The Superfund program was established in 1980 after 22,000 tons of toxic waste were discovered in Love Canal, NY. It gives the government power to force companies that polluted sites to clean them up. Billions have been spent cleaning over 1,000 sites across the US. However, the tax levied on chemical and oil companies to fund cleanups was discontinued in 1994. As a result, the EPA now relies on annual tax dollars to fund the program. The document provides details on several Superfund sites in Ohio, including the contaminants present and responsible parties. It argues the Superfund program should continue to address newly discovered threats to public health from toxic waste sites.

1. SUPERFUND
PUTTING THE “FUN”D INTO TOXIC CLEAN UP SINCE
1980

2. WHAT IS THE SUPERFUND?

3. THE HISTORY OF SUPERFUND
 Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act
 Est. 1980 after 22,000 tons of toxic waste were discovered in the Love
Canal neighborhood of Niagara Falls, N.Y.
 The federal Superfund program gives the government power to force
companies that polluted sites to clean them up.
 Billions collected from polluters have been spent on over 1,000 sites in U.S.
 Taxes were levied against chemical and oil companies to pay for sites
where the polluter was unknown until 1994 when the Republican controlled
Congress caved to corporate pressure and discontinued the Superfund tax.
 By 2003 the $3.8 billion that had remained in the fund had dried up.
 The E.P.A. now relies on $1.2 billion in tax dollars annually to keep up fund.
 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will provide the
E.P.A. with $600 million in funding to accelerate ongoing cleanup activities
and initiate new construction projects at 51 Superfund sites.

4. SUPERFUND SITES IN THE U.S.

5. SUPERFUND SITES IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD

6. BEHR DAYTON THERMAL SYSTEM VOC PLUME
Site Description:
The Site includes contamination
from current or former operations at
the facilities located 2 miles north of
downtown Dayton, Ohio.
Site Responsibility:
Four parties have been identified;
Chrysler, LLC; Behr Dayton
Thermal Systems; Aramark Uniform
Services; Gem City Chemicals,
Inc.
Threats and Contaminants:
Groundwater is contaminated along
with the air in some nearby
residences.

7. LAMMERS BARREL FACTORY, BEAVERCREEK
Site Description:
The Lammers Barrel property, now vacant,
is approximately two acres in size, located
in Beavercreek, Ohio and is bisected by the
Little Beaver Creek, which flows through
the site.
Site Responsibility:
This site is being addressed through
federal, state, and potentially responsible
party (PRP) actions.
Threats and Contaminants:
Contaminants include several volatile
organic compounds (VOCs), all of which
exceed federal drinking water standards in
residential wells. Soil on-site is also
contaminated with VOCs and heavy metals
such as lead.

8. THE MOUND, MIAMISBURG
Site Description:
The U.S. Department of Energy's
(DOE) Mound Plant (Mound) is
located in Miamisburg, Ohio, about
ten miles southwest of Dayton,
Ohio.
Site Responsibility:
This site is being addressed by the
US Department of Energy, with US
EPA and Ohio EPA support.
Threats and Contaminants:
Contamination includes the soil, as
well as the Buried Valley Aquifer, a
sole source drinking water aquifer.

9. NEW CARLISLE LANDFILL
Site Description:
The New Carlisle Landfill is located
1.5 miles south of city of New
Carlisle in Clark County, Ohio.
Site Responsibility:
This site is being addressed through
federal, state, and potentially
responsible parties' actions.
Threats and Contaminants:
The groundwater is contaminated
with VOCs and could potentially
migrate and affect approximately 15
residential wells within one-half mile
radius of the landfill.

10. NORTH SANITARY LANDFILL, DAYTON
Site Description:
Site occupies almost 102 acres in Dayton
and intersects the water table. Some of the
disposed waste included used oils, solvents,
scrap paint, lampblack, electrical
transformers, brake grindings containing
asbestos, and sewage. Numerous fires have
occurred at the site, both during active
disposal operations and after it closed.
Site Responsibility:
The responsible parties are conducting
studies and the OEPA and USEPA are
working together to oversee clean up.
Threats and Contaminants:
Groundwater and soil at the site are
contaminated with volatile organic
compounds (VOCs), also with heavy metals,
such as lead, mercury, cadmium, and
cyanide; and polychlorinated biphenyls
(PCBs).

11. POWELL ROAD LANDFILL SANITARY LANDFILL CO.
Site Description:
Former gravel pit that was converted into
a landfill in 1959, and operated until
1984. The current owner is Waste
Management of North America, Inc.
Site Responsibility:
The site is being addressed through
federal, state and potentially responsible
parties actions.
Threats and Contaminants:
Landfill gases are contaminated with
methane and volatile organic compounds
(VOCs), as are the shallow and primary
aquifers adjacent to the landfill. Some
nearby private wells are also
contaminated.
Site Description:
The 36-acre Cardington Road
Landfill Site (also known as the
Sanitary Landfill Superfund Site)
is a former solid waste landfill
located approximately one mile
south of the City of Dayton,
About 125,000 people draw
drinking water from wells
located within 3 miles of the site.
Site Responsibility: SEE LIST
Threats and Contaminants:
Groundwater and soil is
contaminated with solvents and
heavy metals including
chromium, copper, cadmium,
and lead.

12. POTENTIAL RESPONSIBLE PARTIES/SANITARY LANDFILL
 ANGLER CONSTRUCTION
 BAYER CORP. (MILES LABORATORIES)
 BLAYLOCK TRUCKING CO., INC.DAYTON OH
 BUDDE SHEET METAL WORKS, INC.
 BUTLER TOWNSHIP/MONTGOMERY COUNTY
SWD
 CITY OF CENTERVILLE/MONTGOMERY
COUNTY SWD
 CITY OF ENGLEWOOD/MONTGOMERY
COUNTY SWD
 CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS/MONTGOMERY
COUNTY SWD
 CITY OF MIAMISBURG/MONTGOMERY
COUNTY SWD
 CITY OF RIVERSIDE/MONTGOMERY COUNTY
SWD
 CITY OF TROTWOOD/MONTGOMERY
COUNTY SWD
 CITY OF UNION/MONTGOMERY COUNTY
SWD
 CITY OF VANDALIA/MONTGOMERY COUNTY
SWD
 CITY OF WEST
CARROLLTON/MONTGOMERY COUNTY SWD
 CLAY TOWNSHIP/MONTGOMERY COUNTY
SWD
 COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES,INC.
 DANIS B G CO. DAYTON OH
 DANIS INDUSTRIES DAYTON OH
 DAYTON BUILDING SERVICES
 DAYTON SASH & DOOR
 DAYTON WALTHER CORP.
 DRYDEN BUILDERS, INC.
 FERGUSON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
 FRANK MESSER & SONS CONSTRUCTION
CO.
 GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION DAYTON
OH
 GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION DAYTON
OH
 GENERAL MOTORS HEADQUARTERS
DETROIT MI
 GERMAN TOWNSHIP/MONTGOMERY
COUNTY SWD
 HARRISON TOWNSHIP/MONTGOMERY
COUNTY SWD
 HEWITT SOAP COMPANY, INC.
 IMO INDUSTRIES, INC. (TAIT, INC.)
 JACKSON TOWNSHIP/MONTGOMERY
COUNTY SWD
 JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP/MONTGOMERY
COUNTY SWD
 KETTERING MOVING & STORAGE INC.
 KIMBERLY CLARK CORP. (KAROLTON
ENVELOPE)
 KINRO (PREMIERE CORP.)
 MAIMI VALLEY HOSPITAL
 MIAMI TOWNSHIP/MONTGOMERY COUNTY
SWD
 MONTGOMERY COUNTY/MONTGOMERY
COUNTY SWD
 MULLINS RUBBER PRODUCTS, INC.
 NATIONAL CASH REGISTER CORP. DAYTON
OH
 NEW DIMENSIONS IN MEDICINE
 NVR (RYAN HOMES)
 P.H. GLATFELTER CO. (BERGSTROM PAPER)
 PERMA FIX ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
(CLARK OIL)
 PERRY TOWNSHIP/MONTGOMERY COUNTY
COUNTY SWD
 REYNOLDS & REYNOLDS
 SANITARY LANDFILL, INC. DAYTON OH
 SCHEARBROOK LAND & LIVESTOCK,INC.
(LIBERAL MARKET)
 SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY
 SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORP. (DAP, INC.)
 SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORP. (ROBERTS
CONSOLIDATED)
 SYSTECH CORP. XENIA OH
 SYSTECH ENVIRONMENTAL CORPORATION
 THE BEERMAN REALTY CO.
 THE PROCTOR & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING
CO.
 THE STANDARD REGISTER COMPANY
 TREMONT LANDFILL CO. DAYTON OH
 TRICIL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
DAYTON OH
 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON
 URBANA TAR & ASPHALT, INC.
 VILLAGE OF BROOKVILLE
 VILLAGE OF CLAYTON
 VILLAGE OF FARMERSVILLE
 VILLAGE OF GERMANTOWN
 VILLAGE OF NEW LEBANON
 VILLAGE OF PHILLIPSBURG
 WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP
 WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. DAYTON OH
 WEST CARROLLTON PARCHMENT
 WILLIAM A. SIMMS, JR. BUILDERS, INC.
 WILLIAMS BROTHERS ROOFING & SIDING
CO., INC.
 ZENGEL CONSTRUCTION CO.

13. WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE
Site Description:
Wright-Patterson Air Force
Base (WPAFB) is located in
southwestern Ohio between
the cities of Fairborn and
Dayton and consists of 7,200
acres.
Site Responsibility:
The United States Air Force
Threats and Contaminants:
In some areas of WPAFB both
the soil and groundwater are
contaminated.

14. WHY SHOULD CONTINUE THE SUPERFUND?

15. NEWLY DISCOVERED THREATS TO OUR HEALTH
Libby, Montana
In 2009 the E.P.A. declared a
public health emergency where
over the course of decades
asbestos contamination in a
vermiculite mine has left
hundreds of people dead or
sickened from lung diseases.