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Fact Sheet
May 2006
Second Five-Year Review Completed - Hayford Bridge Road Groundwater Superfund Site, St. Charles County, Missouri
(also known as the Findett Corporation Site)
INTRODUCTION
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducts regular five-year reviews on Superfund sites where cleanups have been completed. These reviews are required by the Superfund law [42 U.S.C. § 9621(c)]. EPA Region 7 and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) have completed their second five-year review of the Hayford Bridge Road Groundwater Superfund Site in St. Charles County, Missouri (also known as the Findett Corporation Site).
SITE BACKGROUND
Findett Corporation operated a chemical recycling and formulation facility at the site between 1962 and 1973. Findett reclaimed used hydraulic fluids, heat transfer fluids and solvents. Some of the reprocessed hydraulic and heat transfer fluids contained polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Other materials that Findett handled contained volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Findett used an unlined “quench pond” to cool residues from the oil and fluid recycling operations. As a result, VOCs and PCBs contaminated surface soils, subsurface soils and ground water on the Findett property and adjacent property formerly owned by Cadmus Corporation (Cadmus).
As a Superfund project, the site was divided into three operable units (OUs). OU1 addresses the soil and ground water contamination on the Findett property, OU2 addresses the soil contamination on adjacent former Cadmus property, and OU3 addresses the contaminated ground water that migrated from OU1 and OU2.
In 1990, EPA and Findett entered into an agreement to implement a remedy for OU1. PCB-contaminated surface soils at OU1 were excavated and disposed off-site. A ground-water treatment system was installed and continues to operate at OU1.
In January 2001, EPA and several former Findett customers entered into an agreement to implement a soils cleanup for OU2. The work was completed later that year.
In September 2001, former Findett customers agreed to conduct a Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (RI/FS) to investigate the nature and extent of off-site ground-water contamination (OU3). The Record of Decision that selected the remedy for OU3 was completed September 28, 2005.
FIVE-YEAR REVIEWS
The goal of the five-year review process is to assess the ongoing, long-term effectiveness of completed cleanups over time to protect human health and the environment. The first five-year review for the Hayford Bridge Road Groundwater Site was completed September 29, 2000.
THIS FIVE-YEAR REVIEW
This second five-year review encompassed a physical inspection of the site, a review of soil removal completion reports, study of the site files, relevant documents, and all other information gathered in the last five years.
The assessment of this second five-year review found the remedies for the cleanups conducted at OU1 and OU2 are functioning as designed and remain protective of human health and the environment.
FUTURE WORK AND REVIEWS
The cleanup to be conducted at OU3 will be reviewed, assessed, and included
in future five-year reviews. The next five-year review at this site will
be conducted by September 2010.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
A copy of the complete five-year review and the Administrative Record associated with the various cleanups are available at the following locations during normal business hours:
St. Charles City-County Library
Kathryn Linnemann Branch
2323 Elm St.
St. Charles, Mo.
EPA Region 7 Records Center
901 N. 5th St.
Kansas City, Kan.
Questions or requests for additional information on this Superfund site or the five-year review process may be addressed to:
Fritz Hirter
Community Involvement Coordinator
EPA Region 7
901 N. 5th St.
Kansas City, KS 66101
Phone: (913) 551-7003
Toll free: (800) 223-0425
E-mail: hirter.fritz@epa.gov
Steve Auchterlonie
Remedial Project Manager
Superfund Division
EPA Region 7
901 N. 5th St.
Kansas City, KS 66101
Phone: (913) 551-7003
Toll free: (800) 223-0425
E-mail: auchterlonie.steve@epa.gov
