RCRA Facilities and Corrective Actions in Calcasieu Parish

RCRA CORRECTIVE ACTION

• RCRA FACILITIES
• PERMITTED/INTERIM STATUS

RCRA CORRECTIVE ACTION

• HSWA CONDITIONS
• RFA/RFI/CMS/CMI

RCRA CORRECTIVE ACTION INDICATORS

• GPRA GOALS
• CA 725 HUMAN EXPOSURES
• CA 750 GROUNDWATER

RCRA FACILITIES INVOLVED IN CORRECTIVE ACTION

CECOS INTERNATIONAL, INC.

SASOL NORTH AMERICA, INC. (aka CONDEA VISTA COMPANY)

PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.

CITGO PETROLEUM CORP.

CECOS INTERNATIONAL

CLOSED COMMERCIAL HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY

INDUSTRIAL LIQUID WASTES FROM PETROLEUM AND PETROCHEMICAL OPERATIONS AND OTHER 

INORGANIC AND ORGANIC BY-PRODUCT MATERIALS

RCRA UNITS IN CORRECTIVE ACTION INCLUDE IMPOUNDMENTS AND LANDFILLS

RFI COMPLETED/INTERIM CORRECTIVE ACTION MEASURES ONGOING

CONTAMINANTS

• PRIMARY SOURCES WERE OLD UNLINED IMPOUNDMENTS
• VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
• SEMI-VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
• METALS
• OTHER INORGANIC COMPOUNDS

CORRECTIVE ACTION

• HYDRODYNAMIC CONTROL
• RECOVERY WELL SYSTEM CONSISTING OF 20 WELLS
• NORTHEAST CORNER SHALLOW ZONE
• 50 FOOT ZONE

CITGO PETROLEUM CORP.

PETROLEUM REFINERY WASTES

RCRA UNITS REQUIRING GROUNDWATER MONITORING AND/OR CORRECTIVE ACTION INCLUDE IMPOUNDMENTS, LANDFILLS, LAND TREATMENT UNITS, WASTEWATER TREATMENT IMPOUNDMENTS

RFI WORK PLAN UNDER REVIEW

CITGO REFINERY AND LUBE PLANT

CONTAMINANTS

• SOURCES INCLUDE PROCESS AREAS AND WASTE TREATMENT UNITS
• VOLATILE AND SEMI-VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
• METALS

CORRECTIVE ACTION

• HYDRODYNAMIC CONTROL
• 3 RECOVERY WELLS
• BIOGEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION PROGRAM IMPLEMENTED AT LUBE PLANT RETENTION BASIN

PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.

LDEQ ISSUED COMPLIANCE ORDER IN 1991 FOR SURGE POND (RCRA IMPOUNDMENT)

HSWA CONDITIONS (1990) REQUIRE SITE-WIDE INVESTIGATION

SOURCES INCLUDE PROCESS AREAS, PRODUCT STORAGE AREAS, AND OLD UNLINED IMPOUNDMENTS

CONTAMINANTS

• VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
• PRIMARILY CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS
• METALS

CORRECTIVE ACTION

• HYDRODYNAMIC CONTROL 
• GROUNDWATER PLUMES IN SEVERAL ZONES
• APPROXIMATELY 108 RECOVERY WELLS
• CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER BEING RECOVERED FROM SEVERAL ZONES
• CHICOT CONTAINMENT SYSTEM
• CMS EXPECTED IN MID-2002

SASOL NORTH AMERICA, INC.

LDEQ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ISSUED IN 1986 REQUIRING PLANT-WIDE INVESTIGATION AND REMEDIATION OF CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER

HSWA CONDITIONS IMPOSED 1993

RFI APPROVED/IMPLEMENTED 1998

CONTAMINANTS

• SOURCES INCLUDE PROCESS AREAS, TANK FARM, OLD UNLINED IMPOUNDMENTS
• VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS PRIMARILY 1,2-DICHLOROETHANE (EDC)

CORRECTIVE ACTION

• HYDRODYNAMIC CONTROL OF GROUNDWATER PLUME
• RECOVERY WELL SYSTEM CONSISTING OF 7 HORIZONTAL AND 21VERTICAL RECOVERY WELLS
• RECOVERY WELLS IN 10 FOOT, 25 FOOT, 50 FOOT AND 80 FOOT ZONES

SUMMARY

• RCRA FACILITIES INVOLVED IN CORRECTIVE ACTION
• RCRA FACILITIES NOT INVOLVED IN CORRECTIVE ACTION
• NON-RCRA FACILITIES INVOLVED IN CORRECTIVE ACTION