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Superfund Program


   

National Priorities List (NPL) History

Proposed Date
10/26/1989

Final Date
8/30/1990

Construction Complete
9/29/1994

Deletion Date
4/02/1999

Williams Pipeline Co. Disposal Pit

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Site Type: Deleted NPL
City: Sioux Falls
County: Minnehaha
Street Address: 5300 W. 12th St.
Zip Code: 57107
EPA ID#: SDD000823559
Site ID#: 0800546
Site Aliases: Williams Pipeline Disposal Pit
Congressional District(s): At Large

 Site Description

The Williams Pipe Line (WPL) Site (Site) is located at 12th Street and Marion Road in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The disposal pit was an unlined excavation where WPL burned waste until the early 1970s.

In 1987, the Superfund investigation of soil and groundwater focused on volatile organic compounds, pesticides, hydrocarbons and metals. The investigation found volatile/semi-volatile organic compounds contaminating the groundwater. These contaminants are commonly found in petroleum products and were likely associated with the petroleum releases being addressed by the State. Much of the risk associated with the Site related to the petroleum contaminants.

EPA added the Site to its National Priorities List (NPL) in 1990.

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 Site Risk

Media Affected Contaminants Source of Contamination
Ground water Risk related to the petroleum contaminants Pit where waste was burned

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 Cleanup Progress

The following cleanup activities have been completed by the potentially responsible party, WPL:

  • Installation of recovery trenches along the boundaries of the Site to capture the contamination and to prevent contaminated groundwater from moving off site at unacceptable levels.
  • Two years of groundwater monitoring to confirm that no unacceptable exposure would likely occur in the future.
  • An additional two quarters of groundwater monitoring data.

Once the entire quarterly data were evaluated and the cleanup levels in the ROD achieved, EPA deleted the Site from the NPL in April 1999. No operation & maintenance activities needed.

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 Community Involvement

The site was deleted from the NPL in April 1999. No community involvement activities are ongoing.

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 Contacts

EPA

Kathie Atencio
EPA Project Manager
U.S. EPA Region 8 (EPR-SR)
1595 Wynkoop Street
Denver, CO 80202-1129
(303) 312-6803 or
1-800-227-8917 x 6803 (Reg. 8 only)
E-mail: atencio.kathie@epa.gov

John Dalton
EPA Community Involvement Coordinator
U.S. EPA Region 8 (OC)
1595 Wynkoop Street
Denver, CO 80202-1129
(303) 312-6633
E-mail: dalton.john@epa.gov

South Dakota

Mark Lawrensen
Project Manager
South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Joe Foss Bldg.
523 E. Capitol
Pierre, SD 57501-3181
(605) 773-5868
E-mail: mark.lawrensen@state.sd.us

View Documents at:

EPA Superfund Records Center
1595 Wynkoop
Denver, CO 80202-1129
(303) 312-6473 or
1-800-227-8917 x 6473 (Reg. 8 only)

South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Groundwater Quality Program
Pierre, SD 57501

Sioux Falls Library
201 N. Main
Sioux Falls, SD 57105
Attn: Doug Murdock

 

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