Preliminary Assessment for the site

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Preliminary Assessment Leavenvorth Junkyard Site

Leavenvorth, Kansas TDD #F-07-8809-10 PAN #FKS0219PA

Site »V70 Project #001 Prepared by: E & E/FIT for Region VII EPA

Task Leader: Ed Hubert Superfund Contact: Ken Rapplean

February 13, 1989

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section Page

1 INTRODUCTION 1-1

2 SITE LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION 2-1

2.1 SITE LOCATION 2-1

2.2 SITE DESCRIPTION AND CONTACTS 2-1

3 SITE BACKGROUND 3-1

3.1 SITE HISTORY 3-1

3.2 PAST INVESTIGATIONS 3-1

4 WASTE INFORMATION 4-1

4.1 WASTE CHARACTERISTICS 4-1

4.2 WASTE QUANTITY 4-2

5 PHYSICAL AND CULTURAL SETTINGS 5-1

5.1 CLIMATOLOGY AND DEMOGRAPHY 5-1

5.2 TOPOGRAPHY AND DRAINAGE 5-2

5.3 SOILS 5-3

5.4 STRATIGRAPHY 5-3

5.5 GROUND WATER 5-5

6 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 6-1

7 BIBLIOGRAPHY 7-1

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TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONT.)

APPENDICES

Appendix Page

A Technical Directive Document A-l

B EPA Form 2070-12 B-l

C KDHE Sample Results C-l

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure Page

1-1 Site Location Map 1-2

1-2 Site Map 1-3

5-1 Generalized Stratigraphic Column 5-4

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SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION

On September 27, 1988, the Ecology and Environment, Inc., Field

Investigation Team (E & E/FIT) vas assigned by the Region VII U.S. En

vironmental Protection Agency (EPA) under Technical Directive Document

(TDD) #F-07-8809-010 (Appendix A) to conduct a Preliminary Assessment

(PA) of the Leavenvorth Junkyard site in Leavenvorth, Kansas (Figures

1-1 and 1-2). Specific tasks authorized under the TDD vere to gather

and reviev background information, conduct a site reconnaissance visit,

prepare a PA report, and submit completed EPA Preliminary Assessment

Form 2070-12 (Appendix B) for the site.

The Leavenvorth Junkyard is a former commercial steel salvage yard

vhich operated at the site from approximately 1942 to 1986. The site

vas identified vhen a Leavenvorth citizen reported seeing transformers

stored at the site during its years of operation, and also reported

seeing a drum bearing a hazardous vaste sticker. The knovn potential

contaminants of concern at the site are polychlorinated biphenyls

(PCBs), vhich are a constituent of the dielectric fluids commonly used

in transformers during most of the years the facility vas operating.

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LEAVENWORTH JUNKYARD LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS

WASTE SITE TRACKINQ NO.: KS0219 PREPARED BY: ED HUBERT

E(X)LOGY AND ENVIRONMENT FIT OEC. 19St: SOURCE: USQS 7.5' LEAVENWORTH KS QUAD. 1870

FIGURE 1-1: SITE LOCATION MAP'

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COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS

WASTE SITE TRACKINQ NOc KSO219 PREPARED BY ED HUBERT

E(X3U0GY AND ENVIRONMENT. INC. FIT DEC. 1988 SOURCE: LEAVENWORTH CITY ENQINEERINQ MAP. 1986

FIQURE 1-2: SITE MAP

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SECTION 2: SITE LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION

2.1 SITE LOCATION

The Leavenvorth Junkyard is located on the southvestern edge of

dovntovn Leavenvorth (Figure 1-1). The site is no longer active, but it

is adjacent to Leavenvorth Auto Parts, an operating auto body shop lo

cated on the southvest corner of Broadvay and Cherokee streets (Figure

1-2). The approximate geographic coordinates for the site are 39° 19'

00.0" North latitude, 94° 19' 00.0 " West longitude.

2.2 SITE DESCRIPTION AND CONTACTS

The Leavenvorth Junkyard is located in dovntovn Leavenvorth. The

site is bounded on the east by Broadvay, on the north by Cherokee, and

on the south and vest by Three Mile Creek (Figure 1-2). A building oc

cupied by Leavenvorth Auto Parts occupies the eastern part of the block,

and the site occupies the vestern part. A six foot high chain-link

fence surrounds the facility. The former salvage yard is mostly vacant,

but more than 50, 55-gallon drums are stacked against the fence on the

vest edge of the property. These drums all appear to be empty

(McCaskill 1988a).

The Leavenvorth Auto Parts (and the former Leavenvorth Junkyard)

business is ovned and operated by Bernard D. Ellis, telephone number

913-651-4433. Ellis leases the site property from a Kansas City re

sident. Ellis declined to divulge the name of the property ovner, vho

also is the former operator of Leavenvorth Auto Parts and Leavenvorth

Junkyard.

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SECTION 3: SITE BACKGROUND

3.1 SITE HISTORY

The Leavenvorth Junkyard vas a commercial steel salvage yard that

operated adjacent to Leavenvorth Auto Parts from approximately 1942 to

1986 (Ellis 1988). The salvage yard accepted scrap metal, and cleaned

and reprocessed it for resale. The salvage yard did not generally deal

in transformers, although it did clean and refurbish at least one tele

phone company transformer in about 1973 (Ellis 1988). The salvage busi

ness vas closed and completely cleaned in 1986. The majority of the

area vhere the salvage yard vas once situated is nov empty, although

empty drums from the auto parts business are stored there (McCaskill

1988a).

The site vas reported to EPA and to the Kansas Department of Health

and Environment (KDHE) in 1988 by a Leavenvorth citizen vho observed a

drum on the property bearing a hazardous vaste sticker. The citizen

also recalled seeing transformers at the site during its years of opera

tion as a salvage yard, although he could not recall seeing transformers

at the site during the past eight years.

3.2 PAST INVESTIGATIONS

On September 6, 1988, George McCaskill of KDHE conducted an

inspection of the Leavenvorth Junkyard site, and collected three surface

soil samples at random locations on the former salvage yard. McCaskill

reported that a flood control project is scheduled for Three Mile Creek

near the site, but that the site itself vill not be affected. He also

reported that the site appears generally veil maintained, but noted a

large stack of 55-gallon drums, all apparently empty, on the vest edge

of the site.

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The samples collected vere returned to a KDHE laboratory for PCBs

analyses. Sample results vere reported on November 23, 1988. Sample

KS0020101 contained 72 mg/kg total PCB: 48 mg/kg of PCB-1254; and 24

mg/kg of PCB-1260. Sample KS0020102 contained 14 mg/kg of PCB-1254, and

sample KS0020103 contained 11 mg/kg of PCB-1260 (McCaskill 1988b). Com

plete KDHE sample results are provided in Appendix C.

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SECTION 4: WASTE INFORMATION

4.1 WASTE CHARACTERISTICS

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) include all chemicals that contain

tvo benzene rings connected at one point vith all or several of the

hydrogen atoms replaced by chlorine atoms (Bishop 1983). Their physical

appearance ranges from mobile, oily liquids, to vhite, crystalline

solids, to hard, non-crystalline resins. All types are relatively

insoluble in vater (DHHS 1985).

Before 1972, PCBs vere used in transformer cooling liquids, heat

transfer and hydraulic fluids, vacuum pump fluids, lubricants,

plasticizers, fillers in investment casting vaxes, surface coatings and

sealants, pesticide extenders, and copy paper. Hovever, since 1974 all

PCB use has been confined to closed systems (DHHS 1985).

The designation of the individual PCBs, or Aroclors (Monsanto TM),

is based on a four-digit number. The first tvo digits, 12, indicate

that the PCB is a mixture. The last tvo digits indicate the percent

chlorine content in the mixture (EPA 1979). Thus, PCB 1248 is a mixture

containing 48 percent chlorine.

All of the PCBs have a lov vater solubility, lov vapor pressure,

and a high dielectric constant. These compounds have been videly used

in industry because of their resistance to acidic and basic hydrolysis,

and their thermal stability and inertness (EPA 1979).

PCBs are highly persistent in the environment, and are resistant to

the majority of the environmental fate processes. Volatilization of

PCBs occurs more slovly in soil than in sand, PCB solution, or vater.

It is assumed that the strong affinity of PCBs for soil greatly reduces

their ability to evaporate. Since PCBs are both persistent and

volatile, it is likely that they could become an airborne contaminant

(EPA 1979).

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Adsorption is also an important process affecting PCBs. PCBs

strongly sorb to soil and sediment organic matter, especially to

suspended sediment in soil-vater systems. This adsorption factor,

combined vith their lov solubility, reduces the likelihood of PCBs

becoming a ground vater contaminant. In the aquatic environment,

hovever, the potential for release of PCBs sorbed onto sediment poses a

long term pollution problem (EPA 1979). PCBs are also strongly

bioaccumulated. Although PCBs are passed along the food chain,

biomagnification does not occur. The rates of biodegradation vary

depending on the type and distribution of biota, concentration of PCBs,

availability of other nutrients, temperature, and other factors. The

diphenyl species, vith five more chlorine atoms per molecule, are

essentially non-biodegradable. Because PCB 1254 contains mainly the

four, five, and six species, they are not expected to biodegrade.

PCBs are very toxic to humans and other forms of life. Human

exposure symptoms include chloracne, liver damage, jaundice, drovsiness,

nausea, vomiting, veight loss, veakness, unconsciousness, kidney and

cardiac edema, and adrenal degeneration. The proposed maximum

contaminant level goal (MCLG) for PCBs in drinking vater is 0 mg/l (EPA

1987). PCBs have also been shovn to cause cancer in laboratory animals

(DHHS 1985).

The possible adverse exposure affects to terrestrial and aquatic

ecosystems include reproductive difficulties, grovth inhibition, and

death. The freshvater chronic lovest observed effect level (LOEL) for

PCBs is 0.014 ug/l (EPA 1986).

4.2 WASTE QUANTITY

The Leavenvorth Junkyard did not routinely clean or handle

transformers or other electrical equipment; but, the facility apparently

did handle transformers occasionally during its years of operation.

Hovever, the number of transformers and information about possible PCBs

or other vastes connected vith them is not available. Therefore,

although it is knovn from KDHE sample results that PCBs are present in

on-site soils, it is not possible to determine a reliable estimate of

the quantity of vastes at the site.

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SECTION 5: PHYSICAL AND CULTURAL SETTING

5.1 CLIMATOLOGY AND DEMOGRAPHY

The climate in Leavenvorth County is characterized by varm to hot

summers, cold vinters, moderate surface vinds, maximum precipitation in

the varm season, and frequent changes in the veather from day to day.

Average daily temperatures in Leavenvorth vary from 19.4° F in January

to 90.7° F in July.

The average yearly precipitation for the area is approximately 35

inches. About 70 percent of the annual rainfall occurs from April to

September. Winters are generally dry, and the area receives an average

of 20 inches of snov per year. Much of the precipitation each year

occurs as short duration shovers and thundershovers at night or early in

the morning.

Surface vinds are generally light to moderate in all seasons.

Hovever, strong vinds do occur at times, especially in late vinter and

early spring (USDA 1977).

The population of Leavenvorth County is 54,800, and the population

of the city of Leavenvorth is 33,650 (Rand McNally 1982). Ft. Leaven

vorth, a major U.S. Army installation, is approximately tvo miles north

of the site, and the city of Lansing, Kansas, (population 5,300) is ap

proximately tvo miles south of the site. Rural residents also live in

the site vicinity in Leavenvorth County, Kansas, and Platte County,

Missouri (USGS 1970).

Residential areas exist approximately 1,000 feet south and 1,000

feet vest of the site, and a school is located approximately 0.5 miles

southeast of the site. Approximately 10,000 people live vithin one mile

of the site, and approximately 37,000 live vithin four miles.

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5.2 TOPOGRAPHY AND DRAINAGE

The city of Leavenvorth is situated atop a bluff overlooking the

Missouri River. The city is drained by Three Mile Creek and Five Mile

Creek, both tributaries to the Missouri. These streams are fed by

numerous intermittent streams and storm drains (USGS 1970). Elevations

in the city vary from over 1,000 feet above sea level in the south

vestern part of the city, to 770 feet above sea level in the Missouri

River floodplain (USDA 1977; USGS 1970).

The Leavenvorth Junkyard site is relatively flat, vith a slope of

less than 3 percent. The site is adjacent to Three Mile Creek, so

drainage from the site flovs overland into the creek. The creek then

flovs to the Missouri River, approximately 0.25 miles dovnstream (USGS

1970).

Numerous vetland areas are located across the river from the site

in Platte County, Missouri. Although no vetlands are present vithin a

one-mile radius of the site, several hundred vetland acres are present

vithin four miles (USGS 1970). These vetlands are formed in oxbov lakes

in the Missouri River valley, and include a large oxbov lake called Mud

Lake.

A riverfront park and public boat ramp are present on the Missouri

River approximately one mile north of the mouth of Three Mile Creek. It

is likely that the entire river in the Leavenvorth area is used for

recreational boating and fishing (Katzenberger 1988).

The city of Leavenvorth obtains its vater from a veil field south

of the site. Hovever, the city is renovating old surface vater intakes

located one mile upstream of the site. These intakes have not been used

since 1979, but are expected to resume service in 1990, as a supplement

to the city veil field. Ft. Leavenvorth obtains its vater from surface

vater intakes near the city intakes, but is expected to connect to city

vater vhen the renovation of the city intakes is complete (Cosgrove

1988). Surface vater is not used for drinking vater anyvhere vithin

fifteen miles dovnstream of the site (Cosgrove 1988; Rumker 1988; Cantu

1988).

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5.3 SOILS

Soils in the vicinity of the Leavenvorth Junkyard site are alluvial

soils deposited by Three Mile Creek. Alluvial soils in Leavenvorth

County are typically about 65 percent loamy soils, about 15 percent

Kennebec silt loam, and 20 percent stream channels and steep, broken

uplands (USDA 1977). Outside the Three Mile Creek alluvium, soils in

the area consist of Marshall Silt Loam. This soil is friable and easily

vorked. Available vater capacity is very high, and permeability is

moderate (USDA 1977).

The Leavenvorth Junkyard is located in an older, urban area of the

city. It is therefore likely that soils in the area have been altered

considerably or replaced vith fill during development of the area.

5.4 STRATIGRAPHY

The generalized stratigraphy in the Leavenvorth region consists of

sedimentary rocks of Pennsylvanian age, and unconsolidated sediments of

Quaternary age. These are covered by alluvium of Recent age (McLaren

1952). The unconsolidated deposits are, in ascending order, the Kansas

Till, undifferentiated loess, and alluvium. These deposits unconform

ably overlie the older Pennsylvanian-age deposits.

In ascending order, the Pennsylvanian-age rocks are divided into

tvo formally recognized series: the Missourian and the Virgillian. The

Missourian Series is further divided into the Kansas City, Lansing, and

Pedee groups. The Virgillian Series is divided into tvo groups, the

Douglas, and the Shavnee. Figure 5-1 provides a generalized strati

graphic column for rocks outcropping in the area. The predominant

lithologies present consist of interbedded shales and limestones vith an

occasional sandstone member. To a lesser degree, seams of coal can also

be recognized, although these are not economically important (McLaren

1952).

The Pennsylvanian-age rocks are an excellent example of cyclic

sedimentation, first identified by R.C. Moore in 1932. This cyclic

sedimentation is termed "cyclothems" and consists of interbedded shales.

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limestones, seams of coal, and underclay deposits (McLaren 1952). The

shale units could act as barriers to ground vater movement and possible

contaminant migration. Hovever, the rock sequence regionally is cut

through in some locations by the Tonganoxie and Ireland sandstone units

(McLaren 1952). These units could be pathvays alloving for aquifer

Interconnections. Therefore, aquifer discontinuities present in the

area are probably not continuous in the vicinity of the site (Blackburn

1988).

Within the site area, considerable variabilities in stratigraphic

unit thicknesses are apparent. In general, the overlying unconsolidated

veneer is approximately 35 to 50 feet thick. Belov this, the sedi

mentary rocks can be as much as 1,500 feet thick (McLaren 1952).

5.5 GROUND WATER

Ground vater is used extensively for private and municipal veils in

the Leavenvorth area. The city of Leavenvorth obtains its vater from

six, 75-foot deep veils located in the Missouri River floodplain,

approximately 2.5 miles southeast (dovngradient) from the site. These

veils supply all vater for the cities of Leavenvorth and Lansing, and

for several large rural vater districts serving residents in rural

Leavenvorth County (Cosgrove 1988). These veils drav from Missouri

River alluvium, and essentially drav surface vater from the river into

the veil casing. They pump approximately one million gallons per 24 hour

day (Blackburn 1988).

There is no public vater supply serving the rural residents of

Platte County, Missouri, vithin four miles of the site. These residents

all obtain drinking vater privately, either by buying bottled vater, or

through private veils in the Missouri River alluvium (Rumker 1988; Cantu

1988). In addition, one farm in Platte County is irrigated vith

alluvial ground vater. This farm is located in Sections 13, 18, and 19,

approximately one mile east of the site, and is at least 160 acres in

size (Hoosnagle 1988).

The depth to ground vater near the site closely mimics the stage of

the Missouri River. Ground vater movement in the area is generally

tovards the river. Hovever, the Leavenvorth municipal veil field could

create an artificial gradient tovards the south, depending on the

transmissivity of the alluvial material (Blackburn 1988).

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SECTION 6: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

The Leavenvorth Junkyard operated on the southvest corner of

Broadvay and Cherokee streets in Leavenvorth, Kansas, from approximately

1942 to 1986. The site cleaned and refurbished scrap metal, and cleaned

one or more transformers during its years of operation. The salvage

yard is no longer in operation, but an auto body shop adjacent to the

site is still active, and the former scrap yard is used as a storage

area for empty drums.

The site is located in dovntovn Leavenvorth, in a major commercial

area. Hovever, the site is surrounded by a six-foot high chain-link

fence, and is not easily accessible to the public. The site is adjacent

to Three Mile Creek, a perennial stream vhich flovs into the Missouri

River 0.25 miles dovnstream of the site. Residential areas occur ap

proximately 1,000 feet from the site.

Three surface soil samples vere collected by KDHE at the site in

September 1988. These samples all contained PCBs at concentrations

ranging from 11 to 72 mg/kg.

The cities of Leavenvorth and Lansing obtain drinking vater from a

field of six, 75-foot deep veils located approximately 2.5 miles dovn

gradient of the site. In addition, the rural residents of Platte

County, Missouri, obtain drinking vater from private veils. Large vet

land areas are located vithin four miles of the site, and the site is

located near the Missouri River, vhich is used in the area for re

creational boating and fishing.

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SECTION 7: BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bishop, Paul L., 1983, Marine Pollution and Its Control, McGrav-Hill Book Company, St. Louis, Missouri.

Blackburn, Gary, December 12, 1988, telephone conversation record. Environmental Geologist, Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Topeka, Kansas.

Cantu, Gale, December 8, 1988, telephone conversation record. County Planning Office, Platte County, Missouri.

Cosgrove, Marsha, December 8, 1988, telephone conversation record. Manager, Leavenvorth Watervorks Department, Leavenvorth, Kansas.

Ellis, Bernard D., September 28, 1988, telephone conversation record, Manager/Ovner, Leavenvorth Auto Parts, Leavenvorth, Kansas.

Hoosnagle, Larry, December 12, 1988, telephone conversation record. Technician, Soil Conservation Service, Platte County, Missouri.

Katzenberger, Bill, December 12, 1988, telephone conversation record. Director, Leavenvorth Parks and Recreation Department, Leavenvorth, Kansas.

McCaskill, George, September 29, 1988a, telephone conversation record, Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Topeka, Kansas.

McCaskill, George, November 30, 1988b, letter to Ed Hubert, Ecology and Environment, Inc., Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Topeka, Kansas.

McLaren, Donald P., 1952, Stratigraphy and Areal Geology of Northeastern Leavenvorth County, Kansas, unpublished Master's thesis. University of Kansas.

Rand McNally & Company, 1982, Kansas State Highvay Map, Nev York, NY.

Rumker, Mary, December 8, 1988, telephone conversation record. Clerk, Consolidated Water District #1, Platte County, Missouri.

U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1977, Soil Survey of Leavenvorth and Wyandotte Counties, Kansas, Washington D.C.

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1985, Fourth Annual Report on Carcinogens Summary, Public Health Service, Washington D.C.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1979, Water Related Fate of 129 Priority Pollutants, Vol. 2, Washington D.C.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1986, "Quality Criteria for Water". "

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1987, "EPA Regulatory Status for Chemicals in Drinking Water".

U.S. Geological Survey, 1970, 7.5 Minute Series Topographic Map, Leavenvorth Quadrangle, Kansas, Washington D.C.

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Appendix A

Technical Directive Document

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FT 1307

IB. Acoount Number:

FKS0219PA

FIT ZONE II CONTRACT Contract Number 68-01-7347

TECHNICAL DIRECTIVE DOCUMENT (TDD)

JP 2. TDD Number:

F -07-8809-010

2A. Amendment: .:.] Q Administrative

—-rs D Technical

3A. Priority: [^ High D Medium D L O W

3B. Key EPA Contact:

Ken Rapplean Name: , Phone: 913-236-2856

4A. Estimate of Technical Hours:

/30

48. Subcontract:

NA

4C. Estimate of Subcontract Cost:

NA

5A. SSID Number:

unassigned

53. CERID Number:

unassigned 5C. EPA Site Name:

Leavenworth Junkyard 5D. City/County/State:

Leavenworth/Leavenworth/Kansas

6. Desired Report Format: [XlFormal Report DStandard Report QOther (Specify): D Letter Report D Formal Brief ing

7A. Activity Start Date:

9/26/88

7B. Estimated Completion Date:

l/31/80\

SA. Type of Activity: [j3 PA n HRS Support D Enforcement Support DTraining D SI Q Q A Support Q Program Management Q General Technical D ESI D Special Studies D Equipment Maintenance Assistance

SB. FIT/SCAPGoal: Will Deliverable Meet a Unit of the Goal?

l5?!Yes DNo

9. General Task Description: Complete a preliminary assessment of the Leavenworth Junkyard s i te

located in Leavenworth, Kansas following the standard format, ea r rP ] - re\\<>c7t

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10. Specific Elements:

(Standflrri PA format) fb<l± /} Ct^ll^ft hm ihJ S/intfli S J«rih/j Si'h r^cav^ /) Ct^d^ct hmiH^ -S/inty'H ânh/j

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11. Interim Deadlines:

12. Comments: Limited sampling for PCB's w i l l be conducted at this si te under a separate

TDD.

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Appendix B

EPA Form 2070-12

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01 STATE KS

02 SITE tniHBER D984966630

II. SITE BAME ABD LOCATXOB

01 SITE NAHE (Lagal, comnion, or dascriptlva nama of sita)

Leavenworth Junkyard

02 STREET, ROUTE NO., OR SPECIFIC LOCATION IDENTIFIER

Broadway and Cherokee streets

03 CITY

Leavenworth

04 STATE

KS

05 ZIP CODE

66048

06 COONTY

Leavenworth

07 COUNTY CODE

08 CONG DIST

09 COORDINATES LATZTUPK

390 19' 00.0" N

LOBOITUDK

094» 19' 00.0" W

10 DIRECTIONS TO SITE (Starting from nearest public road)

Take U.S. Highway 73 north into Leavenworth. Turn left (west) on Cherokee Street, and travel four blocks to

Broadway. Site is on southwest corner of Broadway and Cherokee.

III. BESPOBSIBLK PARTIES

01 OWNER (If known)

Bernard D. Ellis

02 STREET (Business, mailing, residential)

Broadway and Cherokee

03 CITY

Leavenworth

04 STATE

KS

05 ZIP CODE

66048

06 TELEPHONE NUHBER

(913) 651-4433

07 OPERATOR (If known and different from owner)

Sane as owner

08 STREET (Business, mailing, residential)

09 CITY 10 STATE 11 ZIP CODE 12 TELEPHONE NUHBER

() 13 TYPE OF OWNERSHIP (Check one)

X A. PRIVATE B. FEDERAL:

(Agency nama)

F. OTHER:

_C. STATB D. COUHTY

G. UNKNOWN

E.HUNICIPAL

(Specify)

14 OWNER/OPERATOR NOTIFICATION ON FILE (Check all that apply)

A. RCRA 3001 DATE RECEIVED: B. UNCONTROLLED WASTE SITE (CERCLA 103 c) DATE RECEIVED: X_C. NONE

MO/DAY/YR HO/DAY/YR

IV. CHARACTERZZAIIOB OF POTBBTIAI. BAZASO

01 ON SITE INSPECTION

X YES DATB 09/06/88

MO/DAY/YR NO

BY(Check all that apply)

A. EPA X B. EPA CONTRACTOR X C. STATE

E. LOCAL HEALTH OFFICIAL F. OTHER:

D. OTHER CONTRACTOR

(Specify)

CONTRACTOR NAHE(S): Ecology and Environment, Inc.

02 SITE STATUS (CHECK ONE)

A. ACTIVE X B. INACTIVE C. UNKNOWN

03 YEARS OF OPERATION

1942 1986 UNKNOWN

BEGINNING YEAR ENDING YEAR

04 DESCRIPTION OF SUBSTANCES POSSIBLY PRESENT, KNOWN, OR ALLEGED

A scrap netal salvage yard at this location occasionally handled electrical transformers, which aay have contained PCBs Which night leach into ground water, and a small possibility of direct contact with PCB contaminatad soil exists.

05 DESCRIPTION OF POTENTIAL HAZARD TO ENVIRONMENT AND/OR POPULATION

PCB contaminatad soil may wash into nearby Three Mile Creak and the Missouri River, uater, and a small possibility of direct contact with PCB contaminated soil exists.

PCBs night laach into ground

V. PRIORITT ASSESSMEBT

01 PRIORITY FOR INSPECTION (Check one. If high or medium is checked, complete Part 2 - Waste Information and Part 3 - Description of Hasardous conditions and Incidents)

A. HIGH

(Inspection raquirad promptly)

X B. MEDIUH

(Inspection required)

C. Low

(Inspect on time available basis)

D. NONE

(No furthar action needed. Complete current disposition forn)

VI. IBFORMATIOB AVAILABLE FROH

01 CONTACT

Ken Rapplean

02 OF (Agency/Organization)

U.S. EPA Superfund

03 TELEPHONE NUHBER

(913) 236-2856

04 PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSESSHENT

Ed Hubert

05 AGENCY

E & E

06 ORGANIZATION

FIT

07 TELEPHONE NUHBER

(913) 432-9961

08 DATE

12/30/88 HO/PA tyiR

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Leavenworth

POTKBTIAL HAEARDODS HASTK SITE

EPA PRKUMIBART ASSESSMEBT

PART 2 - HASTE IBFORMATIOB

Junkyard

I. IDEBTIFZCATZOB

Ol^STATE OgJITE^NUHBER

II. HASTE STATES, QUMRITIES, ABD CHARACTEBISTICS |

01 PHYSICAL STATES

(Check all that apply)

A. SOLID E. SLURRY

B. POWDER,FINES X F. LIQUID

C. SLUDGE Q. GAS

D. OTHER

(Specify)

02 WASTE QUANTITY AT SITE

(Heasures of waste quantities nust be independent)

TONS

CUBIC YARDS Unknown

NO. OF DRUHS

03 WASTE CHARACTERISTICS

(Check all that apply)

X A. TOXIC E. SOLUBLE I. HIGHLY VOLATILE

B. CORROSIVE F. INFECTIOUS J. EXPLOSIVE

C. RADIOACTIVE G. FLAMMABLE K. REACTIVE

X D. PERSISTENT H. IGNITABLE L. INCOMPATIBLE

M. HOT APPLICABLE

III. HASTE TYPE |

CATEGORY

SLU

OLW

SOL

PSD

OCC

IOC

ACD

BAS

HES

SUBSTANCE NAHE

SLUDGE

OILY WASTE

SOLVENTS

PESTICIDES

OTHER ORGANIC CHEMICALS

INORGANIC CHEMICALS

ACIDS

BASES

HEAVY HETALS

01 GROSS AHOUNT

Unknown

02 UNIT OF HEASURE

NA

03 COHHENTS

Transfomer fluids containing PCBs

have been spilled at the site.

IV. HASARDOUS SUBSTAHCES (See Appendix for most frequently cited CAS Numbers) |

01 CATEGORY

OLW

02 SUBSTANCE NAHE

PCBs

03 CAS NUHBER

1336-36-3

04 STORAGE/DISPOSAL HETHOD

spilled onto surface soil

05 CONCENTRATION

up to 72

06 MEASURE OF CONCENTRATION

mg/kg

V. FEEDSTOCKS (See Appendix for CAS Numbers) {

CATEGORY

FDS

FDS

FDS

FDS

01 FEEDSTOCK NAHE

NA

02 CAS NUMBER CATEGORY

FDS

FDS

FDS

FDS

01 FEEDSTOCK NAHE 02 CAS NUMBER

VZ. SOURCES OP IBFOBMkTIoa (Cite specific references, e.g., state files, sample analysis, reports)

Kansas Department of Health and Environment sample results fron 9-6-88 sanpling.

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EPA

POTEBTIAL HASARDOUS HASTE SITE

PRBLZMIHART ASSESSMEBT

PABT 3 - DESCRZPTZOB OF HASABOOUS COBDZTZOBS ABD ZBCZDBBTS

Z. ZDEBTZFICATIOH

01 STATE KS

02 SITE NUHBER D984966630

II. HASARDOUS COBDZTZOBS ABD ZBCZDBBTS

01 X A. GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION

03 POPULATION POTENTIALLY AFFECTED:

02 OBSERVED (DATE: ) X POTENTIAL ALLEGED

40,000 04 NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION

The site is within 2.5 niles of a shallow (75 feet deep) well field serving the cities of Leavenworth and Lansing.

PCB migration into the aquifer these wells draw from is possible.

01 _X_B. SURFACE WATER CONTAMINATION

03 POPULATION POTENTIALLY AFFECTED: 40,000

02 OBSERVED (DATE: ) POTENTIAL ALLEGED

04 NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION

The site is adjacent to Three Hile Creek, which discharges into the Hissouri River 0.25 miles fron the site. The

river is used for recreational fishing and boating. Higration of oontaninated sadlnents into the river is possible.

01 X C. CONTAHIHATION OF AIR


02 OBSERVED (DATE: POTENTIAL ALLEGED

Unknown 04 NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION

Airborne migration of contaminated dust particles is possible, but not likely because the site is vegetated.

01 D. FIRE/EXPLOSIVE CONDITIONS


None known



01 X E. DIRECT CONTACT



10 04 NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION

The former salvage yard is secure from the public, but it is used by an auto body shop,

contaminated soil while working.

Employees may contact

01 X F. CONTAHIHATION OF SOIL

03 AREA POTENTIALLY AFFECTED: 1

02 _X_ OBSERVED (DATB: 09/06/88

04 NARRATIVE DESCRIPTIOH ) POTENTIAL ALLEGED

(Acres)

Surface soil sanples collected by Kansas Department of Health and Environnent on 09/06/88 at tha sita contained

11, 14, and 72 mg/kg of PCBs 1254 and 1260.

01 X G. DRINKING WATER CONTAHIHATION

03 POPULATION POTEHTIALLY AFFECTED: 40,000

02 OBSERVED (DATE: ) X POTENTIAL ALLEGED


City wells serving 40,000 are located 2.5 niles fron the site. Although distance fron the site reduces the

likelihood of drinking water contanination, contamination of the drinking water aquifer is possible (see ground water

above).

01 H. WORKER EXPOSURE/INJURY

03 WORKERS POTENTIALLY AFFECTED:

None known



01 I. POPULATION EXPOSURE/INJURY

03 POPULATION POTEHTIALLY AFFECTED:

None known



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EFA

POTEBTIAL HASARDOUS HASTE SZTE

PRELIMIHART ASSKSSMKBT

PART 3 - DKSCRZPTZOB OF HASABDOUS COBDZTZOBS AHD ZBCZDBBTS

I. IDKBTIFZCATZOB

01 STATE KS

02 SITE NUMBER D984966630

ZZ. HASARDOUS COBDZTZOBS ABD ZBCZDBBTS (COHTIHUED)

01 J. DAHAGE TO FLORA

04 NARRATIVE DESCRIPTIOH

None known


01 K. DAMAGE TO FAUNA 02

04 NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION (Include nane(s) of species)

None known

OBSERVED (DATE: POTENTIAL ALLEGED

01 L. CONTAMINATION OF FOOD CHAIN


None known


POTENTIAL ALLEGED 01 X M. UNSTABLE CONTAINMENT OF WASTES 02 _X_ OBSERVED (DATE: 09-06-88 )

(Spills/runoff/standing liquids/leaking druns)

03 POPULATION POTENTIALLY AFFECTED: _10 04 NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION

PCBs were found in on-site soil, so at least one spill has probably occurred. (See conments under contamination of

of soil section, previous page).

01 N. DAMAGE TO OFFSITE PROPERTY


None known


01 O. CONTAHIHATION OF SEWERS, STORH DRAINS, WWTPs


04 NARRATIVE DESCRIPTIOH

Hone known

OBSERVED (DATE: POTENTIAL 01 P. ILLEGAL/UNAUTHORIZED DUHPING 02

04 HARRATIVE DESCRIPTIOH

None known. PCBs were not regulated when the facility was known to be dealing with transformers.

ALLEGED

05 DESCRIPTIOH OF ANY OTHER KNOWN, POTENTIAL, OR ALLEGED HAZARDS

None known

ZII. TOTAL POPUUSIOH POTEBTZAU.T AFFECTED: 40,000

IV. COHMEBTS

The immediate hasard posed by the site is low, but PCBs are known to be present, and there is a possibility of

contaminant migration off site, particularly via surface water. Further investigation of the site is recommended.

V. SOURCES OF IBFORHATIOB (Cite specific references, e.g., state files, sample analysis, reports)

USGS 7.5 Minute Series Topographic Hap, Leavenworth, Kansas, Quadrangle, 1970. Telephone conversation with Harsha Cosgrove, Leavenworth Water Works Department, D Site Inspection by Kansas Department of Health and Environnent, Septenber 6, 1988.

Decenber 8, 1988.

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Appendix C

KDHE Sample Results

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J NtiAb DEPARTMENT UF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT LABORATORY SERVICES AND RESEARCH ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIC LABORATORY

TOPEKA, KANSAS 66620

PCB ANALYTICAL REPORT

REPORT TO: GEORGE McCASKILL ^ ADDRESS: FORBES BLDG. 730, TOPEKA, KS. 66620

LAB NUMBER: 900503OC REPORT DATE: 11-23-88

SAMPLE COLLECTION INFORMATION

SAMPLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: KS0020101 SAMPLE TYPE: SOIL COLLECTION SITE: LEAVENWORTH AUTO PARTS, 777 CHEROKEE (LEAVENWORTH CO.) COLLECTED BY: McCASKILL DATE: 9- 6-88 TIME: ****

RESULTS OF ANALYSIS

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS

PCB-1016 PCB-1221 PCB-1232 PCB-1242 PCB-1248 PCB-1254 PCB-1260

CONCENTRATION (MG/KG)

NOT DETECTED NOT DETECTED NOT DETECTED NOT DETECTED NOT DETECTED 48 24

DETECTION LIMIT (MG/KG) 21 21 21 21 21 — ——

COMMENT: RESULTS AND DETECTION LIMMITS ARE EXPRESSED ON A DRY WEIGHT SAMPLE BASIS.

ANALYST: SUSAN J. SNYDER f ROGER H. CARLSON, PH.D., DIRECTOR

LABORATORY SERVICES AND RESEARCH ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIC LABORATORY



REPORT TO: GEORGE McCASKILL ADDRESS: FORBES BLDG. 7 30, TOPEKA, KS. 66620



SAMPLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: KS0020102 SAMPLE TYPE: SOIL COLLECTION SITE: LEAVENWORTH AUTO PARTS, 777 CHEROKEE (LEAVENWORTH CO.) COLLECTED BY: McCASKILL DATE: - - TIME: ****

RESULTS OF ANALYSIS




NOT DETECTED NOT DETECTED NOT DETECTED NOT DETECTED NOT DETECTED 14 NOT DETECTED

DETECTION LIMIT (MG/KG) 10 10 10 10 10

10

COMMENT: RESULTS AND DETECTION LIMITS ARE EXPRESSED ON A DRY WEIGHT SAMPLE BASIS.

ANALYST: SUSAN J. SNYDER .>,lA ROGER H. CARLSON, PH.D., DIRECTOR

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REPORT TO: GEORGE McCASKILL ADDRESS: FORBES BLDG. 730, TOPEKA, KS. 66620



SAMPLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: KS0020103 SAMPLE TYPE: SOIL COLLECTION SITE: LEAVENWORTH AUTO PARTS, 777 CHEROKEE (LEAVENWORTH CO.) COLLECTED BY: McCASKILL DATE: 9- 6-88 TIME: ****

RESULTS OF ANALYSIS




NOT DETECTED NOT DETECTED NOT DETECTED NOT DETECTED NOT DETECTED NOT DETECTED 11

DETECTION LIMIT (MG/KG) 10 10 10 10 10 10

COMMENT: RESULTS AND DETECTION LIMITS ARE EXPRESSED ON A DRY WEIGHT SAMPLE BASIS.

ANALYST: SUSAN J. SNYDER 2^J^ ROGER H. CARLSON, PH.D., DIRECTOR

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