er (5). Although drinking water is not yet known to have been affected, the groundwater was contaminated with volatile organic compounds and heavy metals (5). Both of these types of contaminants have been linked with one or several of the following: cancer, liver, kidney, and nervous system problems (4). In July 1979, the State Court required that all material be removed from the site by July 1980 (5). The state has spent over $300,000 cleaning this site (5). According to EPA standards, this site is in the "construction completed" stage of clean up. This does not mean, however that actual cleanup is complete because groundwater may need to be treated more than 30 years before contaminants are at accepted levels (5).The next Superfund that has greatly influenced the environment of Butler County is the Skinner Landfill. The Landfill is on 85 acres in West Chester (2). The facility was privately owned and was never actually licensed, so it closed in the 1970's (5). The landfill contains about 100 drums of chlorinated organics, and heavy metals. Along with the presence of the drums is the fact that a nearby lagoon was once used as a disposal for these contaminants, and that the site had problems with unauthorized dumping (5). Fortunately, no contaminants have been discovered leaving the site (5). The presence of these pollutants in ground water would have similar results to the Chem Dyne pollutants: cancer, kidney, liver, and central nervous system troubles (4). Currently, the site is in the "construction underway" stage of clean up (5). The EPA says that this "follows the remedial phase and involves the actual construction or implementation phase of Superfund site cleanup."The final Superfund I will discuss is the Feed Materials Production Center (FMPC). This site is in Fernald, 20 miles northwest of Cincinnati (2). It is 1,450 acres and resides in both Butler and Hamilton Counties. (2). The FMPC manufactures fuel elements...
