rose disposal pit

BALANCE ROCK RD

The Rose Disposal Pit site is a 1 acre waste disposal area. The site occupies a section of a 14-acre residential lot bordering Balance Rock State Park, which is forest land, and the former Balance Rock Cafe; cropland and pastures also are nearby. Beginning in 1951 and continuing through 1959, waste oils and solvents from the General Electric (GE) Plant in nearby Pittsfield were disposed of in an open trench at the site. In 1980, the State Department of Environmental Quality Engineering inspected the site and found 15,000 cubic yards of soil contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Two plumes of contaminated groundwater were discovered moving to the east and south away from the disposal area. Approximately 100 people live within 1 mile of the site and may be affected by the contaminated drinking water.

• Trw, Inc. (minerva Plant) (Minerva, OH)
• Missouri Electric Works (Cape Girardeau, MO)
• Sheridan Disposal Services (Hempstead, TX)
• Waite Park Wells (Waite Park, MN)
• National Electric Coil Co./cooper Industries (Dayhoit, KY)

• Loring Air Force Base (Limestone, ME)
• Scientific Chemical Processing (Carlstadt, NJ)
• Richardson Hill Road Landfill/pond (Sidney Center, NY)
• West Site/hows Corners (Plymouth, ME)