Safety-Kleen Systems - Springfield

Background/ History

Safety-Kleen operates a commercial hazardous waste storage facility at this site, located at 734 Northwest Bypass 66 in Springfield. Since 1974, this facility has been a temporary accumulation point for spent solvents, paint wastes, lacquer thinner wastes and waste oil produced by Safety-Kleen customers. The majority of Safety-Kleen’s customers are small quantity generators. Safety-Kleen also stores other types of wastes on a 10-day transfer basis. Safety-Kleen is certified to handle most hazardous waste, other than dioxin or polychlorinated biphenyl’s (PCBs) greater than 50 parts per million. Once a sufficient quantity of materials is collected in containers and tanks, the hazardous waste is shipped to a Safety-Kleen recycling facility or a contract reclaimer for processing.

Safety-Kleen operate under two hazardous waste permits, one issued by the department and one issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), originally issued in 1993 and reissued Sept. 27, 2007. The department issued the Missouri Hazardous Waste Management Facility Part I Permit. EPA issued the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments Part II Permit.

Cleanup Summary

The permits issued to the Safety Kleen Springfield facility require corrective action in the event there is a release of hazardous waste or hazardous constituents to the environment. In 1989, Safety Kleen closed an underground storage tank on the site. In 1993 an assessment of the tank area was performed and groundwater contamination was confirmed. As part of the tank closure and assessment, Safety Kleen installed 9 groundwater monitoring wells and 2 groundwater extraction wells. From 1995 to 1998. Safety Kleen operated a multi-well groundwater extraction system until the contamination was below applicable levels for drinking water. Safety Kleen continues to conduct groundwater monitoring, sampling and analysis for volatile organic compounds, naphthalene and chlorinated benzenes.