Superfund Sites in Reuse in West Virginia

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Fike Chemical, Inc.

The tanker truck parking on the Chemical Plant property capFike Chemical, Inc.The Fike Chemical, Inc. Superfund site is located in Nitro, West Virginia. The site consists of two parcels: an 11-acre parcel where operators made small batches of custom chemicals, and a 1-acre parcel containing the former Cooperative Sewage Treatment (CST) plant. The CST plant treated stormwater and wastewater generated by the Fike Chemical plant. The site owner disposed of hazardous materials by burying them in the ground or placing them in on-site lagoons. Operations at the site ended in 1988. Groundwater and soil at the site contained contamination from the chemical plant’s process wastes. EPA placed the site on the Superfund program’s National Priorities List (NPL) in 1983. EPA and the site’s potentially responsible parties (PRPs) performed cleanup activities. EPA removed hazardous materials. The PRPs dismantled on-site structures and used asphalt caps to cover contaminated soils. The groundwater investigation is ongoing. A company currently uses the capped portions of the site for employee parking, tanker truck parking, and tanker truck washing and maintenance.

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Leetown Pesticide

The Leetown Pesticide Superfund site in Jefferson County, West Virginia, is in an area known for its dairy cattle pastures and forage crop farms. The site includes three separate parcels: the former Pesticide Pile Area, the former Pesticide Mixing Shed and the Crimm Orchard Packing Shed. Mixing and storage of pesticides and insecticides, for use at the Jefferson and Crimm Orchards, took place at the site. Site activities resulted in the contamination of debris, waste and soil. In 1983, EPA added the site to the Superfund program’s National Priorities List (NPL). Cleanup activities included the treatment, stabilization or removal of soil from the site. EPA completed cleanup in 1992 and, in 1996, EPA deleted the site from the NPL. A United States Geological Survey facility occupies 2 acres of the site.

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North 25th Street Glass and Zinc Site

The North 25th Street Glass and Zinc site is located in Clarksburg, West Virginia. The site is made up of four adjacent parcels of land used for glass and zinc manufacturing by a variety of companies from 1898 until 1988. In 1988, Harrison Warehouse Services Company Inc. purchased all four property parcels. Lead, zinc and arsenic are present on site due to past site operations. EPA proposed the site for inclusion in the Superfund program’s National Priorities List (NPL) in April 2016. Harrison Warehouse Services Company Inc. uses the warehouse on the property for the storage of recycled paper for a pulp facility. Part of the property is also leased to King’s Tire Services, Inc., which sells tires and performs a variety of automobile repair services.
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Ordnance Works Disposal Areas

The Ordnance Works Disposal Areas Superfund site is located in Monongalia County, just south of Morgantown, West Virginia. The site consists of a 6-acre landfill and a manufacturing area that covers over 100 acres. Since 1941, several groups, including DuPont and the U.S. Department of Defense, produced chemicals at the site. Chemical manufacturing operations contaminated areas of the site, including an on-site landfill, lagoons, soils and sediments. The nearby Monongahela River supplies drinking water to about 60,000 residents in the county. The main water supply intake is located downstream of the site. EPA added the site to the Superfund program’s National Priorities List (NPL) in 1986. Cleanup activities included the removal and off-site disposal of contaminated soils and filling the areas with clean soil. EPA repaired wetlands along the Monongahela River disturbed during the cleanup process. Cleanup activities reached completion in 2003. Currently the chemical companies, under EPA guidance, continue groundwater and surface water monitoring.

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Ravenswood PCE

The Ravenswood PCE Superfund site is located in Ravenswood, West Virginia. The site includes 30 city blocks under which lies groundwater contaminated with tetrachloroethylene (PCE). The site surrounds the municipal drinking water plant. PCE contamination of two of the seven production wells in Ravenswood resulted in EPA placing the site on the Superfund program’s National Priorities List (NPL) in 2004. EPA continues investigations to determine the sources of contamination, which may be several former dry cleaning facilities. In 2004, operation of an air stripper used to treat groundwater began. EPA also installed two new production wells to provide clean water to residents. Cleanup activities underway include the installation of groundwater and soil treatment systems, continued well-head treatment on the city’s contaminated production wells prior to distribution, and groundwater monitoring. Continued land uses at the site include residential, commercial and public services.

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