TAPUTIMU FARM
EPA #: ASD980637656
State: AMERICAN SAMOA()
County: Island of Tutuila
City: Taputimu
Congressional District: 01
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Description and History
NPL Listing History
NPL Status: Deleted
Proposed Date: 10/30/1982
Final Date: 09/08/1983
Deleted Date: 03/07/1986
The Taputimu Farm is owned by the Government of American Samoa and was the Territory's primary repository of unused and outdated agricultural chemicals and pesticides. The farm consists of a three-room farm warehouse and a trailer. The pesticide materials were stored on a concrete or steel floor of the storage areas and trailer. Ten drums and leaking and deteriorating containers were found improperly stored within the facility buildings. The facility is located approximately 1/4 mile from a public beach. Approximately 3,000 people depend on groundwater within a three mile radius of the site for domestic purposes.
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Contaminants and Risks
Contaminated Media:
Soil and Sludges
The interior floor areas of the warehouse and trailer were contaminated with pesticides. Soil sampling for primary pollutants and visual examination of the site confirmed that contamination was confined to the interior floor areas of the warehouse and trailer. Direct contact with contaminants while in the warehouse or trailer was a threat to human health.
Who is Involved
This site was addressed through Federal actions.
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Investigation and Cleanup Activities
Entire Site: Based on the results of the site investigation in 1984, the EPA performed the following activities: sealed the warehouse opening to restrict access to the site by trespassers; repacked the pesticides and shipped them to Long Beach, California for disposal at a Federally-approved disposal facility; washed down all the exposed surfaces of the storage areas with bleach to ensure deactivation of residual materials not picked up by sweeping and vacuuming; applied two layers of epoxy paint to the interior walls and poured concrete over the existing floor; and banned all food storage in the building and placed warning signs on the building prohibiting food storage as an additional precautionary measure.
Deletion from the National Priorities List. The EPA, with the agreement of the Government of American Samoa, deleted the site from the NPL on March 7, 1986, after determining that all the appropriate responses had been completed and no further cleanup was necessary under CERCLA.
To review the Administrative Record file for the Taputimu Farm site, please feel free to call the Superfund Records Center at (415) 536-2000. The Administrative Record is EPA's official collection of data, reports and other information that the EPA considered or relied on in making its decision on the selection of a removal or remedial action for cleaning up the site.
Cleanup Results to Date
The cleanup activities at the Taputimu Farm site have been completed. The EPA deleted this site from the NPL in 1986.
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Potentially Responsible Parties
Potentially responsible parties (PRPs) refers to companies that are potentially responsible for generating, transporting, or disposing of the hazardous waste found at the site.
Online information about the PRPs for the site is not yet available.
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Public Information Repositories
The most complete collection of documents
is the official EPA site file, maintained at
the following location:
Superfund Records Center
Mail Stop SFD-7C
95 Hawthorne Street, Room 403
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 536-2000
Enter main lobby of 75 Hawthorne street,
go to 4th floor of South Wing Annex.
The public information repositories for
the site are at the following locations:
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Contacts
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| EPA Site Manager |
Christopher Lichens |
415-972-3149 |
Lichens.Christopher@epa.gov |
Mail Code SFD71
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105 |
EPA Community
Involvement Coordinator |
Vicki Rosen |
415-972-3244
1-800-231-3075 |
Rosen.Vicki@epa.gov |
Mail Code SFD63
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105 |
EPA Public Information
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415-947-8701 |
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After Hours
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US EPA |
(800) 424-8802 |
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