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                  EPA Fact Sheet Dated February 1994

                            LEMON LANE LANDFILL

Lemon Lane Landfill, an approximate 10 acre site, is located on the northwest 
side of Bloomington on the corner of Vernal Pike and Highway 37. The site was 
operated by the city of Bloomington as a municipal solid waste landfill from 
1950 to 1964. Westinghouse PCB-contaminated capacitors and materials were 
deposited into the landfill during the last six years of its operation. 
Capacitors were often broken open at the site by scavengers, exposing the 
area to PCB contamination.

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM), conducted a 
preliminary assessment/site investigation at the Lemon Lane Landfill in 1981 
and found PCB soil contamination as high as 57,000 parts per million. The 
site was scored and placed on the National Priorities List in September, 1983.


Removal measures performed for the Lemon Lane Landfill began in May, 1987 and 
were completed on September 17, 1987. These measures included:

  Removing surface capacitors and storing them at the Winston-Thomas Interim 
  Storage Facility.
       
  Fencing the perimeter of the site.
       
  Installing a synthetic high density polyethylene (reinforced chloro-
  sulfonated) cap over the entire site.
       
  Installing methane gas collection and filter systems on top of the cap.

The site is located over two sinkholes. Topographical features unique to the 
area surrounding the landfill include caves, creeks, and perennial and 
intermittent springs. Hydrogeological investigations have been conducted as a 
result of these unique geological features. These studies indicate that there 
is a connection between the Lemon Lane Landfill and 8 springs that discharge 
within several thousand feet of the landfill. IDEM and EPA spring water and 
sediment sampling results from 1991, showed low levels of PCB contamination 
in both the sediment and water samples.  Low levels of solvents were detected 
in some water samples. About 176,000 cubic yards of material containing PCBs 
at the site await final disposal.



Source: Original EPA Fact Sheet scanned by COPA for the BBS.
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