you and your loved ones more vulnerable to 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.However, most of the Superfund sites still pose a health hazard to the health of those who live close to a Superfund site.
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Below you can read the EPA report for the Hudson Refinery Superfund site. If you, a loved one, or someone in your community has gotten sick due to toxic pollution in Hudson Refinery, 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 Oklahoma . Take your first step 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 attorneys at Weitz & Luxenberg.
Hudson Refinery
This site is not a Federal Facility.
EPA Publication Date:
Current Status
Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (RI/FS) Phase I field work was completed between May
and October
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004. Phase II filed work was completed in March2
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005. The fieldwork consisted of 2
soil, sediment, surface water, ground water and air sampling.
The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) and EPA are reviewing the draft
Phase I Sampling Report to determine the type and extent of contamination that may remain at
the former refinery site. The draft RI report is scheduled to be completed in the June/July
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time frame.
Benefits
The cleanup of the contaminated media at the Hudson Oil Refinery Superfund site will reduce the health and
ecological risks associated with the remaining contamination.
National Priorities Listing (NPL) History
NPL Inclusion Proposal Date: April 1999
NPL Inclusion Final Date: July 19, 1999
NPL Deletion Proposal Date: n/a
NPL Final Deletion Date: n/a
Site Description
Location: The Hudson Refinery site is located in Cushing, Payne County, Oklahoma. Surrounding the site
are residential and agricultural lands to the north and commercial properties to the south.
Highway 33 (Main Street) separates the site into a ?north? and ?south? refinery. The ?North
refinery? consists of approximately 165 acres, and the ?South refinery? is approximately 35 acres.
Setting: Historical aerial photographs indicate the site operated as a refinery beginning as early as the
mid-1930s. Refining operations ended in 1982, and the site was abandoned. The site historically
included aboveground storage tanks, wastewater treatment impoundments, separators, stained
soils, a land treatment unit, and loose and friable asbestos containing material. Runoff from the
site enters on-site wetlands and storm water collection ponds. The tanks, piping and most of the
refinery superstructure were removed from the site during the EPA removal actions.
Population: For a 50 square mile area around the site, the population is about 12% minority and 46%
economically stressed. There are approximately 8,371 residents in the City of Cushing.
Hudson Refinery Site
(Payne County)
Oklahoma
Epa Id# Okd082471988
Site ID: 0601160
Epa Region 6
Congressional District 03
:
Laura Stankosky
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14-665-75252
Updated: September
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EPA Publication Date:
Wastes And Volumes
EPA identified six sources of contamination at the site during a 1998 removal assessment and a 1998-1999
expanded site inspection. Elevated levels of chromium, mercury, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons
(PAHs), and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were detected in the sources at the site. Elevated levels of
chromium and mercury also were detected in wetlands associated with a former biotreatment pond at the
site. The 1998-1999 removal action included the abatement of loose and friable asbestos, and cleanup of
miscellaneous chemicals and drums. On the north side of the refinery, an anhydrous hydrogen fluoride (HF)
alkylation plant was dismantled and a leaking hydrofluoric acid tank, which contained 12,000 gallons of
hydrofluoric acid, was removed along with two tetraethyl lead tanks. The north and south refineries also
contained an 11-acre land treatment unit, wastewater separators, collection and biotreatment ponds, several
other storage tanks, and contaminated soil.
The refinery superstructure included
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2 towers,2
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16 process vessels, and eight buildings located within the 2
project area, cooling towers, TEL buildings (North and South refineries), and associated aboveground
piping. Miscellaneous items included contents of collection basins of the cooling towers and caustic sump,
miscellaneous containers and drums, aboveground storage tanks (ASTs) outside the refinery
superstructure, and structurally unsafe buildings. Because the North refinery was not properly closed in
1982, chemicals remained in the lines and vessels.Starting in September 0f
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001 a non-time critical 2
removal action addressed the refinery superstructure and removal of associated gross contamination. The
contents of the process vessels and piping were purged of chemicals and the remaining refinery
superstructure dismantled. All miscellaneous piping (approximately 36,222 ft) and metal have been
removed from the site. Asbestos abatement activities at the site have been completed with approximately
30,169 ft of vessel insulation and
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2,251 ft of pipe insulation abated. All vessels and towers, including2
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vessels and
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2 towers have been drained and removed. The dismantling of the superstructure included the 2
use of explosives to control the fall of the large towers and vessels. All lines at the site were investigated
and drained at the site. This involved approximately 562 cold taps and approximately 859 drill taps. All of
the elemental mercury gauges have been removed.
Site Map
EPA Publication Date:
Health Considerations
There is a potential exposure threat to human health through ingestion, dermal contact, or inhalation of soil
or surface water from the site due to hazardous chemicals that may still be present at the site. These
materials may present both a cancer and non-cancer risk to human health. Some of the more toxic
chemicals residuals that may still be present are TEL, hydrogen sulfide (HS), benzene, hydrochloric acid
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(HCL), hydrosulfuric acid, HF, mercury, arsenic, chromium, ammonia, and calcium hypochlorite. Asbestos
containing material associated with the piping and vessels at the facilitywere friable, had weathered and
deteriorated over time posing an increasing risk of release to the air. All aboveground tanks on the site
containing some of the more toxic chemicals and the asbestos piping were removed during the 1998 and
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002 removals.2
Record of Decision (ROD)
No ROD has been signed for the site
The Record of Decision (ROD) will be developed after the RI/FS and Proposed Plan are presented to the
public for comment.
Site
EPA Remedial Project Manager: Laura Stankosky
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14-665-7525 or 800-533-3508 2
EPA Community Involvement Coordinator David Birdsong
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14-665-2221 or 800-533-3508 2
EPA Site Attorney: George Malone
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14-665-8030 or 800-533-3508 2
EPA Regional Public Liaison: Arnold Ondarza 800-533-3508
LDEQ Louisiana State Contact: Amy Brittain 405-702-5133
source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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