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St. Elmo Well

 
Site Contact:
Craig Myers
OSC

(myers.craig@epa.gov)

Site Location:
25850 County Road 162
St. Elmo, CO 81236
 response.epa.gov/stelmo

The Site is a Bed and Breakfast that the owner is in the process of building. It is located at 25850 County Road 162, St. Elmo, Colorado, 81236. Used oil and pentachlorophenol were dumped into a drinking water well. Nearby homes have wells in the same aquifer and could be affected if the chemicals migrate outside the well into surrounding groundwater.

Removal #1 - 11/06/02-08/14/03
Removal #2 - 01/29/04-12/01/06

EPA performed post removal site control assessment in Late May 2020 to confirm that the treatment system is still functioning properly. Results pending


For additional information, visit the Pollution Report (POLREPS) section.