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Title | Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 2): Ramapo Landfill Site, Rockland County, NY. (First remedial action), March 1992. Final report |
Publication Date | 1992 Mar 31 |
OSTI Identifier | OSTI ID: 6666765 |
Report Number(s) | PB-93-963801/XAB;EPA/ROD/R--02-92/169 |
Resource Type | Technical Report |
Research Org | Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Emergency and Remedial Response |
Subject | 290300 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Environment, Health, & Safety ;540250 -- Environment, Terrestrial-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (1990-); HAZARDOUS MATERIALS-- REMEDIAL ACTION;US SUPERFUND-- REMEDIAL ACTION; ARSENIC;CHROMIUM;CONTAMINATION;DECISION MAKING;GROUND WATER;LEAD;METALS;NEW YORK;NEW YORK CITY;ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;SANITARY LANDFILLS;SOILS;SURFACE WATERS;WASTE DISPOSAL;WASTE PROCESSING;WATER POLLUTION |
Related Subject | DEVELOPED COUNTRIES;ELEMENTS;HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS;LAWS;MANAGEMENT;MATERIALS;METALS;NEW YORK;NORTH AMERICA;OXYGEN COMPOUNDS;POLLUTION;POLLUTION LAWS;PROCESSING;SEMIMETALS;TRANSITION ELEMENTS;URBAN AREAS;USA;WASTE DISPOSAL;WASTE MANAGEMENT;WATER |
Description/Abstract | The 60-acre former landfill site is located on a 96-acre tract in the Town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York, about 35 miles northwest of New York City.^Utility corridors lie on three sides of the site, including high-voltage power transmission lines.^The site is currently being used as a compaction and transfer facility by the Town of Ramapo.^Trash and debris are weighed at a weigh station/guardhouse, compacted at a baler facility in the northeastern corner of the site, and transferred to the Al Turi Landfill in Goshen, New York.^The ROD represents the entire remedial action for the site by controlling source of contamination and the generation of leachate, and treatment of contaminated ground water.^The primary contaminants of concern affecting soil, ground water, and surface water are VOCs, including benzene; other organics; and metals, including arsenic, chromium, and lead.^The selected remedial action for the site is included. |
Country of Publication | United States |
Language | English |
Format | Pages: (70 p) |
Availability | NTIS |
System Entry Date | 2001 May 13 |
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