Superfund Sites - B Block - 2023 by Michael Framarin https://padlet.com/mframarin/l6nrks8vzstd04rg Describe the site you researched in a few sentences. Make sure you include the location, type of pollutant, date, and environmental/health impact. Lastly, include a picture or map. Don't forget your name! en-us 2023-01-13 13:36:13 UTC 2026-02-12 04:23:40 UTC hello@padlet.com Shpacks Landfill????? MA-Timothy Pacella https://padlet.com/mframarin/l6nrks8vzstd04rg/wish/2443714238 Shpacks Landfill was a waste side in Norton, Massachusetts. Shpack Landfill was owned by Isadore Shpack, who was a Russian Jewish immigrant.
His goal was to try and fill in his swampland, then to try and raise an orchard and grow vegetables on the reclaimed land. He allowed any waste to be dumped in and reportedly took in waste that wasn't accepted by the neighboring municipal landfill. Of course, this didn't end well. In 1978, a local resident who wondered why the snails in the area lost their shells, found massive amounts of Radium and uranium at the Landfill. After further surveys of the land, it was found to be possesing all sorts of goodies, including VOC's, heavy metals like mercury, dioxins, PCB's and PAH's. ]]> 2023-01-13 15:25:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mframarin/l6nrks8vzstd04rg/wish/2443714238 Brio Superfund Texas-Brian Tai https://padlet.com/mframarin/l6nrks8vzstd04rg/wish/2443714945 Used to be an industrial location, 16 miles southeast from Houston. It was a 58 Acre refinery site for copper, petroleum, and oil, which caused many different chemicals like copper to be in the dirt, water, and air of the area. Beginning in 1989, the EPA began remediation by demolishing buildings, digging out contaminated soils for processing or disposal, containing groundwater by use of a physical barrier, and capping the site.]]> 2023-01-13 15:26:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mframarin/l6nrks8vzstd04rg/wish/2443714945 Spencer Williams https://padlet.com/mframarin/l6nrks8vzstd04rg/wish/2443715122 30 Superfund Sites found in Greenville, SC: 1 Active NPL, 11 Active Non-NPL and 18 Archived
 There is currently only 1 Active NPL superfund site in Greenville, SC.

Location- Greenville County, South Carolina

Type of pollutant- Groundwater 
contaminated with manganese, TCE, and bis(2-Ethylhexyl)phthalate

Date Proposed - 06/10/1986
Date Listed - 10/04/1989

Environmental/health impact- In 1988, the EPA determined that the low level of contaminants in groundwater did not pose a risk to human health or the environment.
]]> 2023-01-13 15:26:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mframarin/l6nrks8vzstd04rg/wish/2443715122 Anthony Curzio: Natick Laboratory Army Research, Development, & Engineering Center https://padlet.com/mframarin/l6nrks8vzstd04rg/wish/2443716225 Groundwater in the area was contaminated with various heavy metals like barium, mercury, arsenic, copper, chromium, lead, and zinc. Because of the contamination of the groundwater, the town was proposed as a new site to superfund on May 10th 1993 and was accepted on May 31st, 1994. The heavy metals in the water were able to spread and get into actually clean drinking water, which would severely impact the town as a whole.]]> 2023-01-13 15:26:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mframarin/l6nrks8vzstd04rg/wish/2443716225 Curtis Chase - Housatonic River https://padlet.com/mframarin/l6nrks8vzstd04rg/wish/2443716355 The Housatonic River is approximately 149 miles long, in western Mass and Connecticut. From 1932 until 1977, the river was polluted with PCB from the General Electric plant in Pittsfield. The EPA designated the Pittsfield plant and several miles of the Housatonic as a Superfund site in 1997. Ducks and fish that live in and around the river contain significant levels of PCBs and can present health risks if consumed.]]> 2023-01-13 15:27:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mframarin/l6nrks8vzstd04rg/wish/2443716355 Brunswick Naval Air Station Olivia Bostian https://padlet.com/mframarin/l6nrks8vzstd04rg/wish/2443717141 Name: Brunswick Naval Air Station
Where: Cumberland County , Maine 
Reason: Wastes and chemicals from pesticides, ordnance, firefighting foam, and uncapped landfill
Proposed: October 15, 1984
Listed: July 22, 1987
Construction Completed: September 27, 2002
Brunswick Naval Air Station is no longer open anymore. 
It occupies 3,372 acres in Cumberland County, Maine.
It provided air support for the US military
This site contaminated soil and ground water
Local state funding, project incentives, and sustained outreach efforts to help redevelopment flourish
The superfund site restoration and reuse can help with local economies jobs, new businesses, tax revenues and local spending. 


]]> 2023-01-13 15:27:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mframarin/l6nrks8vzstd04rg/wish/2443717141 Times Beach - Emily Achatz https://padlet.com/mframarin/l6nrks8vzstd04rg/wish/2443719283 Times Beach is located in Missouri; more specifically, St. Louis. About 40 years ago, an individual was paid to spray material on the roads to suppress the dust . This material is a highly toxic chemical compound, dioxin, and waste oil. A lot of roads in Times Beach was sprayed with dioxin between 1971 and 1976. The town was inundated (overwhelmed) by a terrible flood in December 1982, causing toxic mix to spread beyond the roads and cover the town. Dioxin is highly toxic and can cause cancer, reproductive and developmental problems, damage to the immune system, and hormone inference. In May, 1971, a horse arena was sprayed and within a couple of days, horses, cats, dogs, and birds in the surrounding landscape died. The town was contaminated with about 100 parts per billion. The entire town was evacuated in 1985.]]> 2023-01-13 15:29:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mframarin/l6nrks8vzstd04rg/wish/2443719283 Southwest Jefferson County Mining, Jefferson County Liam Gordon https://padlet.com/mframarin/l6nrks8vzstd04rg/wish/2443720056 The Southwest Jefferson County Mine had extensive lead contamination's in the soil and at least 39 private drinking wells. 
04/09/09- 09/23/2009 
The health impacts are lower IQ, neurotoxins, risky decision making ]]> 2023-01-13 15:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mframarin/l6nrks8vzstd04rg/wish/2443720056 Hercules 009 Landfill | Glynn County, Georgia | Trevon Njoroge https://padlet.com/mframarin/l6nrks8vzstd04rg/wish/2443720824 From 1948 through 1980, in Brunswick, Georgia, Hercules, Inc. used 7 acres at the northern end of the site, known as the 009 Landfill, to dispose of waste. Manufacturing waste, called "sludge," was placed in a pit. The sludge contained high concentrations of toxaphene pesticide and toxaphene related chemicals. The toxaphene had been detected at levels exceeding 15,000 parts per million at the Hercules 009 Landfill Site. It was found to contaminate waterways.]]> 2023-01-13 15:30:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mframarin/l6nrks8vzstd04rg/wish/2443720824 Daegan Connolly https://padlet.com/mframarin/l6nrks8vzstd04rg/wish/2443724067 Lake water, sediment, and underlying soil was contaminated by the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway. Elements that contaminated them were boron, fluoride, chloride, phenolics, sulfate, and petroleum hydrocarbons. Located in Curry County, NM. Listed on 9/8/1981 and delisted on 03/17/2003. 

]]> 2023-01-13 15:32:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mframarin/l6nrks8vzstd04rg/wish/2443724067 Portsmouth National Naval Shipyard - Gracelyn Miranda https://padlet.com/mframarin/l6nrks8vzstd04rg/wish/2443727417 The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Seavery Island, Kittery, Maine, is a shipyard focusing on the construction and hauling of submarines. The site has been contaminated due to landfill operations, spills and leaks from industrial operations and piping, storage of batteries and other materials, filling of land, and outfalls to the river. According to the EPA, contamination was detected in the surrounding groundwater, soils, and sediments
 
Type of pollutants found: 
Antimony 
Arsenic 
benzene 
Cadmium 
Copper 
lead
PAHs 
PCBs 
Thallium

date of operations: 
1800s-present  

environmental/health impacts: 
mesothelioma  
immune deficientes 
reproductive effects 
neurological effects 
elevated blood pressure]]> 2023-01-13 15:35:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mframarin/l6nrks8vzstd04rg/wish/2443727417 Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant Karnack, Texas- Jayden Kro https://padlet.com/mframarin/l6nrks8vzstd04rg/wish/2443727943 The Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant was an 8,493-acre government-owned, contractor-operated facility in Karnack, Texas, established in 1942. This plant produced 393,000,000 pounds of TNT in World War II. On December 8, 1987, The Longhorn Plant was used to destroy Pershing 1a and Pershing II missiles. Thiokol operated this plant. The Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant was listed as a Superfund site on August 30, 1990. The plant's groundwater, surface water, and soil were found to be contaminated with perchlorate. There were also samples of sediment found with high levels of lead and mercury]]> 2023-01-13 15:35:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mframarin/l6nrks8vzstd04rg/wish/2443727943 Mackenna Reynolds- New Hampshire Plating co. https://padlet.com/mframarin/l6nrks8vzstd04rg/wish/2443729841 Hillsborough, New Hampshire
Date: 10/14/1992
Description: Wastewater containing metals, solvents and cyanide used in the electroplating operations was discharged into drainage channels in the former building floor, and flowed into unlined lagoons north of the building. Contaminants from the unlined lagoons affected on-site wetlands, contaminated surface and subsurface soils, and reached the groundwater.  
Health risks: people ingesting or touching contaminants in soil and groundwater.
Pollutant: Trichlorthane, Dichloroethene

]]> 2023-01-13 15:37:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mframarin/l6nrks8vzstd04rg/wish/2443729841 Loring Air Force Base - Meike Winkler https://padlet.com/mframarin/l6nrks8vzstd04rg/wish/2443734493 The Loring Air Force Base is located in Northeaster Maine near Limestone.
The groundwater is polluted by many different toxins such as TCE, benzene, and toluene. Soil contains significant amounts of fuel, oil, PCBs, and PAHs. The surface water is contaminated with heavy metals, PAHs and PCBs as well. The Air Force Base was proposed as a superfund site in 1989 and listed one year later. In 2001 the construction was completed. The toxins like PCB can cause cancer and effect the immune, nervous and reproductive system. PAHs also cause cancer, especially lung cancer. The contaminated soil also has negative impacts on plants in the environment.]]> 2023-01-13 15:40:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mframarin/l6nrks8vzstd04rg/wish/2443734493