moyers landfill

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The Moyer's Landfill is a 65 acre inactive privately owned landfill located on Moyer Road, Collegeville, Lower Providence Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The landfill is bounded on the north and west by Evansburg State Park, to the east by a new housing development (Valley High Estates) and to the south by the new housing development and land. The landfill was closed in April 1981 after operating for nearly 40 years. The Site had been operating as a municipal landfill from the early 1940s until April 1981. The landfill accepted municipal waste, sewage, and industrial sludges such as a variety of solid and liquid hazardous wastes (e.g. polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dioxins, solvents, paints, low-level radioactive wastes, and incinerated materials in bulk form and/or containerized drums). The original unlined landfill area was approximately 39 acres in size. In the late 1970s, the landfill owners submitted a request to expand the landfill boundaries to the northwest. Site preparation work began on a new area in 1977, and included installation of an asphalt liner prior to filling. Landfilling was reportedly limited to this new, lined area from late 1970s to early 1981, at which time an order from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources closed the facility. Before the landfill was capped, contaminant transport was primarily due to surface water percolation through the landfill, some of which may have migrated into the groundwater. The exposed contaminants at the Site were transported directly to the surface water bodies (Skippack Creek and Perkiomen Creek) via surface water runoff and indirectly through contaminated groundwater (upper aquifer) discharged to the creeks. The lower aquifer was not contaminated. Since the groundwater level is lower than the bottom of the landfill, groundwater does not contribute to contaminant migration from the site. Site Responsibility This site is being addressed through federal actions.

Hazardous Ranking Score

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A score of 28.5 or higher qualifies a site for the Superfund National Priority List.

Regional Contact

Region 3
Within the region: (800) 438-2474
Outside the region: (215) 814-5000

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Discovery
Site Inspection
Preliminary Assessment
Final Listing On NPL
Removal

Contaminants & Health Effects

      Carcinogen
      Endocrine Disrupter
      Neurotoxic
      Sensitiser
      Reproductive Toxin
      Persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic
      VOC
      Mutagen

        Census

        White
        African American
        Asian
        American Indian and Alaska Native
        Native Hawaiian
        Other

        6,327

        People living
        within a 1 mile radius

        $129,118

        Average Income

        1,462

        Occupied homes

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