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Antioch, CA (Contra Costa County) Ledger (Cir. D. 13,474) (Cir. S. 13,492) jHERCULES PINOLE p^EL SOBRANTE o SAN PABLO ^ . * ^RICHMOND MARTINEZ v, ^PITTSBURG' v- ,y-. &*;. -, -'.f'.A-; . '' " i/>-V)' '; M,; !{'.: > v CONCORD. Kjsfcisrt toy:-?' If : 'I*' ' ' `Sj''"'f-1;: p.; I v ^ T.'.1-. ' ' ' I \A/ a i 'k'ii it rnrri/ ' - .:< : ' v > v -.y - "f V-; 4 ifcvl mJ<:\ , ; .... ... ..... , . _..,-..... ' -i ,,-SS'"' 'i SP-^''ri.';' iwi Courtesy Contra-Cos'!tal|rime& !: . V;C The above map shows knolvn dump sites in Contra Costa County. For specific addresses, see key on'pageir^-v^jg^m^^ m ^ ^ > *I'i&y / * ;r : PCB-ARCH-EXT0376211 . r'v<' V- v .: % ,/ rM 3-area dumps among county's worst : Lesher News Bureail The following is a list of the 10 most serious abandoned hazardous waste dumps in Contra Costa County in terms of health and environmental factors. , - The list is based on ratings published in July by the state Department of Health Ser vices. It also indicates the dump's location, rough preliminary estimates of its cleanup costs, . some of the substances , discarded there, and what. stage the cleanup is in. 1. United Heckathorn, 401 Wright St., Richmond. -.-4. Cleanup-cost: $7 million. Soil mond.- Cleanup - cost :. '$2 sampling shows "significant". , million. Early soil sampling levels of DDT, dieldrin, lin-.. showed high mercury . con ' dane and other pesticides. tamination in' two tests; later' ; Limited soil sampling, per- analysis also showed, slight .formed; no ... cleanup . plan v zinc, copper and other lieavy- prepared yet. ., ./. . > metal contamination;; Addi-. ' 2. California Cap. Co., 47th tionalsampling .pending; ;.no i. .1 .cleanup plan formulated yet. St. and Hoffman Blvd., Rich-./. . See 10, page4v - ' . t; i. r - ; t ,.r PCB-ARCH-EXT0376212 Xy.'-? ^mT--:- '. ilSH^ ' - "..\$ *$;>; :' AlAfi ..... ,, X/'. From page 1 ;v ;As. . talysts showed high li est Contra Costa Sanitary zinc, chromium and copper. Additional sampling mord. Cleanup. cost: unknown. Part . ba. rren. lot pending; no cleanup plan yet. > >>: ,-litte -ed with barrels containing sodium cyanide,5. FMC Corp., 855 Parr Blvd., Richmond. Cleanup acids, solvents; nearby soil tainted with thevr.sgbst: $15 million. Shut-down pesticide plant has {'pesticide toxaphene and some PCBs. Cleanup com reportedly left heavy pesticide contamination at . - pleted. a-^ : the site. Some soil sampling; FMC has reportedly ,T ,4. Old Hercules Powder Works site, Railroad volunteered to excavate entire site for cleanup, if Ave., Hercules. Cleanup cost: $10 million. Site has ; numerous 5rr5---gallo--n drums filled with unknown .-materials and piles of spent chemical catalyst;; necessary.. - , yU { / G. Pt. Isabel Regional Park, Pt. Isabel and Cen tral Ave., Richmond. Cleanup cost: $10 million. Tests of shallow San Francisco Bay waters off park to sites show extremely high levels of lead and zinc; pro bably caused by thousands of cut-up car batteries Known dump sites identified in Contra Costa County as shown on the map are: {\ , ,1. Allied Chemical Corp., Nichols Rd., West Pittsburg. y Ay:. ' ! : _2. American Smelting and Refining Co. (now defunct) Highway 40, Selby. ' . ' . : 3. Bray Oil Co., 801 Wharf St., Richmond. '; r1 4. California Cap. Co., 47th St. and Hoffman Blvd., Richmond. .;{ yyiti; V. 5. Chemical and Pigment Co., Port. Chicago ' Highway and Nichols Rd., West Pittsburg. 6. Citation Developers, Railroad Ave., Her-, dumped along shoreline. Lead and zinc have heavi ly contaminated Bay mussels and littleneck clams; shellfish consumption has been banned. Additional - sampling pending; county health officials have ask ed the site's owners, Santa Fe Land Improvement Co., to prepare cleanup plan. . . { . . . .C - ' 7. Shell-PG&E chemical pond, Willow Pass Rd., West Pittsburgh Cleanup cost: $2-$30 million. Early tests of sediment in this closed 72-acre chemical pond and nearby piles of unidentified material show high levels of organic carbon, and further tests are planned. Some residents complained of bronchial and eye irritation from clouds of dust blowing from cules. 1 ' ' ; ' -`t pond; PG&E flooded the pond to hold down the dust 7. Copper Chemical Co., .2 Giant! Rd., Rich-' in 1978. No cleanup plan formulated pending further mond. {'- . ' ' ' '{ : ' { 8. D&S Developers, Railroad Ave., Hercules. . 9. Dexter-Hysol Corp., 2850 Willow Pass Rd., West Pittsburg. ' . ' : ' . 10. Drew Vacant iot/Drew Sales Co., Castro St. near 7th St., Richmond. . ,> ; ; 11. Great Western Chemical Co., 860 Wharf St., Richmond. 12. Hercules Properties Ltd., Inc.; Railroad ; Ave., Hercules. *>' . - ' ';: " . .{ ; 13. Monsanto Co., 1777 Monsanto Way, Avon. 14. Pt. Isabel Regional Park, end of Central Ave., Richmond. 15. Richmond Tank Car & Manufacturing Co., ' Ferry Point & South Garrard Blvd., Richmond. 16. Shell Chemical Co./PG&E pond, Willow Pass Road, West Pittsburg. 17. Stauffer Chemical Co., 100 Mococo Rd., Martinez."' ' , ; 18. Stauffer Chemical Co., 1415 S. '47th St., Richmond. ' ." . . ': f 19. Union Collier Co., Nichols Rd. and Port \ Chicago Highway, West Pittsburg. / . 1. .20. United Heckathorn, 401 Wright St,,.Rich- | mond. ; . ' ,'j v ..21. Western States Chemical Co.,' east of | \ Nichols Rd., West Pittsburg. .; y, ,. {v wfcV.! sampling. :' . .*'. \j\ 8. Union Collier Co.,' Nichols Rd. and Port Chicago Highway, West Pittsburg. Cleanup costs: $2 million. Tests at abandoned holding ponds at site showed high levels of arsenic, lead, selenium, and zinc. Also, large piles of waste gysum, a byproduct of fertilizer manufacturing. Following inspection by state water officials in 1980, the waste materials were cleaned up. .... 9. Allied Chemical Co., Nichols Rd., West Pittsburg. Cleanup costs: $700,000-$2 million. After tests showed pesticide contamination, state water officials required company to build a thick dike around three abandoned chemical ponds. Company demonstrated to state Regional Water Quality Con trol Board that its new dikes and underlying soild were relatively impermeable and should contain remaining wastes. 1^0 I 10. Richmond Tank Car and Manufacturing Co{, Ferry Point and South Garrard Blvd., Richmond. Cleanup costs: $20,000. Sampling showed high con centrations of lead and selenium, a non-metallic byproduct of copper, and low levels of titanium. In vestigators also discovered two buried metal tanks, but aren't sure of their contents. State water of- ficials are currently investigating the site; ;no cleanup plan yet drawn up. r V -'- II ... .yas.':;:.' I-' V ; - PCB-ARCH-EXT0376213