Landfills or Chemical Sites

B. Water Quality Data

11. Landfills or Chemical Sites

In the Darby Watershed there are several properties that have been abandoned or idled in which redevelopment or expansion is complicated by a possible release of a hazardous substance. The Ohio EPA offers information about the cleanup and reuse of such properties. A total of five such properties exist in the watershed. Only the Hershberger /Unico Landfill in Union County is monitored for contaminates. Figure 91 summarizes the sites and recent actions.

Figure 91: Darby Creek Watershed Landfill and Contamination Sites
County	Township	Year	Name	Contaminate	Recent Actions
Franklin	Prairie	1998	Doherty Road Site	Lead – Former Shooting Range	Dominion Homes cleaned site for homes
Madison	Canaan	1990	Scheiderer Farm	Asphalt Plant – Petroleum Products	1,300ft³ soil were removed
Union	Jerome	1970-1975	Hershberger Landfill/Unico Landfill	Landfill Leachate – volatile organic compounds	As of May 2003 6 million gallons of leachate removed – capped and monitored
Pickaway	Darby	1989	Countrymark	Pesticide mixing facility	Filtration installed In1990 no chemicals
Pickaway	Darby	1993	Rankin Oil Transport Spill	Tanker spilled 8,500 gasoline	7,200 gallons removed, site closed in 1998

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Last updated: November 18, 2008.