Public Notice: Allied Chemical & Ironton Coke Site – Five-Year Review in Process

Summary

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is conducting a five-year review of the Allied Chemical & Ironton Coke Site Superfund site in Ironton, Ohio. The Superfund law requires regular checkups of sites that have been cleaned up to make sure the cleanup continues to protect people and the environment. This is the sixth five-year review of this site.

The cleanup at the site consisted of tearing down a former coke plant, placing protective coverings over disposal areas, converting a former lagoon area into a wetlands ecosystem, digging up and removing contaminated soil and coal from the property, installing a pump-and-treat system for groundwater, long-term monitoring, and limiting the use of and access to the site.

Read more about the site on the site web page: Allied Chemical & Ironton Coke Site Superfund site