MEAD ROAD
The Dewey Loeffel Landfill (DLL) site is composed of an inactive hazardous waste disposal area and the releases from it into nearby surface water bodies, including the former Mead Road Pond, Tributary T11A, Valatie Kill, and Nassau Lake, and an underlying groundwater aquifer. The DLL facility is located in the Town of Nassau in southern Rensselaer County, New York and is located within a low-lying, 19.6-acre easement between two wooded hills. From 1952 to 1968, Loeffel Waste Oil Removal and Service Company (“Loeffelâ€) operated the DLL property as a disposal facility for waste materials generated by several industries. The General Electric Company (GE) reported that approximately 37,530 tons of waste materials from GE manufacturing facilities were deposited at the facility. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) reported that at least 8,790 tons of waste materials were deposited at the facility from other industrial sources, including Bendix Corporation and Schenectady Chemicals, Inc. Waste materials, including solvents, waste oils, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), scrap materials, sludges, and solids, were dumped into a lagoon area, oil pit, and drum burial area. Some drum contents were pumped onto the ground surface, and waste materials were also burned during facility operations. In 1968, after several years of citizen complaints, the State of New York ordered Loeffel to stop discharges from the disposal facility and perform remedial activities. By 1974, Loeffel had covered and graded the disposal areas with soil and constructed drainage channels to control runoff. From 1974 to 1980, Loeffel continued to use four 30,000-gallon above-ground storage tanks (ASTs) at the facility for waste oil transfer. In 1980, GE entered into an agreement with NYSDEC to perform additional investigation and remediation at the facility. From 1982 to 1984, GE removed approximately 500 surface drums and the 30,000-gallon ASTs from the property, and installed a NYSDEC-approved slurry wall, clay cap, and leachate collection system. Since 1985, NYSDEC has overseen operation, maintenance, and monitoring activities at the DLL facility. NYSDEC designated three operable units (OUs) at the facility: OU1, the encapsulated disposal area; OU2, ground water contamination associated with the facility; and OU3, surface water releases downgradient of the facility. In January 2001, NYSDEC issued a Record of Decision (ROD) for OU2, and in January 2002, NYSDEC issued a ROD for OU3. GE has conducted remedial investigations and remedial actions associated with OU2 and OU3 since 1992. From 2001 to 2004, GE removed approximately 15,000 tons of PCB-contaminated soil and sediments from the drainageway between the facility and Nassau Lake, in
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