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Protest the Covanta Garbage Incinerator! Crow's Landing, Stanislaus County, California See Also:
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Toxic Sites in Stanislaus County! Check out the map! 1) Covanta self-described
as “waste to energy” facility
is a garbage incinerator in Crow's Landing burns about 800 tons per
day of solid waste. The incinerator emits dangerous toxic chemicals
and toxic metals into the air, including dioxin, one of the most toxic
chemicals known to science. 2) Naval Auxiliary Landing Field, Crows Landing (NALF) commissioned in 1943-1994 & National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 1994-2001 is now a superfund site for Stanislaus County. Environmental studies identified 21 CERCLA sites and 11 Underground Storage Tank (UST) sites for Moffett Field Naval Air Station, which includes Crows Landing. Such sites identified include, landfills, USTs, a burn pit, ditches, holding ponds, French drains, maintenance areas, and spill sites. Primary contaminants include VOCs, heavy metals, and petroleum/oil/lubricants (POL); these contaminants have been released to groundwater and soil. 3) Patterson Frozen Foods VOC 3 Tons/year (EPA Emissions and Air Quality Data) 4) Paul Oil Co. Inc.-A commercial oil recycling plant located in Patterson, emissions unavailable 5) Westley Tire Dump-For many years millions of tires were illegally dumped at a site in Westley. In 1988 there were approximately 42 millions tires on 40 acres of land. On September 22, 1999 lightning struck the tire pile and over 7 million tires caught fire. The fire burned for 34 days causing severe air, soil, and groundwater contamination. Health consequences to nearby residents included chronic headaches, coughing, wheezing, eye discomfort, sore throat, runny nose, nosebleeds, asthma, bronchitis, skin irritation, and leukemia. In the beginning of 2002 Ed Filbin, owner of the tire pile, acquired the tire-burning power plant which is on his land and wants to reopen it to resume the tire incineration business. This will emit dangerous toxic chemicals and toxic metals into the air. 6) F & A Dairy of California Inc.-NOx 11 Tons/day, CO 3 Tons/year & PM-10 5 Tons/year (EPA Emissions and Air Quality Data) 7) Ball Western Can Co. L.L.C.-emissions unavailable 8) A.L. Gilbert Co.- NOx 12 Tons, CO 2 Tons/year, 6 PM-10 tons/year (EPA Emissions and Air Quality Data) 9) Silgan Containers MFG. Corp.-emissions unavailable 10) U.S Army Riverbank Ammunition Plant* In 1942, the Army constructed what is now the Riverbank Army Ammunition Plant as an aluminum reduction plant to supply military requirements. Since 1951, the installation has been used to manufacture steel cartridge cases for the Army and the Navy. Other manufactured products include grenades and projectiles that are shipped to other ammunition plants for loading operations. Chromium was detected in drinking water wells in near by neighborhoods west of the installation. A Preliminary Assessment and Site Inspection identified the following three sites: the Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant, an abandoned landfill, and four evaporation and percolation ponds located north of the plant near the Stanislaus River. Chromium, cyanide, and zinc are the primary contaminants affecting groundwater and soil. 11) Varco Pruden Building Co. VOC 212 Tons/year & NOx 1 Ton/year (EPA Emissions and Air Quality Data) 12) Astro Cap California-emissions unavailable 13) Gallo Glass Co.- VOC 2 Tons/year, NOx 326 Tons/year, CO 2 Tons/year, SO2 271 Tons/year, PM-10 232 Tons/year (EPA Emissions and Air Quality Data) 14) Foster Dairy Farms-VOC 1 Ton/year, NOx 19 Tons/year, CO 4 Tons/year & PM-10 6 Tons/year (EPA Emissions and Air Quality Data) 15) Valley Wood Preserving Inc.* The 14-acre. site was in operation from 1973 until the County revoked the company's license in 1979. The wood preserving process involved pressure-treating lumber with an aqueous chromated copper arsenate (CCA) solution. Water Quality Control Board (CRWQCB) identified toxic wood-treating chemicals in an on-site storage pond, monitoring wells, and on- and off-site soils. Approximately 34,000 people live within 3 miles of the site. The City of Turlock municipal wells, which draw water from an aquifer underlying the site, serve 26,200 people within 3 miles of the site. 16) D.D. Williamson & Co. Inc. produces caramel food coloring for commercial aesthetic purposes. Voluntary emissions data indicates VOCs. 17) Lamar Tool & Die
Casting-emissions unavailable 20) Modesto Tallow Co.-Recently has been scrutinized for issues ranging from odor nuisance to violation of the Clean Water Act. The company turns livestock carcasses into products such as grease, tallow and hides. 21) Modesto Groundwater Contamination*-The Modesto Groundwater superfund site aka Halford Cleaners is a localized PCE plume in the area of Halford's Cleaners, located in the City of Modesto. In September 1984 the City of Modesto discovered the presence of elevated levels of tetrachloroethylene (PCE) and trichloroethane (TCA) in the groundwater. Consequently, a public water supply well and the groundwater plume in the area was contaminated. Halford's Cleaners, a dry cleaning business is suspected of contributing to the contamination based on its proximity to the plume. Halford's Cleaners has been in operation since the 1940's and use several industrial solvents in its dry cleaning operations. Investigation of Halford's Cleaners indicate the presence of PCE contaminated soil up to 6,000 parts per million (ppm). 23) James C. Enochs High School site proposal-During a Preliminary Environmental Assessment Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) can be found in materials such as oil, grease, and asphalt, also forms during the incomplete burning of meat, tobacco and garbage. Toxaphene (cancer causing commercial pesticide) was also found in the soil. |