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The Vogel Paint and Wax Company Site (Site) is located in Sioux County in northwest Iowa, about 2 miles southwest of Maurice and three miles north of Struble. From 1971 to 1979, an approximate two acre area of an 80-acre tract of rural land owned by the Vogel Paint and Wax Company (Vogel) was used for the disposal of liquid and solid wastes from the Vogel manufacturing facility located in nearby Orange City, Iowa. Paint manufacturing wastes included paint sludge, resins, solvents, drums, paint cans, pallets, and packing materials. Waste disposal trenches were excavated to a depth of 8 to 12 feet in the area just south of an abandoned two acre gravel pit that was located in the west-central portion of the 80-acre property. Manufacturing wastes were disposed of by placing liquid waste into the trenches, leaving the trenches open for an extended period of time to allow for volatilization, dumping filled or partially filled drums and other debris on top of the liquid wastes, and finally covering each trench with one to two feet of soil. Another system of trenches was developed in the former gravel pit area and these trenches were used primarily for disposal of pallets, packing material and other debris. As a result of the disposal activities, ground water and soils were contaminated. The remedial activities to address the contaminated ground water and soil have been concentrated on about 25 acres in the south-central portion of the 80-acre property.
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