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United States General Accounting Office

Washington, DC 20548

May 25, 2001

Subject: U.S. Locations Where Beryllium Was Used or Detected

This letter complements our May 2000 report dealing with government responses to

beryllium uses and risks.1

 As agreed with your offices, this report identifies U.S.

locations where beryllium was used in workplace processes or detected as present in

the workplace. Also our work did not address whether the level of beryllium was

sufficient to present a risk to human health or whether exposure occurred. The

locations identified in this report are based on data provided by the Departments of

Energy, Defense, and Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration. All

agencies reported data for at least 1987 through 1999.

Beryllium is a strong and lightweight metal that is also a hazardous substance.

Occupational exposure to beryllium occurs when it is extracted from ore, when the

ore is processed into beryllium metal, when the metal is made into parts (e.g.,

machined, welded, cut, or ground), or when users of beryllium products perform

similar operations during repairs or recycling (e.g., for computers, cell phones, and

other electronic devices). Energy and Defense are the federal agencies that have

most often used beryllium, or beryllium products, that they or their contractors

produced. Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has overall

responsibility for protecting the health and safety of workers in most workplaces

throughout the United States.

Summary

Data show that beryllium was used or detected at locations in 45 of 50 states, plus the

District of Columbia. However, the number of locations varied by state as shown in

figure 1. For example, 30 states and the District of Columbia were reported as having

from 1 to 10 locations, while 15 states were reported as having from 11 to 41

locations.2

 The states without reported beryllium use were Alaska, Delaware,

Minnesota, Vermont, and Wyoming.

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Occupational Safety and Health: Government Responses to Beryllium Uses and Risks

(GAO/OCG-00-6, May 19, 2000).

2

Some locations were listed by more than one agency and may be counted twice in some states. For example,

Tinker Air Force Base was reported by both Defense and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Although we could not identify all potential duplications, only three states (California, Florida, and Michigan)

would move to the one-location to ten-location category with complete duplication.
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Figure 1: States With Reported Beryllium Use or Detection

Source: GAO map based on Energy, Labor, and Defense data.

Enclosures II through IV identify beryllium use or detection locations reported by

each agency. Enclosure II contains data provided by Energy on where beryllium is or

was used, identifying 27 Energy or Energy-predecessor agency locations that are or

were managed and operated by contractors. Enclosure II also contains data on 39

companies that had contracts to supply beryllium parts or to process beryllium for

Energy’s predecessors. Enclosure III contains data provided by Defense agencies

that identify 73 military locations where beryllium was found in air samples.

Enclosure IV contains data provided by the Occupational Safety and Health

Administration that also identified 344 locations (primarily of private companies)

where beryllium was found in air samples.

Enclosure V contains data that we received during our prior work on environmental

restoration. According to the data, beryllium contamination was detected in soil and

groundwater at 38 military locations. Because the samples identified prior

contamination at cleanup sites rather than workplaces, these data were not used as

input for the map in figure 1.

States with 11 or more locatons

States with 1-10 locations

States with 0 locations
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Agency Comments

We received official oral comments from an official from the Office of the Deputy

Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental Security, Department of Defense and

an official of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Department of Labor. We

received written comments from the Acting Assistant Secretary for Environment,

Safety, and Health, Department of Energy (enc. VI). All Departments concurred with

the draft’s contents. Technical comments from departmental officials have been

incorporated as appropriate.

- - - - -

We conducted our review from May 2000 through March 2001 in accordance with

generally accepted government auditing standards. Enclosure I contains the details

of our scope and methodology. As arranged with your offices, we plan no further

distribution of this report until 15 days from its issue date, unless you publicly

announce the letter’s contents earlier.

Please contact Mr. Adamsons at (202) 512-4289 or Mr. Brown at (202) 512-8606 if you

or your staff have any questions. Other contributors to this letter were Arturo Holguin

and Anthony Padilla.

Charles I. Patton, Jr., Director

Defense Capabilities and Management

Enclosures - 6
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List of Requesters

The Honorable Christopher Shays

Chairman, Subcommittee on National Security,

 Veterans’ Affairs, and International Relations

Committee on Government Reform

House of Representatives

The Honorable Tim Holden

The Honorable Paul E. Kanjorski

The Honorable Marcy Kaptur

The Honorable Jim Kolbe

House of Representatives

The Honorable Robert F. Bennett

The Honorable Mike DeWine

The Honorable John McCain

U.S. Senate
Enclosure I

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Scope and Methodology

In response to our request for data from the Departments of Energy, Defense, and

Labor on where beryllium was used, we obtained the following lists of locations:

• Energy provided lists of Energy/Energy predecessor agencies’ locations that used

beryllium and the companies that had beryllium contracts with Energy’s

predecessors.

• Defense provided data on the locations, by service, where beryllium was detected

in the workplace.

• The Occupational Safety and Health Administration provided data on the

locations where beryllium was detected in the workplace.

Although Defense and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration were

unable to identify whether beryllium was used at a location, they provided us with

data on cases where air samples indicated that beryllium was detected in the

workplace. In addition, data from our prior work on Defense’s environmental

restoration identified 38 military locations in the United States where beryllium was

detected during remediation assessments as a contaminant in soil and groundwater.

Our work did not address whether the level of beryllium was sufficient to present a

risk to human health or whether exposure occurred.

The data show agencies’ reported locations of potential beryllium use and detection;

these data have not been verified and may not be complete. For example, Energy is

continuing research to identify contractors that may have used beryllium. Also, 30 of

the cases of the beryllium-contaminated soil and groundwater identified in our prior

work included cleanup sites at locations the military services have not identified.

We conducted our review from May 2000 through March 2001 in accordance with

generally accepted government auditing standards.
Enclosure II

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Locations Where Beryllium Was Used by Energy

and Its Predecessor Agencies and Companies With Contracts for Beryllium

With Energy Predecessors

Energy identified 27 Energy or Energy-predecessor locations that are or were

managed and operated by contractors who worked with parts made from beryllium.

The locations include the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site and the Oak

Ridge Y-12 Plant, both of which are currently operated by contractors. Work

reported at the locations included beryllium research and development, testing, and

fabrication, and may date back as far as 1943.

Energy also identified 39 companies/locations that supplied beryllium parts or

processed beryllium for Energy’s predecessors: the Manhattan Engineer District, the

Atomic Energy Commission, and the Energy Research and Development

Administration.1

 Reported work involved processing and refining beryllium, and

fabricating parts made from beryllium. Energy is researching records to determine if

other companies had contracted with the Atomic Energy Commission to process

beryllium. Table 1 below shows the locations as identified in the data provided by

Energy.

Table 1: Energy Locations Where Beryllium Is or Was Used.

State Location

Alabama Speedring, Incorporated

California Atomics International

California Ceradyne, Incorporated

California General Atomics Division, General Dynamics Corporation

California Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Energy site)

California Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Energy site)

California Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (Energy site)

Colorado Coors Porcelain

Colorado Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (Energy site)

Colorado University of Denver Research Institute

Connecticut Connecticut Aircraft Nuclear Engine Laboratory

Florida American Beryllium Company (a subsidiary of Loral, Incorporated)

Florida Pinellas Plant (Energy site)

Idaho Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (Energy site)

Illinois Argonne National Laboratory East (Energy site)

Illinois Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation

Illinois Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Energy site)

Iowa Ames Laboratory (Energy site)

Iowa Iowa Army Ammunition Plant (Energy site; formerly Burlington Plant)

Massachusetts Franklin Institute

Massachusetts Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts National Research Corporation

Massachusetts Norton Company

Massachusetts StarMet Corporation (formerly Nuclear Metals, Incorporated)

Massachusetts Wyman Gordon, Incorporated

Michigan AC Spark Plug (a division of General Motors)

Michigan Gerity-Michigan Corporation (formerly Canton Drop Forging and Manufacturing)

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Additionally, Energy listed--but did not identify--the location of the following companies: Alfa

Products, Allied Resinous Products, and Metals Reserve Company.
Enclosure II

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State Location

Michigan Revere Copper & Brass, Incorporated

Michigan Speedring, Incorporated

Missouri Kansas City Plant (Energy site)

Nevada Nevada Test Site (Energy site)

New Jersey Cercom Quality Products (formerly General Ceramics)

New Jersey National Beryllia (a subsidiary of Cercom Quality Products)

New Jersey New Brunswick Atomic Energy Commission Laboratory (Energy site)

New Jersey U.S. Pipe and Foundry

New Mexico Los Alamos National Laboratory (Energy site)

New Mexico Sandia National Laboratories (Energy site)

New York Brookhaven National Laboratory (Energy site)

New York Burns & Roe, Incorporated

New York General Astrometals

New York Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (Energy site)

New York Sylvania Products Corporation

New York Trudeau Foundation

New York University of Rochester Atomic Energy Project (Energy site)

North Carolina Beryllium Metals and Chemical Corporation

North Carolina University of North Carolina

Ohio Battelle Memorial Institute

Ohio Brush Wellman, Incorporated (formerly Brush Beryllium Company)

Ohio Clifton Products Company

Ohio Fernald Environmental Management Project (Energy site; formerly Feed Materials Production

Center)

Ohio General Electric Company

Ohio Kettering Laboratory, University of Cincinnati

Ohio Mound Plant (Energy site; also known as Miamisburg Environmental Management Project)

Pennsylvania Foote Mineral Company

Pennsylvania McDaniel Refractory Company

Pennsylvania NGK Metals Corporation (its predecessors were Kawecki-Berylco, Cabot Corporation,

BerylCo., and Beryllium Corporation of America)

Pennsylvania Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation

South Carolina Savannah River Site (Energy site)

Tennessee Oak Ridge East Tennessee Technology Park (Energy site)

Tennessee Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Energy site)

Tennessee Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant (Energy site)

Tennessee Vitro Corporation of America

Texas Pantex Plant (Energy site)

Washington Hanford Site (Energy site)

Washington Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Energy site)

Wisconsin Ladish Company
Enclosure III

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Locations Where Defense Detected Beryllium

With the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental

Security’s assistance, we received data showing 17 Army, 5 Air Force, and 51 Navy

locations where air sampling was conducted and showed that beryllium was present.

Defense-reported air sampling was conducted in areas where welding, sandblasting,

soldering, and grinding were involved. The time frames for sampling data varied by

service: Air Force sampling was conducted during calendar years 1985 through 2000;

Army sampling was conducted during calendar years 1987 to 2000;1

 and Navy

sampling was conducted during calendar years 1982 through 1999. 2 Table 2 shows

locations identified by each service.

Table 2: Defense Sampled Locations by State

State Location

Alabama Anniston Army Depot

California Coronado Naval Amphibious Base

California McClellan Air Force Base

California North Island Naval Air Station

California San Diego Naval Station

California San Diego Navy Public Works Center

Colorado Fort Carson (Army)

Connecticut New London Naval Submarine Base

District of Columbia Walter Reed Army Medical Centera

District of Columbia Washington Navy Public Works Center

Florida Jacksonville Naval Air Station

Florida Jacksonville Naval Dental Centera

Florida Jacksonville Naval Hospitala

Florida Key West Naval Air Station

Florida Mayport Naval Station

Florida Naval Surface Warfare Center/Coastal Systems Station

Florida Pensacola Naval Air Station

Florida Pensacola Naval Aviation Depot

Florida Pensacola Navy Public Works Center

Florida Whiting Field Naval Air Station

Georgia Albany Marine Corps Logistics Base

Georgia Warner Robins Air Force Base

Hawaii Pearl Harbor Naval Station

Hawaii Tripler Army Medical Centera

Illinois Great Lakes Naval Dental Centera

Indiana Naval Air Warfare Center/Aircraft Division

Indiana Naval Surface Warfare Center/Crane Division

Louisiana Louisiana Army National Guard

Louisiana Fort Polk (Army)

Maine Brunswick Naval Air Station

Maine Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard

Maryland Aberdeen Proving Ground

Maryland Carderock Naval Surface Warfare Center

 1

The Army also provided beryllium-sampling data for an installation located at Wuersburg, Germany.

2

The Navy also provided beryllium-sampling data for three installations located outside of the

continental United States (Okinawa, Japan; Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico; Rota, Spain) as well as for

five ships (the U.S.S. Camden, the U.S.S. Enterprise, the U.S.S. John F. Kennedy, the U.S.S. Lasalle,

and the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt). Also, the Navy provided sampling data for 13 military activities

but was unable to identify specific installations or locations.
Enclosure III

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State Location

Maryland National Naval Dental Centera

Maryland Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division

Maryland Naval Surface Warfare Center/Indian Head Division

Maryland Patuxent River Naval Air Station

Maryland United States Naval Academy

Mississippi Gulfport Naval Construction Battalion Center

Mississippi Pascagoula Naval Station

Nevada Fallon Naval Air Station

New York Fort Drum (Army)

New York Watervliet Arsenal (Army)

North Carolina Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base

North Carolina Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station

North Carolina Fort Bragg (Army)

Oklahoma Fort Sill (Army)

Oklahoma McAlester Army Ammunition Plant

Oklahoma Oklahoma Army National Guard

Oklahoma Tinker Air Force Base

Pennsylvania Tobyhanna Army Depot

Pennsylvania Willow Grove Naval Air Station

South Carolina Parris Island Marine Corps Recruiting Depot

Texas Corpus Christi Army Depot

Texas Corpus Christi Naval Air Station

Texas Corpus Christi Naval Control of Shipping Organization

Texas Fort Hood (Army)

Texas Ingleside Naval Station

Texas Kelly Air Force Base

Texas Kingsville Naval Air Station

Utah Hill Air Force Base

Virginia Fort Eustis (Army)

Virginia Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base

Virginia Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility

Virginia Norfolk Fleet Training Center

Virginia Norfolk Naval Aviation Depot

Virginia Norfolk Naval Dental Centera

Virginia Norfolk Naval Ship Yard

Virginia Norfolk Naval Station

Virginia Oceana Naval Air Station

Virginia Quantico Marine Corps Base

Washington Naval Undersea Warfare Center/Keyport Division

Washington Puget Sound Naval Ship Yard

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Defense Health Affairs officials stated that beryllium used in medical treatment facilities is controlled to ensure

that detected beryllium levels are below all standards to prevent human health risks.
Enclosure IV

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Locations Where the Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Detected the Presence of Beryllium

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration provided data on 344 U.S.

locations, primarily company locations, where beryllium was detected through air

samplings.1

 The data covered samplings taken from May 1979 through December

1999. Table 3 shows the locations, by state, as identified in the data provided by the

Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Table 3: Occupational Safety and Health Administration Sampled Locations by State

State Locations

Alabama Bender Shipbuilding and Repair

Alabama Flame Refractories

Alabama Imms Industrial Coatings

Alabama Mellco, Incorporated

Alabama Speedring Manufacturing Company

Alabama Steel Processors, Incorporated

Alabama Triangle Recycling Services, Incorporated

Arizona Brush Wellman, Incorporated

Arkansas Accupower/Sureull

Arkansas Amtran Corporation

Arkansas El Paso Trailers

Arkansas Spirit Homes, Incorporated

California Aluminum Company of America

California Bigger Than Life, Incorporated

California California Concrete Pipe Corporation

California Fleetwood Motor Homes of California

California Norris Plumbing Fixtures

California Rumiano Cheese Company

California Techni-Cast Corporation

Colorado Beryl Ores Company, Incorporated

Colorado Goltra Castings, Incorporated

Colorado Hollis Corporation

Colorado Iam/Environmental, Incorporated

Colorado Marathon Bronze

Colorado Metal Castings of Colorado

Colorado Mine & Smelter

Colorado Peter Kiewit Sons, Incorporated

Colorado Progress Rail Services

Colorado Schlage Lock, Incorporated

Colorado Soft Touch Sandblasting

Colorado W.J. Whatley, Incorporated

Colorado Wagner Equipment Company

Connecticut A. Laugeni & Sons, Incorporated

Connecticut Amtrak Corporation

Connecticut Benu Corporation

Connecticut Charles Batchfelder Company Incorporated

Connecticut Cowan Engineering Company

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In addition, data were also provided on locations in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Enclosure IV

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State Location

Connecticut Edro Corporation

Connecticut Gerald Metals, Incorporated

Connecticut Handy and Harman

Connecticut Industrial Technologies, Incorporated

Connecticut Jensen Industries

Connecticut Jupiter Painting Contracting

Connecticut Manafort Brothers

Connecticut Norwalk Fabricators Incorporated

Connecticut Parr Painting, Incorporated

Connecticut South Windsor Metallurgical, Incorporated

Connecticut Turner & Seymour Manufacturing

District of Columbia Libia Panos

Florida American Beryllium Company, Incorporated

Florida Lee Lester, Incorporated

Florida Sun State Marine Services, Incorporated

Georgia Bankhead Transportation Equipment

Georgia Dan's Painting & Sandblasting

Georgia Diversified Fabricators Incorporated

Georgia East Point Foundry, Incorporated

Georgia E-Z-Go Textron

Georgia Flour Daniel, Incorporated

Georgia Glasride Trailers, Incorporated

Georgia Kubota Manufacturing Corporation

Georgia Monitor Manufacturing Company

Georgia Ranew Fleet Service

Georgia Stevens Equipment Company

Georgia Tie Down Engineering, Incorporated

Georgia Wika Instrument Corporation

Idaho Custom Metal Fabricating, Incorporated

Idaho Fabco Fireplaces and Stoves

Idaho J.R. Simplot Company

Illinois Amcast, Incorporated

Illinois Alu Bra Foundry

Illinois CBI Services, Incorporated

Illinois Duplicraft, Incorporated

Illinois Family Security Doors & Windows

Illinois Francis & Nygren Foundry

Illinois George Kountoupes Painting Company

Illinois K.R. Komarek, Incorporated

Illinois KVF Company

Illinois Lake Dental Lab

Illinois Louis Meskin

Illinois M&R Printing Equipment, Incorporated

Illinois Maxcor, Incorporated

Illinois National Castings, Incorporated

Illinois North Chicago Refiners & Smelters

Illinois Patten Tractor & Equipment Company

Illinois Plano Metal Specialties

Illinois River City Demolition
Enclosure IV

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State Location

Illinois Sarcol, Incorporated

Illinois Standard Refrigeration Company

Illinois The Chicago Faucet Company

Illinois Travenal Laboratories, Incorporated

Illinois Tricast Corporation

Illinois Village Perfection Plating

Indiana Aluminum Company of America

Kansas Great Plains Manufacturing, Incorporated

Kentucky Belden Electronic Wiact & Cable

Kentucky Louisville Scrap Material Company, Incorporated

Kentucky McHenry Brass, Incorporated

Kentucky Mother Earth Recycling

Kentucky Reed Construction, Incorporated

Louisiana Tiger Shipyard

Maine Bath Iron Works

Maryland Pro-Tech Dental Lab, Incorporated

Massachusetts Accuservice Corporation

Massachusetts Babcock-Davis Hatchways, Incorporated

Massachusetts Bird Machine Company

Massachusetts Boston Steel & Manufacturing

Massachusetts Cable Products, Incorporated

Massachusetts Chicopee Alloys, Incorporated

Massachusetts Flintab

Massachusetts Fore River Shipyard and Iron Works

Massachusetts Francis Harvey & Sons, Incorporated

Massachusetts George Campbell Painting Corporation

Massachusetts Industrial Enterprise

Massachusetts J.J. Sirianni, Incorporated

Massachusetts James River Mass, Incorporated

Massachusetts N.U. Contractors, Incorporated

Massachusetts New England Restoration, Incorporated

Massachusetts North American Industries, Incorporated

Massachusetts Prototyping Services, Incorporated

Massachusetts Stan Cast, Incorporated

Massachusetts Turner Trucking & Salvage, Incorporated

Massachusetts Weymouth Engineering Company

Michigan Extruded Metals, Incorporated

Michigan Hackett Brass Foundry

Michigan Icarus Industrial Painting & Company

Michigan Knusaga Corp DBA Hydraulic Tub

Michigan Prince Bridge & Marine Ltd.

Michigan Progress Painting Company

Michigan Trojan Heat Treat, Incorporated

Michigan WWA, Incorporated

Missouri Chrysler Corporation

Missouri Continental Can Company

Missouri Fabcon, Incorporated

Missouri Fitzgerald Marine and Repair

Missouri Four Process Ltd.
Enclosure IV

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State Location

Missouri Specialloy Metals Company

Montana Blue Star Canvas Products Incorporated

Montana Holland Construction Company

Montana Livingston Rebuild Center

Montana SRS Crisafulli, Incorporated

Nebraska Intersystems

Nebraska Lincoln Plating Company

Nevada Marley Erectors, Incorporated

Nevada Southern California Valve

Nevada Viking Metallurgical Corporation

New Hampshire Fab-Braze Corporation

New Hampshire Hebert Manufacturing Company, Incorporated

New Hampshire Spencer Transformer And Equipment

New Hampshire Wyman-Gordon Investment Casting

New Jersey Accuratus Ceramics Corporation

New Jersey Airtron Incorporated

New Jersey Allied Signal, Incorporated

New Jersey Anka Painting Company

New Jersey AT&T Bell Laboratories

New Jersey Atlantic Casting & Engineering

New Jersey Beach Electric Company, Incorporated

New Jersey Bellezza Company, Incorporated

New Jersey Brush Wellman Company, Ceramics Division

New Jersey Coil Metal Corporation

New Jersey Commercial Hardware, Incorporated

New Jersey Edward Chiovarou Painting Company

New Jersey Kinz Staley & Sons, Incorporated

New Jersey KSM Fastening Systems

New Jersey Kullman Industries, Incorporated

New Jersey Longview of Ocean County, Incorporated

New Jersey LS Rubber Industries, Incorporated

New Jersey Madison Industrial Old Bridge

New Jersey Mansol Industries, Incorporated

New Jersey National Beryllia Corporation

New Jersey New Jersey Steel Corporation

New Jersey P.S. Bruckel, Incorporated

New Jersey Palmer Industries, Incorporated

New Jersey Perth Amboy Dry Dock Company, Incorporated

New Jersey PGA Dental Studios, Incorporated

New Jersey Public Service Electric & Gas

New Jersey RFE Industries, Incorporated

New Jersey Riverside Metals, Incorporated

New Jersey Robert A. Keasby Corporation

New Jersey Rodermond Industries, Incorporated

New Jersey U.S. Generating Company

New York Bells Avenue Incinerator, New York City

New York Berkman Brothers, Incorporated

New York Bethlehem Steel, Incorporated

New York Carabie, Incorporated
Enclosure IV

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State Location

New York CMP Industries, Incorporated

New York Delphi Painting & Decorating

New York E&E Contractors, Incorporated

New York Emil Von Dungen, Incorporated

New York GBA Contracting Corporation

New York Mapco Enterprises, Incorporated

New York Mohawk Metal Products Company, Incorporated

New York New Market Products

New York Non Ferrous Processing Corporation

New York P&V Sadowski Construction

New York Rush-Henrietta CSD Maintenance Department

New York Stone Bridge Iron & Steel

North Carolina L. Gordon Iron and Metal Company

North Carolina PE Hoover Enterprises, Incorporated

North Carolina Schindler Elevator Corporation

North Dakota Dakota Catalyst Products, Incorporated

North Dakota Melroe Company

North Dakota Newman Signs, Incorporated

Ohio A.T.D. Corporation

Ohio Accurate Rack Company, Incorporated

Ohio Aluminum Waste Technology, Incorporated

Ohio Atmosphere Annealing, Incorporated

Ohio Brush Wellman, Incorporated

Ohio Budd Company

Ohio Carboline Company

Ohio Chase Brass and Copper Company

Ohio Chem-Fab Company

Ohio Circleville Metal Works

Ohio Eljer Manufacturing

Ohio Envir-Con Construction Company

Ohio Eureka Coach, CCE, Incorporated

Ohio Excel Polishing & Buffing Company

Ohio General Motors Corporation

Ohio Hohman Plating and Manufacturing, Incorporated

Ohio Johnson Metall-American Crucible

Ohio Larson Consolidated, Incorporated

Ohio Lomack Drum Company

Ohio Marietta Industrial Enterprise

Ohio Ortner Freight Car Company, Incorporated

Ohio Packaging Material, Incorporated

Ohio RCA Corporation

Ohio RMI Company

Ohio Rumpke Iron Works, Incorporated

Ohio Ryder-Heil Bronze, Incorporated

Ohio S.G.M. Company

Ohio Southern Ohio Fabricators, Incorporated

Ohio Special Tool, Incorporated

Ohio Trailer Masters Ltd. Company

Ohio Transco Railway Products, Incorporated
Enclosure IV

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State Location

Ohio Ultra-Met Manufacturing Company

Ohio United Foundries, Incorporated

Ohio Whitaker & Son Plating, Incorporated

Oklahoma American Casting, Incorporated

Oklahoma Root Protective Coatings, Incorporated

Oklahoma Smithco Engineering

Oklahoma Tinker Air Force Base/Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center

Oregon Boeing of Portland

Pennsylvania Active Brass Foundry, Incorporated

Pennsylvania Alfieri Scrap Metals, Incorporated

Pennsylvania Bushings, Incorporated

Pennsylvania Cabot Beryllium Products

Pennsylvania Dereco, Incorporated

Pennsylvania Dierolf & Son, Incorporated

Pennsylvania Envirosafe Services, Incorporated

Pennsylvania Erie Marine Enterprises, Incorporated

Pennsylvania Flood City Brass and Pump Company

Pennsylvania Franklin Smelting & Refining

Pennsylvania Gesco, Incorporated

Pennsylvania Johnstown Wire Technologies, Incorporated

Pennsylvania Kimmins Industrial Service Corporation

Pennsylvania Lehigh Consolidated Industries

Pennsylvania Masel Industries, Incorporated

Pennsylvania Muratone Company, Incorporated

Pennsylvania NGK Metals, Incorporated

Pennsylvania Pennline Industries, Incorporated

Pennsylvania Piad Precision Castings Corporation

Pennsylvania Ruch Tool Company, Incorporated

Pennsylvania Sonoco Products Company

Pennsylvania Stanley E. Flagg & Company, Incorporated

Pennsylvania Superior Tube Company

Pennsylvania Trafcon Industries, Incorporated

Pennsylvania Weaver Industries, Incorporated

Rhode Island Branch Metal Processing

Rhode Island Gannon & Scott, Incorporated

Rhode Island Metech International, Incorporated

Rhode Island Newport Shipyard, Incorporated

Rhode Island Parkers Brass Foundry, Incorporated

Rhode Island Pease & Curren

Rhode Island Robert E Derecktor of Rhode Island

Rhode Island Rona, Incorporated

Rhode Island Taylor Precision Casting, Incorporated

South Carolina Braswell Service Group, Incorporated

South Dakota Prest Rack

South Dakota TCF Axial Division

Tennessee NGK Metals Corporation

Tennessee Tecumseh Products Company

Texas Acor Dental Lab, Incorporated

Texas Ampco Metal Manufacturing, Incorporated
Enclosure IV

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State Location

Texas BEI Defense Systems

Texas Bell Helicopter Textron, Incorporated

Texas Bilt-Redi Corporation

Texas Brown Fintube Company

Texas Cardenas Motors, Incorporated

Texas Carolina Color Corporation

Texas Coastal Iron Works, Incorporated

Texas Conway Technologies Corporation

Texas Dynamic Coating Corporation

Texas Dynamic Painting Corporation

Texas Dyna-Therm Corporation

Texas Eagle Construction

Texas Eagle Die Casting, Incorporated

Texas Farris Welding & Fabricating

Texas Fuji Ceramics Dental Laboratory

Texas J.E. Merit Constructors, Incorporated

Texas Jonsil Manufacturing Company, Incorporated

Texas Kessler Premium Castings Company

Texas Layne Western DBA Drilling Service

Texas Old World Products, Incorporated

Texas R. Johns, Ltd.

Texas Royal Seating Corporation

Texas Tapco International, Incorporated

Texas Tex Tin Corporation

Texas Texas Engineered Products Company

Texas Texas Steel Company

Texas TMI Coatings, Incorporated

Virginia Davis Boat Works, Incorporated

Virginia General Electric Company

Virginia Gerloff Painting, Incorporated

Washington Omega Industries, Incorporated

West Virginia CSX Transportation-Huntington

West Virginia Pressure Concrete Construction

Wisconsin AFW Foundry, Incorporated

Wisconsin AO Smith Corporation

Wisconsin Allister Fabricating, Incorporated

Wisconsin Ampco Metal, Incorporated

Wisconsin Basic American Medical Products

Wisconsin Chippewa Brass & Aluminum Foundry

Wisconsin Edwin Yeska #152

Wisconsin Federal Manufacturing Company

Wisconsin Fraser Shipyards, Incorporated

Wisconsin Frost Company

Wisconsin Harnischfeger Corporation

Wisconsin Howard G. Hinz, Incorporated

Wisconsin Iroquois Foundry Company

Wisconsin J&D Manufacturing and Sales of Eau Claire

Wisconsin Johnson Brass & Machine Foundry

Wisconsin Kramer International, Incorporated
Enclosure IV

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State Location

Wisconsin Milwaukee Sign Company, Incorporated

Wisconsin Oscar J. Boldt Construction Company

Wisconsin Oshkosh Radiator & Welding Company

Wisconsin Rose Industries, Incorporated

Wisconsin Siemens Power Corporation

Wisconsin Stanley Fronczak D/B/A Custom

Wisconsin Super Steel Products Corporation

Wisconsin Thermal Engineering International

Wisconsin Tri-Clover, Incorporated

Wisconsin Varco-Pruden Buildings

Wisconsin Vikron, Incorporated

Wisconsin Walworth Foundries, Incorporated
Enclosure V

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Prior GAO Work Showing Where Defense Identified

Locations With Beryllium Contamination

Information obtained during our prior work on Defense’s environmental restoration

shows that beryllium contamination was detected in soil and groundwater at 38 of the

97 military locations1

 with high cleanup costs in the United States.2 The data that we

reviewed did not indicate how beryllium was actually used at the locations. The

affected sites at an identified location included, for example, landfills, firing ranges,

industrial waste pits, drainage ditches, and surface disposal areas. Table 4 lists the 38

military locations. Eight of the military locations reported by the Air Force and the

Navy in enclosure III are also included in the list of 38 military locations. Neither we

nor Defense included the other 30 locations in the total of beryllium-use locations

because the contamination was at cleanup sites rather than at a workplace.

Table 4: Locations Where Beryllium Was Found in Soil and Groundwater

State Military location

Alaska Adak Naval Air Facility

Alaska Elmendorf Air Force Base

California Alameda Naval Air Station

California China Lake Naval Weapons Warfare Center

California Edwards Air Force Base

California El Toro Marine Corps Air Station

California Lemoore Naval Air Station

California March Air Force Base

California Mare Island Naval Ship Yard

California Moffett Naval Air Station

California North Island Naval Air Stationa

California Point Mugu Naval Air Warfare Center

California Presidio of San Fransisco

California Stockton Naval Communication Station

California Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station

California Travis Air Force Base

California Tustin Marine Corps Air Station

Colorado Pueblo Chemical Depot

Florida Jacksonville Naval Air Stationa

Florida Mayport Naval Stationa

Florida Pensacola Naval Air Stationa

Hawaii Barbers Point Naval Air Station

Missouri Lake City Army Ammunition Plant

Missouri Weldon Spring Ordnance Works

New Jersey Picatinny Arsenal

New York Seneca Army Depot

North Carolina Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Stationa

 1

Additionally, a location on Guam was also identified as having beryllium contamination.

2

Our report entitled Environmental Cleanup: DOD’s Implementation of the Relative Risk Site

Evaluation Process, (NSIAD-99-25, Oct. 7, 1998) identifies installations that accounted for more than

$20 million in planned cleanup costs during 1996-98 or were projected to have more than $100 million

in cleanup costs for 1996 through completion. The beryllium contamination was reported in

worksheets provided by the military services for each of the 97 installations.
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State Location

Ohio Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Oklahoma Tinker Air Force Basea

Rhode Island Davisville Naval Construction Battalion Center

Texas Kelly Air Force Basea

Utah Dugway Proving Ground

Utah Tooele Army Depot

Virginia Norfolk Naval Ship Yarda

Virginia Yorktown Naval Weapons Station

Washington Bangor Naval Submarine Base

Wisconsin Badger Army Ammunition Plant

Wyoming F.E. Warren Air Force Base

a

Locations reported in enclosure III.
Enclosure VI

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Official Written Comments From Energy
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