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Fact Sheet
September 2005
Second Five-Year Review Begins, Hayford Bridge Road Groundwater Superfund Site, St. Charles County, Missouri, (also known as the Findett Corp. 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 initiated their second five-year review of the Hayford Bridge Road Groundwater Superfund site in St. Charles County, Missouri (also known as the Findett Corp. Site).
SITE BACKGROUND
Between 1962 and 1973, Findett Corp. operated a chemical recycling and formulation facility at the site. 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 groundwater on the Findett property and an adjacent property owned by Cadmus Corporation (Cadmus).
As a Superfund project, the site was divided into three operable units (OUs): OU1 addresses the soil and groundwater contamination on the Findett property; OU2 addresses the soil contamination on the Cadmus property; and OU3 addresses the contaminated groundwater that migrated off 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 offsite; a groundwater system was installed and continues to treat the groundwater at OU1.
In January 2001, EPA and several former Findett customers entered into an agreement to implement a soils clean up 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 groundwater contamination (OU3). The Proposed Plan for OU3 is currently out for public comment. A Record of Decision is expected to be completed by September 30, 2005.
The first five-year review for the Hayford Bridge Road Groundwater site was completed September 29, 2000. This will be the second five-year review conducted for this site.
CLEANUPS UNDER REVIEW
The goal of the five-year review process is to assess the ongoing, long-term effectiveness of completed cleanups over time. This review will assess the protectiveness of the cleanups conducted at OU1 and OU2.
FUTURE WORK
The pending cleanup to be conducted at OU3 will be reviewed and assessed during any future five-year reviews to be conducted at this site.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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 Street
St. Charles, MO
EPA Region 7 Records Center
901 North Fifth Street
Kansas City, KS
If you have questions or need additional information on this Superfund site or the five-year review process, please contact:
Fritz Hirter
Community Involvement Coordinator
EPA Region 7
901 North Fifth Street
Kansas City, KS 66101
Phone: 913-551-7003
Toll free: 1-800-223-0425
E-mail: hirter.fritz@epa.gov
OR
Steve Auchterlonie
Remedial Project Manager
Superfund Division
EPA Region 7
901 North Fifth Street
Kansas City, KS 66101
Toll free: 1-800-223-0425
E-mail: auchterlonie.steve@epa.gov
