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  1. Hi, My name is Kendall and this is my Superfund project.
  2. So for this project, I chose to the Sinclair Refinery in Wellsville, New York
  3. The purpose of this slideshow was to highlight the core
  4. concepts and site specific information about the Superfund program.
  5. These are some vocabulary words that I found when I
  6. was doing my week research about this super fine.
  7. Some of them include what is your refund is point source and what a refinery is.
  8. Here's a map of exactly where the Sinclair refinery is located in that jury.
  9. Circle around it so you can see it right there.
  10. Background.
  11. A 100 acre Sinclair oil refinery is located
  12. between the Chinese River and south Brooklyn Avenue.
  13. The site has two different areas. A 90 acre refinery and a 10 acre landfill area.
  14. They put immediate actions into place by putting
  15. the sites long term remedy into place.
  16. There was a site inspection done by the E P A so that they
  17. could confirm that all the systems were operating like they were supposed to,
  18. and a protective worked protective to human health.
  19. The refinery was built in 1901 for the processing of Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil.
  20. The Sinclair Refinery Company purchased the refinery in
  21. 1919 and started working on it through 1958.
  22. They emerged with a company called Arco.
  23. During this time,
  24. the company manufactured products like heavy
  25. oils and grease lubrication applications.
  26. In more detail,
  27. the site was used to dispose of acids, pesticides,
  28. waste and other heavy metals.
  29. The refinery was purchased by a some clarifying company.
  30. One of the immediate actions that they did was to merge with a company called Argo.
  31. They removed about tin drums from the Chinese river
  32. that had entered from the flooding of the landfill
  33. In 1983.
  34. They decided to move the river away from eroding face of the landfill
  35. and place some dredged material there as a temporary protection against erosion.
  36. What were the health patches
  37. and this site? One of the main things that was found were hazardous waste.
  38. Some of these included pesticides, segments, waste oil and other heavy metals.
  39. These contaminants were found in the soil, surface, water,
  40. groundwater and more places in this site,
  41. these chemicals from toxic to humans and the rest of the environment,
  42. making it much more important for them to get it under control.
  43. How has the community been affected?
  44. The toxic waste has been affecting the community.
  45. There were many ways found in the environment, such as pesticides,
  46. surface water and groundwater,
  47. which is why they took immediate action to get it under control.
  48. Current status of the project In June, 2017 e. P. A.
  49. Completed its fifth year review report of the Sinclair refinery site.
  50. It took relevant data, including the two records of decisions.
  51. They also did investigation reports,
  52. progress monitoring and operation and maintenance reports.
  53. Based on the results, the EPA concluded
  54. that the actions taken at the Sinclair refinery site we're just to protect human
  55. health and the environment.
  56. The site states that long term protectiveness is achieved by implementation of
  57. easements and convince
  58. at the site
  59. properties. All of this has been filled with the county clerk, effective in
  60. October of 2014.
  61. The costs associated to complete this Superfund
  62. Was not $9 million dollars and it took place in May.
  63. Here are some of the links to the resources that I use to find my information
  64. closing statement
  65. the toxic waste for a major problem problem in the Sinclair refinery.
  66. That's why it was very important to get all of these segments and other chemicals out
  67. of the rivers so that it would be not not be spread and hurt the environment.
  68. And here are my M. L A. Citations and references. Thank you for watching my video.