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Dededo Transfer Station Waste Piles

 
Site Contact:
Eric Nuchims
OSC

(nuchims.eric@epa.gov)

Site Location:
Marine Corps Drive and Bartolu Street
Dededo, GU 96929
 scribenet.response.epa.gov/DededoTransferStationWastePiles

US EPA has treated and disposed of waste at the Dededo Waste Piles . US EPA received a request for assistance from Guam EPA to remove hazardous and contaminated wastes from the site. The site is located northwest of the intersection of Marine Corps Dr. and Bartolu St. in the Ipapao District, Dededo, Guam.

The piles contained waste contaminated with:

  • lead and other metals,
  • polychlorinated biphenyls,
  • pesticides, and
  • petroleum hydrocarbons.

EPA has removed the contaminated material, treated it, and disposed of it in permitted landfills according to the waste sampling results.