ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the remedial design process for the New Lyme Superfund Site located in Ashtabula County, Ohio, approximately 20 miles east of Cleveland. This site is being cleaned up by the authority of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Superfund, under the provisions of the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) rules and regulations for the program. The Feasibility Study (FS) performed in 1985 developed several alternatives for cleanup. The Record Of Decision was signed in September, 1985, specifying a cleanup remedy that included: installation of a RCRA cap over the landfill, with gas control, installation of a groundwater extraction well system to dewater the landfill, and onsite treatment of contaminated groundwater and leachate. In March, 1986, the US Army Corps of Engineers (CE), acting under authority of an interagency agreement with EPA, retained Donohue Engineers and Architects to perform a predesign study to support the remedial design.
