Shpack Landfill
Shpack Landfill is a hazardous waste site in Norton, Massachusetts. After assessment by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) it was added to the National Priorities List in October 1986 for long-term remedial action. The site cleanup is directed by the federal Superfund program. The Superfund site covers 9.4 acres, mostly within Norton, with 3.4 acres in the adjoining city of Attleboro. The Norton site was operated as a landfill dump accepting domestic and industrial wastes, including low-levelradioactive waste, between 1946 and 1965. The source of most of the radioactive waste, consisting of uranium and radium, was Metals and Controls Inc. which made enriched uranium fuelelements for the U.S. Navy under contract with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Metals and Control
primaryTopic
Shpack Landfill
Shpack Landfill is a hazardous waste site in Norton, Massachusetts. After assessment by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) it was added to the National Priorities List in October 1986 for long-term remedial action. The site cleanup is directed by the federal Superfund program. The Superfund site covers 9.4 acres, mostly within Norton, with 3.4 acres in the adjoining city of Attleboro. The Norton site was operated as a landfill dump accepting domestic and industrial wastes, including low-levelradioactive waste, between 1946 and 1965. The source of most of the radioactive waste, consisting of uranium and radium, was Metals and Controls Inc. which made enriched uranium fuelelements for the U.S. Navy under contract with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Metals and Control
has abstract
Shpack Landfill is a hazardous ...... down by a court order in 1965.
@en
Link from a Wikipage to an external page
Wikipage page ID
39,178,747
Wikipage revision ID
744,854,428
Caption
Rusting chemical waste drums at Shpack Landfill site in May 2003.
CERCLIS ID
9.80503973E8
contaminants
Base/Neutral and Acid Extractable Compounds
Dioxins/Dibenzofurans
Halogenated SVOCs
Persistent Organic Pollutants
listed
1986-10-06
map caption
Shpack Landfill's location in Massachusetts
name
Shpack Landfill
proposed
1984-10-15
state
subject
hypernym
point
41.943333333333335 -71.235
comment
Shpack Landfill is a hazardous ...... Commission. Metals and Control
@en
label
Shpack Landfill
@en
lat
4.1943333333333346e+1
long
-7.1235e+1