Hercules, Inc (Gibbstown Plant)

By Environmental Protection Agency

Book Id: WPLBN0000129544
Format Type: PDF eBook:
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Reproduction Date: 2007

Title:	Hercules, Inc (Gibbstown Plant)
Author:	Environmental Protection Agency
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Ecology, Natural resource issues, Environemtal protection
Collections:	Environmental Awareness Library Collection
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Publisher:	United States Environmental Protection Agency


Citation APA MLA Chicago Protection Agency, B. E. (n.d.). Hercules, Inc (Gibbstown Plant). Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.cc/

Description
Excerpt: Site Description The 350-acre Hercules, Inc. (Gibbstown Plant) site operates as an organic hydroxide/peroxide manufacturing facility. An unlined solid waste disposal area used by Hercules from 1952 to 1974, and used by DuPont prior to 1952, is on the site. The companies disposed of waste materials from manufacturing processes including waste resulting from the production of aniline in two unlined disposal pits. In 1980, the U.S. Geological Survey conducted tests of the aquifer underneath the site. The groundwater was found to be contaminated with volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Hercules is located on the banks of the Delaware River. Approximately 13,000 people live within a 3-mile radius of the site. Area residents are served by municipal water wells. Clonmell Creek runs through the site and discharges into the Delaware River. Site Responsibility: This site is being addressed through Federal, State, and potentially responsible parties' actions.

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