# OLD SPRINGFIELD LANDFILL SITE
> **Judicial** · FY1991 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `226`
- **Case Number:** 01-1991-0004
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BROWNING-FERRIS INDUSTRIES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- BRYANT COMPUTER (complaint) (settlement)
- BRYANT GRINDER CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- CURTIN, JOHN
- EMHART CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- FELLOWS GEAR SHAPER (complaint) (settlement)
- JONES AND LAMSON (complaint) (settlement)
- LOVEJOY TOOL COMPANY
- MILLAY, HAROLD
- SHEPHARD, HARRY (complaint) (settlement)
- SPRINGFIELD, TOWN OF (complaint) (settlement)
- TEXTRON, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- VERMONT RESEARCH
- WATKINS, EMMA
## Summary

THE OLD SPRINGFIELD LANDFILL WAS USED BY THE TOWN OF         SPRINGFIELD FOR THE DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS AND MUNICIPAL      WASTES BETWEEN 1947 AND 1968. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE       DISPOSED OF IN BULK LIQUID OR SEMI-LIQUID FORM AND WERE      CO-DISPOSED WITH MUNICIPAL AND INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTE. AFTER THE MID-1960'S, HAZARDOUS LIQUID WASTE WAS DISPOSED OF IN    SEPERATE TRENCHES AND PITS. MUCH OF THE HAZARDOUS MATERIAL   ORIGINIATED FROM THE LOCAL MACHINE TOOL AND PLATING          INDUSTRIES. THE TOWN OF SPRINGFIELD CEASED OPERATIONS AT THE SITE IN 1968 FOLLOWING THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY BY ITS   PRESENT OWNER.                                               THE STATE OF VERMONT BEGAN INVESTIGATING CONTAMINATION AT    THE SITE IN THE EARLY 1970'S AFTER NEARBY RESIDENTIAL        DRINKING WATER WELLS WERE FOUND TO BE CONTAMINATED. IN 1982, THE STATE ASKED EPA TO REVIEW THE SITE FOR INCLUSION ON THE  NPL. EPA HAS UNDERTAKEN SUBSTANTIAL INVESTIGATION OF THE     SITE AND HAS IDENTIFIED THREE (3) MAJOR WASTE DISPOSAL       AREAS. THESE ARE AREAS WHERE DRILLING IDENTIFIED BURIED      WASTE. ANALYSIS OF SOIL AND WASTE SAMPLES REVEALED HIGH      LEVELS OF ORGANIC CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION. PAHS, CAHS, PCBS,  MAHS ARE THE CLASSES OF COMPOUNDS FOUND AT THE SITE.         GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION AT THE SITE CONSISTS PRIMARILY OF  TCE, PCE, TCA, VINYL CHLORIDE, TOULENE AND XYLENES.          ON JANUARY 6, 1984, APRIL 17, 1987 AND MAY 14, 1987, EPA     NOTIFIED APPROXIMATELY NINE PARTIES 

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