REUTGERS-NEASE CHEMICAL CO., INC.

THE SITE (ALSO KNOWN AS NEASE CHEMICAL) IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE NORTH OF THE CITY OF SALEM, OHIO. IT IS APPROXIMATELY 44 ACRES IN SIZE AND BORDERED BY ROUTE 14A ON THE SOUTH, RESIDENCES TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE SITE, AND WOODED AREAS AND PASTURE TO THE NORTH. ALONG THE NORTH-EASTERN BOUNDARY ARE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS, INCLUDING CRANE-DEMMING WHICH FRONT ALLEN ROAD. CONTAMINATION HAS SPREAD INTO SOME OF THESE BORDERING AREAS. THE SITE IS INTERSECTED BY RAILROAD TRACKS OWNED BY CONRAIL. A FEEDER CREEK DRAINS THROUGH THE SITE TO THE NORTH-EAST AND THEN ENTERS THE MIDDLE FORK LITTLE BEAVER CREEK NEAR ALLEN ROAD, APPROXIMATELY A QUARTER OF A MILE BEYOND THE NEASE CHEMICAL PROPERTY. NEASE CHEMICAL COMPANY PRODUCED CHEMICALS AT THE SITE FROM 1961 UNTIL 1973. CHEMICALS INCLUDED HOUSEHOLD CLEANING COMPOUNDS, PESTICIDES, FIRE RETARDANTS, INCLUDING MIREX, AND CHEMICAL INTERMEDIATES WHICH WERE PRODUCED THROUGH BATCH PROCESSES. WASTE HANDLING FACILITIES INCLUDED: AIR SCRUBBERS, MULTIPLE POND/SETTLING TANK SYSTEM TO NEUTRALIZE AND TREAT ACIDIC WASTE; 5 UNLINED LAGOONS FOR TREATMENT OF ACIDIC OR LIME SLURRIES; A PIPELINE TO SEND WASTE TO THE SALEM WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT (POTW); AND DISPOSAL AREAS FOR 55 GALLON BARREL DRUMS. NEASE DISCONTINUED DISCHARGE TO THE SALEM POTW AFTER ENFORCEMENT ACTION BY THE STATE OF OHIO IN 1973.