Delaware Sand & Gravel Landfill
Superfund site in New Castle, DE · EPA ID DED000605972
Delaware Sand & Gravel Landfill is a Superfund site in New Castle, DE on the EPA National Priorities List (Currently on the Final NPL). Contaminants of concern include 1,2,4-TRIMETHYLBENZENE, 1,3,5-TRIMETHYLBENZENE, 1,4-DIOXANE, 2-BUTANONE (METHYL ETHYL KETONE). At Delaware Sand & Gravel Landfill, the EPA has determined that human exposure is under control.
EPA status
- National Priorities List
- Currently on the Final NPL
- Human exposure under control
- Yes
- Groundwater migration under control
- Yes
- Construction complete
- Yes
- Sitewide ready for reuse
- No
- Federal facility
- No
- EPA region
- 03
- County
- New Castle
Contaminants of concern
Grouped by the environmental medium in which the EPA recorded them.
Groundwater
- 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
- 1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene
- 1,4-Dioxane
- 2-Butanone (Methyl Ethyl Ketone)
- 4-Methyl-2-Pentanone (Methyl Isobutyl Ketone)
- Arsenic
- Benzene
- Bis(2-Chloroethyl)Ether
- Chlorobenzene
- Cobalt
- Ethylbenzene
- Iron
- Manganese
- N,N-Dimethylaniline
- Naphthalene
- Phenol
- Styrene
- Toluene
- Xylene (Mixed Isomers)
Soil
- 1,2-Dichloroethane
- 2-Methylphenol (O-Cresol)
- 4-Methylphenol (P-Cresol)
- Acetone
- Antimony
- Aroclor 1248
- Aroclor 1254
- Arsenic
- Barium
- Benzene
- Bis(2-Chloroethyl)Ether
- Bis(2-Chloroisopropyl) Ether
- Chlorobenzene
- Copper
- Dichloromethane (Methylene Chloride)
- Ethylbenzene
- Lead
- Naphthalene
- Phenol
- Polychlorinated Biphenyls (Pcbs)
- Styrene
- Tetrachloroethene
- Toluene
- Trichloroethene
- Xylene (Mixed Isomers)
Location
229 GRANTHAM LANE, New Castle, DE 19720
Latitude 39.651389, longitude -75.602781