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The Modern Sanitation Landfill Site, located in York County, Pennsylvania, is a a portion of what is referred to as the "Modern Landfill", an active landfill facility permitted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) to accept municipal waste and a number of non-hazardous industrial wastes. The Site is 66 acres and was once a farm used as a landfill for open domestic dumping since the 1940s and reportedly had received hazardous wastes between 1976 and 1979. The Modern Sanitation Landfill is . The EPA and PADEP performed tests that indicated contamination from toxic organic chemicals in the groundwater under the Site. Similar contaminants have been detected in springs adjacent to the landfill and in some private wells near the Site. The current operator and the state are collecting and treating the contaminated groundwater on the western edge of the landfill. The Site is contained within the Modern Landfill, an approximate 371 acre permitted landfill. The total area of the Modern Landfill property is 535 acres. Site Responsibility This Site was the responsibility of federal and state governments, the site owner and parties potentially responsible for site contamination.
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