Cody Ofisa
Lab Project: Super
Fund Cites
1) The
Environmental Projection Agency protects the environment by overlooking areas
such as indoor air, molds, wastes, green house gases, climate change, and bed
bugs. They also make sure they stay contained.
2) The
EPA was established to consolidate in one agency a variety of federal research,
monitoring, standard setting and enforcement activities to ensure environmental
protection.
3) Super
Fund cites are cites where toxic wastes have been dumped and the EPA has
designated them to be cleaned up.
4) A:
Location: Bountiful, UT.
The groundwater extraction and treatment system at the Bountiful/Woods Cross
Superfund Site.
B: Construction of the groundwater
treatment system began in July of 2010 and was completed in February of 2011.
C: Petroleum products and petroleum
solvents such as toluene and xylene and asphalt.
D: The Bountiful
family cleaners are the clean up crew.
E: Remedy is working better than
expected. It is still a work in progress but it is going well.
F: No phytostabalization was not
used.
G: 
May 5, 2011
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A: Midvaile, UT.
The 446 acre Midvaile Slag superfund site is located south of Salt Lake City. The site is a former smelting
facility on the Jordan River. The smelter’s
processed ores from Bingham
Canyon and other mines.
B: Established in 1991.
C: Contaminants: Lead, arsenic,
chromium, cadmium.
D: The EPA initiated clean up
actions to address immediate threats at the site.
E: Results of clean up have been
rough. They seem to be getting things figured out because they keep hiring PHD
students to perform different assessments.
F: No phytostablized was used.
G: 
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A: Salt Lake City, UT.
The Portland cement site is 71 acres of land near 1,000 S. Red Road in Slat Lake City. The site is a commercial and
industrial area bordered by a few homes and agricultural homes.
B: Established in 1963.
C: Contaminants are arsenic, lead,
chromium, cadmium, and molybdenum.
D: The states of Utah and the EPA agreed to both monitor the
groundwater contamination.
E: The site is now considered to
have valuable reuse potential.
F: Phytostablization was not used.
G:
May 5, 2011
May 5, 2011
5) The
plants were chosen based on a visual examination of the Dewey-Humboldt area, as
well as on USDA Guidelines for plant habits in the US.
6) Composting
increases the pH in soil because it resist compaction and fine textured soils
and increases water holding capacity. It also improves soil aggregation and
course textured sandy soil.
7) A:
Buffalo Grass 4 grams, Mesquite 1 gram, Quailbush 2 grams, Catclaw Acacia 1.5
grams, Mountain Mahogany 1.5 grams, Arizona Fescue .5 gram. The Buffalo Grass
grew the most with less compost.
B: 1,000
C: 1,000,000,000
