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Copley Square Plaza
Site Information
- Copley, OH (Summit County)
- EPA ID# OH0000563122
- NPL Site Narrative
- NPL Factsheet
- Superfund Site Progres Profile
- Alias(es): Danton Dry Cleaners
- Site photos
- Maps
- Ground Water Plume Map (PDF) (1pg, 52K) September 2011
Contact Information
Community Involvement Coordinator
Susan Pastor (pastor.susan@epa.gov)
312-353-1325 or 800-621-8431, ext. 31325
Remedial Project Manager
Margaret Gielniewski (gielniewski.margaret@epa.gov)
312-886-6244 or 800-621-8431, ext. 66244
Ohio EPA Site Coordinator
Mike Bolas (mike.bolas@epa.state.oh.us)
330-963-1109
Repositories
(where to view written records)
Copley Twp. Trustees Office
1540 S. Cleveland-Massillon Road
Copley, OH
Fairlawn-Bath Public Library
3101 Smith Road
Akron, OH
Background
The Copley Square Plaza Superfund site is located at 2777 Copley Road in Copley Township, Summit County. The site is near Copley Road, a busy street in the township. Private homes and the Meadows of Copley townhome units are located immediately to the south and east.(more...)
Tetrachloroethene information from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Site Updates | News Releases | Fact Sheets || Technical Documents || Public Meetings
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Site Updates
May 2012
Public water supply connections and vapor intrusion system installations will take place this summer and fall. Our decision as to who receives vapor systems and public water connections came from information we received after water and air samples were taken in 2011.
Vapor
EPA will install vapor intrusion mitigation systems in 10 Copley homes. We have collected signed “access agreements” from the homeowners and are planning to begin work by the end of June. Indoor systems (about the size of a football) will be placed in basements to extract air from the soil beneath them. Vapors will be vented outdoors. Air venting systems will be installed for free but there will be a slight increase in monthly electric bills. Homeowners received results from air samples taken last year. These results will help us see if chemicals connected to the former dry cleaners at the plaza are still present.
Homes suspected to have vapors rising up through the ground and entering them through a process known as "vapor intrusion" is one part of our cleanup.
Water
EPA will connect 27 homes to public water. We have collected signed “access agreements” from the homeowners, are finalizing the logistics with the city of Akron, and are hiring contractors. Weather permitting, the construction should start by August and finish by the end of the year. While work is going on, residents may notice trucks and heavy equipment along some sections of Copley Road, South Plainview Avenue, Appletree Road, Elizabeth Avenue and nearby side streets. Roads may be partially blocked off and reduced to one lane. Drivers should proceed slowly in these areas.
Residents whose homes are hooked up to city water will have a monthly water bill but won't have to pay for the actual connections. The Meadows of Copley units aren't included because they are already connected to public water.
Connecting homes to public water is the second part of our cleanup.
Ground Water
In addition to providing homes with city water, the tetrachloroethene, or PERC, cleanup involves treating the ground water in place. To do this, a thick chemical solution will be injected into the soil to break up the PERC into harmless compounds.
Some new monitoring wells are also being installed to see if there is more PERC contamination deeper underground. These wells, along with those previously installed, will be sampled quarterly through fall 2013. The results will be summarized in a document called a Remedial Investigation Report which should be available by the end of 2013.
Addressing contaminated ground water is the third part of our cleanup.
News Releases
- EPA Picks Cleanup Plan for Copley Square Plaza Superfund Site October 28, 2009
- EPA proposes cleanup plan for Copley Square Plaza Superfund site; meeting July 22, 7 p.m. June 29, 2009
- EPA names new Superfund National Priorities List sites in Danville, Ill., and Copley, Ohio April 27, 2005
Fact Sheets
- Connections to Public Water Supply Coming this Summer (PDF) (2pp, 326K) March 2012
- EPA Proposes Cleanup Plan for Polluted Ground Water, Soil (PDF) (8pp, 509K) June 2009
- Studies Near Completion (PDF) (2pp, 132K) February 2008
- Two Studies Mark Beginning of Copley Cleanup Process (PDF) (2pp, 127K) January 2006
- What You Should Know About Vapor Intrusion (PDF) (2pp, 232K)
Technical Documents
- Attachment B OU1 Figures (PDF) (5pp, 2.28MB) January 2011
- Attachment B OU1 SOPs (PDF) (70pp, 984KB) January 2011
- Attachment B OU1 (PDF) (42pp, 205KB) January 2011
- Record of Decision (PDF) (96pp, 3.3MB) October 2009
- Feasibility Study (PDF) (240pp, 17.5MB) June 2009
- Baseline Human Health Risk Assessment Report Copley Plaza Site (PDF) (232pp, 1.4MB) July 2008
- Remedial Investigation Report Copley Square Plaza Site (PDF) (183pp, 7.7MB) July 2008
- Extent of contamination map (PDF) (1pg, 11"x17", 681K) April 2008
- Screening Level Ecological Risk Assessment (PDF) (46pp, 1.9MB) November 2006
- Final Community Involvement Plan (PDF)(36 pp, 528K) October 2005
Public Meetings
- Transcript of the Public Meeting held July 22, 2009 (PDF) (100 pp., 157K) July 22, 2009