New York state’s Superfund Project has begun, involving the removal of remaining copper and zinc contaminated soil related to the former American Valve Manufacturing (AVM) site on Mansion Street in Coxsackie, New York.
The removal material will be placed on the secure, capped landfill already constructed on site. The material will then be covered by topsoil and vegetation to protect public and environment from any contact with it. The former American Valve Manufacturing site covers some 12.5 acres and has an eight-foot-high chain-link fence along its perimeter. A capped foundry sand landfill – disposal site – encompasses some five acres and is situated in the southwest corner of the property.
AVM made valves and pipe fittings in the past with the site reported to have started as an iron and brass foundry. Waste shell molds and industrial wastes were dumped into a landfill on the property but after it went out of business, the landfill was abandoned and never properly closed.