SITE LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION ----------------------------- THE MCADOO ASSOCIATES SITE IS AN EIGHT ACRE TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN SCHUYKILL COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA. IT IS SITUATED APPROIAMATELY 1 1/2 MILES SOUTH OF MCADOO BOROUGH ON U.S. ROUTE 309 WITH ACCURATE GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES BE- ING 40,42',30 N LATITUDE AND 76,00'00 W LONGITITUDE. THE PROPERTY IS PRESENTLY OWNED BY READING COMPANY OF BETHLE- HEM PENNSYLVANIA. THE U.S. EPA CONDUCTED A RI/FS DURING 1983 AND 1984 AT THE SITE. THE RESULTS WERE CONTAINED IN REPORTS ENTITLED REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION, MCADOO ASSOCIATES, KLINE TOWNSHIP, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, APRIL 1984, AND FEAS- ABILITY STUDY, MCADOO ASSOCIATES, KLINE TOWNSHIP SCHUYLKILL COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA JUNE 1984. PRESENTLY, MINE SPOILS FROM PAST MINING ACTIVITY CON- STITUTE MOST OF THE SITE AND SURROUNDING AREA. APPROXIAMATLY TEN PERCENT OF THE SITE IS VEGETATED, AND SEVERAL CONCRETE FOUNDATIONS REMAIN FROM PRIOR FACILITIES ON-SITE. WOODEN PALLETS AND BOXES, SMALL TANKS AND PLASTIC PIPES REPRESENT MUCH OF THE DEBRIS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE SITE. IN ADDIT- ION, A 15,000 GALLON TANK REMAINS ON-SITE SECURELY PERCHED ON A LEDGE ABOUT TEN FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE SITE. THE SITE SLOPES FROM NORTH (WHERE THE TANK IS LOCATED) TO THE SOUTH.THE SITE IS UNDERLAIN BY MINED