The site leached volatile organic compounds and heavy metals, and runoff went in all directions into the groundwater and surface water, affecting 2,300 people living in a three-mile radius.

From 1990-1997, cleanup consisted of extraction and treatment of on-site groundwater, installation of an impermeable cap, a landfill gas collection system, construction of a fence, and water monitoring.

In 1999, 34 residences in proximity received whole-house treatment units, and groundwater was also extracted off-site.

However, due to low flow rates, 14 additional landfill gas wells were installed in November 2010.

[6] In September 1993, EPA tried to recover approximately $1.4 million of clean up costs in litigation, which as of 2015 was still stayed, pending court-ordered settlement negotiations.

The three owners of the landfill, Waste Management Inc., the Keystone Sanitation Company, and Anna and Kenneth Noel, refused to participate in cleanup and in 2000, the EPA fined them $250,000.