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Army Creek Landfill NPL Site

 The 60-acre site was a, former sand and gravel pit which was operated during the 1960s by New Castle County as a landfill for municipal and industrial wastes.

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  • Date/Time Frame
  • 1960–1972
  • Statute
  • CERCLA
  • State
  • Delaware
  • Substances
  • benzene, bis(2-chloroethyl)ether, 1, 2-dichloroethane, iron, manganese chemicals
  • Injury
  • Groundwater, Sediment
Consent Decrees:

1990 Related Document

  • Federal Trustees:
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of the Interior (DOI)
  • State Trustees:
  • Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC)
  • Potentially Responsible Parties:
  • BP America Inc., The Budd Co., Champlain Cable Corp., Chrysler Corp., Day International Corp., E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. Inc., GEC Industries, Inc., General Motors Corp.,  Hercules Inc., ICI Americas Inc., Motor Wheel Corp., New Castle County, Delaware, SCA Services Inc., Standard Chlorine of Delaware Inc., Stauffer Chemical Co., Waste Management of Delaware Inc., Westvaco Corp., Wilmington Chemical Corp.