butz landfill

RD #5 TWP RTE 601

The Butz Landfill is located on 13 acres in rural Monroe County, Pa. It is a former municipal dump, where the groundwater is contaminated with the solvent trichloroethylene and other organic compounds. The contamination has remained stationary and stable. In 1986, the state requested EPA’s assistance in defining and resolving the site’s contamination problem.

Hazardous Ranking Score

32 / 100

A score of 28.5 or higher qualifies a site for the Superfund National Priority List.

Regional Contact

Region 3
Within the region: (800) 438-2474
Outside the region: (215) 814-5000

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Timeline

Discovery
Site Inspection
Preliminary Assessment
Final Listing On NPL
Removal

Contaminants & Health Effects

      Carcinogen
      Endocrine Disrupter
      Neurotoxic
      Sensitiser
      Reproductive Toxin
      Persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic
      VOC
      Mutagen

        Census

        White
        African American
        Asian
        American Indian and Alaska Native
        Native Hawaiian
        Other

        610

        		 People living
        within a 1 mile radius

        $74,625

        		 Average Income

        219

        		 Occupied homes

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