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Private
91941
900 Block of Norwood Avenue (State Route 29 West) Urbana, OH 43078
269
K41-11-11-30-00-013-00, K41-11-11-30-00-013-02, K48-25-00-04-05-036-01, K48-25-0
40.1216667 / -83.7725
4
Cragan, Keary
cragan.keary@epa.gov
312-353-5669


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Property Location



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Property Progress


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CAs Associated with this Property

CA NameCA #StateTypeAnnouncement Year
Ohio Environmental Protection AgencyRP96523503OHSection 128(a) State/Tribal2007
Ohio Environmental Protection AgencyRP07E01546OHSection 128(a) State/Tribal2021


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Assessment Activities at this Property

ActivityEPA FundingStart DateCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Counted When?
Phase I Environmental Assessment$8,864.6004/10/200807/08/2008Ohio Environmental Protection AgencyYFY09
Phase II Environmental Assessment$47,694.0012/10/202103/23/2022Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Supplemental Assessment$5,200.0010/26/202112/14/2021Ohio Environmental Protection Agency


Is Cleanup Necessary? No
EPA Assessment Funding: $61,758.60
Leveraged Funding:
Total Funding: $61,758.60


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment

Selected Strategy(ies)Explanatory Text
N/AThis property does not incorporate planning or assessment activities to address impacts from extreme weather events and natural disasters. If no activities were incorporated, select this option.


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Contaminants and Media


Other Contaminants
NOT Cleaned up


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Cleanup Activities

There are no current cleanup activities.


Cleanup/Treatment Implemented: N
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Address of Data Source:
Total ACRES Cleaned Up: 269
Number of Cleanup Jobs Leveraged:
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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup

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N/AThis property does not incorporate demolition or cleanup activities to address impacts from extreme weather events and natural disasters. If no activities were incorporated, select this option.


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Institutional and Engineering Controls

No
No


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Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments

There are no current redevelopment activities.


Number of Redevelopment Jobs Leveraged:
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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment

Selected Strategy(ies)Explanatory Text
N/AThis property does not incorporate redevelopment activities to address impacts from extreme weather events and natural disasters. If no activities were incorporated, select this option.


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Additional Property Attributes

Phase II soil and ground water sampling activities were conducted at the Property between 1986 and 1997. Dioxins and furans(PCDDs/PCDFs) were detected in some soil samples. The risks associated with inhalation, oral, and dermal exposures to the detected PCDD/PCDFs were calculated to be 10-7 to 10-12 based on a 1997 risk assessment. The cumulative risk for all three pathways was calculated to be 10-7. According to the report, these estimated cancer risks were significantly lower than acceptable criteria outlined by both USEPA and OEPA, and therefore, no remediation activities were deemed necessary. Additionally, none of the results of the soil sample analyses exceeded USEPA CERCLIS or RCRA clean up levels for dioxins of 1.0 parts per billion (ppb).

Former Use: The Property is west of the City of Urbana and about 1.5 miles east of the Mad River. Specifically, the Property is situated in the area bounded by Millerstown Road on the north, Norwood Avenue and Edgewood Avenue on the east, and agricultural fields on the south and west. The Property is located in a primarily mixed land use area that includes agricultural and residential properties, with some interspersed industry in areas to the east and southeast. The Property is mostly open land with grasses and overgrown vegetation, and is within the northern (upstream) end of the Dugan?s Run watershed, a small flowing tributary of the Mad River. The Property is currently vacant and unused. Previously, the Property was a wastewater spray field operated and managed by the Neenah Paper Company, Fox River Paper Company and Howard Paper Mills from 1965 to 2007. The spray field was used for the disposal of wash water from the fine paper manufacturing at the paper mill. The Property was privately owned and used as agricultural land until converted to a spray field for Howard Paper in 1964. Dorothy Johnson, a private owner, sold the Property to the Howard Paper Company in 1987. Following the acquisition of a new company, Howard Paper Mills became Howard Paper Group in 1989. In 1991 the Property was sold by the Howard Paper Group to the Fox River Paper Company. In 2007, Neenah Paper Company acquired Fox River Paper Company in a merger.

2021: The approximately 269?acre Property is vacant open land that is currently being used for agricultural
purposes. Historical documentation indicates that the Property consisted of a farm, two houses, out?buildings,
agricultural fields, and undeveloped land use prior to 1965 when the majority of the unwooded portions
of the Property were developed as a wastewater spray field for use by the local off?site paper mill. The
Property was used as a wastewater spray field until 2007. Analytical results obtained from environmental media sampled from the Property during this investigation indicate that the Property has not been significantly impacted by former wastewater disposal activities on the ground surface. Slightly elevated concentrations of arsenic and cobalt detected in ground water above their UPUS is limited to monitoring well MW?7. With exception to barium, no other monitoring wells were found to have concentrations of metals in ground water above laboratory limits indicating that metal contamination in ground water is not a site?wide concern. Monitoring well MW?7 has a limited water column and ran dry during sample purging. It is reasonable to suspect that the levels of metals found at location MW?7 are not representative of shallow ground water conditions at the Property and are likely a factor of excessive suspended solids. Based on the analytical results obtained and the existing site conditions, potential exposure pathways to human receptors appear to be incomplete and applicable standards are met. Parcels:K41-11-11-30-00-013-00, K41-11-11-30-00-013-02, K48-25-00-04-05-036-01, K48-25-00-04-18-001-01
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