EPA Proposes to Delete Pasley Solvents and Chemicals Site in Nassau County, N.Y. from Superfund List (NY)
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency has proposed to delete the Pasley Solvents and
Chemicals site in Hempstead, N.Y. from the Superfund National
Priorities List because the site no longer poses a threat to public
health or the environment after a successful cleanup of
contaminated ground water and soil at the site. The site was placed
on the Superfund list in June 1986.
The site is a former tank farm that was used for
the storage of oils, solvents and chemicals. Activities at the site
included delivery and storage of chemicals in tanks, and the
transfer of the chemicals to large drums. Chemicals stored at the
site included a wide range of volatile organic compounds, including
hydrocarbons, solvents, ketones and alcohols. The site was formerly
owned by Commander Oil Corporation. Commander sold the property in
2003, and the Metropolitan Transit Authority operates a police
station there today.
EPA selected a cleanup approach for the site in
May 1995, which included injecting air into the ground water to
separate out contaminants and cleaning up soil by extracting
contaminated vapors. EPA oversaw the cleanup of the site, which
began in 1997 and comprised removing some 14,000 pounds of volatile
organic compounds from ground water and soil through on-site
treatment, and monitoring air and ground water to ensure the
cleanup was effective. Ground water and soil cleanup work was
completed in 2004.
EPA’s proposal is available on the Federal
Register website at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/. This deletion will be effective on September 26,
2011 unless EPA receives significant comments by September 12,
2011.
Comments on EPA’s proposal can be sent by
one of the following methods:
E-mail:
[email protected]
Fax: To the attention of Sherrel Henry at
212-637-3966
Mail: Sherrel Henry, Remedial Project Manager,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2, 290 Broadway, 20th
Floor, New York, N.Y., 10007-1866.
The docket identification number,
EPA-HQ-SFUND-1986-0005, should be included in
comments.
In 2004, EPA concluded that the cleanup was
protective of human health and the environment. All treatment
equipment was removed from the site in August 2004. EPA conducted a
second review of the cleanup in 2009 and concluded again that the
site no longer posed a threat to human health or the
environment.
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