THIRD ST
The 3.66-acre Reilly Tar and Chemical Company (Dover Plant) Superfund site is located on Third Street, southeast of the junction of State Route 211 and State Route 39 in Dover, Ohio. The site is about three-quarters of a mile north of the junction of Sugar Creek and the Tuscarawas River. Current land use adjacent to the property is mainly commercial with some residential use just north of the site toward the Dover downtown area. Land use is industrial to the west and southwest. Public power and sewage facilities are located immediately east of the site, and the property to the south is an open and undeveloped industrially-zoned area. The Reilly Tar Dover site operated from 1932 to 1956 as a coal tar refinery. During that time, coal tar wastes accumulated on the ground from spillage and other site activities. The site is bordered on the northeast by an abandoned canal turning basin, which functions today as a drainage ditch directing storm water runoff from the city of Dover into the Tuscarawas River. The site is currently inactive, is fenced, and is located on the sand and gravel deposits of the Tuscarawas River basin. There is a shallow perched groundwater zone that is contaminated and a deeper aquifer in the sand and gravel deposits. The deeper regional aquifer is the sole source of drinking water for approximately 28,700 people served by the municipal water systems of Dover and New Philadelphia. An additional 4,000 people obtain drinking water from private wells within three miles of the site. Site Responsibility The Reilly Tar (Dover Plant) site is being addressed through potentially responsible party (PRP) actions under federal and state oversight.
6,526 |
People living within a 1 mile radius |
$55,165 |
Average Income |
2,560 |
Occupied homes |
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