Global InformationShpack Landfill information
| Shpack Landfill | |
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| Superfund site | |
 Rusting chemical waste drums at Shpack Landfill site in May 2003. | |
| Geography | |
| Town | Norton |
| County | Bristol |
| State | Massachusetts |
| Coordinates | 41°56′36″N 71°14′06″W / 41.94333°N 71.23500°W |
  Shpack Landfill Shpack Landfill's location in Massachusetts | |
| Information | |
| CERCLIS ID | MAD980503973 |
| Contaminants |
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| Progress | |
| Proposed | October 15, 1984 |
| Listed | October 6, 1986 |
| List of Superfund sites | |
Shpack Landfill is a hazardous waste site in Norton, Massachusetts. After assessment by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) it was added to the National Priorities List in October 1986 for long-term remedial action. The site cleanup is directed by the federal Superfund program.[2] The Superfund site covers 9.4 acres, mostly within Norton, with 3.4 acres in the adjoining city of Attleboro. The Norton site was operated as a landfill dump accepting domestic and industrial wastes, including low-level radioactive waste, between 1946 and 1965.[3][4][5] The source of most of the radioactive waste, consisting of uranium and radium, was Metals and Controls Inc. which made enriched uranium fuel elements for the U.S. Navy under contract with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Metals and Controls merged with Texas Instruments in 1959.[6][7][8][9] The Shpack landfill operation was shut down by a court order in 1965.[10]
- ^ "Contaminants of Concern at Shpack Landfill". Superfund Information Systems. United States Environmental Protection Agency. April 19, 2013. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
- ^ "Shpack Landfill". Superfund Site Progress Profile. United States Environmental Protection Agency. April 19, 2013. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
- ^ "Shpack Landfill, Attleboro and Norton, Massachusetts". Waste Site Cleanup & Reuse in New England. United States Environmental Protection Agency. June 6, 2011. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
- ^ Preer, Robert (September 23, 2001). "Dispute On Responsibility Halts Cleanup". The Boston Globe. Boston, MA. Archived from the original on March 1, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
- ^ "Shpack Landfill" (PDF). EPA Superfund Record of Decision. United States Environmental Protection Agency. September 30, 2004. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
- ^ Foster, Rick (October 10, 2010). "Our nuclear legacy". The Sun Chronicle. Attleboro, MA. Retrieved April 22, 2013.
- ^ Preer, Robert (September 23, 2001). "Neighbors Still Waiting For Cleanup Of Landfill: Work Was Halted Over Dispute On Responsibility". The Boston Globe. Boston, MA. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
- ^ Massey, Joanna (January 25, 2004). "Norton Leaders Upset At US Delay On Cleanup: Agencies Called Uncoordinated". The Boston Globe. Boston, MA. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
- ^ "Shpack Landfill (State of Massachusetts)". Sites Undergoing Decommissioning. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. March 29, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
- ^ "EPA plans $43 million cleanup for Attleboro, Mass., Landfill". The Providence Journal. Providence, RI. October 5, 2004. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2013.