• POLLUTION ABATEMENT SERVICES, OSWEGO County, NY

Stage of Clean-up: Construction Completed

Conditions at listing (October 1981): Pollution Abatement Services (PAS), now bankrupt, operated a liquid waste incineration facility just east of Oswego, New York, from 1970 through 1976, when it was closed by the State. Remaining on the 15-acre site were toxic, flammable, and explosive wastes, including off-specification polymer gels, plating wastes, metal sludges, paint wastes, and laboratory chemicals. The wastes were in 15,000 drums, in lagoons, and in six surface and buried storage tanks. Ground water is polluted, as is surface water, which discharges into Lake Ontario approximately 1 mile from Oswego's drinking water intake. Between 1977 and 1981, EPA, with $2.1 million made available under Section 311 of the Clean Water Act, removed and disposed of OIL and hazardous liquid wastes, including large quantities of materials contaminated with PCBS. This is the top priority site in New York. Status (July 1983): In July 1982, $100,000 in CERCLA emergency funds were approved to control run-off, repack leaking drums, and erect a fence.  More...

Sources of Contamination:

• Incineration residuals handling
• Lagoon disposal
• Storage - drums/containers of waste

The onsite ground water is contaminated with various HEAVY METALS and VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCS). The onsite soil is contaminated with POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS). Sludges are contaminated with PCBS and HEAVY METALS. The potential exists for health risks if contaminated ground water is ingested or touched.

Contaminants Detected
	Ground Water	Surface Water	Air	Soil	Other
1,1,1-TRICHLOROETHANE			X
CADMIUM					X
CARBON TETRACHLORIDE			X
CHLOROFORM	X		X
CHROMIUM		X
CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS		X
DICHLOROMETHANE	X	X
ETHYLBENZENE			X
LEAD		X
N,N-DIMETHYLANILINE		X
POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS	X	X
TETRACHLOROETHYLENE			X
TOLUENE	X	X	X
TRICHLOROETHYLENE	X		X
XYLENE (MIXED ISOMERS)			X

Groundwater and Drinking Water
Were drinking water wells shut down due to contamination?	No
Are drinking water wells potentially threatened?	Yes
Population served by the threatened wells:	1 - 24

List ground water uses.

EPA Hazard Ranking System scores for POLLUTION ABATEMENT SERVICES:

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Overall site:

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Rank Superfund sites in the U.S., NEW YORK, or in OSWEGO County by EPA Hazard Ranking Scores.

*Note: EPA's Hazard Ranking System is designed to screen and prioritize sites for the Superfund program, based on limited data available at time of listing. These scores are not based on a comprehensive risk assessment of the site and do not reflect conditions after initiation of cleanup work.

Number of PRPs currently associated with this site:	65
Hazardous waste received from off-site generators/transporters?	Yes
Number of past and present PRPs who contributed less than 1% of the waste:	11 - 50
Number of owners/operators which are also municipalities:	0
Percent of waste at the site that is municipal solid waste:	None

EPA Site Information

• NPL Fact Sheet
• Record of Decision (ROD) Abstracts
• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Public Health Assessment
• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) Public Health Assessment
• NPL Site 5 Year Reviews
• Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (CERCLIS) Hazardous Waste Site Information
• Superfund Hazardous Waste Site Advanced Query Form

Scorecard reports for OSWEGO County on:

• Potential Sources of Land Contamination
• Criteria Air Pollutants
• Hazardous Air Pollutants