RTE 11 ON DODGEVILLE RD
The New Lyme Landfill Superfund site is on Dodgeville Road, approximately twenty miles south of the city of Ashtabula, Ohio. The landfill began operations in 1969. The site was initially managed by two farmers. The landfill was licensed by the state of Ohio, and operations were taken over by a licensed landfill operator in 1971. During its years in operation, the New Lyme Landfill received household, industrial, commercial, and institutional wastes and construction and demolition debris. Fifty-five gallon drums of cyanide sludge are believed by Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) to have been buried at the site. Documents indicate that wastes at the New Lyme Landfill site include: coal tar distillates, asbestos, coal tar, resins and resin tar, paint sludge, oils, paint, chlorinated solvents, 2,4-D and laboratory chemicals. In August, 1978, the landfill was closed by the Ashtabula County Health Department due to recurrent violations of the license, the Ohio Revised Code, and the Ohio Administrative Code. The site lies entirely within the Lebanon Creek Watershed. The northern portion of the site drains directly into Lebanon Creek. The remainder of the site drains southward to an unnamed tributary of Lebanon Creek. Lebanon Creek drains into Rock Creek, upstream of Lake Roaming Rock, a public water supply. Site Responsibility This site is being addressed through federal, state, and potentially responsible parties' actions.
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People living within a 1 mile radius |
$47,292 |
Average Income |
25 |
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