1. Sarney Farm, Dutchess County New York
By : Kamel Samaha
Moe Man (PIMP)

2. Table of Contents Introduction (where) Background (what’s the problem)
Contaminants
Solutions
Applied solution
Conclusion

3. Introduction Several villages surround the farm.
Sarney Farm, Dutchess County, New York.
Dutchess County
Several villages surround the farm.
An adjacent swamp provides water for livestock.
Bedrock aquifer 3,000 feet from the site is used by 22 residential wells.
3,000 people within a mile radius.
10,000 people within a 3 mile radius.
Swift Pond
Sarney Farm

4. Site Background Operated as a municipal/industrial landfill (1968-70).
Disposal of drummed and liquid industrial waste into site trenches.
Transfer of ownership to the Sarney’s in 1971 ceased disposal.
Preliminary investigations showed industrial wastes such as cleaning solvents, inks, acid, water-based glues, and machine oils.
Subsurface soils & groundwater at the site are contaminated with Volatile Organic Compounds VOCs

5. Contaminants Air Ground water: Soil
di-n-butylphthalate, vinyl chloride, 1,2-dichloroethane, 2-butanone, trichloroethene, and toluene
Soil
naphthalene, 2-methylnaphthalene, di-n-butylphthalate, butylbenzylphthalate, bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, 2-butanone, trichloroethene, 4-methyl-2-pentanone, and toluene.
Air
No data available – no tests were carried out.

6. Contaminants effects Contaminated Media Potential receptors
Pathways of Exposure
Site soils
On-site: residents and trespassers
Direct contact with soils, ingestion, inhalation of particulates
Offsite residents
Inhalation of volatile organic vapors released from soils and suspended solids
Surface water and sediments
Area residents
Direct contact and ingestion during recreational use of pond and downstream drainages
Shallow Groundwater
Areas residents
Direct contact and ingestion from recreational use of water bodies to which groundwater is discharging
Bedrock groundwater
Residents
Ingestion, direct contact, and inhalation of volatiles
Soil Vapor
Inhalation

7. Remedial action Biodegradation/aeration treatment system
A French drain system
Collected and treated leachate
Drum excavation (march )
Total of gallons drums, 5525 gallon pails and small “lab pack” excavated and disposed.

8. Remedial action cont’d
Soil excavation
Soil excavation August-November 1997
A total of 7,300 cubic yards of soil excavated.
Soil Treatment
Low Temperature thermal desorption (LTTD) unit was used.
Treated soil was used to backfill excavated areas
Also two additional sources were used for fill.
Treatment using the LTTD was completed & approved in September 1998.

9. Alternative action Fencing of the swamp/ponds, lakes
To prevent the spread of contamination through cattle.
Contaminated Groundwater cannot be totally cleaned