009 LANDFILL
The completed landfill is now a staging area for a local auto dealership.
Hercules had met all established remedial action objectives at the 009 Landfill as of 1999. A portion of the site is currently being reused by a car dealership to park cars.
Hercules stabilized more than 100,000 yards of soil and sludge; capped the 7-acre historical landfill; and continues to monitor both groundwater and the cap to ensure the effectiveness of the remedy. When the landfill was paved to create a staging area for a local auto dealership, another layer of protection was added to the cap.
Hercules’ remediation work was awarded certification by the Wildlife Habitat Council’s “Wildlife at Work” program in 2015 for increasing biological diversity at the closed landfill. The southern pond area is now designated as conservation habitat. While birds, turtles and other local wildlife enjoy cover boards and basking logs around the perimeter of a large pond, game cameras monitor their activities and numbers.
In 2022, Hercules voluntarily performed a further refined site characterization through the installation of additional groundwater monitoring wells. In an effort to enhance the future protectiveness of the established monitored natural attenuation remedy for groundwater impacts at the site. Hercules worked with EPA and EPD in the summer of 2022 to inject aquifer amendments along the eastern, down-gradient boundary of the landfill. Groundwater sampling through 2023 will check how well the amendments accelerate natural attenuation of impacted groundwater.
Hercules’ restored habitats at both the 009 Landfill and the Brunswick facility are certified by the Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC). The enhanced wetland habitat supports a variety of birds and reptiles. Hercules also maintains a WHC-certified wildflower field at the Brunswick facility that provides habitat for butterflies and other pollinators.
