Bennington Municipal Sanitary Landfill
Location: Bennington, Bennington County
Narrative: A former sand and gravel pit converted to a landfill in 1969; comprises about 15 acres. Affected media included soil and water bodies. Remedies included capping and a leachate collection system.
Contaminants: Arsenic · Benzene · Heavy Metals · Lead · PCBs · VOCs · Xylenes
Location: Rockingham, Windham County
Narrative: Originally a borrow pit for nearby Interstate 91, converted to a landfill in 1968. Affected media included soil, groundwater, and potentially surface water. Remedies included capping, leachate collection, and provision of drinking water to nearby groundwater users.
Contaminants: Chromium · Copper · Heavy Metals · Lead · VOCs
Location: Woodford and Bennington, Bennington County
Narrative: The site operated as a sand pit, salvage yard, and landfill from the 1940s until the mid-1970s. Among other things it accepted wastes from a nearby battery manufacturing facility. Affected media included soils, groundwater, and surface water and sediments both on- and off-site. Remedies included capping, installation of an air sparging/soil vapor extraction system, and land use controls.
Contaminants: Iron · Lead · Tetrachloroethene · Trichloroethene · Vinyl Chloride · VOCs
Location: Williston, Chittenden County
Narrative: An electroplating facility discharged wastes into an unlined lagoon and a leach field. Affected media included groundwater and possibly indoor air.
Contaminants: Cadmium · Chromium · Dichloroethene · Nickel · Tetrachloroethene · Trichloroethene
Location: Strafford, Orange County
Contaminants: Arsenic · Barium · Cadmium · Lead · Manganese · Mercury · Nickel · Thallium · Vanadium · Zinc
Location: Vershire, Orange County
Contaminants: Aluminum · Cadmium · Cobalt · Copper · Iron · Manganese · Zinc
Location: Bennington, Bennington County
Narrative: Site of former manufacturing facility that made capacitors, non-fluid transformers, and motors.
Contaminants: Aldrin · Benzene · Butylbenzylphthalate · Cadmium · Chlorobenzene · Chromium · Copper · DEHP · Dichlorobenzenes · cis-1,2-Dichloroethene · trans-1,2-Dichloroethene · Dimethylphthalate · Di-n-octyl phthalate · Ethylbenzene · Lead · Mercury · Nickel · PCBs · Toluene · 1,1,1-Trichloroethane · Trichloroethene · Zinc
Location: Springfield, Windsor County
Contaminants: Benzene · PAHs · PCBs · Vinyl Chloride · VOCs
Location: Lyndonville, Caledonia County
Contaminants: Trichloroethene · VOCs
Location: Corinth, Orange County
Contaminants: Cobalt · Copper · Zinc
Location: Burlington, Chittenden County
Contaminants: Benzene · Cyanide · Heavy Metals · Lead · PAHs · Toluene · VOCs · Xylenes
Location: North Pownal, Bennington County
Contaminants: Dioxins · Metals · SVOCs