FIRE TOWER & WAIBEL RDS.
The Woodlawn County Landfill site covers approximately 37 acres in Cecil County, Maryland. The property was a privately owned sand and gravel quarry before it was purchased by the County in 1960. The county owned and operated the site as a municipal landfill from 1960 until 1978 when the state issued an order that prohibited the county from placing additional municipal wastes into the landfill. During operation of the landfill, two large quarrying pits were filled with agricultural, municipal, and industrial wastes. State records document the disposal of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) sludge at the site by the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company (now Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.). The PVC sludge, which contained residual vinyl chloride, a known human carcinogen, was initially disposed of throughout the landfill. Between 1978 and 1981, after the landfill was closed to municipal waste, the PVC sludge was deposited into three segregated disposal cells. Analyses conducted by the State and potentially responsible parties (PRPs) showed the presence of contamination in on-site groundwater and soils, off-site ground water, and surface water and sediments of a stream that crosses the site. The stream enters Basin Run, a state-designated trout stream, about two miles from the site. The local aquifer is the only water supply available to area residents. Currently, the county operates a municipal waste transfer station at the entrance to the site. Site Responsibility Cleanup of this site is the responsibility of federal and state governments, and parties potentially responsible for site contamination.
1,207 |
People living within a 1 mile radius |
$89,033 |
Average Income |
431 |
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