Recent Additions to COPA Website

• Articles
  • PCBs -- It's Not a Cleanup, It's a Coverup
  • Neal's Landfill (an EPA Superfund Site)
    • Conceptual Approach for Hot Spot Removal
  • Libby Frey's extensive historically and scientifically based comments concerning the proposed cleanup at Neal's Landfill
• Charts
  • COPA received the following water flow charts from the U.S. EPA (6/15/98). The data was generated by CBS (Westinghouse). These charts are in pdf format.
    • Illinois Central Spring, April 15-19, 1998 storm - charts flow, PCB levels, and conductivity
    • Illinois Central Spring Flow & Rain 4/1/98 0000 to 4/30/98 2300 - charts flow and rainfall
    • Illinois Central Spring Flow & Conductivity 4/1/98 to 4/30/98 2300 - charts flow and conductivity
    • Illinois Central Spring Flow Record January to July 1996 - time chart in 20 day increments
    • Illinois Central Spring Flow Record August to December 1996 - time chart in 20 day increments
    • Illinois Central Spring Storm Flows - charts flow, PCB levels, and conductivity from May to June 1997
    • Neal's Landfill Springs Flow & PCB, April 15-19, 1998 - charts flow, PCB levels, and conductivity at both the North and South Springs
    • Conard's Branch from Neal's Landfill Flow and Rain, April 15-19, 1998 - charts flow and cumulative rain
    • Stout's Creek, April 15-19, 1998 storm - charts flow and PCB levels Up, West and Down
  • EPA chart for selection of cleanup remedy at Neal's Landfill.
• Legal
  • Environmental Rules and Regulations
    • This law dictates the cleanup standards that apply in Bloomington, Indiana. See General Rules, paragraph (1), first sentence.
      • 42 USCA Sec. 9621. United States Code Annotated: Title 42. The Public Health and Welfare: Chapter 103 - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability: Subchapter I - Hazardous Substances Releases, Liability, Compensation
    • 40 CFR Parts 750 and 761: Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs); Final Rule (File size 641k - about 3.9 minutes at 28.8)
  • Modification of Neal's Landfill cleanup plan
  • Judge Foster recommends changing cleanup schedule to the end of 2000
• Letters
  • COPA
    • Cover Letter to Magistrate Foster
  • Fish & Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
    • Letter to Tom Alcamo, USEPA (April 2, 1998) concerning the US EPA's Statement of Work for the Design and Removal Actions at theWinston Thomas Wastewater Treatment Plant with comments on the proposed soil depth in the abandoned lagoon.
  • Monroe County Health Board
    • Letter to Judge Foster (March 3, 1998) expressing concerns about the thoroughness of the cleanup of PCBs in Monroe County, Indiana.
  • Private Individuals
    • Citizens & CIC members: Letter to Editor position paper
    • Jim Cartmell: Letter to Magistrate Foster (April 1998)
    • Dawn Hewitt: "Dog Urine & PCBs", comments concerning the PCB cleanup plan that is inadequate for the community.
• Maps
  • Lemon Lane
    • Preliminary Karst Conduits: Lemon Lane Area
    • Proposed Lemon Lane Excavation: compare to active dump areas shown in Land Use maps below.
    • These maps are interpretations of air photographs superimposed on topographic maps of Lemon Lane Landfill. This work was done for EPA Region V by Dr. Richard Powell, Earth Tech, Inc. in March 1995.
      • Major Areas of Dumping at Lemon Lane 1958 to 1966
      • Land Use at Lemon Lane Dump 26 July 1958
      • Land Use at Lemon Lane Dump 10 March 1961
      • Land Use at Lemon Lane Dump 9 April 1965
      • Land Use at Lemon Lane Dump 16 March 1967
      • Generalized Locations of Two Major Sinkholes at Lemon Lane Dump
  • Neal's Landfill
    • Soil Boring and Geological Survey
      
    • On June 5, 1998, COPA received from the U.S. EPA, interpolation of maximum detects of PCBs in soil maps for various depths in the landfill. The May 1998 maps were scanned and converted to Adobe Acrobat Reader format (.pdf) and average about 166K in size.
      • PCB concentration 0-3 feet below ground level.
      • PCB concentration 3-10 feet below ground level.
      • PCB concentration 10-15 feet below ground level.
      • PCB concentration 15-20 feet below ground level.
      • PCB concentration 20-26 feet below ground level.
      • PCB concentration more than 26 feet below ground level.
    • EPA map showing hot spots greater than 500 ppm.
    • EPA map showing proposed excavation areas.
• Meetings
  • August 4, 1998 Minutes
  • October 20, 1998 Minutes
  • October 27, 1998 M inutes
  • February 8, 1999 Summary, with Neal's Dump Photos
• Memos
  • EPA Action Memorandum on Winston-Thomas May 12, 1998
    • Responsiveness Summary for EE/CA May 12,1998
    • Statement of Work May 12, 1998
  • Proposed Plan for the Record of Decision Amendment at Neal's Dump and Bennett's Dump
• Reports
  • Cambrian Ground Water Co. cleanup position paper summary
  • Weekly Reports on Winston Thomas Cleanup Work completed
  • Westinghouse / CBS
    • COPA received from US EPA (on 7/13/98) the CBS document "A Natural-Potential Survey around Lemon Lane Landfill, Bloomington, Indiana for Westinghouse Electric Corporation/CBS, April/May 1998".
    • Conceptual Plan for Investigation of Karst Conduits in the Vicinity of Lemon Lane Landfill (May 18, 1998)
    • Abandoned Lagoon Revised Excavation Information
    • Preliminary Data for Sampling Performed Under Bloomington Project QAPjP, Volume IX, Neal's Landfill Stream Investigation Field Sampling Plan dated 29 June, 1998
    • Preliminary Data for Sampling Performed Under Bloomington Project QAPjP, Volume X, Bennett's Quarry Stream Investigation Field Sampling Plan dated June 29, 1998.
    • Lemon Lane underground conduit study update January 1999