TC6 FIELD INVESTIGATIONS OF UNCONTROLLED HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES FIT PROJECT TASK REPORT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY CONTRACT NO. 68-01-6692 Preliminary Assessment Report of Tattle Street Landfill Tuttle Street and S.W. 14th Street Des Moines, Iowa Technical Directive Document No. R-07-8304-03 November 14, 1983 Prepared by: John Caoile and Sharon Martin >t • ' .; S00101764 SUPERFUND RECORDS ecology and environment, inc. Internaticxva' Specialists in the Environmental Sciences DB004595 O6J1OO
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TC6
FIELD INVESTIGATIONS OFUNCONTROLLED HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES
FIT PROJECT
TASK REPORT TO THEENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
CONTRACT NO. 68-01-6692
Pre l imina ry Assessment Report ofTattle Street L a n d f i l l
Tuttle Street and S .W. 14th StreetDes Moines, Iowa
Technical Directive Document No. R-07-8304-03
November 14, 1983
Prepared by:John Caoile and Sharon Martin>t • ' .;
S00101764SUPERFUND RECORDS
ecology and environment, inc.Internaticxva' Specialists in the Environmental Sciences
00169-(XG-OCa 5099-977 The Nxth 130 fieet en the east line June 1, 1981and the north 269.46 fieet en thevest line of let 2
fen ttrxlesaleCtcwery Cb.
00169-002-001 5217-73
5220-476
Boasting the north 130 fieet en theeast line and the north 259.46 feeten the west line, let 2
0169-003-001 4647-886 Krth 360 fieet en the wast line and Ftouary 2, 1976 Fcank Raxtanthe north 249.2 fieet en the east Onpanylinecf lot 3
00169-003-002 4644-163 Excepting the north 360 fiaet en the February 2, 1976 Frank Rasterwast line and the north 249.2 fieet Cbipenyen the east line, t 3
00169-004-000 4772-501 let 4
3932-463
00169-005-000 4772-501 let 5
00169-006-000 let 6
January 31, 1978 Das MainesTerminal Cb.
flfril 4, 1968
January 31, 1978 Das MinesTerminal Cb.
00169-007-000 let 7
Paxtcn luitaer Cb. 00169-008-000 let 8Des Madras Ihicn 00169-009-000 let 9Railway Cb.
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DES MOINES SW, IOWASW/4 DES MOINES 15 QUADRANGLE
N4130—W9337 5 / 7 5
1956
PHOTOREVISED 1967. 1971. AND 1976
SCALE 124000o
1000 6000 7000 FEET
) HH.OMCTE*
Figure 2-2
CONTOUR INTERVAL 10 FEET
Topographic map showing location of theTuttle Street landfill area (at arrow)
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under TDD No. R-7-8306-08) .
According to interviews with Mr. Bud Hoffman, a former
supervisor at Solar Aircraft for a plant section using TCE,
the solvent sludges were not hauled to the Tuttle Street
landfill but to the city landfill at Maury Street and SE
16th Street on the Des Moines River when the plant was in
operation from about 1945 to 1951.
According to discussions with Robert Beers (Hubbell
Realty, President), Hubbell Realty owned the Tuttle Street
landfill during the time of its operation in the mid-1950's
until 1963 or 1965. He indicated it was a private landfill
and they allowed only clay, rock and construction debris to
be disposed there. The landfill was operated for Hubbell
Realty by Mr. Jessie Veach whose last known location was in
the vicinity of 6th and Scott Street in Des Moines.
Much"of the property was sold in 1965 to the Des Moines
Union Railroad (DMURR). Mr. Beers indicated that debris
fill was hauled in at a much faster rate following the
sale. As reported in a telephone conversation with Mr.
Cook, the auditor for the DMURR, the low areas were filled
with construction debris, mainly in the southwest area of
the site.
At the Tuttle Street Landfill, the exact areas filled
are not documented other than that which can be ascertained
from historical aerial photographs. it can be observed from
aerial photographs taken in 1956 by the Corps of Engineers
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that much of the dumping was done in the northeast portions
of the site both north and south of Tuttle Street. The
portion of the landfill north of Tuttle Street has been
under development with several light warehouse buildings
being constructed there.
The site was inspected on June 14, 1983 by John Caoile
and Jim Jackson of the Region 7 FIT of Ecology and Environ-
ment, Inc. The area inspected was essentially that shown in
Figure 2-1, but efforts were concentrated in the undeveloped
area bounded by Tuttle Street, the DICO Plant, the Des
Moines Union Railroad tracks, and the levee.
During the inspection, construction debris was observed
on the ground, in railroad cuts along the levee and occur-
ring as scattered piles (see Figure 2-1 and photographs in
the Appendix). There were no tanks, drums or other contain-
ers visible during this inspection. Therefore, if any con-
tainerized wastes are present, the containers are most like-
ly buried.
The site occurs adjacent to the DICO plant which has
been identified as a probable source of TCE contamination in
the groundwater that is the drinking water supply for Des
Moines. As will be discussed further, however, some
evidence exists that DICO may not be the only source of this
contamination and that the Tuttle Street landfill may be a
location where TCE and other contaminants have been placed
in the past.
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SECTION 3: RECEPTORS
The site is located in the southwest bottomlands adja-
cent to the downtown area of the City of Des Moines, Iowa.
The area of the Tuttle Street landfill is zoned "M-2" or
heavy industrial according to the Des Moines Planning and
Zoning Department. Therefore, no persons occupy residences
in the area; however, daytime work force population is per-
haps as much as 1,000, as estimated from aerial photographs,
for a 1,000 foot perimeter surrounding the site.
The distances to the nearest off-site buildings is zero
since commercial buildings were contructed over areas of the
landfill itself. These companies are Paxton Lumber, Rounds
and Porter, Inc. and Merchants Warehouse. It is unknown
whether any landfilled material was removed in the con-
struction of these buildings.
The water supply for the City of Des Moines is obtained
from an infiltration gallery system (48" diameter horizontal
conduits). The north gallery is located on the west side of
the Raccoon river in the river alluvium and is approximately
1/4 mile west of the west edge of the Tuttle Street landfill
area (See Figure 2-2). The DMWW plant is located approxi-
mately 1/2 mile southwest of the site. TCE contamination
has been detected in Jao h of tlvese water sources.\\ v
No critical environments are located within three miles
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of this site. However, several city parks and naturally
forested plots occur within this area.
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SECTION 4: PATHWAYS
Before discussing the potential role of the Tuttle
Street Landfill in contributing to the contamination of the
area, the existing problem needs to be discussed. Tri-
chloroethylene (TCE) has been detected in the finished water
at the Des Moines Water Works since December 11, 1974. In
March, 1975, 80 ppb (ug/1) TCE was detected by IDEQ. EPA
studies in March, 1976, during the National Organic Monitor-
ing Survey revealed TCE concentration of 32-56 ppb. Cooper-
ative work between the two agencies disclosed that the TCE
contamination was derived through the infiltration gallery
system with highest concentrations in the north gallery.
Table 4-1 shows the most recently available analytical
data for samples taken by the FIT in June, 1983 from the Des
Moines Waterworks. TCE was again found in greatest concen-
tration in the gallery system. Bromodichloromethane, di-
bromochloromethane, and chloroform have not previously beenv.:,r *""
detected in waters from the **BWW and their source is un-
known. These three compounds also were not detected in sam-
ples collected from monitoring wells located on DICO proper-
ty and near the north gallery. The following metals and
organic compounds are among those analyzed for, but whose
presence was not detected in the DMWW samples: aluminum,
Alluvium is bounded by valley walls of Wisconsin till to the
north and lowan loess overlying Kansan glacial drift to the
south4. Alluvium in the area generally consists of an
upper horizon of silty clay or clayey silt that is underlain
by silty sand, grading into coarse sand and gravel. The
permeability of the alluvium ranges from moderate to very
high while the underlying shale bedrock acts as an aquitard
and thus confines significant groundwater flow.
Despite past and on-going studies at DICO, a source for
certain pollutants has not been identified. These include
the known carcinogen, vinyl chloride, found in both soil and
water samples at DICO, and other volatile organics such as
bromomethane and trans 1,3-dichloropropene detected in past
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analyses. Although these constituents may be present as im-
purities in the degreasing sludge once spread at DICO to
control dust or may be degradation byproducts of this
sludge, the possibility still remains for a source outside
of DICO's influence. The Tuttle Street landfill is a
possible source considering the direction of groundwater
flow (predominately northwest) and the apparent laxity of
controls during the filling of this landfill.
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SECTION 5: WASTE CHARACTERISTICS
Volatile organic contaminants have been detected in the
groundwater in: 1) the north gallery, 2) a monitoring well
located between the river and the north gallery, and 3) in
several monitoring wells on the east side of the river
between the levee and SW 16th Street (mainly on DICO
property). Volatile organics were also detected in soil
samples taken from well borings; but to date, only in those
from DICO property. L p,cVS<<J>
Assuming most of the fill at the Tuttle Gfe~ek Landfill
is demolition debris and that the fill resembles that at
DICO, the amount of fill averages 10 feet and consists main-
ly of brick and concrete with possible drums (empty or
otherwise). Some of this debris was moved during con-
struction of railroad tracks along the levee (see photo-
graphs in the Appendix).
At the present level of this investigation, no evidence
has been found either by visual observations or interviews
to indicate that significant quantities of industrial wastes
were disposed of at the Tuttle Street Landfill. However, as
discussed previously, the character of the materials buried
is unknown, as is the groundwater quality.
If related to a common source as the DICO site, the
suspected contaminants at the Tuttle Street Landfill would
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be many and varied in characteristics. The volatile organ-
ics discussed in the previous section' (see Tables 4-1 and
4-2) are mostly highly toxic and suspected or known carcino-
gens. These compounds occur as liquids with vapor pressures
varying from low (58 mm) for TCE to very high (2600 mm) for
vinyl chloride^. Some have relatively high densities,
such as TCE (1.46) and bromomethane (1.73)^, and would
tend to settle to the bottom of the aquifer and move along
the alluvial-bedrock interface. Compounds such as bromo-
dichloromethane are highly persistent and not easily bio-
degraded. Most of these compounds are only slightly soluble
(<1%) and not of an ignitable or corrosive danger under
present conditions. Ignitability of these compounds ranges
from low for TCE to high for vinyl chloride.
The concentration of organic contaminants in the
groundwater of the area appears to be decreasing slightly
with time since the ceasation of spreading sludges at DICO
in 1979. However, due to the complexities of groundwater
flow, it is difficult to make a long range prediction that
this trend will continue or accelerate.
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SECTION 6: WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
The Tuttle Street Landfill was closed and covered in
the mid-late 1960's. The area has since been partitioned so
that there are several owners and businesses (see Table 2-1)
involved with various points of access. As only demolition
debris has been found on the surface, any possible hazardous
wastes would be expected to occur beneath the surface. The
amount of hazardous wastes may be relatively small — the
result of possible midnight or other uncontrolled dumping.
Unless sealed drums are present, the danger of incompatible
wastes is minimal as the mixture will have already reached
an equilibium.
It is not known that any liners or leachate collection
systems were used at this landfill. However, due to the in-
tended use of the landfill, it is considered unlikely that
such preventive measures were used.
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SECTION 7: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
While the possibility of former disposal of hazardous
wastes at the Tuttle Street Landfill seems remote, mainly
due to lack of records on fill material, this possibility
should not be ignored. Trichloroethylene (TCE) contamina-
tion of the Des Moines public water supply has been docu-
mented over the past several years. At least some of the
TCE contamination can be traced to DICO (located immediately
west of the Tuttle Street landfill area); but for some con-
taminants found in soil and water samples at DICO, no known
source exists. And inasmuch as groundwater at the Tuttle
Street landfill area is located upgradient of both DICO and
the city's north infiltration gallery system, monitoring of
this possible source is warranted. If this area proves to
be devoid of these contaminants, then monitoring data would
serve as background for DICO studies.
The installation of a system of monitoring wells locat-
ed around the periphery of the old landfill area should be
considered. Some wells could be placed to intercept ground-
water flow between the old landfill and the DICO plant.
Other wells could be put toward the south edge of the site
to monitor groundwater flow in that area in the event a
groundwater divide occurs such that flow in this area would
be towards the river. Finally, a background well should be
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located to the northeast of the old landfill area. Figure
7-1 shows general locations for these wells. Location and
number of wells are dependent upon access agreements and
locations of sewer and utility lines.
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Figure 7-1 Location of proposed and existingmonitoring wells in the Tuttle Streetlandfill and DICO areas, respectively.Base map is from Federal HighwayAdministration-Iowa Dept. of Transporta-tion Environmental Impact Statement 83-01-D.
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SECTION 8: REFERENCES
Federal Highway Administration - Iowa Department ofTransportation Environmental Impact Statement 83-01-D.
Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Department ofAgriculture, 1960, Soil Survey — Polk County, Iowa,Series 1953, no. 9, 96 p.
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1979, Climatic Atlas of theUnited States, National Climatic Center, Ashville,North Carolina.
Bain, H.F., 1896, Geology of Polk County, IowaGeological Survey Annual Report 7, p. 263-412.
Sax, N.I., 1979, Dangerous Properties of IndustrialMaterials, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company: New York,N.Y., 1118 p.
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1. SITE IDENTIFICATIONA. SITE. NAME
Tuttle Street Landfill (Central Des Moinesc. c,jfUui>lr1d1 Park)
Des Moines
B. S T R E E T (» *(r>»r H»ntlllft)In oroximity of Tuttle St. & SW 14th Street
D.STATE
IowaE. ZIP CODE
50309F. COUNTY N A M E
Polk___C. OwNER/OPt RATOR (II
various - see attached list and Table 2-1I i. Tri_c^Mom
M. TYPE OF OwNtRSMIP
1 )t. r EDEKAL. CD2' *T*TE CZ11- COUNTY CD* MUNICIPAL P3 & PRIVATE [ ]t. UNKNOWN
t. »ITf DEiCRIPTIOH
old landfill -- closed and coveredJ. HO» IDENTIFIED (I.*.. ell/«»"'« ee»»>l»in»«. OSHX cll'flon*. *leO
During DICO Investigations - identified by Harold Carville (DICO)
K. DATE IDENTIFIED(••o., d*r. 4 r*~)
1980L. PRINCIPAL S T A T E CONTACT
Mr. George Welch, Iowa Dept. of Water, Air and Waste Management 515/281-890011- P R E L I M I N A R Y A S S E S S M E N T fcocy»lgla thlt •ecb'on
A. «>P> ARrWi'sf RToUTsiii OF PROBLEM
\—[<. HIGH (??32- MEDIUM 1 \*. LO* [~~]« NONE [~~]s UNKNOWN
S. RECOMMENDATION
[ ] |. NO A C T I O N N E E D E D fr*o >>•
INiPECTIpN»C HI OUL ED POM
WILL •! PI«FO"l«JtO
Installation of monitoring wells
1 ] 1 I M M E D I A T E SITE INSPECTION NEEDED«. T E N T A T I V E L Y 1 C M C D U I . C D f O«
b WILL »E PCHPOKI - ICD BY:
[ ]4. SITE INSPECTION NEEDED f/e- Pr/o,i
C. PREPARER I N F O R M A T I O N
Sharon P. Martin, Ecology & Environment, Inc.I 2. TELEPHONE MUU
913/371-3213i. D A T E (no.. *«r. 4 r>-;
11/3/83111. SITE INFORMATION
A. SITE STATUS[ ] 1. ACTIVE (T7>o.. I. INACTIVE H>. OTHER (•p.cllr)'_____
«•• •!!•• thar Includ* *urhdl»po»m1
IS GENERATOR ON SITE*
rxi«. *o | ^ 2. vei (•/••«"> «•»••'•••»•• lo-M sic c»d
C. AREA Of SITE fl» »C»»»J
approx. 85 acres
D. IF APPARENT SERIOUSNESS OF SITE IS HIGH. SPECIFY COORDINATESI LATITUDE (**!•—•"'"•—***') I 1. LOMCITUOE (4*t-—•><«.— ••cj
41° 34' 38.7" N 93° 37' 49.8" WE. ARE THERE •UILDIMGS OM THE SITEI
OTHER f.p.cifr; _Susjiectej wastes - TCE and other volatile organicsC A T E G O R I E S
rord* of »«H.. Sp .c l f j
None known to exist2. EmUn>«t» tb« «inount(fpocttf unit of me»*ure)of wnlr by c«trgory; m«rk 'Z' to Lpdlc«l« -whJch w«il«t mre pr«trnt.
.. SLUDGEAMOUNT
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d. C H E M I C A L SAMOUNT
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UNIT Or MCAIUME
I. OTHER
UNIT or uc A tune
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111 P I C K L I N GLIQUOnl
111 C AU1TIC*
141 P 11TIC IOCS
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i> i"».-ii.TT A N C I I or. I T I *. r L A T f P l K F C K f c » M I O M (tonttnutd)• .«i c >- WAY PL OK TH{ V i l t ( r ' * < * ' " * * * c * r ^ '
Trichloroethylene (TCE) \Other volatile organics, in minor amounts:
vinyl chloride;bromome thane; trans 1 ,3-dichloropropene
4. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR N A R R A T I V E DESCRIPTION OF S I T U A T I O N K N O W N Oft R E P O R T E D TO E X I S T AT THE SITE.
No records or communications verifying hazardous waste disposal at site. However,site is located close to several past generators of such waste. Additionally public -watPr SUDDlv i* contaminated with ICE. ——————————————————————— _ ———————————————————
———— — VI. H A Z A R D D E S C R I P T I O N
A- TYPE OF KAIARD
1. NO MAX AMD
1. MUfAM HCAUTM
NON-*>OHKCR*• INJURT/CX^O»t»««
«. W O M K C M IMJOBV
C O H T A M I M & T I O N•• Of W A T C * lU^Pl-Y
C O M T A k 4 I M A f l O N•• or rooo CHAIN
C OM T »»JIN » T ION* • or C»»OIJWD W A T I *
C O W T A " I M » T ' O N* • O F » U « ' » C l W A T C "
VIH. PAST REGULATORY ACTIONSA. WONC f*t«x«»*rf»* b«fow)
IX. INSPECTION ACTIV ITY (P**t or
| 1 A. NONE [X] •. YES fco-^J.r. 1,. . J.J.j. A t
A C T I V I T Ya D A T C OP
P A S T AC TION . DOCMIPTION
Site Visit 6/14/83 FITSite inspection, information retrieval byJohn Caoile and James Jackson.
X. R E M E D I A L A C T I V I T Y (p*»f or on Jofnfl)
A. NONE [ j B. V ES .»,• 1.3.3. A 4
I . T Y P I O f A C T I V I T Ya. D A T E or
P A S T A C TION(B.O.. «»«r. 4 T'*)
«. OC1CMIPTION
NOTE' Based on the information in Sections DI thrr-jgh X, Gil out the Prel iminary Assessment (Section II)information on the first page of this form. ________________________________
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Attachment to Form-; 2070-2
Land Ownership in Central Des Moines Industrial Park(Tuttle Street Landfill Area)
Iowa Power & Light823 Walnut StreetDes Moines, IA 50319(515) 281-2222
Frank Paxton Lumber Co.205 SW llth StreetDes Moines, IA 50309(515) 283-2131
Joseph N. Chamberlain1727 Grand AvenueDes Moines, IA 50309(515) 288-0500
