Superfund Sites Near You-Laurel Park, Inc, Connecticut

Laurel Park, Inc is a 20 acre landfill and Superfund site in Naugatuck, Connecticut. Established in the late 1940s, the Laurel Park, Inc landfill has accepted industrial waste products several industries. The Laurel Park, Inc Superfund site remained operational until 1987.

A Superfund site is a location affected by improper industrial waste disposal. Superfund sites such as the Laurel Park, Inc landfill are placed on the National Priorities List, which records how serious a site's environmental health and safety are, and is managed by the Environmental Protection Agency. After a Superfund site has been cleaned, it can be removed from the list although the process can take decades. More can be found about the Superfund program at Wikipedia.org or just click here.

At the Laurel Park, Inc Superfund site, the disregard for health and safety was very blatant. Chemical solids and liquid sludge, rubber products and tires, hydrocarbons and industrial solvents were just a few of the industrial waste products dumped and stored at the Laurel Park, Inc Superfund site. Road spills on the way to the Laurel Park, Inc Superfund site were not uncommon and fires and other issues at the landfill were a regular occurrence. Testing at the Laurel Park, Inc Superfund site began after complaints of foul smells and eye-witness accounts of toxic waste drainage from the landfill were reported. A more detailed history of the site can be found at Epa.gov or just click here.

Testing of the Laurel Park, Inc landfill quickly revealed contaminated groundwater in and around the area. One of the first actions taken in response to the ground water contamination found at the Laurel Park, Inc Superfund site was to connect all of the local residents to the municipal water supply. Not long after, the landfill was capped off with several layers of protective coverings and drainage channels were constructed to divert toxic sludge, called leachate, into controlled containment pools. The second of a series of 5-year reports on the Laurel Park, Inc landfill was completed in 2003 and can be found at Epa.gov or you can just click here. In the report it is shown that the immediate health risk to the local residents has been successfully eliminated due to the corrective measures taken at the Laurel Park, Inc Superfund site. However, the site itself is still under heavy contamination and some of the initial corrective measures have been rebuilt while others will continue to require maintenance.