THE MARKHAMS SITE IS THE SECOND OF TWO PETER COOPER CORPORATIONS (PCC) SITES ON THE NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST. FROM 1955 TO 1971, SOME OF THE WASTES FROM PCC'S ANIMAL GLUE PRODUCTION WERE DISPOSED OF AT THE MARKHAMS SITE. IN 1972, 38,000 TONS OF WASTE WERE TRANSFERRED FROM PCC'S GOWANDA SITE TO THE MARKHAMS SITE. THE PRIMARY CONTAMINANT OF CONCERN IS CHROMIUM WHICH WAS CONTAINED LEATHER SCRAPS PROCESSED BY PCC TO EXTRACT PROTEINS FOR GLUE PRODUCTION.
RI/FS ORDER WAS ISSUED TO PCC SUCCESSOR CORPORATION AND TEN GENERATORS OF SCRAP WASTES.