• SOLVENT SAVERS, CHENANGO County, NY

Stage of Clean-up: Design Underway

Conditions at listing (December 1982): Solvent Savers recovered solvents on a 13-acre site in Lincklaen, New York, from 1967 to 1974. The owner and operator hauled waste solvents from Syracuse area industries for reprocessing or disposal. Large quantities of bulk and drummed liquid, soil, and semisolid wastes may have been dumped into two 15-to 20-foot-deep pits on the property. There are also indications that a tanker was buried. EPA and the State have conducted extensive investigations of the site, including sampling of soil, surface water, stream sediment, and fish. Seven wells have been installed to monitor ground water, and buried drums have been surveyed. PCBS, CHLOROFORM, TETRACHLOROETHYLENE, PHENOL, NAPHTHALENE, and 1,2-DICHLOROBENZENE have been detected in ground water in the immediate vicinity. Status (July 1983): EPA is preparing a Remedial Action Master Plan outlining the investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required at the site. It will guide further actions at the site.

Sources of Contamination:

• Recycling (Other than primary operation)
• Storage - drums/containers of waste
• Waste pile
• Waste tank - above ground

The ground water, surface water, sediments, and soil are contaminated with VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCS) which include, primarily, TETRACHLOROETHENE, TRICHLOROETHYLENE, and 1,1,1-TRICHLOROETHANE. The soil and ground water contain inorganics, including ARSENIC, BARIUM, CADMIUM, CHROMIUM, and LEAD. The soil is also contaminated with POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS). Direct contact with contaminated ground water, surface water, soil, or sediments may pose a health risk. Cows grazing in nearby pastures may be harmed if contaminants migrate to the fields.  More...

Contaminants Detected
	Ground Water	Surface Water	Air	Soil	Other
1,1,1-TRICHLOROETHANE		X
1,1-DICHLOROETHANE		X
1,2-DICHLOROBENZENE					X
1,2-TRANS-DICHLOROETHYLENE		X
BIS(2-ETHYLHEXYL)PHTHALATE					X
CHLOROFORM	X	X
NAPHTHALENE					X
PHENOL					X
POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS	X	X
TETRACHLOROETHYLENE					X
TRICHLOROETHYLENE		X
VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS	X
XYLENOL					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
Aquifer discharges into:	A sensitive ecological environment
	Surface water
Population served by water wells in the aquifer:	1 - 24

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EPA Hazard Ranking System scores for SOLVENT SAVERS:

Less Hazard

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0%					50%					100%

Overall site:

Surface water migration:

Ground water migration:

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*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:	13
Hazardous waste received from off-site generators/transporters?	Yes
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
• Government Accounting Office (GAO) assessment
• Record of Decision (ROD) Abstracts
• 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 CHENANGO County on:

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