Devil's Swamp Lake Superfund Site

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Industrial facilities have discharged to the swamp since the 1960's and the 1970's. Sampling conducted by the State in 1980's identified the presence of Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the lake and in a drainage ditch or outfall canal leading to the former Rollins facility. Concentrations of PCBs have been observed in several samples collected by the EPA during a 1993 Expanded Site Inspection. Some samples show concentrations of PCBs congeners of up to 5.2 mg/kg of Aroclor-1248, 6.4 mg/kg of Aroclor-1254 and 1.6 mg/kg of Aroclor-1260. Congeners are well-defined chemical compounds in the PCB category.

The extent of contamination and volume of contamination have not been established

www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6sf/pdffiles/0600652.pdf
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Superfund_sites_in_Louisiana
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Coordinates:   30°34'6"N   91°12'53"W
This article was last modified 14 years ago