hooker chemical & plastics corp./ruco polymer corp.

NEW SOUTH ROAD

The Hooker Chemical/Ruco Polymer site, located in an industrial park area of Hicksville on Long Island, has been used to manufacture plastics, latex, and esters since 1945. Liquid process wastes were discharged into sand sumps from 1951 to 1975. The sand sumps for Plant 2 manufactured polyvinyl chloride (PVCs) and latex, received approximately 2 million gallons of process wastewater per year from 1956 to 1975. Reportedly, the dry well for Plant 1, used for the manufacture of esters also received wastewater. Some glycol wastes have been incinerated on site. Numerous leaks and spills of chemicals, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), had occurred. Waste disposal and chemical spillage also have occurred at the adjacent Grumman Aerospace Corporation Plant that is being addressed by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) and the U.S. Navy. Currently, all buildings located at the site have been demolished and the entire site has been razed to ground level. The 14-acre Ruco Polymer plant site is fenced. Approximately 20,000 people live within a mile of the site. There are four public water supply wells within a mile of the site and 24 wells within 3 miles. Site Responsibility: This site is being addressed through Federal, State and potentially responsible parties' actions.

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