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FIELD INVESTIGATIONS OF UNCONTROLLED HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES
FIT PROJECT
TASK REPORT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
CONTRACT NO 68middot01middot6056
PULIKIIIARJ SIT ASSSSMIRT
Beacon Heiahtl Laadfill leaeoa rnbullbull CoDaecticut
February 27 1981 tDD Pl-8101-10
Prepared by Krant Hanley
Subllitted to Jotn1 Backlu
ecology and environment inc
PRELIKUWIY SITE ASSSSHNl
for
Beacon Beiahta Landfill
Beacon Palla Connecticut
TDD
Sitaw
Addrau
) Telephone
Owner
Principal Contact at lita
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lllackberry load
lleacon Palla Connecticut
laacon Raipta he
Mr Harold Murtha Praaidant
Mr Tad Murtha
Murtha Truckins Cop411ny
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CONTNTS
SCTICII 1 PURPOS OP ASSSSKtn
SCTIOM 2 OIJCTIV OF ASSSSMMT bullbullbullbullbullbull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 2-1 lgt c
SICTION 3 IIAClCIOUll) bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 3-1 MJ
ID zm SITE DESCIIPTIOR bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 3-1 Mlgt
lt1gt 0 -10SITI BISTOIT bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 3-1 oz lgt
PIIMAJlT SITI ACTIVITY bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 3-7 -+ t Mf
SITI GEOLOGY HYDIOLOCY bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 3-8 ltM t
bull bull bull bull bull bull 3-10 HAZAIDS IDMTIFID OR ALLECD bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 0-1
g 0SCTIOI 4 CERIIATOU OF IMDUSnlAL VAStZ bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 4-1 c
SICTIOR 5 IICOIItRDATIORS bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull -1
APPIIDIJ 1 IPA POTIRTUL UZAIDOOS VAS1Z Sltl IDIRTIFICATIOII
ARD PDLIKIRUT ASSESSGMT aPOit bull A-1
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FlGURIS
PICUR 1 SITE LOCATION bull bull bull bull 3-2
PICUU 2 SlT PLAM bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bullbull bull bull bull bull 3-3
PICUBI 3 SUilPACZ ELEVATIONS AJm DRAINAGE MAP bullbullbullbull 3-4
PICUU 4 GROONDWATIJl PAVOJlAIILITY MP bull bull 3-9
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TUL 4-2
TAIL 4-3
TAIL 4-4
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TAliLS
UOWN GENERATORS OF WAST DISPOSrD OP A7 TR
llAOON HIGHTS LANDFILL bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 4-1
GNERArigtRS OF WASll RAHDLED BY ZOLLO DRUM bullbullbullbullbull 4-2
CNERATORS OP K4ST HAMDLED BY RLIAILE INDUSTRIAL
WAStE DISPOSAL COMPANY bullbullbullbullbullbullbull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 4-3
OIGAIIIC QlKICALS twruFACniRED BY UPJOHN QIMICAL
COHPAlft bullbull bull bull 4-4
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3 Hill zm Hlgt lt1gt0 -10 oz lgt -IJHltH
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~ __ middot
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SCTIClf 1 - PURPOSE OP ASSESSMENT
To a-ther pnlibullinary data mid deun~ine the need for du entry and
aurpliaa of the Beacon Heiahtbull Landfill in Beacon Pal11 Connect icut
Data will be u1ed to cletan~ine the potential for Superfund andor Section
middot311 funded rdial action
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SCTlON 2 - OBJCTlV
To conduct an off-eite invutiaation of the Beacon Heiahta Landfill
Site in order to locate evidence of contbullinetion identify ponibla
contbullinante and cleterine bullbullplina locatione
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0 0 X HID zm Hlgt ugtn -lt0 oz lgt -ltI HflltH
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SECTIDII 3 - IACJGROUND
3 1 SID DESCRIPTIOR
lbe Beacon Beiamphta bndfill occupiu E 83-acu dte approxiutely
one and one-half ail ea1t of Connecticut Rout e 8 in Beecoo Pallt
Connecticut (Piaure 3-1) Tbe landfill operation ia located alona
the northve1t alope and cu1t of a larabull hill aouth of Blackberry
load and veat of Skokorat Road (Piaure 3-2) Relief of the Beacon
Reiahta landfill ia cterate to hiamph ranainc fro 500 feet KSL at
the ve1tern edae of the aite to 650 feet tEL at the creat of the
hill (Pleura 3-3) Surface drainaae ia to tM nonhve1t toward the
Bockanbull Brook vaterahed wtlicb parallela Route 42 eaat of Skokorat
lotid The Bockanua lrook dhcharaaa to the Wauaatudt River 1outh of
leecoa Palla Cnte r (Piaure 3-3) the proputy barderina the hacon
Beiahta landfill alona Skokorat Roat and Blackberry Road ia aparly
populated A few hoM1 are located aortb and wet of the landfill
near the entrance aate on llackbal load Landacapinc ia eatanahe
erouDcl the pedaetar of the aita prohibitina a d ear view of the
landfi ll frca public roada VaaetatiOII in the vicinity of the
laoclfill appaara to be hlthy Acce to the landfill h frc
llackbal Road de a partially paved roed th_at utenda frca t he
entrance located in the northeaat to the IIOUthveet bullrain of the
aite (Pipre 3-2) A locktd aete at tbe entrance baa prohibited
qbicular acceu to the landfill eince 1979
32 lltl BISTOIY
Prior to 1970 the Beacon Reiahte Landfill -~ known aa
Betlroaki bull o~ dUIIP bull Accordiq to a Connecticut Vater luourcea
C-baioa ln1pectioa Report in 1970 the letlroaki duap operated
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0 bull iJ PlCUU 1 SID LOCATION
ICALE IN JotiLU
- middot~middot ARE~ OfSnJ~ middot i bull __
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middot1 0 1000 2000
FEET
BEACON HEIGHTS DISPOSAL AREAmiddot SITE PLAN
neue 2
3-3
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BEACON HEIGHTS DISPOSAL AREA- SURFACE ELEVATIONS AND DRAINAGE MAP nigtii3
__ SURFACE DRAINAGE
[J STUDY AREA 0 1000 2000 3000
~~ ACTUAL LANDFILLING AREA FEET
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J2 Site History - continued
intenittently for epproxibullndy SO yun wte dhpoul vaa not
reaulued end aoil characte~btica on aite augelt that traah v
frequently burned 196S rial photoarapha indicate that dumpina
occurred pribullarily elona the northveat elope of what il now Beacon
Rdahta ne 196S aerial photoanpha allo indicate n atreMly p
ateep ebullbanlulent a fev hundred feet aouthveat of the Blackberry load t 0
Hfll entrance and approdutdy SO feet aouth of a u tributuy to zm
HP the Rockanubull Brook (Piaun J-2) Several bullbullall poo le of liquid were -lt0 ozoburved 110utheaat of the bullbankMnt pouibly i ndice t ina that the p
-ltJ aoila at thia middot location hve low peneabilitiea Soil borinabull Hl1
ltH conducted i n 1970 elona the northvu t elope indicate the preaence of J
0-ltaubatantial quantiti~ of aah eod aeverel layers of ibullpereable
g refuae auch u rubber Photoarapha taken at the dup in 196J
indicate the preaence of non(npacted vaate includinc drua eurol Available data indicat that the letkoaki refuaa area accepted a
variety of weate includi111 induatrht chnicab end aludaea
In 1970 the )lrthe Truckina Copany purcheud the letkoaki
hndfill end chana-t the aite nea to leacoa Beiahta
Mr Harold Murtha the pruident and 01110er of the )lrthe
Truckinc copeny aDd the Laurel Perk Landfill in lauaatuck
ibullprovad the operatiDa conditione at the Landfi ll in aeveral waya
i ocludina repair of the ecce road and partial rearadbamp of the
vt elope Mixed unicipal and induatrial vuta cootiDUad to be
dhpoat of at the landfill Several leaal acti001 have been
initiated qainat the Beacon Beiahu operation by the Coanecticut
Departbullent of lnviroaental Protection (DIP) In 1972 1 the Divilioo
- of Water Copliaaee i ued an middotorder to the )lrtha Truckina lac
(Order lfo lOSS) requirba that
e) a hydroaeoloaic atudr of the Landfill be conducted end
b) atepa to elibullinate pollution ceuaecl by the landfill be iaplebullntad
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J2 Site Hhtory - continued
In February of 1973 Order No 1055 vae rucinded by the DEP tlhn
it vu dhcovered that Murtha Truckina vu not the leael owner of
the Bucon Heiahte Order 1104 vae il8ued to replace Order 1055
identifyina Beacon Reiahta Inc (BHI) ae the ovnen of the landfill
The hydroaeoloaic inveltiaati on of the landfill vae cOllpleted under
Order 1104 1 however a pollution abateaent proar- vu never
iapleMnted
It haa been augeated by an official fro the Vater Coapliance
Unit that an active effort by the DEP Divhioa of Solid Vaate
Manaant to cloae the Beacon Heiahta Landfil l rulted in the lack
of enforceot actiOna by the Vater CCJ11Plience Unit
The Division of Solid Veet e iaaued Order Ito sw-69 to Bill in
Deceaber of 1975 Order Ito SV-69 directed Beacon Reiahta to cloae
within 270 daya and to iapleMnt r dial action to eliainate the
cau of pollutioa in adjacent vaterwaya It vu the Divhioa of
Solid Vutea poaition that the leacoo Beiahta Landfill operation
endaqered the around ead eurface vatere and vu reaponaible for
the eurfece vater containation in a etrebull belov the eite In
addition the Beacoa Reiahte ~peratioa bad expended into an adjacent
area trithout a DIP pen1i t The area of apaoaion vae dleracteriud
by a hiah vatcr table and ahellov bedrock reaultiDamp in hiah retaa
of leachate diecharae fro the lite
BBI appealed tha order and an edainhtrethe bearina renlted in
I odified order sv-69 beiDamp heu~ by the DP in lloveaber of 1976
bullw operatina and cloaure Plene vere approved by the DEP in
Septeaber of ~977 pen1ittina the Beacon Heiahte Landfill to reopen
and operate for epprodaately tvo yeare The aev pemit liaited the
bullol~ of vaate to be dhpoeed of oa lite forbade the dhpoaal of
liquid induetdal vaate and placed a ceiliq on the final elevation
contoure
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3 2 Site Rhto~y - co~tinued middot
Concurrent vith lead actionbull taken qainet 1181 by the
C~nnecticut DP middot the Inland Wetllnde Coaiuioo ileued a Ceaee and
Deeht Order to BHI for opentina within and pollutina a wetbnde
atreabull BHI defied the order 1 claiaing that t he landfill had been
operatinamp for 30 yean prior to the enactMnt of the 1974 vetlande ])
laahlation and vu therefore not eubject to rezuhtion The 0 3
Inland Wetlanda eo-hlion took BHI to court for violatina the Ceau ~Ill Zrltl
and D11iat Order In 1977 the cau vu thrCND out of court ~])n-ltO oz ])
In 1976 an ina pection conducted by the Division of Solid Waete -ltJ ~
Manaaeent revealed eevaral aeneral penit violltione 1 ineludioa the lt~
J diaprd of induetrial waite and the dilpoul of wute in
unauthorised areal Accordina to T Prepan of the Divilioo of 8 Solid Waate than riolationa ware aaver iav11tiaeted or enforced 0
The 1977 penit eat the final cloaure data for July 7 bull 1979
BBI appealed the teru of the panit in June 1979 1 raquaatiq a
reviled cootour plan The DEP heued a revhed coatour plan and
deaipated July 1 1979 11 the final cloeure date El failed to
at the daadliaa aDd the caee wu referred to the Attorney
Geaarala office for act ioa Jo actioo by the Attorney General hu
bn tOea to data BBI cloaed iD 1979 without atina the t ene of
the 1977 perait bullreeMnt Municipal aewenae fro Bethany
Connecticut ia pnaeotly beiaamp applied to areu of upoeed face
33 PllKAit SIT ACTIVITY
Tbe landfill operation at Beacoo Beiamphta baa bn charactariaed
bJ three different typea of vte diapoul
a) retuae-buniaa type diapoul (prior to 1970) i
b) non-burnina aioi- cover nitary landfill 1 and
c) a ainf- lift-thickneabull opention
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33 Pribullary Site Activity - continued
As indicated by ~il borinabull burnina vaa a priaary treatbullnt
f~r refuse prior to 1970 Althouah aome bullinibullal coverina of rafuu
did taka placenitary-type landfillina did not becce the oor at
the Beacon Reiamphta operation until after 1970 when the BHI
purchaaad the lite Accordinamp to an enaineerina brief iuued by
anaineer Richard Sullivan the Betkoaki operation vu ibullproved
aubatantially by Mlrtha Debrh alona the acce road end the
Hockanubull Brook Tributary vu re110ved or buried and the veat dope
vu naraded and aeedad to prevent eroaion Sullivan claibulld that
up to ah inchea of ioil whi ch vaa excavated fr the aita 0 vu
uaed to cover the active portion of the landfill daily A 1973
brief iuued by the Murtha Truckina Copany indicated that i n
addition to the ah inchaa of daily cover capleted areaa received
a final application of one and one-half feat of cover aoil
It b not known vbat the actual tonnaaa of vaate racah ed at the
Beacon Raiahu Landfi ll vaa however a 1972 report on the aolid and
liquid vaataa recehed by the Mlrtha owned landfillbull utiaat that
up to 107500 t0011 of aolid vaata and 46 tou of liquid vutu ware
dhpoaad Of per year A mP official indicated that a 1972
induatrial auney of waata aanaratora augaatad that up to one
bullillioa pllona per year of liquid waataa wra diapod of at the
HurtM laDdfilla
1be Beacon Baiah t a Landfill -ployad two individuah for
aupaniaion and the operation of ccepactioa aquiPMnt A u fleet of trucka OWDad by ttartha Trucldq handled laraa aanidpal aocl
induatrial contracta A at l tranafer atation waa eatabliahed at
the entrance of the landfill for public uaa to alibullinau traffie
probt Oft the landfill
34 SITE GEOLOCTBYDIOLOGY
fba laaeoa Reiahta landfill b located on the northvaat ad
aouthvaat alopu of a hill underain by a biahly fractured
auaen-anaiua identified by carr (1960) bullbull the undifferentiated
Bartlaod Pbratioo Seibert 0972) recorded the atrika and dip of
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~ CLASS bullAbull WATERSHED
[[[ill ~R~~ OF G~DWATE~ FAVORABILITY
BEACON HEIGHTS LANDFILL
PICUJ 4
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two fraetur~middotmiddot ~eu and obnrved a fra~ture fre~ueney in eaeh eet
ranaina fro three to fi~ feet bullin the joit eat etrikina M25-w and
25 feet in the Joint eet etrikina M5obullw A thin untle of atecial
till eompoeed of eand dey and eome bouldere oriainally covered
the bedroek on met of the eite Much of the oriainal till eurfaee
which ranaed betveeo 1-20 feet thick vee eanvated for cover
uterial reaultina in refueebedroek eootaet
Surhee drainaae ie to the aorthveet toward the Roekaaua Brook
en area with h iah aroundvater fav~rability (Piaure 3-4) ampurfeee
run-off ie rapid dJII to the eteep elopee of the landfill (16-25bull)
and the lov perweability of the predoainant eover aetarial
1be preeenee of refuee with low perbullubilitiee euch u rubber
plaetie end uh and the eteepneee of the tillrefueebedroek
eonteet ha reeulted in an extreaely rapid rete of aroundvater
80VeMnt throuah the landfill 1be eteepnen of elope and the
eatureticm of low perweebility aeh at the northveet ebaakaat
durinamp e period of baa rainfall in 1971 reeulted ia a eubetantiel
elope failure at that loeatifXl in 1972 (Pipre 3-2) the elope
failure reeulted in an atrty hiamph rete of eoatbullinated
aroundvater dieehar at the foot of the failure ecerp In addition
to aroundvater dieeharae obeerved at the Nee of the failure ecarp
e ditch that circled the landfill aloaa the vt and eouth
bounderiee drdned eubetantial quantitiee of leaehete to the oorth
toward the Rockan111 Brae tributary
Predicted aroundvater mvnt in bedrock ie alona fracture
boundariee and ie probable toward the northeut and northveet
35 BAZAIDS IDERTillD 01 ALLEGED
Leaal action teken by the DP Vater eoplianee Unit and Solid
Waete ~naaeaent Dideicm durina the 1970bull wee baeed priaarily oa
the eontainatioa of eurface water by typical leaehate conetituente
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J S Raurds Identified or Alleaed - continued
aucb u colifon~ lead phoaphatu md chlorid and the violation
of penit requireiHnta by the operatora The landfill and the
ditcharaina leachate h never been thorouahly invetiaated for the
preaence of tozic or haaardous aubstancea
A 1979 bullbullple of the surface water discharaina from the Bucon
Reiahta Landfill before confluence with the Rochnua Brook detectd
30 ppb colifom 110 ppb ethyl acetate 400 p pb bull th) l acetate and
30 ppb aethyl e thyl ket one Since the dhcha r p at t he u~linc
point pdurily reflects the 1urface draittaae fr011 the sit a aad
becau~ 1urfaca vatar b t likely to contain hi amph quanti t iu of
bull olatila contituen~a the pranca of llydrocarbons i n tha surface
draiup indicate bullch hiaher coacentratiou of oraanica in the
landfill mel the aroundvater dhcharai oa fr~ the landfill
Ia additioa1 the acon Heiahta Lendf ill b knOWD to hemiddot
accepted iDduatriel vaataa fr~ a Yariaty of 110urcaa Kaay of theaa
i Dduatri are knOVD to have aeoaratad haaardoua vaata
(8 SactiOil 4)
Piully1 the cootbullinati oa of prhata vella at the r ata
houaiq daYalop~~ent in laaccxa Falla hu been attributed by DIP to
the diapoaal of haurdoua vaataa oa Oak Driva vt a a that vera
oriainally deatioad to ba diapoaed of a t the l u con Beiaht a
Laadfill
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SCTIltM 4 - GENERATORS OF INDUSTRIAL WAST
The Connecticut Departbullnt of nviromHntal Protection and Hurtha 1 a
anainur Mr Richard Sullivan han identified at 1eaat aevan induatrhl
aeneratora that dhpoaed of vaate at the Mlrtha landfilla in acon Falla
and Hauaatuct Connecticut Of tbeae c01apaniea four haw been
identified aa aenaratora who diapoaed of vaate at the Beacon Raiahta
Landfill excluaively (Table 4-1)
Cenuatora of Vaate Diapoaed of at the Beacon Beiahta Landfill Beacon Palla Connecticut
(frOII 1972 DIP lnduatrial Vaate Survey)
Upjoha Cheical OilaBydrocarbooa 2500 aalyr lortb Baftll cr Chaical LiquidaBluda
end Solventa 72000 aalyr
Aratrona lubber Collpeay OilaBydrocerbooa 10000 aalyr Veat Raven cr Soheau 2 000 aalyr
Chbullical LiquidaSludaea 2000 aalyr Vaateveter treatat dudau 70000 aalyr
I P Goodrich Collpaoy Rubber 7000 tooayr Shelton cr Pleatica 400 tonayr
Oila ad Bydrocerbooa 340000 abulllyr Cheaical -liquidaSludaaa 78000 aalyr Vaatevater Sludaea 2000 toaayr Cheaical Solida SO tonayr
Uniroyal Footwear tubber 240 tooayr leacoa Falla CT Plaatica 240 tonayr
Oila and Hydrocarbonbull 5000 aalyr Solvaou 5000 aalyr
Zollo Drua UntoOWD UoknOWD Beacon Palla ~
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Section 4 Genenton - continued
Zollo Dru of Beacon Falh a haurdoua vuta broker and tranaporur b
1tnovn to have dhpod of vutea fro tvo of tba cc-paoiaa Anutrona
lubber and Upjoho Cheaical Copay at the Beacon Reiahta Landfill Zollo
Dna handlaa vut fro a variety of induatriea and it ia probable that
the vaatea froa An troaa lubber and Upjoho did not account for all ~ 3induatrial vaaua diapoaed of by Zollo at the Beacon Reiahta o~ration HID
Tabh 4-2 ideatifiea pnuatora of vuu handled by Zollo
1979 IZP perit application
TABLE 4-2 Genentora of Wa~ad by Zollo Dr~a
( atatad
ADco Pachaiq c_ny Stratford cr
A M lruniq Guilford cr
Chnical LaanaJ lranford cr
Diadon Vld Capany Stalampford cr
ri-t Corporation lridaaport cr
Guilford Gravure Guilford cr
Bicta a Otia lorvallt cr
B~apbray Oaaical lo Iavan cr
Perkin-llner Corporation lorvalk cr
liadoa Kanufacturina Co Daobury cr
on 1979 IZP perait eppticatlon)
Alcohol vaata
Diaao vaata
tank lioaa Water vaata taak cln out
Solvent vaate
Solvent vaata
lthyl acetate fonal propyl acetate ethyl alcohol a ~
laain 1 propyl acetate
Maleic ampDhydride oil naphtha iaoproponal thanol toluaoa bensane
Cuttina oil acatoaa cyclo hexane Mthanol lao octane toluene MEl
VC III
Lacquer thinner Chlorinated catechol __ Chlorinated quinena
4-2
Zfl u atated on HO
(1gt0 -lt0 oz gt -ltI HflltH
I 0-lt
g 0
25 druaayr 0
300 druaayr
400 druyr
10 druaayr
40 druaayr
200 druaayr
60 druaayr
300 drvaayr
250 druuyr
25 druaayr
75 drvaayr 100 druaayr
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Section 4 Gene-raton - continued
Prior to 1976 the leacoa Reiamphte landfill received waetee fro
Reliable Induetriel Waete Diepoul Company (RlllD) i n Beacon Palle
Accordins to DP pen~it epplicatione dated 197D-1973 the deaical wtea
hendled bJ UW were either incinerated or ahipped to appropriate diapoaal
hcilitia1 It ia known however that RIWD die pond of waat11 at aeveral
localitiu in the town of leacoa hlb durina the aid- to late-1960e A
waate diepoeal lite on Oak Drive reeulted in tha contbullinatioa of doampena of
private velb in the near vicinity with indutrial chnicala includiaamp
Chloroben1ene Ethyl ether o-Dichlorobenune Ace tOM p-Dich lorobenuae Methylene chloride Toluene Methyl ethyl ketone 111-TrichlOroethane Hexane Uni dentified 112 2-Tetrachloroethane
It h been recorded by DP that UWD und illeaal dhpoul eitaa i D leacoo
Pelle when weather or roM condition prohibi ted acceae to what vu thn
tbe letkoeki qp loduatriea urviced bJ IIWD include eeveral chnical
nufacturera (Table 4-3)
TAILI 4-3 Coeratora of Waata Bandied b ieibrToduatriel Vaate Die
leecon Pella Connect cut Urn 1973 DIP perwit apphcatioo)
Copany Cenaratina Vaete
Pfber eopaoy Acetone iaopropyl alcohol 4400 aalvk Croton cr Mthaool ather
Honeaoto Kett)aool alcohcl 4 000 ampalvk Indian Orchard tM
General Electric lridaeport cr
laybutoe Traneaieaioo oil 21so aat Stratford cr
Cowlu Copany Thinner middotWlknovn Rev haven Ct
Iorden Chaaical middot StJreoe 3300aatt Leoaiaater0 K
4-3
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Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
1be t recent inforution reaudiaa the dhpoul of induetrid vaeta
at the Bucon Reiahte Landfill vu obtained fro a 1976 inapectioo report
inuad by the Connecticut DIP Divhion of Solid Waata Manaaebullnt 1be
report vhich b deed January 7 1976 atatea that Zollo drua vu
unloadina aeated drwu urlted chebullical vaate DANCBR Plable Liquid 1
avoid akin contact aDd breathinamp fuaea bullbull tha vute duaped vu of two 3 ~ typ41 a) a dry earth like uterial he (the driver) aaid vu a filter Zll ~lgt
aedi~a aDd b) the other u noted bullbullbull middot In the report it b reported middot lt~gtn -lt0 oz
that he duaped vuta naularly fTc Upjoin in Worth Bavea lgt -ltI
1ba Upjohn Chnical CopaD) in Worth Raven b a bullanufacturer of ~ lt~
aynthatic oraanic chicala The priury Mthod of -nufacturinamp at Upjoha Io- be deacribed u batch- procauioa wh ich vou ld reault in a quantity of gvaata liquid aludae aDdor filter bulldiUII The vute pnerated at Up john o
would probably contai n lianificant quantitiu of the priury product 4 0
91daty of oraanic chicala includiDJ tho11 ud for pharaaceutical
0 productbull aDd herbicidu have Ha bullanufacturM by Opjobn in Worth Bavaa (Tabla 4-4)
Oraanic Cbbullicala uaufactund br Dpjohn Olbullical Copant North Bavan Coanact1Cut
(1919 Product Liat)
Banaophaaone lenaophenoaa technical-flaltad o-Chloroanilina Technical (OCA) D-300 Concentrate (4-aulfophthalic Acid) o-Diaahidi ne Dihydrochloride Dichlorobenddiae Dihydrochloride (DCI) 26-Dichloro-4-Mitroanilina (DCJU) DiethoXJacetophenone (DAP) 25- DiaethoXJbeaaaldehyde (DKB) Dioeaenia Diphenuid Technical (NN-Diaethyl-2 1 2-Diphenylacatbullide) bonate 1361 ( 33-Dibullthyl-4 4 -Diphenyl Dihocyanate) Pbotoaraphic Dye Intenediatea p Toluene Sulfonyl hocJUte (PTST)
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Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
In conclulion -bullHable date augeta that induatrhl vutee have
been dhpoud of at the Beacon B~iamphta and letltoeki Landfill bullby
a) leliable lnduatrhl Vaate Dbpoaal C011pany b) Zollo Dru c) Indu1triea contracted directly vith tlirthe Trucltina Inc
AlthouJb bullaoy induetrhl wute aeneraton dbpoeed of wute tbrouah
IIWD And Zollo Dnn1 only tvo of then coapeniea Upjoho and Arutrona
Rubber ere ~ to have had their vute dhpo1ed of at Beacon Reiahte ~t
pouibla hovner that other indu1tdal vute handled bJ IIWD and Zollo
Dru wu dhpo1ed of at Beacon Beiamphtbull
4-S
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SCTION S - IOOHKENDATIOHS
lgt laeed on tha deta _erbed in thie report it U recoended that 0
I ~mthe follawina actione be taken Zll ~lgt
-lt0 a) A full lite inveetiaatiou of the leacon Beiamphte Landfill ehould lgt
oz
-ltIbe conducted includina aonitoriaa of abiant air for volatile ~ oraanice eurface vatar aod leachate alinamp aod oil
lt~
~ un1bull g Private valle and eurfece water dovnaradient of the landfill
0
ehoulcl be eupled ~
0 c) lahtina qiaeeriaamp data includiq location ancl epecificatioo
of 110aitoriaa welle ehould be obteiaecl frCII tM awaer of Jucon
Raiahtbull acl rniewed
d) lnDVD iDduetrial waeta pneratore bullhould be inbullntiaeted to
cleterioe the approdaate quantit aDd epecific characterietice
of wete dhpoeed of at Beacon Beipte
e) A liet of all induetrial clientbull eerliced by Murtha TRcldaa and
the final diepoeitioa of their nate ehould be obtained froa the
CJWDit of Murtha tnlctiaa Inc for remiddotdw
f) All cvailabla bJdroaeoloaic data ahould be reviewed to detnaioe
the potential ipact on aroundvater frCII huardoua waeta at
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middot Uniroyal Chemical D1Yfsion Upjohn to
iL ADDITIOIIAL CONIIIIIITIOII IIAIIIIATI111 OlliCIIIfiTIOII Or ITfoiATIOIIIl110111 011 lllfiOIITilO TO IllIT AT Till 1Til
Ethyl Acetone Methyl Acetate detected in surface water In town location that received ~stes de~~~dR~r Beacon Heights contaminated with industrial chemicals such as
VI HAZARD OfSCRIPTIOM
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Regarding Hazardous Waste
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o bullbull bull _ tDATIDP t fIIII__D
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- barcode 559034
- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 559034
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FIELD INVESTIGATIONS OF UNCONTROLLED HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES
FIT PROJECT
TASK REPORT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
CONTRACT NO 68middot01middot6056
PULIKIIIARJ SIT ASSSSMIRT
Beacon Heiahtl Laadfill leaeoa rnbullbull CoDaecticut
February 27 1981 tDD Pl-8101-10
Prepared by Krant Hanley
Subllitted to Jotn1 Backlu
ecology and environment inc
PRELIKUWIY SITE ASSSSHNl
for
Beacon Beiahta Landfill
Beacon Palla Connecticut
TDD
Sitaw
Addrau
) Telephone
Owner
Principal Contact at lita
Pl-8101-10
lllackberry load
lleacon Palla Connecticut
laacon Raipta he
Mr Harold Murtha Praaidant
Mr Tad Murtha
Murtha Truckins Cop411ny
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CONTNTS
SCTICII 1 PURPOS OP ASSSSKtn
SCTIOM 2 OIJCTIV OF ASSSSMMT bullbullbullbullbullbull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 2-1 lgt c
SICTION 3 IIAClCIOUll) bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 3-1 MJ
ID zm SITE DESCIIPTIOR bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 3-1 Mlgt
lt1gt 0 -10SITI BISTOIT bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 3-1 oz lgt
PIIMAJlT SITI ACTIVITY bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 3-7 -+ t Mf
SITI GEOLOGY HYDIOLOCY bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 3-8 ltM t
bull bull bull bull bull bull 3-10 HAZAIDS IDMTIFID OR ALLECD bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 0-1
g 0SCTIOI 4 CERIIATOU OF IMDUSnlAL VAStZ bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 4-1 c
SICTIOR 5 IICOIItRDATIORS bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull -1
APPIIDIJ 1 IPA POTIRTUL UZAIDOOS VAS1Z Sltl IDIRTIFICATIOII
ARD PDLIKIRUT ASSESSGMT aPOit bull A-1
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FlGURIS
PICUR 1 SITE LOCATION bull bull bull bull 3-2
PICUU 2 SlT PLAM bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bullbull bull bull bull bull 3-3
PICUBI 3 SUilPACZ ELEVATIONS AJm DRAINAGE MAP bullbullbullbull 3-4
PICUU 4 GROONDWATIJl PAVOJlAIILITY MP bull bull 3-9
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TAliL 4-1
TUL 4-2
TAIL 4-3
TAIL 4-4
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TAliLS
UOWN GENERATORS OF WAST DISPOSrD OP A7 TR
llAOON HIGHTS LANDFILL bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 4-1
GNERArigtRS OF WASll RAHDLED BY ZOLLO DRUM bullbullbullbullbull 4-2
CNERATORS OP K4ST HAMDLED BY RLIAILE INDUSTRIAL
WAStE DISPOSAL COMPANY bullbullbullbullbullbullbull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 4-3
OIGAIIIC QlKICALS twruFACniRED BY UPJOHN QIMICAL
COHPAlft bullbull bull bull 4-4
lgt
3 Hill zm Hlgt lt1gt0 -10 oz lgt -IJHltH
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~ __ middot
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SCTIClf 1 - PURPOSE OP ASSESSMENT
To a-ther pnlibullinary data mid deun~ine the need for du entry and
aurpliaa of the Beacon Heiahtbull Landfill in Beacon Pal11 Connect icut
Data will be u1ed to cletan~ine the potential for Superfund andor Section
middot311 funded rdial action
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SCTlON 2 - OBJCTlV
To conduct an off-eite invutiaation of the Beacon Heiahta Landfill
Site in order to locate evidence of contbullinetion identify ponibla
contbullinante and cleterine bullbullplina locatione
2-1
0 0 X HID zm Hlgt ugtn -lt0 oz lgt -ltI HflltH
I
8 0
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SECTIDII 3 - IACJGROUND
3 1 SID DESCRIPTIOR
lbe Beacon Beiamphta bndfill occupiu E 83-acu dte approxiutely
one and one-half ail ea1t of Connecticut Rout e 8 in Beecoo Pallt
Connecticut (Piaure 3-1) Tbe landfill operation ia located alona
the northve1t alope and cu1t of a larabull hill aouth of Blackberry
load and veat of Skokorat Road (Piaure 3-2) Relief of the Beacon
Reiahta landfill ia cterate to hiamph ranainc fro 500 feet KSL at
the ve1tern edae of the aite to 650 feet tEL at the creat of the
hill (Pleura 3-3) Surface drainaae ia to tM nonhve1t toward the
Bockanbull Brook vaterahed wtlicb parallela Route 42 eaat of Skokorat
lotid The Bockanua lrook dhcharaaa to the Wauaatudt River 1outh of
leecoa Palla Cnte r (Piaure 3-3) the proputy barderina the hacon
Beiahta landfill alona Skokorat Roat and Blackberry Road ia aparly
populated A few hoM1 are located aortb and wet of the landfill
near the entrance aate on llackbal load Landacapinc ia eatanahe
erouDcl the pedaetar of the aita prohibitina a d ear view of the
landfi ll frca public roada VaaetatiOII in the vicinity of the
laoclfill appaara to be hlthy Acce to the landfill h frc
llackbal Road de a partially paved roed th_at utenda frca t he
entrance located in the northeaat to the IIOUthveet bullrain of the
aite (Pipre 3-2) A locktd aete at tbe entrance baa prohibited
qbicular acceu to the landfill eince 1979
32 lltl BISTOIY
Prior to 1970 the Beacon Reiahte Landfill -~ known aa
Betlroaki bull o~ dUIIP bull Accordiq to a Connecticut Vater luourcea
C-baioa ln1pectioa Report in 1970 the letlroaki duap operated
3-1
0 bull iJ PlCUU 1 SID LOCATION
ICALE IN JotiLU
- middot~middot ARE~ OfSnJ~ middot i bull __
S-2
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middot1 0 1000 2000
FEET
BEACON HEIGHTS DISPOSAL AREAmiddot SITE PLAN
neue 2
3-3
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sect I
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II m
0 0
BEACON HEIGHTS DISPOSAL AREA- SURFACE ELEVATIONS AND DRAINAGE MAP nigtii3
__ SURFACE DRAINAGE
[J STUDY AREA 0 1000 2000 3000
~~ ACTUAL LANDFILLING AREA FEET
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J2 Site History - continued
intenittently for epproxibullndy SO yun wte dhpoul vaa not
reaulued end aoil characte~btica on aite augelt that traah v
frequently burned 196S rial photoarapha indicate that dumpina
occurred pribullarily elona the northveat elope of what il now Beacon
Rdahta ne 196S aerial photoanpha allo indicate n atreMly p
ateep ebullbanlulent a fev hundred feet aouthveat of the Blackberry load t 0
Hfll entrance and approdutdy SO feet aouth of a u tributuy to zm
HP the Rockanubull Brook (Piaun J-2) Several bullbullall poo le of liquid were -lt0 ozoburved 110utheaat of the bullbankMnt pouibly i ndice t ina that the p
-ltJ aoila at thia middot location hve low peneabilitiea Soil borinabull Hl1
ltH conducted i n 1970 elona the northvu t elope indicate the preaence of J
0-ltaubatantial quantiti~ of aah eod aeverel layers of ibullpereable
g refuae auch u rubber Photoarapha taken at the dup in 196J
indicate the preaence of non(npacted vaate includinc drua eurol Available data indicat that the letkoaki refuaa area accepted a
variety of weate includi111 induatrht chnicab end aludaea
In 1970 the )lrthe Truckina Copany purcheud the letkoaki
hndfill end chana-t the aite nea to leacoa Beiahta
Mr Harold Murtha the pruident and 01110er of the )lrthe
Truckinc copeny aDd the Laurel Perk Landfill in lauaatuck
ibullprovad the operatiDa conditione at the Landfi ll in aeveral waya
i ocludina repair of the ecce road and partial rearadbamp of the
vt elope Mixed unicipal and induatrial vuta cootiDUad to be
dhpoat of at the landfill Several leaal acti001 have been
initiated qainat the Beacon Beiahu operation by the Coanecticut
Departbullent of lnviroaental Protection (DIP) In 1972 1 the Divilioo
- of Water Copliaaee i ued an middotorder to the )lrtha Truckina lac
(Order lfo lOSS) requirba that
e) a hydroaeoloaic atudr of the Landfill be conducted end
b) atepa to elibullinate pollution ceuaecl by the landfill be iaplebullntad
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J2 Site Hhtory - continued
In February of 1973 Order No 1055 vae rucinded by the DEP tlhn
it vu dhcovered that Murtha Truckina vu not the leael owner of
the Bucon Heiahte Order 1104 vae il8ued to replace Order 1055
identifyina Beacon Reiahta Inc (BHI) ae the ovnen of the landfill
The hydroaeoloaic inveltiaati on of the landfill vae cOllpleted under
Order 1104 1 however a pollution abateaent proar- vu never
iapleMnted
It haa been augeated by an official fro the Vater Coapliance
Unit that an active effort by the DEP Divhioa of Solid Vaate
Manaant to cloae the Beacon Heiahta Landfil l rulted in the lack
of enforceot actiOna by the Vater CCJ11Plience Unit
The Division of Solid Veet e iaaued Order Ito sw-69 to Bill in
Deceaber of 1975 Order Ito SV-69 directed Beacon Reiahta to cloae
within 270 daya and to iapleMnt r dial action to eliainate the
cau of pollutioa in adjacent vaterwaya It vu the Divhioa of
Solid Vutea poaition that the leacoo Beiahta Landfill operation
endaqered the around ead eurface vatere and vu reaponaible for
the eurfece vater containation in a etrebull belov the eite In
addition the Beacoa Reiahte ~peratioa bad expended into an adjacent
area trithout a DIP pen1i t The area of apaoaion vae dleracteriud
by a hiah vatcr table and ahellov bedrock reaultiDamp in hiah retaa
of leachate diecharae fro the lite
BBI appealed tha order and an edainhtrethe bearina renlted in
I odified order sv-69 beiDamp heu~ by the DP in lloveaber of 1976
bullw operatina and cloaure Plene vere approved by the DEP in
Septeaber of ~977 pen1ittina the Beacon Heiahte Landfill to reopen
and operate for epprodaately tvo yeare The aev pemit liaited the
bullol~ of vaate to be dhpoeed of oa lite forbade the dhpoaal of
liquid induetdal vaate and placed a ceiliq on the final elevation
contoure
3-6
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3 2 Site Rhto~y - co~tinued middot
Concurrent vith lead actionbull taken qainet 1181 by the
C~nnecticut DP middot the Inland Wetllnde Coaiuioo ileued a Ceaee and
Deeht Order to BHI for opentina within and pollutina a wetbnde
atreabull BHI defied the order 1 claiaing that t he landfill had been
operatinamp for 30 yean prior to the enactMnt of the 1974 vetlande ])
laahlation and vu therefore not eubject to rezuhtion The 0 3
Inland Wetlanda eo-hlion took BHI to court for violatina the Ceau ~Ill Zrltl
and D11iat Order In 1977 the cau vu thrCND out of court ~])n-ltO oz ])
In 1976 an ina pection conducted by the Division of Solid Waete -ltJ ~
Manaaeent revealed eevaral aeneral penit violltione 1 ineludioa the lt~
J diaprd of induetrial waite and the dilpoul of wute in
unauthorised areal Accordina to T Prepan of the Divilioo of 8 Solid Waate than riolationa ware aaver iav11tiaeted or enforced 0
The 1977 penit eat the final cloaure data for July 7 bull 1979
BBI appealed the teru of the panit in June 1979 1 raquaatiq a
reviled cootour plan The DEP heued a revhed coatour plan and
deaipated July 1 1979 11 the final cloeure date El failed to
at the daadliaa aDd the caee wu referred to the Attorney
Geaarala office for act ioa Jo actioo by the Attorney General hu
bn tOea to data BBI cloaed iD 1979 without atina the t ene of
the 1977 perait bullreeMnt Municipal aewenae fro Bethany
Connecticut ia pnaeotly beiaamp applied to areu of upoeed face
33 PllKAit SIT ACTIVITY
Tbe landfill operation at Beacoo Beiamphta baa bn charactariaed
bJ three different typea of vte diapoul
a) retuae-buniaa type diapoul (prior to 1970) i
b) non-burnina aioi- cover nitary landfill 1 and
c) a ainf- lift-thickneabull opention
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33 Pribullary Site Activity - continued
As indicated by ~il borinabull burnina vaa a priaary treatbullnt
f~r refuse prior to 1970 Althouah aome bullinibullal coverina of rafuu
did taka placenitary-type landfillina did not becce the oor at
the Beacon Reiamphta operation until after 1970 when the BHI
purchaaad the lite Accordinamp to an enaineerina brief iuued by
anaineer Richard Sullivan the Betkoaki operation vu ibullproved
aubatantially by Mlrtha Debrh alona the acce road end the
Hockanubull Brook Tributary vu re110ved or buried and the veat dope
vu naraded and aeedad to prevent eroaion Sullivan claibulld that
up to ah inchea of ioil whi ch vaa excavated fr the aita 0 vu
uaed to cover the active portion of the landfill daily A 1973
brief iuued by the Murtha Truckina Copany indicated that i n
addition to the ah inchaa of daily cover capleted areaa received
a final application of one and one-half feat of cover aoil
It b not known vbat the actual tonnaaa of vaate racah ed at the
Beacon Raiahu Landfi ll vaa however a 1972 report on the aolid and
liquid vaataa recehed by the Mlrtha owned landfillbull utiaat that
up to 107500 t0011 of aolid vaata and 46 tou of liquid vutu ware
dhpoaad Of per year A mP official indicated that a 1972
induatrial auney of waata aanaratora augaatad that up to one
bullillioa pllona per year of liquid waataa wra diapod of at the
HurtM laDdfilla
1be Beacon Baiah t a Landfill -ployad two individuah for
aupaniaion and the operation of ccepactioa aquiPMnt A u fleet of trucka OWDad by ttartha Trucldq handled laraa aanidpal aocl
induatrial contracta A at l tranafer atation waa eatabliahed at
the entrance of the landfill for public uaa to alibullinau traffie
probt Oft the landfill
34 SITE GEOLOCTBYDIOLOGY
fba laaeoa Reiahta landfill b located on the northvaat ad
aouthvaat alopu of a hill underain by a biahly fractured
auaen-anaiua identified by carr (1960) bullbull the undifferentiated
Bartlaod Pbratioo Seibert 0972) recorded the atrika and dip of
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~ CLASS bullAbull WATERSHED
[[[ill ~R~~ OF G~DWATE~ FAVORABILITY
BEACON HEIGHTS LANDFILL
PICUJ 4
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two fraetur~middotmiddot ~eu and obnrved a fra~ture fre~ueney in eaeh eet
ranaina fro three to fi~ feet bullin the joit eat etrikina M25-w and
25 feet in the Joint eet etrikina M5obullw A thin untle of atecial
till eompoeed of eand dey and eome bouldere oriainally covered
the bedroek on met of the eite Much of the oriainal till eurfaee
which ranaed betveeo 1-20 feet thick vee eanvated for cover
uterial reaultina in refueebedroek eootaet
Surhee drainaae ie to the aorthveet toward the Roekaaua Brook
en area with h iah aroundvater fav~rability (Piaure 3-4) ampurfeee
run-off ie rapid dJII to the eteep elopee of the landfill (16-25bull)
and the lov perweability of the predoainant eover aetarial
1be preeenee of refuee with low perbullubilitiee euch u rubber
plaetie end uh and the eteepneee of the tillrefueebedroek
eonteet ha reeulted in an extreaely rapid rete of aroundvater
80VeMnt throuah the landfill 1be eteepnen of elope and the
eatureticm of low perweebility aeh at the northveet ebaakaat
durinamp e period of baa rainfall in 1971 reeulted ia a eubetantiel
elope failure at that loeatifXl in 1972 (Pipre 3-2) the elope
failure reeulted in an atrty hiamph rete of eoatbullinated
aroundvater dieehar at the foot of the failure ecerp In addition
to aroundvater dieeharae obeerved at the Nee of the failure ecarp
e ditch that circled the landfill aloaa the vt and eouth
bounderiee drdned eubetantial quantitiee of leaehete to the oorth
toward the Rockan111 Brae tributary
Predicted aroundvater mvnt in bedrock ie alona fracture
boundariee and ie probable toward the northeut and northveet
35 BAZAIDS IDERTillD 01 ALLEGED
Leaal action teken by the DP Vater eoplianee Unit and Solid
Waete ~naaeaent Dideicm durina the 1970bull wee baeed priaarily oa
the eontainatioa of eurface water by typical leaehate conetituente
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J S Raurds Identified or Alleaed - continued
aucb u colifon~ lead phoaphatu md chlorid and the violation
of penit requireiHnta by the operatora The landfill and the
ditcharaina leachate h never been thorouahly invetiaated for the
preaence of tozic or haaardous aubstancea
A 1979 bullbullple of the surface water discharaina from the Bucon
Reiahta Landfill before confluence with the Rochnua Brook detectd
30 ppb colifom 110 ppb ethyl acetate 400 p pb bull th) l acetate and
30 ppb aethyl e thyl ket one Since the dhcha r p at t he u~linc
point pdurily reflects the 1urface draittaae fr011 the sit a aad
becau~ 1urfaca vatar b t likely to contain hi amph quanti t iu of
bull olatila contituen~a the pranca of llydrocarbons i n tha surface
draiup indicate bullch hiaher coacentratiou of oraanica in the
landfill mel the aroundvater dhcharai oa fr~ the landfill
Ia additioa1 the acon Heiahta Lendf ill b knOWD to hemiddot
accepted iDduatriel vaataa fr~ a Yariaty of 110urcaa Kaay of theaa
i Dduatri are knOVD to have aeoaratad haaardoua vaata
(8 SactiOil 4)
Piully1 the cootbullinati oa of prhata vella at the r ata
houaiq daYalop~~ent in laaccxa Falla hu been attributed by DIP to
the diapoaal of haurdoua vaataa oa Oak Driva vt a a that vera
oriainally deatioad to ba diapoaed of a t the l u con Beiaht a
Laadfill
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SCTIltM 4 - GENERATORS OF INDUSTRIAL WAST
The Connecticut Departbullnt of nviromHntal Protection and Hurtha 1 a
anainur Mr Richard Sullivan han identified at 1eaat aevan induatrhl
aeneratora that dhpoaed of vaate at the Mlrtha landfilla in acon Falla
and Hauaatuct Connecticut Of tbeae c01apaniea four haw been
identified aa aenaratora who diapoaed of vaate at the Beacon Raiahta
Landfill excluaively (Table 4-1)
Cenuatora of Vaate Diapoaed of at the Beacon Beiahta Landfill Beacon Palla Connecticut
(frOII 1972 DIP lnduatrial Vaate Survey)
Upjoha Cheical OilaBydrocarbooa 2500 aalyr lortb Baftll cr Chaical LiquidaBluda
end Solventa 72000 aalyr
Aratrona lubber Collpeay OilaBydrocerbooa 10000 aalyr Veat Raven cr Soheau 2 000 aalyr
Chbullical LiquidaSludaea 2000 aalyr Vaateveter treatat dudau 70000 aalyr
I P Goodrich Collpaoy Rubber 7000 tooayr Shelton cr Pleatica 400 tonayr
Oila ad Bydrocerbooa 340000 abulllyr Cheaical -liquidaSludaaa 78000 aalyr Vaatevater Sludaea 2000 toaayr Cheaical Solida SO tonayr
Uniroyal Footwear tubber 240 tooayr leacoa Falla CT Plaatica 240 tonayr
Oila and Hydrocarbonbull 5000 aalyr Solvaou 5000 aalyr
Zollo Drua UntoOWD UoknOWD Beacon Palla ~
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Section 4 Genenton - continued
Zollo Dru of Beacon Falh a haurdoua vuta broker and tranaporur b
1tnovn to have dhpod of vutea fro tvo of tba cc-paoiaa Anutrona
lubber and Upjoho Cheaical Copay at the Beacon Reiahta Landfill Zollo
Dna handlaa vut fro a variety of induatriea and it ia probable that
the vaatea froa An troaa lubber and Upjoho did not account for all ~ 3induatrial vaaua diapoaed of by Zollo at the Beacon Reiahta o~ration HID
Tabh 4-2 ideatifiea pnuatora of vuu handled by Zollo
1979 IZP perit application
TABLE 4-2 Genentora of Wa~ad by Zollo Dr~a
( atatad
ADco Pachaiq c_ny Stratford cr
A M lruniq Guilford cr
Chnical LaanaJ lranford cr
Diadon Vld Capany Stalampford cr
ri-t Corporation lridaaport cr
Guilford Gravure Guilford cr
Bicta a Otia lorvallt cr
B~apbray Oaaical lo Iavan cr
Perkin-llner Corporation lorvalk cr
liadoa Kanufacturina Co Daobury cr
on 1979 IZP perait eppticatlon)
Alcohol vaata
Diaao vaata
tank lioaa Water vaata taak cln out
Solvent vaate
Solvent vaata
lthyl acetate fonal propyl acetate ethyl alcohol a ~
laain 1 propyl acetate
Maleic ampDhydride oil naphtha iaoproponal thanol toluaoa bensane
Cuttina oil acatoaa cyclo hexane Mthanol lao octane toluene MEl
VC III
Lacquer thinner Chlorinated catechol __ Chlorinated quinena
4-2
Zfl u atated on HO
(1gt0 -lt0 oz gt -ltI HflltH
I 0-lt
g 0
25 druaayr 0
300 druaayr
400 druyr
10 druaayr
40 druaayr
200 druaayr
60 druaayr
300 drvaayr
250 druuyr
25 druaayr
75 drvaayr 100 druaayr
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Section 4 Gene-raton - continued
Prior to 1976 the leacoa Reiamphte landfill received waetee fro
Reliable Induetriel Waete Diepoul Company (RlllD) i n Beacon Palle
Accordins to DP pen~it epplicatione dated 197D-1973 the deaical wtea
hendled bJ UW were either incinerated or ahipped to appropriate diapoaal
hcilitia1 It ia known however that RIWD die pond of waat11 at aeveral
localitiu in the town of leacoa hlb durina the aid- to late-1960e A
waate diepoeal lite on Oak Drive reeulted in tha contbullinatioa of doampena of
private velb in the near vicinity with indutrial chnicala includiaamp
Chloroben1ene Ethyl ether o-Dichlorobenune Ace tOM p-Dich lorobenuae Methylene chloride Toluene Methyl ethyl ketone 111-TrichlOroethane Hexane Uni dentified 112 2-Tetrachloroethane
It h been recorded by DP that UWD und illeaal dhpoul eitaa i D leacoo
Pelle when weather or roM condition prohibi ted acceae to what vu thn
tbe letkoeki qp loduatriea urviced bJ IIWD include eeveral chnical
nufacturera (Table 4-3)
TAILI 4-3 Coeratora of Waata Bandied b ieibrToduatriel Vaate Die
leecon Pella Connect cut Urn 1973 DIP perwit apphcatioo)
Copany Cenaratina Vaete
Pfber eopaoy Acetone iaopropyl alcohol 4400 aalvk Croton cr Mthaool ather
Honeaoto Kett)aool alcohcl 4 000 ampalvk Indian Orchard tM
General Electric lridaeport cr
laybutoe Traneaieaioo oil 21so aat Stratford cr
Cowlu Copany Thinner middotWlknovn Rev haven Ct
Iorden Chaaical middot StJreoe 3300aatt Leoaiaater0 K
4-3
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Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
1be t recent inforution reaudiaa the dhpoul of induetrid vaeta
at the Bucon Reiahte Landfill vu obtained fro a 1976 inapectioo report
inuad by the Connecticut DIP Divhion of Solid Waata Manaaebullnt 1be
report vhich b deed January 7 1976 atatea that Zollo drua vu
unloadina aeated drwu urlted chebullical vaate DANCBR Plable Liquid 1
avoid akin contact aDd breathinamp fuaea bullbull tha vute duaped vu of two 3 ~ typ41 a) a dry earth like uterial he (the driver) aaid vu a filter Zll ~lgt
aedi~a aDd b) the other u noted bullbullbull middot In the report it b reported middot lt~gtn -lt0 oz
that he duaped vuta naularly fTc Upjoin in Worth Bavea lgt -ltI
1ba Upjohn Chnical CopaD) in Worth Raven b a bullanufacturer of ~ lt~
aynthatic oraanic chicala The priury Mthod of -nufacturinamp at Upjoha Io- be deacribed u batch- procauioa wh ich vou ld reault in a quantity of gvaata liquid aludae aDdor filter bulldiUII The vute pnerated at Up john o
would probably contai n lianificant quantitiu of the priury product 4 0
91daty of oraanic chicala includiDJ tho11 ud for pharaaceutical
0 productbull aDd herbicidu have Ha bullanufacturM by Opjobn in Worth Bavaa (Tabla 4-4)
Oraanic Cbbullicala uaufactund br Dpjohn Olbullical Copant North Bavan Coanact1Cut
(1919 Product Liat)
Banaophaaone lenaophenoaa technical-flaltad o-Chloroanilina Technical (OCA) D-300 Concentrate (4-aulfophthalic Acid) o-Diaahidi ne Dihydrochloride Dichlorobenddiae Dihydrochloride (DCI) 26-Dichloro-4-Mitroanilina (DCJU) DiethoXJacetophenone (DAP) 25- DiaethoXJbeaaaldehyde (DKB) Dioeaenia Diphenuid Technical (NN-Diaethyl-2 1 2-Diphenylacatbullide) bonate 1361 ( 33-Dibullthyl-4 4 -Diphenyl Dihocyanate) Pbotoaraphic Dye Intenediatea p Toluene Sulfonyl hocJUte (PTST)
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Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
In conclulion -bullHable date augeta that induatrhl vutee have
been dhpoud of at the Beacon B~iamphta and letltoeki Landfill bullby
a) leliable lnduatrhl Vaate Dbpoaal C011pany b) Zollo Dru c) Indu1triea contracted directly vith tlirthe Trucltina Inc
AlthouJb bullaoy induetrhl wute aeneraton dbpoeed of wute tbrouah
IIWD And Zollo Dnn1 only tvo of then coapeniea Upjoho and Arutrona
Rubber ere ~ to have had their vute dhpo1ed of at Beacon Reiahte ~t
pouibla hovner that other indu1tdal vute handled bJ IIWD and Zollo
Dru wu dhpo1ed of at Beacon Beiamphtbull
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SCTION S - IOOHKENDATIOHS
lgt laeed on tha deta _erbed in thie report it U recoended that 0
I ~mthe follawina actione be taken Zll ~lgt
-lt0 a) A full lite inveetiaatiou of the leacon Beiamphte Landfill ehould lgt
oz
-ltIbe conducted includina aonitoriaa of abiant air for volatile ~ oraanice eurface vatar aod leachate alinamp aod oil
lt~
~ un1bull g Private valle and eurfece water dovnaradient of the landfill
0
ehoulcl be eupled ~
0 c) lahtina qiaeeriaamp data includiq location ancl epecificatioo
of 110aitoriaa welle ehould be obteiaecl frCII tM awaer of Jucon
Raiahtbull acl rniewed
d) lnDVD iDduetrial waeta pneratore bullhould be inbullntiaeted to
cleterioe the approdaate quantit aDd epecific characterietice
of wete dhpoeed of at Beacon Beipte
e) A liet of all induetrial clientbull eerliced by Murtha TRcldaa and
the final diepoeitioa of their nate ehould be obtained froa the
CJWDit of Murtha tnlctiaa Inc for remiddotdw
f) All cvailabla bJdroaeoloaic data ahould be reviewed to detnaioe
the potential ipact on aroundvater frCII huardoua waeta at
leacOD Beiampbta
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middot Uniroyal Chemical D1Yfsion Upjohn to
iL ADDITIOIIAL CONIIIIIITIOII IIAIIIIATI111 OlliCIIIfiTIOII Or ITfoiATIOIIIl110111 011 lllfiOIITilO TO IllIT AT Till 1Til
Ethyl Acetone Methyl Acetate detected in surface water In town location that received ~stes de~~~dR~r Beacon Heights contaminated with industrial chemicals such as
VI HAZARD OfSCRIPTIOM
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- barcode 559034
- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 559034
PRELIKUWIY SITE ASSSSHNl
for
Beacon Beiahta Landfill
Beacon Palla Connecticut
TDD
Sitaw
Addrau
) Telephone
Owner
Principal Contact at lita
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lllackberry load
lleacon Palla Connecticut
laacon Raipta he
Mr Harold Murtha Praaidant
Mr Tad Murtha
Murtha Truckins Cop411ny
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CONTNTS
SCTICII 1 PURPOS OP ASSSSKtn
SCTIOM 2 OIJCTIV OF ASSSSMMT bullbullbullbullbullbull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 2-1 lgt c
SICTION 3 IIAClCIOUll) bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 3-1 MJ
ID zm SITE DESCIIPTIOR bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 3-1 Mlgt
lt1gt 0 -10SITI BISTOIT bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 3-1 oz lgt
PIIMAJlT SITI ACTIVITY bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 3-7 -+ t Mf
SITI GEOLOGY HYDIOLOCY bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 3-8 ltM t
bull bull bull bull bull bull 3-10 HAZAIDS IDMTIFID OR ALLECD bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 0-1
g 0SCTIOI 4 CERIIATOU OF IMDUSnlAL VAStZ bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 4-1 c
SICTIOR 5 IICOIItRDATIORS bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull -1
APPIIDIJ 1 IPA POTIRTUL UZAIDOOS VAS1Z Sltl IDIRTIFICATIOII
ARD PDLIKIRUT ASSESSGMT aPOit bull A-1
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FlGURIS
PICUR 1 SITE LOCATION bull bull bull bull 3-2
PICUU 2 SlT PLAM bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bullbull bull bull bull bull 3-3
PICUBI 3 SUilPACZ ELEVATIONS AJm DRAINAGE MAP bullbullbullbull 3-4
PICUU 4 GROONDWATIJl PAVOJlAIILITY MP bull bull 3-9
Hi
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TUL 4-2
TAIL 4-3
TAIL 4-4
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TAliLS
UOWN GENERATORS OF WAST DISPOSrD OP A7 TR
llAOON HIGHTS LANDFILL bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 4-1
GNERArigtRS OF WASll RAHDLED BY ZOLLO DRUM bullbullbullbullbull 4-2
CNERATORS OP K4ST HAMDLED BY RLIAILE INDUSTRIAL
WAStE DISPOSAL COMPANY bullbullbullbullbullbullbull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 4-3
OIGAIIIC QlKICALS twruFACniRED BY UPJOHN QIMICAL
COHPAlft bullbull bull bull 4-4
lgt
3 Hill zm Hlgt lt1gt0 -10 oz lgt -IJHltH
J
g 0 0
~ __ middot
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SCTIClf 1 - PURPOSE OP ASSESSMENT
To a-ther pnlibullinary data mid deun~ine the need for du entry and
aurpliaa of the Beacon Heiahtbull Landfill in Beacon Pal11 Connect icut
Data will be u1ed to cletan~ine the potential for Superfund andor Section
middot311 funded rdial action
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SCTlON 2 - OBJCTlV
To conduct an off-eite invutiaation of the Beacon Heiahta Landfill
Site in order to locate evidence of contbullinetion identify ponibla
contbullinante and cleterine bullbullplina locatione
2-1
0 0 X HID zm Hlgt ugtn -lt0 oz lgt -ltI HflltH
I
8 0
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SECTIDII 3 - IACJGROUND
3 1 SID DESCRIPTIOR
lbe Beacon Beiamphta bndfill occupiu E 83-acu dte approxiutely
one and one-half ail ea1t of Connecticut Rout e 8 in Beecoo Pallt
Connecticut (Piaure 3-1) Tbe landfill operation ia located alona
the northve1t alope and cu1t of a larabull hill aouth of Blackberry
load and veat of Skokorat Road (Piaure 3-2) Relief of the Beacon
Reiahta landfill ia cterate to hiamph ranainc fro 500 feet KSL at
the ve1tern edae of the aite to 650 feet tEL at the creat of the
hill (Pleura 3-3) Surface drainaae ia to tM nonhve1t toward the
Bockanbull Brook vaterahed wtlicb parallela Route 42 eaat of Skokorat
lotid The Bockanua lrook dhcharaaa to the Wauaatudt River 1outh of
leecoa Palla Cnte r (Piaure 3-3) the proputy barderina the hacon
Beiahta landfill alona Skokorat Roat and Blackberry Road ia aparly
populated A few hoM1 are located aortb and wet of the landfill
near the entrance aate on llackbal load Landacapinc ia eatanahe
erouDcl the pedaetar of the aita prohibitina a d ear view of the
landfi ll frca public roada VaaetatiOII in the vicinity of the
laoclfill appaara to be hlthy Acce to the landfill h frc
llackbal Road de a partially paved roed th_at utenda frca t he
entrance located in the northeaat to the IIOUthveet bullrain of the
aite (Pipre 3-2) A locktd aete at tbe entrance baa prohibited
qbicular acceu to the landfill eince 1979
32 lltl BISTOIY
Prior to 1970 the Beacon Reiahte Landfill -~ known aa
Betlroaki bull o~ dUIIP bull Accordiq to a Connecticut Vater luourcea
C-baioa ln1pectioa Report in 1970 the letlroaki duap operated
3-1
0 bull iJ PlCUU 1 SID LOCATION
ICALE IN JotiLU
- middot~middot ARE~ OfSnJ~ middot i bull __
S-2
----
middot1 0 1000 2000
FEET
BEACON HEIGHTS DISPOSAL AREAmiddot SITE PLAN
neue 2
3-3
lgt 0
sect I
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~ lt ill n 0 o 0
II m
0 0
BEACON HEIGHTS DISPOSAL AREA- SURFACE ELEVATIONS AND DRAINAGE MAP nigtii3
__ SURFACE DRAINAGE
[J STUDY AREA 0 1000 2000 3000
~~ ACTUAL LANDFILLING AREA FEET
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J2 Site History - continued
intenittently for epproxibullndy SO yun wte dhpoul vaa not
reaulued end aoil characte~btica on aite augelt that traah v
frequently burned 196S rial photoarapha indicate that dumpina
occurred pribullarily elona the northveat elope of what il now Beacon
Rdahta ne 196S aerial photoanpha allo indicate n atreMly p
ateep ebullbanlulent a fev hundred feet aouthveat of the Blackberry load t 0
Hfll entrance and approdutdy SO feet aouth of a u tributuy to zm
HP the Rockanubull Brook (Piaun J-2) Several bullbullall poo le of liquid were -lt0 ozoburved 110utheaat of the bullbankMnt pouibly i ndice t ina that the p
-ltJ aoila at thia middot location hve low peneabilitiea Soil borinabull Hl1
ltH conducted i n 1970 elona the northvu t elope indicate the preaence of J
0-ltaubatantial quantiti~ of aah eod aeverel layers of ibullpereable
g refuae auch u rubber Photoarapha taken at the dup in 196J
indicate the preaence of non(npacted vaate includinc drua eurol Available data indicat that the letkoaki refuaa area accepted a
variety of weate includi111 induatrht chnicab end aludaea
In 1970 the )lrthe Truckina Copany purcheud the letkoaki
hndfill end chana-t the aite nea to leacoa Beiahta
Mr Harold Murtha the pruident and 01110er of the )lrthe
Truckinc copeny aDd the Laurel Perk Landfill in lauaatuck
ibullprovad the operatiDa conditione at the Landfi ll in aeveral waya
i ocludina repair of the ecce road and partial rearadbamp of the
vt elope Mixed unicipal and induatrial vuta cootiDUad to be
dhpoat of at the landfill Several leaal acti001 have been
initiated qainat the Beacon Beiahu operation by the Coanecticut
Departbullent of lnviroaental Protection (DIP) In 1972 1 the Divilioo
- of Water Copliaaee i ued an middotorder to the )lrtha Truckina lac
(Order lfo lOSS) requirba that
e) a hydroaeoloaic atudr of the Landfill be conducted end
b) atepa to elibullinate pollution ceuaecl by the landfill be iaplebullntad
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J2 Site Hhtory - continued
In February of 1973 Order No 1055 vae rucinded by the DEP tlhn
it vu dhcovered that Murtha Truckina vu not the leael owner of
the Bucon Heiahte Order 1104 vae il8ued to replace Order 1055
identifyina Beacon Reiahta Inc (BHI) ae the ovnen of the landfill
The hydroaeoloaic inveltiaati on of the landfill vae cOllpleted under
Order 1104 1 however a pollution abateaent proar- vu never
iapleMnted
It haa been augeated by an official fro the Vater Coapliance
Unit that an active effort by the DEP Divhioa of Solid Vaate
Manaant to cloae the Beacon Heiahta Landfil l rulted in the lack
of enforceot actiOna by the Vater CCJ11Plience Unit
The Division of Solid Veet e iaaued Order Ito sw-69 to Bill in
Deceaber of 1975 Order Ito SV-69 directed Beacon Reiahta to cloae
within 270 daya and to iapleMnt r dial action to eliainate the
cau of pollutioa in adjacent vaterwaya It vu the Divhioa of
Solid Vutea poaition that the leacoo Beiahta Landfill operation
endaqered the around ead eurface vatere and vu reaponaible for
the eurfece vater containation in a etrebull belov the eite In
addition the Beacoa Reiahte ~peratioa bad expended into an adjacent
area trithout a DIP pen1i t The area of apaoaion vae dleracteriud
by a hiah vatcr table and ahellov bedrock reaultiDamp in hiah retaa
of leachate diecharae fro the lite
BBI appealed tha order and an edainhtrethe bearina renlted in
I odified order sv-69 beiDamp heu~ by the DP in lloveaber of 1976
bullw operatina and cloaure Plene vere approved by the DEP in
Septeaber of ~977 pen1ittina the Beacon Heiahte Landfill to reopen
and operate for epprodaately tvo yeare The aev pemit liaited the
bullol~ of vaate to be dhpoeed of oa lite forbade the dhpoaal of
liquid induetdal vaate and placed a ceiliq on the final elevation
contoure
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3 2 Site Rhto~y - co~tinued middot
Concurrent vith lead actionbull taken qainet 1181 by the
C~nnecticut DP middot the Inland Wetllnde Coaiuioo ileued a Ceaee and
Deeht Order to BHI for opentina within and pollutina a wetbnde
atreabull BHI defied the order 1 claiaing that t he landfill had been
operatinamp for 30 yean prior to the enactMnt of the 1974 vetlande ])
laahlation and vu therefore not eubject to rezuhtion The 0 3
Inland Wetlanda eo-hlion took BHI to court for violatina the Ceau ~Ill Zrltl
and D11iat Order In 1977 the cau vu thrCND out of court ~])n-ltO oz ])
In 1976 an ina pection conducted by the Division of Solid Waete -ltJ ~
Manaaeent revealed eevaral aeneral penit violltione 1 ineludioa the lt~
J diaprd of induetrial waite and the dilpoul of wute in
unauthorised areal Accordina to T Prepan of the Divilioo of 8 Solid Waate than riolationa ware aaver iav11tiaeted or enforced 0
The 1977 penit eat the final cloaure data for July 7 bull 1979
BBI appealed the teru of the panit in June 1979 1 raquaatiq a
reviled cootour plan The DEP heued a revhed coatour plan and
deaipated July 1 1979 11 the final cloeure date El failed to
at the daadliaa aDd the caee wu referred to the Attorney
Geaarala office for act ioa Jo actioo by the Attorney General hu
bn tOea to data BBI cloaed iD 1979 without atina the t ene of
the 1977 perait bullreeMnt Municipal aewenae fro Bethany
Connecticut ia pnaeotly beiaamp applied to areu of upoeed face
33 PllKAit SIT ACTIVITY
Tbe landfill operation at Beacoo Beiamphta baa bn charactariaed
bJ three different typea of vte diapoul
a) retuae-buniaa type diapoul (prior to 1970) i
b) non-burnina aioi- cover nitary landfill 1 and
c) a ainf- lift-thickneabull opention
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33 Pribullary Site Activity - continued
As indicated by ~il borinabull burnina vaa a priaary treatbullnt
f~r refuse prior to 1970 Althouah aome bullinibullal coverina of rafuu
did taka placenitary-type landfillina did not becce the oor at
the Beacon Reiamphta operation until after 1970 when the BHI
purchaaad the lite Accordinamp to an enaineerina brief iuued by
anaineer Richard Sullivan the Betkoaki operation vu ibullproved
aubatantially by Mlrtha Debrh alona the acce road end the
Hockanubull Brook Tributary vu re110ved or buried and the veat dope
vu naraded and aeedad to prevent eroaion Sullivan claibulld that
up to ah inchea of ioil whi ch vaa excavated fr the aita 0 vu
uaed to cover the active portion of the landfill daily A 1973
brief iuued by the Murtha Truckina Copany indicated that i n
addition to the ah inchaa of daily cover capleted areaa received
a final application of one and one-half feat of cover aoil
It b not known vbat the actual tonnaaa of vaate racah ed at the
Beacon Raiahu Landfi ll vaa however a 1972 report on the aolid and
liquid vaataa recehed by the Mlrtha owned landfillbull utiaat that
up to 107500 t0011 of aolid vaata and 46 tou of liquid vutu ware
dhpoaad Of per year A mP official indicated that a 1972
induatrial auney of waata aanaratora augaatad that up to one
bullillioa pllona per year of liquid waataa wra diapod of at the
HurtM laDdfilla
1be Beacon Baiah t a Landfill -ployad two individuah for
aupaniaion and the operation of ccepactioa aquiPMnt A u fleet of trucka OWDad by ttartha Trucldq handled laraa aanidpal aocl
induatrial contracta A at l tranafer atation waa eatabliahed at
the entrance of the landfill for public uaa to alibullinau traffie
probt Oft the landfill
34 SITE GEOLOCTBYDIOLOGY
fba laaeoa Reiahta landfill b located on the northvaat ad
aouthvaat alopu of a hill underain by a biahly fractured
auaen-anaiua identified by carr (1960) bullbull the undifferentiated
Bartlaod Pbratioo Seibert 0972) recorded the atrika and dip of
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~ CLASS bullAbull WATERSHED
[[[ill ~R~~ OF G~DWATE~ FAVORABILITY
BEACON HEIGHTS LANDFILL
PICUJ 4
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two fraetur~middotmiddot ~eu and obnrved a fra~ture fre~ueney in eaeh eet
ranaina fro three to fi~ feet bullin the joit eat etrikina M25-w and
25 feet in the Joint eet etrikina M5obullw A thin untle of atecial
till eompoeed of eand dey and eome bouldere oriainally covered
the bedroek on met of the eite Much of the oriainal till eurfaee
which ranaed betveeo 1-20 feet thick vee eanvated for cover
uterial reaultina in refueebedroek eootaet
Surhee drainaae ie to the aorthveet toward the Roekaaua Brook
en area with h iah aroundvater fav~rability (Piaure 3-4) ampurfeee
run-off ie rapid dJII to the eteep elopee of the landfill (16-25bull)
and the lov perweability of the predoainant eover aetarial
1be preeenee of refuee with low perbullubilitiee euch u rubber
plaetie end uh and the eteepneee of the tillrefueebedroek
eonteet ha reeulted in an extreaely rapid rete of aroundvater
80VeMnt throuah the landfill 1be eteepnen of elope and the
eatureticm of low perweebility aeh at the northveet ebaakaat
durinamp e period of baa rainfall in 1971 reeulted ia a eubetantiel
elope failure at that loeatifXl in 1972 (Pipre 3-2) the elope
failure reeulted in an atrty hiamph rete of eoatbullinated
aroundvater dieehar at the foot of the failure ecerp In addition
to aroundvater dieeharae obeerved at the Nee of the failure ecarp
e ditch that circled the landfill aloaa the vt and eouth
bounderiee drdned eubetantial quantitiee of leaehete to the oorth
toward the Rockan111 Brae tributary
Predicted aroundvater mvnt in bedrock ie alona fracture
boundariee and ie probable toward the northeut and northveet
35 BAZAIDS IDERTillD 01 ALLEGED
Leaal action teken by the DP Vater eoplianee Unit and Solid
Waete ~naaeaent Dideicm durina the 1970bull wee baeed priaarily oa
the eontainatioa of eurface water by typical leaehate conetituente
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J S Raurds Identified or Alleaed - continued
aucb u colifon~ lead phoaphatu md chlorid and the violation
of penit requireiHnta by the operatora The landfill and the
ditcharaina leachate h never been thorouahly invetiaated for the
preaence of tozic or haaardous aubstancea
A 1979 bullbullple of the surface water discharaina from the Bucon
Reiahta Landfill before confluence with the Rochnua Brook detectd
30 ppb colifom 110 ppb ethyl acetate 400 p pb bull th) l acetate and
30 ppb aethyl e thyl ket one Since the dhcha r p at t he u~linc
point pdurily reflects the 1urface draittaae fr011 the sit a aad
becau~ 1urfaca vatar b t likely to contain hi amph quanti t iu of
bull olatila contituen~a the pranca of llydrocarbons i n tha surface
draiup indicate bullch hiaher coacentratiou of oraanica in the
landfill mel the aroundvater dhcharai oa fr~ the landfill
Ia additioa1 the acon Heiahta Lendf ill b knOWD to hemiddot
accepted iDduatriel vaataa fr~ a Yariaty of 110urcaa Kaay of theaa
i Dduatri are knOVD to have aeoaratad haaardoua vaata
(8 SactiOil 4)
Piully1 the cootbullinati oa of prhata vella at the r ata
houaiq daYalop~~ent in laaccxa Falla hu been attributed by DIP to
the diapoaal of haurdoua vaataa oa Oak Driva vt a a that vera
oriainally deatioad to ba diapoaed of a t the l u con Beiaht a
Laadfill
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SCTIltM 4 - GENERATORS OF INDUSTRIAL WAST
The Connecticut Departbullnt of nviromHntal Protection and Hurtha 1 a
anainur Mr Richard Sullivan han identified at 1eaat aevan induatrhl
aeneratora that dhpoaed of vaate at the Mlrtha landfilla in acon Falla
and Hauaatuct Connecticut Of tbeae c01apaniea four haw been
identified aa aenaratora who diapoaed of vaate at the Beacon Raiahta
Landfill excluaively (Table 4-1)
Cenuatora of Vaate Diapoaed of at the Beacon Beiahta Landfill Beacon Palla Connecticut
(frOII 1972 DIP lnduatrial Vaate Survey)
Upjoha Cheical OilaBydrocarbooa 2500 aalyr lortb Baftll cr Chaical LiquidaBluda
end Solventa 72000 aalyr
Aratrona lubber Collpeay OilaBydrocerbooa 10000 aalyr Veat Raven cr Soheau 2 000 aalyr
Chbullical LiquidaSludaea 2000 aalyr Vaateveter treatat dudau 70000 aalyr
I P Goodrich Collpaoy Rubber 7000 tooayr Shelton cr Pleatica 400 tonayr
Oila ad Bydrocerbooa 340000 abulllyr Cheaical -liquidaSludaaa 78000 aalyr Vaatevater Sludaea 2000 toaayr Cheaical Solida SO tonayr
Uniroyal Footwear tubber 240 tooayr leacoa Falla CT Plaatica 240 tonayr
Oila and Hydrocarbonbull 5000 aalyr Solvaou 5000 aalyr
Zollo Drua UntoOWD UoknOWD Beacon Palla ~
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Section 4 Genenton - continued
Zollo Dru of Beacon Falh a haurdoua vuta broker and tranaporur b
1tnovn to have dhpod of vutea fro tvo of tba cc-paoiaa Anutrona
lubber and Upjoho Cheaical Copay at the Beacon Reiahta Landfill Zollo
Dna handlaa vut fro a variety of induatriea and it ia probable that
the vaatea froa An troaa lubber and Upjoho did not account for all ~ 3induatrial vaaua diapoaed of by Zollo at the Beacon Reiahta o~ration HID
Tabh 4-2 ideatifiea pnuatora of vuu handled by Zollo
1979 IZP perit application
TABLE 4-2 Genentora of Wa~ad by Zollo Dr~a
( atatad
ADco Pachaiq c_ny Stratford cr
A M lruniq Guilford cr
Chnical LaanaJ lranford cr
Diadon Vld Capany Stalampford cr
ri-t Corporation lridaaport cr
Guilford Gravure Guilford cr
Bicta a Otia lorvallt cr
B~apbray Oaaical lo Iavan cr
Perkin-llner Corporation lorvalk cr
liadoa Kanufacturina Co Daobury cr
on 1979 IZP perait eppticatlon)
Alcohol vaata
Diaao vaata
tank lioaa Water vaata taak cln out
Solvent vaate
Solvent vaata
lthyl acetate fonal propyl acetate ethyl alcohol a ~
laain 1 propyl acetate
Maleic ampDhydride oil naphtha iaoproponal thanol toluaoa bensane
Cuttina oil acatoaa cyclo hexane Mthanol lao octane toluene MEl
VC III
Lacquer thinner Chlorinated catechol __ Chlorinated quinena
4-2
Zfl u atated on HO
(1gt0 -lt0 oz gt -ltI HflltH
I 0-lt
g 0
25 druaayr 0
300 druaayr
400 druyr
10 druaayr
40 druaayr
200 druaayr
60 druaayr
300 drvaayr
250 druuyr
25 druaayr
75 drvaayr 100 druaayr
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Section 4 Gene-raton - continued
Prior to 1976 the leacoa Reiamphte landfill received waetee fro
Reliable Induetriel Waete Diepoul Company (RlllD) i n Beacon Palle
Accordins to DP pen~it epplicatione dated 197D-1973 the deaical wtea
hendled bJ UW were either incinerated or ahipped to appropriate diapoaal
hcilitia1 It ia known however that RIWD die pond of waat11 at aeveral
localitiu in the town of leacoa hlb durina the aid- to late-1960e A
waate diepoeal lite on Oak Drive reeulted in tha contbullinatioa of doampena of
private velb in the near vicinity with indutrial chnicala includiaamp
Chloroben1ene Ethyl ether o-Dichlorobenune Ace tOM p-Dich lorobenuae Methylene chloride Toluene Methyl ethyl ketone 111-TrichlOroethane Hexane Uni dentified 112 2-Tetrachloroethane
It h been recorded by DP that UWD und illeaal dhpoul eitaa i D leacoo
Pelle when weather or roM condition prohibi ted acceae to what vu thn
tbe letkoeki qp loduatriea urviced bJ IIWD include eeveral chnical
nufacturera (Table 4-3)
TAILI 4-3 Coeratora of Waata Bandied b ieibrToduatriel Vaate Die
leecon Pella Connect cut Urn 1973 DIP perwit apphcatioo)
Copany Cenaratina Vaete
Pfber eopaoy Acetone iaopropyl alcohol 4400 aalvk Croton cr Mthaool ather
Honeaoto Kett)aool alcohcl 4 000 ampalvk Indian Orchard tM
General Electric lridaeport cr
laybutoe Traneaieaioo oil 21so aat Stratford cr
Cowlu Copany Thinner middotWlknovn Rev haven Ct
Iorden Chaaical middot StJreoe 3300aatt Leoaiaater0 K
4-3
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Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
1be t recent inforution reaudiaa the dhpoul of induetrid vaeta
at the Bucon Reiahte Landfill vu obtained fro a 1976 inapectioo report
inuad by the Connecticut DIP Divhion of Solid Waata Manaaebullnt 1be
report vhich b deed January 7 1976 atatea that Zollo drua vu
unloadina aeated drwu urlted chebullical vaate DANCBR Plable Liquid 1
avoid akin contact aDd breathinamp fuaea bullbull tha vute duaped vu of two 3 ~ typ41 a) a dry earth like uterial he (the driver) aaid vu a filter Zll ~lgt
aedi~a aDd b) the other u noted bullbullbull middot In the report it b reported middot lt~gtn -lt0 oz
that he duaped vuta naularly fTc Upjoin in Worth Bavea lgt -ltI
1ba Upjohn Chnical CopaD) in Worth Raven b a bullanufacturer of ~ lt~
aynthatic oraanic chicala The priury Mthod of -nufacturinamp at Upjoha Io- be deacribed u batch- procauioa wh ich vou ld reault in a quantity of gvaata liquid aludae aDdor filter bulldiUII The vute pnerated at Up john o
would probably contai n lianificant quantitiu of the priury product 4 0
91daty of oraanic chicala includiDJ tho11 ud for pharaaceutical
0 productbull aDd herbicidu have Ha bullanufacturM by Opjobn in Worth Bavaa (Tabla 4-4)
Oraanic Cbbullicala uaufactund br Dpjohn Olbullical Copant North Bavan Coanact1Cut
(1919 Product Liat)
Banaophaaone lenaophenoaa technical-flaltad o-Chloroanilina Technical (OCA) D-300 Concentrate (4-aulfophthalic Acid) o-Diaahidi ne Dihydrochloride Dichlorobenddiae Dihydrochloride (DCI) 26-Dichloro-4-Mitroanilina (DCJU) DiethoXJacetophenone (DAP) 25- DiaethoXJbeaaaldehyde (DKB) Dioeaenia Diphenuid Technical (NN-Diaethyl-2 1 2-Diphenylacatbullide) bonate 1361 ( 33-Dibullthyl-4 4 -Diphenyl Dihocyanate) Pbotoaraphic Dye Intenediatea p Toluene Sulfonyl hocJUte (PTST)
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Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
In conclulion -bullHable date augeta that induatrhl vutee have
been dhpoud of at the Beacon B~iamphta and letltoeki Landfill bullby
a) leliable lnduatrhl Vaate Dbpoaal C011pany b) Zollo Dru c) Indu1triea contracted directly vith tlirthe Trucltina Inc
AlthouJb bullaoy induetrhl wute aeneraton dbpoeed of wute tbrouah
IIWD And Zollo Dnn1 only tvo of then coapeniea Upjoho and Arutrona
Rubber ere ~ to have had their vute dhpo1ed of at Beacon Reiahte ~t
pouibla hovner that other indu1tdal vute handled bJ IIWD and Zollo
Dru wu dhpo1ed of at Beacon Beiamphtbull
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SCTION S - IOOHKENDATIOHS
lgt laeed on tha deta _erbed in thie report it U recoended that 0
I ~mthe follawina actione be taken Zll ~lgt
-lt0 a) A full lite inveetiaatiou of the leacon Beiamphte Landfill ehould lgt
oz
-ltIbe conducted includina aonitoriaa of abiant air for volatile ~ oraanice eurface vatar aod leachate alinamp aod oil
lt~
~ un1bull g Private valle and eurfece water dovnaradient of the landfill
0
ehoulcl be eupled ~
0 c) lahtina qiaeeriaamp data includiq location ancl epecificatioo
of 110aitoriaa welle ehould be obteiaecl frCII tM awaer of Jucon
Raiahtbull acl rniewed
d) lnDVD iDduetrial waeta pneratore bullhould be inbullntiaeted to
cleterioe the approdaate quantit aDd epecific characterietice
of wete dhpoeed of at Beacon Beipte
e) A liet of all induetrial clientbull eerliced by Murtha TRcldaa and
the final diepoeitioa of their nate ehould be obtained froa the
CJWDit of Murtha tnlctiaa Inc for remiddotdw
f) All cvailabla bJdroaeoloaic data ahould be reviewed to detnaioe
the potential ipact on aroundvater frCII huardoua waeta at
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- barcode 559034
- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 559034
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CONTNTS
SCTICII 1 PURPOS OP ASSSSKtn
SCTIOM 2 OIJCTIV OF ASSSSMMT bullbullbullbullbullbull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 2-1 lgt c
SICTION 3 IIAClCIOUll) bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 3-1 MJ
ID zm SITE DESCIIPTIOR bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 3-1 Mlgt
lt1gt 0 -10SITI BISTOIT bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 3-1 oz lgt
PIIMAJlT SITI ACTIVITY bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 3-7 -+ t Mf
SITI GEOLOGY HYDIOLOCY bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 3-8 ltM t
bull bull bull bull bull bull 3-10 HAZAIDS IDMTIFID OR ALLECD bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 0-1
g 0SCTIOI 4 CERIIATOU OF IMDUSnlAL VAStZ bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 4-1 c
SICTIOR 5 IICOIItRDATIORS bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull -1
APPIIDIJ 1 IPA POTIRTUL UZAIDOOS VAS1Z Sltl IDIRTIFICATIOII
ARD PDLIKIRUT ASSESSGMT aPOit bull A-1
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FlGURIS
PICUR 1 SITE LOCATION bull bull bull bull 3-2
PICUU 2 SlT PLAM bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bullbull bull bull bull bull 3-3
PICUBI 3 SUilPACZ ELEVATIONS AJm DRAINAGE MAP bullbullbullbull 3-4
PICUU 4 GROONDWATIJl PAVOJlAIILITY MP bull bull 3-9
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TUL 4-2
TAIL 4-3
TAIL 4-4
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TAliLS
UOWN GENERATORS OF WAST DISPOSrD OP A7 TR
llAOON HIGHTS LANDFILL bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 4-1
GNERArigtRS OF WASll RAHDLED BY ZOLLO DRUM bullbullbullbullbull 4-2
CNERATORS OP K4ST HAMDLED BY RLIAILE INDUSTRIAL
WAStE DISPOSAL COMPANY bullbullbullbullbullbullbull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 4-3
OIGAIIIC QlKICALS twruFACniRED BY UPJOHN QIMICAL
COHPAlft bullbull bull bull 4-4
lgt
3 Hill zm Hlgt lt1gt0 -10 oz lgt -IJHltH
J
g 0 0
~ __ middot
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SCTIClf 1 - PURPOSE OP ASSESSMENT
To a-ther pnlibullinary data mid deun~ine the need for du entry and
aurpliaa of the Beacon Heiahtbull Landfill in Beacon Pal11 Connect icut
Data will be u1ed to cletan~ine the potential for Superfund andor Section
middot311 funded rdial action
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SCTlON 2 - OBJCTlV
To conduct an off-eite invutiaation of the Beacon Heiahta Landfill
Site in order to locate evidence of contbullinetion identify ponibla
contbullinante and cleterine bullbullplina locatione
2-1
0 0 X HID zm Hlgt ugtn -lt0 oz lgt -ltI HflltH
I
8 0
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SECTIDII 3 - IACJGROUND
3 1 SID DESCRIPTIOR
lbe Beacon Beiamphta bndfill occupiu E 83-acu dte approxiutely
one and one-half ail ea1t of Connecticut Rout e 8 in Beecoo Pallt
Connecticut (Piaure 3-1) Tbe landfill operation ia located alona
the northve1t alope and cu1t of a larabull hill aouth of Blackberry
load and veat of Skokorat Road (Piaure 3-2) Relief of the Beacon
Reiahta landfill ia cterate to hiamph ranainc fro 500 feet KSL at
the ve1tern edae of the aite to 650 feet tEL at the creat of the
hill (Pleura 3-3) Surface drainaae ia to tM nonhve1t toward the
Bockanbull Brook vaterahed wtlicb parallela Route 42 eaat of Skokorat
lotid The Bockanua lrook dhcharaaa to the Wauaatudt River 1outh of
leecoa Palla Cnte r (Piaure 3-3) the proputy barderina the hacon
Beiahta landfill alona Skokorat Roat and Blackberry Road ia aparly
populated A few hoM1 are located aortb and wet of the landfill
near the entrance aate on llackbal load Landacapinc ia eatanahe
erouDcl the pedaetar of the aita prohibitina a d ear view of the
landfi ll frca public roada VaaetatiOII in the vicinity of the
laoclfill appaara to be hlthy Acce to the landfill h frc
llackbal Road de a partially paved roed th_at utenda frca t he
entrance located in the northeaat to the IIOUthveet bullrain of the
aite (Pipre 3-2) A locktd aete at tbe entrance baa prohibited
qbicular acceu to the landfill eince 1979
32 lltl BISTOIY
Prior to 1970 the Beacon Reiahte Landfill -~ known aa
Betlroaki bull o~ dUIIP bull Accordiq to a Connecticut Vater luourcea
C-baioa ln1pectioa Report in 1970 the letlroaki duap operated
3-1
0 bull iJ PlCUU 1 SID LOCATION
ICALE IN JotiLU
- middot~middot ARE~ OfSnJ~ middot i bull __
S-2
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middot1 0 1000 2000
FEET
BEACON HEIGHTS DISPOSAL AREAmiddot SITE PLAN
neue 2
3-3
lgt 0
sect I
~ o
~ lt ill n 0 o 0
II m
0 0
BEACON HEIGHTS DISPOSAL AREA- SURFACE ELEVATIONS AND DRAINAGE MAP nigtii3
__ SURFACE DRAINAGE
[J STUDY AREA 0 1000 2000 3000
~~ ACTUAL LANDFILLING AREA FEET
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J2 Site History - continued
intenittently for epproxibullndy SO yun wte dhpoul vaa not
reaulued end aoil characte~btica on aite augelt that traah v
frequently burned 196S rial photoarapha indicate that dumpina
occurred pribullarily elona the northveat elope of what il now Beacon
Rdahta ne 196S aerial photoanpha allo indicate n atreMly p
ateep ebullbanlulent a fev hundred feet aouthveat of the Blackberry load t 0
Hfll entrance and approdutdy SO feet aouth of a u tributuy to zm
HP the Rockanubull Brook (Piaun J-2) Several bullbullall poo le of liquid were -lt0 ozoburved 110utheaat of the bullbankMnt pouibly i ndice t ina that the p
-ltJ aoila at thia middot location hve low peneabilitiea Soil borinabull Hl1
ltH conducted i n 1970 elona the northvu t elope indicate the preaence of J
0-ltaubatantial quantiti~ of aah eod aeverel layers of ibullpereable
g refuae auch u rubber Photoarapha taken at the dup in 196J
indicate the preaence of non(npacted vaate includinc drua eurol Available data indicat that the letkoaki refuaa area accepted a
variety of weate includi111 induatrht chnicab end aludaea
In 1970 the )lrthe Truckina Copany purcheud the letkoaki
hndfill end chana-t the aite nea to leacoa Beiahta
Mr Harold Murtha the pruident and 01110er of the )lrthe
Truckinc copeny aDd the Laurel Perk Landfill in lauaatuck
ibullprovad the operatiDa conditione at the Landfi ll in aeveral waya
i ocludina repair of the ecce road and partial rearadbamp of the
vt elope Mixed unicipal and induatrial vuta cootiDUad to be
dhpoat of at the landfill Several leaal acti001 have been
initiated qainat the Beacon Beiahu operation by the Coanecticut
Departbullent of lnviroaental Protection (DIP) In 1972 1 the Divilioo
- of Water Copliaaee i ued an middotorder to the )lrtha Truckina lac
(Order lfo lOSS) requirba that
e) a hydroaeoloaic atudr of the Landfill be conducted end
b) atepa to elibullinate pollution ceuaecl by the landfill be iaplebullntad
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J2 Site Hhtory - continued
In February of 1973 Order No 1055 vae rucinded by the DEP tlhn
it vu dhcovered that Murtha Truckina vu not the leael owner of
the Bucon Heiahte Order 1104 vae il8ued to replace Order 1055
identifyina Beacon Reiahta Inc (BHI) ae the ovnen of the landfill
The hydroaeoloaic inveltiaati on of the landfill vae cOllpleted under
Order 1104 1 however a pollution abateaent proar- vu never
iapleMnted
It haa been augeated by an official fro the Vater Coapliance
Unit that an active effort by the DEP Divhioa of Solid Vaate
Manaant to cloae the Beacon Heiahta Landfil l rulted in the lack
of enforceot actiOna by the Vater CCJ11Plience Unit
The Division of Solid Veet e iaaued Order Ito sw-69 to Bill in
Deceaber of 1975 Order Ito SV-69 directed Beacon Reiahta to cloae
within 270 daya and to iapleMnt r dial action to eliainate the
cau of pollutioa in adjacent vaterwaya It vu the Divhioa of
Solid Vutea poaition that the leacoo Beiahta Landfill operation
endaqered the around ead eurface vatere and vu reaponaible for
the eurfece vater containation in a etrebull belov the eite In
addition the Beacoa Reiahte ~peratioa bad expended into an adjacent
area trithout a DIP pen1i t The area of apaoaion vae dleracteriud
by a hiah vatcr table and ahellov bedrock reaultiDamp in hiah retaa
of leachate diecharae fro the lite
BBI appealed tha order and an edainhtrethe bearina renlted in
I odified order sv-69 beiDamp heu~ by the DP in lloveaber of 1976
bullw operatina and cloaure Plene vere approved by the DEP in
Septeaber of ~977 pen1ittina the Beacon Heiahte Landfill to reopen
and operate for epprodaately tvo yeare The aev pemit liaited the
bullol~ of vaate to be dhpoeed of oa lite forbade the dhpoaal of
liquid induetdal vaate and placed a ceiliq on the final elevation
contoure
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3 2 Site Rhto~y - co~tinued middot
Concurrent vith lead actionbull taken qainet 1181 by the
C~nnecticut DP middot the Inland Wetllnde Coaiuioo ileued a Ceaee and
Deeht Order to BHI for opentina within and pollutina a wetbnde
atreabull BHI defied the order 1 claiaing that t he landfill had been
operatinamp for 30 yean prior to the enactMnt of the 1974 vetlande ])
laahlation and vu therefore not eubject to rezuhtion The 0 3
Inland Wetlanda eo-hlion took BHI to court for violatina the Ceau ~Ill Zrltl
and D11iat Order In 1977 the cau vu thrCND out of court ~])n-ltO oz ])
In 1976 an ina pection conducted by the Division of Solid Waete -ltJ ~
Manaaeent revealed eevaral aeneral penit violltione 1 ineludioa the lt~
J diaprd of induetrial waite and the dilpoul of wute in
unauthorised areal Accordina to T Prepan of the Divilioo of 8 Solid Waate than riolationa ware aaver iav11tiaeted or enforced 0
The 1977 penit eat the final cloaure data for July 7 bull 1979
BBI appealed the teru of the panit in June 1979 1 raquaatiq a
reviled cootour plan The DEP heued a revhed coatour plan and
deaipated July 1 1979 11 the final cloeure date El failed to
at the daadliaa aDd the caee wu referred to the Attorney
Geaarala office for act ioa Jo actioo by the Attorney General hu
bn tOea to data BBI cloaed iD 1979 without atina the t ene of
the 1977 perait bullreeMnt Municipal aewenae fro Bethany
Connecticut ia pnaeotly beiaamp applied to areu of upoeed face
33 PllKAit SIT ACTIVITY
Tbe landfill operation at Beacoo Beiamphta baa bn charactariaed
bJ three different typea of vte diapoul
a) retuae-buniaa type diapoul (prior to 1970) i
b) non-burnina aioi- cover nitary landfill 1 and
c) a ainf- lift-thickneabull opention
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33 Pribullary Site Activity - continued
As indicated by ~il borinabull burnina vaa a priaary treatbullnt
f~r refuse prior to 1970 Althouah aome bullinibullal coverina of rafuu
did taka placenitary-type landfillina did not becce the oor at
the Beacon Reiamphta operation until after 1970 when the BHI
purchaaad the lite Accordinamp to an enaineerina brief iuued by
anaineer Richard Sullivan the Betkoaki operation vu ibullproved
aubatantially by Mlrtha Debrh alona the acce road end the
Hockanubull Brook Tributary vu re110ved or buried and the veat dope
vu naraded and aeedad to prevent eroaion Sullivan claibulld that
up to ah inchea of ioil whi ch vaa excavated fr the aita 0 vu
uaed to cover the active portion of the landfill daily A 1973
brief iuued by the Murtha Truckina Copany indicated that i n
addition to the ah inchaa of daily cover capleted areaa received
a final application of one and one-half feat of cover aoil
It b not known vbat the actual tonnaaa of vaate racah ed at the
Beacon Raiahu Landfi ll vaa however a 1972 report on the aolid and
liquid vaataa recehed by the Mlrtha owned landfillbull utiaat that
up to 107500 t0011 of aolid vaata and 46 tou of liquid vutu ware
dhpoaad Of per year A mP official indicated that a 1972
induatrial auney of waata aanaratora augaatad that up to one
bullillioa pllona per year of liquid waataa wra diapod of at the
HurtM laDdfilla
1be Beacon Baiah t a Landfill -ployad two individuah for
aupaniaion and the operation of ccepactioa aquiPMnt A u fleet of trucka OWDad by ttartha Trucldq handled laraa aanidpal aocl
induatrial contracta A at l tranafer atation waa eatabliahed at
the entrance of the landfill for public uaa to alibullinau traffie
probt Oft the landfill
34 SITE GEOLOCTBYDIOLOGY
fba laaeoa Reiahta landfill b located on the northvaat ad
aouthvaat alopu of a hill underain by a biahly fractured
auaen-anaiua identified by carr (1960) bullbull the undifferentiated
Bartlaod Pbratioo Seibert 0972) recorded the atrika and dip of
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~ CLASS bullAbull WATERSHED
[[[ill ~R~~ OF G~DWATE~ FAVORABILITY
BEACON HEIGHTS LANDFILL
PICUJ 4
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two fraetur~middotmiddot ~eu and obnrved a fra~ture fre~ueney in eaeh eet
ranaina fro three to fi~ feet bullin the joit eat etrikina M25-w and
25 feet in the Joint eet etrikina M5obullw A thin untle of atecial
till eompoeed of eand dey and eome bouldere oriainally covered
the bedroek on met of the eite Much of the oriainal till eurfaee
which ranaed betveeo 1-20 feet thick vee eanvated for cover
uterial reaultina in refueebedroek eootaet
Surhee drainaae ie to the aorthveet toward the Roekaaua Brook
en area with h iah aroundvater fav~rability (Piaure 3-4) ampurfeee
run-off ie rapid dJII to the eteep elopee of the landfill (16-25bull)
and the lov perweability of the predoainant eover aetarial
1be preeenee of refuee with low perbullubilitiee euch u rubber
plaetie end uh and the eteepneee of the tillrefueebedroek
eonteet ha reeulted in an extreaely rapid rete of aroundvater
80VeMnt throuah the landfill 1be eteepnen of elope and the
eatureticm of low perweebility aeh at the northveet ebaakaat
durinamp e period of baa rainfall in 1971 reeulted ia a eubetantiel
elope failure at that loeatifXl in 1972 (Pipre 3-2) the elope
failure reeulted in an atrty hiamph rete of eoatbullinated
aroundvater dieehar at the foot of the failure ecerp In addition
to aroundvater dieeharae obeerved at the Nee of the failure ecarp
e ditch that circled the landfill aloaa the vt and eouth
bounderiee drdned eubetantial quantitiee of leaehete to the oorth
toward the Rockan111 Brae tributary
Predicted aroundvater mvnt in bedrock ie alona fracture
boundariee and ie probable toward the northeut and northveet
35 BAZAIDS IDERTillD 01 ALLEGED
Leaal action teken by the DP Vater eoplianee Unit and Solid
Waete ~naaeaent Dideicm durina the 1970bull wee baeed priaarily oa
the eontainatioa of eurface water by typical leaehate conetituente
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J S Raurds Identified or Alleaed - continued
aucb u colifon~ lead phoaphatu md chlorid and the violation
of penit requireiHnta by the operatora The landfill and the
ditcharaina leachate h never been thorouahly invetiaated for the
preaence of tozic or haaardous aubstancea
A 1979 bullbullple of the surface water discharaina from the Bucon
Reiahta Landfill before confluence with the Rochnua Brook detectd
30 ppb colifom 110 ppb ethyl acetate 400 p pb bull th) l acetate and
30 ppb aethyl e thyl ket one Since the dhcha r p at t he u~linc
point pdurily reflects the 1urface draittaae fr011 the sit a aad
becau~ 1urfaca vatar b t likely to contain hi amph quanti t iu of
bull olatila contituen~a the pranca of llydrocarbons i n tha surface
draiup indicate bullch hiaher coacentratiou of oraanica in the
landfill mel the aroundvater dhcharai oa fr~ the landfill
Ia additioa1 the acon Heiahta Lendf ill b knOWD to hemiddot
accepted iDduatriel vaataa fr~ a Yariaty of 110urcaa Kaay of theaa
i Dduatri are knOVD to have aeoaratad haaardoua vaata
(8 SactiOil 4)
Piully1 the cootbullinati oa of prhata vella at the r ata
houaiq daYalop~~ent in laaccxa Falla hu been attributed by DIP to
the diapoaal of haurdoua vaataa oa Oak Driva vt a a that vera
oriainally deatioad to ba diapoaed of a t the l u con Beiaht a
Laadfill
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SCTIltM 4 - GENERATORS OF INDUSTRIAL WAST
The Connecticut Departbullnt of nviromHntal Protection and Hurtha 1 a
anainur Mr Richard Sullivan han identified at 1eaat aevan induatrhl
aeneratora that dhpoaed of vaate at the Mlrtha landfilla in acon Falla
and Hauaatuct Connecticut Of tbeae c01apaniea four haw been
identified aa aenaratora who diapoaed of vaate at the Beacon Raiahta
Landfill excluaively (Table 4-1)
Cenuatora of Vaate Diapoaed of at the Beacon Beiahta Landfill Beacon Palla Connecticut
(frOII 1972 DIP lnduatrial Vaate Survey)
Upjoha Cheical OilaBydrocarbooa 2500 aalyr lortb Baftll cr Chaical LiquidaBluda
end Solventa 72000 aalyr
Aratrona lubber Collpeay OilaBydrocerbooa 10000 aalyr Veat Raven cr Soheau 2 000 aalyr
Chbullical LiquidaSludaea 2000 aalyr Vaateveter treatat dudau 70000 aalyr
I P Goodrich Collpaoy Rubber 7000 tooayr Shelton cr Pleatica 400 tonayr
Oila ad Bydrocerbooa 340000 abulllyr Cheaical -liquidaSludaaa 78000 aalyr Vaatevater Sludaea 2000 toaayr Cheaical Solida SO tonayr
Uniroyal Footwear tubber 240 tooayr leacoa Falla CT Plaatica 240 tonayr
Oila and Hydrocarbonbull 5000 aalyr Solvaou 5000 aalyr
Zollo Drua UntoOWD UoknOWD Beacon Palla ~
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Section 4 Genenton - continued
Zollo Dru of Beacon Falh a haurdoua vuta broker and tranaporur b
1tnovn to have dhpod of vutea fro tvo of tba cc-paoiaa Anutrona
lubber and Upjoho Cheaical Copay at the Beacon Reiahta Landfill Zollo
Dna handlaa vut fro a variety of induatriea and it ia probable that
the vaatea froa An troaa lubber and Upjoho did not account for all ~ 3induatrial vaaua diapoaed of by Zollo at the Beacon Reiahta o~ration HID
Tabh 4-2 ideatifiea pnuatora of vuu handled by Zollo
1979 IZP perit application
TABLE 4-2 Genentora of Wa~ad by Zollo Dr~a
( atatad
ADco Pachaiq c_ny Stratford cr
A M lruniq Guilford cr
Chnical LaanaJ lranford cr
Diadon Vld Capany Stalampford cr
ri-t Corporation lridaaport cr
Guilford Gravure Guilford cr
Bicta a Otia lorvallt cr
B~apbray Oaaical lo Iavan cr
Perkin-llner Corporation lorvalk cr
liadoa Kanufacturina Co Daobury cr
on 1979 IZP perait eppticatlon)
Alcohol vaata
Diaao vaata
tank lioaa Water vaata taak cln out
Solvent vaate
Solvent vaata
lthyl acetate fonal propyl acetate ethyl alcohol a ~
laain 1 propyl acetate
Maleic ampDhydride oil naphtha iaoproponal thanol toluaoa bensane
Cuttina oil acatoaa cyclo hexane Mthanol lao octane toluene MEl
VC III
Lacquer thinner Chlorinated catechol __ Chlorinated quinena
4-2
Zfl u atated on HO
(1gt0 -lt0 oz gt -ltI HflltH
I 0-lt
g 0
25 druaayr 0
300 druaayr
400 druyr
10 druaayr
40 druaayr
200 druaayr
60 druaayr
300 drvaayr
250 druuyr
25 druaayr
75 drvaayr 100 druaayr
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Section 4 Gene-raton - continued
Prior to 1976 the leacoa Reiamphte landfill received waetee fro
Reliable Induetriel Waete Diepoul Company (RlllD) i n Beacon Palle
Accordins to DP pen~it epplicatione dated 197D-1973 the deaical wtea
hendled bJ UW were either incinerated or ahipped to appropriate diapoaal
hcilitia1 It ia known however that RIWD die pond of waat11 at aeveral
localitiu in the town of leacoa hlb durina the aid- to late-1960e A
waate diepoeal lite on Oak Drive reeulted in tha contbullinatioa of doampena of
private velb in the near vicinity with indutrial chnicala includiaamp
Chloroben1ene Ethyl ether o-Dichlorobenune Ace tOM p-Dich lorobenuae Methylene chloride Toluene Methyl ethyl ketone 111-TrichlOroethane Hexane Uni dentified 112 2-Tetrachloroethane
It h been recorded by DP that UWD und illeaal dhpoul eitaa i D leacoo
Pelle when weather or roM condition prohibi ted acceae to what vu thn
tbe letkoeki qp loduatriea urviced bJ IIWD include eeveral chnical
nufacturera (Table 4-3)
TAILI 4-3 Coeratora of Waata Bandied b ieibrToduatriel Vaate Die
leecon Pella Connect cut Urn 1973 DIP perwit apphcatioo)
Copany Cenaratina Vaete
Pfber eopaoy Acetone iaopropyl alcohol 4400 aalvk Croton cr Mthaool ather
Honeaoto Kett)aool alcohcl 4 000 ampalvk Indian Orchard tM
General Electric lridaeport cr
laybutoe Traneaieaioo oil 21so aat Stratford cr
Cowlu Copany Thinner middotWlknovn Rev haven Ct
Iorden Chaaical middot StJreoe 3300aatt Leoaiaater0 K
4-3
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Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
1be t recent inforution reaudiaa the dhpoul of induetrid vaeta
at the Bucon Reiahte Landfill vu obtained fro a 1976 inapectioo report
inuad by the Connecticut DIP Divhion of Solid Waata Manaaebullnt 1be
report vhich b deed January 7 1976 atatea that Zollo drua vu
unloadina aeated drwu urlted chebullical vaate DANCBR Plable Liquid 1
avoid akin contact aDd breathinamp fuaea bullbull tha vute duaped vu of two 3 ~ typ41 a) a dry earth like uterial he (the driver) aaid vu a filter Zll ~lgt
aedi~a aDd b) the other u noted bullbullbull middot In the report it b reported middot lt~gtn -lt0 oz
that he duaped vuta naularly fTc Upjoin in Worth Bavea lgt -ltI
1ba Upjohn Chnical CopaD) in Worth Raven b a bullanufacturer of ~ lt~
aynthatic oraanic chicala The priury Mthod of -nufacturinamp at Upjoha Io- be deacribed u batch- procauioa wh ich vou ld reault in a quantity of gvaata liquid aludae aDdor filter bulldiUII The vute pnerated at Up john o
would probably contai n lianificant quantitiu of the priury product 4 0
91daty of oraanic chicala includiDJ tho11 ud for pharaaceutical
0 productbull aDd herbicidu have Ha bullanufacturM by Opjobn in Worth Bavaa (Tabla 4-4)
Oraanic Cbbullicala uaufactund br Dpjohn Olbullical Copant North Bavan Coanact1Cut
(1919 Product Liat)
Banaophaaone lenaophenoaa technical-flaltad o-Chloroanilina Technical (OCA) D-300 Concentrate (4-aulfophthalic Acid) o-Diaahidi ne Dihydrochloride Dichlorobenddiae Dihydrochloride (DCI) 26-Dichloro-4-Mitroanilina (DCJU) DiethoXJacetophenone (DAP) 25- DiaethoXJbeaaaldehyde (DKB) Dioeaenia Diphenuid Technical (NN-Diaethyl-2 1 2-Diphenylacatbullide) bonate 1361 ( 33-Dibullthyl-4 4 -Diphenyl Dihocyanate) Pbotoaraphic Dye Intenediatea p Toluene Sulfonyl hocJUte (PTST)
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Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
In conclulion -bullHable date augeta that induatrhl vutee have
been dhpoud of at the Beacon B~iamphta and letltoeki Landfill bullby
a) leliable lnduatrhl Vaate Dbpoaal C011pany b) Zollo Dru c) Indu1triea contracted directly vith tlirthe Trucltina Inc
AlthouJb bullaoy induetrhl wute aeneraton dbpoeed of wute tbrouah
IIWD And Zollo Dnn1 only tvo of then coapeniea Upjoho and Arutrona
Rubber ere ~ to have had their vute dhpo1ed of at Beacon Reiahte ~t
pouibla hovner that other indu1tdal vute handled bJ IIWD and Zollo
Dru wu dhpo1ed of at Beacon Beiamphtbull
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rl-8101-10
SCTION S - IOOHKENDATIOHS
lgt laeed on tha deta _erbed in thie report it U recoended that 0
I ~mthe follawina actione be taken Zll ~lgt
-lt0 a) A full lite inveetiaatiou of the leacon Beiamphte Landfill ehould lgt
oz
-ltIbe conducted includina aonitoriaa of abiant air for volatile ~ oraanice eurface vatar aod leachate alinamp aod oil
lt~
~ un1bull g Private valle and eurfece water dovnaradient of the landfill
0
ehoulcl be eupled ~
0 c) lahtina qiaeeriaamp data includiq location ancl epecificatioo
of 110aitoriaa welle ehould be obteiaecl frCII tM awaer of Jucon
Raiahtbull acl rniewed
d) lnDVD iDduetrial waeta pneratore bullhould be inbullntiaeted to
cleterioe the approdaate quantit aDd epecific characterietice
of wete dhpoeed of at Beacon Beipte
e) A liet of all induetrial clientbull eerliced by Murtha TRcldaa and
the final diepoeitioa of their nate ehould be obtained froa the
CJWDit of Murtha tnlctiaa Inc for remiddotdw
f) All cvailabla bJdroaeoloaic data ahould be reviewed to detnaioe
the potential ipact on aroundvater frCII huardoua waeta at
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V WUTI RILATID INPORMATION (clft~OIH) LilT IUIITAIICUOr OIIIATIIT COIICIIIII WMICM IIIAY II 011 TMIIJTI (llllton Ibull _ - ~
Chemfcel Waste for BF Gaodrfch Co middot Armstrong Rubber Uniroyal Inc Consumer Products)
middot Uniroyal Chemical D1Yfsion Upjohn to
iL ADDITIOIIAL CONIIIIIITIOII IIAIIIIATI111 OlliCIIIfiTIOII Or ITfoiATIOIIIl110111 011 lllfiOIITilO TO IllIT AT Till 1Til
Ethyl Acetone Methyl Acetate detected in surface water In town location that received ~stes de~~~dR~r Beacon Heights contaminated with industrial chemicals such as
VI HAZARD OfSCRIPTIOM
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Regarding Hazardous Waste
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o bullbull bull _ tDATIDP t fIIII__D
=l ruJbull~ bull 11QTZ a M ampe lafmatlc111 Ibull sctiou Dl ~ x till oat 1M PreU~IIrJ Au (Sectibull U)
middot _uo bull ~ rut bullbull of tills fora
_IP4f-nt1NC1 = 8
- barcode 559034
- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 559034
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FlGURIS
PICUR 1 SITE LOCATION bull bull bull bull 3-2
PICUU 2 SlT PLAM bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bullbull bull bull bull bull 3-3
PICUBI 3 SUilPACZ ELEVATIONS AJm DRAINAGE MAP bullbullbullbull 3-4
PICUU 4 GROONDWATIJl PAVOJlAIILITY MP bull bull 3-9
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TUL 4-2
TAIL 4-3
TAIL 4-4
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TAliLS
UOWN GENERATORS OF WAST DISPOSrD OP A7 TR
llAOON HIGHTS LANDFILL bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 4-1
GNERArigtRS OF WASll RAHDLED BY ZOLLO DRUM bullbullbullbullbull 4-2
CNERATORS OP K4ST HAMDLED BY RLIAILE INDUSTRIAL
WAStE DISPOSAL COMPANY bullbullbullbullbullbullbull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 4-3
OIGAIIIC QlKICALS twruFACniRED BY UPJOHN QIMICAL
COHPAlft bullbull bull bull 4-4
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SCTIClf 1 - PURPOSE OP ASSESSMENT
To a-ther pnlibullinary data mid deun~ine the need for du entry and
aurpliaa of the Beacon Heiahtbull Landfill in Beacon Pal11 Connect icut
Data will be u1ed to cletan~ine the potential for Superfund andor Section
middot311 funded rdial action
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SCTlON 2 - OBJCTlV
To conduct an off-eite invutiaation of the Beacon Heiahta Landfill
Site in order to locate evidence of contbullinetion identify ponibla
contbullinante and cleterine bullbullplina locatione
2-1
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SECTIDII 3 - IACJGROUND
3 1 SID DESCRIPTIOR
lbe Beacon Beiamphta bndfill occupiu E 83-acu dte approxiutely
one and one-half ail ea1t of Connecticut Rout e 8 in Beecoo Pallt
Connecticut (Piaure 3-1) Tbe landfill operation ia located alona
the northve1t alope and cu1t of a larabull hill aouth of Blackberry
load and veat of Skokorat Road (Piaure 3-2) Relief of the Beacon
Reiahta landfill ia cterate to hiamph ranainc fro 500 feet KSL at
the ve1tern edae of the aite to 650 feet tEL at the creat of the
hill (Pleura 3-3) Surface drainaae ia to tM nonhve1t toward the
Bockanbull Brook vaterahed wtlicb parallela Route 42 eaat of Skokorat
lotid The Bockanua lrook dhcharaaa to the Wauaatudt River 1outh of
leecoa Palla Cnte r (Piaure 3-3) the proputy barderina the hacon
Beiahta landfill alona Skokorat Roat and Blackberry Road ia aparly
populated A few hoM1 are located aortb and wet of the landfill
near the entrance aate on llackbal load Landacapinc ia eatanahe
erouDcl the pedaetar of the aita prohibitina a d ear view of the
landfi ll frca public roada VaaetatiOII in the vicinity of the
laoclfill appaara to be hlthy Acce to the landfill h frc
llackbal Road de a partially paved roed th_at utenda frca t he
entrance located in the northeaat to the IIOUthveet bullrain of the
aite (Pipre 3-2) A locktd aete at tbe entrance baa prohibited
qbicular acceu to the landfill eince 1979
32 lltl BISTOIY
Prior to 1970 the Beacon Reiahte Landfill -~ known aa
Betlroaki bull o~ dUIIP bull Accordiq to a Connecticut Vater luourcea
C-baioa ln1pectioa Report in 1970 the letlroaki duap operated
3-1
0 bull iJ PlCUU 1 SID LOCATION
ICALE IN JotiLU
- middot~middot ARE~ OfSnJ~ middot i bull __
S-2
----
middot1 0 1000 2000
FEET
BEACON HEIGHTS DISPOSAL AREAmiddot SITE PLAN
neue 2
3-3
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BEACON HEIGHTS DISPOSAL AREA- SURFACE ELEVATIONS AND DRAINAGE MAP nigtii3
__ SURFACE DRAINAGE
[J STUDY AREA 0 1000 2000 3000
~~ ACTUAL LANDFILLING AREA FEET
Pl-8101-10
J2 Site History - continued
intenittently for epproxibullndy SO yun wte dhpoul vaa not
reaulued end aoil characte~btica on aite augelt that traah v
frequently burned 196S rial photoarapha indicate that dumpina
occurred pribullarily elona the northveat elope of what il now Beacon
Rdahta ne 196S aerial photoanpha allo indicate n atreMly p
ateep ebullbanlulent a fev hundred feet aouthveat of the Blackberry load t 0
Hfll entrance and approdutdy SO feet aouth of a u tributuy to zm
HP the Rockanubull Brook (Piaun J-2) Several bullbullall poo le of liquid were -lt0 ozoburved 110utheaat of the bullbankMnt pouibly i ndice t ina that the p
-ltJ aoila at thia middot location hve low peneabilitiea Soil borinabull Hl1
ltH conducted i n 1970 elona the northvu t elope indicate the preaence of J
0-ltaubatantial quantiti~ of aah eod aeverel layers of ibullpereable
g refuae auch u rubber Photoarapha taken at the dup in 196J
indicate the preaence of non(npacted vaate includinc drua eurol Available data indicat that the letkoaki refuaa area accepted a
variety of weate includi111 induatrht chnicab end aludaea
In 1970 the )lrthe Truckina Copany purcheud the letkoaki
hndfill end chana-t the aite nea to leacoa Beiahta
Mr Harold Murtha the pruident and 01110er of the )lrthe
Truckinc copeny aDd the Laurel Perk Landfill in lauaatuck
ibullprovad the operatiDa conditione at the Landfi ll in aeveral waya
i ocludina repair of the ecce road and partial rearadbamp of the
vt elope Mixed unicipal and induatrial vuta cootiDUad to be
dhpoat of at the landfill Several leaal acti001 have been
initiated qainat the Beacon Beiahu operation by the Coanecticut
Departbullent of lnviroaental Protection (DIP) In 1972 1 the Divilioo
- of Water Copliaaee i ued an middotorder to the )lrtha Truckina lac
(Order lfo lOSS) requirba that
e) a hydroaeoloaic atudr of the Landfill be conducted end
b) atepa to elibullinate pollution ceuaecl by the landfill be iaplebullntad
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J2 Site Hhtory - continued
In February of 1973 Order No 1055 vae rucinded by the DEP tlhn
it vu dhcovered that Murtha Truckina vu not the leael owner of
the Bucon Heiahte Order 1104 vae il8ued to replace Order 1055
identifyina Beacon Reiahta Inc (BHI) ae the ovnen of the landfill
The hydroaeoloaic inveltiaati on of the landfill vae cOllpleted under
Order 1104 1 however a pollution abateaent proar- vu never
iapleMnted
It haa been augeated by an official fro the Vater Coapliance
Unit that an active effort by the DEP Divhioa of Solid Vaate
Manaant to cloae the Beacon Heiahta Landfil l rulted in the lack
of enforceot actiOna by the Vater CCJ11Plience Unit
The Division of Solid Veet e iaaued Order Ito sw-69 to Bill in
Deceaber of 1975 Order Ito SV-69 directed Beacon Reiahta to cloae
within 270 daya and to iapleMnt r dial action to eliainate the
cau of pollutioa in adjacent vaterwaya It vu the Divhioa of
Solid Vutea poaition that the leacoo Beiahta Landfill operation
endaqered the around ead eurface vatere and vu reaponaible for
the eurfece vater containation in a etrebull belov the eite In
addition the Beacoa Reiahte ~peratioa bad expended into an adjacent
area trithout a DIP pen1i t The area of apaoaion vae dleracteriud
by a hiah vatcr table and ahellov bedrock reaultiDamp in hiah retaa
of leachate diecharae fro the lite
BBI appealed tha order and an edainhtrethe bearina renlted in
I odified order sv-69 beiDamp heu~ by the DP in lloveaber of 1976
bullw operatina and cloaure Plene vere approved by the DEP in
Septeaber of ~977 pen1ittina the Beacon Heiahte Landfill to reopen
and operate for epprodaately tvo yeare The aev pemit liaited the
bullol~ of vaate to be dhpoeed of oa lite forbade the dhpoaal of
liquid induetdal vaate and placed a ceiliq on the final elevation
contoure
3-6
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F1-8101-10
3 2 Site Rhto~y - co~tinued middot
Concurrent vith lead actionbull taken qainet 1181 by the
C~nnecticut DP middot the Inland Wetllnde Coaiuioo ileued a Ceaee and
Deeht Order to BHI for opentina within and pollutina a wetbnde
atreabull BHI defied the order 1 claiaing that t he landfill had been
operatinamp for 30 yean prior to the enactMnt of the 1974 vetlande ])
laahlation and vu therefore not eubject to rezuhtion The 0 3
Inland Wetlanda eo-hlion took BHI to court for violatina the Ceau ~Ill Zrltl
and D11iat Order In 1977 the cau vu thrCND out of court ~])n-ltO oz ])
In 1976 an ina pection conducted by the Division of Solid Waete -ltJ ~
Manaaeent revealed eevaral aeneral penit violltione 1 ineludioa the lt~
J diaprd of induetrial waite and the dilpoul of wute in
unauthorised areal Accordina to T Prepan of the Divilioo of 8 Solid Waate than riolationa ware aaver iav11tiaeted or enforced 0
The 1977 penit eat the final cloaure data for July 7 bull 1979
BBI appealed the teru of the panit in June 1979 1 raquaatiq a
reviled cootour plan The DEP heued a revhed coatour plan and
deaipated July 1 1979 11 the final cloeure date El failed to
at the daadliaa aDd the caee wu referred to the Attorney
Geaarala office for act ioa Jo actioo by the Attorney General hu
bn tOea to data BBI cloaed iD 1979 without atina the t ene of
the 1977 perait bullreeMnt Municipal aewenae fro Bethany
Connecticut ia pnaeotly beiaamp applied to areu of upoeed face
33 PllKAit SIT ACTIVITY
Tbe landfill operation at Beacoo Beiamphta baa bn charactariaed
bJ three different typea of vte diapoul
a) retuae-buniaa type diapoul (prior to 1970) i
b) non-burnina aioi- cover nitary landfill 1 and
c) a ainf- lift-thickneabull opention
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33 Pribullary Site Activity - continued
As indicated by ~il borinabull burnina vaa a priaary treatbullnt
f~r refuse prior to 1970 Althouah aome bullinibullal coverina of rafuu
did taka placenitary-type landfillina did not becce the oor at
the Beacon Reiamphta operation until after 1970 when the BHI
purchaaad the lite Accordinamp to an enaineerina brief iuued by
anaineer Richard Sullivan the Betkoaki operation vu ibullproved
aubatantially by Mlrtha Debrh alona the acce road end the
Hockanubull Brook Tributary vu re110ved or buried and the veat dope
vu naraded and aeedad to prevent eroaion Sullivan claibulld that
up to ah inchea of ioil whi ch vaa excavated fr the aita 0 vu
uaed to cover the active portion of the landfill daily A 1973
brief iuued by the Murtha Truckina Copany indicated that i n
addition to the ah inchaa of daily cover capleted areaa received
a final application of one and one-half feat of cover aoil
It b not known vbat the actual tonnaaa of vaate racah ed at the
Beacon Raiahu Landfi ll vaa however a 1972 report on the aolid and
liquid vaataa recehed by the Mlrtha owned landfillbull utiaat that
up to 107500 t0011 of aolid vaata and 46 tou of liquid vutu ware
dhpoaad Of per year A mP official indicated that a 1972
induatrial auney of waata aanaratora augaatad that up to one
bullillioa pllona per year of liquid waataa wra diapod of at the
HurtM laDdfilla
1be Beacon Baiah t a Landfill -ployad two individuah for
aupaniaion and the operation of ccepactioa aquiPMnt A u fleet of trucka OWDad by ttartha Trucldq handled laraa aanidpal aocl
induatrial contracta A at l tranafer atation waa eatabliahed at
the entrance of the landfill for public uaa to alibullinau traffie
probt Oft the landfill
34 SITE GEOLOCTBYDIOLOGY
fba laaeoa Reiahta landfill b located on the northvaat ad
aouthvaat alopu of a hill underain by a biahly fractured
auaen-anaiua identified by carr (1960) bullbull the undifferentiated
Bartlaod Pbratioo Seibert 0972) recorded the atrika and dip of
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~ CLASS bullAbull WATERSHED
[[[ill ~R~~ OF G~DWATE~ FAVORABILITY
BEACON HEIGHTS LANDFILL
PICUJ 4
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two fraetur~middotmiddot ~eu and obnrved a fra~ture fre~ueney in eaeh eet
ranaina fro three to fi~ feet bullin the joit eat etrikina M25-w and
25 feet in the Joint eet etrikina M5obullw A thin untle of atecial
till eompoeed of eand dey and eome bouldere oriainally covered
the bedroek on met of the eite Much of the oriainal till eurfaee
which ranaed betveeo 1-20 feet thick vee eanvated for cover
uterial reaultina in refueebedroek eootaet
Surhee drainaae ie to the aorthveet toward the Roekaaua Brook
en area with h iah aroundvater fav~rability (Piaure 3-4) ampurfeee
run-off ie rapid dJII to the eteep elopee of the landfill (16-25bull)
and the lov perweability of the predoainant eover aetarial
1be preeenee of refuee with low perbullubilitiee euch u rubber
plaetie end uh and the eteepneee of the tillrefueebedroek
eonteet ha reeulted in an extreaely rapid rete of aroundvater
80VeMnt throuah the landfill 1be eteepnen of elope and the
eatureticm of low perweebility aeh at the northveet ebaakaat
durinamp e period of baa rainfall in 1971 reeulted ia a eubetantiel
elope failure at that loeatifXl in 1972 (Pipre 3-2) the elope
failure reeulted in an atrty hiamph rete of eoatbullinated
aroundvater dieehar at the foot of the failure ecerp In addition
to aroundvater dieeharae obeerved at the Nee of the failure ecarp
e ditch that circled the landfill aloaa the vt and eouth
bounderiee drdned eubetantial quantitiee of leaehete to the oorth
toward the Rockan111 Brae tributary
Predicted aroundvater mvnt in bedrock ie alona fracture
boundariee and ie probable toward the northeut and northveet
35 BAZAIDS IDERTillD 01 ALLEGED
Leaal action teken by the DP Vater eoplianee Unit and Solid
Waete ~naaeaent Dideicm durina the 1970bull wee baeed priaarily oa
the eontainatioa of eurface water by typical leaehate conetituente
3-10
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J S Raurds Identified or Alleaed - continued
aucb u colifon~ lead phoaphatu md chlorid and the violation
of penit requireiHnta by the operatora The landfill and the
ditcharaina leachate h never been thorouahly invetiaated for the
preaence of tozic or haaardous aubstancea
A 1979 bullbullple of the surface water discharaina from the Bucon
Reiahta Landfill before confluence with the Rochnua Brook detectd
30 ppb colifom 110 ppb ethyl acetate 400 p pb bull th) l acetate and
30 ppb aethyl e thyl ket one Since the dhcha r p at t he u~linc
point pdurily reflects the 1urface draittaae fr011 the sit a aad
becau~ 1urfaca vatar b t likely to contain hi amph quanti t iu of
bull olatila contituen~a the pranca of llydrocarbons i n tha surface
draiup indicate bullch hiaher coacentratiou of oraanica in the
landfill mel the aroundvater dhcharai oa fr~ the landfill
Ia additioa1 the acon Heiahta Lendf ill b knOWD to hemiddot
accepted iDduatriel vaataa fr~ a Yariaty of 110urcaa Kaay of theaa
i Dduatri are knOVD to have aeoaratad haaardoua vaata
(8 SactiOil 4)
Piully1 the cootbullinati oa of prhata vella at the r ata
houaiq daYalop~~ent in laaccxa Falla hu been attributed by DIP to
the diapoaal of haurdoua vaataa oa Oak Driva vt a a that vera
oriainally deatioad to ba diapoaed of a t the l u con Beiaht a
Laadfill
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F1-8101-10
SCTIltM 4 - GENERATORS OF INDUSTRIAL WAST
The Connecticut Departbullnt of nviromHntal Protection and Hurtha 1 a
anainur Mr Richard Sullivan han identified at 1eaat aevan induatrhl
aeneratora that dhpoaed of vaate at the Mlrtha landfilla in acon Falla
and Hauaatuct Connecticut Of tbeae c01apaniea four haw been
identified aa aenaratora who diapoaed of vaate at the Beacon Raiahta
Landfill excluaively (Table 4-1)
Cenuatora of Vaate Diapoaed of at the Beacon Beiahta Landfill Beacon Palla Connecticut
(frOII 1972 DIP lnduatrial Vaate Survey)
Upjoha Cheical OilaBydrocarbooa 2500 aalyr lortb Baftll cr Chaical LiquidaBluda
end Solventa 72000 aalyr
Aratrona lubber Collpeay OilaBydrocerbooa 10000 aalyr Veat Raven cr Soheau 2 000 aalyr
Chbullical LiquidaSludaea 2000 aalyr Vaateveter treatat dudau 70000 aalyr
I P Goodrich Collpaoy Rubber 7000 tooayr Shelton cr Pleatica 400 tonayr
Oila ad Bydrocerbooa 340000 abulllyr Cheaical -liquidaSludaaa 78000 aalyr Vaatevater Sludaea 2000 toaayr Cheaical Solida SO tonayr
Uniroyal Footwear tubber 240 tooayr leacoa Falla CT Plaatica 240 tonayr
Oila and Hydrocarbonbull 5000 aalyr Solvaou 5000 aalyr
Zollo Drua UntoOWD UoknOWD Beacon Palla ~
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Section 4 Genenton - continued
Zollo Dru of Beacon Falh a haurdoua vuta broker and tranaporur b
1tnovn to have dhpod of vutea fro tvo of tba cc-paoiaa Anutrona
lubber and Upjoho Cheaical Copay at the Beacon Reiahta Landfill Zollo
Dna handlaa vut fro a variety of induatriea and it ia probable that
the vaatea froa An troaa lubber and Upjoho did not account for all ~ 3induatrial vaaua diapoaed of by Zollo at the Beacon Reiahta o~ration HID
Tabh 4-2 ideatifiea pnuatora of vuu handled by Zollo
1979 IZP perit application
TABLE 4-2 Genentora of Wa~ad by Zollo Dr~a
( atatad
ADco Pachaiq c_ny Stratford cr
A M lruniq Guilford cr
Chnical LaanaJ lranford cr
Diadon Vld Capany Stalampford cr
ri-t Corporation lridaaport cr
Guilford Gravure Guilford cr
Bicta a Otia lorvallt cr
B~apbray Oaaical lo Iavan cr
Perkin-llner Corporation lorvalk cr
liadoa Kanufacturina Co Daobury cr
on 1979 IZP perait eppticatlon)
Alcohol vaata
Diaao vaata
tank lioaa Water vaata taak cln out
Solvent vaate
Solvent vaata
lthyl acetate fonal propyl acetate ethyl alcohol a ~
laain 1 propyl acetate
Maleic ampDhydride oil naphtha iaoproponal thanol toluaoa bensane
Cuttina oil acatoaa cyclo hexane Mthanol lao octane toluene MEl
VC III
Lacquer thinner Chlorinated catechol __ Chlorinated quinena
4-2
Zfl u atated on HO
(1gt0 -lt0 oz gt -ltI HflltH
I 0-lt
g 0
25 druaayr 0
300 druaayr
400 druyr
10 druaayr
40 druaayr
200 druaayr
60 druaayr
300 drvaayr
250 druuyr
25 druaayr
75 drvaayr 100 druaayr
Pl-8101-10
Section 4 Gene-raton - continued
Prior to 1976 the leacoa Reiamphte landfill received waetee fro
Reliable Induetriel Waete Diepoul Company (RlllD) i n Beacon Palle
Accordins to DP pen~it epplicatione dated 197D-1973 the deaical wtea
hendled bJ UW were either incinerated or ahipped to appropriate diapoaal
hcilitia1 It ia known however that RIWD die pond of waat11 at aeveral
localitiu in the town of leacoa hlb durina the aid- to late-1960e A
waate diepoeal lite on Oak Drive reeulted in tha contbullinatioa of doampena of
private velb in the near vicinity with indutrial chnicala includiaamp
Chloroben1ene Ethyl ether o-Dichlorobenune Ace tOM p-Dich lorobenuae Methylene chloride Toluene Methyl ethyl ketone 111-TrichlOroethane Hexane Uni dentified 112 2-Tetrachloroethane
It h been recorded by DP that UWD und illeaal dhpoul eitaa i D leacoo
Pelle when weather or roM condition prohibi ted acceae to what vu thn
tbe letkoeki qp loduatriea urviced bJ IIWD include eeveral chnical
nufacturera (Table 4-3)
TAILI 4-3 Coeratora of Waata Bandied b ieibrToduatriel Vaate Die
leecon Pella Connect cut Urn 1973 DIP perwit apphcatioo)
Copany Cenaratina Vaete
Pfber eopaoy Acetone iaopropyl alcohol 4400 aalvk Croton cr Mthaool ather
Honeaoto Kett)aool alcohcl 4 000 ampalvk Indian Orchard tM
General Electric lridaeport cr
laybutoe Traneaieaioo oil 21so aat Stratford cr
Cowlu Copany Thinner middotWlknovn Rev haven Ct
Iorden Chaaical middot StJreoe 3300aatt Leoaiaater0 K
4-3
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11-8101-10
Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
1be t recent inforution reaudiaa the dhpoul of induetrid vaeta
at the Bucon Reiahte Landfill vu obtained fro a 1976 inapectioo report
inuad by the Connecticut DIP Divhion of Solid Waata Manaaebullnt 1be
report vhich b deed January 7 1976 atatea that Zollo drua vu
unloadina aeated drwu urlted chebullical vaate DANCBR Plable Liquid 1
avoid akin contact aDd breathinamp fuaea bullbull tha vute duaped vu of two 3 ~ typ41 a) a dry earth like uterial he (the driver) aaid vu a filter Zll ~lgt
aedi~a aDd b) the other u noted bullbullbull middot In the report it b reported middot lt~gtn -lt0 oz
that he duaped vuta naularly fTc Upjoin in Worth Bavea lgt -ltI
1ba Upjohn Chnical CopaD) in Worth Raven b a bullanufacturer of ~ lt~
aynthatic oraanic chicala The priury Mthod of -nufacturinamp at Upjoha Io- be deacribed u batch- procauioa wh ich vou ld reault in a quantity of gvaata liquid aludae aDdor filter bulldiUII The vute pnerated at Up john o
would probably contai n lianificant quantitiu of the priury product 4 0
91daty of oraanic chicala includiDJ tho11 ud for pharaaceutical
0 productbull aDd herbicidu have Ha bullanufacturM by Opjobn in Worth Bavaa (Tabla 4-4)
Oraanic Cbbullicala uaufactund br Dpjohn Olbullical Copant North Bavan Coanact1Cut
(1919 Product Liat)
Banaophaaone lenaophenoaa technical-flaltad o-Chloroanilina Technical (OCA) D-300 Concentrate (4-aulfophthalic Acid) o-Diaahidi ne Dihydrochloride Dichlorobenddiae Dihydrochloride (DCI) 26-Dichloro-4-Mitroanilina (DCJU) DiethoXJacetophenone (DAP) 25- DiaethoXJbeaaaldehyde (DKB) Dioeaenia Diphenuid Technical (NN-Diaethyl-2 1 2-Diphenylacatbullide) bonate 1361 ( 33-Dibullthyl-4 4 -Diphenyl Dihocyanate) Pbotoaraphic Dye Intenediatea p Toluene Sulfonyl hocJUte (PTST)
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r1-ato1-10
Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
In conclulion -bullHable date augeta that induatrhl vutee have
been dhpoud of at the Beacon B~iamphta and letltoeki Landfill bullby
a) leliable lnduatrhl Vaate Dbpoaal C011pany b) Zollo Dru c) Indu1triea contracted directly vith tlirthe Trucltina Inc
AlthouJb bullaoy induetrhl wute aeneraton dbpoeed of wute tbrouah
IIWD And Zollo Dnn1 only tvo of then coapeniea Upjoho and Arutrona
Rubber ere ~ to have had their vute dhpo1ed of at Beacon Reiahte ~t
pouibla hovner that other indu1tdal vute handled bJ IIWD and Zollo
Dru wu dhpo1ed of at Beacon Beiamphtbull
4-S
rl-8101-10
SCTION S - IOOHKENDATIOHS
lgt laeed on tha deta _erbed in thie report it U recoended that 0
I ~mthe follawina actione be taken Zll ~lgt
-lt0 a) A full lite inveetiaatiou of the leacon Beiamphte Landfill ehould lgt
oz
-ltIbe conducted includina aonitoriaa of abiant air for volatile ~ oraanice eurface vatar aod leachate alinamp aod oil
lt~
~ un1bull g Private valle and eurfece water dovnaradient of the landfill
0
ehoulcl be eupled ~
0 c) lahtina qiaeeriaamp data includiq location ancl epecificatioo
of 110aitoriaa welle ehould be obteiaecl frCII tM awaer of Jucon
Raiahtbull acl rniewed
d) lnDVD iDduetrial waeta pneratore bullhould be inbullntiaeted to
cleterioe the approdaate quantit aDd epecific characterietice
of wete dhpoeed of at Beacon Beipte
e) A liet of all induetrial clientbull eerliced by Murtha TRcldaa and
the final diepoeitioa of their nate ehould be obtained froa the
CJWDit of Murtha tnlctiaa Inc for remiddotdw
f) All cvailabla bJdroaeoloaic data ahould be reviewed to detnaioe
the potential ipact on aroundvater frCII huardoua waeta at
leacOD Beiampbta
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middot Beacon Hef ghts Of sposa1 Area C CITY
Beacon Falls ca OnllltO~IUIATOJI (II~
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lgt 0
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Ot UOIAL Oa ITAn Dbullmiddot COUNTY o- MUNICIIAL Ill IIIIVAn CJ- UIIIIItOWN -ltO oz lgt -ltJ1 11noctcJtti TIOM 83 acre sanitary landfill located on western slope and crest of 650 ~ elevation tn Beacon Fall s lt~
O ltIATII DITI II O JI _ Connecticut Department of Envfronmentil Protection Dfvfsfon of Hazardous Waste lnvestfoatfon middot middot middot 979 8
0L ~~ ~~SOEP D1v1s1on of Hazafdous Waste 1 - 0
TOIII Pregman Division of Solid Waste 203-566middot5712
LHCCIIIIDATICNI
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I IIICYCLINIIOICOIIO
bull middot bullbullcoamplll I middot OTNIIO(bull-lJl
L WICifl DampTAIII 0 IITil ACTIVITillll NampIDID
Received mix~d ~~t~nfcfPal and fndustrfal 11qufd and solid waste Pr1marfly a sanitary landfill middot middot middot
obulluttbullubullowtt (]lz LIQUID IXJbull souo lll~uon 0 middot~
iiiiiiCii41114CTilltiiTICI
IXJbullmiddot UNIINDwtt Oz COIIIIIIDitVIl Oa uaNITIbullIU 0 IIIADIOACTIVIl )1(1 NIONU voLATILamp
I[Jt TDMIC P middot~lliiCTIVIl Dbullmiddot INampIIIT C1Jbullmiddot ~- ~
tIampUDIIl
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Munfcfpal Wastes middot
~ bull-no1w nwtl PAOI lOJ 4
V WUTI RILATID INPORMATION (clft~OIH) LilT IUIITAIICUOr OIIIATIIT COIICIIIII WMICM IIIAY II 011 TMIIJTI (llllton Ibull _ - ~
Chemfcel Waste for BF Gaodrfch Co middot Armstrong Rubber Uniroyal Inc Consumer Products)
middot Uniroyal Chemical D1Yfsion Upjohn to
iL ADDITIOIIAL CONIIIIIITIOII IIAIIIIATI111 OlliCIIIfiTIOII Or ITfoiATIOIIIl110111 011 lllfiOIITilO TO IllIT AT Till 1Til
Ethyl Acetone Methyl Acetate detected in surface water In town location that received ~stes de~~~dR~r Beacon Heights contaminated with industrial chemicals such as
VI HAZARD OfSCRIPTIOM
O OATIOr IIICIDIIIITf~~~middotli~
c-bull middot11bull1 c-middotmiddot
middot x bull C-TAMIMATI011
middot orr-CMAIM
Detected f n 1977
tartllllNIfiL
1971 Slope Failure
lgt 0 I ~zm ~lgt UgtO -lt0 oz lgt -ltI ~ lt~
I 0-lt
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bull = 8
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middot ~_
V PliiMIT INfOitMA ION
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Ql fU Oao II] a UNKNOWN
VID PA5T IIGULATOU ACTIOIU
ijl_otlfOitll 01 111(bull-bullbull
Regarding Hazardous Waste
0 __ o -bull
X IUIEOIAL ACTIVITY
o bullbull bull _ tDATIDP t fIIII__D
=l ruJbull~ bull 11QTZ a M ampe lafmatlc111 Ibull sctiou Dl ~ x till oat 1M PreU~IIrJ Au (Sectibull U)
middot _uo bull ~ rut bullbull of tills fora
_IP4f-nt1NC1 = 8
- barcode 559034
- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 559034
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TAliL 4-1
TUL 4-2
TAIL 4-3
TAIL 4-4
F1-8101-10
TAliLS
UOWN GENERATORS OF WAST DISPOSrD OP A7 TR
llAOON HIGHTS LANDFILL bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 4-1
GNERArigtRS OF WASll RAHDLED BY ZOLLO DRUM bullbullbullbullbull 4-2
CNERATORS OP K4ST HAMDLED BY RLIAILE INDUSTRIAL
WAStE DISPOSAL COMPANY bullbullbullbullbullbullbull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull 4-3
OIGAIIIC QlKICALS twruFACniRED BY UPJOHN QIMICAL
COHPAlft bullbull bull bull 4-4
lgt
3 Hill zm Hlgt lt1gt0 -10 oz lgt -IJHltH
J
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~ __ middot
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Pl-8101-10
SCTIClf 1 - PURPOSE OP ASSESSMENT
To a-ther pnlibullinary data mid deun~ine the need for du entry and
aurpliaa of the Beacon Heiahtbull Landfill in Beacon Pal11 Connect icut
Data will be u1ed to cletan~ine the potential for Superfund andor Section
middot311 funded rdial action
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Fl-8101-10
SCTlON 2 - OBJCTlV
To conduct an off-eite invutiaation of the Beacon Heiahta Landfill
Site in order to locate evidence of contbullinetion identify ponibla
contbullinante and cleterine bullbullplina locatione
2-1
0 0 X HID zm Hlgt ugtn -lt0 oz lgt -ltI HflltH
I
8 0
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Pl-8101-10
SECTIDII 3 - IACJGROUND
3 1 SID DESCRIPTIOR
lbe Beacon Beiamphta bndfill occupiu E 83-acu dte approxiutely
one and one-half ail ea1t of Connecticut Rout e 8 in Beecoo Pallt
Connecticut (Piaure 3-1) Tbe landfill operation ia located alona
the northve1t alope and cu1t of a larabull hill aouth of Blackberry
load and veat of Skokorat Road (Piaure 3-2) Relief of the Beacon
Reiahta landfill ia cterate to hiamph ranainc fro 500 feet KSL at
the ve1tern edae of the aite to 650 feet tEL at the creat of the
hill (Pleura 3-3) Surface drainaae ia to tM nonhve1t toward the
Bockanbull Brook vaterahed wtlicb parallela Route 42 eaat of Skokorat
lotid The Bockanua lrook dhcharaaa to the Wauaatudt River 1outh of
leecoa Palla Cnte r (Piaure 3-3) the proputy barderina the hacon
Beiahta landfill alona Skokorat Roat and Blackberry Road ia aparly
populated A few hoM1 are located aortb and wet of the landfill
near the entrance aate on llackbal load Landacapinc ia eatanahe
erouDcl the pedaetar of the aita prohibitina a d ear view of the
landfi ll frca public roada VaaetatiOII in the vicinity of the
laoclfill appaara to be hlthy Acce to the landfill h frc
llackbal Road de a partially paved roed th_at utenda frca t he
entrance located in the northeaat to the IIOUthveet bullrain of the
aite (Pipre 3-2) A locktd aete at tbe entrance baa prohibited
qbicular acceu to the landfill eince 1979
32 lltl BISTOIY
Prior to 1970 the Beacon Reiahte Landfill -~ known aa
Betlroaki bull o~ dUIIP bull Accordiq to a Connecticut Vater luourcea
C-baioa ln1pectioa Report in 1970 the letlroaki duap operated
3-1
0 bull iJ PlCUU 1 SID LOCATION
ICALE IN JotiLU
- middot~middot ARE~ OfSnJ~ middot i bull __
S-2
----
middot1 0 1000 2000
FEET
BEACON HEIGHTS DISPOSAL AREAmiddot SITE PLAN
neue 2
3-3
lgt 0
sect I
~ o
~ lt ill n 0 o 0
II m
0 0
BEACON HEIGHTS DISPOSAL AREA- SURFACE ELEVATIONS AND DRAINAGE MAP nigtii3
__ SURFACE DRAINAGE
[J STUDY AREA 0 1000 2000 3000
~~ ACTUAL LANDFILLING AREA FEET
Pl-8101-10
J2 Site History - continued
intenittently for epproxibullndy SO yun wte dhpoul vaa not
reaulued end aoil characte~btica on aite augelt that traah v
frequently burned 196S rial photoarapha indicate that dumpina
occurred pribullarily elona the northveat elope of what il now Beacon
Rdahta ne 196S aerial photoanpha allo indicate n atreMly p
ateep ebullbanlulent a fev hundred feet aouthveat of the Blackberry load t 0
Hfll entrance and approdutdy SO feet aouth of a u tributuy to zm
HP the Rockanubull Brook (Piaun J-2) Several bullbullall poo le of liquid were -lt0 ozoburved 110utheaat of the bullbankMnt pouibly i ndice t ina that the p
-ltJ aoila at thia middot location hve low peneabilitiea Soil borinabull Hl1
ltH conducted i n 1970 elona the northvu t elope indicate the preaence of J
0-ltaubatantial quantiti~ of aah eod aeverel layers of ibullpereable
g refuae auch u rubber Photoarapha taken at the dup in 196J
indicate the preaence of non(npacted vaate includinc drua eurol Available data indicat that the letkoaki refuaa area accepted a
variety of weate includi111 induatrht chnicab end aludaea
In 1970 the )lrthe Truckina Copany purcheud the letkoaki
hndfill end chana-t the aite nea to leacoa Beiahta
Mr Harold Murtha the pruident and 01110er of the )lrthe
Truckinc copeny aDd the Laurel Perk Landfill in lauaatuck
ibullprovad the operatiDa conditione at the Landfi ll in aeveral waya
i ocludina repair of the ecce road and partial rearadbamp of the
vt elope Mixed unicipal and induatrial vuta cootiDUad to be
dhpoat of at the landfill Several leaal acti001 have been
initiated qainat the Beacon Beiahu operation by the Coanecticut
Departbullent of lnviroaental Protection (DIP) In 1972 1 the Divilioo
- of Water Copliaaee i ued an middotorder to the )lrtha Truckina lac
(Order lfo lOSS) requirba that
e) a hydroaeoloaic atudr of the Landfill be conducted end
b) atepa to elibullinate pollution ceuaecl by the landfill be iaplebullntad
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Fl-8101-10
J2 Site Hhtory - continued
In February of 1973 Order No 1055 vae rucinded by the DEP tlhn
it vu dhcovered that Murtha Truckina vu not the leael owner of
the Bucon Heiahte Order 1104 vae il8ued to replace Order 1055
identifyina Beacon Reiahta Inc (BHI) ae the ovnen of the landfill
The hydroaeoloaic inveltiaati on of the landfill vae cOllpleted under
Order 1104 1 however a pollution abateaent proar- vu never
iapleMnted
It haa been augeated by an official fro the Vater Coapliance
Unit that an active effort by the DEP Divhioa of Solid Vaate
Manaant to cloae the Beacon Heiahta Landfil l rulted in the lack
of enforceot actiOna by the Vater CCJ11Plience Unit
The Division of Solid Veet e iaaued Order Ito sw-69 to Bill in
Deceaber of 1975 Order Ito SV-69 directed Beacon Reiahta to cloae
within 270 daya and to iapleMnt r dial action to eliainate the
cau of pollutioa in adjacent vaterwaya It vu the Divhioa of
Solid Vutea poaition that the leacoo Beiahta Landfill operation
endaqered the around ead eurface vatere and vu reaponaible for
the eurfece vater containation in a etrebull belov the eite In
addition the Beacoa Reiahte ~peratioa bad expended into an adjacent
area trithout a DIP pen1i t The area of apaoaion vae dleracteriud
by a hiah vatcr table and ahellov bedrock reaultiDamp in hiah retaa
of leachate diecharae fro the lite
BBI appealed tha order and an edainhtrethe bearina renlted in
I odified order sv-69 beiDamp heu~ by the DP in lloveaber of 1976
bullw operatina and cloaure Plene vere approved by the DEP in
Septeaber of ~977 pen1ittina the Beacon Heiahte Landfill to reopen
and operate for epprodaately tvo yeare The aev pemit liaited the
bullol~ of vaate to be dhpoeed of oa lite forbade the dhpoaal of
liquid induetdal vaate and placed a ceiliq on the final elevation
contoure
3-6
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F1-8101-10
3 2 Site Rhto~y - co~tinued middot
Concurrent vith lead actionbull taken qainet 1181 by the
C~nnecticut DP middot the Inland Wetllnde Coaiuioo ileued a Ceaee and
Deeht Order to BHI for opentina within and pollutina a wetbnde
atreabull BHI defied the order 1 claiaing that t he landfill had been
operatinamp for 30 yean prior to the enactMnt of the 1974 vetlande ])
laahlation and vu therefore not eubject to rezuhtion The 0 3
Inland Wetlanda eo-hlion took BHI to court for violatina the Ceau ~Ill Zrltl
and D11iat Order In 1977 the cau vu thrCND out of court ~])n-ltO oz ])
In 1976 an ina pection conducted by the Division of Solid Waete -ltJ ~
Manaaeent revealed eevaral aeneral penit violltione 1 ineludioa the lt~
J diaprd of induetrial waite and the dilpoul of wute in
unauthorised areal Accordina to T Prepan of the Divilioo of 8 Solid Waate than riolationa ware aaver iav11tiaeted or enforced 0
The 1977 penit eat the final cloaure data for July 7 bull 1979
BBI appealed the teru of the panit in June 1979 1 raquaatiq a
reviled cootour plan The DEP heued a revhed coatour plan and
deaipated July 1 1979 11 the final cloeure date El failed to
at the daadliaa aDd the caee wu referred to the Attorney
Geaarala office for act ioa Jo actioo by the Attorney General hu
bn tOea to data BBI cloaed iD 1979 without atina the t ene of
the 1977 perait bullreeMnt Municipal aewenae fro Bethany
Connecticut ia pnaeotly beiaamp applied to areu of upoeed face
33 PllKAit SIT ACTIVITY
Tbe landfill operation at Beacoo Beiamphta baa bn charactariaed
bJ three different typea of vte diapoul
a) retuae-buniaa type diapoul (prior to 1970) i
b) non-burnina aioi- cover nitary landfill 1 and
c) a ainf- lift-thickneabull opention
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Pl-8101-10
33 Pribullary Site Activity - continued
As indicated by ~il borinabull burnina vaa a priaary treatbullnt
f~r refuse prior to 1970 Althouah aome bullinibullal coverina of rafuu
did taka placenitary-type landfillina did not becce the oor at
the Beacon Reiamphta operation until after 1970 when the BHI
purchaaad the lite Accordinamp to an enaineerina brief iuued by
anaineer Richard Sullivan the Betkoaki operation vu ibullproved
aubatantially by Mlrtha Debrh alona the acce road end the
Hockanubull Brook Tributary vu re110ved or buried and the veat dope
vu naraded and aeedad to prevent eroaion Sullivan claibulld that
up to ah inchea of ioil whi ch vaa excavated fr the aita 0 vu
uaed to cover the active portion of the landfill daily A 1973
brief iuued by the Murtha Truckina Copany indicated that i n
addition to the ah inchaa of daily cover capleted areaa received
a final application of one and one-half feat of cover aoil
It b not known vbat the actual tonnaaa of vaate racah ed at the
Beacon Raiahu Landfi ll vaa however a 1972 report on the aolid and
liquid vaataa recehed by the Mlrtha owned landfillbull utiaat that
up to 107500 t0011 of aolid vaata and 46 tou of liquid vutu ware
dhpoaad Of per year A mP official indicated that a 1972
induatrial auney of waata aanaratora augaatad that up to one
bullillioa pllona per year of liquid waataa wra diapod of at the
HurtM laDdfilla
1be Beacon Baiah t a Landfill -ployad two individuah for
aupaniaion and the operation of ccepactioa aquiPMnt A u fleet of trucka OWDad by ttartha Trucldq handled laraa aanidpal aocl
induatrial contracta A at l tranafer atation waa eatabliahed at
the entrance of the landfill for public uaa to alibullinau traffie
probt Oft the landfill
34 SITE GEOLOCTBYDIOLOGY
fba laaeoa Reiahta landfill b located on the northvaat ad
aouthvaat alopu of a hill underain by a biahly fractured
auaen-anaiua identified by carr (1960) bullbull the undifferentiated
Bartlaod Pbratioo Seibert 0972) recorded the atrika and dip of
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~ CLASS bullAbull WATERSHED
[[[ill ~R~~ OF G~DWATE~ FAVORABILITY
BEACON HEIGHTS LANDFILL
PICUJ 4
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two fraetur~middotmiddot ~eu and obnrved a fra~ture fre~ueney in eaeh eet
ranaina fro three to fi~ feet bullin the joit eat etrikina M25-w and
25 feet in the Joint eet etrikina M5obullw A thin untle of atecial
till eompoeed of eand dey and eome bouldere oriainally covered
the bedroek on met of the eite Much of the oriainal till eurfaee
which ranaed betveeo 1-20 feet thick vee eanvated for cover
uterial reaultina in refueebedroek eootaet
Surhee drainaae ie to the aorthveet toward the Roekaaua Brook
en area with h iah aroundvater fav~rability (Piaure 3-4) ampurfeee
run-off ie rapid dJII to the eteep elopee of the landfill (16-25bull)
and the lov perweability of the predoainant eover aetarial
1be preeenee of refuee with low perbullubilitiee euch u rubber
plaetie end uh and the eteepneee of the tillrefueebedroek
eonteet ha reeulted in an extreaely rapid rete of aroundvater
80VeMnt throuah the landfill 1be eteepnen of elope and the
eatureticm of low perweebility aeh at the northveet ebaakaat
durinamp e period of baa rainfall in 1971 reeulted ia a eubetantiel
elope failure at that loeatifXl in 1972 (Pipre 3-2) the elope
failure reeulted in an atrty hiamph rete of eoatbullinated
aroundvater dieehar at the foot of the failure ecerp In addition
to aroundvater dieeharae obeerved at the Nee of the failure ecarp
e ditch that circled the landfill aloaa the vt and eouth
bounderiee drdned eubetantial quantitiee of leaehete to the oorth
toward the Rockan111 Brae tributary
Predicted aroundvater mvnt in bedrock ie alona fracture
boundariee and ie probable toward the northeut and northveet
35 BAZAIDS IDERTillD 01 ALLEGED
Leaal action teken by the DP Vater eoplianee Unit and Solid
Waete ~naaeaent Dideicm durina the 1970bull wee baeed priaarily oa
the eontainatioa of eurface water by typical leaehate conetituente
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J S Raurds Identified or Alleaed - continued
aucb u colifon~ lead phoaphatu md chlorid and the violation
of penit requireiHnta by the operatora The landfill and the
ditcharaina leachate h never been thorouahly invetiaated for the
preaence of tozic or haaardous aubstancea
A 1979 bullbullple of the surface water discharaina from the Bucon
Reiahta Landfill before confluence with the Rochnua Brook detectd
30 ppb colifom 110 ppb ethyl acetate 400 p pb bull th) l acetate and
30 ppb aethyl e thyl ket one Since the dhcha r p at t he u~linc
point pdurily reflects the 1urface draittaae fr011 the sit a aad
becau~ 1urfaca vatar b t likely to contain hi amph quanti t iu of
bull olatila contituen~a the pranca of llydrocarbons i n tha surface
draiup indicate bullch hiaher coacentratiou of oraanica in the
landfill mel the aroundvater dhcharai oa fr~ the landfill
Ia additioa1 the acon Heiahta Lendf ill b knOWD to hemiddot
accepted iDduatriel vaataa fr~ a Yariaty of 110urcaa Kaay of theaa
i Dduatri are knOVD to have aeoaratad haaardoua vaata
(8 SactiOil 4)
Piully1 the cootbullinati oa of prhata vella at the r ata
houaiq daYalop~~ent in laaccxa Falla hu been attributed by DIP to
the diapoaal of haurdoua vaataa oa Oak Driva vt a a that vera
oriainally deatioad to ba diapoaed of a t the l u con Beiaht a
Laadfill
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SCTIltM 4 - GENERATORS OF INDUSTRIAL WAST
The Connecticut Departbullnt of nviromHntal Protection and Hurtha 1 a
anainur Mr Richard Sullivan han identified at 1eaat aevan induatrhl
aeneratora that dhpoaed of vaate at the Mlrtha landfilla in acon Falla
and Hauaatuct Connecticut Of tbeae c01apaniea four haw been
identified aa aenaratora who diapoaed of vaate at the Beacon Raiahta
Landfill excluaively (Table 4-1)
Cenuatora of Vaate Diapoaed of at the Beacon Beiahta Landfill Beacon Palla Connecticut
(frOII 1972 DIP lnduatrial Vaate Survey)
Upjoha Cheical OilaBydrocarbooa 2500 aalyr lortb Baftll cr Chaical LiquidaBluda
end Solventa 72000 aalyr
Aratrona lubber Collpeay OilaBydrocerbooa 10000 aalyr Veat Raven cr Soheau 2 000 aalyr
Chbullical LiquidaSludaea 2000 aalyr Vaateveter treatat dudau 70000 aalyr
I P Goodrich Collpaoy Rubber 7000 tooayr Shelton cr Pleatica 400 tonayr
Oila ad Bydrocerbooa 340000 abulllyr Cheaical -liquidaSludaaa 78000 aalyr Vaatevater Sludaea 2000 toaayr Cheaical Solida SO tonayr
Uniroyal Footwear tubber 240 tooayr leacoa Falla CT Plaatica 240 tonayr
Oila and Hydrocarbonbull 5000 aalyr Solvaou 5000 aalyr
Zollo Drua UntoOWD UoknOWD Beacon Palla ~
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Section 4 Genenton - continued
Zollo Dru of Beacon Falh a haurdoua vuta broker and tranaporur b
1tnovn to have dhpod of vutea fro tvo of tba cc-paoiaa Anutrona
lubber and Upjoho Cheaical Copay at the Beacon Reiahta Landfill Zollo
Dna handlaa vut fro a variety of induatriea and it ia probable that
the vaatea froa An troaa lubber and Upjoho did not account for all ~ 3induatrial vaaua diapoaed of by Zollo at the Beacon Reiahta o~ration HID
Tabh 4-2 ideatifiea pnuatora of vuu handled by Zollo
1979 IZP perit application
TABLE 4-2 Genentora of Wa~ad by Zollo Dr~a
( atatad
ADco Pachaiq c_ny Stratford cr
A M lruniq Guilford cr
Chnical LaanaJ lranford cr
Diadon Vld Capany Stalampford cr
ri-t Corporation lridaaport cr
Guilford Gravure Guilford cr
Bicta a Otia lorvallt cr
B~apbray Oaaical lo Iavan cr
Perkin-llner Corporation lorvalk cr
liadoa Kanufacturina Co Daobury cr
on 1979 IZP perait eppticatlon)
Alcohol vaata
Diaao vaata
tank lioaa Water vaata taak cln out
Solvent vaate
Solvent vaata
lthyl acetate fonal propyl acetate ethyl alcohol a ~
laain 1 propyl acetate
Maleic ampDhydride oil naphtha iaoproponal thanol toluaoa bensane
Cuttina oil acatoaa cyclo hexane Mthanol lao octane toluene MEl
VC III
Lacquer thinner Chlorinated catechol __ Chlorinated quinena
4-2
Zfl u atated on HO
(1gt0 -lt0 oz gt -ltI HflltH
I 0-lt
g 0
25 druaayr 0
300 druaayr
400 druyr
10 druaayr
40 druaayr
200 druaayr
60 druaayr
300 drvaayr
250 druuyr
25 druaayr
75 drvaayr 100 druaayr
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Section 4 Gene-raton - continued
Prior to 1976 the leacoa Reiamphte landfill received waetee fro
Reliable Induetriel Waete Diepoul Company (RlllD) i n Beacon Palle
Accordins to DP pen~it epplicatione dated 197D-1973 the deaical wtea
hendled bJ UW were either incinerated or ahipped to appropriate diapoaal
hcilitia1 It ia known however that RIWD die pond of waat11 at aeveral
localitiu in the town of leacoa hlb durina the aid- to late-1960e A
waate diepoeal lite on Oak Drive reeulted in tha contbullinatioa of doampena of
private velb in the near vicinity with indutrial chnicala includiaamp
Chloroben1ene Ethyl ether o-Dichlorobenune Ace tOM p-Dich lorobenuae Methylene chloride Toluene Methyl ethyl ketone 111-TrichlOroethane Hexane Uni dentified 112 2-Tetrachloroethane
It h been recorded by DP that UWD und illeaal dhpoul eitaa i D leacoo
Pelle when weather or roM condition prohibi ted acceae to what vu thn
tbe letkoeki qp loduatriea urviced bJ IIWD include eeveral chnical
nufacturera (Table 4-3)
TAILI 4-3 Coeratora of Waata Bandied b ieibrToduatriel Vaate Die
leecon Pella Connect cut Urn 1973 DIP perwit apphcatioo)
Copany Cenaratina Vaete
Pfber eopaoy Acetone iaopropyl alcohol 4400 aalvk Croton cr Mthaool ather
Honeaoto Kett)aool alcohcl 4 000 ampalvk Indian Orchard tM
General Electric lridaeport cr
laybutoe Traneaieaioo oil 21so aat Stratford cr
Cowlu Copany Thinner middotWlknovn Rev haven Ct
Iorden Chaaical middot StJreoe 3300aatt Leoaiaater0 K
4-3
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Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
1be t recent inforution reaudiaa the dhpoul of induetrid vaeta
at the Bucon Reiahte Landfill vu obtained fro a 1976 inapectioo report
inuad by the Connecticut DIP Divhion of Solid Waata Manaaebullnt 1be
report vhich b deed January 7 1976 atatea that Zollo drua vu
unloadina aeated drwu urlted chebullical vaate DANCBR Plable Liquid 1
avoid akin contact aDd breathinamp fuaea bullbull tha vute duaped vu of two 3 ~ typ41 a) a dry earth like uterial he (the driver) aaid vu a filter Zll ~lgt
aedi~a aDd b) the other u noted bullbullbull middot In the report it b reported middot lt~gtn -lt0 oz
that he duaped vuta naularly fTc Upjoin in Worth Bavea lgt -ltI
1ba Upjohn Chnical CopaD) in Worth Raven b a bullanufacturer of ~ lt~
aynthatic oraanic chicala The priury Mthod of -nufacturinamp at Upjoha Io- be deacribed u batch- procauioa wh ich vou ld reault in a quantity of gvaata liquid aludae aDdor filter bulldiUII The vute pnerated at Up john o
would probably contai n lianificant quantitiu of the priury product 4 0
91daty of oraanic chicala includiDJ tho11 ud for pharaaceutical
0 productbull aDd herbicidu have Ha bullanufacturM by Opjobn in Worth Bavaa (Tabla 4-4)
Oraanic Cbbullicala uaufactund br Dpjohn Olbullical Copant North Bavan Coanact1Cut
(1919 Product Liat)
Banaophaaone lenaophenoaa technical-flaltad o-Chloroanilina Technical (OCA) D-300 Concentrate (4-aulfophthalic Acid) o-Diaahidi ne Dihydrochloride Dichlorobenddiae Dihydrochloride (DCI) 26-Dichloro-4-Mitroanilina (DCJU) DiethoXJacetophenone (DAP) 25- DiaethoXJbeaaaldehyde (DKB) Dioeaenia Diphenuid Technical (NN-Diaethyl-2 1 2-Diphenylacatbullide) bonate 1361 ( 33-Dibullthyl-4 4 -Diphenyl Dihocyanate) Pbotoaraphic Dye Intenediatea p Toluene Sulfonyl hocJUte (PTST)
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Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
In conclulion -bullHable date augeta that induatrhl vutee have
been dhpoud of at the Beacon B~iamphta and letltoeki Landfill bullby
a) leliable lnduatrhl Vaate Dbpoaal C011pany b) Zollo Dru c) Indu1triea contracted directly vith tlirthe Trucltina Inc
AlthouJb bullaoy induetrhl wute aeneraton dbpoeed of wute tbrouah
IIWD And Zollo Dnn1 only tvo of then coapeniea Upjoho and Arutrona
Rubber ere ~ to have had their vute dhpo1ed of at Beacon Reiahte ~t
pouibla hovner that other indu1tdal vute handled bJ IIWD and Zollo
Dru wu dhpo1ed of at Beacon Beiamphtbull
4-S
rl-8101-10
SCTION S - IOOHKENDATIOHS
lgt laeed on tha deta _erbed in thie report it U recoended that 0
I ~mthe follawina actione be taken Zll ~lgt
-lt0 a) A full lite inveetiaatiou of the leacon Beiamphte Landfill ehould lgt
oz
-ltIbe conducted includina aonitoriaa of abiant air for volatile ~ oraanice eurface vatar aod leachate alinamp aod oil
lt~
~ un1bull g Private valle and eurfece water dovnaradient of the landfill
0
ehoulcl be eupled ~
0 c) lahtina qiaeeriaamp data includiq location ancl epecificatioo
of 110aitoriaa welle ehould be obteiaecl frCII tM awaer of Jucon
Raiahtbull acl rniewed
d) lnDVD iDduetrial waeta pneratore bullhould be inbullntiaeted to
cleterioe the approdaate quantit aDd epecific characterietice
of wete dhpoeed of at Beacon Beipte
e) A liet of all induetrial clientbull eerliced by Murtha TRcldaa and
the final diepoeitioa of their nate ehould be obtained froa the
CJWDit of Murtha tnlctiaa Inc for remiddotdw
f) All cvailabla bJdroaeoloaic data ahould be reviewed to detnaioe
the potential ipact on aroundvater frCII huardoua waeta at
leacOD Beiampbta
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Ot UOIAL Oa ITAn Dbullmiddot COUNTY o- MUNICIIAL Ill IIIIVAn CJ- UIIIIItOWN -ltO oz lgt -ltJ1 11noctcJtti TIOM 83 acre sanitary landfill located on western slope and crest of 650 ~ elevation tn Beacon Fall s lt~
O ltIATII DITI II O JI _ Connecticut Department of Envfronmentil Protection Dfvfsfon of Hazardous Waste lnvestfoatfon middot middot middot 979 8
0L ~~ ~~SOEP D1v1s1on of Hazafdous Waste 1 - 0
TOIII Pregman Division of Solid Waste 203-566middot5712
LHCCIIIIDATICNI
0 I M0 A~TKMIIIIIDil~ too-_ ~ [I)L TItMIPICTt01111liH0
bull bull T TampTgtWamp11 IICMampDUIto POllgt
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1 - -middot~middot
1617-935-0228 0L 14TE IMfOIIMATIOM
IV CHAIIACTERIZATIOH Of SITE ACTIVITY lndlutbullthbull bull bullJbullbullbullIIbullbullctlbullltJfltndlletbullllbullbullbulllbulltlaatbullbullbullchbullctlbullltJ 1 IIbullUIbullbull
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I IIICYCLINIIOICOIIO
bull middot bullbullcoamplll I middot OTNIIO(bull-lJl
L WICifl DampTAIII 0 IITil ACTIVITillll NampIDID
Received mix~d ~~t~nfcfPal and fndustrfal 11qufd and solid waste Pr1marfly a sanitary landfill middot middot middot
obulluttbullubullowtt (]lz LIQUID IXJbull souo lll~uon 0 middot~
iiiiiiCii41114CTilltiiTICI
IXJbullmiddot UNIINDwtt Oz COIIIIIIDitVIl Oa uaNITIbullIU 0 IIIADIOACTIVIl )1(1 NIONU voLATILamp
I[Jt TDMIC P middot~lliiCTIVIl Dbullmiddot INampIIIT C1Jbullmiddot ~- ~
tIampUDIIl
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H----1 JMIIO(Hr) IIIMILIIN
-~ rt----rt~middot~middotmiddot~middot~middotmiddot~middotmiddot~middotmiddot~middotmiddot1rt----i IIIALIOOIMshyx ILUDOamp I ~Ubulla~
Munfcfpal Wastes middot
~ bull-no1w nwtl PAOI lOJ 4
V WUTI RILATID INPORMATION (clft~OIH) LilT IUIITAIICUOr OIIIATIIT COIICIIIII WMICM IIIAY II 011 TMIIJTI (llllton Ibull _ - ~
Chemfcel Waste for BF Gaodrfch Co middot Armstrong Rubber Uniroyal Inc Consumer Products)
middot Uniroyal Chemical D1Yfsion Upjohn to
iL ADDITIOIIAL CONIIIIIITIOII IIAIIIIATI111 OlliCIIIfiTIOII Or ITfoiATIOIIIl110111 011 lllfiOIITilO TO IllIT AT Till 1Til
Ethyl Acetone Methyl Acetate detected in surface water In town location that received ~stes de~~~dR~r Beacon Heights contaminated with industrial chemicals such as
VI HAZARD OfSCRIPTIOM
O OATIOr IIICIDIIIITf~~~middotli~
c-bull middot11bull1 c-middotmiddot
middot x bull C-TAMIMATI011
middot orr-CMAIM
Detected f n 1977
tartllllNIfiL
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lgt 0 I ~zm ~lgt UgtO -lt0 oz lgt -ltI ~ lt~
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bull = 8
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middot ~_
V PliiMIT INfOitMA ION
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VID PA5T IIGULATOU ACTIOIU
ijl_otlfOitll 01 111(bull-bullbull
Regarding Hazardous Waste
0 __ o -bull
X IUIEOIAL ACTIVITY
o bullbull bull _ tDATIDP t fIIII__D
=l ruJbull~ bull 11QTZ a M ampe lafmatlc111 Ibull sctiou Dl ~ x till oat 1M PreU~IIrJ Au (Sectibull U)
middot _uo bull ~ rut bullbull of tills fora
_IP4f-nt1NC1 = 8
- barcode 559034
- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 559034
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Pl-8101-10
SCTIClf 1 - PURPOSE OP ASSESSMENT
To a-ther pnlibullinary data mid deun~ine the need for du entry and
aurpliaa of the Beacon Heiahtbull Landfill in Beacon Pal11 Connect icut
Data will be u1ed to cletan~ine the potential for Superfund andor Section
middot311 funded rdial action
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Fl-8101-10
SCTlON 2 - OBJCTlV
To conduct an off-eite invutiaation of the Beacon Heiahta Landfill
Site in order to locate evidence of contbullinetion identify ponibla
contbullinante and cleterine bullbullplina locatione
2-1
0 0 X HID zm Hlgt ugtn -lt0 oz lgt -ltI HflltH
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Pl-8101-10
SECTIDII 3 - IACJGROUND
3 1 SID DESCRIPTIOR
lbe Beacon Beiamphta bndfill occupiu E 83-acu dte approxiutely
one and one-half ail ea1t of Connecticut Rout e 8 in Beecoo Pallt
Connecticut (Piaure 3-1) Tbe landfill operation ia located alona
the northve1t alope and cu1t of a larabull hill aouth of Blackberry
load and veat of Skokorat Road (Piaure 3-2) Relief of the Beacon
Reiahta landfill ia cterate to hiamph ranainc fro 500 feet KSL at
the ve1tern edae of the aite to 650 feet tEL at the creat of the
hill (Pleura 3-3) Surface drainaae ia to tM nonhve1t toward the
Bockanbull Brook vaterahed wtlicb parallela Route 42 eaat of Skokorat
lotid The Bockanua lrook dhcharaaa to the Wauaatudt River 1outh of
leecoa Palla Cnte r (Piaure 3-3) the proputy barderina the hacon
Beiahta landfill alona Skokorat Roat and Blackberry Road ia aparly
populated A few hoM1 are located aortb and wet of the landfill
near the entrance aate on llackbal load Landacapinc ia eatanahe
erouDcl the pedaetar of the aita prohibitina a d ear view of the
landfi ll frca public roada VaaetatiOII in the vicinity of the
laoclfill appaara to be hlthy Acce to the landfill h frc
llackbal Road de a partially paved roed th_at utenda frca t he
entrance located in the northeaat to the IIOUthveet bullrain of the
aite (Pipre 3-2) A locktd aete at tbe entrance baa prohibited
qbicular acceu to the landfill eince 1979
32 lltl BISTOIY
Prior to 1970 the Beacon Reiahte Landfill -~ known aa
Betlroaki bull o~ dUIIP bull Accordiq to a Connecticut Vater luourcea
C-baioa ln1pectioa Report in 1970 the letlroaki duap operated
3-1
0 bull iJ PlCUU 1 SID LOCATION
ICALE IN JotiLU
- middot~middot ARE~ OfSnJ~ middot i bull __
S-2
----
middot1 0 1000 2000
FEET
BEACON HEIGHTS DISPOSAL AREAmiddot SITE PLAN
neue 2
3-3
lgt 0
sect I
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~ lt ill n 0 o 0
II m
0 0
BEACON HEIGHTS DISPOSAL AREA- SURFACE ELEVATIONS AND DRAINAGE MAP nigtii3
__ SURFACE DRAINAGE
[J STUDY AREA 0 1000 2000 3000
~~ ACTUAL LANDFILLING AREA FEET
Pl-8101-10
J2 Site History - continued
intenittently for epproxibullndy SO yun wte dhpoul vaa not
reaulued end aoil characte~btica on aite augelt that traah v
frequently burned 196S rial photoarapha indicate that dumpina
occurred pribullarily elona the northveat elope of what il now Beacon
Rdahta ne 196S aerial photoanpha allo indicate n atreMly p
ateep ebullbanlulent a fev hundred feet aouthveat of the Blackberry load t 0
Hfll entrance and approdutdy SO feet aouth of a u tributuy to zm
HP the Rockanubull Brook (Piaun J-2) Several bullbullall poo le of liquid were -lt0 ozoburved 110utheaat of the bullbankMnt pouibly i ndice t ina that the p
-ltJ aoila at thia middot location hve low peneabilitiea Soil borinabull Hl1
ltH conducted i n 1970 elona the northvu t elope indicate the preaence of J
0-ltaubatantial quantiti~ of aah eod aeverel layers of ibullpereable
g refuae auch u rubber Photoarapha taken at the dup in 196J
indicate the preaence of non(npacted vaate includinc drua eurol Available data indicat that the letkoaki refuaa area accepted a
variety of weate includi111 induatrht chnicab end aludaea
In 1970 the )lrthe Truckina Copany purcheud the letkoaki
hndfill end chana-t the aite nea to leacoa Beiahta
Mr Harold Murtha the pruident and 01110er of the )lrthe
Truckinc copeny aDd the Laurel Perk Landfill in lauaatuck
ibullprovad the operatiDa conditione at the Landfi ll in aeveral waya
i ocludina repair of the ecce road and partial rearadbamp of the
vt elope Mixed unicipal and induatrial vuta cootiDUad to be
dhpoat of at the landfill Several leaal acti001 have been
initiated qainat the Beacon Beiahu operation by the Coanecticut
Departbullent of lnviroaental Protection (DIP) In 1972 1 the Divilioo
- of Water Copliaaee i ued an middotorder to the )lrtha Truckina lac
(Order lfo lOSS) requirba that
e) a hydroaeoloaic atudr of the Landfill be conducted end
b) atepa to elibullinate pollution ceuaecl by the landfill be iaplebullntad
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Fl-8101-10
J2 Site Hhtory - continued
In February of 1973 Order No 1055 vae rucinded by the DEP tlhn
it vu dhcovered that Murtha Truckina vu not the leael owner of
the Bucon Heiahte Order 1104 vae il8ued to replace Order 1055
identifyina Beacon Reiahta Inc (BHI) ae the ovnen of the landfill
The hydroaeoloaic inveltiaati on of the landfill vae cOllpleted under
Order 1104 1 however a pollution abateaent proar- vu never
iapleMnted
It haa been augeated by an official fro the Vater Coapliance
Unit that an active effort by the DEP Divhioa of Solid Vaate
Manaant to cloae the Beacon Heiahta Landfil l rulted in the lack
of enforceot actiOna by the Vater CCJ11Plience Unit
The Division of Solid Veet e iaaued Order Ito sw-69 to Bill in
Deceaber of 1975 Order Ito SV-69 directed Beacon Reiahta to cloae
within 270 daya and to iapleMnt r dial action to eliainate the
cau of pollutioa in adjacent vaterwaya It vu the Divhioa of
Solid Vutea poaition that the leacoo Beiahta Landfill operation
endaqered the around ead eurface vatere and vu reaponaible for
the eurfece vater containation in a etrebull belov the eite In
addition the Beacoa Reiahte ~peratioa bad expended into an adjacent
area trithout a DIP pen1i t The area of apaoaion vae dleracteriud
by a hiah vatcr table and ahellov bedrock reaultiDamp in hiah retaa
of leachate diecharae fro the lite
BBI appealed tha order and an edainhtrethe bearina renlted in
I odified order sv-69 beiDamp heu~ by the DP in lloveaber of 1976
bullw operatina and cloaure Plene vere approved by the DEP in
Septeaber of ~977 pen1ittina the Beacon Heiahte Landfill to reopen
and operate for epprodaately tvo yeare The aev pemit liaited the
bullol~ of vaate to be dhpoeed of oa lite forbade the dhpoaal of
liquid induetdal vaate and placed a ceiliq on the final elevation
contoure
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3 2 Site Rhto~y - co~tinued middot
Concurrent vith lead actionbull taken qainet 1181 by the
C~nnecticut DP middot the Inland Wetllnde Coaiuioo ileued a Ceaee and
Deeht Order to BHI for opentina within and pollutina a wetbnde
atreabull BHI defied the order 1 claiaing that t he landfill had been
operatinamp for 30 yean prior to the enactMnt of the 1974 vetlande ])
laahlation and vu therefore not eubject to rezuhtion The 0 3
Inland Wetlanda eo-hlion took BHI to court for violatina the Ceau ~Ill Zrltl
and D11iat Order In 1977 the cau vu thrCND out of court ~])n-ltO oz ])
In 1976 an ina pection conducted by the Division of Solid Waete -ltJ ~
Manaaeent revealed eevaral aeneral penit violltione 1 ineludioa the lt~
J diaprd of induetrial waite and the dilpoul of wute in
unauthorised areal Accordina to T Prepan of the Divilioo of 8 Solid Waate than riolationa ware aaver iav11tiaeted or enforced 0
The 1977 penit eat the final cloaure data for July 7 bull 1979
BBI appealed the teru of the panit in June 1979 1 raquaatiq a
reviled cootour plan The DEP heued a revhed coatour plan and
deaipated July 1 1979 11 the final cloeure date El failed to
at the daadliaa aDd the caee wu referred to the Attorney
Geaarala office for act ioa Jo actioo by the Attorney General hu
bn tOea to data BBI cloaed iD 1979 without atina the t ene of
the 1977 perait bullreeMnt Municipal aewenae fro Bethany
Connecticut ia pnaeotly beiaamp applied to areu of upoeed face
33 PllKAit SIT ACTIVITY
Tbe landfill operation at Beacoo Beiamphta baa bn charactariaed
bJ three different typea of vte diapoul
a) retuae-buniaa type diapoul (prior to 1970) i
b) non-burnina aioi- cover nitary landfill 1 and
c) a ainf- lift-thickneabull opention
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33 Pribullary Site Activity - continued
As indicated by ~il borinabull burnina vaa a priaary treatbullnt
f~r refuse prior to 1970 Althouah aome bullinibullal coverina of rafuu
did taka placenitary-type landfillina did not becce the oor at
the Beacon Reiamphta operation until after 1970 when the BHI
purchaaad the lite Accordinamp to an enaineerina brief iuued by
anaineer Richard Sullivan the Betkoaki operation vu ibullproved
aubatantially by Mlrtha Debrh alona the acce road end the
Hockanubull Brook Tributary vu re110ved or buried and the veat dope
vu naraded and aeedad to prevent eroaion Sullivan claibulld that
up to ah inchea of ioil whi ch vaa excavated fr the aita 0 vu
uaed to cover the active portion of the landfill daily A 1973
brief iuued by the Murtha Truckina Copany indicated that i n
addition to the ah inchaa of daily cover capleted areaa received
a final application of one and one-half feat of cover aoil
It b not known vbat the actual tonnaaa of vaate racah ed at the
Beacon Raiahu Landfi ll vaa however a 1972 report on the aolid and
liquid vaataa recehed by the Mlrtha owned landfillbull utiaat that
up to 107500 t0011 of aolid vaata and 46 tou of liquid vutu ware
dhpoaad Of per year A mP official indicated that a 1972
induatrial auney of waata aanaratora augaatad that up to one
bullillioa pllona per year of liquid waataa wra diapod of at the
HurtM laDdfilla
1be Beacon Baiah t a Landfill -ployad two individuah for
aupaniaion and the operation of ccepactioa aquiPMnt A u fleet of trucka OWDad by ttartha Trucldq handled laraa aanidpal aocl
induatrial contracta A at l tranafer atation waa eatabliahed at
the entrance of the landfill for public uaa to alibullinau traffie
probt Oft the landfill
34 SITE GEOLOCTBYDIOLOGY
fba laaeoa Reiahta landfill b located on the northvaat ad
aouthvaat alopu of a hill underain by a biahly fractured
auaen-anaiua identified by carr (1960) bullbull the undifferentiated
Bartlaod Pbratioo Seibert 0972) recorded the atrika and dip of
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~ CLASS bullAbull WATERSHED
[[[ill ~R~~ OF G~DWATE~ FAVORABILITY
BEACON HEIGHTS LANDFILL
PICUJ 4
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two fraetur~middotmiddot ~eu and obnrved a fra~ture fre~ueney in eaeh eet
ranaina fro three to fi~ feet bullin the joit eat etrikina M25-w and
25 feet in the Joint eet etrikina M5obullw A thin untle of atecial
till eompoeed of eand dey and eome bouldere oriainally covered
the bedroek on met of the eite Much of the oriainal till eurfaee
which ranaed betveeo 1-20 feet thick vee eanvated for cover
uterial reaultina in refueebedroek eootaet
Surhee drainaae ie to the aorthveet toward the Roekaaua Brook
en area with h iah aroundvater fav~rability (Piaure 3-4) ampurfeee
run-off ie rapid dJII to the eteep elopee of the landfill (16-25bull)
and the lov perweability of the predoainant eover aetarial
1be preeenee of refuee with low perbullubilitiee euch u rubber
plaetie end uh and the eteepneee of the tillrefueebedroek
eonteet ha reeulted in an extreaely rapid rete of aroundvater
80VeMnt throuah the landfill 1be eteepnen of elope and the
eatureticm of low perweebility aeh at the northveet ebaakaat
durinamp e period of baa rainfall in 1971 reeulted ia a eubetantiel
elope failure at that loeatifXl in 1972 (Pipre 3-2) the elope
failure reeulted in an atrty hiamph rete of eoatbullinated
aroundvater dieehar at the foot of the failure ecerp In addition
to aroundvater dieeharae obeerved at the Nee of the failure ecarp
e ditch that circled the landfill aloaa the vt and eouth
bounderiee drdned eubetantial quantitiee of leaehete to the oorth
toward the Rockan111 Brae tributary
Predicted aroundvater mvnt in bedrock ie alona fracture
boundariee and ie probable toward the northeut and northveet
35 BAZAIDS IDERTillD 01 ALLEGED
Leaal action teken by the DP Vater eoplianee Unit and Solid
Waete ~naaeaent Dideicm durina the 1970bull wee baeed priaarily oa
the eontainatioa of eurface water by typical leaehate conetituente
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J S Raurds Identified or Alleaed - continued
aucb u colifon~ lead phoaphatu md chlorid and the violation
of penit requireiHnta by the operatora The landfill and the
ditcharaina leachate h never been thorouahly invetiaated for the
preaence of tozic or haaardous aubstancea
A 1979 bullbullple of the surface water discharaina from the Bucon
Reiahta Landfill before confluence with the Rochnua Brook detectd
30 ppb colifom 110 ppb ethyl acetate 400 p pb bull th) l acetate and
30 ppb aethyl e thyl ket one Since the dhcha r p at t he u~linc
point pdurily reflects the 1urface draittaae fr011 the sit a aad
becau~ 1urfaca vatar b t likely to contain hi amph quanti t iu of
bull olatila contituen~a the pranca of llydrocarbons i n tha surface
draiup indicate bullch hiaher coacentratiou of oraanica in the
landfill mel the aroundvater dhcharai oa fr~ the landfill
Ia additioa1 the acon Heiahta Lendf ill b knOWD to hemiddot
accepted iDduatriel vaataa fr~ a Yariaty of 110urcaa Kaay of theaa
i Dduatri are knOVD to have aeoaratad haaardoua vaata
(8 SactiOil 4)
Piully1 the cootbullinati oa of prhata vella at the r ata
houaiq daYalop~~ent in laaccxa Falla hu been attributed by DIP to
the diapoaal of haurdoua vaataa oa Oak Driva vt a a that vera
oriainally deatioad to ba diapoaed of a t the l u con Beiaht a
Laadfill
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SCTIltM 4 - GENERATORS OF INDUSTRIAL WAST
The Connecticut Departbullnt of nviromHntal Protection and Hurtha 1 a
anainur Mr Richard Sullivan han identified at 1eaat aevan induatrhl
aeneratora that dhpoaed of vaate at the Mlrtha landfilla in acon Falla
and Hauaatuct Connecticut Of tbeae c01apaniea four haw been
identified aa aenaratora who diapoaed of vaate at the Beacon Raiahta
Landfill excluaively (Table 4-1)
Cenuatora of Vaate Diapoaed of at the Beacon Beiahta Landfill Beacon Palla Connecticut
(frOII 1972 DIP lnduatrial Vaate Survey)
Upjoha Cheical OilaBydrocarbooa 2500 aalyr lortb Baftll cr Chaical LiquidaBluda
end Solventa 72000 aalyr
Aratrona lubber Collpeay OilaBydrocerbooa 10000 aalyr Veat Raven cr Soheau 2 000 aalyr
Chbullical LiquidaSludaea 2000 aalyr Vaateveter treatat dudau 70000 aalyr
I P Goodrich Collpaoy Rubber 7000 tooayr Shelton cr Pleatica 400 tonayr
Oila ad Bydrocerbooa 340000 abulllyr Cheaical -liquidaSludaaa 78000 aalyr Vaatevater Sludaea 2000 toaayr Cheaical Solida SO tonayr
Uniroyal Footwear tubber 240 tooayr leacoa Falla CT Plaatica 240 tonayr
Oila and Hydrocarbonbull 5000 aalyr Solvaou 5000 aalyr
Zollo Drua UntoOWD UoknOWD Beacon Palla ~
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Section 4 Genenton - continued
Zollo Dru of Beacon Falh a haurdoua vuta broker and tranaporur b
1tnovn to have dhpod of vutea fro tvo of tba cc-paoiaa Anutrona
lubber and Upjoho Cheaical Copay at the Beacon Reiahta Landfill Zollo
Dna handlaa vut fro a variety of induatriea and it ia probable that
the vaatea froa An troaa lubber and Upjoho did not account for all ~ 3induatrial vaaua diapoaed of by Zollo at the Beacon Reiahta o~ration HID
Tabh 4-2 ideatifiea pnuatora of vuu handled by Zollo
1979 IZP perit application
TABLE 4-2 Genentora of Wa~ad by Zollo Dr~a
( atatad
ADco Pachaiq c_ny Stratford cr
A M lruniq Guilford cr
Chnical LaanaJ lranford cr
Diadon Vld Capany Stalampford cr
ri-t Corporation lridaaport cr
Guilford Gravure Guilford cr
Bicta a Otia lorvallt cr
B~apbray Oaaical lo Iavan cr
Perkin-llner Corporation lorvalk cr
liadoa Kanufacturina Co Daobury cr
on 1979 IZP perait eppticatlon)
Alcohol vaata
Diaao vaata
tank lioaa Water vaata taak cln out
Solvent vaate
Solvent vaata
lthyl acetate fonal propyl acetate ethyl alcohol a ~
laain 1 propyl acetate
Maleic ampDhydride oil naphtha iaoproponal thanol toluaoa bensane
Cuttina oil acatoaa cyclo hexane Mthanol lao octane toluene MEl
VC III
Lacquer thinner Chlorinated catechol __ Chlorinated quinena
4-2
Zfl u atated on HO
(1gt0 -lt0 oz gt -ltI HflltH
I 0-lt
g 0
25 druaayr 0
300 druaayr
400 druyr
10 druaayr
40 druaayr
200 druaayr
60 druaayr
300 drvaayr
250 druuyr
25 druaayr
75 drvaayr 100 druaayr
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Section 4 Gene-raton - continued
Prior to 1976 the leacoa Reiamphte landfill received waetee fro
Reliable Induetriel Waete Diepoul Company (RlllD) i n Beacon Palle
Accordins to DP pen~it epplicatione dated 197D-1973 the deaical wtea
hendled bJ UW were either incinerated or ahipped to appropriate diapoaal
hcilitia1 It ia known however that RIWD die pond of waat11 at aeveral
localitiu in the town of leacoa hlb durina the aid- to late-1960e A
waate diepoeal lite on Oak Drive reeulted in tha contbullinatioa of doampena of
private velb in the near vicinity with indutrial chnicala includiaamp
Chloroben1ene Ethyl ether o-Dichlorobenune Ace tOM p-Dich lorobenuae Methylene chloride Toluene Methyl ethyl ketone 111-TrichlOroethane Hexane Uni dentified 112 2-Tetrachloroethane
It h been recorded by DP that UWD und illeaal dhpoul eitaa i D leacoo
Pelle when weather or roM condition prohibi ted acceae to what vu thn
tbe letkoeki qp loduatriea urviced bJ IIWD include eeveral chnical
nufacturera (Table 4-3)
TAILI 4-3 Coeratora of Waata Bandied b ieibrToduatriel Vaate Die
leecon Pella Connect cut Urn 1973 DIP perwit apphcatioo)
Copany Cenaratina Vaete
Pfber eopaoy Acetone iaopropyl alcohol 4400 aalvk Croton cr Mthaool ather
Honeaoto Kett)aool alcohcl 4 000 ampalvk Indian Orchard tM
General Electric lridaeport cr
laybutoe Traneaieaioo oil 21so aat Stratford cr
Cowlu Copany Thinner middotWlknovn Rev haven Ct
Iorden Chaaical middot StJreoe 3300aatt Leoaiaater0 K
4-3
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Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
1be t recent inforution reaudiaa the dhpoul of induetrid vaeta
at the Bucon Reiahte Landfill vu obtained fro a 1976 inapectioo report
inuad by the Connecticut DIP Divhion of Solid Waata Manaaebullnt 1be
report vhich b deed January 7 1976 atatea that Zollo drua vu
unloadina aeated drwu urlted chebullical vaate DANCBR Plable Liquid 1
avoid akin contact aDd breathinamp fuaea bullbull tha vute duaped vu of two 3 ~ typ41 a) a dry earth like uterial he (the driver) aaid vu a filter Zll ~lgt
aedi~a aDd b) the other u noted bullbullbull middot In the report it b reported middot lt~gtn -lt0 oz
that he duaped vuta naularly fTc Upjoin in Worth Bavea lgt -ltI
1ba Upjohn Chnical CopaD) in Worth Raven b a bullanufacturer of ~ lt~
aynthatic oraanic chicala The priury Mthod of -nufacturinamp at Upjoha Io- be deacribed u batch- procauioa wh ich vou ld reault in a quantity of gvaata liquid aludae aDdor filter bulldiUII The vute pnerated at Up john o
would probably contai n lianificant quantitiu of the priury product 4 0
91daty of oraanic chicala includiDJ tho11 ud for pharaaceutical
0 productbull aDd herbicidu have Ha bullanufacturM by Opjobn in Worth Bavaa (Tabla 4-4)
Oraanic Cbbullicala uaufactund br Dpjohn Olbullical Copant North Bavan Coanact1Cut
(1919 Product Liat)
Banaophaaone lenaophenoaa technical-flaltad o-Chloroanilina Technical (OCA) D-300 Concentrate (4-aulfophthalic Acid) o-Diaahidi ne Dihydrochloride Dichlorobenddiae Dihydrochloride (DCI) 26-Dichloro-4-Mitroanilina (DCJU) DiethoXJacetophenone (DAP) 25- DiaethoXJbeaaaldehyde (DKB) Dioeaenia Diphenuid Technical (NN-Diaethyl-2 1 2-Diphenylacatbullide) bonate 1361 ( 33-Dibullthyl-4 4 -Diphenyl Dihocyanate) Pbotoaraphic Dye Intenediatea p Toluene Sulfonyl hocJUte (PTST)
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Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
In conclulion -bullHable date augeta that induatrhl vutee have
been dhpoud of at the Beacon B~iamphta and letltoeki Landfill bullby
a) leliable lnduatrhl Vaate Dbpoaal C011pany b) Zollo Dru c) Indu1triea contracted directly vith tlirthe Trucltina Inc
AlthouJb bullaoy induetrhl wute aeneraton dbpoeed of wute tbrouah
IIWD And Zollo Dnn1 only tvo of then coapeniea Upjoho and Arutrona
Rubber ere ~ to have had their vute dhpo1ed of at Beacon Reiahte ~t
pouibla hovner that other indu1tdal vute handled bJ IIWD and Zollo
Dru wu dhpo1ed of at Beacon Beiamphtbull
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SCTION S - IOOHKENDATIOHS
lgt laeed on tha deta _erbed in thie report it U recoended that 0
I ~mthe follawina actione be taken Zll ~lgt
-lt0 a) A full lite inveetiaatiou of the leacon Beiamphte Landfill ehould lgt
oz
-ltIbe conducted includina aonitoriaa of abiant air for volatile ~ oraanice eurface vatar aod leachate alinamp aod oil
lt~
~ un1bull g Private valle and eurfece water dovnaradient of the landfill
0
ehoulcl be eupled ~
0 c) lahtina qiaeeriaamp data includiq location ancl epecificatioo
of 110aitoriaa welle ehould be obteiaecl frCII tM awaer of Jucon
Raiahtbull acl rniewed
d) lnDVD iDduetrial waeta pneratore bullhould be inbullntiaeted to
cleterioe the approdaate quantit aDd epecific characterietice
of wete dhpoeed of at Beacon Beipte
e) A liet of all induetrial clientbull eerliced by Murtha TRcldaa and
the final diepoeitioa of their nate ehould be obtained froa the
CJWDit of Murtha tnlctiaa Inc for remiddotdw
f) All cvailabla bJdroaeoloaic data ahould be reviewed to detnaioe
the potential ipact on aroundvater frCII huardoua waeta at
leacOD Beiampbta
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_IP4f-nt1NC1 = 8
- barcode 559034
- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 559034
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SCTlON 2 - OBJCTlV
To conduct an off-eite invutiaation of the Beacon Heiahta Landfill
Site in order to locate evidence of contbullinetion identify ponibla
contbullinante and cleterine bullbullplina locatione
2-1
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SECTIDII 3 - IACJGROUND
3 1 SID DESCRIPTIOR
lbe Beacon Beiamphta bndfill occupiu E 83-acu dte approxiutely
one and one-half ail ea1t of Connecticut Rout e 8 in Beecoo Pallt
Connecticut (Piaure 3-1) Tbe landfill operation ia located alona
the northve1t alope and cu1t of a larabull hill aouth of Blackberry
load and veat of Skokorat Road (Piaure 3-2) Relief of the Beacon
Reiahta landfill ia cterate to hiamph ranainc fro 500 feet KSL at
the ve1tern edae of the aite to 650 feet tEL at the creat of the
hill (Pleura 3-3) Surface drainaae ia to tM nonhve1t toward the
Bockanbull Brook vaterahed wtlicb parallela Route 42 eaat of Skokorat
lotid The Bockanua lrook dhcharaaa to the Wauaatudt River 1outh of
leecoa Palla Cnte r (Piaure 3-3) the proputy barderina the hacon
Beiahta landfill alona Skokorat Roat and Blackberry Road ia aparly
populated A few hoM1 are located aortb and wet of the landfill
near the entrance aate on llackbal load Landacapinc ia eatanahe
erouDcl the pedaetar of the aita prohibitina a d ear view of the
landfi ll frca public roada VaaetatiOII in the vicinity of the
laoclfill appaara to be hlthy Acce to the landfill h frc
llackbal Road de a partially paved roed th_at utenda frca t he
entrance located in the northeaat to the IIOUthveet bullrain of the
aite (Pipre 3-2) A locktd aete at tbe entrance baa prohibited
qbicular acceu to the landfill eince 1979
32 lltl BISTOIY
Prior to 1970 the Beacon Reiahte Landfill -~ known aa
Betlroaki bull o~ dUIIP bull Accordiq to a Connecticut Vater luourcea
C-baioa ln1pectioa Report in 1970 the letlroaki duap operated
3-1
0 bull iJ PlCUU 1 SID LOCATION
ICALE IN JotiLU
- middot~middot ARE~ OfSnJ~ middot i bull __
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middot1 0 1000 2000
FEET
BEACON HEIGHTS DISPOSAL AREAmiddot SITE PLAN
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BEACON HEIGHTS DISPOSAL AREA- SURFACE ELEVATIONS AND DRAINAGE MAP nigtii3
__ SURFACE DRAINAGE
[J STUDY AREA 0 1000 2000 3000
~~ ACTUAL LANDFILLING AREA FEET
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J2 Site History - continued
intenittently for epproxibullndy SO yun wte dhpoul vaa not
reaulued end aoil characte~btica on aite augelt that traah v
frequently burned 196S rial photoarapha indicate that dumpina
occurred pribullarily elona the northveat elope of what il now Beacon
Rdahta ne 196S aerial photoanpha allo indicate n atreMly p
ateep ebullbanlulent a fev hundred feet aouthveat of the Blackberry load t 0
Hfll entrance and approdutdy SO feet aouth of a u tributuy to zm
HP the Rockanubull Brook (Piaun J-2) Several bullbullall poo le of liquid were -lt0 ozoburved 110utheaat of the bullbankMnt pouibly i ndice t ina that the p
-ltJ aoila at thia middot location hve low peneabilitiea Soil borinabull Hl1
ltH conducted i n 1970 elona the northvu t elope indicate the preaence of J
0-ltaubatantial quantiti~ of aah eod aeverel layers of ibullpereable
g refuae auch u rubber Photoarapha taken at the dup in 196J
indicate the preaence of non(npacted vaate includinc drua eurol Available data indicat that the letkoaki refuaa area accepted a
variety of weate includi111 induatrht chnicab end aludaea
In 1970 the )lrthe Truckina Copany purcheud the letkoaki
hndfill end chana-t the aite nea to leacoa Beiahta
Mr Harold Murtha the pruident and 01110er of the )lrthe
Truckinc copeny aDd the Laurel Perk Landfill in lauaatuck
ibullprovad the operatiDa conditione at the Landfi ll in aeveral waya
i ocludina repair of the ecce road and partial rearadbamp of the
vt elope Mixed unicipal and induatrial vuta cootiDUad to be
dhpoat of at the landfill Several leaal acti001 have been
initiated qainat the Beacon Beiahu operation by the Coanecticut
Departbullent of lnviroaental Protection (DIP) In 1972 1 the Divilioo
- of Water Copliaaee i ued an middotorder to the )lrtha Truckina lac
(Order lfo lOSS) requirba that
e) a hydroaeoloaic atudr of the Landfill be conducted end
b) atepa to elibullinate pollution ceuaecl by the landfill be iaplebullntad
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J2 Site Hhtory - continued
In February of 1973 Order No 1055 vae rucinded by the DEP tlhn
it vu dhcovered that Murtha Truckina vu not the leael owner of
the Bucon Heiahte Order 1104 vae il8ued to replace Order 1055
identifyina Beacon Reiahta Inc (BHI) ae the ovnen of the landfill
The hydroaeoloaic inveltiaati on of the landfill vae cOllpleted under
Order 1104 1 however a pollution abateaent proar- vu never
iapleMnted
It haa been augeated by an official fro the Vater Coapliance
Unit that an active effort by the DEP Divhioa of Solid Vaate
Manaant to cloae the Beacon Heiahta Landfil l rulted in the lack
of enforceot actiOna by the Vater CCJ11Plience Unit
The Division of Solid Veet e iaaued Order Ito sw-69 to Bill in
Deceaber of 1975 Order Ito SV-69 directed Beacon Reiahta to cloae
within 270 daya and to iapleMnt r dial action to eliainate the
cau of pollutioa in adjacent vaterwaya It vu the Divhioa of
Solid Vutea poaition that the leacoo Beiahta Landfill operation
endaqered the around ead eurface vatere and vu reaponaible for
the eurfece vater containation in a etrebull belov the eite In
addition the Beacoa Reiahte ~peratioa bad expended into an adjacent
area trithout a DIP pen1i t The area of apaoaion vae dleracteriud
by a hiah vatcr table and ahellov bedrock reaultiDamp in hiah retaa
of leachate diecharae fro the lite
BBI appealed tha order and an edainhtrethe bearina renlted in
I odified order sv-69 beiDamp heu~ by the DP in lloveaber of 1976
bullw operatina and cloaure Plene vere approved by the DEP in
Septeaber of ~977 pen1ittina the Beacon Heiahte Landfill to reopen
and operate for epprodaately tvo yeare The aev pemit liaited the
bullol~ of vaate to be dhpoeed of oa lite forbade the dhpoaal of
liquid induetdal vaate and placed a ceiliq on the final elevation
contoure
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3 2 Site Rhto~y - co~tinued middot
Concurrent vith lead actionbull taken qainet 1181 by the
C~nnecticut DP middot the Inland Wetllnde Coaiuioo ileued a Ceaee and
Deeht Order to BHI for opentina within and pollutina a wetbnde
atreabull BHI defied the order 1 claiaing that t he landfill had been
operatinamp for 30 yean prior to the enactMnt of the 1974 vetlande ])
laahlation and vu therefore not eubject to rezuhtion The 0 3
Inland Wetlanda eo-hlion took BHI to court for violatina the Ceau ~Ill Zrltl
and D11iat Order In 1977 the cau vu thrCND out of court ~])n-ltO oz ])
In 1976 an ina pection conducted by the Division of Solid Waete -ltJ ~
Manaaeent revealed eevaral aeneral penit violltione 1 ineludioa the lt~
J diaprd of induetrial waite and the dilpoul of wute in
unauthorised areal Accordina to T Prepan of the Divilioo of 8 Solid Waate than riolationa ware aaver iav11tiaeted or enforced 0
The 1977 penit eat the final cloaure data for July 7 bull 1979
BBI appealed the teru of the panit in June 1979 1 raquaatiq a
reviled cootour plan The DEP heued a revhed coatour plan and
deaipated July 1 1979 11 the final cloeure date El failed to
at the daadliaa aDd the caee wu referred to the Attorney
Geaarala office for act ioa Jo actioo by the Attorney General hu
bn tOea to data BBI cloaed iD 1979 without atina the t ene of
the 1977 perait bullreeMnt Municipal aewenae fro Bethany
Connecticut ia pnaeotly beiaamp applied to areu of upoeed face
33 PllKAit SIT ACTIVITY
Tbe landfill operation at Beacoo Beiamphta baa bn charactariaed
bJ three different typea of vte diapoul
a) retuae-buniaa type diapoul (prior to 1970) i
b) non-burnina aioi- cover nitary landfill 1 and
c) a ainf- lift-thickneabull opention
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33 Pribullary Site Activity - continued
As indicated by ~il borinabull burnina vaa a priaary treatbullnt
f~r refuse prior to 1970 Althouah aome bullinibullal coverina of rafuu
did taka placenitary-type landfillina did not becce the oor at
the Beacon Reiamphta operation until after 1970 when the BHI
purchaaad the lite Accordinamp to an enaineerina brief iuued by
anaineer Richard Sullivan the Betkoaki operation vu ibullproved
aubatantially by Mlrtha Debrh alona the acce road end the
Hockanubull Brook Tributary vu re110ved or buried and the veat dope
vu naraded and aeedad to prevent eroaion Sullivan claibulld that
up to ah inchea of ioil whi ch vaa excavated fr the aita 0 vu
uaed to cover the active portion of the landfill daily A 1973
brief iuued by the Murtha Truckina Copany indicated that i n
addition to the ah inchaa of daily cover capleted areaa received
a final application of one and one-half feat of cover aoil
It b not known vbat the actual tonnaaa of vaate racah ed at the
Beacon Raiahu Landfi ll vaa however a 1972 report on the aolid and
liquid vaataa recehed by the Mlrtha owned landfillbull utiaat that
up to 107500 t0011 of aolid vaata and 46 tou of liquid vutu ware
dhpoaad Of per year A mP official indicated that a 1972
induatrial auney of waata aanaratora augaatad that up to one
bullillioa pllona per year of liquid waataa wra diapod of at the
HurtM laDdfilla
1be Beacon Baiah t a Landfill -ployad two individuah for
aupaniaion and the operation of ccepactioa aquiPMnt A u fleet of trucka OWDad by ttartha Trucldq handled laraa aanidpal aocl
induatrial contracta A at l tranafer atation waa eatabliahed at
the entrance of the landfill for public uaa to alibullinau traffie
probt Oft the landfill
34 SITE GEOLOCTBYDIOLOGY
fba laaeoa Reiahta landfill b located on the northvaat ad
aouthvaat alopu of a hill underain by a biahly fractured
auaen-anaiua identified by carr (1960) bullbull the undifferentiated
Bartlaod Pbratioo Seibert 0972) recorded the atrika and dip of
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~ CLASS bullAbull WATERSHED
[[[ill ~R~~ OF G~DWATE~ FAVORABILITY
BEACON HEIGHTS LANDFILL
PICUJ 4
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two fraetur~middotmiddot ~eu and obnrved a fra~ture fre~ueney in eaeh eet
ranaina fro three to fi~ feet bullin the joit eat etrikina M25-w and
25 feet in the Joint eet etrikina M5obullw A thin untle of atecial
till eompoeed of eand dey and eome bouldere oriainally covered
the bedroek on met of the eite Much of the oriainal till eurfaee
which ranaed betveeo 1-20 feet thick vee eanvated for cover
uterial reaultina in refueebedroek eootaet
Surhee drainaae ie to the aorthveet toward the Roekaaua Brook
en area with h iah aroundvater fav~rability (Piaure 3-4) ampurfeee
run-off ie rapid dJII to the eteep elopee of the landfill (16-25bull)
and the lov perweability of the predoainant eover aetarial
1be preeenee of refuee with low perbullubilitiee euch u rubber
plaetie end uh and the eteepneee of the tillrefueebedroek
eonteet ha reeulted in an extreaely rapid rete of aroundvater
80VeMnt throuah the landfill 1be eteepnen of elope and the
eatureticm of low perweebility aeh at the northveet ebaakaat
durinamp e period of baa rainfall in 1971 reeulted ia a eubetantiel
elope failure at that loeatifXl in 1972 (Pipre 3-2) the elope
failure reeulted in an atrty hiamph rete of eoatbullinated
aroundvater dieehar at the foot of the failure ecerp In addition
to aroundvater dieeharae obeerved at the Nee of the failure ecarp
e ditch that circled the landfill aloaa the vt and eouth
bounderiee drdned eubetantial quantitiee of leaehete to the oorth
toward the Rockan111 Brae tributary
Predicted aroundvater mvnt in bedrock ie alona fracture
boundariee and ie probable toward the northeut and northveet
35 BAZAIDS IDERTillD 01 ALLEGED
Leaal action teken by the DP Vater eoplianee Unit and Solid
Waete ~naaeaent Dideicm durina the 1970bull wee baeed priaarily oa
the eontainatioa of eurface water by typical leaehate conetituente
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J S Raurds Identified or Alleaed - continued
aucb u colifon~ lead phoaphatu md chlorid and the violation
of penit requireiHnta by the operatora The landfill and the
ditcharaina leachate h never been thorouahly invetiaated for the
preaence of tozic or haaardous aubstancea
A 1979 bullbullple of the surface water discharaina from the Bucon
Reiahta Landfill before confluence with the Rochnua Brook detectd
30 ppb colifom 110 ppb ethyl acetate 400 p pb bull th) l acetate and
30 ppb aethyl e thyl ket one Since the dhcha r p at t he u~linc
point pdurily reflects the 1urface draittaae fr011 the sit a aad
becau~ 1urfaca vatar b t likely to contain hi amph quanti t iu of
bull olatila contituen~a the pranca of llydrocarbons i n tha surface
draiup indicate bullch hiaher coacentratiou of oraanica in the
landfill mel the aroundvater dhcharai oa fr~ the landfill
Ia additioa1 the acon Heiahta Lendf ill b knOWD to hemiddot
accepted iDduatriel vaataa fr~ a Yariaty of 110urcaa Kaay of theaa
i Dduatri are knOVD to have aeoaratad haaardoua vaata
(8 SactiOil 4)
Piully1 the cootbullinati oa of prhata vella at the r ata
houaiq daYalop~~ent in laaccxa Falla hu been attributed by DIP to
the diapoaal of haurdoua vaataa oa Oak Driva vt a a that vera
oriainally deatioad to ba diapoaed of a t the l u con Beiaht a
Laadfill
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SCTIltM 4 - GENERATORS OF INDUSTRIAL WAST
The Connecticut Departbullnt of nviromHntal Protection and Hurtha 1 a
anainur Mr Richard Sullivan han identified at 1eaat aevan induatrhl
aeneratora that dhpoaed of vaate at the Mlrtha landfilla in acon Falla
and Hauaatuct Connecticut Of tbeae c01apaniea four haw been
identified aa aenaratora who diapoaed of vaate at the Beacon Raiahta
Landfill excluaively (Table 4-1)
Cenuatora of Vaate Diapoaed of at the Beacon Beiahta Landfill Beacon Palla Connecticut
(frOII 1972 DIP lnduatrial Vaate Survey)
Upjoha Cheical OilaBydrocarbooa 2500 aalyr lortb Baftll cr Chaical LiquidaBluda
end Solventa 72000 aalyr
Aratrona lubber Collpeay OilaBydrocerbooa 10000 aalyr Veat Raven cr Soheau 2 000 aalyr
Chbullical LiquidaSludaea 2000 aalyr Vaateveter treatat dudau 70000 aalyr
I P Goodrich Collpaoy Rubber 7000 tooayr Shelton cr Pleatica 400 tonayr
Oila ad Bydrocerbooa 340000 abulllyr Cheaical -liquidaSludaaa 78000 aalyr Vaatevater Sludaea 2000 toaayr Cheaical Solida SO tonayr
Uniroyal Footwear tubber 240 tooayr leacoa Falla CT Plaatica 240 tonayr
Oila and Hydrocarbonbull 5000 aalyr Solvaou 5000 aalyr
Zollo Drua UntoOWD UoknOWD Beacon Palla ~
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Section 4 Genenton - continued
Zollo Dru of Beacon Falh a haurdoua vuta broker and tranaporur b
1tnovn to have dhpod of vutea fro tvo of tba cc-paoiaa Anutrona
lubber and Upjoho Cheaical Copay at the Beacon Reiahta Landfill Zollo
Dna handlaa vut fro a variety of induatriea and it ia probable that
the vaatea froa An troaa lubber and Upjoho did not account for all ~ 3induatrial vaaua diapoaed of by Zollo at the Beacon Reiahta o~ration HID
Tabh 4-2 ideatifiea pnuatora of vuu handled by Zollo
1979 IZP perit application
TABLE 4-2 Genentora of Wa~ad by Zollo Dr~a
( atatad
ADco Pachaiq c_ny Stratford cr
A M lruniq Guilford cr
Chnical LaanaJ lranford cr
Diadon Vld Capany Stalampford cr
ri-t Corporation lridaaport cr
Guilford Gravure Guilford cr
Bicta a Otia lorvallt cr
B~apbray Oaaical lo Iavan cr
Perkin-llner Corporation lorvalk cr
liadoa Kanufacturina Co Daobury cr
on 1979 IZP perait eppticatlon)
Alcohol vaata
Diaao vaata
tank lioaa Water vaata taak cln out
Solvent vaate
Solvent vaata
lthyl acetate fonal propyl acetate ethyl alcohol a ~
laain 1 propyl acetate
Maleic ampDhydride oil naphtha iaoproponal thanol toluaoa bensane
Cuttina oil acatoaa cyclo hexane Mthanol lao octane toluene MEl
VC III
Lacquer thinner Chlorinated catechol __ Chlorinated quinena
4-2
Zfl u atated on HO
(1gt0 -lt0 oz gt -ltI HflltH
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g 0
25 druaayr 0
300 druaayr
400 druyr
10 druaayr
40 druaayr
200 druaayr
60 druaayr
300 drvaayr
250 druuyr
25 druaayr
75 drvaayr 100 druaayr
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Section 4 Gene-raton - continued
Prior to 1976 the leacoa Reiamphte landfill received waetee fro
Reliable Induetriel Waete Diepoul Company (RlllD) i n Beacon Palle
Accordins to DP pen~it epplicatione dated 197D-1973 the deaical wtea
hendled bJ UW were either incinerated or ahipped to appropriate diapoaal
hcilitia1 It ia known however that RIWD die pond of waat11 at aeveral
localitiu in the town of leacoa hlb durina the aid- to late-1960e A
waate diepoeal lite on Oak Drive reeulted in tha contbullinatioa of doampena of
private velb in the near vicinity with indutrial chnicala includiaamp
Chloroben1ene Ethyl ether o-Dichlorobenune Ace tOM p-Dich lorobenuae Methylene chloride Toluene Methyl ethyl ketone 111-TrichlOroethane Hexane Uni dentified 112 2-Tetrachloroethane
It h been recorded by DP that UWD und illeaal dhpoul eitaa i D leacoo
Pelle when weather or roM condition prohibi ted acceae to what vu thn
tbe letkoeki qp loduatriea urviced bJ IIWD include eeveral chnical
nufacturera (Table 4-3)
TAILI 4-3 Coeratora of Waata Bandied b ieibrToduatriel Vaate Die
leecon Pella Connect cut Urn 1973 DIP perwit apphcatioo)
Copany Cenaratina Vaete
Pfber eopaoy Acetone iaopropyl alcohol 4400 aalvk Croton cr Mthaool ather
Honeaoto Kett)aool alcohcl 4 000 ampalvk Indian Orchard tM
General Electric lridaeport cr
laybutoe Traneaieaioo oil 21so aat Stratford cr
Cowlu Copany Thinner middotWlknovn Rev haven Ct
Iorden Chaaical middot StJreoe 3300aatt Leoaiaater0 K
4-3
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Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
1be t recent inforution reaudiaa the dhpoul of induetrid vaeta
at the Bucon Reiahte Landfill vu obtained fro a 1976 inapectioo report
inuad by the Connecticut DIP Divhion of Solid Waata Manaaebullnt 1be
report vhich b deed January 7 1976 atatea that Zollo drua vu
unloadina aeated drwu urlted chebullical vaate DANCBR Plable Liquid 1
avoid akin contact aDd breathinamp fuaea bullbull tha vute duaped vu of two 3 ~ typ41 a) a dry earth like uterial he (the driver) aaid vu a filter Zll ~lgt
aedi~a aDd b) the other u noted bullbullbull middot In the report it b reported middot lt~gtn -lt0 oz
that he duaped vuta naularly fTc Upjoin in Worth Bavea lgt -ltI
1ba Upjohn Chnical CopaD) in Worth Raven b a bullanufacturer of ~ lt~
aynthatic oraanic chicala The priury Mthod of -nufacturinamp at Upjoha Io- be deacribed u batch- procauioa wh ich vou ld reault in a quantity of gvaata liquid aludae aDdor filter bulldiUII The vute pnerated at Up john o
would probably contai n lianificant quantitiu of the priury product 4 0
91daty of oraanic chicala includiDJ tho11 ud for pharaaceutical
0 productbull aDd herbicidu have Ha bullanufacturM by Opjobn in Worth Bavaa (Tabla 4-4)
Oraanic Cbbullicala uaufactund br Dpjohn Olbullical Copant North Bavan Coanact1Cut
(1919 Product Liat)
Banaophaaone lenaophenoaa technical-flaltad o-Chloroanilina Technical (OCA) D-300 Concentrate (4-aulfophthalic Acid) o-Diaahidi ne Dihydrochloride Dichlorobenddiae Dihydrochloride (DCI) 26-Dichloro-4-Mitroanilina (DCJU) DiethoXJacetophenone (DAP) 25- DiaethoXJbeaaaldehyde (DKB) Dioeaenia Diphenuid Technical (NN-Diaethyl-2 1 2-Diphenylacatbullide) bonate 1361 ( 33-Dibullthyl-4 4 -Diphenyl Dihocyanate) Pbotoaraphic Dye Intenediatea p Toluene Sulfonyl hocJUte (PTST)
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Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
In conclulion -bullHable date augeta that induatrhl vutee have
been dhpoud of at the Beacon B~iamphta and letltoeki Landfill bullby
a) leliable lnduatrhl Vaate Dbpoaal C011pany b) Zollo Dru c) Indu1triea contracted directly vith tlirthe Trucltina Inc
AlthouJb bullaoy induetrhl wute aeneraton dbpoeed of wute tbrouah
IIWD And Zollo Dnn1 only tvo of then coapeniea Upjoho and Arutrona
Rubber ere ~ to have had their vute dhpo1ed of at Beacon Reiahte ~t
pouibla hovner that other indu1tdal vute handled bJ IIWD and Zollo
Dru wu dhpo1ed of at Beacon Beiamphtbull
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SCTION S - IOOHKENDATIOHS
lgt laeed on tha deta _erbed in thie report it U recoended that 0
I ~mthe follawina actione be taken Zll ~lgt
-lt0 a) A full lite inveetiaatiou of the leacon Beiamphte Landfill ehould lgt
oz
-ltIbe conducted includina aonitoriaa of abiant air for volatile ~ oraanice eurface vatar aod leachate alinamp aod oil
lt~
~ un1bull g Private valle and eurfece water dovnaradient of the landfill
0
ehoulcl be eupled ~
0 c) lahtina qiaeeriaamp data includiq location ancl epecificatioo
of 110aitoriaa welle ehould be obteiaecl frCII tM awaer of Jucon
Raiahtbull acl rniewed
d) lnDVD iDduetrial waeta pneratore bullhould be inbullntiaeted to
cleterioe the approdaate quantit aDd epecific characterietice
of wete dhpoeed of at Beacon Beipte
e) A liet of all induetrial clientbull eerliced by Murtha TRcldaa and
the final diepoeitioa of their nate ehould be obtained froa the
CJWDit of Murtha tnlctiaa Inc for remiddotdw
f) All cvailabla bJdroaeoloaic data ahould be reviewed to detnaioe
the potential ipact on aroundvater frCII huardoua waeta at
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- barcode 559034
- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 559034
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SECTIDII 3 - IACJGROUND
3 1 SID DESCRIPTIOR
lbe Beacon Beiamphta bndfill occupiu E 83-acu dte approxiutely
one and one-half ail ea1t of Connecticut Rout e 8 in Beecoo Pallt
Connecticut (Piaure 3-1) Tbe landfill operation ia located alona
the northve1t alope and cu1t of a larabull hill aouth of Blackberry
load and veat of Skokorat Road (Piaure 3-2) Relief of the Beacon
Reiahta landfill ia cterate to hiamph ranainc fro 500 feet KSL at
the ve1tern edae of the aite to 650 feet tEL at the creat of the
hill (Pleura 3-3) Surface drainaae ia to tM nonhve1t toward the
Bockanbull Brook vaterahed wtlicb parallela Route 42 eaat of Skokorat
lotid The Bockanua lrook dhcharaaa to the Wauaatudt River 1outh of
leecoa Palla Cnte r (Piaure 3-3) the proputy barderina the hacon
Beiahta landfill alona Skokorat Roat and Blackberry Road ia aparly
populated A few hoM1 are located aortb and wet of the landfill
near the entrance aate on llackbal load Landacapinc ia eatanahe
erouDcl the pedaetar of the aita prohibitina a d ear view of the
landfi ll frca public roada VaaetatiOII in the vicinity of the
laoclfill appaara to be hlthy Acce to the landfill h frc
llackbal Road de a partially paved roed th_at utenda frca t he
entrance located in the northeaat to the IIOUthveet bullrain of the
aite (Pipre 3-2) A locktd aete at tbe entrance baa prohibited
qbicular acceu to the landfill eince 1979
32 lltl BISTOIY
Prior to 1970 the Beacon Reiahte Landfill -~ known aa
Betlroaki bull o~ dUIIP bull Accordiq to a Connecticut Vater luourcea
C-baioa ln1pectioa Report in 1970 the letlroaki duap operated
3-1
0 bull iJ PlCUU 1 SID LOCATION
ICALE IN JotiLU
- middot~middot ARE~ OfSnJ~ middot i bull __
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__ SURFACE DRAINAGE
[J STUDY AREA 0 1000 2000 3000
~~ ACTUAL LANDFILLING AREA FEET
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J2 Site History - continued
intenittently for epproxibullndy SO yun wte dhpoul vaa not
reaulued end aoil characte~btica on aite augelt that traah v
frequently burned 196S rial photoarapha indicate that dumpina
occurred pribullarily elona the northveat elope of what il now Beacon
Rdahta ne 196S aerial photoanpha allo indicate n atreMly p
ateep ebullbanlulent a fev hundred feet aouthveat of the Blackberry load t 0
Hfll entrance and approdutdy SO feet aouth of a u tributuy to zm
HP the Rockanubull Brook (Piaun J-2) Several bullbullall poo le of liquid were -lt0 ozoburved 110utheaat of the bullbankMnt pouibly i ndice t ina that the p
-ltJ aoila at thia middot location hve low peneabilitiea Soil borinabull Hl1
ltH conducted i n 1970 elona the northvu t elope indicate the preaence of J
0-ltaubatantial quantiti~ of aah eod aeverel layers of ibullpereable
g refuae auch u rubber Photoarapha taken at the dup in 196J
indicate the preaence of non(npacted vaate includinc drua eurol Available data indicat that the letkoaki refuaa area accepted a
variety of weate includi111 induatrht chnicab end aludaea
In 1970 the )lrthe Truckina Copany purcheud the letkoaki
hndfill end chana-t the aite nea to leacoa Beiahta
Mr Harold Murtha the pruident and 01110er of the )lrthe
Truckinc copeny aDd the Laurel Perk Landfill in lauaatuck
ibullprovad the operatiDa conditione at the Landfi ll in aeveral waya
i ocludina repair of the ecce road and partial rearadbamp of the
vt elope Mixed unicipal and induatrial vuta cootiDUad to be
dhpoat of at the landfill Several leaal acti001 have been
initiated qainat the Beacon Beiahu operation by the Coanecticut
Departbullent of lnviroaental Protection (DIP) In 1972 1 the Divilioo
- of Water Copliaaee i ued an middotorder to the )lrtha Truckina lac
(Order lfo lOSS) requirba that
e) a hydroaeoloaic atudr of the Landfill be conducted end
b) atepa to elibullinate pollution ceuaecl by the landfill be iaplebullntad
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J2 Site Hhtory - continued
In February of 1973 Order No 1055 vae rucinded by the DEP tlhn
it vu dhcovered that Murtha Truckina vu not the leael owner of
the Bucon Heiahte Order 1104 vae il8ued to replace Order 1055
identifyina Beacon Reiahta Inc (BHI) ae the ovnen of the landfill
The hydroaeoloaic inveltiaati on of the landfill vae cOllpleted under
Order 1104 1 however a pollution abateaent proar- vu never
iapleMnted
It haa been augeated by an official fro the Vater Coapliance
Unit that an active effort by the DEP Divhioa of Solid Vaate
Manaant to cloae the Beacon Heiahta Landfil l rulted in the lack
of enforceot actiOna by the Vater CCJ11Plience Unit
The Division of Solid Veet e iaaued Order Ito sw-69 to Bill in
Deceaber of 1975 Order Ito SV-69 directed Beacon Reiahta to cloae
within 270 daya and to iapleMnt r dial action to eliainate the
cau of pollutioa in adjacent vaterwaya It vu the Divhioa of
Solid Vutea poaition that the leacoo Beiahta Landfill operation
endaqered the around ead eurface vatere and vu reaponaible for
the eurfece vater containation in a etrebull belov the eite In
addition the Beacoa Reiahte ~peratioa bad expended into an adjacent
area trithout a DIP pen1i t The area of apaoaion vae dleracteriud
by a hiah vatcr table and ahellov bedrock reaultiDamp in hiah retaa
of leachate diecharae fro the lite
BBI appealed tha order and an edainhtrethe bearina renlted in
I odified order sv-69 beiDamp heu~ by the DP in lloveaber of 1976
bullw operatina and cloaure Plene vere approved by the DEP in
Septeaber of ~977 pen1ittina the Beacon Heiahte Landfill to reopen
and operate for epprodaately tvo yeare The aev pemit liaited the
bullol~ of vaate to be dhpoeed of oa lite forbade the dhpoaal of
liquid induetdal vaate and placed a ceiliq on the final elevation
contoure
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3 2 Site Rhto~y - co~tinued middot
Concurrent vith lead actionbull taken qainet 1181 by the
C~nnecticut DP middot the Inland Wetllnde Coaiuioo ileued a Ceaee and
Deeht Order to BHI for opentina within and pollutina a wetbnde
atreabull BHI defied the order 1 claiaing that t he landfill had been
operatinamp for 30 yean prior to the enactMnt of the 1974 vetlande ])
laahlation and vu therefore not eubject to rezuhtion The 0 3
Inland Wetlanda eo-hlion took BHI to court for violatina the Ceau ~Ill Zrltl
and D11iat Order In 1977 the cau vu thrCND out of court ~])n-ltO oz ])
In 1976 an ina pection conducted by the Division of Solid Waete -ltJ ~
Manaaeent revealed eevaral aeneral penit violltione 1 ineludioa the lt~
J diaprd of induetrial waite and the dilpoul of wute in
unauthorised areal Accordina to T Prepan of the Divilioo of 8 Solid Waate than riolationa ware aaver iav11tiaeted or enforced 0
The 1977 penit eat the final cloaure data for July 7 bull 1979
BBI appealed the teru of the panit in June 1979 1 raquaatiq a
reviled cootour plan The DEP heued a revhed coatour plan and
deaipated July 1 1979 11 the final cloeure date El failed to
at the daadliaa aDd the caee wu referred to the Attorney
Geaarala office for act ioa Jo actioo by the Attorney General hu
bn tOea to data BBI cloaed iD 1979 without atina the t ene of
the 1977 perait bullreeMnt Municipal aewenae fro Bethany
Connecticut ia pnaeotly beiaamp applied to areu of upoeed face
33 PllKAit SIT ACTIVITY
Tbe landfill operation at Beacoo Beiamphta baa bn charactariaed
bJ three different typea of vte diapoul
a) retuae-buniaa type diapoul (prior to 1970) i
b) non-burnina aioi- cover nitary landfill 1 and
c) a ainf- lift-thickneabull opention
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33 Pribullary Site Activity - continued
As indicated by ~il borinabull burnina vaa a priaary treatbullnt
f~r refuse prior to 1970 Althouah aome bullinibullal coverina of rafuu
did taka placenitary-type landfillina did not becce the oor at
the Beacon Reiamphta operation until after 1970 when the BHI
purchaaad the lite Accordinamp to an enaineerina brief iuued by
anaineer Richard Sullivan the Betkoaki operation vu ibullproved
aubatantially by Mlrtha Debrh alona the acce road end the
Hockanubull Brook Tributary vu re110ved or buried and the veat dope
vu naraded and aeedad to prevent eroaion Sullivan claibulld that
up to ah inchea of ioil whi ch vaa excavated fr the aita 0 vu
uaed to cover the active portion of the landfill daily A 1973
brief iuued by the Murtha Truckina Copany indicated that i n
addition to the ah inchaa of daily cover capleted areaa received
a final application of one and one-half feat of cover aoil
It b not known vbat the actual tonnaaa of vaate racah ed at the
Beacon Raiahu Landfi ll vaa however a 1972 report on the aolid and
liquid vaataa recehed by the Mlrtha owned landfillbull utiaat that
up to 107500 t0011 of aolid vaata and 46 tou of liquid vutu ware
dhpoaad Of per year A mP official indicated that a 1972
induatrial auney of waata aanaratora augaatad that up to one
bullillioa pllona per year of liquid waataa wra diapod of at the
HurtM laDdfilla
1be Beacon Baiah t a Landfill -ployad two individuah for
aupaniaion and the operation of ccepactioa aquiPMnt A u fleet of trucka OWDad by ttartha Trucldq handled laraa aanidpal aocl
induatrial contracta A at l tranafer atation waa eatabliahed at
the entrance of the landfill for public uaa to alibullinau traffie
probt Oft the landfill
34 SITE GEOLOCTBYDIOLOGY
fba laaeoa Reiahta landfill b located on the northvaat ad
aouthvaat alopu of a hill underain by a biahly fractured
auaen-anaiua identified by carr (1960) bullbull the undifferentiated
Bartlaod Pbratioo Seibert 0972) recorded the atrika and dip of
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~ CLASS bullAbull WATERSHED
[[[ill ~R~~ OF G~DWATE~ FAVORABILITY
BEACON HEIGHTS LANDFILL
PICUJ 4
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two fraetur~middotmiddot ~eu and obnrved a fra~ture fre~ueney in eaeh eet
ranaina fro three to fi~ feet bullin the joit eat etrikina M25-w and
25 feet in the Joint eet etrikina M5obullw A thin untle of atecial
till eompoeed of eand dey and eome bouldere oriainally covered
the bedroek on met of the eite Much of the oriainal till eurfaee
which ranaed betveeo 1-20 feet thick vee eanvated for cover
uterial reaultina in refueebedroek eootaet
Surhee drainaae ie to the aorthveet toward the Roekaaua Brook
en area with h iah aroundvater fav~rability (Piaure 3-4) ampurfeee
run-off ie rapid dJII to the eteep elopee of the landfill (16-25bull)
and the lov perweability of the predoainant eover aetarial
1be preeenee of refuee with low perbullubilitiee euch u rubber
plaetie end uh and the eteepneee of the tillrefueebedroek
eonteet ha reeulted in an extreaely rapid rete of aroundvater
80VeMnt throuah the landfill 1be eteepnen of elope and the
eatureticm of low perweebility aeh at the northveet ebaakaat
durinamp e period of baa rainfall in 1971 reeulted ia a eubetantiel
elope failure at that loeatifXl in 1972 (Pipre 3-2) the elope
failure reeulted in an atrty hiamph rete of eoatbullinated
aroundvater dieehar at the foot of the failure ecerp In addition
to aroundvater dieeharae obeerved at the Nee of the failure ecarp
e ditch that circled the landfill aloaa the vt and eouth
bounderiee drdned eubetantial quantitiee of leaehete to the oorth
toward the Rockan111 Brae tributary
Predicted aroundvater mvnt in bedrock ie alona fracture
boundariee and ie probable toward the northeut and northveet
35 BAZAIDS IDERTillD 01 ALLEGED
Leaal action teken by the DP Vater eoplianee Unit and Solid
Waete ~naaeaent Dideicm durina the 1970bull wee baeed priaarily oa
the eontainatioa of eurface water by typical leaehate conetituente
3-10
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J S Raurds Identified or Alleaed - continued
aucb u colifon~ lead phoaphatu md chlorid and the violation
of penit requireiHnta by the operatora The landfill and the
ditcharaina leachate h never been thorouahly invetiaated for the
preaence of tozic or haaardous aubstancea
A 1979 bullbullple of the surface water discharaina from the Bucon
Reiahta Landfill before confluence with the Rochnua Brook detectd
30 ppb colifom 110 ppb ethyl acetate 400 p pb bull th) l acetate and
30 ppb aethyl e thyl ket one Since the dhcha r p at t he u~linc
point pdurily reflects the 1urface draittaae fr011 the sit a aad
becau~ 1urfaca vatar b t likely to contain hi amph quanti t iu of
bull olatila contituen~a the pranca of llydrocarbons i n tha surface
draiup indicate bullch hiaher coacentratiou of oraanica in the
landfill mel the aroundvater dhcharai oa fr~ the landfill
Ia additioa1 the acon Heiahta Lendf ill b knOWD to hemiddot
accepted iDduatriel vaataa fr~ a Yariaty of 110urcaa Kaay of theaa
i Dduatri are knOVD to have aeoaratad haaardoua vaata
(8 SactiOil 4)
Piully1 the cootbullinati oa of prhata vella at the r ata
houaiq daYalop~~ent in laaccxa Falla hu been attributed by DIP to
the diapoaal of haurdoua vaataa oa Oak Driva vt a a that vera
oriainally deatioad to ba diapoaed of a t the l u con Beiaht a
Laadfill
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SCTIltM 4 - GENERATORS OF INDUSTRIAL WAST
The Connecticut Departbullnt of nviromHntal Protection and Hurtha 1 a
anainur Mr Richard Sullivan han identified at 1eaat aevan induatrhl
aeneratora that dhpoaed of vaate at the Mlrtha landfilla in acon Falla
and Hauaatuct Connecticut Of tbeae c01apaniea four haw been
identified aa aenaratora who diapoaed of vaate at the Beacon Raiahta
Landfill excluaively (Table 4-1)
Cenuatora of Vaate Diapoaed of at the Beacon Beiahta Landfill Beacon Palla Connecticut
(frOII 1972 DIP lnduatrial Vaate Survey)
Upjoha Cheical OilaBydrocarbooa 2500 aalyr lortb Baftll cr Chaical LiquidaBluda
end Solventa 72000 aalyr
Aratrona lubber Collpeay OilaBydrocerbooa 10000 aalyr Veat Raven cr Soheau 2 000 aalyr
Chbullical LiquidaSludaea 2000 aalyr Vaateveter treatat dudau 70000 aalyr
I P Goodrich Collpaoy Rubber 7000 tooayr Shelton cr Pleatica 400 tonayr
Oila ad Bydrocerbooa 340000 abulllyr Cheaical -liquidaSludaaa 78000 aalyr Vaatevater Sludaea 2000 toaayr Cheaical Solida SO tonayr
Uniroyal Footwear tubber 240 tooayr leacoa Falla CT Plaatica 240 tonayr
Oila and Hydrocarbonbull 5000 aalyr Solvaou 5000 aalyr
Zollo Drua UntoOWD UoknOWD Beacon Palla ~
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Section 4 Genenton - continued
Zollo Dru of Beacon Falh a haurdoua vuta broker and tranaporur b
1tnovn to have dhpod of vutea fro tvo of tba cc-paoiaa Anutrona
lubber and Upjoho Cheaical Copay at the Beacon Reiahta Landfill Zollo
Dna handlaa vut fro a variety of induatriea and it ia probable that
the vaatea froa An troaa lubber and Upjoho did not account for all ~ 3induatrial vaaua diapoaed of by Zollo at the Beacon Reiahta o~ration HID
Tabh 4-2 ideatifiea pnuatora of vuu handled by Zollo
1979 IZP perit application
TABLE 4-2 Genentora of Wa~ad by Zollo Dr~a
( atatad
ADco Pachaiq c_ny Stratford cr
A M lruniq Guilford cr
Chnical LaanaJ lranford cr
Diadon Vld Capany Stalampford cr
ri-t Corporation lridaaport cr
Guilford Gravure Guilford cr
Bicta a Otia lorvallt cr
B~apbray Oaaical lo Iavan cr
Perkin-llner Corporation lorvalk cr
liadoa Kanufacturina Co Daobury cr
on 1979 IZP perait eppticatlon)
Alcohol vaata
Diaao vaata
tank lioaa Water vaata taak cln out
Solvent vaate
Solvent vaata
lthyl acetate fonal propyl acetate ethyl alcohol a ~
laain 1 propyl acetate
Maleic ampDhydride oil naphtha iaoproponal thanol toluaoa bensane
Cuttina oil acatoaa cyclo hexane Mthanol lao octane toluene MEl
VC III
Lacquer thinner Chlorinated catechol __ Chlorinated quinena
4-2
Zfl u atated on HO
(1gt0 -lt0 oz gt -ltI HflltH
I 0-lt
g 0
25 druaayr 0
300 druaayr
400 druyr
10 druaayr
40 druaayr
200 druaayr
60 druaayr
300 drvaayr
250 druuyr
25 druaayr
75 drvaayr 100 druaayr
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Section 4 Gene-raton - continued
Prior to 1976 the leacoa Reiamphte landfill received waetee fro
Reliable Induetriel Waete Diepoul Company (RlllD) i n Beacon Palle
Accordins to DP pen~it epplicatione dated 197D-1973 the deaical wtea
hendled bJ UW were either incinerated or ahipped to appropriate diapoaal
hcilitia1 It ia known however that RIWD die pond of waat11 at aeveral
localitiu in the town of leacoa hlb durina the aid- to late-1960e A
waate diepoeal lite on Oak Drive reeulted in tha contbullinatioa of doampena of
private velb in the near vicinity with indutrial chnicala includiaamp
Chloroben1ene Ethyl ether o-Dichlorobenune Ace tOM p-Dich lorobenuae Methylene chloride Toluene Methyl ethyl ketone 111-TrichlOroethane Hexane Uni dentified 112 2-Tetrachloroethane
It h been recorded by DP that UWD und illeaal dhpoul eitaa i D leacoo
Pelle when weather or roM condition prohibi ted acceae to what vu thn
tbe letkoeki qp loduatriea urviced bJ IIWD include eeveral chnical
nufacturera (Table 4-3)
TAILI 4-3 Coeratora of Waata Bandied b ieibrToduatriel Vaate Die
leecon Pella Connect cut Urn 1973 DIP perwit apphcatioo)
Copany Cenaratina Vaete
Pfber eopaoy Acetone iaopropyl alcohol 4400 aalvk Croton cr Mthaool ather
Honeaoto Kett)aool alcohcl 4 000 ampalvk Indian Orchard tM
General Electric lridaeport cr
laybutoe Traneaieaioo oil 21so aat Stratford cr
Cowlu Copany Thinner middotWlknovn Rev haven Ct
Iorden Chaaical middot StJreoe 3300aatt Leoaiaater0 K
4-3
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Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
1be t recent inforution reaudiaa the dhpoul of induetrid vaeta
at the Bucon Reiahte Landfill vu obtained fro a 1976 inapectioo report
inuad by the Connecticut DIP Divhion of Solid Waata Manaaebullnt 1be
report vhich b deed January 7 1976 atatea that Zollo drua vu
unloadina aeated drwu urlted chebullical vaate DANCBR Plable Liquid 1
avoid akin contact aDd breathinamp fuaea bullbull tha vute duaped vu of two 3 ~ typ41 a) a dry earth like uterial he (the driver) aaid vu a filter Zll ~lgt
aedi~a aDd b) the other u noted bullbullbull middot In the report it b reported middot lt~gtn -lt0 oz
that he duaped vuta naularly fTc Upjoin in Worth Bavea lgt -ltI
1ba Upjohn Chnical CopaD) in Worth Raven b a bullanufacturer of ~ lt~
aynthatic oraanic chicala The priury Mthod of -nufacturinamp at Upjoha Io- be deacribed u batch- procauioa wh ich vou ld reault in a quantity of gvaata liquid aludae aDdor filter bulldiUII The vute pnerated at Up john o
would probably contai n lianificant quantitiu of the priury product 4 0
91daty of oraanic chicala includiDJ tho11 ud for pharaaceutical
0 productbull aDd herbicidu have Ha bullanufacturM by Opjobn in Worth Bavaa (Tabla 4-4)
Oraanic Cbbullicala uaufactund br Dpjohn Olbullical Copant North Bavan Coanact1Cut
(1919 Product Liat)
Banaophaaone lenaophenoaa technical-flaltad o-Chloroanilina Technical (OCA) D-300 Concentrate (4-aulfophthalic Acid) o-Diaahidi ne Dihydrochloride Dichlorobenddiae Dihydrochloride (DCI) 26-Dichloro-4-Mitroanilina (DCJU) DiethoXJacetophenone (DAP) 25- DiaethoXJbeaaaldehyde (DKB) Dioeaenia Diphenuid Technical (NN-Diaethyl-2 1 2-Diphenylacatbullide) bonate 1361 ( 33-Dibullthyl-4 4 -Diphenyl Dihocyanate) Pbotoaraphic Dye Intenediatea p Toluene Sulfonyl hocJUte (PTST)
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0
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Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
In conclulion -bullHable date augeta that induatrhl vutee have
been dhpoud of at the Beacon B~iamphta and letltoeki Landfill bullby
a) leliable lnduatrhl Vaate Dbpoaal C011pany b) Zollo Dru c) Indu1triea contracted directly vith tlirthe Trucltina Inc
AlthouJb bullaoy induetrhl wute aeneraton dbpoeed of wute tbrouah
IIWD And Zollo Dnn1 only tvo of then coapeniea Upjoho and Arutrona
Rubber ere ~ to have had their vute dhpo1ed of at Beacon Reiahte ~t
pouibla hovner that other indu1tdal vute handled bJ IIWD and Zollo
Dru wu dhpo1ed of at Beacon Beiamphtbull
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rl-8101-10
SCTION S - IOOHKENDATIOHS
lgt laeed on tha deta _erbed in thie report it U recoended that 0
I ~mthe follawina actione be taken Zll ~lgt
-lt0 a) A full lite inveetiaatiou of the leacon Beiamphte Landfill ehould lgt
oz
-ltIbe conducted includina aonitoriaa of abiant air for volatile ~ oraanice eurface vatar aod leachate alinamp aod oil
lt~
~ un1bull g Private valle and eurfece water dovnaradient of the landfill
0
ehoulcl be eupled ~
0 c) lahtina qiaeeriaamp data includiq location ancl epecificatioo
of 110aitoriaa welle ehould be obteiaecl frCII tM awaer of Jucon
Raiahtbull acl rniewed
d) lnDVD iDduetrial waeta pneratore bullhould be inbullntiaeted to
cleterioe the approdaate quantit aDd epecific characterietice
of wete dhpoeed of at Beacon Beipte
e) A liet of all induetrial clientbull eerliced by Murtha TRcldaa and
the final diepoeitioa of their nate ehould be obtained froa the
CJWDit of Murtha tnlctiaa Inc for remiddotdw
f) All cvailabla bJdroaeoloaic data ahould be reviewed to detnaioe
the potential ipact on aroundvater frCII huardoua waeta at
leacOD Beiampbta
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V WUTI RILATID INPORMATION (clft~OIH) LilT IUIITAIICUOr OIIIATIIT COIICIIIII WMICM IIIAY II 011 TMIIJTI (llllton Ibull _ - ~
Chemfcel Waste for BF Gaodrfch Co middot Armstrong Rubber Uniroyal Inc Consumer Products)
middot Uniroyal Chemical D1Yfsion Upjohn to
iL ADDITIOIIAL CONIIIIIITIOII IIAIIIIATI111 OlliCIIIfiTIOII Or ITfoiATIOIIIl110111 011 lllfiOIITilO TO IllIT AT Till 1Til
Ethyl Acetone Methyl Acetate detected in surface water In town location that received ~stes de~~~dR~r Beacon Heights contaminated with industrial chemicals such as
VI HAZARD OfSCRIPTIOM
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c-bull middot11bull1 c-middotmiddot
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tartllllNIfiL
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middot ~_
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VID PA5T IIGULATOU ACTIOIU
ijl_otlfOitll 01 111(bull-bullbull
Regarding Hazardous Waste
0 __ o -bull
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o bullbull bull _ tDATIDP t fIIII__D
=l ruJbull~ bull 11QTZ a M ampe lafmatlc111 Ibull sctiou Dl ~ x till oat 1M PreU~IIrJ Au (Sectibull U)
middot _uo bull ~ rut bullbull of tills fora
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- barcode 559034
- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 559034
0 bull iJ PlCUU 1 SID LOCATION
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[J STUDY AREA 0 1000 2000 3000
~~ ACTUAL LANDFILLING AREA FEET
Pl-8101-10
J2 Site History - continued
intenittently for epproxibullndy SO yun wte dhpoul vaa not
reaulued end aoil characte~btica on aite augelt that traah v
frequently burned 196S rial photoarapha indicate that dumpina
occurred pribullarily elona the northveat elope of what il now Beacon
Rdahta ne 196S aerial photoanpha allo indicate n atreMly p
ateep ebullbanlulent a fev hundred feet aouthveat of the Blackberry load t 0
Hfll entrance and approdutdy SO feet aouth of a u tributuy to zm
HP the Rockanubull Brook (Piaun J-2) Several bullbullall poo le of liquid were -lt0 ozoburved 110utheaat of the bullbankMnt pouibly i ndice t ina that the p
-ltJ aoila at thia middot location hve low peneabilitiea Soil borinabull Hl1
ltH conducted i n 1970 elona the northvu t elope indicate the preaence of J
0-ltaubatantial quantiti~ of aah eod aeverel layers of ibullpereable
g refuae auch u rubber Photoarapha taken at the dup in 196J
indicate the preaence of non(npacted vaate includinc drua eurol Available data indicat that the letkoaki refuaa area accepted a
variety of weate includi111 induatrht chnicab end aludaea
In 1970 the )lrthe Truckina Copany purcheud the letkoaki
hndfill end chana-t the aite nea to leacoa Beiahta
Mr Harold Murtha the pruident and 01110er of the )lrthe
Truckinc copeny aDd the Laurel Perk Landfill in lauaatuck
ibullprovad the operatiDa conditione at the Landfi ll in aeveral waya
i ocludina repair of the ecce road and partial rearadbamp of the
vt elope Mixed unicipal and induatrial vuta cootiDUad to be
dhpoat of at the landfill Several leaal acti001 have been
initiated qainat the Beacon Beiahu operation by the Coanecticut
Departbullent of lnviroaental Protection (DIP) In 1972 1 the Divilioo
- of Water Copliaaee i ued an middotorder to the )lrtha Truckina lac
(Order lfo lOSS) requirba that
e) a hydroaeoloaic atudr of the Landfill be conducted end
b) atepa to elibullinate pollution ceuaecl by the landfill be iaplebullntad
-- 3-5
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Fl-8101-10
J2 Site Hhtory - continued
In February of 1973 Order No 1055 vae rucinded by the DEP tlhn
it vu dhcovered that Murtha Truckina vu not the leael owner of
the Bucon Heiahte Order 1104 vae il8ued to replace Order 1055
identifyina Beacon Reiahta Inc (BHI) ae the ovnen of the landfill
The hydroaeoloaic inveltiaati on of the landfill vae cOllpleted under
Order 1104 1 however a pollution abateaent proar- vu never
iapleMnted
It haa been augeated by an official fro the Vater Coapliance
Unit that an active effort by the DEP Divhioa of Solid Vaate
Manaant to cloae the Beacon Heiahta Landfil l rulted in the lack
of enforceot actiOna by the Vater CCJ11Plience Unit
The Division of Solid Veet e iaaued Order Ito sw-69 to Bill in
Deceaber of 1975 Order Ito SV-69 directed Beacon Reiahta to cloae
within 270 daya and to iapleMnt r dial action to eliainate the
cau of pollutioa in adjacent vaterwaya It vu the Divhioa of
Solid Vutea poaition that the leacoo Beiahta Landfill operation
endaqered the around ead eurface vatere and vu reaponaible for
the eurfece vater containation in a etrebull belov the eite In
addition the Beacoa Reiahte ~peratioa bad expended into an adjacent
area trithout a DIP pen1i t The area of apaoaion vae dleracteriud
by a hiah vatcr table and ahellov bedrock reaultiDamp in hiah retaa
of leachate diecharae fro the lite
BBI appealed tha order and an edainhtrethe bearina renlted in
I odified order sv-69 beiDamp heu~ by the DP in lloveaber of 1976
bullw operatina and cloaure Plene vere approved by the DEP in
Septeaber of ~977 pen1ittina the Beacon Heiahte Landfill to reopen
and operate for epprodaately tvo yeare The aev pemit liaited the
bullol~ of vaate to be dhpoeed of oa lite forbade the dhpoaal of
liquid induetdal vaate and placed a ceiliq on the final elevation
contoure
3-6
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F1-8101-10
3 2 Site Rhto~y - co~tinued middot
Concurrent vith lead actionbull taken qainet 1181 by the
C~nnecticut DP middot the Inland Wetllnde Coaiuioo ileued a Ceaee and
Deeht Order to BHI for opentina within and pollutina a wetbnde
atreabull BHI defied the order 1 claiaing that t he landfill had been
operatinamp for 30 yean prior to the enactMnt of the 1974 vetlande ])
laahlation and vu therefore not eubject to rezuhtion The 0 3
Inland Wetlanda eo-hlion took BHI to court for violatina the Ceau ~Ill Zrltl
and D11iat Order In 1977 the cau vu thrCND out of court ~])n-ltO oz ])
In 1976 an ina pection conducted by the Division of Solid Waete -ltJ ~
Manaaeent revealed eevaral aeneral penit violltione 1 ineludioa the lt~
J diaprd of induetrial waite and the dilpoul of wute in
unauthorised areal Accordina to T Prepan of the Divilioo of 8 Solid Waate than riolationa ware aaver iav11tiaeted or enforced 0
The 1977 penit eat the final cloaure data for July 7 bull 1979
BBI appealed the teru of the panit in June 1979 1 raquaatiq a
reviled cootour plan The DEP heued a revhed coatour plan and
deaipated July 1 1979 11 the final cloeure date El failed to
at the daadliaa aDd the caee wu referred to the Attorney
Geaarala office for act ioa Jo actioo by the Attorney General hu
bn tOea to data BBI cloaed iD 1979 without atina the t ene of
the 1977 perait bullreeMnt Municipal aewenae fro Bethany
Connecticut ia pnaeotly beiaamp applied to areu of upoeed face
33 PllKAit SIT ACTIVITY
Tbe landfill operation at Beacoo Beiamphta baa bn charactariaed
bJ three different typea of vte diapoul
a) retuae-buniaa type diapoul (prior to 1970) i
b) non-burnina aioi- cover nitary landfill 1 and
c) a ainf- lift-thickneabull opention
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Pl-8101-10
33 Pribullary Site Activity - continued
As indicated by ~il borinabull burnina vaa a priaary treatbullnt
f~r refuse prior to 1970 Althouah aome bullinibullal coverina of rafuu
did taka placenitary-type landfillina did not becce the oor at
the Beacon Reiamphta operation until after 1970 when the BHI
purchaaad the lite Accordinamp to an enaineerina brief iuued by
anaineer Richard Sullivan the Betkoaki operation vu ibullproved
aubatantially by Mlrtha Debrh alona the acce road end the
Hockanubull Brook Tributary vu re110ved or buried and the veat dope
vu naraded and aeedad to prevent eroaion Sullivan claibulld that
up to ah inchea of ioil whi ch vaa excavated fr the aita 0 vu
uaed to cover the active portion of the landfill daily A 1973
brief iuued by the Murtha Truckina Copany indicated that i n
addition to the ah inchaa of daily cover capleted areaa received
a final application of one and one-half feat of cover aoil
It b not known vbat the actual tonnaaa of vaate racah ed at the
Beacon Raiahu Landfi ll vaa however a 1972 report on the aolid and
liquid vaataa recehed by the Mlrtha owned landfillbull utiaat that
up to 107500 t0011 of aolid vaata and 46 tou of liquid vutu ware
dhpoaad Of per year A mP official indicated that a 1972
induatrial auney of waata aanaratora augaatad that up to one
bullillioa pllona per year of liquid waataa wra diapod of at the
HurtM laDdfilla
1be Beacon Baiah t a Landfill -ployad two individuah for
aupaniaion and the operation of ccepactioa aquiPMnt A u fleet of trucka OWDad by ttartha Trucldq handled laraa aanidpal aocl
induatrial contracta A at l tranafer atation waa eatabliahed at
the entrance of the landfill for public uaa to alibullinau traffie
probt Oft the landfill
34 SITE GEOLOCTBYDIOLOGY
fba laaeoa Reiahta landfill b located on the northvaat ad
aouthvaat alopu of a hill underain by a biahly fractured
auaen-anaiua identified by carr (1960) bullbull the undifferentiated
Bartlaod Pbratioo Seibert 0972) recorded the atrika and dip of
--
~ CLASS bullAbull WATERSHED
[[[ill ~R~~ OF G~DWATE~ FAVORABILITY
BEACON HEIGHTS LANDFILL
PICUJ 4
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two fraetur~middotmiddot ~eu and obnrved a fra~ture fre~ueney in eaeh eet
ranaina fro three to fi~ feet bullin the joit eat etrikina M25-w and
25 feet in the Joint eet etrikina M5obullw A thin untle of atecial
till eompoeed of eand dey and eome bouldere oriainally covered
the bedroek on met of the eite Much of the oriainal till eurfaee
which ranaed betveeo 1-20 feet thick vee eanvated for cover
uterial reaultina in refueebedroek eootaet
Surhee drainaae ie to the aorthveet toward the Roekaaua Brook
en area with h iah aroundvater fav~rability (Piaure 3-4) ampurfeee
run-off ie rapid dJII to the eteep elopee of the landfill (16-25bull)
and the lov perweability of the predoainant eover aetarial
1be preeenee of refuee with low perbullubilitiee euch u rubber
plaetie end uh and the eteepneee of the tillrefueebedroek
eonteet ha reeulted in an extreaely rapid rete of aroundvater
80VeMnt throuah the landfill 1be eteepnen of elope and the
eatureticm of low perweebility aeh at the northveet ebaakaat
durinamp e period of baa rainfall in 1971 reeulted ia a eubetantiel
elope failure at that loeatifXl in 1972 (Pipre 3-2) the elope
failure reeulted in an atrty hiamph rete of eoatbullinated
aroundvater dieehar at the foot of the failure ecerp In addition
to aroundvater dieeharae obeerved at the Nee of the failure ecarp
e ditch that circled the landfill aloaa the vt and eouth
bounderiee drdned eubetantial quantitiee of leaehete to the oorth
toward the Rockan111 Brae tributary
Predicted aroundvater mvnt in bedrock ie alona fracture
boundariee and ie probable toward the northeut and northveet
35 BAZAIDS IDERTillD 01 ALLEGED
Leaal action teken by the DP Vater eoplianee Unit and Solid
Waete ~naaeaent Dideicm durina the 1970bull wee baeed priaarily oa
the eontainatioa of eurface water by typical leaehate conetituente
3-10
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J S Raurds Identified or Alleaed - continued
aucb u colifon~ lead phoaphatu md chlorid and the violation
of penit requireiHnta by the operatora The landfill and the
ditcharaina leachate h never been thorouahly invetiaated for the
preaence of tozic or haaardous aubstancea
A 1979 bullbullple of the surface water discharaina from the Bucon
Reiahta Landfill before confluence with the Rochnua Brook detectd
30 ppb colifom 110 ppb ethyl acetate 400 p pb bull th) l acetate and
30 ppb aethyl e thyl ket one Since the dhcha r p at t he u~linc
point pdurily reflects the 1urface draittaae fr011 the sit a aad
becau~ 1urfaca vatar b t likely to contain hi amph quanti t iu of
bull olatila contituen~a the pranca of llydrocarbons i n tha surface
draiup indicate bullch hiaher coacentratiou of oraanica in the
landfill mel the aroundvater dhcharai oa fr~ the landfill
Ia additioa1 the acon Heiahta Lendf ill b knOWD to hemiddot
accepted iDduatriel vaataa fr~ a Yariaty of 110urcaa Kaay of theaa
i Dduatri are knOVD to have aeoaratad haaardoua vaata
(8 SactiOil 4)
Piully1 the cootbullinati oa of prhata vella at the r ata
houaiq daYalop~~ent in laaccxa Falla hu been attributed by DIP to
the diapoaal of haurdoua vaataa oa Oak Driva vt a a that vera
oriainally deatioad to ba diapoaed of a t the l u con Beiaht a
Laadfill
l-11
F1-8101-10
SCTIltM 4 - GENERATORS OF INDUSTRIAL WAST
The Connecticut Departbullnt of nviromHntal Protection and Hurtha 1 a
anainur Mr Richard Sullivan han identified at 1eaat aevan induatrhl
aeneratora that dhpoaed of vaate at the Mlrtha landfilla in acon Falla
and Hauaatuct Connecticut Of tbeae c01apaniea four haw been
identified aa aenaratora who diapoaed of vaate at the Beacon Raiahta
Landfill excluaively (Table 4-1)
Cenuatora of Vaate Diapoaed of at the Beacon Beiahta Landfill Beacon Palla Connecticut
(frOII 1972 DIP lnduatrial Vaate Survey)
Upjoha Cheical OilaBydrocarbooa 2500 aalyr lortb Baftll cr Chaical LiquidaBluda
end Solventa 72000 aalyr
Aratrona lubber Collpeay OilaBydrocerbooa 10000 aalyr Veat Raven cr Soheau 2 000 aalyr
Chbullical LiquidaSludaea 2000 aalyr Vaateveter treatat dudau 70000 aalyr
I P Goodrich Collpaoy Rubber 7000 tooayr Shelton cr Pleatica 400 tonayr
Oila ad Bydrocerbooa 340000 abulllyr Cheaical -liquidaSludaaa 78000 aalyr Vaatevater Sludaea 2000 toaayr Cheaical Solida SO tonayr
Uniroyal Footwear tubber 240 tooayr leacoa Falla CT Plaatica 240 tonayr
Oila and Hydrocarbonbull 5000 aalyr Solvaou 5000 aalyr
Zollo Drua UntoOWD UoknOWD Beacon Palla ~
-- 4-1
Fl-8101-10
Section 4 Genenton - continued
Zollo Dru of Beacon Falh a haurdoua vuta broker and tranaporur b
1tnovn to have dhpod of vutea fro tvo of tba cc-paoiaa Anutrona
lubber and Upjoho Cheaical Copay at the Beacon Reiahta Landfill Zollo
Dna handlaa vut fro a variety of induatriea and it ia probable that
the vaatea froa An troaa lubber and Upjoho did not account for all ~ 3induatrial vaaua diapoaed of by Zollo at the Beacon Reiahta o~ration HID
Tabh 4-2 ideatifiea pnuatora of vuu handled by Zollo
1979 IZP perit application
TABLE 4-2 Genentora of Wa~ad by Zollo Dr~a
( atatad
ADco Pachaiq c_ny Stratford cr
A M lruniq Guilford cr
Chnical LaanaJ lranford cr
Diadon Vld Capany Stalampford cr
ri-t Corporation lridaaport cr
Guilford Gravure Guilford cr
Bicta a Otia lorvallt cr
B~apbray Oaaical lo Iavan cr
Perkin-llner Corporation lorvalk cr
liadoa Kanufacturina Co Daobury cr
on 1979 IZP perait eppticatlon)
Alcohol vaata
Diaao vaata
tank lioaa Water vaata taak cln out
Solvent vaate
Solvent vaata
lthyl acetate fonal propyl acetate ethyl alcohol a ~
laain 1 propyl acetate
Maleic ampDhydride oil naphtha iaoproponal thanol toluaoa bensane
Cuttina oil acatoaa cyclo hexane Mthanol lao octane toluene MEl
VC III
Lacquer thinner Chlorinated catechol __ Chlorinated quinena
4-2
Zfl u atated on HO
(1gt0 -lt0 oz gt -ltI HflltH
I 0-lt
g 0
25 druaayr 0
300 druaayr
400 druyr
10 druaayr
40 druaayr
200 druaayr
60 druaayr
300 drvaayr
250 druuyr
25 druaayr
75 drvaayr 100 druaayr
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Section 4 Gene-raton - continued
Prior to 1976 the leacoa Reiamphte landfill received waetee fro
Reliable Induetriel Waete Diepoul Company (RlllD) i n Beacon Palle
Accordins to DP pen~it epplicatione dated 197D-1973 the deaical wtea
hendled bJ UW were either incinerated or ahipped to appropriate diapoaal
hcilitia1 It ia known however that RIWD die pond of waat11 at aeveral
localitiu in the town of leacoa hlb durina the aid- to late-1960e A
waate diepoeal lite on Oak Drive reeulted in tha contbullinatioa of doampena of
private velb in the near vicinity with indutrial chnicala includiaamp
Chloroben1ene Ethyl ether o-Dichlorobenune Ace tOM p-Dich lorobenuae Methylene chloride Toluene Methyl ethyl ketone 111-TrichlOroethane Hexane Uni dentified 112 2-Tetrachloroethane
It h been recorded by DP that UWD und illeaal dhpoul eitaa i D leacoo
Pelle when weather or roM condition prohibi ted acceae to what vu thn
tbe letkoeki qp loduatriea urviced bJ IIWD include eeveral chnical
nufacturera (Table 4-3)
TAILI 4-3 Coeratora of Waata Bandied b ieibrToduatriel Vaate Die
leecon Pella Connect cut Urn 1973 DIP perwit apphcatioo)
Copany Cenaratina Vaete
Pfber eopaoy Acetone iaopropyl alcohol 4400 aalvk Croton cr Mthaool ather
Honeaoto Kett)aool alcohcl 4 000 ampalvk Indian Orchard tM
General Electric lridaeport cr
laybutoe Traneaieaioo oil 21so aat Stratford cr
Cowlu Copany Thinner middotWlknovn Rev haven Ct
Iorden Chaaical middot StJreoe 3300aatt Leoaiaater0 K
4-3
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Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
1be t recent inforution reaudiaa the dhpoul of induetrid vaeta
at the Bucon Reiahte Landfill vu obtained fro a 1976 inapectioo report
inuad by the Connecticut DIP Divhion of Solid Waata Manaaebullnt 1be
report vhich b deed January 7 1976 atatea that Zollo drua vu
unloadina aeated drwu urlted chebullical vaate DANCBR Plable Liquid 1
avoid akin contact aDd breathinamp fuaea bullbull tha vute duaped vu of two 3 ~ typ41 a) a dry earth like uterial he (the driver) aaid vu a filter Zll ~lgt
aedi~a aDd b) the other u noted bullbullbull middot In the report it b reported middot lt~gtn -lt0 oz
that he duaped vuta naularly fTc Upjoin in Worth Bavea lgt -ltI
1ba Upjohn Chnical CopaD) in Worth Raven b a bullanufacturer of ~ lt~
aynthatic oraanic chicala The priury Mthod of -nufacturinamp at Upjoha Io- be deacribed u batch- procauioa wh ich vou ld reault in a quantity of gvaata liquid aludae aDdor filter bulldiUII The vute pnerated at Up john o
would probably contai n lianificant quantitiu of the priury product 4 0
91daty of oraanic chicala includiDJ tho11 ud for pharaaceutical
0 productbull aDd herbicidu have Ha bullanufacturM by Opjobn in Worth Bavaa (Tabla 4-4)
Oraanic Cbbullicala uaufactund br Dpjohn Olbullical Copant North Bavan Coanact1Cut
(1919 Product Liat)
Banaophaaone lenaophenoaa technical-flaltad o-Chloroanilina Technical (OCA) D-300 Concentrate (4-aulfophthalic Acid) o-Diaahidi ne Dihydrochloride Dichlorobenddiae Dihydrochloride (DCI) 26-Dichloro-4-Mitroanilina (DCJU) DiethoXJacetophenone (DAP) 25- DiaethoXJbeaaaldehyde (DKB) Dioeaenia Diphenuid Technical (NN-Diaethyl-2 1 2-Diphenylacatbullide) bonate 1361 ( 33-Dibullthyl-4 4 -Diphenyl Dihocyanate) Pbotoaraphic Dye Intenediatea p Toluene Sulfonyl hocJUte (PTST)
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Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
In conclulion -bullHable date augeta that induatrhl vutee have
been dhpoud of at the Beacon B~iamphta and letltoeki Landfill bullby
a) leliable lnduatrhl Vaate Dbpoaal C011pany b) Zollo Dru c) Indu1triea contracted directly vith tlirthe Trucltina Inc
AlthouJb bullaoy induetrhl wute aeneraton dbpoeed of wute tbrouah
IIWD And Zollo Dnn1 only tvo of then coapeniea Upjoho and Arutrona
Rubber ere ~ to have had their vute dhpo1ed of at Beacon Reiahte ~t
pouibla hovner that other indu1tdal vute handled bJ IIWD and Zollo
Dru wu dhpo1ed of at Beacon Beiamphtbull
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SCTION S - IOOHKENDATIOHS
lgt laeed on tha deta _erbed in thie report it U recoended that 0
I ~mthe follawina actione be taken Zll ~lgt
-lt0 a) A full lite inveetiaatiou of the leacon Beiamphte Landfill ehould lgt
oz
-ltIbe conducted includina aonitoriaa of abiant air for volatile ~ oraanice eurface vatar aod leachate alinamp aod oil
lt~
~ un1bull g Private valle and eurfece water dovnaradient of the landfill
0
ehoulcl be eupled ~
0 c) lahtina qiaeeriaamp data includiq location ancl epecificatioo
of 110aitoriaa welle ehould be obteiaecl frCII tM awaer of Jucon
Raiahtbull acl rniewed
d) lnDVD iDduetrial waeta pneratore bullhould be inbullntiaeted to
cleterioe the approdaate quantit aDd epecific characterietice
of wete dhpoeed of at Beacon Beipte
e) A liet of all induetrial clientbull eerliced by Murtha TRcldaa and
the final diepoeitioa of their nate ehould be obtained froa the
CJWDit of Murtha tnlctiaa Inc for remiddotdw
f) All cvailabla bJdroaeoloaic data ahould be reviewed to detnaioe
the potential ipact on aroundvater frCII huardoua waeta at
leacOD Beiampbta
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middot Uniroyal Chemical D1Yfsion Upjohn to
iL ADDITIOIIAL CONIIIIIITIOII IIAIIIIATI111 OlliCIIIfiTIOII Or ITfoiATIOIIIl110111 011 lllfiOIITilO TO IllIT AT Till 1Til
Ethyl Acetone Methyl Acetate detected in surface water In town location that received ~stes de~~~dR~r Beacon Heights contaminated with industrial chemicals such as
VI HAZARD OfSCRIPTIOM
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Pl-8101-10
J2 Site History - continued
intenittently for epproxibullndy SO yun wte dhpoul vaa not
reaulued end aoil characte~btica on aite augelt that traah v
frequently burned 196S rial photoarapha indicate that dumpina
occurred pribullarily elona the northveat elope of what il now Beacon
Rdahta ne 196S aerial photoanpha allo indicate n atreMly p
ateep ebullbanlulent a fev hundred feet aouthveat of the Blackberry load t 0
Hfll entrance and approdutdy SO feet aouth of a u tributuy to zm
HP the Rockanubull Brook (Piaun J-2) Several bullbullall poo le of liquid were -lt0 ozoburved 110utheaat of the bullbankMnt pouibly i ndice t ina that the p
-ltJ aoila at thia middot location hve low peneabilitiea Soil borinabull Hl1
ltH conducted i n 1970 elona the northvu t elope indicate the preaence of J
0-ltaubatantial quantiti~ of aah eod aeverel layers of ibullpereable
g refuae auch u rubber Photoarapha taken at the dup in 196J
indicate the preaence of non(npacted vaate includinc drua eurol Available data indicat that the letkoaki refuaa area accepted a
variety of weate includi111 induatrht chnicab end aludaea
In 1970 the )lrthe Truckina Copany purcheud the letkoaki
hndfill end chana-t the aite nea to leacoa Beiahta
Mr Harold Murtha the pruident and 01110er of the )lrthe
Truckinc copeny aDd the Laurel Perk Landfill in lauaatuck
ibullprovad the operatiDa conditione at the Landfi ll in aeveral waya
i ocludina repair of the ecce road and partial rearadbamp of the
vt elope Mixed unicipal and induatrial vuta cootiDUad to be
dhpoat of at the landfill Several leaal acti001 have been
initiated qainat the Beacon Beiahu operation by the Coanecticut
Departbullent of lnviroaental Protection (DIP) In 1972 1 the Divilioo
- of Water Copliaaee i ued an middotorder to the )lrtha Truckina lac
(Order lfo lOSS) requirba that
e) a hydroaeoloaic atudr of the Landfill be conducted end
b) atepa to elibullinate pollution ceuaecl by the landfill be iaplebullntad
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Fl-8101-10
J2 Site Hhtory - continued
In February of 1973 Order No 1055 vae rucinded by the DEP tlhn
it vu dhcovered that Murtha Truckina vu not the leael owner of
the Bucon Heiahte Order 1104 vae il8ued to replace Order 1055
identifyina Beacon Reiahta Inc (BHI) ae the ovnen of the landfill
The hydroaeoloaic inveltiaati on of the landfill vae cOllpleted under
Order 1104 1 however a pollution abateaent proar- vu never
iapleMnted
It haa been augeated by an official fro the Vater Coapliance
Unit that an active effort by the DEP Divhioa of Solid Vaate
Manaant to cloae the Beacon Heiahta Landfil l rulted in the lack
of enforceot actiOna by the Vater CCJ11Plience Unit
The Division of Solid Veet e iaaued Order Ito sw-69 to Bill in
Deceaber of 1975 Order Ito SV-69 directed Beacon Reiahta to cloae
within 270 daya and to iapleMnt r dial action to eliainate the
cau of pollutioa in adjacent vaterwaya It vu the Divhioa of
Solid Vutea poaition that the leacoo Beiahta Landfill operation
endaqered the around ead eurface vatere and vu reaponaible for
the eurfece vater containation in a etrebull belov the eite In
addition the Beacoa Reiahte ~peratioa bad expended into an adjacent
area trithout a DIP pen1i t The area of apaoaion vae dleracteriud
by a hiah vatcr table and ahellov bedrock reaultiDamp in hiah retaa
of leachate diecharae fro the lite
BBI appealed tha order and an edainhtrethe bearina renlted in
I odified order sv-69 beiDamp heu~ by the DP in lloveaber of 1976
bullw operatina and cloaure Plene vere approved by the DEP in
Septeaber of ~977 pen1ittina the Beacon Heiahte Landfill to reopen
and operate for epprodaately tvo yeare The aev pemit liaited the
bullol~ of vaate to be dhpoeed of oa lite forbade the dhpoaal of
liquid induetdal vaate and placed a ceiliq on the final elevation
contoure
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F1-8101-10
3 2 Site Rhto~y - co~tinued middot
Concurrent vith lead actionbull taken qainet 1181 by the
C~nnecticut DP middot the Inland Wetllnde Coaiuioo ileued a Ceaee and
Deeht Order to BHI for opentina within and pollutina a wetbnde
atreabull BHI defied the order 1 claiaing that t he landfill had been
operatinamp for 30 yean prior to the enactMnt of the 1974 vetlande ])
laahlation and vu therefore not eubject to rezuhtion The 0 3
Inland Wetlanda eo-hlion took BHI to court for violatina the Ceau ~Ill Zrltl
and D11iat Order In 1977 the cau vu thrCND out of court ~])n-ltO oz ])
In 1976 an ina pection conducted by the Division of Solid Waete -ltJ ~
Manaaeent revealed eevaral aeneral penit violltione 1 ineludioa the lt~
J diaprd of induetrial waite and the dilpoul of wute in
unauthorised areal Accordina to T Prepan of the Divilioo of 8 Solid Waate than riolationa ware aaver iav11tiaeted or enforced 0
The 1977 penit eat the final cloaure data for July 7 bull 1979
BBI appealed the teru of the panit in June 1979 1 raquaatiq a
reviled cootour plan The DEP heued a revhed coatour plan and
deaipated July 1 1979 11 the final cloeure date El failed to
at the daadliaa aDd the caee wu referred to the Attorney
Geaarala office for act ioa Jo actioo by the Attorney General hu
bn tOea to data BBI cloaed iD 1979 without atina the t ene of
the 1977 perait bullreeMnt Municipal aewenae fro Bethany
Connecticut ia pnaeotly beiaamp applied to areu of upoeed face
33 PllKAit SIT ACTIVITY
Tbe landfill operation at Beacoo Beiamphta baa bn charactariaed
bJ three different typea of vte diapoul
a) retuae-buniaa type diapoul (prior to 1970) i
b) non-burnina aioi- cover nitary landfill 1 and
c) a ainf- lift-thickneabull opention
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33 Pribullary Site Activity - continued
As indicated by ~il borinabull burnina vaa a priaary treatbullnt
f~r refuse prior to 1970 Althouah aome bullinibullal coverina of rafuu
did taka placenitary-type landfillina did not becce the oor at
the Beacon Reiamphta operation until after 1970 when the BHI
purchaaad the lite Accordinamp to an enaineerina brief iuued by
anaineer Richard Sullivan the Betkoaki operation vu ibullproved
aubatantially by Mlrtha Debrh alona the acce road end the
Hockanubull Brook Tributary vu re110ved or buried and the veat dope
vu naraded and aeedad to prevent eroaion Sullivan claibulld that
up to ah inchea of ioil whi ch vaa excavated fr the aita 0 vu
uaed to cover the active portion of the landfill daily A 1973
brief iuued by the Murtha Truckina Copany indicated that i n
addition to the ah inchaa of daily cover capleted areaa received
a final application of one and one-half feat of cover aoil
It b not known vbat the actual tonnaaa of vaate racah ed at the
Beacon Raiahu Landfi ll vaa however a 1972 report on the aolid and
liquid vaataa recehed by the Mlrtha owned landfillbull utiaat that
up to 107500 t0011 of aolid vaata and 46 tou of liquid vutu ware
dhpoaad Of per year A mP official indicated that a 1972
induatrial auney of waata aanaratora augaatad that up to one
bullillioa pllona per year of liquid waataa wra diapod of at the
HurtM laDdfilla
1be Beacon Baiah t a Landfill -ployad two individuah for
aupaniaion and the operation of ccepactioa aquiPMnt A u fleet of trucka OWDad by ttartha Trucldq handled laraa aanidpal aocl
induatrial contracta A at l tranafer atation waa eatabliahed at
the entrance of the landfill for public uaa to alibullinau traffie
probt Oft the landfill
34 SITE GEOLOCTBYDIOLOGY
fba laaeoa Reiahta landfill b located on the northvaat ad
aouthvaat alopu of a hill underain by a biahly fractured
auaen-anaiua identified by carr (1960) bullbull the undifferentiated
Bartlaod Pbratioo Seibert 0972) recorded the atrika and dip of
--
~ CLASS bullAbull WATERSHED
[[[ill ~R~~ OF G~DWATE~ FAVORABILITY
BEACON HEIGHTS LANDFILL
PICUJ 4
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two fraetur~middotmiddot ~eu and obnrved a fra~ture fre~ueney in eaeh eet
ranaina fro three to fi~ feet bullin the joit eat etrikina M25-w and
25 feet in the Joint eet etrikina M5obullw A thin untle of atecial
till eompoeed of eand dey and eome bouldere oriainally covered
the bedroek on met of the eite Much of the oriainal till eurfaee
which ranaed betveeo 1-20 feet thick vee eanvated for cover
uterial reaultina in refueebedroek eootaet
Surhee drainaae ie to the aorthveet toward the Roekaaua Brook
en area with h iah aroundvater fav~rability (Piaure 3-4) ampurfeee
run-off ie rapid dJII to the eteep elopee of the landfill (16-25bull)
and the lov perweability of the predoainant eover aetarial
1be preeenee of refuee with low perbullubilitiee euch u rubber
plaetie end uh and the eteepneee of the tillrefueebedroek
eonteet ha reeulted in an extreaely rapid rete of aroundvater
80VeMnt throuah the landfill 1be eteepnen of elope and the
eatureticm of low perweebility aeh at the northveet ebaakaat
durinamp e period of baa rainfall in 1971 reeulted ia a eubetantiel
elope failure at that loeatifXl in 1972 (Pipre 3-2) the elope
failure reeulted in an atrty hiamph rete of eoatbullinated
aroundvater dieehar at the foot of the failure ecerp In addition
to aroundvater dieeharae obeerved at the Nee of the failure ecarp
e ditch that circled the landfill aloaa the vt and eouth
bounderiee drdned eubetantial quantitiee of leaehete to the oorth
toward the Rockan111 Brae tributary
Predicted aroundvater mvnt in bedrock ie alona fracture
boundariee and ie probable toward the northeut and northveet
35 BAZAIDS IDERTillD 01 ALLEGED
Leaal action teken by the DP Vater eoplianee Unit and Solid
Waete ~naaeaent Dideicm durina the 1970bull wee baeed priaarily oa
the eontainatioa of eurface water by typical leaehate conetituente
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J S Raurds Identified or Alleaed - continued
aucb u colifon~ lead phoaphatu md chlorid and the violation
of penit requireiHnta by the operatora The landfill and the
ditcharaina leachate h never been thorouahly invetiaated for the
preaence of tozic or haaardous aubstancea
A 1979 bullbullple of the surface water discharaina from the Bucon
Reiahta Landfill before confluence with the Rochnua Brook detectd
30 ppb colifom 110 ppb ethyl acetate 400 p pb bull th) l acetate and
30 ppb aethyl e thyl ket one Since the dhcha r p at t he u~linc
point pdurily reflects the 1urface draittaae fr011 the sit a aad
becau~ 1urfaca vatar b t likely to contain hi amph quanti t iu of
bull olatila contituen~a the pranca of llydrocarbons i n tha surface
draiup indicate bullch hiaher coacentratiou of oraanica in the
landfill mel the aroundvater dhcharai oa fr~ the landfill
Ia additioa1 the acon Heiahta Lendf ill b knOWD to hemiddot
accepted iDduatriel vaataa fr~ a Yariaty of 110urcaa Kaay of theaa
i Dduatri are knOVD to have aeoaratad haaardoua vaata
(8 SactiOil 4)
Piully1 the cootbullinati oa of prhata vella at the r ata
houaiq daYalop~~ent in laaccxa Falla hu been attributed by DIP to
the diapoaal of haurdoua vaataa oa Oak Driva vt a a that vera
oriainally deatioad to ba diapoaed of a t the l u con Beiaht a
Laadfill
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F1-8101-10
SCTIltM 4 - GENERATORS OF INDUSTRIAL WAST
The Connecticut Departbullnt of nviromHntal Protection and Hurtha 1 a
anainur Mr Richard Sullivan han identified at 1eaat aevan induatrhl
aeneratora that dhpoaed of vaate at the Mlrtha landfilla in acon Falla
and Hauaatuct Connecticut Of tbeae c01apaniea four haw been
identified aa aenaratora who diapoaed of vaate at the Beacon Raiahta
Landfill excluaively (Table 4-1)
Cenuatora of Vaate Diapoaed of at the Beacon Beiahta Landfill Beacon Palla Connecticut
(frOII 1972 DIP lnduatrial Vaate Survey)
Upjoha Cheical OilaBydrocarbooa 2500 aalyr lortb Baftll cr Chaical LiquidaBluda
end Solventa 72000 aalyr
Aratrona lubber Collpeay OilaBydrocerbooa 10000 aalyr Veat Raven cr Soheau 2 000 aalyr
Chbullical LiquidaSludaea 2000 aalyr Vaateveter treatat dudau 70000 aalyr
I P Goodrich Collpaoy Rubber 7000 tooayr Shelton cr Pleatica 400 tonayr
Oila ad Bydrocerbooa 340000 abulllyr Cheaical -liquidaSludaaa 78000 aalyr Vaatevater Sludaea 2000 toaayr Cheaical Solida SO tonayr
Uniroyal Footwear tubber 240 tooayr leacoa Falla CT Plaatica 240 tonayr
Oila and Hydrocarbonbull 5000 aalyr Solvaou 5000 aalyr
Zollo Drua UntoOWD UoknOWD Beacon Palla ~
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Fl-8101-10
Section 4 Genenton - continued
Zollo Dru of Beacon Falh a haurdoua vuta broker and tranaporur b
1tnovn to have dhpod of vutea fro tvo of tba cc-paoiaa Anutrona
lubber and Upjoho Cheaical Copay at the Beacon Reiahta Landfill Zollo
Dna handlaa vut fro a variety of induatriea and it ia probable that
the vaatea froa An troaa lubber and Upjoho did not account for all ~ 3induatrial vaaua diapoaed of by Zollo at the Beacon Reiahta o~ration HID
Tabh 4-2 ideatifiea pnuatora of vuu handled by Zollo
1979 IZP perit application
TABLE 4-2 Genentora of Wa~ad by Zollo Dr~a
( atatad
ADco Pachaiq c_ny Stratford cr
A M lruniq Guilford cr
Chnical LaanaJ lranford cr
Diadon Vld Capany Stalampford cr
ri-t Corporation lridaaport cr
Guilford Gravure Guilford cr
Bicta a Otia lorvallt cr
B~apbray Oaaical lo Iavan cr
Perkin-llner Corporation lorvalk cr
liadoa Kanufacturina Co Daobury cr
on 1979 IZP perait eppticatlon)
Alcohol vaata
Diaao vaata
tank lioaa Water vaata taak cln out
Solvent vaate
Solvent vaata
lthyl acetate fonal propyl acetate ethyl alcohol a ~
laain 1 propyl acetate
Maleic ampDhydride oil naphtha iaoproponal thanol toluaoa bensane
Cuttina oil acatoaa cyclo hexane Mthanol lao octane toluene MEl
VC III
Lacquer thinner Chlorinated catechol __ Chlorinated quinena
4-2
Zfl u atated on HO
(1gt0 -lt0 oz gt -ltI HflltH
I 0-lt
g 0
25 druaayr 0
300 druaayr
400 druyr
10 druaayr
40 druaayr
200 druaayr
60 druaayr
300 drvaayr
250 druuyr
25 druaayr
75 drvaayr 100 druaayr
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Section 4 Gene-raton - continued
Prior to 1976 the leacoa Reiamphte landfill received waetee fro
Reliable Induetriel Waete Diepoul Company (RlllD) i n Beacon Palle
Accordins to DP pen~it epplicatione dated 197D-1973 the deaical wtea
hendled bJ UW were either incinerated or ahipped to appropriate diapoaal
hcilitia1 It ia known however that RIWD die pond of waat11 at aeveral
localitiu in the town of leacoa hlb durina the aid- to late-1960e A
waate diepoeal lite on Oak Drive reeulted in tha contbullinatioa of doampena of
private velb in the near vicinity with indutrial chnicala includiaamp
Chloroben1ene Ethyl ether o-Dichlorobenune Ace tOM p-Dich lorobenuae Methylene chloride Toluene Methyl ethyl ketone 111-TrichlOroethane Hexane Uni dentified 112 2-Tetrachloroethane
It h been recorded by DP that UWD und illeaal dhpoul eitaa i D leacoo
Pelle when weather or roM condition prohibi ted acceae to what vu thn
tbe letkoeki qp loduatriea urviced bJ IIWD include eeveral chnical
nufacturera (Table 4-3)
TAILI 4-3 Coeratora of Waata Bandied b ieibrToduatriel Vaate Die
leecon Pella Connect cut Urn 1973 DIP perwit apphcatioo)
Copany Cenaratina Vaete
Pfber eopaoy Acetone iaopropyl alcohol 4400 aalvk Croton cr Mthaool ather
Honeaoto Kett)aool alcohcl 4 000 ampalvk Indian Orchard tM
General Electric lridaeport cr
laybutoe Traneaieaioo oil 21so aat Stratford cr
Cowlu Copany Thinner middotWlknovn Rev haven Ct
Iorden Chaaical middot StJreoe 3300aatt Leoaiaater0 K
4-3
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Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
1be t recent inforution reaudiaa the dhpoul of induetrid vaeta
at the Bucon Reiahte Landfill vu obtained fro a 1976 inapectioo report
inuad by the Connecticut DIP Divhion of Solid Waata Manaaebullnt 1be
report vhich b deed January 7 1976 atatea that Zollo drua vu
unloadina aeated drwu urlted chebullical vaate DANCBR Plable Liquid 1
avoid akin contact aDd breathinamp fuaea bullbull tha vute duaped vu of two 3 ~ typ41 a) a dry earth like uterial he (the driver) aaid vu a filter Zll ~lgt
aedi~a aDd b) the other u noted bullbullbull middot In the report it b reported middot lt~gtn -lt0 oz
that he duaped vuta naularly fTc Upjoin in Worth Bavea lgt -ltI
1ba Upjohn Chnical CopaD) in Worth Raven b a bullanufacturer of ~ lt~
aynthatic oraanic chicala The priury Mthod of -nufacturinamp at Upjoha Io- be deacribed u batch- procauioa wh ich vou ld reault in a quantity of gvaata liquid aludae aDdor filter bulldiUII The vute pnerated at Up john o
would probably contai n lianificant quantitiu of the priury product 4 0
91daty of oraanic chicala includiDJ tho11 ud for pharaaceutical
0 productbull aDd herbicidu have Ha bullanufacturM by Opjobn in Worth Bavaa (Tabla 4-4)
Oraanic Cbbullicala uaufactund br Dpjohn Olbullical Copant North Bavan Coanact1Cut
(1919 Product Liat)
Banaophaaone lenaophenoaa technical-flaltad o-Chloroanilina Technical (OCA) D-300 Concentrate (4-aulfophthalic Acid) o-Diaahidi ne Dihydrochloride Dichlorobenddiae Dihydrochloride (DCI) 26-Dichloro-4-Mitroanilina (DCJU) DiethoXJacetophenone (DAP) 25- DiaethoXJbeaaaldehyde (DKB) Dioeaenia Diphenuid Technical (NN-Diaethyl-2 1 2-Diphenylacatbullide) bonate 1361 ( 33-Dibullthyl-4 4 -Diphenyl Dihocyanate) Pbotoaraphic Dye Intenediatea p Toluene Sulfonyl hocJUte (PTST)
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r1-ato1-10
Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
In conclulion -bullHable date augeta that induatrhl vutee have
been dhpoud of at the Beacon B~iamphta and letltoeki Landfill bullby
a) leliable lnduatrhl Vaate Dbpoaal C011pany b) Zollo Dru c) Indu1triea contracted directly vith tlirthe Trucltina Inc
AlthouJb bullaoy induetrhl wute aeneraton dbpoeed of wute tbrouah
IIWD And Zollo Dnn1 only tvo of then coapeniea Upjoho and Arutrona
Rubber ere ~ to have had their vute dhpo1ed of at Beacon Reiahte ~t
pouibla hovner that other indu1tdal vute handled bJ IIWD and Zollo
Dru wu dhpo1ed of at Beacon Beiamphtbull
4-S
rl-8101-10
SCTION S - IOOHKENDATIOHS
lgt laeed on tha deta _erbed in thie report it U recoended that 0
I ~mthe follawina actione be taken Zll ~lgt
-lt0 a) A full lite inveetiaatiou of the leacon Beiamphte Landfill ehould lgt
oz
-ltIbe conducted includina aonitoriaa of abiant air for volatile ~ oraanice eurface vatar aod leachate alinamp aod oil
lt~
~ un1bull g Private valle and eurfece water dovnaradient of the landfill
0
ehoulcl be eupled ~
0 c) lahtina qiaeeriaamp data includiq location ancl epecificatioo
of 110aitoriaa welle ehould be obteiaecl frCII tM awaer of Jucon
Raiahtbull acl rniewed
d) lnDVD iDduetrial waeta pneratore bullhould be inbullntiaeted to
cleterioe the approdaate quantit aDd epecific characterietice
of wete dhpoeed of at Beacon Beipte
e) A liet of all induetrial clientbull eerliced by Murtha TRcldaa and
the final diepoeitioa of their nate ehould be obtained froa the
CJWDit of Murtha tnlctiaa Inc for remiddotdw
f) All cvailabla bJdroaeoloaic data ahould be reviewed to detnaioe
the potential ipact on aroundvater frCII huardoua waeta at
leacOD Beiampbta
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middot Uniroyal Chemical D1Yfsion Upjohn to
iL ADDITIOIIAL CONIIIIIITIOII IIAIIIIATI111 OlliCIIIfiTIOII Or ITfoiATIOIIIl110111 011 lllfiOIITilO TO IllIT AT Till 1Til
Ethyl Acetone Methyl Acetate detected in surface water In town location that received ~stes de~~~dR~r Beacon Heights contaminated with industrial chemicals such as
VI HAZARD OfSCRIPTIOM
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~~ ACTUAL LANDFILLING AREA FEET
Pl-8101-10
J2 Site History - continued
intenittently for epproxibullndy SO yun wte dhpoul vaa not
reaulued end aoil characte~btica on aite augelt that traah v
frequently burned 196S rial photoarapha indicate that dumpina
occurred pribullarily elona the northveat elope of what il now Beacon
Rdahta ne 196S aerial photoanpha allo indicate n atreMly p
ateep ebullbanlulent a fev hundred feet aouthveat of the Blackberry load t 0
Hfll entrance and approdutdy SO feet aouth of a u tributuy to zm
HP the Rockanubull Brook (Piaun J-2) Several bullbullall poo le of liquid were -lt0 ozoburved 110utheaat of the bullbankMnt pouibly i ndice t ina that the p
-ltJ aoila at thia middot location hve low peneabilitiea Soil borinabull Hl1
ltH conducted i n 1970 elona the northvu t elope indicate the preaence of J
0-ltaubatantial quantiti~ of aah eod aeverel layers of ibullpereable
g refuae auch u rubber Photoarapha taken at the dup in 196J
indicate the preaence of non(npacted vaate includinc drua eurol Available data indicat that the letkoaki refuaa area accepted a
variety of weate includi111 induatrht chnicab end aludaea
In 1970 the )lrthe Truckina Copany purcheud the letkoaki
hndfill end chana-t the aite nea to leacoa Beiahta
Mr Harold Murtha the pruident and 01110er of the )lrthe
Truckinc copeny aDd the Laurel Perk Landfill in lauaatuck
ibullprovad the operatiDa conditione at the Landfi ll in aeveral waya
i ocludina repair of the ecce road and partial rearadbamp of the
vt elope Mixed unicipal and induatrial vuta cootiDUad to be
dhpoat of at the landfill Several leaal acti001 have been
initiated qainat the Beacon Beiahu operation by the Coanecticut
Departbullent of lnviroaental Protection (DIP) In 1972 1 the Divilioo
- of Water Copliaaee i ued an middotorder to the )lrtha Truckina lac
(Order lfo lOSS) requirba that
e) a hydroaeoloaic atudr of the Landfill be conducted end
b) atepa to elibullinate pollution ceuaecl by the landfill be iaplebullntad
-- 3-5
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Fl-8101-10
J2 Site Hhtory - continued
In February of 1973 Order No 1055 vae rucinded by the DEP tlhn
it vu dhcovered that Murtha Truckina vu not the leael owner of
the Bucon Heiahte Order 1104 vae il8ued to replace Order 1055
identifyina Beacon Reiahta Inc (BHI) ae the ovnen of the landfill
The hydroaeoloaic inveltiaati on of the landfill vae cOllpleted under
Order 1104 1 however a pollution abateaent proar- vu never
iapleMnted
It haa been augeated by an official fro the Vater Coapliance
Unit that an active effort by the DEP Divhioa of Solid Vaate
Manaant to cloae the Beacon Heiahta Landfil l rulted in the lack
of enforceot actiOna by the Vater CCJ11Plience Unit
The Division of Solid Veet e iaaued Order Ito sw-69 to Bill in
Deceaber of 1975 Order Ito SV-69 directed Beacon Reiahta to cloae
within 270 daya and to iapleMnt r dial action to eliainate the
cau of pollutioa in adjacent vaterwaya It vu the Divhioa of
Solid Vutea poaition that the leacoo Beiahta Landfill operation
endaqered the around ead eurface vatere and vu reaponaible for
the eurfece vater containation in a etrebull belov the eite In
addition the Beacoa Reiahte ~peratioa bad expended into an adjacent
area trithout a DIP pen1i t The area of apaoaion vae dleracteriud
by a hiah vatcr table and ahellov bedrock reaultiDamp in hiah retaa
of leachate diecharae fro the lite
BBI appealed tha order and an edainhtrethe bearina renlted in
I odified order sv-69 beiDamp heu~ by the DP in lloveaber of 1976
bullw operatina and cloaure Plene vere approved by the DEP in
Septeaber of ~977 pen1ittina the Beacon Heiahte Landfill to reopen
and operate for epprodaately tvo yeare The aev pemit liaited the
bullol~ of vaate to be dhpoeed of oa lite forbade the dhpoaal of
liquid induetdal vaate and placed a ceiliq on the final elevation
contoure
3-6
--
F1-8101-10
3 2 Site Rhto~y - co~tinued middot
Concurrent vith lead actionbull taken qainet 1181 by the
C~nnecticut DP middot the Inland Wetllnde Coaiuioo ileued a Ceaee and
Deeht Order to BHI for opentina within and pollutina a wetbnde
atreabull BHI defied the order 1 claiaing that t he landfill had been
operatinamp for 30 yean prior to the enactMnt of the 1974 vetlande ])
laahlation and vu therefore not eubject to rezuhtion The 0 3
Inland Wetlanda eo-hlion took BHI to court for violatina the Ceau ~Ill Zrltl
and D11iat Order In 1977 the cau vu thrCND out of court ~])n-ltO oz ])
In 1976 an ina pection conducted by the Division of Solid Waete -ltJ ~
Manaaeent revealed eevaral aeneral penit violltione 1 ineludioa the lt~
J diaprd of induetrial waite and the dilpoul of wute in
unauthorised areal Accordina to T Prepan of the Divilioo of 8 Solid Waate than riolationa ware aaver iav11tiaeted or enforced 0
The 1977 penit eat the final cloaure data for July 7 bull 1979
BBI appealed the teru of the panit in June 1979 1 raquaatiq a
reviled cootour plan The DEP heued a revhed coatour plan and
deaipated July 1 1979 11 the final cloeure date El failed to
at the daadliaa aDd the caee wu referred to the Attorney
Geaarala office for act ioa Jo actioo by the Attorney General hu
bn tOea to data BBI cloaed iD 1979 without atina the t ene of
the 1977 perait bullreeMnt Municipal aewenae fro Bethany
Connecticut ia pnaeotly beiaamp applied to areu of upoeed face
33 PllKAit SIT ACTIVITY
Tbe landfill operation at Beacoo Beiamphta baa bn charactariaed
bJ three different typea of vte diapoul
a) retuae-buniaa type diapoul (prior to 1970) i
b) non-burnina aioi- cover nitary landfill 1 and
c) a ainf- lift-thickneabull opention
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Pl-8101-10
33 Pribullary Site Activity - continued
As indicated by ~il borinabull burnina vaa a priaary treatbullnt
f~r refuse prior to 1970 Althouah aome bullinibullal coverina of rafuu
did taka placenitary-type landfillina did not becce the oor at
the Beacon Reiamphta operation until after 1970 when the BHI
purchaaad the lite Accordinamp to an enaineerina brief iuued by
anaineer Richard Sullivan the Betkoaki operation vu ibullproved
aubatantially by Mlrtha Debrh alona the acce road end the
Hockanubull Brook Tributary vu re110ved or buried and the veat dope
vu naraded and aeedad to prevent eroaion Sullivan claibulld that
up to ah inchea of ioil whi ch vaa excavated fr the aita 0 vu
uaed to cover the active portion of the landfill daily A 1973
brief iuued by the Murtha Truckina Copany indicated that i n
addition to the ah inchaa of daily cover capleted areaa received
a final application of one and one-half feat of cover aoil
It b not known vbat the actual tonnaaa of vaate racah ed at the
Beacon Raiahu Landfi ll vaa however a 1972 report on the aolid and
liquid vaataa recehed by the Mlrtha owned landfillbull utiaat that
up to 107500 t0011 of aolid vaata and 46 tou of liquid vutu ware
dhpoaad Of per year A mP official indicated that a 1972
induatrial auney of waata aanaratora augaatad that up to one
bullillioa pllona per year of liquid waataa wra diapod of at the
HurtM laDdfilla
1be Beacon Baiah t a Landfill -ployad two individuah for
aupaniaion and the operation of ccepactioa aquiPMnt A u fleet of trucka OWDad by ttartha Trucldq handled laraa aanidpal aocl
induatrial contracta A at l tranafer atation waa eatabliahed at
the entrance of the landfill for public uaa to alibullinau traffie
probt Oft the landfill
34 SITE GEOLOCTBYDIOLOGY
fba laaeoa Reiahta landfill b located on the northvaat ad
aouthvaat alopu of a hill underain by a biahly fractured
auaen-anaiua identified by carr (1960) bullbull the undifferentiated
Bartlaod Pbratioo Seibert 0972) recorded the atrika and dip of
--
~ CLASS bullAbull WATERSHED
[[[ill ~R~~ OF G~DWATE~ FAVORABILITY
BEACON HEIGHTS LANDFILL
PICUJ 4
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two fraetur~middotmiddot ~eu and obnrved a fra~ture fre~ueney in eaeh eet
ranaina fro three to fi~ feet bullin the joit eat etrikina M25-w and
25 feet in the Joint eet etrikina M5obullw A thin untle of atecial
till eompoeed of eand dey and eome bouldere oriainally covered
the bedroek on met of the eite Much of the oriainal till eurfaee
which ranaed betveeo 1-20 feet thick vee eanvated for cover
uterial reaultina in refueebedroek eootaet
Surhee drainaae ie to the aorthveet toward the Roekaaua Brook
en area with h iah aroundvater fav~rability (Piaure 3-4) ampurfeee
run-off ie rapid dJII to the eteep elopee of the landfill (16-25bull)
and the lov perweability of the predoainant eover aetarial
1be preeenee of refuee with low perbullubilitiee euch u rubber
plaetie end uh and the eteepneee of the tillrefueebedroek
eonteet ha reeulted in an extreaely rapid rete of aroundvater
80VeMnt throuah the landfill 1be eteepnen of elope and the
eatureticm of low perweebility aeh at the northveet ebaakaat
durinamp e period of baa rainfall in 1971 reeulted ia a eubetantiel
elope failure at that loeatifXl in 1972 (Pipre 3-2) the elope
failure reeulted in an atrty hiamph rete of eoatbullinated
aroundvater dieehar at the foot of the failure ecerp In addition
to aroundvater dieeharae obeerved at the Nee of the failure ecarp
e ditch that circled the landfill aloaa the vt and eouth
bounderiee drdned eubetantial quantitiee of leaehete to the oorth
toward the Rockan111 Brae tributary
Predicted aroundvater mvnt in bedrock ie alona fracture
boundariee and ie probable toward the northeut and northveet
35 BAZAIDS IDERTillD 01 ALLEGED
Leaal action teken by the DP Vater eoplianee Unit and Solid
Waete ~naaeaent Dideicm durina the 1970bull wee baeed priaarily oa
the eontainatioa of eurface water by typical leaehate conetituente
3-10
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J S Raurds Identified or Alleaed - continued
aucb u colifon~ lead phoaphatu md chlorid and the violation
of penit requireiHnta by the operatora The landfill and the
ditcharaina leachate h never been thorouahly invetiaated for the
preaence of tozic or haaardous aubstancea
A 1979 bullbullple of the surface water discharaina from the Bucon
Reiahta Landfill before confluence with the Rochnua Brook detectd
30 ppb colifom 110 ppb ethyl acetate 400 p pb bull th) l acetate and
30 ppb aethyl e thyl ket one Since the dhcha r p at t he u~linc
point pdurily reflects the 1urface draittaae fr011 the sit a aad
becau~ 1urfaca vatar b t likely to contain hi amph quanti t iu of
bull olatila contituen~a the pranca of llydrocarbons i n tha surface
draiup indicate bullch hiaher coacentratiou of oraanica in the
landfill mel the aroundvater dhcharai oa fr~ the landfill
Ia additioa1 the acon Heiahta Lendf ill b knOWD to hemiddot
accepted iDduatriel vaataa fr~ a Yariaty of 110urcaa Kaay of theaa
i Dduatri are knOVD to have aeoaratad haaardoua vaata
(8 SactiOil 4)
Piully1 the cootbullinati oa of prhata vella at the r ata
houaiq daYalop~~ent in laaccxa Falla hu been attributed by DIP to
the diapoaal of haurdoua vaataa oa Oak Driva vt a a that vera
oriainally deatioad to ba diapoaed of a t the l u con Beiaht a
Laadfill
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F1-8101-10
SCTIltM 4 - GENERATORS OF INDUSTRIAL WAST
The Connecticut Departbullnt of nviromHntal Protection and Hurtha 1 a
anainur Mr Richard Sullivan han identified at 1eaat aevan induatrhl
aeneratora that dhpoaed of vaate at the Mlrtha landfilla in acon Falla
and Hauaatuct Connecticut Of tbeae c01apaniea four haw been
identified aa aenaratora who diapoaed of vaate at the Beacon Raiahta
Landfill excluaively (Table 4-1)
Cenuatora of Vaate Diapoaed of at the Beacon Beiahta Landfill Beacon Palla Connecticut
(frOII 1972 DIP lnduatrial Vaate Survey)
Upjoha Cheical OilaBydrocarbooa 2500 aalyr lortb Baftll cr Chaical LiquidaBluda
end Solventa 72000 aalyr
Aratrona lubber Collpeay OilaBydrocerbooa 10000 aalyr Veat Raven cr Soheau 2 000 aalyr
Chbullical LiquidaSludaea 2000 aalyr Vaateveter treatat dudau 70000 aalyr
I P Goodrich Collpaoy Rubber 7000 tooayr Shelton cr Pleatica 400 tonayr
Oila ad Bydrocerbooa 340000 abulllyr Cheaical -liquidaSludaaa 78000 aalyr Vaatevater Sludaea 2000 toaayr Cheaical Solida SO tonayr
Uniroyal Footwear tubber 240 tooayr leacoa Falla CT Plaatica 240 tonayr
Oila and Hydrocarbonbull 5000 aalyr Solvaou 5000 aalyr
Zollo Drua UntoOWD UoknOWD Beacon Palla ~
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Fl-8101-10
Section 4 Genenton - continued
Zollo Dru of Beacon Falh a haurdoua vuta broker and tranaporur b
1tnovn to have dhpod of vutea fro tvo of tba cc-paoiaa Anutrona
lubber and Upjoho Cheaical Copay at the Beacon Reiahta Landfill Zollo
Dna handlaa vut fro a variety of induatriea and it ia probable that
the vaatea froa An troaa lubber and Upjoho did not account for all ~ 3induatrial vaaua diapoaed of by Zollo at the Beacon Reiahta o~ration HID
Tabh 4-2 ideatifiea pnuatora of vuu handled by Zollo
1979 IZP perit application
TABLE 4-2 Genentora of Wa~ad by Zollo Dr~a
( atatad
ADco Pachaiq c_ny Stratford cr
A M lruniq Guilford cr
Chnical LaanaJ lranford cr
Diadon Vld Capany Stalampford cr
ri-t Corporation lridaaport cr
Guilford Gravure Guilford cr
Bicta a Otia lorvallt cr
B~apbray Oaaical lo Iavan cr
Perkin-llner Corporation lorvalk cr
liadoa Kanufacturina Co Daobury cr
on 1979 IZP perait eppticatlon)
Alcohol vaata
Diaao vaata
tank lioaa Water vaata taak cln out
Solvent vaate
Solvent vaata
lthyl acetate fonal propyl acetate ethyl alcohol a ~
laain 1 propyl acetate
Maleic ampDhydride oil naphtha iaoproponal thanol toluaoa bensane
Cuttina oil acatoaa cyclo hexane Mthanol lao octane toluene MEl
VC III
Lacquer thinner Chlorinated catechol __ Chlorinated quinena
4-2
Zfl u atated on HO
(1gt0 -lt0 oz gt -ltI HflltH
I 0-lt
g 0
25 druaayr 0
300 druaayr
400 druyr
10 druaayr
40 druaayr
200 druaayr
60 druaayr
300 drvaayr
250 druuyr
25 druaayr
75 drvaayr 100 druaayr
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Section 4 Gene-raton - continued
Prior to 1976 the leacoa Reiamphte landfill received waetee fro
Reliable Induetriel Waete Diepoul Company (RlllD) i n Beacon Palle
Accordins to DP pen~it epplicatione dated 197D-1973 the deaical wtea
hendled bJ UW were either incinerated or ahipped to appropriate diapoaal
hcilitia1 It ia known however that RIWD die pond of waat11 at aeveral
localitiu in the town of leacoa hlb durina the aid- to late-1960e A
waate diepoeal lite on Oak Drive reeulted in tha contbullinatioa of doampena of
private velb in the near vicinity with indutrial chnicala includiaamp
Chloroben1ene Ethyl ether o-Dichlorobenune Ace tOM p-Dich lorobenuae Methylene chloride Toluene Methyl ethyl ketone 111-TrichlOroethane Hexane Uni dentified 112 2-Tetrachloroethane
It h been recorded by DP that UWD und illeaal dhpoul eitaa i D leacoo
Pelle when weather or roM condition prohibi ted acceae to what vu thn
tbe letkoeki qp loduatriea urviced bJ IIWD include eeveral chnical
nufacturera (Table 4-3)
TAILI 4-3 Coeratora of Waata Bandied b ieibrToduatriel Vaate Die
leecon Pella Connect cut Urn 1973 DIP perwit apphcatioo)
Copany Cenaratina Vaete
Pfber eopaoy Acetone iaopropyl alcohol 4400 aalvk Croton cr Mthaool ather
Honeaoto Kett)aool alcohcl 4 000 ampalvk Indian Orchard tM
General Electric lridaeport cr
laybutoe Traneaieaioo oil 21so aat Stratford cr
Cowlu Copany Thinner middotWlknovn Rev haven Ct
Iorden Chaaical middot StJreoe 3300aatt Leoaiaater0 K
4-3
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Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
1be t recent inforution reaudiaa the dhpoul of induetrid vaeta
at the Bucon Reiahte Landfill vu obtained fro a 1976 inapectioo report
inuad by the Connecticut DIP Divhion of Solid Waata Manaaebullnt 1be
report vhich b deed January 7 1976 atatea that Zollo drua vu
unloadina aeated drwu urlted chebullical vaate DANCBR Plable Liquid 1
avoid akin contact aDd breathinamp fuaea bullbull tha vute duaped vu of two 3 ~ typ41 a) a dry earth like uterial he (the driver) aaid vu a filter Zll ~lgt
aedi~a aDd b) the other u noted bullbullbull middot In the report it b reported middot lt~gtn -lt0 oz
that he duaped vuta naularly fTc Upjoin in Worth Bavea lgt -ltI
1ba Upjohn Chnical CopaD) in Worth Raven b a bullanufacturer of ~ lt~
aynthatic oraanic chicala The priury Mthod of -nufacturinamp at Upjoha Io- be deacribed u batch- procauioa wh ich vou ld reault in a quantity of gvaata liquid aludae aDdor filter bulldiUII The vute pnerated at Up john o
would probably contai n lianificant quantitiu of the priury product 4 0
91daty of oraanic chicala includiDJ tho11 ud for pharaaceutical
0 productbull aDd herbicidu have Ha bullanufacturM by Opjobn in Worth Bavaa (Tabla 4-4)
Oraanic Cbbullicala uaufactund br Dpjohn Olbullical Copant North Bavan Coanact1Cut
(1919 Product Liat)
Banaophaaone lenaophenoaa technical-flaltad o-Chloroanilina Technical (OCA) D-300 Concentrate (4-aulfophthalic Acid) o-Diaahidi ne Dihydrochloride Dichlorobenddiae Dihydrochloride (DCI) 26-Dichloro-4-Mitroanilina (DCJU) DiethoXJacetophenone (DAP) 25- DiaethoXJbeaaaldehyde (DKB) Dioeaenia Diphenuid Technical (NN-Diaethyl-2 1 2-Diphenylacatbullide) bonate 1361 ( 33-Dibullthyl-4 4 -Diphenyl Dihocyanate) Pbotoaraphic Dye Intenediatea p Toluene Sulfonyl hocJUte (PTST)
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r1-ato1-10
Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
In conclulion -bullHable date augeta that induatrhl vutee have
been dhpoud of at the Beacon B~iamphta and letltoeki Landfill bullby
a) leliable lnduatrhl Vaate Dbpoaal C011pany b) Zollo Dru c) Indu1triea contracted directly vith tlirthe Trucltina Inc
AlthouJb bullaoy induetrhl wute aeneraton dbpoeed of wute tbrouah
IIWD And Zollo Dnn1 only tvo of then coapeniea Upjoho and Arutrona
Rubber ere ~ to have had their vute dhpo1ed of at Beacon Reiahte ~t
pouibla hovner that other indu1tdal vute handled bJ IIWD and Zollo
Dru wu dhpo1ed of at Beacon Beiamphtbull
4-S
rl-8101-10
SCTION S - IOOHKENDATIOHS
lgt laeed on tha deta _erbed in thie report it U recoended that 0
I ~mthe follawina actione be taken Zll ~lgt
-lt0 a) A full lite inveetiaatiou of the leacon Beiamphte Landfill ehould lgt
oz
-ltIbe conducted includina aonitoriaa of abiant air for volatile ~ oraanice eurface vatar aod leachate alinamp aod oil
lt~
~ un1bull g Private valle and eurfece water dovnaradient of the landfill
0
ehoulcl be eupled ~
0 c) lahtina qiaeeriaamp data includiq location ancl epecificatioo
of 110aitoriaa welle ehould be obteiaecl frCII tM awaer of Jucon
Raiahtbull acl rniewed
d) lnDVD iDduetrial waeta pneratore bullhould be inbullntiaeted to
cleterioe the approdaate quantit aDd epecific characterietice
of wete dhpoeed of at Beacon Beipte
e) A liet of all induetrial clientbull eerliced by Murtha TRcldaa and
the final diepoeitioa of their nate ehould be obtained froa the
CJWDit of Murtha tnlctiaa Inc for remiddotdw
f) All cvailabla bJdroaeoloaic data ahould be reviewed to detnaioe
the potential ipact on aroundvater frCII huardoua waeta at
leacOD Beiampbta
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middot ~_
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middot _uo bull ~ rut bullbull of tills fora
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- barcode 559034
- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 559034
Pl-8101-10
J2 Site History - continued
intenittently for epproxibullndy SO yun wte dhpoul vaa not
reaulued end aoil characte~btica on aite augelt that traah v
frequently burned 196S rial photoarapha indicate that dumpina
occurred pribullarily elona the northveat elope of what il now Beacon
Rdahta ne 196S aerial photoanpha allo indicate n atreMly p
ateep ebullbanlulent a fev hundred feet aouthveat of the Blackberry load t 0
Hfll entrance and approdutdy SO feet aouth of a u tributuy to zm
HP the Rockanubull Brook (Piaun J-2) Several bullbullall poo le of liquid were -lt0 ozoburved 110utheaat of the bullbankMnt pouibly i ndice t ina that the p
-ltJ aoila at thia middot location hve low peneabilitiea Soil borinabull Hl1
ltH conducted i n 1970 elona the northvu t elope indicate the preaence of J
0-ltaubatantial quantiti~ of aah eod aeverel layers of ibullpereable
g refuae auch u rubber Photoarapha taken at the dup in 196J
indicate the preaence of non(npacted vaate includinc drua eurol Available data indicat that the letkoaki refuaa area accepted a
variety of weate includi111 induatrht chnicab end aludaea
In 1970 the )lrthe Truckina Copany purcheud the letkoaki
hndfill end chana-t the aite nea to leacoa Beiahta
Mr Harold Murtha the pruident and 01110er of the )lrthe
Truckinc copeny aDd the Laurel Perk Landfill in lauaatuck
ibullprovad the operatiDa conditione at the Landfi ll in aeveral waya
i ocludina repair of the ecce road and partial rearadbamp of the
vt elope Mixed unicipal and induatrial vuta cootiDUad to be
dhpoat of at the landfill Several leaal acti001 have been
initiated qainat the Beacon Beiahu operation by the Coanecticut
Departbullent of lnviroaental Protection (DIP) In 1972 1 the Divilioo
- of Water Copliaaee i ued an middotorder to the )lrtha Truckina lac
(Order lfo lOSS) requirba that
e) a hydroaeoloaic atudr of the Landfill be conducted end
b) atepa to elibullinate pollution ceuaecl by the landfill be iaplebullntad
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Fl-8101-10
J2 Site Hhtory - continued
In February of 1973 Order No 1055 vae rucinded by the DEP tlhn
it vu dhcovered that Murtha Truckina vu not the leael owner of
the Bucon Heiahte Order 1104 vae il8ued to replace Order 1055
identifyina Beacon Reiahta Inc (BHI) ae the ovnen of the landfill
The hydroaeoloaic inveltiaati on of the landfill vae cOllpleted under
Order 1104 1 however a pollution abateaent proar- vu never
iapleMnted
It haa been augeated by an official fro the Vater Coapliance
Unit that an active effort by the DEP Divhioa of Solid Vaate
Manaant to cloae the Beacon Heiahta Landfil l rulted in the lack
of enforceot actiOna by the Vater CCJ11Plience Unit
The Division of Solid Veet e iaaued Order Ito sw-69 to Bill in
Deceaber of 1975 Order Ito SV-69 directed Beacon Reiahta to cloae
within 270 daya and to iapleMnt r dial action to eliainate the
cau of pollutioa in adjacent vaterwaya It vu the Divhioa of
Solid Vutea poaition that the leacoo Beiahta Landfill operation
endaqered the around ead eurface vatere and vu reaponaible for
the eurfece vater containation in a etrebull belov the eite In
addition the Beacoa Reiahte ~peratioa bad expended into an adjacent
area trithout a DIP pen1i t The area of apaoaion vae dleracteriud
by a hiah vatcr table and ahellov bedrock reaultiDamp in hiah retaa
of leachate diecharae fro the lite
BBI appealed tha order and an edainhtrethe bearina renlted in
I odified order sv-69 beiDamp heu~ by the DP in lloveaber of 1976
bullw operatina and cloaure Plene vere approved by the DEP in
Septeaber of ~977 pen1ittina the Beacon Heiahte Landfill to reopen
and operate for epprodaately tvo yeare The aev pemit liaited the
bullol~ of vaate to be dhpoeed of oa lite forbade the dhpoaal of
liquid induetdal vaate and placed a ceiliq on the final elevation
contoure
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F1-8101-10
3 2 Site Rhto~y - co~tinued middot
Concurrent vith lead actionbull taken qainet 1181 by the
C~nnecticut DP middot the Inland Wetllnde Coaiuioo ileued a Ceaee and
Deeht Order to BHI for opentina within and pollutina a wetbnde
atreabull BHI defied the order 1 claiaing that t he landfill had been
operatinamp for 30 yean prior to the enactMnt of the 1974 vetlande ])
laahlation and vu therefore not eubject to rezuhtion The 0 3
Inland Wetlanda eo-hlion took BHI to court for violatina the Ceau ~Ill Zrltl
and D11iat Order In 1977 the cau vu thrCND out of court ~])n-ltO oz ])
In 1976 an ina pection conducted by the Division of Solid Waete -ltJ ~
Manaaeent revealed eevaral aeneral penit violltione 1 ineludioa the lt~
J diaprd of induetrial waite and the dilpoul of wute in
unauthorised areal Accordina to T Prepan of the Divilioo of 8 Solid Waate than riolationa ware aaver iav11tiaeted or enforced 0
The 1977 penit eat the final cloaure data for July 7 bull 1979
BBI appealed the teru of the panit in June 1979 1 raquaatiq a
reviled cootour plan The DEP heued a revhed coatour plan and
deaipated July 1 1979 11 the final cloeure date El failed to
at the daadliaa aDd the caee wu referred to the Attorney
Geaarala office for act ioa Jo actioo by the Attorney General hu
bn tOea to data BBI cloaed iD 1979 without atina the t ene of
the 1977 perait bullreeMnt Municipal aewenae fro Bethany
Connecticut ia pnaeotly beiaamp applied to areu of upoeed face
33 PllKAit SIT ACTIVITY
Tbe landfill operation at Beacoo Beiamphta baa bn charactariaed
bJ three different typea of vte diapoul
a) retuae-buniaa type diapoul (prior to 1970) i
b) non-burnina aioi- cover nitary landfill 1 and
c) a ainf- lift-thickneabull opention
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33 Pribullary Site Activity - continued
As indicated by ~il borinabull burnina vaa a priaary treatbullnt
f~r refuse prior to 1970 Althouah aome bullinibullal coverina of rafuu
did taka placenitary-type landfillina did not becce the oor at
the Beacon Reiamphta operation until after 1970 when the BHI
purchaaad the lite Accordinamp to an enaineerina brief iuued by
anaineer Richard Sullivan the Betkoaki operation vu ibullproved
aubatantially by Mlrtha Debrh alona the acce road end the
Hockanubull Brook Tributary vu re110ved or buried and the veat dope
vu naraded and aeedad to prevent eroaion Sullivan claibulld that
up to ah inchea of ioil whi ch vaa excavated fr the aita 0 vu
uaed to cover the active portion of the landfill daily A 1973
brief iuued by the Murtha Truckina Copany indicated that i n
addition to the ah inchaa of daily cover capleted areaa received
a final application of one and one-half feat of cover aoil
It b not known vbat the actual tonnaaa of vaate racah ed at the
Beacon Raiahu Landfi ll vaa however a 1972 report on the aolid and
liquid vaataa recehed by the Mlrtha owned landfillbull utiaat that
up to 107500 t0011 of aolid vaata and 46 tou of liquid vutu ware
dhpoaad Of per year A mP official indicated that a 1972
induatrial auney of waata aanaratora augaatad that up to one
bullillioa pllona per year of liquid waataa wra diapod of at the
HurtM laDdfilla
1be Beacon Baiah t a Landfill -ployad two individuah for
aupaniaion and the operation of ccepactioa aquiPMnt A u fleet of trucka OWDad by ttartha Trucldq handled laraa aanidpal aocl
induatrial contracta A at l tranafer atation waa eatabliahed at
the entrance of the landfill for public uaa to alibullinau traffie
probt Oft the landfill
34 SITE GEOLOCTBYDIOLOGY
fba laaeoa Reiahta landfill b located on the northvaat ad
aouthvaat alopu of a hill underain by a biahly fractured
auaen-anaiua identified by carr (1960) bullbull the undifferentiated
Bartlaod Pbratioo Seibert 0972) recorded the atrika and dip of
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~ CLASS bullAbull WATERSHED
[[[ill ~R~~ OF G~DWATE~ FAVORABILITY
BEACON HEIGHTS LANDFILL
PICUJ 4
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two fraetur~middotmiddot ~eu and obnrved a fra~ture fre~ueney in eaeh eet
ranaina fro three to fi~ feet bullin the joit eat etrikina M25-w and
25 feet in the Joint eet etrikina M5obullw A thin untle of atecial
till eompoeed of eand dey and eome bouldere oriainally covered
the bedroek on met of the eite Much of the oriainal till eurfaee
which ranaed betveeo 1-20 feet thick vee eanvated for cover
uterial reaultina in refueebedroek eootaet
Surhee drainaae ie to the aorthveet toward the Roekaaua Brook
en area with h iah aroundvater fav~rability (Piaure 3-4) ampurfeee
run-off ie rapid dJII to the eteep elopee of the landfill (16-25bull)
and the lov perweability of the predoainant eover aetarial
1be preeenee of refuee with low perbullubilitiee euch u rubber
plaetie end uh and the eteepneee of the tillrefueebedroek
eonteet ha reeulted in an extreaely rapid rete of aroundvater
80VeMnt throuah the landfill 1be eteepnen of elope and the
eatureticm of low perweebility aeh at the northveet ebaakaat
durinamp e period of baa rainfall in 1971 reeulted ia a eubetantiel
elope failure at that loeatifXl in 1972 (Pipre 3-2) the elope
failure reeulted in an atrty hiamph rete of eoatbullinated
aroundvater dieehar at the foot of the failure ecerp In addition
to aroundvater dieeharae obeerved at the Nee of the failure ecarp
e ditch that circled the landfill aloaa the vt and eouth
bounderiee drdned eubetantial quantitiee of leaehete to the oorth
toward the Rockan111 Brae tributary
Predicted aroundvater mvnt in bedrock ie alona fracture
boundariee and ie probable toward the northeut and northveet
35 BAZAIDS IDERTillD 01 ALLEGED
Leaal action teken by the DP Vater eoplianee Unit and Solid
Waete ~naaeaent Dideicm durina the 1970bull wee baeed priaarily oa
the eontainatioa of eurface water by typical leaehate conetituente
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J S Raurds Identified or Alleaed - continued
aucb u colifon~ lead phoaphatu md chlorid and the violation
of penit requireiHnta by the operatora The landfill and the
ditcharaina leachate h never been thorouahly invetiaated for the
preaence of tozic or haaardous aubstancea
A 1979 bullbullple of the surface water discharaina from the Bucon
Reiahta Landfill before confluence with the Rochnua Brook detectd
30 ppb colifom 110 ppb ethyl acetate 400 p pb bull th) l acetate and
30 ppb aethyl e thyl ket one Since the dhcha r p at t he u~linc
point pdurily reflects the 1urface draittaae fr011 the sit a aad
becau~ 1urfaca vatar b t likely to contain hi amph quanti t iu of
bull olatila contituen~a the pranca of llydrocarbons i n tha surface
draiup indicate bullch hiaher coacentratiou of oraanica in the
landfill mel the aroundvater dhcharai oa fr~ the landfill
Ia additioa1 the acon Heiahta Lendf ill b knOWD to hemiddot
accepted iDduatriel vaataa fr~ a Yariaty of 110urcaa Kaay of theaa
i Dduatri are knOVD to have aeoaratad haaardoua vaata
(8 SactiOil 4)
Piully1 the cootbullinati oa of prhata vella at the r ata
houaiq daYalop~~ent in laaccxa Falla hu been attributed by DIP to
the diapoaal of haurdoua vaataa oa Oak Driva vt a a that vera
oriainally deatioad to ba diapoaed of a t the l u con Beiaht a
Laadfill
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F1-8101-10
SCTIltM 4 - GENERATORS OF INDUSTRIAL WAST
The Connecticut Departbullnt of nviromHntal Protection and Hurtha 1 a
anainur Mr Richard Sullivan han identified at 1eaat aevan induatrhl
aeneratora that dhpoaed of vaate at the Mlrtha landfilla in acon Falla
and Hauaatuct Connecticut Of tbeae c01apaniea four haw been
identified aa aenaratora who diapoaed of vaate at the Beacon Raiahta
Landfill excluaively (Table 4-1)
Cenuatora of Vaate Diapoaed of at the Beacon Beiahta Landfill Beacon Palla Connecticut
(frOII 1972 DIP lnduatrial Vaate Survey)
Upjoha Cheical OilaBydrocarbooa 2500 aalyr lortb Baftll cr Chaical LiquidaBluda
end Solventa 72000 aalyr
Aratrona lubber Collpeay OilaBydrocerbooa 10000 aalyr Veat Raven cr Soheau 2 000 aalyr
Chbullical LiquidaSludaea 2000 aalyr Vaateveter treatat dudau 70000 aalyr
I P Goodrich Collpaoy Rubber 7000 tooayr Shelton cr Pleatica 400 tonayr
Oila ad Bydrocerbooa 340000 abulllyr Cheaical -liquidaSludaaa 78000 aalyr Vaatevater Sludaea 2000 toaayr Cheaical Solida SO tonayr
Uniroyal Footwear tubber 240 tooayr leacoa Falla CT Plaatica 240 tonayr
Oila and Hydrocarbonbull 5000 aalyr Solvaou 5000 aalyr
Zollo Drua UntoOWD UoknOWD Beacon Palla ~
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Section 4 Genenton - continued
Zollo Dru of Beacon Falh a haurdoua vuta broker and tranaporur b
1tnovn to have dhpod of vutea fro tvo of tba cc-paoiaa Anutrona
lubber and Upjoho Cheaical Copay at the Beacon Reiahta Landfill Zollo
Dna handlaa vut fro a variety of induatriea and it ia probable that
the vaatea froa An troaa lubber and Upjoho did not account for all ~ 3induatrial vaaua diapoaed of by Zollo at the Beacon Reiahta o~ration HID
Tabh 4-2 ideatifiea pnuatora of vuu handled by Zollo
1979 IZP perit application
TABLE 4-2 Genentora of Wa~ad by Zollo Dr~a
( atatad
ADco Pachaiq c_ny Stratford cr
A M lruniq Guilford cr
Chnical LaanaJ lranford cr
Diadon Vld Capany Stalampford cr
ri-t Corporation lridaaport cr
Guilford Gravure Guilford cr
Bicta a Otia lorvallt cr
B~apbray Oaaical lo Iavan cr
Perkin-llner Corporation lorvalk cr
liadoa Kanufacturina Co Daobury cr
on 1979 IZP perait eppticatlon)
Alcohol vaata
Diaao vaata
tank lioaa Water vaata taak cln out
Solvent vaate
Solvent vaata
lthyl acetate fonal propyl acetate ethyl alcohol a ~
laain 1 propyl acetate
Maleic ampDhydride oil naphtha iaoproponal thanol toluaoa bensane
Cuttina oil acatoaa cyclo hexane Mthanol lao octane toluene MEl
VC III
Lacquer thinner Chlorinated catechol __ Chlorinated quinena
4-2
Zfl u atated on HO
(1gt0 -lt0 oz gt -ltI HflltH
I 0-lt
g 0
25 druaayr 0
300 druaayr
400 druyr
10 druaayr
40 druaayr
200 druaayr
60 druaayr
300 drvaayr
250 druuyr
25 druaayr
75 drvaayr 100 druaayr
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Section 4 Gene-raton - continued
Prior to 1976 the leacoa Reiamphte landfill received waetee fro
Reliable Induetriel Waete Diepoul Company (RlllD) i n Beacon Palle
Accordins to DP pen~it epplicatione dated 197D-1973 the deaical wtea
hendled bJ UW were either incinerated or ahipped to appropriate diapoaal
hcilitia1 It ia known however that RIWD die pond of waat11 at aeveral
localitiu in the town of leacoa hlb durina the aid- to late-1960e A
waate diepoeal lite on Oak Drive reeulted in tha contbullinatioa of doampena of
private velb in the near vicinity with indutrial chnicala includiaamp
Chloroben1ene Ethyl ether o-Dichlorobenune Ace tOM p-Dich lorobenuae Methylene chloride Toluene Methyl ethyl ketone 111-TrichlOroethane Hexane Uni dentified 112 2-Tetrachloroethane
It h been recorded by DP that UWD und illeaal dhpoul eitaa i D leacoo
Pelle when weather or roM condition prohibi ted acceae to what vu thn
tbe letkoeki qp loduatriea urviced bJ IIWD include eeveral chnical
nufacturera (Table 4-3)
TAILI 4-3 Coeratora of Waata Bandied b ieibrToduatriel Vaate Die
leecon Pella Connect cut Urn 1973 DIP perwit apphcatioo)
Copany Cenaratina Vaete
Pfber eopaoy Acetone iaopropyl alcohol 4400 aalvk Croton cr Mthaool ather
Honeaoto Kett)aool alcohcl 4 000 ampalvk Indian Orchard tM
General Electric lridaeport cr
laybutoe Traneaieaioo oil 21so aat Stratford cr
Cowlu Copany Thinner middotWlknovn Rev haven Ct
Iorden Chaaical middot StJreoe 3300aatt Leoaiaater0 K
4-3
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11-8101-10
Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
1be t recent inforution reaudiaa the dhpoul of induetrid vaeta
at the Bucon Reiahte Landfill vu obtained fro a 1976 inapectioo report
inuad by the Connecticut DIP Divhion of Solid Waata Manaaebullnt 1be
report vhich b deed January 7 1976 atatea that Zollo drua vu
unloadina aeated drwu urlted chebullical vaate DANCBR Plable Liquid 1
avoid akin contact aDd breathinamp fuaea bullbull tha vute duaped vu of two 3 ~ typ41 a) a dry earth like uterial he (the driver) aaid vu a filter Zll ~lgt
aedi~a aDd b) the other u noted bullbullbull middot In the report it b reported middot lt~gtn -lt0 oz
that he duaped vuta naularly fTc Upjoin in Worth Bavea lgt -ltI
1ba Upjohn Chnical CopaD) in Worth Raven b a bullanufacturer of ~ lt~
aynthatic oraanic chicala The priury Mthod of -nufacturinamp at Upjoha Io- be deacribed u batch- procauioa wh ich vou ld reault in a quantity of gvaata liquid aludae aDdor filter bulldiUII The vute pnerated at Up john o
would probably contai n lianificant quantitiu of the priury product 4 0
91daty of oraanic chicala includiDJ tho11 ud for pharaaceutical
0 productbull aDd herbicidu have Ha bullanufacturM by Opjobn in Worth Bavaa (Tabla 4-4)
Oraanic Cbbullicala uaufactund br Dpjohn Olbullical Copant North Bavan Coanact1Cut
(1919 Product Liat)
Banaophaaone lenaophenoaa technical-flaltad o-Chloroanilina Technical (OCA) D-300 Concentrate (4-aulfophthalic Acid) o-Diaahidi ne Dihydrochloride Dichlorobenddiae Dihydrochloride (DCI) 26-Dichloro-4-Mitroanilina (DCJU) DiethoXJacetophenone (DAP) 25- DiaethoXJbeaaaldehyde (DKB) Dioeaenia Diphenuid Technical (NN-Diaethyl-2 1 2-Diphenylacatbullide) bonate 1361 ( 33-Dibullthyl-4 4 -Diphenyl Dihocyanate) Pbotoaraphic Dye Intenediatea p Toluene Sulfonyl hocJUte (PTST)
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r1-ato1-10
Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
In conclulion -bullHable date augeta that induatrhl vutee have
been dhpoud of at the Beacon B~iamphta and letltoeki Landfill bullby
a) leliable lnduatrhl Vaate Dbpoaal C011pany b) Zollo Dru c) Indu1triea contracted directly vith tlirthe Trucltina Inc
AlthouJb bullaoy induetrhl wute aeneraton dbpoeed of wute tbrouah
IIWD And Zollo Dnn1 only tvo of then coapeniea Upjoho and Arutrona
Rubber ere ~ to have had their vute dhpo1ed of at Beacon Reiahte ~t
pouibla hovner that other indu1tdal vute handled bJ IIWD and Zollo
Dru wu dhpo1ed of at Beacon Beiamphtbull
4-S
rl-8101-10
SCTION S - IOOHKENDATIOHS
lgt laeed on tha deta _erbed in thie report it U recoended that 0
I ~mthe follawina actione be taken Zll ~lgt
-lt0 a) A full lite inveetiaatiou of the leacon Beiamphte Landfill ehould lgt
oz
-ltIbe conducted includina aonitoriaa of abiant air for volatile ~ oraanice eurface vatar aod leachate alinamp aod oil
lt~
~ un1bull g Private valle and eurfece water dovnaradient of the landfill
0
ehoulcl be eupled ~
0 c) lahtina qiaeeriaamp data includiq location ancl epecificatioo
of 110aitoriaa welle ehould be obteiaecl frCII tM awaer of Jucon
Raiahtbull acl rniewed
d) lnDVD iDduetrial waeta pneratore bullhould be inbullntiaeted to
cleterioe the approdaate quantit aDd epecific characterietice
of wete dhpoeed of at Beacon Beipte
e) A liet of all induetrial clientbull eerliced by Murtha TRcldaa and
the final diepoeitioa of their nate ehould be obtained froa the
CJWDit of Murtha tnlctiaa Inc for remiddotdw
f) All cvailabla bJdroaeoloaic data ahould be reviewed to detnaioe
the potential ipact on aroundvater frCII huardoua waeta at
leacOD Beiampbta
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middot Uniroyal Chemical D1Yfsion Upjohn to
iL ADDITIOIIAL CONIIIIIITIOII IIAIIIIATI111 OlliCIIIfiTIOII Or ITfoiATIOIIIl110111 011 lllfiOIITilO TO IllIT AT Till 1Til
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VI HAZARD OfSCRIPTIOM
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middot ~_
V PliiMIT INfOitMA ION
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Regarding Hazardous Waste
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X IUIEOIAL ACTIVITY
o bullbull bull _ tDATIDP t fIIII__D
=l ruJbull~ bull 11QTZ a M ampe lafmatlc111 Ibull sctiou Dl ~ x till oat 1M PreU~IIrJ Au (Sectibull U)
middot _uo bull ~ rut bullbull of tills fora
_IP4f-nt1NC1 = 8
- barcode 559034
- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 559034
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J2 Site Hhtory - continued
In February of 1973 Order No 1055 vae rucinded by the DEP tlhn
it vu dhcovered that Murtha Truckina vu not the leael owner of
the Bucon Heiahte Order 1104 vae il8ued to replace Order 1055
identifyina Beacon Reiahta Inc (BHI) ae the ovnen of the landfill
The hydroaeoloaic inveltiaati on of the landfill vae cOllpleted under
Order 1104 1 however a pollution abateaent proar- vu never
iapleMnted
It haa been augeated by an official fro the Vater Coapliance
Unit that an active effort by the DEP Divhioa of Solid Vaate
Manaant to cloae the Beacon Heiahta Landfil l rulted in the lack
of enforceot actiOna by the Vater CCJ11Plience Unit
The Division of Solid Veet e iaaued Order Ito sw-69 to Bill in
Deceaber of 1975 Order Ito SV-69 directed Beacon Reiahta to cloae
within 270 daya and to iapleMnt r dial action to eliainate the
cau of pollutioa in adjacent vaterwaya It vu the Divhioa of
Solid Vutea poaition that the leacoo Beiahta Landfill operation
endaqered the around ead eurface vatere and vu reaponaible for
the eurfece vater containation in a etrebull belov the eite In
addition the Beacoa Reiahte ~peratioa bad expended into an adjacent
area trithout a DIP pen1i t The area of apaoaion vae dleracteriud
by a hiah vatcr table and ahellov bedrock reaultiDamp in hiah retaa
of leachate diecharae fro the lite
BBI appealed tha order and an edainhtrethe bearina renlted in
I odified order sv-69 beiDamp heu~ by the DP in lloveaber of 1976
bullw operatina and cloaure Plene vere approved by the DEP in
Septeaber of ~977 pen1ittina the Beacon Heiahte Landfill to reopen
and operate for epprodaately tvo yeare The aev pemit liaited the
bullol~ of vaate to be dhpoeed of oa lite forbade the dhpoaal of
liquid induetdal vaate and placed a ceiliq on the final elevation
contoure
3-6
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F1-8101-10
3 2 Site Rhto~y - co~tinued middot
Concurrent vith lead actionbull taken qainet 1181 by the
C~nnecticut DP middot the Inland Wetllnde Coaiuioo ileued a Ceaee and
Deeht Order to BHI for opentina within and pollutina a wetbnde
atreabull BHI defied the order 1 claiaing that t he landfill had been
operatinamp for 30 yean prior to the enactMnt of the 1974 vetlande ])
laahlation and vu therefore not eubject to rezuhtion The 0 3
Inland Wetlanda eo-hlion took BHI to court for violatina the Ceau ~Ill Zrltl
and D11iat Order In 1977 the cau vu thrCND out of court ~])n-ltO oz ])
In 1976 an ina pection conducted by the Division of Solid Waete -ltJ ~
Manaaeent revealed eevaral aeneral penit violltione 1 ineludioa the lt~
J diaprd of induetrial waite and the dilpoul of wute in
unauthorised areal Accordina to T Prepan of the Divilioo of 8 Solid Waate than riolationa ware aaver iav11tiaeted or enforced 0
The 1977 penit eat the final cloaure data for July 7 bull 1979
BBI appealed the teru of the panit in June 1979 1 raquaatiq a
reviled cootour plan The DEP heued a revhed coatour plan and
deaipated July 1 1979 11 the final cloeure date El failed to
at the daadliaa aDd the caee wu referred to the Attorney
Geaarala office for act ioa Jo actioo by the Attorney General hu
bn tOea to data BBI cloaed iD 1979 without atina the t ene of
the 1977 perait bullreeMnt Municipal aewenae fro Bethany
Connecticut ia pnaeotly beiaamp applied to areu of upoeed face
33 PllKAit SIT ACTIVITY
Tbe landfill operation at Beacoo Beiamphta baa bn charactariaed
bJ three different typea of vte diapoul
a) retuae-buniaa type diapoul (prior to 1970) i
b) non-burnina aioi- cover nitary landfill 1 and
c) a ainf- lift-thickneabull opention
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Pl-8101-10
33 Pribullary Site Activity - continued
As indicated by ~il borinabull burnina vaa a priaary treatbullnt
f~r refuse prior to 1970 Althouah aome bullinibullal coverina of rafuu
did taka placenitary-type landfillina did not becce the oor at
the Beacon Reiamphta operation until after 1970 when the BHI
purchaaad the lite Accordinamp to an enaineerina brief iuued by
anaineer Richard Sullivan the Betkoaki operation vu ibullproved
aubatantially by Mlrtha Debrh alona the acce road end the
Hockanubull Brook Tributary vu re110ved or buried and the veat dope
vu naraded and aeedad to prevent eroaion Sullivan claibulld that
up to ah inchea of ioil whi ch vaa excavated fr the aita 0 vu
uaed to cover the active portion of the landfill daily A 1973
brief iuued by the Murtha Truckina Copany indicated that i n
addition to the ah inchaa of daily cover capleted areaa received
a final application of one and one-half feat of cover aoil
It b not known vbat the actual tonnaaa of vaate racah ed at the
Beacon Raiahu Landfi ll vaa however a 1972 report on the aolid and
liquid vaataa recehed by the Mlrtha owned landfillbull utiaat that
up to 107500 t0011 of aolid vaata and 46 tou of liquid vutu ware
dhpoaad Of per year A mP official indicated that a 1972
induatrial auney of waata aanaratora augaatad that up to one
bullillioa pllona per year of liquid waataa wra diapod of at the
HurtM laDdfilla
1be Beacon Baiah t a Landfill -ployad two individuah for
aupaniaion and the operation of ccepactioa aquiPMnt A u fleet of trucka OWDad by ttartha Trucldq handled laraa aanidpal aocl
induatrial contracta A at l tranafer atation waa eatabliahed at
the entrance of the landfill for public uaa to alibullinau traffie
probt Oft the landfill
34 SITE GEOLOCTBYDIOLOGY
fba laaeoa Reiahta landfill b located on the northvaat ad
aouthvaat alopu of a hill underain by a biahly fractured
auaen-anaiua identified by carr (1960) bullbull the undifferentiated
Bartlaod Pbratioo Seibert 0972) recorded the atrika and dip of
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~ CLASS bullAbull WATERSHED
[[[ill ~R~~ OF G~DWATE~ FAVORABILITY
BEACON HEIGHTS LANDFILL
PICUJ 4
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two fraetur~middotmiddot ~eu and obnrved a fra~ture fre~ueney in eaeh eet
ranaina fro three to fi~ feet bullin the joit eat etrikina M25-w and
25 feet in the Joint eet etrikina M5obullw A thin untle of atecial
till eompoeed of eand dey and eome bouldere oriainally covered
the bedroek on met of the eite Much of the oriainal till eurfaee
which ranaed betveeo 1-20 feet thick vee eanvated for cover
uterial reaultina in refueebedroek eootaet
Surhee drainaae ie to the aorthveet toward the Roekaaua Brook
en area with h iah aroundvater fav~rability (Piaure 3-4) ampurfeee
run-off ie rapid dJII to the eteep elopee of the landfill (16-25bull)
and the lov perweability of the predoainant eover aetarial
1be preeenee of refuee with low perbullubilitiee euch u rubber
plaetie end uh and the eteepneee of the tillrefueebedroek
eonteet ha reeulted in an extreaely rapid rete of aroundvater
80VeMnt throuah the landfill 1be eteepnen of elope and the
eatureticm of low perweebility aeh at the northveet ebaakaat
durinamp e period of baa rainfall in 1971 reeulted ia a eubetantiel
elope failure at that loeatifXl in 1972 (Pipre 3-2) the elope
failure reeulted in an atrty hiamph rete of eoatbullinated
aroundvater dieehar at the foot of the failure ecerp In addition
to aroundvater dieeharae obeerved at the Nee of the failure ecarp
e ditch that circled the landfill aloaa the vt and eouth
bounderiee drdned eubetantial quantitiee of leaehete to the oorth
toward the Rockan111 Brae tributary
Predicted aroundvater mvnt in bedrock ie alona fracture
boundariee and ie probable toward the northeut and northveet
35 BAZAIDS IDERTillD 01 ALLEGED
Leaal action teken by the DP Vater eoplianee Unit and Solid
Waete ~naaeaent Dideicm durina the 1970bull wee baeed priaarily oa
the eontainatioa of eurface water by typical leaehate conetituente
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J S Raurds Identified or Alleaed - continued
aucb u colifon~ lead phoaphatu md chlorid and the violation
of penit requireiHnta by the operatora The landfill and the
ditcharaina leachate h never been thorouahly invetiaated for the
preaence of tozic or haaardous aubstancea
A 1979 bullbullple of the surface water discharaina from the Bucon
Reiahta Landfill before confluence with the Rochnua Brook detectd
30 ppb colifom 110 ppb ethyl acetate 400 p pb bull th) l acetate and
30 ppb aethyl e thyl ket one Since the dhcha r p at t he u~linc
point pdurily reflects the 1urface draittaae fr011 the sit a aad
becau~ 1urfaca vatar b t likely to contain hi amph quanti t iu of
bull olatila contituen~a the pranca of llydrocarbons i n tha surface
draiup indicate bullch hiaher coacentratiou of oraanica in the
landfill mel the aroundvater dhcharai oa fr~ the landfill
Ia additioa1 the acon Heiahta Lendf ill b knOWD to hemiddot
accepted iDduatriel vaataa fr~ a Yariaty of 110urcaa Kaay of theaa
i Dduatri are knOVD to have aeoaratad haaardoua vaata
(8 SactiOil 4)
Piully1 the cootbullinati oa of prhata vella at the r ata
houaiq daYalop~~ent in laaccxa Falla hu been attributed by DIP to
the diapoaal of haurdoua vaataa oa Oak Driva vt a a that vera
oriainally deatioad to ba diapoaed of a t the l u con Beiaht a
Laadfill
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SCTIltM 4 - GENERATORS OF INDUSTRIAL WAST
The Connecticut Departbullnt of nviromHntal Protection and Hurtha 1 a
anainur Mr Richard Sullivan han identified at 1eaat aevan induatrhl
aeneratora that dhpoaed of vaate at the Mlrtha landfilla in acon Falla
and Hauaatuct Connecticut Of tbeae c01apaniea four haw been
identified aa aenaratora who diapoaed of vaate at the Beacon Raiahta
Landfill excluaively (Table 4-1)
Cenuatora of Vaate Diapoaed of at the Beacon Beiahta Landfill Beacon Palla Connecticut
(frOII 1972 DIP lnduatrial Vaate Survey)
Upjoha Cheical OilaBydrocarbooa 2500 aalyr lortb Baftll cr Chaical LiquidaBluda
end Solventa 72000 aalyr
Aratrona lubber Collpeay OilaBydrocerbooa 10000 aalyr Veat Raven cr Soheau 2 000 aalyr
Chbullical LiquidaSludaea 2000 aalyr Vaateveter treatat dudau 70000 aalyr
I P Goodrich Collpaoy Rubber 7000 tooayr Shelton cr Pleatica 400 tonayr
Oila ad Bydrocerbooa 340000 abulllyr Cheaical -liquidaSludaaa 78000 aalyr Vaatevater Sludaea 2000 toaayr Cheaical Solida SO tonayr
Uniroyal Footwear tubber 240 tooayr leacoa Falla CT Plaatica 240 tonayr
Oila and Hydrocarbonbull 5000 aalyr Solvaou 5000 aalyr
Zollo Drua UntoOWD UoknOWD Beacon Palla ~
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Section 4 Genenton - continued
Zollo Dru of Beacon Falh a haurdoua vuta broker and tranaporur b
1tnovn to have dhpod of vutea fro tvo of tba cc-paoiaa Anutrona
lubber and Upjoho Cheaical Copay at the Beacon Reiahta Landfill Zollo
Dna handlaa vut fro a variety of induatriea and it ia probable that
the vaatea froa An troaa lubber and Upjoho did not account for all ~ 3induatrial vaaua diapoaed of by Zollo at the Beacon Reiahta o~ration HID
Tabh 4-2 ideatifiea pnuatora of vuu handled by Zollo
1979 IZP perit application
TABLE 4-2 Genentora of Wa~ad by Zollo Dr~a
( atatad
ADco Pachaiq c_ny Stratford cr
A M lruniq Guilford cr
Chnical LaanaJ lranford cr
Diadon Vld Capany Stalampford cr
ri-t Corporation lridaaport cr
Guilford Gravure Guilford cr
Bicta a Otia lorvallt cr
B~apbray Oaaical lo Iavan cr
Perkin-llner Corporation lorvalk cr
liadoa Kanufacturina Co Daobury cr
on 1979 IZP perait eppticatlon)
Alcohol vaata
Diaao vaata
tank lioaa Water vaata taak cln out
Solvent vaate
Solvent vaata
lthyl acetate fonal propyl acetate ethyl alcohol a ~
laain 1 propyl acetate
Maleic ampDhydride oil naphtha iaoproponal thanol toluaoa bensane
Cuttina oil acatoaa cyclo hexane Mthanol lao octane toluene MEl
VC III
Lacquer thinner Chlorinated catechol __ Chlorinated quinena
4-2
Zfl u atated on HO
(1gt0 -lt0 oz gt -ltI HflltH
I 0-lt
g 0
25 druaayr 0
300 druaayr
400 druyr
10 druaayr
40 druaayr
200 druaayr
60 druaayr
300 drvaayr
250 druuyr
25 druaayr
75 drvaayr 100 druaayr
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Section 4 Gene-raton - continued
Prior to 1976 the leacoa Reiamphte landfill received waetee fro
Reliable Induetriel Waete Diepoul Company (RlllD) i n Beacon Palle
Accordins to DP pen~it epplicatione dated 197D-1973 the deaical wtea
hendled bJ UW were either incinerated or ahipped to appropriate diapoaal
hcilitia1 It ia known however that RIWD die pond of waat11 at aeveral
localitiu in the town of leacoa hlb durina the aid- to late-1960e A
waate diepoeal lite on Oak Drive reeulted in tha contbullinatioa of doampena of
private velb in the near vicinity with indutrial chnicala includiaamp
Chloroben1ene Ethyl ether o-Dichlorobenune Ace tOM p-Dich lorobenuae Methylene chloride Toluene Methyl ethyl ketone 111-TrichlOroethane Hexane Uni dentified 112 2-Tetrachloroethane
It h been recorded by DP that UWD und illeaal dhpoul eitaa i D leacoo
Pelle when weather or roM condition prohibi ted acceae to what vu thn
tbe letkoeki qp loduatriea urviced bJ IIWD include eeveral chnical
nufacturera (Table 4-3)
TAILI 4-3 Coeratora of Waata Bandied b ieibrToduatriel Vaate Die
leecon Pella Connect cut Urn 1973 DIP perwit apphcatioo)
Copany Cenaratina Vaete
Pfber eopaoy Acetone iaopropyl alcohol 4400 aalvk Croton cr Mthaool ather
Honeaoto Kett)aool alcohcl 4 000 ampalvk Indian Orchard tM
General Electric lridaeport cr
laybutoe Traneaieaioo oil 21so aat Stratford cr
Cowlu Copany Thinner middotWlknovn Rev haven Ct
Iorden Chaaical middot StJreoe 3300aatt Leoaiaater0 K
4-3
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11-8101-10
Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
1be t recent inforution reaudiaa the dhpoul of induetrid vaeta
at the Bucon Reiahte Landfill vu obtained fro a 1976 inapectioo report
inuad by the Connecticut DIP Divhion of Solid Waata Manaaebullnt 1be
report vhich b deed January 7 1976 atatea that Zollo drua vu
unloadina aeated drwu urlted chebullical vaate DANCBR Plable Liquid 1
avoid akin contact aDd breathinamp fuaea bullbull tha vute duaped vu of two 3 ~ typ41 a) a dry earth like uterial he (the driver) aaid vu a filter Zll ~lgt
aedi~a aDd b) the other u noted bullbullbull middot In the report it b reported middot lt~gtn -lt0 oz
that he duaped vuta naularly fTc Upjoin in Worth Bavea lgt -ltI
1ba Upjohn Chnical CopaD) in Worth Raven b a bullanufacturer of ~ lt~
aynthatic oraanic chicala The priury Mthod of -nufacturinamp at Upjoha Io- be deacribed u batch- procauioa wh ich vou ld reault in a quantity of gvaata liquid aludae aDdor filter bulldiUII The vute pnerated at Up john o
would probably contai n lianificant quantitiu of the priury product 4 0
91daty of oraanic chicala includiDJ tho11 ud for pharaaceutical
0 productbull aDd herbicidu have Ha bullanufacturM by Opjobn in Worth Bavaa (Tabla 4-4)
Oraanic Cbbullicala uaufactund br Dpjohn Olbullical Copant North Bavan Coanact1Cut
(1919 Product Liat)
Banaophaaone lenaophenoaa technical-flaltad o-Chloroanilina Technical (OCA) D-300 Concentrate (4-aulfophthalic Acid) o-Diaahidi ne Dihydrochloride Dichlorobenddiae Dihydrochloride (DCI) 26-Dichloro-4-Mitroanilina (DCJU) DiethoXJacetophenone (DAP) 25- DiaethoXJbeaaaldehyde (DKB) Dioeaenia Diphenuid Technical (NN-Diaethyl-2 1 2-Diphenylacatbullide) bonate 1361 ( 33-Dibullthyl-4 4 -Diphenyl Dihocyanate) Pbotoaraphic Dye Intenediatea p Toluene Sulfonyl hocJUte (PTST)
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r1-ato1-10
Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
In conclulion -bullHable date augeta that induatrhl vutee have
been dhpoud of at the Beacon B~iamphta and letltoeki Landfill bullby
a) leliable lnduatrhl Vaate Dbpoaal C011pany b) Zollo Dru c) Indu1triea contracted directly vith tlirthe Trucltina Inc
AlthouJb bullaoy induetrhl wute aeneraton dbpoeed of wute tbrouah
IIWD And Zollo Dnn1 only tvo of then coapeniea Upjoho and Arutrona
Rubber ere ~ to have had their vute dhpo1ed of at Beacon Reiahte ~t
pouibla hovner that other indu1tdal vute handled bJ IIWD and Zollo
Dru wu dhpo1ed of at Beacon Beiamphtbull
4-S
rl-8101-10
SCTION S - IOOHKENDATIOHS
lgt laeed on tha deta _erbed in thie report it U recoended that 0
I ~mthe follawina actione be taken Zll ~lgt
-lt0 a) A full lite inveetiaatiou of the leacon Beiamphte Landfill ehould lgt
oz
-ltIbe conducted includina aonitoriaa of abiant air for volatile ~ oraanice eurface vatar aod leachate alinamp aod oil
lt~
~ un1bull g Private valle and eurfece water dovnaradient of the landfill
0
ehoulcl be eupled ~
0 c) lahtina qiaeeriaamp data includiq location ancl epecificatioo
of 110aitoriaa welle ehould be obteiaecl frCII tM awaer of Jucon
Raiahtbull acl rniewed
d) lnDVD iDduetrial waeta pneratore bullhould be inbullntiaeted to
cleterioe the approdaate quantit aDd epecific characterietice
of wete dhpoeed of at Beacon Beipte
e) A liet of all induetrial clientbull eerliced by Murtha TRcldaa and
the final diepoeitioa of their nate ehould be obtained froa the
CJWDit of Murtha tnlctiaa Inc for remiddotdw
f) All cvailabla bJdroaeoloaic data ahould be reviewed to detnaioe
the potential ipact on aroundvater frCII huardoua waeta at
leacOD Beiampbta
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middot Uniroyal Chemical D1Yfsion Upjohn to
iL ADDITIOIIAL CONIIIIIITIOII IIAIIIIATI111 OlliCIIIfiTIOII Or ITfoiATIOIIIl110111 011 lllfiOIITilO TO IllIT AT Till 1Til
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VI HAZARD OfSCRIPTIOM
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c-bull middot11bull1 c-middotmiddot
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middot ~_
V PliiMIT INfOitMA ION
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VID PA5T IIGULATOU ACTIOIU
ijl_otlfOitll 01 111(bull-bullbull
Regarding Hazardous Waste
0 __ o -bull
X IUIEOIAL ACTIVITY
o bullbull bull _ tDATIDP t fIIII__D
=l ruJbull~ bull 11QTZ a M ampe lafmatlc111 Ibull sctiou Dl ~ x till oat 1M PreU~IIrJ Au (Sectibull U)
middot _uo bull ~ rut bullbull of tills fora
_IP4f-nt1NC1 = 8
- barcode 559034
- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 559034
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3 2 Site Rhto~y - co~tinued middot
Concurrent vith lead actionbull taken qainet 1181 by the
C~nnecticut DP middot the Inland Wetllnde Coaiuioo ileued a Ceaee and
Deeht Order to BHI for opentina within and pollutina a wetbnde
atreabull BHI defied the order 1 claiaing that t he landfill had been
operatinamp for 30 yean prior to the enactMnt of the 1974 vetlande ])
laahlation and vu therefore not eubject to rezuhtion The 0 3
Inland Wetlanda eo-hlion took BHI to court for violatina the Ceau ~Ill Zrltl
and D11iat Order In 1977 the cau vu thrCND out of court ~])n-ltO oz ])
In 1976 an ina pection conducted by the Division of Solid Waete -ltJ ~
Manaaeent revealed eevaral aeneral penit violltione 1 ineludioa the lt~
J diaprd of induetrial waite and the dilpoul of wute in
unauthorised areal Accordina to T Prepan of the Divilioo of 8 Solid Waate than riolationa ware aaver iav11tiaeted or enforced 0
The 1977 penit eat the final cloaure data for July 7 bull 1979
BBI appealed the teru of the panit in June 1979 1 raquaatiq a
reviled cootour plan The DEP heued a revhed coatour plan and
deaipated July 1 1979 11 the final cloeure date El failed to
at the daadliaa aDd the caee wu referred to the Attorney
Geaarala office for act ioa Jo actioo by the Attorney General hu
bn tOea to data BBI cloaed iD 1979 without atina the t ene of
the 1977 perait bullreeMnt Municipal aewenae fro Bethany
Connecticut ia pnaeotly beiaamp applied to areu of upoeed face
33 PllKAit SIT ACTIVITY
Tbe landfill operation at Beacoo Beiamphta baa bn charactariaed
bJ three different typea of vte diapoul
a) retuae-buniaa type diapoul (prior to 1970) i
b) non-burnina aioi- cover nitary landfill 1 and
c) a ainf- lift-thickneabull opention
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33 Pribullary Site Activity - continued
As indicated by ~il borinabull burnina vaa a priaary treatbullnt
f~r refuse prior to 1970 Althouah aome bullinibullal coverina of rafuu
did taka placenitary-type landfillina did not becce the oor at
the Beacon Reiamphta operation until after 1970 when the BHI
purchaaad the lite Accordinamp to an enaineerina brief iuued by
anaineer Richard Sullivan the Betkoaki operation vu ibullproved
aubatantially by Mlrtha Debrh alona the acce road end the
Hockanubull Brook Tributary vu re110ved or buried and the veat dope
vu naraded and aeedad to prevent eroaion Sullivan claibulld that
up to ah inchea of ioil whi ch vaa excavated fr the aita 0 vu
uaed to cover the active portion of the landfill daily A 1973
brief iuued by the Murtha Truckina Copany indicated that i n
addition to the ah inchaa of daily cover capleted areaa received
a final application of one and one-half feat of cover aoil
It b not known vbat the actual tonnaaa of vaate racah ed at the
Beacon Raiahu Landfi ll vaa however a 1972 report on the aolid and
liquid vaataa recehed by the Mlrtha owned landfillbull utiaat that
up to 107500 t0011 of aolid vaata and 46 tou of liquid vutu ware
dhpoaad Of per year A mP official indicated that a 1972
induatrial auney of waata aanaratora augaatad that up to one
bullillioa pllona per year of liquid waataa wra diapod of at the
HurtM laDdfilla
1be Beacon Baiah t a Landfill -ployad two individuah for
aupaniaion and the operation of ccepactioa aquiPMnt A u fleet of trucka OWDad by ttartha Trucldq handled laraa aanidpal aocl
induatrial contracta A at l tranafer atation waa eatabliahed at
the entrance of the landfill for public uaa to alibullinau traffie
probt Oft the landfill
34 SITE GEOLOCTBYDIOLOGY
fba laaeoa Reiahta landfill b located on the northvaat ad
aouthvaat alopu of a hill underain by a biahly fractured
auaen-anaiua identified by carr (1960) bullbull the undifferentiated
Bartlaod Pbratioo Seibert 0972) recorded the atrika and dip of
--
~ CLASS bullAbull WATERSHED
[[[ill ~R~~ OF G~DWATE~ FAVORABILITY
BEACON HEIGHTS LANDFILL
PICUJ 4
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two fraetur~middotmiddot ~eu and obnrved a fra~ture fre~ueney in eaeh eet
ranaina fro three to fi~ feet bullin the joit eat etrikina M25-w and
25 feet in the Joint eet etrikina M5obullw A thin untle of atecial
till eompoeed of eand dey and eome bouldere oriainally covered
the bedroek on met of the eite Much of the oriainal till eurfaee
which ranaed betveeo 1-20 feet thick vee eanvated for cover
uterial reaultina in refueebedroek eootaet
Surhee drainaae ie to the aorthveet toward the Roekaaua Brook
en area with h iah aroundvater fav~rability (Piaure 3-4) ampurfeee
run-off ie rapid dJII to the eteep elopee of the landfill (16-25bull)
and the lov perweability of the predoainant eover aetarial
1be preeenee of refuee with low perbullubilitiee euch u rubber
plaetie end uh and the eteepneee of the tillrefueebedroek
eonteet ha reeulted in an extreaely rapid rete of aroundvater
80VeMnt throuah the landfill 1be eteepnen of elope and the
eatureticm of low perweebility aeh at the northveet ebaakaat
durinamp e period of baa rainfall in 1971 reeulted ia a eubetantiel
elope failure at that loeatifXl in 1972 (Pipre 3-2) the elope
failure reeulted in an atrty hiamph rete of eoatbullinated
aroundvater dieehar at the foot of the failure ecerp In addition
to aroundvater dieeharae obeerved at the Nee of the failure ecarp
e ditch that circled the landfill aloaa the vt and eouth
bounderiee drdned eubetantial quantitiee of leaehete to the oorth
toward the Rockan111 Brae tributary
Predicted aroundvater mvnt in bedrock ie alona fracture
boundariee and ie probable toward the northeut and northveet
35 BAZAIDS IDERTillD 01 ALLEGED
Leaal action teken by the DP Vater eoplianee Unit and Solid
Waete ~naaeaent Dideicm durina the 1970bull wee baeed priaarily oa
the eontainatioa of eurface water by typical leaehate conetituente
3-10
I r ~
Fl-8101-10
J S Raurds Identified or Alleaed - continued
aucb u colifon~ lead phoaphatu md chlorid and the violation
of penit requireiHnta by the operatora The landfill and the
ditcharaina leachate h never been thorouahly invetiaated for the
preaence of tozic or haaardous aubstancea
A 1979 bullbullple of the surface water discharaina from the Bucon
Reiahta Landfill before confluence with the Rochnua Brook detectd
30 ppb colifom 110 ppb ethyl acetate 400 p pb bull th) l acetate and
30 ppb aethyl e thyl ket one Since the dhcha r p at t he u~linc
point pdurily reflects the 1urface draittaae fr011 the sit a aad
becau~ 1urfaca vatar b t likely to contain hi amph quanti t iu of
bull olatila contituen~a the pranca of llydrocarbons i n tha surface
draiup indicate bullch hiaher coacentratiou of oraanica in the
landfill mel the aroundvater dhcharai oa fr~ the landfill
Ia additioa1 the acon Heiahta Lendf ill b knOWD to hemiddot
accepted iDduatriel vaataa fr~ a Yariaty of 110urcaa Kaay of theaa
i Dduatri are knOVD to have aeoaratad haaardoua vaata
(8 SactiOil 4)
Piully1 the cootbullinati oa of prhata vella at the r ata
houaiq daYalop~~ent in laaccxa Falla hu been attributed by DIP to
the diapoaal of haurdoua vaataa oa Oak Driva vt a a that vera
oriainally deatioad to ba diapoaed of a t the l u con Beiaht a
Laadfill
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SCTIltM 4 - GENERATORS OF INDUSTRIAL WAST
The Connecticut Departbullnt of nviromHntal Protection and Hurtha 1 a
anainur Mr Richard Sullivan han identified at 1eaat aevan induatrhl
aeneratora that dhpoaed of vaate at the Mlrtha landfilla in acon Falla
and Hauaatuct Connecticut Of tbeae c01apaniea four haw been
identified aa aenaratora who diapoaed of vaate at the Beacon Raiahta
Landfill excluaively (Table 4-1)
Cenuatora of Vaate Diapoaed of at the Beacon Beiahta Landfill Beacon Palla Connecticut
(frOII 1972 DIP lnduatrial Vaate Survey)
Upjoha Cheical OilaBydrocarbooa 2500 aalyr lortb Baftll cr Chaical LiquidaBluda
end Solventa 72000 aalyr
Aratrona lubber Collpeay OilaBydrocerbooa 10000 aalyr Veat Raven cr Soheau 2 000 aalyr
Chbullical LiquidaSludaea 2000 aalyr Vaateveter treatat dudau 70000 aalyr
I P Goodrich Collpaoy Rubber 7000 tooayr Shelton cr Pleatica 400 tonayr
Oila ad Bydrocerbooa 340000 abulllyr Cheaical -liquidaSludaaa 78000 aalyr Vaatevater Sludaea 2000 toaayr Cheaical Solida SO tonayr
Uniroyal Footwear tubber 240 tooayr leacoa Falla CT Plaatica 240 tonayr
Oila and Hydrocarbonbull 5000 aalyr Solvaou 5000 aalyr
Zollo Drua UntoOWD UoknOWD Beacon Palla ~
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Section 4 Genenton - continued
Zollo Dru of Beacon Falh a haurdoua vuta broker and tranaporur b
1tnovn to have dhpod of vutea fro tvo of tba cc-paoiaa Anutrona
lubber and Upjoho Cheaical Copay at the Beacon Reiahta Landfill Zollo
Dna handlaa vut fro a variety of induatriea and it ia probable that
the vaatea froa An troaa lubber and Upjoho did not account for all ~ 3induatrial vaaua diapoaed of by Zollo at the Beacon Reiahta o~ration HID
Tabh 4-2 ideatifiea pnuatora of vuu handled by Zollo
1979 IZP perit application
TABLE 4-2 Genentora of Wa~ad by Zollo Dr~a
( atatad
ADco Pachaiq c_ny Stratford cr
A M lruniq Guilford cr
Chnical LaanaJ lranford cr
Diadon Vld Capany Stalampford cr
ri-t Corporation lridaaport cr
Guilford Gravure Guilford cr
Bicta a Otia lorvallt cr
B~apbray Oaaical lo Iavan cr
Perkin-llner Corporation lorvalk cr
liadoa Kanufacturina Co Daobury cr
on 1979 IZP perait eppticatlon)
Alcohol vaata
Diaao vaata
tank lioaa Water vaata taak cln out
Solvent vaate
Solvent vaata
lthyl acetate fonal propyl acetate ethyl alcohol a ~
laain 1 propyl acetate
Maleic ampDhydride oil naphtha iaoproponal thanol toluaoa bensane
Cuttina oil acatoaa cyclo hexane Mthanol lao octane toluene MEl
VC III
Lacquer thinner Chlorinated catechol __ Chlorinated quinena
4-2
Zfl u atated on HO
(1gt0 -lt0 oz gt -ltI HflltH
I 0-lt
g 0
25 druaayr 0
300 druaayr
400 druyr
10 druaayr
40 druaayr
200 druaayr
60 druaayr
300 drvaayr
250 druuyr
25 druaayr
75 drvaayr 100 druaayr
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Section 4 Gene-raton - continued
Prior to 1976 the leacoa Reiamphte landfill received waetee fro
Reliable Induetriel Waete Diepoul Company (RlllD) i n Beacon Palle
Accordins to DP pen~it epplicatione dated 197D-1973 the deaical wtea
hendled bJ UW were either incinerated or ahipped to appropriate diapoaal
hcilitia1 It ia known however that RIWD die pond of waat11 at aeveral
localitiu in the town of leacoa hlb durina the aid- to late-1960e A
waate diepoeal lite on Oak Drive reeulted in tha contbullinatioa of doampena of
private velb in the near vicinity with indutrial chnicala includiaamp
Chloroben1ene Ethyl ether o-Dichlorobenune Ace tOM p-Dich lorobenuae Methylene chloride Toluene Methyl ethyl ketone 111-TrichlOroethane Hexane Uni dentified 112 2-Tetrachloroethane
It h been recorded by DP that UWD und illeaal dhpoul eitaa i D leacoo
Pelle when weather or roM condition prohibi ted acceae to what vu thn
tbe letkoeki qp loduatriea urviced bJ IIWD include eeveral chnical
nufacturera (Table 4-3)
TAILI 4-3 Coeratora of Waata Bandied b ieibrToduatriel Vaate Die
leecon Pella Connect cut Urn 1973 DIP perwit apphcatioo)
Copany Cenaratina Vaete
Pfber eopaoy Acetone iaopropyl alcohol 4400 aalvk Croton cr Mthaool ather
Honeaoto Kett)aool alcohcl 4 000 ampalvk Indian Orchard tM
General Electric lridaeport cr
laybutoe Traneaieaioo oil 21so aat Stratford cr
Cowlu Copany Thinner middotWlknovn Rev haven Ct
Iorden Chaaical middot StJreoe 3300aatt Leoaiaater0 K
4-3
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Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
1be t recent inforution reaudiaa the dhpoul of induetrid vaeta
at the Bucon Reiahte Landfill vu obtained fro a 1976 inapectioo report
inuad by the Connecticut DIP Divhion of Solid Waata Manaaebullnt 1be
report vhich b deed January 7 1976 atatea that Zollo drua vu
unloadina aeated drwu urlted chebullical vaate DANCBR Plable Liquid 1
avoid akin contact aDd breathinamp fuaea bullbull tha vute duaped vu of two 3 ~ typ41 a) a dry earth like uterial he (the driver) aaid vu a filter Zll ~lgt
aedi~a aDd b) the other u noted bullbullbull middot In the report it b reported middot lt~gtn -lt0 oz
that he duaped vuta naularly fTc Upjoin in Worth Bavea lgt -ltI
1ba Upjohn Chnical CopaD) in Worth Raven b a bullanufacturer of ~ lt~
aynthatic oraanic chicala The priury Mthod of -nufacturinamp at Upjoha Io- be deacribed u batch- procauioa wh ich vou ld reault in a quantity of gvaata liquid aludae aDdor filter bulldiUII The vute pnerated at Up john o
would probably contai n lianificant quantitiu of the priury product 4 0
91daty of oraanic chicala includiDJ tho11 ud for pharaaceutical
0 productbull aDd herbicidu have Ha bullanufacturM by Opjobn in Worth Bavaa (Tabla 4-4)
Oraanic Cbbullicala uaufactund br Dpjohn Olbullical Copant North Bavan Coanact1Cut
(1919 Product Liat)
Banaophaaone lenaophenoaa technical-flaltad o-Chloroanilina Technical (OCA) D-300 Concentrate (4-aulfophthalic Acid) o-Diaahidi ne Dihydrochloride Dichlorobenddiae Dihydrochloride (DCI) 26-Dichloro-4-Mitroanilina (DCJU) DiethoXJacetophenone (DAP) 25- DiaethoXJbeaaaldehyde (DKB) Dioeaenia Diphenuid Technical (NN-Diaethyl-2 1 2-Diphenylacatbullide) bonate 1361 ( 33-Dibullthyl-4 4 -Diphenyl Dihocyanate) Pbotoaraphic Dye Intenediatea p Toluene Sulfonyl hocJUte (PTST)
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r1-ato1-10
Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
In conclulion -bullHable date augeta that induatrhl vutee have
been dhpoud of at the Beacon B~iamphta and letltoeki Landfill bullby
a) leliable lnduatrhl Vaate Dbpoaal C011pany b) Zollo Dru c) Indu1triea contracted directly vith tlirthe Trucltina Inc
AlthouJb bullaoy induetrhl wute aeneraton dbpoeed of wute tbrouah
IIWD And Zollo Dnn1 only tvo of then coapeniea Upjoho and Arutrona
Rubber ere ~ to have had their vute dhpo1ed of at Beacon Reiahte ~t
pouibla hovner that other indu1tdal vute handled bJ IIWD and Zollo
Dru wu dhpo1ed of at Beacon Beiamphtbull
4-S
rl-8101-10
SCTION S - IOOHKENDATIOHS
lgt laeed on tha deta _erbed in thie report it U recoended that 0
I ~mthe follawina actione be taken Zll ~lgt
-lt0 a) A full lite inveetiaatiou of the leacon Beiamphte Landfill ehould lgt
oz
-ltIbe conducted includina aonitoriaa of abiant air for volatile ~ oraanice eurface vatar aod leachate alinamp aod oil
lt~
~ un1bull g Private valle and eurfece water dovnaradient of the landfill
0
ehoulcl be eupled ~
0 c) lahtina qiaeeriaamp data includiq location ancl epecificatioo
of 110aitoriaa welle ehould be obteiaecl frCII tM awaer of Jucon
Raiahtbull acl rniewed
d) lnDVD iDduetrial waeta pneratore bullhould be inbullntiaeted to
cleterioe the approdaate quantit aDd epecific characterietice
of wete dhpoeed of at Beacon Beipte
e) A liet of all induetrial clientbull eerliced by Murtha TRcldaa and
the final diepoeitioa of their nate ehould be obtained froa the
CJWDit of Murtha tnlctiaa Inc for remiddotdw
f) All cvailabla bJdroaeoloaic data ahould be reviewed to detnaioe
the potential ipact on aroundvater frCII huardoua waeta at
leacOD Beiampbta
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0L ~~ ~~SOEP D1v1s1on of Hazafdous Waste 1 - 0
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bull middot bullbullcoamplll I middot OTNIIO(bull-lJl
L WICifl DampTAIII 0 IITil ACTIVITillll NampIDID
Received mix~d ~~t~nfcfPal and fndustrfal 11qufd and solid waste Pr1marfly a sanitary landfill middot middot middot
obulluttbullubullowtt (]lz LIQUID IXJbull souo lll~uon 0 middot~
iiiiiiCii41114CTilltiiTICI
IXJbullmiddot UNIINDwtt Oz COIIIIIIDitVIl Oa uaNITIbullIU 0 IIIADIOACTIVIl )1(1 NIONU voLATILamp
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tIampUDIIl
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-~ rt----rt~middot~middotmiddot~middot~middotmiddot~middotmiddot~middotmiddot~middotmiddot1rt----i IIIALIOOIMshyx ILUDOamp I ~Ubulla~
Munfcfpal Wastes middot
~ bull-no1w nwtl PAOI lOJ 4
V WUTI RILATID INPORMATION (clft~OIH) LilT IUIITAIICUOr OIIIATIIT COIICIIIII WMICM IIIAY II 011 TMIIJTI (llllton Ibull _ - ~
Chemfcel Waste for BF Gaodrfch Co middot Armstrong Rubber Uniroyal Inc Consumer Products)
middot Uniroyal Chemical D1Yfsion Upjohn to
iL ADDITIOIIAL CONIIIIIITIOII IIAIIIIATI111 OlliCIIIfiTIOII Or ITfoiATIOIIIl110111 011 lllfiOIITilO TO IllIT AT Till 1Til
Ethyl Acetone Methyl Acetate detected in surface water In town location that received ~stes de~~~dR~r Beacon Heights contaminated with industrial chemicals such as
VI HAZARD OfSCRIPTIOM
O OATIOr IIICIDIIIITf~~~middotli~
c-bull middot11bull1 c-middotmiddot
middot x bull C-TAMIMATI011
middot orr-CMAIM
Detected f n 1977
tartllllNIfiL
1971 Slope Failure
lgt 0 I ~zm ~lgt UgtO -lt0 oz lgt -ltI ~ lt~
I 0-lt
g 0
bull = 8
--
middot ~_
V PliiMIT INfOitMA ION
~ ~ ~ ~ K~Y)middot___cSo=l~dWas~te-Dcclsoosal_____ l~~ bullOJ IICRAITOIIIIIIII OampIIICIIIATIIIUTCIII Ot- IIICIIAOI~IIIII
QIO OTMIII(_I
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Ql fU Oao II] a UNKNOWN
VID PA5T IIGULATOU ACTIOIU
ijl_otlfOitll 01 111(bull-bullbull
Regarding Hazardous Waste
0 __ o -bull
X IUIEOIAL ACTIVITY
o bullbull bull _ tDATIDP t fIIII__D
=l ruJbull~ bull 11QTZ a M ampe lafmatlc111 Ibull sctiou Dl ~ x till oat 1M PreU~IIrJ Au (Sectibull U)
middot _uo bull ~ rut bullbull of tills fora
_IP4f-nt1NC1 = 8
- barcode 559034
- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 559034
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Pl-8101-10
33 Pribullary Site Activity - continued
As indicated by ~il borinabull burnina vaa a priaary treatbullnt
f~r refuse prior to 1970 Althouah aome bullinibullal coverina of rafuu
did taka placenitary-type landfillina did not becce the oor at
the Beacon Reiamphta operation until after 1970 when the BHI
purchaaad the lite Accordinamp to an enaineerina brief iuued by
anaineer Richard Sullivan the Betkoaki operation vu ibullproved
aubatantially by Mlrtha Debrh alona the acce road end the
Hockanubull Brook Tributary vu re110ved or buried and the veat dope
vu naraded and aeedad to prevent eroaion Sullivan claibulld that
up to ah inchea of ioil whi ch vaa excavated fr the aita 0 vu
uaed to cover the active portion of the landfill daily A 1973
brief iuued by the Murtha Truckina Copany indicated that i n
addition to the ah inchaa of daily cover capleted areaa received
a final application of one and one-half feat of cover aoil
It b not known vbat the actual tonnaaa of vaate racah ed at the
Beacon Raiahu Landfi ll vaa however a 1972 report on the aolid and
liquid vaataa recehed by the Mlrtha owned landfillbull utiaat that
up to 107500 t0011 of aolid vaata and 46 tou of liquid vutu ware
dhpoaad Of per year A mP official indicated that a 1972
induatrial auney of waata aanaratora augaatad that up to one
bullillioa pllona per year of liquid waataa wra diapod of at the
HurtM laDdfilla
1be Beacon Baiah t a Landfill -ployad two individuah for
aupaniaion and the operation of ccepactioa aquiPMnt A u fleet of trucka OWDad by ttartha Trucldq handled laraa aanidpal aocl
induatrial contracta A at l tranafer atation waa eatabliahed at
the entrance of the landfill for public uaa to alibullinau traffie
probt Oft the landfill
34 SITE GEOLOCTBYDIOLOGY
fba laaeoa Reiahta landfill b located on the northvaat ad
aouthvaat alopu of a hill underain by a biahly fractured
auaen-anaiua identified by carr (1960) bullbull the undifferentiated
Bartlaod Pbratioo Seibert 0972) recorded the atrika and dip of
--
~ CLASS bullAbull WATERSHED
[[[ill ~R~~ OF G~DWATE~ FAVORABILITY
BEACON HEIGHTS LANDFILL
PICUJ 4
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Fl-8101-10
two fraetur~middotmiddot ~eu and obnrved a fra~ture fre~ueney in eaeh eet
ranaina fro three to fi~ feet bullin the joit eat etrikina M25-w and
25 feet in the Joint eet etrikina M5obullw A thin untle of atecial
till eompoeed of eand dey and eome bouldere oriainally covered
the bedroek on met of the eite Much of the oriainal till eurfaee
which ranaed betveeo 1-20 feet thick vee eanvated for cover
uterial reaultina in refueebedroek eootaet
Surhee drainaae ie to the aorthveet toward the Roekaaua Brook
en area with h iah aroundvater fav~rability (Piaure 3-4) ampurfeee
run-off ie rapid dJII to the eteep elopee of the landfill (16-25bull)
and the lov perweability of the predoainant eover aetarial
1be preeenee of refuee with low perbullubilitiee euch u rubber
plaetie end uh and the eteepneee of the tillrefueebedroek
eonteet ha reeulted in an extreaely rapid rete of aroundvater
80VeMnt throuah the landfill 1be eteepnen of elope and the
eatureticm of low perweebility aeh at the northveet ebaakaat
durinamp e period of baa rainfall in 1971 reeulted ia a eubetantiel
elope failure at that loeatifXl in 1972 (Pipre 3-2) the elope
failure reeulted in an atrty hiamph rete of eoatbullinated
aroundvater dieehar at the foot of the failure ecerp In addition
to aroundvater dieeharae obeerved at the Nee of the failure ecarp
e ditch that circled the landfill aloaa the vt and eouth
bounderiee drdned eubetantial quantitiee of leaehete to the oorth
toward the Rockan111 Brae tributary
Predicted aroundvater mvnt in bedrock ie alona fracture
boundariee and ie probable toward the northeut and northveet
35 BAZAIDS IDERTillD 01 ALLEGED
Leaal action teken by the DP Vater eoplianee Unit and Solid
Waete ~naaeaent Dideicm durina the 1970bull wee baeed priaarily oa
the eontainatioa of eurface water by typical leaehate conetituente
3-10
I r ~
Fl-8101-10
J S Raurds Identified or Alleaed - continued
aucb u colifon~ lead phoaphatu md chlorid and the violation
of penit requireiHnta by the operatora The landfill and the
ditcharaina leachate h never been thorouahly invetiaated for the
preaence of tozic or haaardous aubstancea
A 1979 bullbullple of the surface water discharaina from the Bucon
Reiahta Landfill before confluence with the Rochnua Brook detectd
30 ppb colifom 110 ppb ethyl acetate 400 p pb bull th) l acetate and
30 ppb aethyl e thyl ket one Since the dhcha r p at t he u~linc
point pdurily reflects the 1urface draittaae fr011 the sit a aad
becau~ 1urfaca vatar b t likely to contain hi amph quanti t iu of
bull olatila contituen~a the pranca of llydrocarbons i n tha surface
draiup indicate bullch hiaher coacentratiou of oraanica in the
landfill mel the aroundvater dhcharai oa fr~ the landfill
Ia additioa1 the acon Heiahta Lendf ill b knOWD to hemiddot
accepted iDduatriel vaataa fr~ a Yariaty of 110urcaa Kaay of theaa
i Dduatri are knOVD to have aeoaratad haaardoua vaata
(8 SactiOil 4)
Piully1 the cootbullinati oa of prhata vella at the r ata
houaiq daYalop~~ent in laaccxa Falla hu been attributed by DIP to
the diapoaal of haurdoua vaataa oa Oak Driva vt a a that vera
oriainally deatioad to ba diapoaed of a t the l u con Beiaht a
Laadfill
l-11
F1-8101-10
SCTIltM 4 - GENERATORS OF INDUSTRIAL WAST
The Connecticut Departbullnt of nviromHntal Protection and Hurtha 1 a
anainur Mr Richard Sullivan han identified at 1eaat aevan induatrhl
aeneratora that dhpoaed of vaate at the Mlrtha landfilla in acon Falla
and Hauaatuct Connecticut Of tbeae c01apaniea four haw been
identified aa aenaratora who diapoaed of vaate at the Beacon Raiahta
Landfill excluaively (Table 4-1)
Cenuatora of Vaate Diapoaed of at the Beacon Beiahta Landfill Beacon Palla Connecticut
(frOII 1972 DIP lnduatrial Vaate Survey)
Upjoha Cheical OilaBydrocarbooa 2500 aalyr lortb Baftll cr Chaical LiquidaBluda
end Solventa 72000 aalyr
Aratrona lubber Collpeay OilaBydrocerbooa 10000 aalyr Veat Raven cr Soheau 2 000 aalyr
Chbullical LiquidaSludaea 2000 aalyr Vaateveter treatat dudau 70000 aalyr
I P Goodrich Collpaoy Rubber 7000 tooayr Shelton cr Pleatica 400 tonayr
Oila ad Bydrocerbooa 340000 abulllyr Cheaical -liquidaSludaaa 78000 aalyr Vaatevater Sludaea 2000 toaayr Cheaical Solida SO tonayr
Uniroyal Footwear tubber 240 tooayr leacoa Falla CT Plaatica 240 tonayr
Oila and Hydrocarbonbull 5000 aalyr Solvaou 5000 aalyr
Zollo Drua UntoOWD UoknOWD Beacon Palla ~
-- 4-1
Fl-8101-10
Section 4 Genenton - continued
Zollo Dru of Beacon Falh a haurdoua vuta broker and tranaporur b
1tnovn to have dhpod of vutea fro tvo of tba cc-paoiaa Anutrona
lubber and Upjoho Cheaical Copay at the Beacon Reiahta Landfill Zollo
Dna handlaa vut fro a variety of induatriea and it ia probable that
the vaatea froa An troaa lubber and Upjoho did not account for all ~ 3induatrial vaaua diapoaed of by Zollo at the Beacon Reiahta o~ration HID
Tabh 4-2 ideatifiea pnuatora of vuu handled by Zollo
1979 IZP perit application
TABLE 4-2 Genentora of Wa~ad by Zollo Dr~a
( atatad
ADco Pachaiq c_ny Stratford cr
A M lruniq Guilford cr
Chnical LaanaJ lranford cr
Diadon Vld Capany Stalampford cr
ri-t Corporation lridaaport cr
Guilford Gravure Guilford cr
Bicta a Otia lorvallt cr
B~apbray Oaaical lo Iavan cr
Perkin-llner Corporation lorvalk cr
liadoa Kanufacturina Co Daobury cr
on 1979 IZP perait eppticatlon)
Alcohol vaata
Diaao vaata
tank lioaa Water vaata taak cln out
Solvent vaate
Solvent vaata
lthyl acetate fonal propyl acetate ethyl alcohol a ~
laain 1 propyl acetate
Maleic ampDhydride oil naphtha iaoproponal thanol toluaoa bensane
Cuttina oil acatoaa cyclo hexane Mthanol lao octane toluene MEl
VC III
Lacquer thinner Chlorinated catechol __ Chlorinated quinena
4-2
Zfl u atated on HO
(1gt0 -lt0 oz gt -ltI HflltH
I 0-lt
g 0
25 druaayr 0
300 druaayr
400 druyr
10 druaayr
40 druaayr
200 druaayr
60 druaayr
300 drvaayr
250 druuyr
25 druaayr
75 drvaayr 100 druaayr
Pl-8101-10
Section 4 Gene-raton - continued
Prior to 1976 the leacoa Reiamphte landfill received waetee fro
Reliable Induetriel Waete Diepoul Company (RlllD) i n Beacon Palle
Accordins to DP pen~it epplicatione dated 197D-1973 the deaical wtea
hendled bJ UW were either incinerated or ahipped to appropriate diapoaal
hcilitia1 It ia known however that RIWD die pond of waat11 at aeveral
localitiu in the town of leacoa hlb durina the aid- to late-1960e A
waate diepoeal lite on Oak Drive reeulted in tha contbullinatioa of doampena of
private velb in the near vicinity with indutrial chnicala includiaamp
Chloroben1ene Ethyl ether o-Dichlorobenune Ace tOM p-Dich lorobenuae Methylene chloride Toluene Methyl ethyl ketone 111-TrichlOroethane Hexane Uni dentified 112 2-Tetrachloroethane
It h been recorded by DP that UWD und illeaal dhpoul eitaa i D leacoo
Pelle when weather or roM condition prohibi ted acceae to what vu thn
tbe letkoeki qp loduatriea urviced bJ IIWD include eeveral chnical
nufacturera (Table 4-3)
TAILI 4-3 Coeratora of Waata Bandied b ieibrToduatriel Vaate Die
leecon Pella Connect cut Urn 1973 DIP perwit apphcatioo)
Copany Cenaratina Vaete
Pfber eopaoy Acetone iaopropyl alcohol 4400 aalvk Croton cr Mthaool ather
Honeaoto Kett)aool alcohcl 4 000 ampalvk Indian Orchard tM
General Electric lridaeport cr
laybutoe Traneaieaioo oil 21so aat Stratford cr
Cowlu Copany Thinner middotWlknovn Rev haven Ct
Iorden Chaaical middot StJreoe 3300aatt Leoaiaater0 K
4-3
--
11-8101-10
Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
1be t recent inforution reaudiaa the dhpoul of induetrid vaeta
at the Bucon Reiahte Landfill vu obtained fro a 1976 inapectioo report
inuad by the Connecticut DIP Divhion of Solid Waata Manaaebullnt 1be
report vhich b deed January 7 1976 atatea that Zollo drua vu
unloadina aeated drwu urlted chebullical vaate DANCBR Plable Liquid 1
avoid akin contact aDd breathinamp fuaea bullbull tha vute duaped vu of two 3 ~ typ41 a) a dry earth like uterial he (the driver) aaid vu a filter Zll ~lgt
aedi~a aDd b) the other u noted bullbullbull middot In the report it b reported middot lt~gtn -lt0 oz
that he duaped vuta naularly fTc Upjoin in Worth Bavea lgt -ltI
1ba Upjohn Chnical CopaD) in Worth Raven b a bullanufacturer of ~ lt~
aynthatic oraanic chicala The priury Mthod of -nufacturinamp at Upjoha Io- be deacribed u batch- procauioa wh ich vou ld reault in a quantity of gvaata liquid aludae aDdor filter bulldiUII The vute pnerated at Up john o
would probably contai n lianificant quantitiu of the priury product 4 0
91daty of oraanic chicala includiDJ tho11 ud for pharaaceutical
0 productbull aDd herbicidu have Ha bullanufacturM by Opjobn in Worth Bavaa (Tabla 4-4)
Oraanic Cbbullicala uaufactund br Dpjohn Olbullical Copant North Bavan Coanact1Cut
(1919 Product Liat)
Banaophaaone lenaophenoaa technical-flaltad o-Chloroanilina Technical (OCA) D-300 Concentrate (4-aulfophthalic Acid) o-Diaahidi ne Dihydrochloride Dichlorobenddiae Dihydrochloride (DCI) 26-Dichloro-4-Mitroanilina (DCJU) DiethoXJacetophenone (DAP) 25- DiaethoXJbeaaaldehyde (DKB) Dioeaenia Diphenuid Technical (NN-Diaethyl-2 1 2-Diphenylacatbullide) bonate 1361 ( 33-Dibullthyl-4 4 -Diphenyl Dihocyanate) Pbotoaraphic Dye Intenediatea p Toluene Sulfonyl hocJUte (PTST)
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0
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Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
In conclulion -bullHable date augeta that induatrhl vutee have
been dhpoud of at the Beacon B~iamphta and letltoeki Landfill bullby
a) leliable lnduatrhl Vaate Dbpoaal C011pany b) Zollo Dru c) Indu1triea contracted directly vith tlirthe Trucltina Inc
AlthouJb bullaoy induetrhl wute aeneraton dbpoeed of wute tbrouah
IIWD And Zollo Dnn1 only tvo of then coapeniea Upjoho and Arutrona
Rubber ere ~ to have had their vute dhpo1ed of at Beacon Reiahte ~t
pouibla hovner that other indu1tdal vute handled bJ IIWD and Zollo
Dru wu dhpo1ed of at Beacon Beiamphtbull
4-S
rl-8101-10
SCTION S - IOOHKENDATIOHS
lgt laeed on tha deta _erbed in thie report it U recoended that 0
I ~mthe follawina actione be taken Zll ~lgt
-lt0 a) A full lite inveetiaatiou of the leacon Beiamphte Landfill ehould lgt
oz
-ltIbe conducted includina aonitoriaa of abiant air for volatile ~ oraanice eurface vatar aod leachate alinamp aod oil
lt~
~ un1bull g Private valle and eurfece water dovnaradient of the landfill
0
ehoulcl be eupled ~
0 c) lahtina qiaeeriaamp data includiq location ancl epecificatioo
of 110aitoriaa welle ehould be obteiaecl frCII tM awaer of Jucon
Raiahtbull acl rniewed
d) lnDVD iDduetrial waeta pneratore bullhould be inbullntiaeted to
cleterioe the approdaate quantit aDd epecific characterietice
of wete dhpoeed of at Beacon Beipte
e) A liet of all induetrial clientbull eerliced by Murtha TRcldaa and
the final diepoeitioa of their nate ehould be obtained froa the
CJWDit of Murtha tnlctiaa Inc for remiddotdw
f) All cvailabla bJdroaeoloaic data ahould be reviewed to detnaioe
the potential ipact on aroundvater frCII huardoua waeta at
leacOD Beiampbta
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]middotr t~~~t~= ~~~ti~middotc~~~rtc~-~~middot~~b~~~~r ~~~rr~~~~~~~~~-
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middot Beacon Hef ghts Of sposa1 Area C CITY
Beacon Falls ca OnllltO~IUIATOJI (II~
I SITI IOENTIPICATIOM
lgt 0
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Ot UOIAL Oa ITAn Dbullmiddot COUNTY o- MUNICIIAL Ill IIIIVAn CJ- UIIIIItOWN -ltO oz lgt -ltJ1 11noctcJtti TIOM 83 acre sanitary landfill located on western slope and crest of 650 ~ elevation tn Beacon Fall s lt~
O ltIATII DITI II O JI _ Connecticut Department of Envfronmentil Protection Dfvfsfon of Hazardous Waste lnvestfoatfon middot middot middot 979 8
0L ~~ ~~SOEP D1v1s1on of Hazafdous Waste 1 - 0
TOIII Pregman Division of Solid Waste 203-566middot5712
LHCCIIIIDATICNI
0 I M0 A~TKMIIIIIDil~ too-_ ~ [I)L TItMIPICTt01111liH0
bull bull T TampTgtWamp11 IICMampDUIto POllgt
C IIIIAIIIIIIIIOMATtDII I I Ma-
Hanl ey M
83 L~l 111111 MIILDIIIOI CNI Till ampITIT
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bull tgtWILLampI ampIIP~-amp001t
1 - -middot~middot
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IV CHAIIACTERIZATIOH Of SITE ACTIVITY lndlutbullthbull bull bullJbullbullbullIIbullbullctlbullltJfltndlletbullllbullbullbulllbulltlaatbullbullbullchbullctlbullltJ 1 IIbullUIbullbull
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I IIICYCLINIIOICOIIO
bull middot bullbullcoamplll I middot OTNIIO(bull-lJl
L WICifl DampTAIII 0 IITil ACTIVITillll NampIDID
Received mix~d ~~t~nfcfPal and fndustrfal 11qufd and solid waste Pr1marfly a sanitary landfill middot middot middot
obulluttbullubullowtt (]lz LIQUID IXJbull souo lll~uon 0 middot~
iiiiiiCii41114CTilltiiTICI
IXJbullmiddot UNIINDwtt Oz COIIIIIIDitVIl Oa uaNITIbullIU 0 IIIADIOACTIVIl )1(1 NIONU voLATILamp
I[Jt TDMIC P middot~lliiCTIVIl Dbullmiddot INampIIIT C1Jbullmiddot ~- ~
tIampUDIIl
iOOOo ur~ TnrnOwn middotoOoo u~~ middot-tfOfllllll4ltllll -~~ 1111 VMifOfMitiRnnr ITO~rJWI UNITOfIOIIt-1 MITIIIMIA-1
ampat - tonsyear JmotLY ~UINIltIOIINAYID MI XI IDLYINU
IIIMITAa ILU-111
JatOTNampIO(_I_ X1110~MTo xIAIIIITOO
H----1 JMIIO(Hr) IIIMILIIN
-~ rt----rt~middot~middotmiddot~middot~middotmiddot~middotmiddot~middotmiddot~middotmiddot1rt----i IIIALIOOIMshyx ILUDOamp I ~Ubulla~
Munfcfpal Wastes middot
~ bull-no1w nwtl PAOI lOJ 4
V WUTI RILATID INPORMATION (clft~OIH) LilT IUIITAIICUOr OIIIATIIT COIICIIIII WMICM IIIAY II 011 TMIIJTI (llllton Ibull _ - ~
Chemfcel Waste for BF Gaodrfch Co middot Armstrong Rubber Uniroyal Inc Consumer Products)
middot Uniroyal Chemical D1Yfsion Upjohn to
iL ADDITIOIIAL CONIIIIIITIOII IIAIIIIATI111 OlliCIIIfiTIOII Or ITfoiATIOIIIl110111 011 lllfiOIITilO TO IllIT AT Till 1Til
Ethyl Acetone Methyl Acetate detected in surface water In town location that received ~stes de~~~dR~r Beacon Heights contaminated with industrial chemicals such as
VI HAZARD OfSCRIPTIOM
O OATIOr IIICIDIIIITf~~~middotli~
c-bull middot11bull1 c-middotmiddot
middot x bull C-TAMIMATI011
middot orr-CMAIM
Detected f n 1977
tartllllNIfiL
1971 Slope Failure
lgt 0 I ~zm ~lgt UgtO -lt0 oz lgt -ltI ~ lt~
I 0-lt
g 0
bull = 8
--
middot ~_
V PliiMIT INfOitMA ION
~ ~ ~ ~ K~Y)middot___cSo=l~dWas~te-Dcclsoosal_____ l~~ bullOJ IICRAITOIIIIIIII OampIIICIIIATIIIUTCIII Ot- IIICIIAOI~IIIII
QIO OTMIII(_I
1 llf COM-IAJICIII
Ql fU Oao II] a UNKNOWN
VID PA5T IIGULATOU ACTIOIU
ijl_otlfOitll 01 111(bull-bullbull
Regarding Hazardous Waste
0 __ o -bull
X IUIEOIAL ACTIVITY
o bullbull bull _ tDATIDP t fIIII__D
=l ruJbull~ bull 11QTZ a M ampe lafmatlc111 Ibull sctiou Dl ~ x till oat 1M PreU~IIrJ Au (Sectibull U)
middot _uo bull ~ rut bullbull of tills fora
_IP4f-nt1NC1 = 8
- barcode 559034
- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 559034
--
~ CLASS bullAbull WATERSHED
[[[ill ~R~~ OF G~DWATE~ FAVORABILITY
BEACON HEIGHTS LANDFILL
PICUJ 4
--
Fl-8101-10
two fraetur~middotmiddot ~eu and obnrved a fra~ture fre~ueney in eaeh eet
ranaina fro three to fi~ feet bullin the joit eat etrikina M25-w and
25 feet in the Joint eet etrikina M5obullw A thin untle of atecial
till eompoeed of eand dey and eome bouldere oriainally covered
the bedroek on met of the eite Much of the oriainal till eurfaee
which ranaed betveeo 1-20 feet thick vee eanvated for cover
uterial reaultina in refueebedroek eootaet
Surhee drainaae ie to the aorthveet toward the Roekaaua Brook
en area with h iah aroundvater fav~rability (Piaure 3-4) ampurfeee
run-off ie rapid dJII to the eteep elopee of the landfill (16-25bull)
and the lov perweability of the predoainant eover aetarial
1be preeenee of refuee with low perbullubilitiee euch u rubber
plaetie end uh and the eteepneee of the tillrefueebedroek
eonteet ha reeulted in an extreaely rapid rete of aroundvater
80VeMnt throuah the landfill 1be eteepnen of elope and the
eatureticm of low perweebility aeh at the northveet ebaakaat
durinamp e period of baa rainfall in 1971 reeulted ia a eubetantiel
elope failure at that loeatifXl in 1972 (Pipre 3-2) the elope
failure reeulted in an atrty hiamph rete of eoatbullinated
aroundvater dieehar at the foot of the failure ecerp In addition
to aroundvater dieeharae obeerved at the Nee of the failure ecarp
e ditch that circled the landfill aloaa the vt and eouth
bounderiee drdned eubetantial quantitiee of leaehete to the oorth
toward the Rockan111 Brae tributary
Predicted aroundvater mvnt in bedrock ie alona fracture
boundariee and ie probable toward the northeut and northveet
35 BAZAIDS IDERTillD 01 ALLEGED
Leaal action teken by the DP Vater eoplianee Unit and Solid
Waete ~naaeaent Dideicm durina the 1970bull wee baeed priaarily oa
the eontainatioa of eurface water by typical leaehate conetituente
3-10
I r ~
Fl-8101-10
J S Raurds Identified or Alleaed - continued
aucb u colifon~ lead phoaphatu md chlorid and the violation
of penit requireiHnta by the operatora The landfill and the
ditcharaina leachate h never been thorouahly invetiaated for the
preaence of tozic or haaardous aubstancea
A 1979 bullbullple of the surface water discharaina from the Bucon
Reiahta Landfill before confluence with the Rochnua Brook detectd
30 ppb colifom 110 ppb ethyl acetate 400 p pb bull th) l acetate and
30 ppb aethyl e thyl ket one Since the dhcha r p at t he u~linc
point pdurily reflects the 1urface draittaae fr011 the sit a aad
becau~ 1urfaca vatar b t likely to contain hi amph quanti t iu of
bull olatila contituen~a the pranca of llydrocarbons i n tha surface
draiup indicate bullch hiaher coacentratiou of oraanica in the
landfill mel the aroundvater dhcharai oa fr~ the landfill
Ia additioa1 the acon Heiahta Lendf ill b knOWD to hemiddot
accepted iDduatriel vaataa fr~ a Yariaty of 110urcaa Kaay of theaa
i Dduatri are knOVD to have aeoaratad haaardoua vaata
(8 SactiOil 4)
Piully1 the cootbullinati oa of prhata vella at the r ata
houaiq daYalop~~ent in laaccxa Falla hu been attributed by DIP to
the diapoaal of haurdoua vaataa oa Oak Driva vt a a that vera
oriainally deatioad to ba diapoaed of a t the l u con Beiaht a
Laadfill
l-11
F1-8101-10
SCTIltM 4 - GENERATORS OF INDUSTRIAL WAST
The Connecticut Departbullnt of nviromHntal Protection and Hurtha 1 a
anainur Mr Richard Sullivan han identified at 1eaat aevan induatrhl
aeneratora that dhpoaed of vaate at the Mlrtha landfilla in acon Falla
and Hauaatuct Connecticut Of tbeae c01apaniea four haw been
identified aa aenaratora who diapoaed of vaate at the Beacon Raiahta
Landfill excluaively (Table 4-1)
Cenuatora of Vaate Diapoaed of at the Beacon Beiahta Landfill Beacon Palla Connecticut
(frOII 1972 DIP lnduatrial Vaate Survey)
Upjoha Cheical OilaBydrocarbooa 2500 aalyr lortb Baftll cr Chaical LiquidaBluda
end Solventa 72000 aalyr
Aratrona lubber Collpeay OilaBydrocerbooa 10000 aalyr Veat Raven cr Soheau 2 000 aalyr
Chbullical LiquidaSludaea 2000 aalyr Vaateveter treatat dudau 70000 aalyr
I P Goodrich Collpaoy Rubber 7000 tooayr Shelton cr Pleatica 400 tonayr
Oila ad Bydrocerbooa 340000 abulllyr Cheaical -liquidaSludaaa 78000 aalyr Vaatevater Sludaea 2000 toaayr Cheaical Solida SO tonayr
Uniroyal Footwear tubber 240 tooayr leacoa Falla CT Plaatica 240 tonayr
Oila and Hydrocarbonbull 5000 aalyr Solvaou 5000 aalyr
Zollo Drua UntoOWD UoknOWD Beacon Palla ~
-- 4-1
Fl-8101-10
Section 4 Genenton - continued
Zollo Dru of Beacon Falh a haurdoua vuta broker and tranaporur b
1tnovn to have dhpod of vutea fro tvo of tba cc-paoiaa Anutrona
lubber and Upjoho Cheaical Copay at the Beacon Reiahta Landfill Zollo
Dna handlaa vut fro a variety of induatriea and it ia probable that
the vaatea froa An troaa lubber and Upjoho did not account for all ~ 3induatrial vaaua diapoaed of by Zollo at the Beacon Reiahta o~ration HID
Tabh 4-2 ideatifiea pnuatora of vuu handled by Zollo
1979 IZP perit application
TABLE 4-2 Genentora of Wa~ad by Zollo Dr~a
( atatad
ADco Pachaiq c_ny Stratford cr
A M lruniq Guilford cr
Chnical LaanaJ lranford cr
Diadon Vld Capany Stalampford cr
ri-t Corporation lridaaport cr
Guilford Gravure Guilford cr
Bicta a Otia lorvallt cr
B~apbray Oaaical lo Iavan cr
Perkin-llner Corporation lorvalk cr
liadoa Kanufacturina Co Daobury cr
on 1979 IZP perait eppticatlon)
Alcohol vaata
Diaao vaata
tank lioaa Water vaata taak cln out
Solvent vaate
Solvent vaata
lthyl acetate fonal propyl acetate ethyl alcohol a ~
laain 1 propyl acetate
Maleic ampDhydride oil naphtha iaoproponal thanol toluaoa bensane
Cuttina oil acatoaa cyclo hexane Mthanol lao octane toluene MEl
VC III
Lacquer thinner Chlorinated catechol __ Chlorinated quinena
4-2
Zfl u atated on HO
(1gt0 -lt0 oz gt -ltI HflltH
I 0-lt
g 0
25 druaayr 0
300 druaayr
400 druyr
10 druaayr
40 druaayr
200 druaayr
60 druaayr
300 drvaayr
250 druuyr
25 druaayr
75 drvaayr 100 druaayr
Pl-8101-10
Section 4 Gene-raton - continued
Prior to 1976 the leacoa Reiamphte landfill received waetee fro
Reliable Induetriel Waete Diepoul Company (RlllD) i n Beacon Palle
Accordins to DP pen~it epplicatione dated 197D-1973 the deaical wtea
hendled bJ UW were either incinerated or ahipped to appropriate diapoaal
hcilitia1 It ia known however that RIWD die pond of waat11 at aeveral
localitiu in the town of leacoa hlb durina the aid- to late-1960e A
waate diepoeal lite on Oak Drive reeulted in tha contbullinatioa of doampena of
private velb in the near vicinity with indutrial chnicala includiaamp
Chloroben1ene Ethyl ether o-Dichlorobenune Ace tOM p-Dich lorobenuae Methylene chloride Toluene Methyl ethyl ketone 111-TrichlOroethane Hexane Uni dentified 112 2-Tetrachloroethane
It h been recorded by DP that UWD und illeaal dhpoul eitaa i D leacoo
Pelle when weather or roM condition prohibi ted acceae to what vu thn
tbe letkoeki qp loduatriea urviced bJ IIWD include eeveral chnical
nufacturera (Table 4-3)
TAILI 4-3 Coeratora of Waata Bandied b ieibrToduatriel Vaate Die
leecon Pella Connect cut Urn 1973 DIP perwit apphcatioo)
Copany Cenaratina Vaete
Pfber eopaoy Acetone iaopropyl alcohol 4400 aalvk Croton cr Mthaool ather
Honeaoto Kett)aool alcohcl 4 000 ampalvk Indian Orchard tM
General Electric lridaeport cr
laybutoe Traneaieaioo oil 21so aat Stratford cr
Cowlu Copany Thinner middotWlknovn Rev haven Ct
Iorden Chaaical middot StJreoe 3300aatt Leoaiaater0 K
4-3
--
11-8101-10
Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
1be t recent inforution reaudiaa the dhpoul of induetrid vaeta
at the Bucon Reiahte Landfill vu obtained fro a 1976 inapectioo report
inuad by the Connecticut DIP Divhion of Solid Waata Manaaebullnt 1be
report vhich b deed January 7 1976 atatea that Zollo drua vu
unloadina aeated drwu urlted chebullical vaate DANCBR Plable Liquid 1
avoid akin contact aDd breathinamp fuaea bullbull tha vute duaped vu of two 3 ~ typ41 a) a dry earth like uterial he (the driver) aaid vu a filter Zll ~lgt
aedi~a aDd b) the other u noted bullbullbull middot In the report it b reported middot lt~gtn -lt0 oz
that he duaped vuta naularly fTc Upjoin in Worth Bavea lgt -ltI
1ba Upjohn Chnical CopaD) in Worth Raven b a bullanufacturer of ~ lt~
aynthatic oraanic chicala The priury Mthod of -nufacturinamp at Upjoha Io- be deacribed u batch- procauioa wh ich vou ld reault in a quantity of gvaata liquid aludae aDdor filter bulldiUII The vute pnerated at Up john o
would probably contai n lianificant quantitiu of the priury product 4 0
91daty of oraanic chicala includiDJ tho11 ud for pharaaceutical
0 productbull aDd herbicidu have Ha bullanufacturM by Opjobn in Worth Bavaa (Tabla 4-4)
Oraanic Cbbullicala uaufactund br Dpjohn Olbullical Copant North Bavan Coanact1Cut
(1919 Product Liat)
Banaophaaone lenaophenoaa technical-flaltad o-Chloroanilina Technical (OCA) D-300 Concentrate (4-aulfophthalic Acid) o-Diaahidi ne Dihydrochloride Dichlorobenddiae Dihydrochloride (DCI) 26-Dichloro-4-Mitroanilina (DCJU) DiethoXJacetophenone (DAP) 25- DiaethoXJbeaaaldehyde (DKB) Dioeaenia Diphenuid Technical (NN-Diaethyl-2 1 2-Diphenylacatbullide) bonate 1361 ( 33-Dibullthyl-4 4 -Diphenyl Dihocyanate) Pbotoaraphic Dye Intenediatea p Toluene Sulfonyl hocJUte (PTST)
--
0
r1-ato1-10
Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
In conclulion -bullHable date augeta that induatrhl vutee have
been dhpoud of at the Beacon B~iamphta and letltoeki Landfill bullby
a) leliable lnduatrhl Vaate Dbpoaal C011pany b) Zollo Dru c) Indu1triea contracted directly vith tlirthe Trucltina Inc
AlthouJb bullaoy induetrhl wute aeneraton dbpoeed of wute tbrouah
IIWD And Zollo Dnn1 only tvo of then coapeniea Upjoho and Arutrona
Rubber ere ~ to have had their vute dhpo1ed of at Beacon Reiahte ~t
pouibla hovner that other indu1tdal vute handled bJ IIWD and Zollo
Dru wu dhpo1ed of at Beacon Beiamphtbull
4-S
rl-8101-10
SCTION S - IOOHKENDATIOHS
lgt laeed on tha deta _erbed in thie report it U recoended that 0
I ~mthe follawina actione be taken Zll ~lgt
-lt0 a) A full lite inveetiaatiou of the leacon Beiamphte Landfill ehould lgt
oz
-ltIbe conducted includina aonitoriaa of abiant air for volatile ~ oraanice eurface vatar aod leachate alinamp aod oil
lt~
~ un1bull g Private valle and eurfece water dovnaradient of the landfill
0
ehoulcl be eupled ~
0 c) lahtina qiaeeriaamp data includiq location ancl epecificatioo
of 110aitoriaa welle ehould be obteiaecl frCII tM awaer of Jucon
Raiahtbull acl rniewed
d) lnDVD iDduetrial waeta pneratore bullhould be inbullntiaeted to
cleterioe the approdaate quantit aDd epecific characterietice
of wete dhpoeed of at Beacon Beipte
e) A liet of all induetrial clientbull eerliced by Murtha TRcldaa and
the final diepoeitioa of their nate ehould be obtained froa the
CJWDit of Murtha tnlctiaa Inc for remiddotdw
f) All cvailabla bJdroaeoloaic data ahould be reviewed to detnaioe
the potential ipact on aroundvater frCII huardoua waeta at
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VI HAZARD OfSCRIPTIOM
O OATIOr IIICIDIIIITf~~~middotli~
c-bull middot11bull1 c-middotmiddot
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=l ruJbull~ bull 11QTZ a M ampe lafmatlc111 Ibull sctiou Dl ~ x till oat 1M PreU~IIrJ Au (Sectibull U)
middot _uo bull ~ rut bullbull of tills fora
_IP4f-nt1NC1 = 8
- barcode 559034
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two fraetur~middotmiddot ~eu and obnrved a fra~ture fre~ueney in eaeh eet
ranaina fro three to fi~ feet bullin the joit eat etrikina M25-w and
25 feet in the Joint eet etrikina M5obullw A thin untle of atecial
till eompoeed of eand dey and eome bouldere oriainally covered
the bedroek on met of the eite Much of the oriainal till eurfaee
which ranaed betveeo 1-20 feet thick vee eanvated for cover
uterial reaultina in refueebedroek eootaet
Surhee drainaae ie to the aorthveet toward the Roekaaua Brook
en area with h iah aroundvater fav~rability (Piaure 3-4) ampurfeee
run-off ie rapid dJII to the eteep elopee of the landfill (16-25bull)
and the lov perweability of the predoainant eover aetarial
1be preeenee of refuee with low perbullubilitiee euch u rubber
plaetie end uh and the eteepneee of the tillrefueebedroek
eonteet ha reeulted in an extreaely rapid rete of aroundvater
80VeMnt throuah the landfill 1be eteepnen of elope and the
eatureticm of low perweebility aeh at the northveet ebaakaat
durinamp e period of baa rainfall in 1971 reeulted ia a eubetantiel
elope failure at that loeatifXl in 1972 (Pipre 3-2) the elope
failure reeulted in an atrty hiamph rete of eoatbullinated
aroundvater dieehar at the foot of the failure ecerp In addition
to aroundvater dieeharae obeerved at the Nee of the failure ecarp
e ditch that circled the landfill aloaa the vt and eouth
bounderiee drdned eubetantial quantitiee of leaehete to the oorth
toward the Rockan111 Brae tributary
Predicted aroundvater mvnt in bedrock ie alona fracture
boundariee and ie probable toward the northeut and northveet
35 BAZAIDS IDERTillD 01 ALLEGED
Leaal action teken by the DP Vater eoplianee Unit and Solid
Waete ~naaeaent Dideicm durina the 1970bull wee baeed priaarily oa
the eontainatioa of eurface water by typical leaehate conetituente
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aucb u colifon~ lead phoaphatu md chlorid and the violation
of penit requireiHnta by the operatora The landfill and the
ditcharaina leachate h never been thorouahly invetiaated for the
preaence of tozic or haaardous aubstancea
A 1979 bullbullple of the surface water discharaina from the Bucon
Reiahta Landfill before confluence with the Rochnua Brook detectd
30 ppb colifom 110 ppb ethyl acetate 400 p pb bull th) l acetate and
30 ppb aethyl e thyl ket one Since the dhcha r p at t he u~linc
point pdurily reflects the 1urface draittaae fr011 the sit a aad
becau~ 1urfaca vatar b t likely to contain hi amph quanti t iu of
bull olatila contituen~a the pranca of llydrocarbons i n tha surface
draiup indicate bullch hiaher coacentratiou of oraanica in the
landfill mel the aroundvater dhcharai oa fr~ the landfill
Ia additioa1 the acon Heiahta Lendf ill b knOWD to hemiddot
accepted iDduatriel vaataa fr~ a Yariaty of 110urcaa Kaay of theaa
i Dduatri are knOVD to have aeoaratad haaardoua vaata
(8 SactiOil 4)
Piully1 the cootbullinati oa of prhata vella at the r ata
houaiq daYalop~~ent in laaccxa Falla hu been attributed by DIP to
the diapoaal of haurdoua vaataa oa Oak Driva vt a a that vera
oriainally deatioad to ba diapoaed of a t the l u con Beiaht a
Laadfill
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SCTIltM 4 - GENERATORS OF INDUSTRIAL WAST
The Connecticut Departbullnt of nviromHntal Protection and Hurtha 1 a
anainur Mr Richard Sullivan han identified at 1eaat aevan induatrhl
aeneratora that dhpoaed of vaate at the Mlrtha landfilla in acon Falla
and Hauaatuct Connecticut Of tbeae c01apaniea four haw been
identified aa aenaratora who diapoaed of vaate at the Beacon Raiahta
Landfill excluaively (Table 4-1)
Cenuatora of Vaate Diapoaed of at the Beacon Beiahta Landfill Beacon Palla Connecticut
(frOII 1972 DIP lnduatrial Vaate Survey)
Upjoha Cheical OilaBydrocarbooa 2500 aalyr lortb Baftll cr Chaical LiquidaBluda
end Solventa 72000 aalyr
Aratrona lubber Collpeay OilaBydrocerbooa 10000 aalyr Veat Raven cr Soheau 2 000 aalyr
Chbullical LiquidaSludaea 2000 aalyr Vaateveter treatat dudau 70000 aalyr
I P Goodrich Collpaoy Rubber 7000 tooayr Shelton cr Pleatica 400 tonayr
Oila ad Bydrocerbooa 340000 abulllyr Cheaical -liquidaSludaaa 78000 aalyr Vaatevater Sludaea 2000 toaayr Cheaical Solida SO tonayr
Uniroyal Footwear tubber 240 tooayr leacoa Falla CT Plaatica 240 tonayr
Oila and Hydrocarbonbull 5000 aalyr Solvaou 5000 aalyr
Zollo Drua UntoOWD UoknOWD Beacon Palla ~
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Section 4 Genenton - continued
Zollo Dru of Beacon Falh a haurdoua vuta broker and tranaporur b
1tnovn to have dhpod of vutea fro tvo of tba cc-paoiaa Anutrona
lubber and Upjoho Cheaical Copay at the Beacon Reiahta Landfill Zollo
Dna handlaa vut fro a variety of induatriea and it ia probable that
the vaatea froa An troaa lubber and Upjoho did not account for all ~ 3induatrial vaaua diapoaed of by Zollo at the Beacon Reiahta o~ration HID
Tabh 4-2 ideatifiea pnuatora of vuu handled by Zollo
1979 IZP perit application
TABLE 4-2 Genentora of Wa~ad by Zollo Dr~a
( atatad
ADco Pachaiq c_ny Stratford cr
A M lruniq Guilford cr
Chnical LaanaJ lranford cr
Diadon Vld Capany Stalampford cr
ri-t Corporation lridaaport cr
Guilford Gravure Guilford cr
Bicta a Otia lorvallt cr
B~apbray Oaaical lo Iavan cr
Perkin-llner Corporation lorvalk cr
liadoa Kanufacturina Co Daobury cr
on 1979 IZP perait eppticatlon)
Alcohol vaata
Diaao vaata
tank lioaa Water vaata taak cln out
Solvent vaate
Solvent vaata
lthyl acetate fonal propyl acetate ethyl alcohol a ~
laain 1 propyl acetate
Maleic ampDhydride oil naphtha iaoproponal thanol toluaoa bensane
Cuttina oil acatoaa cyclo hexane Mthanol lao octane toluene MEl
VC III
Lacquer thinner Chlorinated catechol __ Chlorinated quinena
4-2
Zfl u atated on HO
(1gt0 -lt0 oz gt -ltI HflltH
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g 0
25 druaayr 0
300 druaayr
400 druyr
10 druaayr
40 druaayr
200 druaayr
60 druaayr
300 drvaayr
250 druuyr
25 druaayr
75 drvaayr 100 druaayr
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Section 4 Gene-raton - continued
Prior to 1976 the leacoa Reiamphte landfill received waetee fro
Reliable Induetriel Waete Diepoul Company (RlllD) i n Beacon Palle
Accordins to DP pen~it epplicatione dated 197D-1973 the deaical wtea
hendled bJ UW were either incinerated or ahipped to appropriate diapoaal
hcilitia1 It ia known however that RIWD die pond of waat11 at aeveral
localitiu in the town of leacoa hlb durina the aid- to late-1960e A
waate diepoeal lite on Oak Drive reeulted in tha contbullinatioa of doampena of
private velb in the near vicinity with indutrial chnicala includiaamp
Chloroben1ene Ethyl ether o-Dichlorobenune Ace tOM p-Dich lorobenuae Methylene chloride Toluene Methyl ethyl ketone 111-TrichlOroethane Hexane Uni dentified 112 2-Tetrachloroethane
It h been recorded by DP that UWD und illeaal dhpoul eitaa i D leacoo
Pelle when weather or roM condition prohibi ted acceae to what vu thn
tbe letkoeki qp loduatriea urviced bJ IIWD include eeveral chnical
nufacturera (Table 4-3)
TAILI 4-3 Coeratora of Waata Bandied b ieibrToduatriel Vaate Die
leecon Pella Connect cut Urn 1973 DIP perwit apphcatioo)
Copany Cenaratina Vaete
Pfber eopaoy Acetone iaopropyl alcohol 4400 aalvk Croton cr Mthaool ather
Honeaoto Kett)aool alcohcl 4 000 ampalvk Indian Orchard tM
General Electric lridaeport cr
laybutoe Traneaieaioo oil 21so aat Stratford cr
Cowlu Copany Thinner middotWlknovn Rev haven Ct
Iorden Chaaical middot StJreoe 3300aatt Leoaiaater0 K
4-3
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Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
1be t recent inforution reaudiaa the dhpoul of induetrid vaeta
at the Bucon Reiahte Landfill vu obtained fro a 1976 inapectioo report
inuad by the Connecticut DIP Divhion of Solid Waata Manaaebullnt 1be
report vhich b deed January 7 1976 atatea that Zollo drua vu
unloadina aeated drwu urlted chebullical vaate DANCBR Plable Liquid 1
avoid akin contact aDd breathinamp fuaea bullbull tha vute duaped vu of two 3 ~ typ41 a) a dry earth like uterial he (the driver) aaid vu a filter Zll ~lgt
aedi~a aDd b) the other u noted bullbullbull middot In the report it b reported middot lt~gtn -lt0 oz
that he duaped vuta naularly fTc Upjoin in Worth Bavea lgt -ltI
1ba Upjohn Chnical CopaD) in Worth Raven b a bullanufacturer of ~ lt~
aynthatic oraanic chicala The priury Mthod of -nufacturinamp at Upjoha Io- be deacribed u batch- procauioa wh ich vou ld reault in a quantity of gvaata liquid aludae aDdor filter bulldiUII The vute pnerated at Up john o
would probably contai n lianificant quantitiu of the priury product 4 0
91daty of oraanic chicala includiDJ tho11 ud for pharaaceutical
0 productbull aDd herbicidu have Ha bullanufacturM by Opjobn in Worth Bavaa (Tabla 4-4)
Oraanic Cbbullicala uaufactund br Dpjohn Olbullical Copant North Bavan Coanact1Cut
(1919 Product Liat)
Banaophaaone lenaophenoaa technical-flaltad o-Chloroanilina Technical (OCA) D-300 Concentrate (4-aulfophthalic Acid) o-Diaahidi ne Dihydrochloride Dichlorobenddiae Dihydrochloride (DCI) 26-Dichloro-4-Mitroanilina (DCJU) DiethoXJacetophenone (DAP) 25- DiaethoXJbeaaaldehyde (DKB) Dioeaenia Diphenuid Technical (NN-Diaethyl-2 1 2-Diphenylacatbullide) bonate 1361 ( 33-Dibullthyl-4 4 -Diphenyl Dihocyanate) Pbotoaraphic Dye Intenediatea p Toluene Sulfonyl hocJUte (PTST)
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Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
In conclulion -bullHable date augeta that induatrhl vutee have
been dhpoud of at the Beacon B~iamphta and letltoeki Landfill bullby
a) leliable lnduatrhl Vaate Dbpoaal C011pany b) Zollo Dru c) Indu1triea contracted directly vith tlirthe Trucltina Inc
AlthouJb bullaoy induetrhl wute aeneraton dbpoeed of wute tbrouah
IIWD And Zollo Dnn1 only tvo of then coapeniea Upjoho and Arutrona
Rubber ere ~ to have had their vute dhpo1ed of at Beacon Reiahte ~t
pouibla hovner that other indu1tdal vute handled bJ IIWD and Zollo
Dru wu dhpo1ed of at Beacon Beiamphtbull
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SCTION S - IOOHKENDATIOHS
lgt laeed on tha deta _erbed in thie report it U recoended that 0
I ~mthe follawina actione be taken Zll ~lgt
-lt0 a) A full lite inveetiaatiou of the leacon Beiamphte Landfill ehould lgt
oz
-ltIbe conducted includina aonitoriaa of abiant air for volatile ~ oraanice eurface vatar aod leachate alinamp aod oil
lt~
~ un1bull g Private valle and eurfece water dovnaradient of the landfill
0
ehoulcl be eupled ~
0 c) lahtina qiaeeriaamp data includiq location ancl epecificatioo
of 110aitoriaa welle ehould be obteiaecl frCII tM awaer of Jucon
Raiahtbull acl rniewed
d) lnDVD iDduetrial waeta pneratore bullhould be inbullntiaeted to
cleterioe the approdaate quantit aDd epecific characterietice
of wete dhpoeed of at Beacon Beipte
e) A liet of all induetrial clientbull eerliced by Murtha TRcldaa and
the final diepoeitioa of their nate ehould be obtained froa the
CJWDit of Murtha tnlctiaa Inc for remiddotdw
f) All cvailabla bJdroaeoloaic data ahould be reviewed to detnaioe
the potential ipact on aroundvater frCII huardoua waeta at
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V WUTI RILATID INPORMATION (clft~OIH) LilT IUIITAIICUOr OIIIATIIT COIICIIIII WMICM IIIAY II 011 TMIIJTI (llllton Ibull _ - ~
Chemfcel Waste for BF Gaodrfch Co middot Armstrong Rubber Uniroyal Inc Consumer Products)
middot Uniroyal Chemical D1Yfsion Upjohn to
iL ADDITIOIIAL CONIIIIIITIOII IIAIIIIATI111 OlliCIIIfiTIOII Or ITfoiATIOIIIl110111 011 lllfiOIITilO TO IllIT AT Till 1Til
Ethyl Acetone Methyl Acetate detected in surface water In town location that received ~stes de~~~dR~r Beacon Heights contaminated with industrial chemicals such as
VI HAZARD OfSCRIPTIOM
O OATIOr IIICIDIIIITf~~~middotli~
c-bull middot11bull1 c-middotmiddot
middot x bull C-TAMIMATI011
middot orr-CMAIM
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tartllllNIfiL
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lgt 0 I ~zm ~lgt UgtO -lt0 oz lgt -ltI ~ lt~
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VID PA5T IIGULATOU ACTIOIU
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Regarding Hazardous Waste
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X IUIEOIAL ACTIVITY
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=l ruJbull~ bull 11QTZ a M ampe lafmatlc111 Ibull sctiou Dl ~ x till oat 1M PreU~IIrJ Au (Sectibull U)
middot _uo bull ~ rut bullbull of tills fora
_IP4f-nt1NC1 = 8
- barcode 559034
- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 559034
I r ~
Fl-8101-10
J S Raurds Identified or Alleaed - continued
aucb u colifon~ lead phoaphatu md chlorid and the violation
of penit requireiHnta by the operatora The landfill and the
ditcharaina leachate h never been thorouahly invetiaated for the
preaence of tozic or haaardous aubstancea
A 1979 bullbullple of the surface water discharaina from the Bucon
Reiahta Landfill before confluence with the Rochnua Brook detectd
30 ppb colifom 110 ppb ethyl acetate 400 p pb bull th) l acetate and
30 ppb aethyl e thyl ket one Since the dhcha r p at t he u~linc
point pdurily reflects the 1urface draittaae fr011 the sit a aad
becau~ 1urfaca vatar b t likely to contain hi amph quanti t iu of
bull olatila contituen~a the pranca of llydrocarbons i n tha surface
draiup indicate bullch hiaher coacentratiou of oraanica in the
landfill mel the aroundvater dhcharai oa fr~ the landfill
Ia additioa1 the acon Heiahta Lendf ill b knOWD to hemiddot
accepted iDduatriel vaataa fr~ a Yariaty of 110urcaa Kaay of theaa
i Dduatri are knOVD to have aeoaratad haaardoua vaata
(8 SactiOil 4)
Piully1 the cootbullinati oa of prhata vella at the r ata
houaiq daYalop~~ent in laaccxa Falla hu been attributed by DIP to
the diapoaal of haurdoua vaataa oa Oak Driva vt a a that vera
oriainally deatioad to ba diapoaed of a t the l u con Beiaht a
Laadfill
l-11
F1-8101-10
SCTIltM 4 - GENERATORS OF INDUSTRIAL WAST
The Connecticut Departbullnt of nviromHntal Protection and Hurtha 1 a
anainur Mr Richard Sullivan han identified at 1eaat aevan induatrhl
aeneratora that dhpoaed of vaate at the Mlrtha landfilla in acon Falla
and Hauaatuct Connecticut Of tbeae c01apaniea four haw been
identified aa aenaratora who diapoaed of vaate at the Beacon Raiahta
Landfill excluaively (Table 4-1)
Cenuatora of Vaate Diapoaed of at the Beacon Beiahta Landfill Beacon Palla Connecticut
(frOII 1972 DIP lnduatrial Vaate Survey)
Upjoha Cheical OilaBydrocarbooa 2500 aalyr lortb Baftll cr Chaical LiquidaBluda
end Solventa 72000 aalyr
Aratrona lubber Collpeay OilaBydrocerbooa 10000 aalyr Veat Raven cr Soheau 2 000 aalyr
Chbullical LiquidaSludaea 2000 aalyr Vaateveter treatat dudau 70000 aalyr
I P Goodrich Collpaoy Rubber 7000 tooayr Shelton cr Pleatica 400 tonayr
Oila ad Bydrocerbooa 340000 abulllyr Cheaical -liquidaSludaaa 78000 aalyr Vaatevater Sludaea 2000 toaayr Cheaical Solida SO tonayr
Uniroyal Footwear tubber 240 tooayr leacoa Falla CT Plaatica 240 tonayr
Oila and Hydrocarbonbull 5000 aalyr Solvaou 5000 aalyr
Zollo Drua UntoOWD UoknOWD Beacon Palla ~
-- 4-1
Fl-8101-10
Section 4 Genenton - continued
Zollo Dru of Beacon Falh a haurdoua vuta broker and tranaporur b
1tnovn to have dhpod of vutea fro tvo of tba cc-paoiaa Anutrona
lubber and Upjoho Cheaical Copay at the Beacon Reiahta Landfill Zollo
Dna handlaa vut fro a variety of induatriea and it ia probable that
the vaatea froa An troaa lubber and Upjoho did not account for all ~ 3induatrial vaaua diapoaed of by Zollo at the Beacon Reiahta o~ration HID
Tabh 4-2 ideatifiea pnuatora of vuu handled by Zollo
1979 IZP perit application
TABLE 4-2 Genentora of Wa~ad by Zollo Dr~a
( atatad
ADco Pachaiq c_ny Stratford cr
A M lruniq Guilford cr
Chnical LaanaJ lranford cr
Diadon Vld Capany Stalampford cr
ri-t Corporation lridaaport cr
Guilford Gravure Guilford cr
Bicta a Otia lorvallt cr
B~apbray Oaaical lo Iavan cr
Perkin-llner Corporation lorvalk cr
liadoa Kanufacturina Co Daobury cr
on 1979 IZP perait eppticatlon)
Alcohol vaata
Diaao vaata
tank lioaa Water vaata taak cln out
Solvent vaate
Solvent vaata
lthyl acetate fonal propyl acetate ethyl alcohol a ~
laain 1 propyl acetate
Maleic ampDhydride oil naphtha iaoproponal thanol toluaoa bensane
Cuttina oil acatoaa cyclo hexane Mthanol lao octane toluene MEl
VC III
Lacquer thinner Chlorinated catechol __ Chlorinated quinena
4-2
Zfl u atated on HO
(1gt0 -lt0 oz gt -ltI HflltH
I 0-lt
g 0
25 druaayr 0
300 druaayr
400 druyr
10 druaayr
40 druaayr
200 druaayr
60 druaayr
300 drvaayr
250 druuyr
25 druaayr
75 drvaayr 100 druaayr
Pl-8101-10
Section 4 Gene-raton - continued
Prior to 1976 the leacoa Reiamphte landfill received waetee fro
Reliable Induetriel Waete Diepoul Company (RlllD) i n Beacon Palle
Accordins to DP pen~it epplicatione dated 197D-1973 the deaical wtea
hendled bJ UW were either incinerated or ahipped to appropriate diapoaal
hcilitia1 It ia known however that RIWD die pond of waat11 at aeveral
localitiu in the town of leacoa hlb durina the aid- to late-1960e A
waate diepoeal lite on Oak Drive reeulted in tha contbullinatioa of doampena of
private velb in the near vicinity with indutrial chnicala includiaamp
Chloroben1ene Ethyl ether o-Dichlorobenune Ace tOM p-Dich lorobenuae Methylene chloride Toluene Methyl ethyl ketone 111-TrichlOroethane Hexane Uni dentified 112 2-Tetrachloroethane
It h been recorded by DP that UWD und illeaal dhpoul eitaa i D leacoo
Pelle when weather or roM condition prohibi ted acceae to what vu thn
tbe letkoeki qp loduatriea urviced bJ IIWD include eeveral chnical
nufacturera (Table 4-3)
TAILI 4-3 Coeratora of Waata Bandied b ieibrToduatriel Vaate Die
leecon Pella Connect cut Urn 1973 DIP perwit apphcatioo)
Copany Cenaratina Vaete
Pfber eopaoy Acetone iaopropyl alcohol 4400 aalvk Croton cr Mthaool ather
Honeaoto Kett)aool alcohcl 4 000 ampalvk Indian Orchard tM
General Electric lridaeport cr
laybutoe Traneaieaioo oil 21so aat Stratford cr
Cowlu Copany Thinner middotWlknovn Rev haven Ct
Iorden Chaaical middot StJreoe 3300aatt Leoaiaater0 K
4-3
--
11-8101-10
Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
1be t recent inforution reaudiaa the dhpoul of induetrid vaeta
at the Bucon Reiahte Landfill vu obtained fro a 1976 inapectioo report
inuad by the Connecticut DIP Divhion of Solid Waata Manaaebullnt 1be
report vhich b deed January 7 1976 atatea that Zollo drua vu
unloadina aeated drwu urlted chebullical vaate DANCBR Plable Liquid 1
avoid akin contact aDd breathinamp fuaea bullbull tha vute duaped vu of two 3 ~ typ41 a) a dry earth like uterial he (the driver) aaid vu a filter Zll ~lgt
aedi~a aDd b) the other u noted bullbullbull middot In the report it b reported middot lt~gtn -lt0 oz
that he duaped vuta naularly fTc Upjoin in Worth Bavea lgt -ltI
1ba Upjohn Chnical CopaD) in Worth Raven b a bullanufacturer of ~ lt~
aynthatic oraanic chicala The priury Mthod of -nufacturinamp at Upjoha Io- be deacribed u batch- procauioa wh ich vou ld reault in a quantity of gvaata liquid aludae aDdor filter bulldiUII The vute pnerated at Up john o
would probably contai n lianificant quantitiu of the priury product 4 0
91daty of oraanic chicala includiDJ tho11 ud for pharaaceutical
0 productbull aDd herbicidu have Ha bullanufacturM by Opjobn in Worth Bavaa (Tabla 4-4)
Oraanic Cbbullicala uaufactund br Dpjohn Olbullical Copant North Bavan Coanact1Cut
(1919 Product Liat)
Banaophaaone lenaophenoaa technical-flaltad o-Chloroanilina Technical (OCA) D-300 Concentrate (4-aulfophthalic Acid) o-Diaahidi ne Dihydrochloride Dichlorobenddiae Dihydrochloride (DCI) 26-Dichloro-4-Mitroanilina (DCJU) DiethoXJacetophenone (DAP) 25- DiaethoXJbeaaaldehyde (DKB) Dioeaenia Diphenuid Technical (NN-Diaethyl-2 1 2-Diphenylacatbullide) bonate 1361 ( 33-Dibullthyl-4 4 -Diphenyl Dihocyanate) Pbotoaraphic Dye Intenediatea p Toluene Sulfonyl hocJUte (PTST)
--
0
r1-ato1-10
Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
In conclulion -bullHable date augeta that induatrhl vutee have
been dhpoud of at the Beacon B~iamphta and letltoeki Landfill bullby
a) leliable lnduatrhl Vaate Dbpoaal C011pany b) Zollo Dru c) Indu1triea contracted directly vith tlirthe Trucltina Inc
AlthouJb bullaoy induetrhl wute aeneraton dbpoeed of wute tbrouah
IIWD And Zollo Dnn1 only tvo of then coapeniea Upjoho and Arutrona
Rubber ere ~ to have had their vute dhpo1ed of at Beacon Reiahte ~t
pouibla hovner that other indu1tdal vute handled bJ IIWD and Zollo
Dru wu dhpo1ed of at Beacon Beiamphtbull
4-S
rl-8101-10
SCTION S - IOOHKENDATIOHS
lgt laeed on tha deta _erbed in thie report it U recoended that 0
I ~mthe follawina actione be taken Zll ~lgt
-lt0 a) A full lite inveetiaatiou of the leacon Beiamphte Landfill ehould lgt
oz
-ltIbe conducted includina aonitoriaa of abiant air for volatile ~ oraanice eurface vatar aod leachate alinamp aod oil
lt~
~ un1bull g Private valle and eurfece water dovnaradient of the landfill
0
ehoulcl be eupled ~
0 c) lahtina qiaeeriaamp data includiq location ancl epecificatioo
of 110aitoriaa welle ehould be obteiaecl frCII tM awaer of Jucon
Raiahtbull acl rniewed
d) lnDVD iDduetrial waeta pneratore bullhould be inbullntiaeted to
cleterioe the approdaate quantit aDd epecific characterietice
of wete dhpoeed of at Beacon Beipte
e) A liet of all induetrial clientbull eerliced by Murtha TRcldaa and
the final diepoeitioa of their nate ehould be obtained froa the
CJWDit of Murtha tnlctiaa Inc for remiddotdw
f) All cvailabla bJdroaeoloaic data ahould be reviewed to detnaioe
the potential ipact on aroundvater frCII huardoua waeta at
leacOD Beiampbta
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0L ~~ ~~SOEP D1v1s1on of Hazafdous Waste 1 - 0
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LHCCIIIIDATICNI
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I IIICYCLINIIOICOIIO
bull middot bullbullcoamplll I middot OTNIIO(bull-lJl
L WICifl DampTAIII 0 IITil ACTIVITillll NampIDID
Received mix~d ~~t~nfcfPal and fndustrfal 11qufd and solid waste Pr1marfly a sanitary landfill middot middot middot
obulluttbullubullowtt (]lz LIQUID IXJbull souo lll~uon 0 middot~
iiiiiiCii41114CTilltiiTICI
IXJbullmiddot UNIINDwtt Oz COIIIIIIDitVIl Oa uaNITIbullIU 0 IIIADIOACTIVIl )1(1 NIONU voLATILamp
I[Jt TDMIC P middot~lliiCTIVIl Dbullmiddot INampIIIT C1Jbullmiddot ~- ~
tIampUDIIl
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Munfcfpal Wastes middot
~ bull-no1w nwtl PAOI lOJ 4
V WUTI RILATID INPORMATION (clft~OIH) LilT IUIITAIICUOr OIIIATIIT COIICIIIII WMICM IIIAY II 011 TMIIJTI (llllton Ibull _ - ~
Chemfcel Waste for BF Gaodrfch Co middot Armstrong Rubber Uniroyal Inc Consumer Products)
middot Uniroyal Chemical D1Yfsion Upjohn to
iL ADDITIOIIAL CONIIIIIITIOII IIAIIIIATI111 OlliCIIIfiTIOII Or ITfoiATIOIIIl110111 011 lllfiOIITilO TO IllIT AT Till 1Til
Ethyl Acetone Methyl Acetate detected in surface water In town location that received ~stes de~~~dR~r Beacon Heights contaminated with industrial chemicals such as
VI HAZARD OfSCRIPTIOM
O OATIOr IIICIDIIIITf~~~middotli~
c-bull middot11bull1 c-middotmiddot
middot x bull C-TAMIMATI011
middot orr-CMAIM
Detected f n 1977
tartllllNIfiL
1971 Slope Failure
lgt 0 I ~zm ~lgt UgtO -lt0 oz lgt -ltI ~ lt~
I 0-lt
g 0
bull = 8
--
middot ~_
V PliiMIT INfOitMA ION
~ ~ ~ ~ K~Y)middot___cSo=l~dWas~te-Dcclsoosal_____ l~~ bullOJ IICRAITOIIIIIIII OampIIICIIIATIIIUTCIII Ot- IIICIIAOI~IIIII
QIO OTMIII(_I
1 llf COM-IAJICIII
Ql fU Oao II] a UNKNOWN
VID PA5T IIGULATOU ACTIOIU
ijl_otlfOitll 01 111(bull-bullbull
Regarding Hazardous Waste
0 __ o -bull
X IUIEOIAL ACTIVITY
o bullbull bull _ tDATIDP t fIIII__D
=l ruJbull~ bull 11QTZ a M ampe lafmatlc111 Ibull sctiou Dl ~ x till oat 1M PreU~IIrJ Au (Sectibull U)
middot _uo bull ~ rut bullbull of tills fora
_IP4f-nt1NC1 = 8
- barcode 559034
- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 559034
F1-8101-10
SCTIltM 4 - GENERATORS OF INDUSTRIAL WAST
The Connecticut Departbullnt of nviromHntal Protection and Hurtha 1 a
anainur Mr Richard Sullivan han identified at 1eaat aevan induatrhl
aeneratora that dhpoaed of vaate at the Mlrtha landfilla in acon Falla
and Hauaatuct Connecticut Of tbeae c01apaniea four haw been
identified aa aenaratora who diapoaed of vaate at the Beacon Raiahta
Landfill excluaively (Table 4-1)
Cenuatora of Vaate Diapoaed of at the Beacon Beiahta Landfill Beacon Palla Connecticut
(frOII 1972 DIP lnduatrial Vaate Survey)
Upjoha Cheical OilaBydrocarbooa 2500 aalyr lortb Baftll cr Chaical LiquidaBluda
end Solventa 72000 aalyr
Aratrona lubber Collpeay OilaBydrocerbooa 10000 aalyr Veat Raven cr Soheau 2 000 aalyr
Chbullical LiquidaSludaea 2000 aalyr Vaateveter treatat dudau 70000 aalyr
I P Goodrich Collpaoy Rubber 7000 tooayr Shelton cr Pleatica 400 tonayr
Oila ad Bydrocerbooa 340000 abulllyr Cheaical -liquidaSludaaa 78000 aalyr Vaatevater Sludaea 2000 toaayr Cheaical Solida SO tonayr
Uniroyal Footwear tubber 240 tooayr leacoa Falla CT Plaatica 240 tonayr
Oila and Hydrocarbonbull 5000 aalyr Solvaou 5000 aalyr
Zollo Drua UntoOWD UoknOWD Beacon Palla ~
-- 4-1
Fl-8101-10
Section 4 Genenton - continued
Zollo Dru of Beacon Falh a haurdoua vuta broker and tranaporur b
1tnovn to have dhpod of vutea fro tvo of tba cc-paoiaa Anutrona
lubber and Upjoho Cheaical Copay at the Beacon Reiahta Landfill Zollo
Dna handlaa vut fro a variety of induatriea and it ia probable that
the vaatea froa An troaa lubber and Upjoho did not account for all ~ 3induatrial vaaua diapoaed of by Zollo at the Beacon Reiahta o~ration HID
Tabh 4-2 ideatifiea pnuatora of vuu handled by Zollo
1979 IZP perit application
TABLE 4-2 Genentora of Wa~ad by Zollo Dr~a
( atatad
ADco Pachaiq c_ny Stratford cr
A M lruniq Guilford cr
Chnical LaanaJ lranford cr
Diadon Vld Capany Stalampford cr
ri-t Corporation lridaaport cr
Guilford Gravure Guilford cr
Bicta a Otia lorvallt cr
B~apbray Oaaical lo Iavan cr
Perkin-llner Corporation lorvalk cr
liadoa Kanufacturina Co Daobury cr
on 1979 IZP perait eppticatlon)
Alcohol vaata
Diaao vaata
tank lioaa Water vaata taak cln out
Solvent vaate
Solvent vaata
lthyl acetate fonal propyl acetate ethyl alcohol a ~
laain 1 propyl acetate
Maleic ampDhydride oil naphtha iaoproponal thanol toluaoa bensane
Cuttina oil acatoaa cyclo hexane Mthanol lao octane toluene MEl
VC III
Lacquer thinner Chlorinated catechol __ Chlorinated quinena
4-2
Zfl u atated on HO
(1gt0 -lt0 oz gt -ltI HflltH
I 0-lt
g 0
25 druaayr 0
300 druaayr
400 druyr
10 druaayr
40 druaayr
200 druaayr
60 druaayr
300 drvaayr
250 druuyr
25 druaayr
75 drvaayr 100 druaayr
Pl-8101-10
Section 4 Gene-raton - continued
Prior to 1976 the leacoa Reiamphte landfill received waetee fro
Reliable Induetriel Waete Diepoul Company (RlllD) i n Beacon Palle
Accordins to DP pen~it epplicatione dated 197D-1973 the deaical wtea
hendled bJ UW were either incinerated or ahipped to appropriate diapoaal
hcilitia1 It ia known however that RIWD die pond of waat11 at aeveral
localitiu in the town of leacoa hlb durina the aid- to late-1960e A
waate diepoeal lite on Oak Drive reeulted in tha contbullinatioa of doampena of
private velb in the near vicinity with indutrial chnicala includiaamp
Chloroben1ene Ethyl ether o-Dichlorobenune Ace tOM p-Dich lorobenuae Methylene chloride Toluene Methyl ethyl ketone 111-TrichlOroethane Hexane Uni dentified 112 2-Tetrachloroethane
It h been recorded by DP that UWD und illeaal dhpoul eitaa i D leacoo
Pelle when weather or roM condition prohibi ted acceae to what vu thn
tbe letkoeki qp loduatriea urviced bJ IIWD include eeveral chnical
nufacturera (Table 4-3)
TAILI 4-3 Coeratora of Waata Bandied b ieibrToduatriel Vaate Die
leecon Pella Connect cut Urn 1973 DIP perwit apphcatioo)
Copany Cenaratina Vaete
Pfber eopaoy Acetone iaopropyl alcohol 4400 aalvk Croton cr Mthaool ather
Honeaoto Kett)aool alcohcl 4 000 ampalvk Indian Orchard tM
General Electric lridaeport cr
laybutoe Traneaieaioo oil 21so aat Stratford cr
Cowlu Copany Thinner middotWlknovn Rev haven Ct
Iorden Chaaical middot StJreoe 3300aatt Leoaiaater0 K
4-3
--
11-8101-10
Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
1be t recent inforution reaudiaa the dhpoul of induetrid vaeta
at the Bucon Reiahte Landfill vu obtained fro a 1976 inapectioo report
inuad by the Connecticut DIP Divhion of Solid Waata Manaaebullnt 1be
report vhich b deed January 7 1976 atatea that Zollo drua vu
unloadina aeated drwu urlted chebullical vaate DANCBR Plable Liquid 1
avoid akin contact aDd breathinamp fuaea bullbull tha vute duaped vu of two 3 ~ typ41 a) a dry earth like uterial he (the driver) aaid vu a filter Zll ~lgt
aedi~a aDd b) the other u noted bullbullbull middot In the report it b reported middot lt~gtn -lt0 oz
that he duaped vuta naularly fTc Upjoin in Worth Bavea lgt -ltI
1ba Upjohn Chnical CopaD) in Worth Raven b a bullanufacturer of ~ lt~
aynthatic oraanic chicala The priury Mthod of -nufacturinamp at Upjoha Io- be deacribed u batch- procauioa wh ich vou ld reault in a quantity of gvaata liquid aludae aDdor filter bulldiUII The vute pnerated at Up john o
would probably contai n lianificant quantitiu of the priury product 4 0
91daty of oraanic chicala includiDJ tho11 ud for pharaaceutical
0 productbull aDd herbicidu have Ha bullanufacturM by Opjobn in Worth Bavaa (Tabla 4-4)
Oraanic Cbbullicala uaufactund br Dpjohn Olbullical Copant North Bavan Coanact1Cut
(1919 Product Liat)
Banaophaaone lenaophenoaa technical-flaltad o-Chloroanilina Technical (OCA) D-300 Concentrate (4-aulfophthalic Acid) o-Diaahidi ne Dihydrochloride Dichlorobenddiae Dihydrochloride (DCI) 26-Dichloro-4-Mitroanilina (DCJU) DiethoXJacetophenone (DAP) 25- DiaethoXJbeaaaldehyde (DKB) Dioeaenia Diphenuid Technical (NN-Diaethyl-2 1 2-Diphenylacatbullide) bonate 1361 ( 33-Dibullthyl-4 4 -Diphenyl Dihocyanate) Pbotoaraphic Dye Intenediatea p Toluene Sulfonyl hocJUte (PTST)
--
0
r1-ato1-10
Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
In conclulion -bullHable date augeta that induatrhl vutee have
been dhpoud of at the Beacon B~iamphta and letltoeki Landfill bullby
a) leliable lnduatrhl Vaate Dbpoaal C011pany b) Zollo Dru c) Indu1triea contracted directly vith tlirthe Trucltina Inc
AlthouJb bullaoy induetrhl wute aeneraton dbpoeed of wute tbrouah
IIWD And Zollo Dnn1 only tvo of then coapeniea Upjoho and Arutrona
Rubber ere ~ to have had their vute dhpo1ed of at Beacon Reiahte ~t
pouibla hovner that other indu1tdal vute handled bJ IIWD and Zollo
Dru wu dhpo1ed of at Beacon Beiamphtbull
4-S
rl-8101-10
SCTION S - IOOHKENDATIOHS
lgt laeed on tha deta _erbed in thie report it U recoended that 0
I ~mthe follawina actione be taken Zll ~lgt
-lt0 a) A full lite inveetiaatiou of the leacon Beiamphte Landfill ehould lgt
oz
-ltIbe conducted includina aonitoriaa of abiant air for volatile ~ oraanice eurface vatar aod leachate alinamp aod oil
lt~
~ un1bull g Private valle and eurfece water dovnaradient of the landfill
0
ehoulcl be eupled ~
0 c) lahtina qiaeeriaamp data includiq location ancl epecificatioo
of 110aitoriaa welle ehould be obteiaecl frCII tM awaer of Jucon
Raiahtbull acl rniewed
d) lnDVD iDduetrial waeta pneratore bullhould be inbullntiaeted to
cleterioe the approdaate quantit aDd epecific characterietice
of wete dhpoeed of at Beacon Beipte
e) A liet of all induetrial clientbull eerliced by Murtha TRcldaa and
the final diepoeitioa of their nate ehould be obtained froa the
CJWDit of Murtha tnlctiaa Inc for remiddotdw
f) All cvailabla bJdroaeoloaic data ahould be reviewed to detnaioe
the potential ipact on aroundvater frCII huardoua waeta at
leacOD Beiampbta
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-111 lft1pecU~bulla
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middot Beacon Hef ghts Of sposa1 Area C CITY
Beacon Falls ca OnllltO~IUIATOJI (II~
I SITI IOENTIPICATIOM
lgt 0
1middotmiddotmiddot~-bull- Harold Murtha Beacon Heights middotInc ~ Zll M n I070WNIIfiiMI ~lgt
Ot UOIAL Oa ITAn Dbullmiddot COUNTY o- MUNICIIAL Ill IIIIVAn CJ- UIIIIItOWN -ltO oz lgt -ltJ1 11noctcJtti TIOM 83 acre sanitary landfill located on western slope and crest of 650 ~ elevation tn Beacon Fall s lt~
O ltIATII DITI II O JI _ Connecticut Department of Envfronmentil Protection Dfvfsfon of Hazardous Waste lnvestfoatfon middot middot middot 979 8
0L ~~ ~~SOEP D1v1s1on of Hazafdous Waste 1 - 0
TOIII Pregman Division of Solid Waste 203-566middot5712
LHCCIIIIDATICNI
0 I M0 A~TKMIIIIIDil~ too-_ ~ [I)L TItMIPICTt01111liH0
bull bull T TampTgtWamp11 IICMampDUIto POllgt
C IIIIAIIIIIIIIOMATtDII I I Ma-
Hanl ey M
83 L~l 111111 MIILDIIIOI CNI Till ampITIT
[])i MO 0 a Dr_
Oa tldlliiMATI ~ IMUIlCTIDII IliDUI middot bullbull TampMTATI11Ur1 ffMampOU10 POII t
bull tgtWILLampI ampIIP~-amp001t
1 - -middot~middot
1617-935-0228 0L 14TE IMfOIIMATIOM
IV CHAIIACTERIZATIOH Of SITE ACTIVITY lndlutbullthbull bull bullJbullbullbullIIbullbullctlbullltJfltndlletbullllbullbullbulllbulltlaatbullbullbullchbullctlbullltJ 1 IIbullUIbullbull
A TIIIANS~IIITIIII M M
l o YOLUMIIIIOUCTION
I IIICYCLINIIOICOIIO
bull middot bullbullcoamplll I middot OTNIIO(bull-lJl
L WICifl DampTAIII 0 IITil ACTIVITillll NampIDID
Received mix~d ~~t~nfcfPal and fndustrfal 11qufd and solid waste Pr1marfly a sanitary landfill middot middot middot
obulluttbullubullowtt (]lz LIQUID IXJbull souo lll~uon 0 middot~
iiiiiiCii41114CTilltiiTICI
IXJbullmiddot UNIINDwtt Oz COIIIIIIDitVIl Oa uaNITIbullIU 0 IIIADIOACTIVIl )1(1 NIONU voLATILamp
I[Jt TDMIC P middot~lliiCTIVIl Dbullmiddot INampIIIT C1Jbullmiddot ~- ~
tIampUDIIl
iOOOo ur~ TnrnOwn middotoOoo u~~ middot-tfOfllllll4ltllll -~~ 1111 VMifOfMitiRnnr ITO~rJWI UNITOfIOIIt-1 MITIIIMIA-1
ampat - tonsyear JmotLY ~UINIltIOIINAYID MI XI IDLYINU
IIIMITAa ILU-111
JatOTNampIO(_I_ X1110~MTo xIAIIIITOO
H----1 JMIIO(Hr) IIIMILIIN
-~ rt----rt~middot~middotmiddot~middot~middotmiddot~middotmiddot~middotmiddot~middotmiddot1rt----i IIIALIOOIMshyx ILUDOamp I ~Ubulla~
Munfcfpal Wastes middot
~ bull-no1w nwtl PAOI lOJ 4
V WUTI RILATID INPORMATION (clft~OIH) LilT IUIITAIICUOr OIIIATIIT COIICIIIII WMICM IIIAY II 011 TMIIJTI (llllton Ibull _ - ~
Chemfcel Waste for BF Gaodrfch Co middot Armstrong Rubber Uniroyal Inc Consumer Products)
middot Uniroyal Chemical D1Yfsion Upjohn to
iL ADDITIOIIAL CONIIIIIITIOII IIAIIIIATI111 OlliCIIIfiTIOII Or ITfoiATIOIIIl110111 011 lllfiOIITilO TO IllIT AT Till 1Til
Ethyl Acetone Methyl Acetate detected in surface water In town location that received ~stes de~~~dR~r Beacon Heights contaminated with industrial chemicals such as
VI HAZARD OfSCRIPTIOM
O OATIOr IIICIDIIIITf~~~middotli~
c-bull middot11bull1 c-middotmiddot
middot x bull C-TAMIMATI011
middot orr-CMAIM
Detected f n 1977
tartllllNIfiL
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lgt 0 I ~zm ~lgt UgtO -lt0 oz lgt -ltI ~ lt~
I 0-lt
g 0
bull = 8
--
middot ~_
V PliiMIT INfOitMA ION
~ ~ ~ ~ K~Y)middot___cSo=l~dWas~te-Dcclsoosal_____ l~~ bullOJ IICRAITOIIIIIIII OampIIICIIIATIIIUTCIII Ot- IIICIIAOI~IIIII
QIO OTMIII(_I
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Ql fU Oao II] a UNKNOWN
VID PA5T IIGULATOU ACTIOIU
ijl_otlfOitll 01 111(bull-bullbull
Regarding Hazardous Waste
0 __ o -bull
X IUIEOIAL ACTIVITY
o bullbull bull _ tDATIDP t fIIII__D
=l ruJbull~ bull 11QTZ a M ampe lafmatlc111 Ibull sctiou Dl ~ x till oat 1M PreU~IIrJ Au (Sectibull U)
middot _uo bull ~ rut bullbull of tills fora
_IP4f-nt1NC1 = 8
- barcode 559034
- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 559034
Fl-8101-10
Section 4 Genenton - continued
Zollo Dru of Beacon Falh a haurdoua vuta broker and tranaporur b
1tnovn to have dhpod of vutea fro tvo of tba cc-paoiaa Anutrona
lubber and Upjoho Cheaical Copay at the Beacon Reiahta Landfill Zollo
Dna handlaa vut fro a variety of induatriea and it ia probable that
the vaatea froa An troaa lubber and Upjoho did not account for all ~ 3induatrial vaaua diapoaed of by Zollo at the Beacon Reiahta o~ration HID
Tabh 4-2 ideatifiea pnuatora of vuu handled by Zollo
1979 IZP perit application
TABLE 4-2 Genentora of Wa~ad by Zollo Dr~a
( atatad
ADco Pachaiq c_ny Stratford cr
A M lruniq Guilford cr
Chnical LaanaJ lranford cr
Diadon Vld Capany Stalampford cr
ri-t Corporation lridaaport cr
Guilford Gravure Guilford cr
Bicta a Otia lorvallt cr
B~apbray Oaaical lo Iavan cr
Perkin-llner Corporation lorvalk cr
liadoa Kanufacturina Co Daobury cr
on 1979 IZP perait eppticatlon)
Alcohol vaata
Diaao vaata
tank lioaa Water vaata taak cln out
Solvent vaate
Solvent vaata
lthyl acetate fonal propyl acetate ethyl alcohol a ~
laain 1 propyl acetate
Maleic ampDhydride oil naphtha iaoproponal thanol toluaoa bensane
Cuttina oil acatoaa cyclo hexane Mthanol lao octane toluene MEl
VC III
Lacquer thinner Chlorinated catechol __ Chlorinated quinena
4-2
Zfl u atated on HO
(1gt0 -lt0 oz gt -ltI HflltH
I 0-lt
g 0
25 druaayr 0
300 druaayr
400 druyr
10 druaayr
40 druaayr
200 druaayr
60 druaayr
300 drvaayr
250 druuyr
25 druaayr
75 drvaayr 100 druaayr
Pl-8101-10
Section 4 Gene-raton - continued
Prior to 1976 the leacoa Reiamphte landfill received waetee fro
Reliable Induetriel Waete Diepoul Company (RlllD) i n Beacon Palle
Accordins to DP pen~it epplicatione dated 197D-1973 the deaical wtea
hendled bJ UW were either incinerated or ahipped to appropriate diapoaal
hcilitia1 It ia known however that RIWD die pond of waat11 at aeveral
localitiu in the town of leacoa hlb durina the aid- to late-1960e A
waate diepoeal lite on Oak Drive reeulted in tha contbullinatioa of doampena of
private velb in the near vicinity with indutrial chnicala includiaamp
Chloroben1ene Ethyl ether o-Dichlorobenune Ace tOM p-Dich lorobenuae Methylene chloride Toluene Methyl ethyl ketone 111-TrichlOroethane Hexane Uni dentified 112 2-Tetrachloroethane
It h been recorded by DP that UWD und illeaal dhpoul eitaa i D leacoo
Pelle when weather or roM condition prohibi ted acceae to what vu thn
tbe letkoeki qp loduatriea urviced bJ IIWD include eeveral chnical
nufacturera (Table 4-3)
TAILI 4-3 Coeratora of Waata Bandied b ieibrToduatriel Vaate Die
leecon Pella Connect cut Urn 1973 DIP perwit apphcatioo)
Copany Cenaratina Vaete
Pfber eopaoy Acetone iaopropyl alcohol 4400 aalvk Croton cr Mthaool ather
Honeaoto Kett)aool alcohcl 4 000 ampalvk Indian Orchard tM
General Electric lridaeport cr
laybutoe Traneaieaioo oil 21so aat Stratford cr
Cowlu Copany Thinner middotWlknovn Rev haven Ct
Iorden Chaaical middot StJreoe 3300aatt Leoaiaater0 K
4-3
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11-8101-10
Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
1be t recent inforution reaudiaa the dhpoul of induetrid vaeta
at the Bucon Reiahte Landfill vu obtained fro a 1976 inapectioo report
inuad by the Connecticut DIP Divhion of Solid Waata Manaaebullnt 1be
report vhich b deed January 7 1976 atatea that Zollo drua vu
unloadina aeated drwu urlted chebullical vaate DANCBR Plable Liquid 1
avoid akin contact aDd breathinamp fuaea bullbull tha vute duaped vu of two 3 ~ typ41 a) a dry earth like uterial he (the driver) aaid vu a filter Zll ~lgt
aedi~a aDd b) the other u noted bullbullbull middot In the report it b reported middot lt~gtn -lt0 oz
that he duaped vuta naularly fTc Upjoin in Worth Bavea lgt -ltI
1ba Upjohn Chnical CopaD) in Worth Raven b a bullanufacturer of ~ lt~
aynthatic oraanic chicala The priury Mthod of -nufacturinamp at Upjoha Io- be deacribed u batch- procauioa wh ich vou ld reault in a quantity of gvaata liquid aludae aDdor filter bulldiUII The vute pnerated at Up john o
would probably contai n lianificant quantitiu of the priury product 4 0
91daty of oraanic chicala includiDJ tho11 ud for pharaaceutical
0 productbull aDd herbicidu have Ha bullanufacturM by Opjobn in Worth Bavaa (Tabla 4-4)
Oraanic Cbbullicala uaufactund br Dpjohn Olbullical Copant North Bavan Coanact1Cut
(1919 Product Liat)
Banaophaaone lenaophenoaa technical-flaltad o-Chloroanilina Technical (OCA) D-300 Concentrate (4-aulfophthalic Acid) o-Diaahidi ne Dihydrochloride Dichlorobenddiae Dihydrochloride (DCI) 26-Dichloro-4-Mitroanilina (DCJU) DiethoXJacetophenone (DAP) 25- DiaethoXJbeaaaldehyde (DKB) Dioeaenia Diphenuid Technical (NN-Diaethyl-2 1 2-Diphenylacatbullide) bonate 1361 ( 33-Dibullthyl-4 4 -Diphenyl Dihocyanate) Pbotoaraphic Dye Intenediatea p Toluene Sulfonyl hocJUte (PTST)
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Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
In conclulion -bullHable date augeta that induatrhl vutee have
been dhpoud of at the Beacon B~iamphta and letltoeki Landfill bullby
a) leliable lnduatrhl Vaate Dbpoaal C011pany b) Zollo Dru c) Indu1triea contracted directly vith tlirthe Trucltina Inc
AlthouJb bullaoy induetrhl wute aeneraton dbpoeed of wute tbrouah
IIWD And Zollo Dnn1 only tvo of then coapeniea Upjoho and Arutrona
Rubber ere ~ to have had their vute dhpo1ed of at Beacon Reiahte ~t
pouibla hovner that other indu1tdal vute handled bJ IIWD and Zollo
Dru wu dhpo1ed of at Beacon Beiamphtbull
4-S
rl-8101-10
SCTION S - IOOHKENDATIOHS
lgt laeed on tha deta _erbed in thie report it U recoended that 0
I ~mthe follawina actione be taken Zll ~lgt
-lt0 a) A full lite inveetiaatiou of the leacon Beiamphte Landfill ehould lgt
oz
-ltIbe conducted includina aonitoriaa of abiant air for volatile ~ oraanice eurface vatar aod leachate alinamp aod oil
lt~
~ un1bull g Private valle and eurfece water dovnaradient of the landfill
0
ehoulcl be eupled ~
0 c) lahtina qiaeeriaamp data includiq location ancl epecificatioo
of 110aitoriaa welle ehould be obteiaecl frCII tM awaer of Jucon
Raiahtbull acl rniewed
d) lnDVD iDduetrial waeta pneratore bullhould be inbullntiaeted to
cleterioe the approdaate quantit aDd epecific characterietice
of wete dhpoeed of at Beacon Beipte
e) A liet of all induetrial clientbull eerliced by Murtha TRcldaa and
the final diepoeitioa of their nate ehould be obtained froa the
CJWDit of Murtha tnlctiaa Inc for remiddotdw
f) All cvailabla bJdroaeoloaic data ahould be reviewed to detnaioe
the potential ipact on aroundvater frCII huardoua waeta at
leacOD Beiampbta
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middot Beacon Hef ghts Of sposa1 Area C CITY
Beacon Falls ca OnllltO~IUIATOJI (II~
I SITI IOENTIPICATIOM
lgt 0
1middotmiddotmiddot~-bull- Harold Murtha Beacon Heights middotInc ~ Zll M n I070WNIIfiiMI ~lgt
Ot UOIAL Oa ITAn Dbullmiddot COUNTY o- MUNICIIAL Ill IIIIVAn CJ- UIIIIItOWN -ltO oz lgt -ltJ1 11noctcJtti TIOM 83 acre sanitary landfill located on western slope and crest of 650 ~ elevation tn Beacon Fall s lt~
O ltIATII DITI II O JI _ Connecticut Department of Envfronmentil Protection Dfvfsfon of Hazardous Waste lnvestfoatfon middot middot middot 979 8
0L ~~ ~~SOEP D1v1s1on of Hazafdous Waste 1 - 0
TOIII Pregman Division of Solid Waste 203-566middot5712
LHCCIIIIDATICNI
0 I M0 A~TKMIIIIIDil~ too-_ ~ [I)L TItMIPICTt01111liH0
bull bull T TampTgtWamp11 IICMampDUIto POllgt
C IIIIAIIIIIIIIOMATtDII I I Ma-
Hanl ey M
83 L~l 111111 MIILDIIIOI CNI Till ampITIT
[])i MO 0 a Dr_
Oa tldlliiMATI ~ IMUIlCTIDII IliDUI middot bullbull TampMTATI11Ur1 ffMampOU10 POII t
bull tgtWILLampI ampIIP~-amp001t
1 - -middot~middot
1617-935-0228 0L 14TE IMfOIIMATIOM
IV CHAIIACTERIZATIOH Of SITE ACTIVITY lndlutbullthbull bull bullJbullbullbullIIbullbullctlbullltJfltndlletbullllbullbullbulllbulltlaatbullbullbullchbullctlbullltJ 1 IIbullUIbullbull
A TIIIANS~IIITIIII M M
l o YOLUMIIIIOUCTION
I IIICYCLINIIOICOIIO
bull middot bullbullcoamplll I middot OTNIIO(bull-lJl
L WICifl DampTAIII 0 IITil ACTIVITillll NampIDID
Received mix~d ~~t~nfcfPal and fndustrfal 11qufd and solid waste Pr1marfly a sanitary landfill middot middot middot
obulluttbullubullowtt (]lz LIQUID IXJbull souo lll~uon 0 middot~
iiiiiiCii41114CTilltiiTICI
IXJbullmiddot UNIINDwtt Oz COIIIIIIDitVIl Oa uaNITIbullIU 0 IIIADIOACTIVIl )1(1 NIONU voLATILamp
I[Jt TDMIC P middot~lliiCTIVIl Dbullmiddot INampIIIT C1Jbullmiddot ~- ~
tIampUDIIl
iOOOo ur~ TnrnOwn middotoOoo u~~ middot-tfOfllllll4ltllll -~~ 1111 VMifOfMitiRnnr ITO~rJWI UNITOfIOIIt-1 MITIIIMIA-1
ampat - tonsyear JmotLY ~UINIltIOIINAYID MI XI IDLYINU
IIIMITAa ILU-111
JatOTNampIO(_I_ X1110~MTo xIAIIIITOO
H----1 JMIIO(Hr) IIIMILIIN
-~ rt----rt~middot~middotmiddot~middot~middotmiddot~middotmiddot~middotmiddot~middotmiddot1rt----i IIIALIOOIMshyx ILUDOamp I ~Ubulla~
Munfcfpal Wastes middot
~ bull-no1w nwtl PAOI lOJ 4
V WUTI RILATID INPORMATION (clft~OIH) LilT IUIITAIICUOr OIIIATIIT COIICIIIII WMICM IIIAY II 011 TMIIJTI (llllton Ibull _ - ~
Chemfcel Waste for BF Gaodrfch Co middot Armstrong Rubber Uniroyal Inc Consumer Products)
middot Uniroyal Chemical D1Yfsion Upjohn to
iL ADDITIOIIAL CONIIIIIITIOII IIAIIIIATI111 OlliCIIIfiTIOII Or ITfoiATIOIIIl110111 011 lllfiOIITilO TO IllIT AT Till 1Til
Ethyl Acetone Methyl Acetate detected in surface water In town location that received ~stes de~~~dR~r Beacon Heights contaminated with industrial chemicals such as
VI HAZARD OfSCRIPTIOM
O OATIOr IIICIDIIIITf~~~middotli~
c-bull middot11bull1 c-middotmiddot
middot x bull C-TAMIMATI011
middot orr-CMAIM
Detected f n 1977
tartllllNIfiL
1971 Slope Failure
lgt 0 I ~zm ~lgt UgtO -lt0 oz lgt -ltI ~ lt~
I 0-lt
g 0
bull = 8
--
middot ~_
V PliiMIT INfOitMA ION
~ ~ ~ ~ K~Y)middot___cSo=l~dWas~te-Dcclsoosal_____ l~~ bullOJ IICRAITOIIIIIIII OampIIICIIIATIIIUTCIII Ot- IIICIIAOI~IIIII
QIO OTMIII(_I
1 llf COM-IAJICIII
Ql fU Oao II] a UNKNOWN
VID PA5T IIGULATOU ACTIOIU
ijl_otlfOitll 01 111(bull-bullbull
Regarding Hazardous Waste
0 __ o -bull
X IUIEOIAL ACTIVITY
o bullbull bull _ tDATIDP t fIIII__D
=l ruJbull~ bull 11QTZ a M ampe lafmatlc111 Ibull sctiou Dl ~ x till oat 1M PreU~IIrJ Au (Sectibull U)
middot _uo bull ~ rut bullbull of tills fora
_IP4f-nt1NC1 = 8
- barcode 559034
- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 559034
Pl-8101-10
Section 4 Gene-raton - continued
Prior to 1976 the leacoa Reiamphte landfill received waetee fro
Reliable Induetriel Waete Diepoul Company (RlllD) i n Beacon Palle
Accordins to DP pen~it epplicatione dated 197D-1973 the deaical wtea
hendled bJ UW were either incinerated or ahipped to appropriate diapoaal
hcilitia1 It ia known however that RIWD die pond of waat11 at aeveral
localitiu in the town of leacoa hlb durina the aid- to late-1960e A
waate diepoeal lite on Oak Drive reeulted in tha contbullinatioa of doampena of
private velb in the near vicinity with indutrial chnicala includiaamp
Chloroben1ene Ethyl ether o-Dichlorobenune Ace tOM p-Dich lorobenuae Methylene chloride Toluene Methyl ethyl ketone 111-TrichlOroethane Hexane Uni dentified 112 2-Tetrachloroethane
It h been recorded by DP that UWD und illeaal dhpoul eitaa i D leacoo
Pelle when weather or roM condition prohibi ted acceae to what vu thn
tbe letkoeki qp loduatriea urviced bJ IIWD include eeveral chnical
nufacturera (Table 4-3)
TAILI 4-3 Coeratora of Waata Bandied b ieibrToduatriel Vaate Die
leecon Pella Connect cut Urn 1973 DIP perwit apphcatioo)
Copany Cenaratina Vaete
Pfber eopaoy Acetone iaopropyl alcohol 4400 aalvk Croton cr Mthaool ather
Honeaoto Kett)aool alcohcl 4 000 ampalvk Indian Orchard tM
General Electric lridaeport cr
laybutoe Traneaieaioo oil 21so aat Stratford cr
Cowlu Copany Thinner middotWlknovn Rev haven Ct
Iorden Chaaical middot StJreoe 3300aatt Leoaiaater0 K
4-3
--
11-8101-10
Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
1be t recent inforution reaudiaa the dhpoul of induetrid vaeta
at the Bucon Reiahte Landfill vu obtained fro a 1976 inapectioo report
inuad by the Connecticut DIP Divhion of Solid Waata Manaaebullnt 1be
report vhich b deed January 7 1976 atatea that Zollo drua vu
unloadina aeated drwu urlted chebullical vaate DANCBR Plable Liquid 1
avoid akin contact aDd breathinamp fuaea bullbull tha vute duaped vu of two 3 ~ typ41 a) a dry earth like uterial he (the driver) aaid vu a filter Zll ~lgt
aedi~a aDd b) the other u noted bullbullbull middot In the report it b reported middot lt~gtn -lt0 oz
that he duaped vuta naularly fTc Upjoin in Worth Bavea lgt -ltI
1ba Upjohn Chnical CopaD) in Worth Raven b a bullanufacturer of ~ lt~
aynthatic oraanic chicala The priury Mthod of -nufacturinamp at Upjoha Io- be deacribed u batch- procauioa wh ich vou ld reault in a quantity of gvaata liquid aludae aDdor filter bulldiUII The vute pnerated at Up john o
would probably contai n lianificant quantitiu of the priury product 4 0
91daty of oraanic chicala includiDJ tho11 ud for pharaaceutical
0 productbull aDd herbicidu have Ha bullanufacturM by Opjobn in Worth Bavaa (Tabla 4-4)
Oraanic Cbbullicala uaufactund br Dpjohn Olbullical Copant North Bavan Coanact1Cut
(1919 Product Liat)
Banaophaaone lenaophenoaa technical-flaltad o-Chloroanilina Technical (OCA) D-300 Concentrate (4-aulfophthalic Acid) o-Diaahidi ne Dihydrochloride Dichlorobenddiae Dihydrochloride (DCI) 26-Dichloro-4-Mitroanilina (DCJU) DiethoXJacetophenone (DAP) 25- DiaethoXJbeaaaldehyde (DKB) Dioeaenia Diphenuid Technical (NN-Diaethyl-2 1 2-Diphenylacatbullide) bonate 1361 ( 33-Dibullthyl-4 4 -Diphenyl Dihocyanate) Pbotoaraphic Dye Intenediatea p Toluene Sulfonyl hocJUte (PTST)
--
0
r1-ato1-10
Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
In conclulion -bullHable date augeta that induatrhl vutee have
been dhpoud of at the Beacon B~iamphta and letltoeki Landfill bullby
a) leliable lnduatrhl Vaate Dbpoaal C011pany b) Zollo Dru c) Indu1triea contracted directly vith tlirthe Trucltina Inc
AlthouJb bullaoy induetrhl wute aeneraton dbpoeed of wute tbrouah
IIWD And Zollo Dnn1 only tvo of then coapeniea Upjoho and Arutrona
Rubber ere ~ to have had their vute dhpo1ed of at Beacon Reiahte ~t
pouibla hovner that other indu1tdal vute handled bJ IIWD and Zollo
Dru wu dhpo1ed of at Beacon Beiamphtbull
4-S
rl-8101-10
SCTION S - IOOHKENDATIOHS
lgt laeed on tha deta _erbed in thie report it U recoended that 0
I ~mthe follawina actione be taken Zll ~lgt
-lt0 a) A full lite inveetiaatiou of the leacon Beiamphte Landfill ehould lgt
oz
-ltIbe conducted includina aonitoriaa of abiant air for volatile ~ oraanice eurface vatar aod leachate alinamp aod oil
lt~
~ un1bull g Private valle and eurfece water dovnaradient of the landfill
0
ehoulcl be eupled ~
0 c) lahtina qiaeeriaamp data includiq location ancl epecificatioo
of 110aitoriaa welle ehould be obteiaecl frCII tM awaer of Jucon
Raiahtbull acl rniewed
d) lnDVD iDduetrial waeta pneratore bullhould be inbullntiaeted to
cleterioe the approdaate quantit aDd epecific characterietice
of wete dhpoeed of at Beacon Beipte
e) A liet of all induetrial clientbull eerliced by Murtha TRcldaa and
the final diepoeitioa of their nate ehould be obtained froa the
CJWDit of Murtha tnlctiaa Inc for remiddotdw
f) All cvailabla bJdroaeoloaic data ahould be reviewed to detnaioe
the potential ipact on aroundvater frCII huardoua waeta at
leacOD Beiampbta
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]middotr t~~~t~= ~~~ti~middotc~~~rtc~-~~middot~~b~~~~r ~~~rr~~~~~~~~~-
-111 lft1pecU~bulla
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middot Beacon Hef ghts Of sposa1 Area C CITY
Beacon Falls ca OnllltO~IUIATOJI (II~
I SITI IOENTIPICATIOM
lgt 0
1middotmiddotmiddot~-bull- Harold Murtha Beacon Heights middotInc ~ Zll M n I070WNIIfiiMI ~lgt
Ot UOIAL Oa ITAn Dbullmiddot COUNTY o- MUNICIIAL Ill IIIIVAn CJ- UIIIIItOWN -ltO oz lgt -ltJ1 11noctcJtti TIOM 83 acre sanitary landfill located on western slope and crest of 650 ~ elevation tn Beacon Fall s lt~
O ltIATII DITI II O JI _ Connecticut Department of Envfronmentil Protection Dfvfsfon of Hazardous Waste lnvestfoatfon middot middot middot 979 8
0L ~~ ~~SOEP D1v1s1on of Hazafdous Waste 1 - 0
TOIII Pregman Division of Solid Waste 203-566middot5712
LHCCIIIIDATICNI
0 I M0 A~TKMIIIIIDil~ too-_ ~ [I)L TItMIPICTt01111liH0
bull bull T TampTgtWamp11 IICMampDUIto POllgt
C IIIIAIIIIIIIIOMATtDII I I Ma-
Hanl ey M
83 L~l 111111 MIILDIIIOI CNI Till ampITIT
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Oa tldlliiMATI ~ IMUIlCTIDII IliDUI middot bullbull TampMTATI11Ur1 ffMampOU10 POII t
bull tgtWILLampI ampIIP~-amp001t
1 - -middot~middot
1617-935-0228 0L 14TE IMfOIIMATIOM
IV CHAIIACTERIZATIOH Of SITE ACTIVITY lndlutbullthbull bull bullJbullbullbullIIbullbullctlbullltJfltndlletbullllbullbullbulllbulltlaatbullbullbullchbullctlbullltJ 1 IIbullUIbullbull
A TIIIANS~IIITIIII M M
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I IIICYCLINIIOICOIIO
bull middot bullbullcoamplll I middot OTNIIO(bull-lJl
L WICifl DampTAIII 0 IITil ACTIVITillll NampIDID
Received mix~d ~~t~nfcfPal and fndustrfal 11qufd and solid waste Pr1marfly a sanitary landfill middot middot middot
obulluttbullubullowtt (]lz LIQUID IXJbull souo lll~uon 0 middot~
iiiiiiCii41114CTilltiiTICI
IXJbullmiddot UNIINDwtt Oz COIIIIIIDitVIl Oa uaNITIbullIU 0 IIIADIOACTIVIl )1(1 NIONU voLATILamp
I[Jt TDMIC P middot~lliiCTIVIl Dbullmiddot INampIIIT C1Jbullmiddot ~- ~
tIampUDIIl
iOOOo ur~ TnrnOwn middotoOoo u~~ middot-tfOfllllll4ltllll -~~ 1111 VMifOfMitiRnnr ITO~rJWI UNITOfIOIIt-1 MITIIIMIA-1
ampat - tonsyear JmotLY ~UINIltIOIINAYID MI XI IDLYINU
IIIMITAa ILU-111
JatOTNampIO(_I_ X1110~MTo xIAIIIITOO
H----1 JMIIO(Hr) IIIMILIIN
-~ rt----rt~middot~middotmiddot~middot~middotmiddot~middotmiddot~middotmiddot~middotmiddot1rt----i IIIALIOOIMshyx ILUDOamp I ~Ubulla~
Munfcfpal Wastes middot
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V WUTI RILATID INPORMATION (clft~OIH) LilT IUIITAIICUOr OIIIATIIT COIICIIIII WMICM IIIAY II 011 TMIIJTI (llllton Ibull _ - ~
Chemfcel Waste for BF Gaodrfch Co middot Armstrong Rubber Uniroyal Inc Consumer Products)
middot Uniroyal Chemical D1Yfsion Upjohn to
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Ethyl Acetone Methyl Acetate detected in surface water In town location that received ~stes de~~~dR~r Beacon Heights contaminated with industrial chemicals such as
VI HAZARD OfSCRIPTIOM
O OATIOr IIICIDIIIITf~~~middotli~
c-bull middot11bull1 c-middotmiddot
middot x bull C-TAMIMATI011
middot orr-CMAIM
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lgt 0 I ~zm ~lgt UgtO -lt0 oz lgt -ltI ~ lt~
I 0-lt
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bull = 8
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QIO OTMIII(_I
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VID PA5T IIGULATOU ACTIOIU
ijl_otlfOitll 01 111(bull-bullbull
Regarding Hazardous Waste
0 __ o -bull
X IUIEOIAL ACTIVITY
o bullbull bull _ tDATIDP t fIIII__D
=l ruJbull~ bull 11QTZ a M ampe lafmatlc111 Ibull sctiou Dl ~ x till oat 1M PreU~IIrJ Au (Sectibull U)
middot _uo bull ~ rut bullbull of tills fora
_IP4f-nt1NC1 = 8
- barcode 559034
- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 559034
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11-8101-10
Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
1be t recent inforution reaudiaa the dhpoul of induetrid vaeta
at the Bucon Reiahte Landfill vu obtained fro a 1976 inapectioo report
inuad by the Connecticut DIP Divhion of Solid Waata Manaaebullnt 1be
report vhich b deed January 7 1976 atatea that Zollo drua vu
unloadina aeated drwu urlted chebullical vaate DANCBR Plable Liquid 1
avoid akin contact aDd breathinamp fuaea bullbull tha vute duaped vu of two 3 ~ typ41 a) a dry earth like uterial he (the driver) aaid vu a filter Zll ~lgt
aedi~a aDd b) the other u noted bullbullbull middot In the report it b reported middot lt~gtn -lt0 oz
that he duaped vuta naularly fTc Upjoin in Worth Bavea lgt -ltI
1ba Upjohn Chnical CopaD) in Worth Raven b a bullanufacturer of ~ lt~
aynthatic oraanic chicala The priury Mthod of -nufacturinamp at Upjoha Io- be deacribed u batch- procauioa wh ich vou ld reault in a quantity of gvaata liquid aludae aDdor filter bulldiUII The vute pnerated at Up john o
would probably contai n lianificant quantitiu of the priury product 4 0
91daty of oraanic chicala includiDJ tho11 ud for pharaaceutical
0 productbull aDd herbicidu have Ha bullanufacturM by Opjobn in Worth Bavaa (Tabla 4-4)
Oraanic Cbbullicala uaufactund br Dpjohn Olbullical Copant North Bavan Coanact1Cut
(1919 Product Liat)
Banaophaaone lenaophenoaa technical-flaltad o-Chloroanilina Technical (OCA) D-300 Concentrate (4-aulfophthalic Acid) o-Diaahidi ne Dihydrochloride Dichlorobenddiae Dihydrochloride (DCI) 26-Dichloro-4-Mitroanilina (DCJU) DiethoXJacetophenone (DAP) 25- DiaethoXJbeaaaldehyde (DKB) Dioeaenia Diphenuid Technical (NN-Diaethyl-2 1 2-Diphenylacatbullide) bonate 1361 ( 33-Dibullthyl-4 4 -Diphenyl Dihocyanate) Pbotoaraphic Dye Intenediatea p Toluene Sulfonyl hocJUte (PTST)
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Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
In conclulion -bullHable date augeta that induatrhl vutee have
been dhpoud of at the Beacon B~iamphta and letltoeki Landfill bullby
a) leliable lnduatrhl Vaate Dbpoaal C011pany b) Zollo Dru c) Indu1triea contracted directly vith tlirthe Trucltina Inc
AlthouJb bullaoy induetrhl wute aeneraton dbpoeed of wute tbrouah
IIWD And Zollo Dnn1 only tvo of then coapeniea Upjoho and Arutrona
Rubber ere ~ to have had their vute dhpo1ed of at Beacon Reiahte ~t
pouibla hovner that other indu1tdal vute handled bJ IIWD and Zollo
Dru wu dhpo1ed of at Beacon Beiamphtbull
4-S
rl-8101-10
SCTION S - IOOHKENDATIOHS
lgt laeed on tha deta _erbed in thie report it U recoended that 0
I ~mthe follawina actione be taken Zll ~lgt
-lt0 a) A full lite inveetiaatiou of the leacon Beiamphte Landfill ehould lgt
oz
-ltIbe conducted includina aonitoriaa of abiant air for volatile ~ oraanice eurface vatar aod leachate alinamp aod oil
lt~
~ un1bull g Private valle and eurfece water dovnaradient of the landfill
0
ehoulcl be eupled ~
0 c) lahtina qiaeeriaamp data includiq location ancl epecificatioo
of 110aitoriaa welle ehould be obteiaecl frCII tM awaer of Jucon
Raiahtbull acl rniewed
d) lnDVD iDduetrial waeta pneratore bullhould be inbullntiaeted to
cleterioe the approdaate quantit aDd epecific characterietice
of wete dhpoeed of at Beacon Beipte
e) A liet of all induetrial clientbull eerliced by Murtha TRcldaa and
the final diepoeitioa of their nate ehould be obtained froa the
CJWDit of Murtha tnlctiaa Inc for remiddotdw
f) All cvailabla bJdroaeoloaic data ahould be reviewed to detnaioe
the potential ipact on aroundvater frCII huardoua waeta at
leacOD Beiampbta
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middot Beacon Hef ghts Of sposa1 Area C CITY
Beacon Falls ca OnllltO~IUIATOJI (II~
I SITI IOENTIPICATIOM
lgt 0
1middotmiddotmiddot~-bull- Harold Murtha Beacon Heights middotInc ~ Zll M n I070WNIIfiiMI ~lgt
Ot UOIAL Oa ITAn Dbullmiddot COUNTY o- MUNICIIAL Ill IIIIVAn CJ- UIIIIItOWN -ltO oz lgt -ltJ1 11noctcJtti TIOM 83 acre sanitary landfill located on western slope and crest of 650 ~ elevation tn Beacon Fall s lt~
O ltIATII DITI II O JI _ Connecticut Department of Envfronmentil Protection Dfvfsfon of Hazardous Waste lnvestfoatfon middot middot middot 979 8
0L ~~ ~~SOEP D1v1s1on of Hazafdous Waste 1 - 0
TOIII Pregman Division of Solid Waste 203-566middot5712
LHCCIIIIDATICNI
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bull bull T TampTgtWamp11 IICMampDUIto POllgt
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Hanl ey M
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bull tgtWILLampI ampIIP~-amp001t
1 - -middot~middot
1617-935-0228 0L 14TE IMfOIIMATIOM
IV CHAIIACTERIZATIOH Of SITE ACTIVITY lndlutbullthbull bull bullJbullbullbullIIbullbullctlbullltJfltndlletbullllbullbullbulllbulltlaatbullbullbullchbullctlbullltJ 1 IIbullUIbullbull
A TIIIANS~IIITIIII M M
l o YOLUMIIIIOUCTION
I IIICYCLINIIOICOIIO
bull middot bullbullcoamplll I middot OTNIIO(bull-lJl
L WICifl DampTAIII 0 IITil ACTIVITillll NampIDID
Received mix~d ~~t~nfcfPal and fndustrfal 11qufd and solid waste Pr1marfly a sanitary landfill middot middot middot
obulluttbullubullowtt (]lz LIQUID IXJbull souo lll~uon 0 middot~
iiiiiiCii41114CTilltiiTICI
IXJbullmiddot UNIINDwtt Oz COIIIIIIDitVIl Oa uaNITIbullIU 0 IIIADIOACTIVIl )1(1 NIONU voLATILamp
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ampat - tonsyear JmotLY ~UINIltIOIINAYID MI XI IDLYINU
IIIMITAa ILU-111
JatOTNampIO(_I_ X1110~MTo xIAIIIITOO
H----1 JMIIO(Hr) IIIMILIIN
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Munfcfpal Wastes middot
~ bull-no1w nwtl PAOI lOJ 4
V WUTI RILATID INPORMATION (clft~OIH) LilT IUIITAIICUOr OIIIATIIT COIICIIIII WMICM IIIAY II 011 TMIIJTI (llllton Ibull _ - ~
Chemfcel Waste for BF Gaodrfch Co middot Armstrong Rubber Uniroyal Inc Consumer Products)
middot Uniroyal Chemical D1Yfsion Upjohn to
iL ADDITIOIIAL CONIIIIIITIOII IIAIIIIATI111 OlliCIIIfiTIOII Or ITfoiATIOIIIl110111 011 lllfiOIITilO TO IllIT AT Till 1Til
Ethyl Acetone Methyl Acetate detected in surface water In town location that received ~stes de~~~dR~r Beacon Heights contaminated with industrial chemicals such as
VI HAZARD OfSCRIPTIOM
O OATIOr IIICIDIIIITf~~~middotli~
c-bull middot11bull1 c-middotmiddot
middot x bull C-TAMIMATI011
middot orr-CMAIM
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tartllllNIfiL
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lgt 0 I ~zm ~lgt UgtO -lt0 oz lgt -ltI ~ lt~
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g 0
bull = 8
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VID PA5T IIGULATOU ACTIOIU
ijl_otlfOitll 01 111(bull-bullbull
Regarding Hazardous Waste
0 __ o -bull
X IUIEOIAL ACTIVITY
o bullbull bull _ tDATIDP t fIIII__D
=l ruJbull~ bull 11QTZ a M ampe lafmatlc111 Ibull sctiou Dl ~ x till oat 1M PreU~IIrJ Au (Sectibull U)
middot _uo bull ~ rut bullbull of tills fora
_IP4f-nt1NC1 = 8
- barcode 559034
- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 559034
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Section 4 Ceneraton - continued
In conclulion -bullHable date augeta that induatrhl vutee have
been dhpoud of at the Beacon B~iamphta and letltoeki Landfill bullby
a) leliable lnduatrhl Vaate Dbpoaal C011pany b) Zollo Dru c) Indu1triea contracted directly vith tlirthe Trucltina Inc
AlthouJb bullaoy induetrhl wute aeneraton dbpoeed of wute tbrouah
IIWD And Zollo Dnn1 only tvo of then coapeniea Upjoho and Arutrona
Rubber ere ~ to have had their vute dhpo1ed of at Beacon Reiahte ~t
pouibla hovner that other indu1tdal vute handled bJ IIWD and Zollo
Dru wu dhpo1ed of at Beacon Beiamphtbull
4-S
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SCTION S - IOOHKENDATIOHS
lgt laeed on tha deta _erbed in thie report it U recoended that 0
I ~mthe follawina actione be taken Zll ~lgt
-lt0 a) A full lite inveetiaatiou of the leacon Beiamphte Landfill ehould lgt
oz
-ltIbe conducted includina aonitoriaa of abiant air for volatile ~ oraanice eurface vatar aod leachate alinamp aod oil
lt~
~ un1bull g Private valle and eurfece water dovnaradient of the landfill
0
ehoulcl be eupled ~
0 c) lahtina qiaeeriaamp data includiq location ancl epecificatioo
of 110aitoriaa welle ehould be obteiaecl frCII tM awaer of Jucon
Raiahtbull acl rniewed
d) lnDVD iDduetrial waeta pneratore bullhould be inbullntiaeted to
cleterioe the approdaate quantit aDd epecific characterietice
of wete dhpoeed of at Beacon Beipte
e) A liet of all induetrial clientbull eerliced by Murtha TRcldaa and
the final diepoeitioa of their nate ehould be obtained froa the
CJWDit of Murtha tnlctiaa Inc for remiddotdw
f) All cvailabla bJdroaeoloaic data ahould be reviewed to detnaioe
the potential ipact on aroundvater frCII huardoua waeta at
leacOD Beiampbta
iiOncEifnibull==-
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middot Beacon Hef ghts Of sposa1 Area C CITY
Beacon Falls ca OnllltO~IUIATOJI (II~
I SITI IOENTIPICATIOM
lgt 0
1middotmiddotmiddot~-bull- Harold Murtha Beacon Heights middotInc ~ Zll M n I070WNIIfiiMI ~lgt
Ot UOIAL Oa ITAn Dbullmiddot COUNTY o- MUNICIIAL Ill IIIIVAn CJ- UIIIIItOWN -ltO oz lgt -ltJ1 11noctcJtti TIOM 83 acre sanitary landfill located on western slope and crest of 650 ~ elevation tn Beacon Fall s lt~
O ltIATII DITI II O JI _ Connecticut Department of Envfronmentil Protection Dfvfsfon of Hazardous Waste lnvestfoatfon middot middot middot 979 8
0L ~~ ~~SOEP D1v1s1on of Hazafdous Waste 1 - 0
TOIII Pregman Division of Solid Waste 203-566middot5712
LHCCIIIIDATICNI
0 I M0 A~TKMIIIIIDil~ too-_ ~ [I)L TItMIPICTt01111liH0
bull bull T TampTgtWamp11 IICMampDUIto POllgt
C IIIIAIIIIIIIIOMATtDII I I Ma-
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83 L~l 111111 MIILDIIIOI CNI Till ampITIT
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Oa tldlliiMATI ~ IMUIlCTIDII IliDUI middot bullbull TampMTATI11Ur1 ffMampOU10 POII t
bull tgtWILLampI ampIIP~-amp001t
1 - -middot~middot
1617-935-0228 0L 14TE IMfOIIMATIOM
IV CHAIIACTERIZATIOH Of SITE ACTIVITY lndlutbullthbull bull bullJbullbullbullIIbullbullctlbullltJfltndlletbullllbullbullbulllbulltlaatbullbullbullchbullctlbullltJ 1 IIbullUIbullbull
A TIIIANS~IIITIIII M M
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I IIICYCLINIIOICOIIO
bull middot bullbullcoamplll I middot OTNIIO(bull-lJl
L WICifl DampTAIII 0 IITil ACTIVITillll NampIDID
Received mix~d ~~t~nfcfPal and fndustrfal 11qufd and solid waste Pr1marfly a sanitary landfill middot middot middot
obulluttbullubullowtt (]lz LIQUID IXJbull souo lll~uon 0 middot~
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IXJbullmiddot UNIINDwtt Oz COIIIIIIDitVIl Oa uaNITIbullIU 0 IIIADIOACTIVIl )1(1 NIONU voLATILamp
I[Jt TDMIC P middot~lliiCTIVIl Dbullmiddot INampIIIT C1Jbullmiddot ~- ~
tIampUDIIl
iOOOo ur~ TnrnOwn middotoOoo u~~ middot-tfOfllllll4ltllll -~~ 1111 VMifOfMitiRnnr ITO~rJWI UNITOfIOIIt-1 MITIIIMIA-1
ampat - tonsyear JmotLY ~UINIltIOIINAYID MI XI IDLYINU
IIIMITAa ILU-111
JatOTNampIO(_I_ X1110~MTo xIAIIIITOO
H----1 JMIIO(Hr) IIIMILIIN
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Munfcfpal Wastes middot
~ bull-no1w nwtl PAOI lOJ 4
V WUTI RILATID INPORMATION (clft~OIH) LilT IUIITAIICUOr OIIIATIIT COIICIIIII WMICM IIIAY II 011 TMIIJTI (llllton Ibull _ - ~
Chemfcel Waste for BF Gaodrfch Co middot Armstrong Rubber Uniroyal Inc Consumer Products)
middot Uniroyal Chemical D1Yfsion Upjohn to
iL ADDITIOIIAL CONIIIIIITIOII IIAIIIIATI111 OlliCIIIfiTIOII Or ITfoiATIOIIIl110111 011 lllfiOIITilO TO IllIT AT Till 1Til
Ethyl Acetone Methyl Acetate detected in surface water In town location that received ~stes de~~~dR~r Beacon Heights contaminated with industrial chemicals such as
VI HAZARD OfSCRIPTIOM
O OATIOr IIICIDIIIITf~~~middotli~
c-bull middot11bull1 c-middotmiddot
middot x bull C-TAMIMATI011
middot orr-CMAIM
Detected f n 1977
tartllllNIfiL
1971 Slope Failure
lgt 0 I ~zm ~lgt UgtO -lt0 oz lgt -ltI ~ lt~
I 0-lt
g 0
bull = 8
--
middot ~_
V PliiMIT INfOitMA ION
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VID PA5T IIGULATOU ACTIOIU
ijl_otlfOitll 01 111(bull-bullbull
Regarding Hazardous Waste
0 __ o -bull
X IUIEOIAL ACTIVITY
o bullbull bull _ tDATIDP t fIIII__D
=l ruJbull~ bull 11QTZ a M ampe lafmatlc111 Ibull sctiou Dl ~ x till oat 1M PreU~IIrJ Au (Sectibull U)
middot _uo bull ~ rut bullbull of tills fora
_IP4f-nt1NC1 = 8
- barcode 559034
- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 559034
rl-8101-10
SCTION S - IOOHKENDATIOHS
lgt laeed on tha deta _erbed in thie report it U recoended that 0
I ~mthe follawina actione be taken Zll ~lgt
-lt0 a) A full lite inveetiaatiou of the leacon Beiamphte Landfill ehould lgt
oz
-ltIbe conducted includina aonitoriaa of abiant air for volatile ~ oraanice eurface vatar aod leachate alinamp aod oil
lt~
~ un1bull g Private valle and eurfece water dovnaradient of the landfill
0
ehoulcl be eupled ~
0 c) lahtina qiaeeriaamp data includiq location ancl epecificatioo
of 110aitoriaa welle ehould be obteiaecl frCII tM awaer of Jucon
Raiahtbull acl rniewed
d) lnDVD iDduetrial waeta pneratore bullhould be inbullntiaeted to
cleterioe the approdaate quantit aDd epecific characterietice
of wete dhpoeed of at Beacon Beipte
e) A liet of all induetrial clientbull eerliced by Murtha TRcldaa and
the final diepoeitioa of their nate ehould be obtained froa the
CJWDit of Murtha tnlctiaa Inc for remiddotdw
f) All cvailabla bJdroaeoloaic data ahould be reviewed to detnaioe
the potential ipact on aroundvater frCII huardoua waeta at
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middot Beacon Hef ghts Of sposa1 Area C CITY
Beacon Falls ca OnllltO~IUIATOJI (II~
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lgt 0
1middotmiddotmiddot~-bull- Harold Murtha Beacon Heights middotInc ~ Zll M n I070WNIIfiiMI ~lgt
Ot UOIAL Oa ITAn Dbullmiddot COUNTY o- MUNICIIAL Ill IIIIVAn CJ- UIIIIItOWN -ltO oz lgt -ltJ1 11noctcJtti TIOM 83 acre sanitary landfill located on western slope and crest of 650 ~ elevation tn Beacon Fall s lt~
O ltIATII DITI II O JI _ Connecticut Department of Envfronmentil Protection Dfvfsfon of Hazardous Waste lnvestfoatfon middot middot middot 979 8
0L ~~ ~~SOEP D1v1s1on of Hazafdous Waste 1 - 0
TOIII Pregman Division of Solid Waste 203-566middot5712
LHCCIIIIDATICNI
0 I M0 A~TKMIIIIIDil~ too-_ ~ [I)L TItMIPICTt01111liH0
bull bull T TampTgtWamp11 IICMampDUIto POllgt
C IIIIAIIIIIIIIOMATtDII I I Ma-
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bull tgtWILLampI ampIIP~-amp001t
1 - -middot~middot
1617-935-0228 0L 14TE IMfOIIMATIOM
IV CHAIIACTERIZATIOH Of SITE ACTIVITY lndlutbullthbull bull bullJbullbullbullIIbullbullctlbullltJfltndlletbullllbullbullbulllbulltlaatbullbullbullchbullctlbullltJ 1 IIbullUIbullbull
A TIIIANS~IIITIIII M M
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I IIICYCLINIIOICOIIO
bull middot bullbullcoamplll I middot OTNIIO(bull-lJl
L WICifl DampTAIII 0 IITil ACTIVITillll NampIDID
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obulluttbullubullowtt (]lz LIQUID IXJbull souo lll~uon 0 middot~
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I[Jt TDMIC P middot~lliiCTIVIl Dbullmiddot INampIIIT C1Jbullmiddot ~- ~
tIampUDIIl
iOOOo ur~ TnrnOwn middotoOoo u~~ middot-tfOfllllll4ltllll -~~ 1111 VMifOfMitiRnnr ITO~rJWI UNITOfIOIIt-1 MITIIIMIA-1
ampat - tonsyear JmotLY ~UINIltIOIINAYID MI XI IDLYINU
IIIMITAa ILU-111
JatOTNampIO(_I_ X1110~MTo xIAIIIITOO
H----1 JMIIO(Hr) IIIMILIIN
-~ rt----rt~middot~middotmiddot~middot~middotmiddot~middotmiddot~middotmiddot~middotmiddot1rt----i IIIALIOOIMshyx ILUDOamp I ~Ubulla~
Munfcfpal Wastes middot
~ bull-no1w nwtl PAOI lOJ 4
V WUTI RILATID INPORMATION (clft~OIH) LilT IUIITAIICUOr OIIIATIIT COIICIIIII WMICM IIIAY II 011 TMIIJTI (llllton Ibull _ - ~
Chemfcel Waste for BF Gaodrfch Co middot Armstrong Rubber Uniroyal Inc Consumer Products)
middot Uniroyal Chemical D1Yfsion Upjohn to
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Ethyl Acetone Methyl Acetate detected in surface water In town location that received ~stes de~~~dR~r Beacon Heights contaminated with industrial chemicals such as
VI HAZARD OfSCRIPTIOM
O OATIOr IIICIDIIIITf~~~middotli~
c-bull middot11bull1 c-middotmiddot
middot x bull C-TAMIMATI011
middot orr-CMAIM
Detected f n 1977
tartllllNIfiL
1971 Slope Failure
lgt 0 I ~zm ~lgt UgtO -lt0 oz lgt -ltI ~ lt~
I 0-lt
g 0
bull = 8
--
middot ~_
V PliiMIT INfOitMA ION
~ ~ ~ ~ K~Y)middot___cSo=l~dWas~te-Dcclsoosal_____ l~~ bullOJ IICRAITOIIIIIIII OampIIICIIIATIIIUTCIII Ot- IIICIIAOI~IIIII
QIO OTMIII(_I
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Ql fU Oao II] a UNKNOWN
VID PA5T IIGULATOU ACTIOIU
ijl_otlfOitll 01 111(bull-bullbull
Regarding Hazardous Waste
0 __ o -bull
X IUIEOIAL ACTIVITY
o bullbull bull _ tDATIDP t fIIII__D
=l ruJbull~ bull 11QTZ a M ampe lafmatlc111 Ibull sctiou Dl ~ x till oat 1M PreU~IIrJ Au (Sectibull U)
middot _uo bull ~ rut bullbull of tills fora
_IP4f-nt1NC1 = 8
- barcode 559034
- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 559034
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middot Beacon Hef ghts Of sposa1 Area C CITY
Beacon Falls ca OnllltO~IUIATOJI (II~
I SITI IOENTIPICATIOM
lgt 0
1middotmiddotmiddot~-bull- Harold Murtha Beacon Heights middotInc ~ Zll M n I070WNIIfiiMI ~lgt
Ot UOIAL Oa ITAn Dbullmiddot COUNTY o- MUNICIIAL Ill IIIIVAn CJ- UIIIIItOWN -ltO oz lgt -ltJ1 11noctcJtti TIOM 83 acre sanitary landfill located on western slope and crest of 650 ~ elevation tn Beacon Fall s lt~
O ltIATII DITI II O JI _ Connecticut Department of Envfronmentil Protection Dfvfsfon of Hazardous Waste lnvestfoatfon middot middot middot 979 8
0L ~~ ~~SOEP D1v1s1on of Hazafdous Waste 1 - 0
TOIII Pregman Division of Solid Waste 203-566middot5712
LHCCIIIIDATICNI
0 I M0 A~TKMIIIIIDil~ too-_ ~ [I)L TItMIPICTt01111liH0
bull bull T TampTgtWamp11 IICMampDUIto POllgt
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bull tgtWILLampI ampIIP~-amp001t
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1617-935-0228 0L 14TE IMfOIIMATIOM
IV CHAIIACTERIZATIOH Of SITE ACTIVITY lndlutbullthbull bull bullJbullbullbullIIbullbullctlbullltJfltndlletbullllbullbullbulllbulltlaatbullbullbullchbullctlbullltJ 1 IIbullUIbullbull
A TIIIANS~IIITIIII M M
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I IIICYCLINIIOICOIIO
bull middot bullbullcoamplll I middot OTNIIO(bull-lJl
L WICifl DampTAIII 0 IITil ACTIVITillll NampIDID
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ampat - tonsyear JmotLY ~UINIltIOIINAYID MI XI IDLYINU
IIIMITAa ILU-111
JatOTNampIO(_I_ X1110~MTo xIAIIIITOO
H----1 JMIIO(Hr) IIIMILIIN
-~ rt----rt~middot~middotmiddot~middot~middotmiddot~middotmiddot~middotmiddot~middotmiddot1rt----i IIIALIOOIMshyx ILUDOamp I ~Ubulla~
Munfcfpal Wastes middot
~ bull-no1w nwtl PAOI lOJ 4
V WUTI RILATID INPORMATION (clft~OIH) LilT IUIITAIICUOr OIIIATIIT COIICIIIII WMICM IIIAY II 011 TMIIJTI (llllton Ibull _ - ~
Chemfcel Waste for BF Gaodrfch Co middot Armstrong Rubber Uniroyal Inc Consumer Products)
middot Uniroyal Chemical D1Yfsion Upjohn to
iL ADDITIOIIAL CONIIIIIITIOII IIAIIIIATI111 OlliCIIIfiTIOII Or ITfoiATIOIIIl110111 011 lllfiOIITilO TO IllIT AT Till 1Til
Ethyl Acetone Methyl Acetate detected in surface water In town location that received ~stes de~~~dR~r Beacon Heights contaminated with industrial chemicals such as
VI HAZARD OfSCRIPTIOM
O OATIOr IIICIDIIIITf~~~middotli~
c-bull middot11bull1 c-middotmiddot
middot x bull C-TAMIMATI011
middot orr-CMAIM
Detected f n 1977
tartllllNIfiL
1971 Slope Failure
lgt 0 I ~zm ~lgt UgtO -lt0 oz lgt -ltI ~ lt~
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bull = 8
--
middot ~_
V PliiMIT INfOitMA ION
~ ~ ~ ~ K~Y)middot___cSo=l~dWas~te-Dcclsoosal_____ l~~ bullOJ IICRAITOIIIIIIII OampIIICIIIATIIIUTCIII Ot- IIICIIAOI~IIIII
QIO OTMIII(_I
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VID PA5T IIGULATOU ACTIOIU
ijl_otlfOitll 01 111(bull-bullbull
Regarding Hazardous Waste
0 __ o -bull
X IUIEOIAL ACTIVITY
o bullbull bull _ tDATIDP t fIIII__D
=l ruJbull~ bull 11QTZ a M ampe lafmatlc111 Ibull sctiou Dl ~ x till oat 1M PreU~IIrJ Au (Sectibull U)
middot _uo bull ~ rut bullbull of tills fora
_IP4f-nt1NC1 = 8
- barcode 559034
- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 559034
---------------------rmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddotrmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddot--- E A~l PDTEHTIAi HU-ARDOUS WASTE SITE _ 7 Nt) CZ l- IDENTIFICATION AND PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT 1
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middot Beacon Hef ghts Of sposa1 Area C CITY
Beacon Falls ca OnllltO~IUIATOJI (II~
I SITI IOENTIPICATIOM
lgt 0
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Ot UOIAL Oa ITAn Dbullmiddot COUNTY o- MUNICIIAL Ill IIIIVAn CJ- UIIIIItOWN -ltO oz lgt -ltJ1 11noctcJtti TIOM 83 acre sanitary landfill located on western slope and crest of 650 ~ elevation tn Beacon Fall s lt~
O ltIATII DITI II O JI _ Connecticut Department of Envfronmentil Protection Dfvfsfon of Hazardous Waste lnvestfoatfon middot middot middot 979 8
0L ~~ ~~SOEP D1v1s1on of Hazafdous Waste 1 - 0
TOIII Pregman Division of Solid Waste 203-566middot5712
LHCCIIIIDATICNI
0 I M0 A~TKMIIIIIDil~ too-_ ~ [I)L TItMIPICTt01111liH0
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Hanl ey M
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1617-935-0228 0L 14TE IMfOIIMATIOM
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L WICifl DampTAIII 0 IITil ACTIVITillll NampIDID
Received mix~d ~~t~nfcfPal and fndustrfal 11qufd and solid waste Pr1marfly a sanitary landfill middot middot middot
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Munfcfpal Wastes middot
~ bull-no1w nwtl PAOI lOJ 4
V WUTI RILATID INPORMATION (clft~OIH) LilT IUIITAIICUOr OIIIATIIT COIICIIIII WMICM IIIAY II 011 TMIIJTI (llllton Ibull _ - ~
Chemfcel Waste for BF Gaodrfch Co middot Armstrong Rubber Uniroyal Inc Consumer Products)
middot Uniroyal Chemical D1Yfsion Upjohn to
iL ADDITIOIIAL CONIIIIIITIOII IIAIIIIATI111 OlliCIIIfiTIOII Or ITfoiATIOIIIl110111 011 lllfiOIITilO TO IllIT AT Till 1Til
Ethyl Acetone Methyl Acetate detected in surface water In town location that received ~stes de~~~dR~r Beacon Heights contaminated with industrial chemicals such as
VI HAZARD OfSCRIPTIOM
O OATIOr IIICIDIIIITf~~~middotli~
c-bull middot11bull1 c-middotmiddot
middot x bull C-TAMIMATI011
middot orr-CMAIM
Detected f n 1977
tartllllNIfiL
1971 Slope Failure
lgt 0 I ~zm ~lgt UgtO -lt0 oz lgt -ltI ~ lt~
I 0-lt
g 0
bull = 8
--
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V PliiMIT INfOitMA ION
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QIO OTMIII(_I
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VID PA5T IIGULATOU ACTIOIU
ijl_otlfOitll 01 111(bull-bullbull
Regarding Hazardous Waste
0 __ o -bull
X IUIEOIAL ACTIVITY
o bullbull bull _ tDATIDP t fIIII__D
=l ruJbull~ bull 11QTZ a M ampe lafmatlc111 Ibull sctiou Dl ~ x till oat 1M PreU~IIrJ Au (Sectibull U)
middot _uo bull ~ rut bullbull of tills fora
_IP4f-nt1NC1 = 8
- barcode 559034
- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 559034
IV CHAIIACTERIZATIOH Of SITE ACTIVITY lndlutbullthbull bull bullJbullbullbullIIbullbullctlbullltJfltndlletbullllbullbullbulllbulltlaatbullbullbullchbullctlbullltJ 1 IIbullUIbullbull
A TIIIANS~IIITIIII M M
l o YOLUMIIIIOUCTION
I IIICYCLINIIOICOIIO
bull middot bullbullcoamplll I middot OTNIIO(bull-lJl
L WICifl DampTAIII 0 IITil ACTIVITillll NampIDID
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tIampUDIIl
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ampat - tonsyear JmotLY ~UINIltIOIINAYID MI XI IDLYINU
IIIMITAa ILU-111
JatOTNampIO(_I_ X1110~MTo xIAIIIITOO
H----1 JMIIO(Hr) IIIMILIIN
-~ rt----rt~middot~middotmiddot~middot~middotmiddot~middotmiddot~middotmiddot~middotmiddot1rt----i IIIALIOOIMshyx ILUDOamp I ~Ubulla~
Munfcfpal Wastes middot
~ bull-no1w nwtl PAOI lOJ 4
V WUTI RILATID INPORMATION (clft~OIH) LilT IUIITAIICUOr OIIIATIIT COIICIIIII WMICM IIIAY II 011 TMIIJTI (llllton Ibull _ - ~
Chemfcel Waste for BF Gaodrfch Co middot Armstrong Rubber Uniroyal Inc Consumer Products)
middot Uniroyal Chemical D1Yfsion Upjohn to
iL ADDITIOIIAL CONIIIIIITIOII IIAIIIIATI111 OlliCIIIfiTIOII Or ITfoiATIOIIIl110111 011 lllfiOIITilO TO IllIT AT Till 1Til
Ethyl Acetone Methyl Acetate detected in surface water In town location that received ~stes de~~~dR~r Beacon Heights contaminated with industrial chemicals such as
VI HAZARD OfSCRIPTIOM
O OATIOr IIICIDIIIITf~~~middotli~
c-bull middot11bull1 c-middotmiddot
middot x bull C-TAMIMATI011
middot orr-CMAIM
Detected f n 1977
tartllllNIfiL
1971 Slope Failure
lgt 0 I ~zm ~lgt UgtO -lt0 oz lgt -ltI ~ lt~
I 0-lt
g 0
bull = 8
--
middot ~_
V PliiMIT INfOitMA ION
~ ~ ~ ~ K~Y)middot___cSo=l~dWas~te-Dcclsoosal_____ l~~ bullOJ IICRAITOIIIIIIII OampIIICIIIATIIIUTCIII Ot- IIICIIAOI~IIIII
QIO OTMIII(_I
1 llf COM-IAJICIII
Ql fU Oao II] a UNKNOWN
VID PA5T IIGULATOU ACTIOIU
ijl_otlfOitll 01 111(bull-bullbull
Regarding Hazardous Waste
0 __ o -bull
X IUIEOIAL ACTIVITY
o bullbull bull _ tDATIDP t fIIII__D
=l ruJbull~ bull 11QTZ a M ampe lafmatlc111 Ibull sctiou Dl ~ x till oat 1M PreU~IIrJ Au (Sectibull U)
middot _uo bull ~ rut bullbull of tills fora
_IP4f-nt1NC1 = 8
- barcode 559034
- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 559034
V WUTI RILATID INPORMATION (clft~OIH) LilT IUIITAIICUOr OIIIATIIT COIICIIIII WMICM IIIAY II 011 TMIIJTI (llllton Ibull _ - ~
Chemfcel Waste for BF Gaodrfch Co middot Armstrong Rubber Uniroyal Inc Consumer Products)
middot Uniroyal Chemical D1Yfsion Upjohn to
iL ADDITIOIIAL CONIIIIIITIOII IIAIIIIATI111 OlliCIIIfiTIOII Or ITfoiATIOIIIl110111 011 lllfiOIITilO TO IllIT AT Till 1Til
Ethyl Acetone Methyl Acetate detected in surface water In town location that received ~stes de~~~dR~r Beacon Heights contaminated with industrial chemicals such as
VI HAZARD OfSCRIPTIOM
O OATIOr IIICIDIIIITf~~~middotli~
c-bull middot11bull1 c-middotmiddot
middot x bull C-TAMIMATI011
middot orr-CMAIM
Detected f n 1977
tartllllNIfiL
1971 Slope Failure
lgt 0 I ~zm ~lgt UgtO -lt0 oz lgt -ltI ~ lt~
I 0-lt
g 0
bull = 8
--
middot ~_
V PliiMIT INfOitMA ION
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QIO OTMIII(_I
1 llf COM-IAJICIII
Ql fU Oao II] a UNKNOWN
VID PA5T IIGULATOU ACTIOIU
ijl_otlfOitll 01 111(bull-bullbull
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- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 559034