Witco Chemical Corp. (Oakland Plant)

By Environmental Protection Agency

Book Id: WPLBN0000058226
Format Type: PDF eBook:
File Size: 0.1 MB
Reproduction Date: 2007

Title:	Witco Chemical Corp. (Oakland 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.). Witco Chemical Corp. (Oakland Plant). Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
Excerpt: Site Description The Witco Chemical Corp. (Oakland Plant) operates a technical research facility for the development of specialty chemicals at this 9-acre site on Bauer Drive in Oakland. From 1966 through 1984, the company neutralized laboratory wastewater in an underground tank and then discharged it into a network of six unlined subsurface seepage pits. This network lies in an aquifer used for domestic and industrial purposes. The New Jersey State Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) inspected the operation in 1982. Petroleum hydrocarbons and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were detected in soil and groundwater samples. The operation is located in an industrial park. It is bordered by Hopper Lake, a recreational water body, and a housing development. Approximately 43,000 people live within a 3-mile radius of the site, and 5,000 live within 1 mile. The entire population draws its drinking water supplies from either municipal or private wells that tap the aquifer of concern. A freshwater wetland lies within a mile of the site, and Franklin Lake, used for recreation, is 3 miles downstream

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