FINAL

2015 Damage Cases -

Analysis of Scrap Metal, 

Spent Lead-Acid Battery,

and Drum Recycling Exclusion

Prepared for:

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (ORCR)

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 

Washington, D.C. 20460

Prepared by:

Eastern Research Group, Inc.

14555 Avion Parkway

Suite 200

Chantilly, VA 20151-1102

May 1, 2015

EPA Contract No. EP-W-10-055

Work Assignment Task 4B
2015 Damage Cases Preface

PREFACE

As part of EPA’s effort to revise the current “definition of solid waste” in the 2008

Revisions to the Definition of Solid Waste Final Rule, also known as the “DSW rule” (the 2015

DSW rule was published on January 13, 2015), EPA undertook an extensive damage case study 

looking at environmental damages caused by recycling hazardous secondary materials from 1982 

to the present. The information in the report helped the Agency to craft the specific conditions

for recycling hazardous secondary materials. The report was initially completed in January 2007 

and updated in 2008, 2011, and 2012. The damage case study identified 250 cases in which 

environmental damage of some kind occurred from some type of recycling activity, and that 

appeared to clearly fit within the scope of the study.

The current study consists of the collection of 31 additional damage cases that have 

occurred or have been recorded since July 2011 (when the last update to the damage case study 

was completed). Following comments by EPA, additional information regarding these 31 new 

damage cases was collected and presented in this report.
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CONTENTS

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FACILITY 1: CHARLES BATCHELDER SITE........................................................................................ 1

FACILITY 2: MERRIMACK INDUSTRIALMETALS .............................................................................. 3

FACILITY 3: FORMER JOHN C. TOMBARELLO & SONS PROPERTY .................................................... 5

FACILITY 4: SIMS METAL MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................ 7

FACILITY 5: ARECIBO BATTERY RECYCLING COMPANY.................................................................. 9

FACILITY 6: W.R. RECYCLING OF CABO ROJO............................................................................... 11

FACILITY 7: AL SOLUTIONS INCORPORATED.................................................................................. 13

FACILITY 8: ECO INTERNATIONAL(ENVIROCYCLE INCORPORATED) ............................................ 15

FACILITY 9: P&W WASTE OIL SITE (SULLY’S OIL RECOVERY) .................................................... 17

FACILITY 10: PERMA-FIX CHEMICAL OF SOUTH GEORGIA ............................................................ 19

FACILITY 11: TWIN STATE BATTERY ............................................................................................. 21

FACILITY 12: ULAH BATTERY LEAD RECLAIMING SITE................................................................. 23

FACILITY 13: WWS ASSOCIATES DBA (DOING BUSINESS AS) 2TRG .............................................. 25

FACILITY 14: ALL PRO SCRAP ....................................................................................................... 27

FACILITY 15: SQS DBA ENVIRONMENTALRECYCLING GROUP...................................................... 29

FACILITY 16: LOEWENTHALMETALCORPORATION ...................................................................... 31

FACILITY 17: NEW LYME METALS SITE......................................................................................... 33

FACILITY 18: BATTERY RECLAMATION INCORPORATED................................................................ 35

FACILITY 19: GOLD METALRECYCLING........................................................................................ 37

FACILITY 20: EFFLUENTRECYCLING (MICHAELMARTIN & ASSOCIATES).................................... 39

FACILITY 21: KRIGER BATTERY..................................................................................................... 41

FACILITY 22: SCRUB-A-DUBB BARRELCOMPANY ........................................................................ 43

FACILITY 23: NORTHWESTERNMETALCOMPANY......................................................................... 45

FACILITY 24: FORMER RAINBOW SERVICES, LLC. (UNITED CONTAINER)..................................... 47
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FACILITY 25: LUMINOUS ELECTRONIC RECYCLING ....................................................................... 49

FACILITY 26: STONE CASTLE RECYCLING ..................................................................................... 51

FACILITY 27: DLUBAK GLASS COMPANY....................................................................................... 53

FACILITY 28: DOW MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................ 55

FACILITY 29: MULTNOMAH METALS SITE ..................................................................................... 57

FACILITY 30: SEATTLE BARRELCOMPANY.................................................................................... 59

FACILITY 31: TOTAL METALRECYCLING, INC. (TMR).................................................................. 61
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Facility 1: Charles Batchelder Site

Item Item Description

1 Facility EPA ID CTD 981 069 180 (ID number used for removal activity)/ 

CTD 001 182 278 (ID number for the actual site address)

2 Facility Address and County 46A Swamp Rd., Newtown, Fairfield Co., CT 06470

3 EPA Region of the Facility Region 1

4 Facility Type (i.e., generator recycling onsite, 

generator recycling off-site, intermediate 

facility , transporter, or reclaimer)

Scrap Metal Recycler, Aluminum Recycler

5 NAICS Code and Description 42151/Metal Service Center, 331312/Primary Aluminum

Production

6 Whether the site has/had a RCRA permit? No

7 Whether the site went bankrupt? Yes

8 End Date of Recycling Operation 1987

9 Brief Site History and Description of

Recycling Operation

Scrap metal recycling from 1947 to 1987. Secondary 

smelting of aluminum into ingots.

10 Causes of Damage (i.e., improper 

management of hazardous secondary 

materials, abandoned materials, fire or 

explosion, accident, leaks or spills, improper 

management of recycled products, improper 

disposal of residuals, other)

Abandoned two large piles of bag house dust in a building on 

property. Twenty piles of dross were found abandoned on the 

northern portion of the site.

11 Damage Description Soil contamination. Abandoned waste.

12 Start Date of Damage 1947

13 End Date of Damage (or if damage is 

ongoing)

2013

14 Funding Source for Cleanup of Damage

(Federal, State, Responsible Party)

Federal. Looking for a Responsible Party.

15 Oversight of Cleanup (Federal, State, 

Responsible Party)

Federal

16 Is the site a RCRA corrective action site? No

17 Is it in the SEMS database? 

If so, what is its ID number?

Yes

18 Is the site on the NPL?

Is it proposed to be on the NPL? If so, status?

Non-NPL

19 Has there been one (or more) CERCLA

removal action(s)? If so, what is the status?

Yes.

5/11 - 10/16/1997 - Removed multiple drums of soil. PCB

contaminated soil capped onsite.

2/14/2013 - Removal of hazardous waste liquids, dross, and 

contaminated soil.

20 Damage Type (i.e., soil, groundwater, 

sediment, surface water, air, abandoned 

materials)

Contaminated soil. Abandoned waste.

21 Damage Description Abandoned hazardous waste and contaminated soils. 

Aluminum smelting waste/soil/ash/dross- 11,991 tons, 

liquid waste/D001/D010 - 20 lbs., D002 - 65 lbs., 

D006,007,008,010,011 - 3,000 lbs., D006 - 2,000 lbs., 

D011 - 200 lbs., D007 - 1,600 lbs.

22 Fatalities? No
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Item Item Description

23 Injuries? No

24 Cleanup Costs $1,802,400 (EPA funding ceiling)

25 Property and Other Damages

26 Type of Recycled Materials (i.e., batteries, 

other metal-bearing wastes, commercial 

chemical products, drums, spent solvents, 

spent acids or bases, used oil, other petroleum 

wastes, scrap metals, precious-metal

containing wastes, mercury-containing wastes, 

other wastes)

Ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal, used oil.

27 Hazardous Waste Codes of Materials D001/Ignitable, D002/Corrosive, D004/Arsenic, 

D006/Cadmium, D007/Chromium, D008/Lead, PCB’s.

28 Material Description

29 Regulatory citation the facility was operating 

under?

30 Does the contractor believe the facility was 

legitimately recycling?

Unknown.

31 Case Contacts EPA OSC Daniel Burke, 617-918-1285

32 Case Sources ECHO, SEMS, RCRA INFO, OSC 

http://iaspub.epa.gov/enviro/cerclisquery.get_report?pgm_sy

s_id=CTD981069180
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Facility 2: Merrimack Industrial Metals

Item Item Description

1 Facility EPA ID NHD 982 745 655 (Region 1 Remediation)

2 Facility Address and County 735A Milford Road, Merrimack, Hillsborough County, NH

03054

3 EPA Region of the Facility Region 1

4 Facility Type (i.e., generator recycling onsite, 

generator recycling off-site, intermediate 

facility , transporter, or reclaimer)

Scrap Metal Recycler

5 NAICS Code and Description 423930/Recyclable Material Merchant

6 Whether the site has/had a RCRA permit? No

7 Whether the site went bankrupt? No

8 End Date of Recycling Operation 1999

9 Brief Site History and Description of

Recycling Operation

The company operated as a ferrous and non-ferrous scrap 

metal recycler from 1963 to 1999.

10 Causes of Damage (i.e., improper 

management of hazardous secondary 

materials, abandoned materials, fire or 

explosion, accident, leaks or spills, improper 

management of recycled products, improper 

disposal of residuals, other)

As part of a sale of the property in 1999, contaminated soil 

was stock-piled as part of a cleanup. Property sale did not go 

through and property owner died in 2007. Contaminated soil 

pile abandoned.

11 Damage Description Lead and PCB contaminated soil.

12 Start Date of Damage 1963

13 End Date of Damage (or if damage is 

ongoing)

4/16/2010

14 Funding Source for Cleanup of Damage

(Federal, State, Responsible Party)

Federal

15 Oversight of Cleanup (Federal, State, 

Responsible Party)

Federal

16 Is the site a RCRA corrective action site? No

17 Is it in the SEMS database? 

If so, what is its ID number?

Yes

18 Is the site on the NPL?

Is it proposed to be on the NPL? If so, status?

Non-NPL

19 Has there been one (or more) CERCLA

removal action(s)? If so, what is the status?

Yes. Time Critical Source Removal, 4/20/2009 - 4/16/2010.

20 Damage Type (i.e., soil, groundwater, 

sediment, surface water, air, abandoned 

materials)

Contaminated soil, abandoned waste.

21 Damage Description Contaminated soil-lead, 2,800 mg/kg, PCB, 72 mg/kg. 7,455 

tons of lead and PCB contaminated soil.

22 Fatalities? No

23 Injuries? No

24 Cleanup Costs $1,766,700

25 Property and Other Damages
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Item Item Description

26 Type of Recycled Materials (i.e., batteries, 

other metal-bearing wastes, commercial 

chemical products, drums, spent solvents, 

spent acids or bases, used oil, other petroleum 

wastes, scrap metals, precious-metal

containing wastes, mercury-containing wastes, 

other wastes)

In two buildings on site, spent lead acid batteries, gas 

cylinders, and small containers of hazardous chemicals.

27 Hazardous Waste Codes of Materials D008/Lead, PCB, Aroclor 1254

28 Material Description

29 Regulatory citation the facility was operating 

under?

30 Does the contractor believe the facility was 

legitimately recycling?

Unknown.

31 Case Contacts EPA OSC Brent England 617-918-1279

EPA SAM Nancy Smith 617-918-1476

32 Case Sources RCRA INFO, ECHO, OSC
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Facility 3: Former John C. Tombarello & Sons Property

Item Item Description

1 Facility EPA ID MAD 019 426 238

2 Facility Address and County 207 Marston Street, Essex Co., Lawrence, MA 01841

3 EPA Region of the Facility Region 1

4 Facility Type (i.e., generator recycling onsite, 

generator recycling off-site, intermediate 

facility , transporter, or reclaimer)

Scrap Metal Recycler

5 NAICS Code and Description 423930/Recyclable Material Merchant

6 Whether the site has/had a RCRA permit? No

7 Whether the site went bankrupt? No

8 End Date of Recycling Operation 1998

9 Brief Site History and Description of

Recycling Operation

Recycling facility operated from 1952 to 1998. Facility 

accepted crushed cars, storage tanks, machinery, and 

computer parts. Company used cyanide to recover gold.

10 Causes of Damage (i.e., improper 

management of hazardous secondary 

materials, abandoned materials, fire or 

explosion, accident, leaks or spills, improper 

management of recycled products, improper 

disposal of residuals, other)

Dust from site caused soil contamination on adjoining nine 

residential properties. Contaminated soil was stockpiled on

5/21/1998 and removed during two removal actions between

2010 and 2012.

11 Damage Description Soil contamination on nine privately owned residential 

properties.

12 Start Date of Damage 1952

13 End Date of Damage (or if damage is 

ongoing)

6/22/2012

14 Funding Source for Cleanup of Damage

(Federal, State, Responsible Party)

Federal and Responsible Party (First Lawrence Financial, 

LLC)

15 Oversight of Cleanup (Federal, State, 

Responsible Party)

Federal

16 Is the site a RCRA corrective action site? No

17 Is it in the SEMS database? 

If so, what is its ID number?

Yes

18 Is the site on the NPL?

Is it proposed to be on the NPL? If so, status?

Non-NPL

19 Has there been one (or more) CERCLA

removal action(s)? If so, what is the status?

Yes. Time Critical Source Removal 9/14/2010 - 7/6/2011 

and 6/22/2012.

20 Damage Type (i.e., soil, groundwater, 

sediment, surface water, air, abandoned 

materials)

Abandoned contaminated soil pile.

21 Damage Description Contaminated soil- tetrachloroethene/1.8 ppm, 

Cadmium/162 mg/kg, TPH/6,900 mg/kg, PCB/13.1 mg/kg

22 Fatalities? None.

23 Injuries? None.

24 Cleanup Costs Estimated $1,000,000

25 Property and Other Damages Soil Contamination on facility and nine residential 

properties.
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Item Item Description

26 Type of Recycled Materials (i.e., batteries, 

other metal-bearing wastes, commercial 

chemical products, drums, spent solvents, 

spent acids or bases, used oil, other petroleum 

wastes, scrap metals, precious-metal

containing wastes, mercury-containing wastes, 

other wastes)

Crushed cars, storage tanks, machinery, and computer parts. 

Company also used cyanide to recover gold.

27 Hazardous Waste Codes of Materials D004/Arsenic, D006/Cadmium, D007/Chromium, 

D008/Lead

28 Material Description Contaminated soil.

29 Regulatory citation the facility was operating 

under?

30 Does the contractor believe the facility was 

legitimately recycling?

Unknown.

31 Case Contacts EPA OSC Michael Barry 617-918-1344

EPA SAM Nancy Smith 617-918-1436

32 Case Sources RCRA INFO, SEMS, OSC

http://public.dep.state.ma.us/fileviewer/DefaultScanned.aspx

?documentid=20193
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Facility 4: Sims Metal Management

Item Item Description

1 Facility EPA ID NJD 041 974 981

2 Facility Address and County 1 Linden Ave., Jersey City, Hudson Co., NJ 07305

3 EPA Region of the Facility Region 2

4 Facility Type (i.e., generator recycling onsite, 

generator recycling off-site, intermediate 

facility , transporter, or reclaimer)

Scrap Metal Recycler

5 NAICS Code and Description 423930/Recyclable Material Merchant

6 Whether the site has/had a RCRA permit? No. LQG

7 Whether the site went bankrupt? No

8 End Date of Recycling Operation Active operational site

9 Brief Site History and Description of

Recycling Operation

The company is one of the largest scrap metal recyclers in 

the United States. The site recycles ferrous and non-ferrous 

metals, buses, rail cars, and electronic waste. The facility 

does scrap vehicle processing, mobile baling, car crushing, 

shearing, shredding, tin compacting, and torch cutting. The 

site has a history of fires and had major fires at the facility in

10/17/2010 and 8/19/2013. In the past three years the facility 

has faced $188,000 in fines from OSHA for exposing 

employees to high concentrations of lead.

10 Causes of Damage (i.e., improper 

management of hazardous secondary 

materials, abandoned materials, fire or 

explosion, accident, leaks or spills, improper 

management of recycled products, improper 

disposal of residuals, other)

Fires. Fire reports can be obtained by contacting the Jersey

City, NJ, Fire Department. (201)-547-4247 (chief’s office).

11 Damage Description The last two major fires were limited to fires in the scrap 

metal piles.

12 Start Date of Damage Dates of Fires: 10/17/2010, 9/5/2011, 8/19/2013, and

2/21/2014.

13 End Date of Damage (or if damage is 

ongoing)

Damage was cleaned up by the Company.

14 Funding Source for Cleanup of Damage

(Federal, State, Responsible Party)

Responsible Party

15 Oversight of Cleanup (Federal, State, 

Responsible Party)

Responsible Party

16 Is the site a RCRA corrective action site? No

17 Is it in the SEMS database? 

If so, what is its ID number?

No

18 Is the site on the NPL?

Is it proposed to be on the NPL? If so, status?

Non-NPL

19 Has there been one (or more) CERCLA

removal action(s)? If so, what is the status?

No

20 Damage Type (i.e., soil, groundwater, 

sediment, surface water, air, abandoned 

materials)

Air and surface water.

21 Damage Description Current environmental damage is limited to area around the 

fire.
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Item Item Description

22 Fatalities? No

23 Injuries? No

24 Cleanup Costs Unknown, Sims incurred cost.

25 Property and Other Damages Extent of any soil, sediment or surface water (Hudson River)

extent of contamination is unknown at this time.

26 Type of Recycled Materials (i.e., batteries, 

other metal-bearing wastes, commercial 

chemical products, drums, spent solvents, 

spent acids or bases, used oil, other petroleum 

wastes, scrap metals, precious-metal

containing wastes, mercury-containing wastes, 

other wastes)

Scrap Metal

27 Hazardous Waste Codes of Materials D008/Lead

28 Material Description Ferrous and non-ferrous metals, buses, rail cars, and 

electronic waste.

29 Regulatory citation the facility was operating 

under?

30 Does the contractor believe the facility was 

legitimately recycling?

31 Case Contacts None.

32 Case Sources RCRA INFO, ECHO
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Facility 5: Arecibo Battery Recycling Company

Item Item Description

1 Facility EPA ID PRR 000 004 655

2 Facility Address and County Road No. 2 Bo Cambalache, Arecibo, Arecibo Co., PR

00612

3 EPA Region of the Facility Region 2

4 Facility Type (i.e., generator recycling onsite, 

generator recycling off-site, intermediate 

facility , transporter, or reclaimer)

Lead Acid Battery Recycling

5 NAICS Code and Description 331492/Secondary Smelting, Refining and Alloying of

Non-ferrous Metal, 335911/Storage Battery Manufacturing,

535912/PrimaryBattery Mfg

6 Whether the site has/had a RCRA permit? LQG

7 Whether the site went bankrupt? No

8 End Date of Recycling Operation Active facility.

9 Brief Site History and Description of

Recycling Operation

The Company recycles used motor vehicle batteries and 

produces approximately 60 tons of lead per day. The 

Company is the only battery recycler in Puerto Rico and the 

Caribbean to have a secondary lead smelter. EPA has 

investigated and found that in 2007, the company 

reconstructed and tested a furnace at its facility without 

properly notifying EPA. The company built another furnace 

in 2010 and informed EPA, but failed to notify the agency

of its testing of pollution control equipment.

EPA cited facility for failure to keep containers closed, 

failure to have a permit, failure to conduct training, LDR 

violations, failure to make proper waste determination, 

labeling violations. Penalty - $112,000 and SEP valued at

$598,935.

10 Causes of Damage (i.e., improper 

management of hazardous secondary 

materials, abandoned materials, fire or 

explosion, accident, leaks or spills, improper 

management of recycled products, improper 

disposal of residuals, other)

Inadequate engineering and administrative controls led to 

the migration of lead-contaminated dust from the facility 

via workers’ clothes, shoes, persons (skin, hair), and 

personal vehicles.

11 Damage Description Soil contamination.

12 Start Date of Damage About 7/1994

13 End Date of Damage (or if damage is 

ongoing)

Corrective action being taken by the Company.

14 Funding Source for Cleanup of Damage

(Federal, State, Responsible Party)

Responsible Party (Arecibo Battery Recycling Company)

15 Oversight of Cleanup (Federal, State, 

Responsible Party)

Federal

16 Is the site a RCRA corrective action site? No

17 Is it in the SEMS database? 

If so, what is its ID number?

Yes

18 Is the site on the NPL?

Is it proposed to be on the NPL? If so, status?

Non-NPL

19 Has there been one (or more) CERCLA

removal action(s)? If so, what is the status?

Yes. Started 5/7/2011
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Item Item Description

20 Damage Type (i.e., soil, groundwater, 

sediment, surface water, air, abandoned 

materials)

Lead contaminated soil and lead contamination of personal 

vehicles and homes.

21 Damage Description Approximately 150 children tested who may have been 

exposed to lead from the Battery Recycling facility, 20 

percent have lead in their blood above levels considered a 

problem among health professionals. Lead contamination 

was also found in Company employee homes and vehicles.

22 Fatalities? No

23 Injuries? No

24 Cleanup Costs Unknown.

25 Property and Other Damages Soil contamination on adjoining agricultural property.

26 Type of Recycled Materials (i.e., batteries, 

other metal-bearing wastes, commercial 

chemical products, drums, spent solvents, 

spent acids or bases, used oil, other 

petroleum wastes, scrap metals, preciousmetal containing wastes, mercury-containing 

wastes, other wastes)

Spent lead acid batteries.

27 Hazardous Waste Codes of Materials D008/Lead

28 Material Description Spent lead acid batteries

29 Regulatory citation the facility was operating 

under?

30 Does the contractor believe the facility was 

legitimately recycling?

Unknown.

31 Case Contacts EPA OSC, Eric Wilson, 732-321-6620

32 Case Sources RCRA INFO, SEMS, OSC

EPA News Releases from Region 2 dated 8/10/2011,
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Facility 6: W.R. Recycling of Cabo Rojo

Item Item Description

1 Facility EPA ID PRN 008 021 347

2 Facility Address and County PR 103 KM 2.3, Cabo Rojo, Cabo Rojo Co., PR 00023

3 EPA Region of the Facility Region 2

4 Facility Type (i.e., generator recycling onsite, 

generator recycling off-site, intermediate 

facility , transporter, or reclaimer)

Scrap Metal Recycling

5 NAICS Code and Description 423930/Recyclable Material Merchant

6 Whether the site has/had a RCRA permit? No. CESQG

7 Whether the site went bankrupt? No

8 End Date of Recycling Operation Active facility

9 Brief Site History and Description of

Recycling Operation

The Company crushes motor vehicles and recycles scrap 

metal. On three occasions from 2009 to 2012, EPA inspected 

the facility to determine its compliance with federal

hazardous waste regulations. EPA issued a legal complaint to 

the company for violations discovered. Facility cited by EPA 

for failure to make a waste determination, failure to get a 

permit, release of hazardous waste to the soil and air.

6/11/2014 penalty $28,735. SEP $133,000.

10 Causes of Damage (i.e., improper 

management of hazardous secondary 

materials, abandoned materials, fire or 

explosion, accident, leaks or spills, improper 

management of recycled products, improper 

disposal of residuals, other)

Improper management of hazardous materials and spills of 

fluids.

11 Damage Description Contaminated soil.

12 Start Date of Damage 2007

13 End Date of Damage (or if damage is 

ongoing)

6/2012

14 Funding Source for Cleanup of Damage

(Federal, State, Responsible Party)

Responsible Party

15 Oversight of Cleanup (Federal, State, 

Responsible Party)

Responsible Party

16 Is the site a RCRA corrective action site? No

17 Is it in the SEMS database? 

If so, what is its ID number?

No

18 Is the site on the NPL?

Is it proposed to be on the NPL? If so, status?

Non-NPL

19 Has there been one (or more) CERCLA

removal action(s)? If so, what is the status?

No

20 Damage Type (i.e., soil, groundwater, 

sediment, surface water, air, abandoned 

materials)

Release of automotive fluids to the environment causing soil 

contamination.

21 Damage Description Petroleum contaminated fluids present in the soil.

22 Fatalities? None

23 Injuries? None

24 Cleanup Costs
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Item Item Description

25 Property and Other Damages Contaminated soil.

26 Type of Recycled Materials (i.e., batteries, 

other metal-bearing wastes, commercial 

chemical products, drums, spent solvents, 

spent acids or bases, used oil, other petroleum 

wastes, scrap metals, precious-metal

containing wastes, mercury-containing wastes, 

other wastes)

Ferrous and non-ferrous metals, scrap metal, used oil and 

other petroleum waste.

27 Hazardous Waste Codes of Materials D001/Ignitable

28 Material Description Salvaged motor vehicles.

29 Regulatory citation the facility was operating 

under?

30 Does the contractor believe the facility was 

legitimately recycling?

Yes

31 Case Contacts EPA OSC, John Martin, 212-637-3662

32 Case Sources ECHO, RCRA INFO

EPA News Release, 7/9/2014, “EPA Settlement with Cabo 

Rojo, Puerto Rico Auto Crushing Company, Addresses 

Hazardous Waste and Used Oil”.
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Facility 7: Al Solutions Incorporated

Item Item Description

1 Facility EPA ID WVR 000 012 021

2 Facility Address and County 1000 South Chester St., New Cumberland, Hancock Co., 

WV 26047

3 EPA Region of the Facility Region 3

4 Facility Type (i.e., generator recycling onsite, 

generator recycling off-site, intermediate 

facility , transporter, or reclaimer)

Metal Recycling

5 NAICS Code and Description 331411/ Non –ferrous metal (Except Al Smelting)

6 Whether the site has/had a RCRA permit? No. CESQG

7 Whether the site went bankrupt? No

8 End Date of Recycling Operation 12/9/2010

9 Brief Site History and Description of

Recycling Operation

The AL Solutions plant (formerly known as Jamegy, Inc. 

recycles titanium and zirconium, which is used as an alloy 

addition for aluminum.

On 7/16/2014, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard 

Investigation Board (CBS) published a “Case Study of the 

Metal Dust Explosion and Fire” at Al Solution. A key 

finding was the company did not adhere to the practices 

recommended in National Fire Protection Association 

(NFPA) 484 for controlling combustible metal dust hazards. 

The West Virginia Area Office of OSHA issued one willful 

and 12 serious violations to the Company as a result of the 

explosion.

In December 2013, the company agreed to implement 

safeguards at all facilities in a settlement of U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Clean Air Act 

violations.

10 Causes of Damage (i.e., improper 

management of hazardous secondary 

materials, abandoned materials, fire or 

explosion, accident, leaks or spills, improper 

management of recycled products, improper 

disposal of residuals, other)

Explosion. The explosion in the production building was 

caused by the buildup of flammable hydrogen and its 

ignition of combustible titanium and zirconium dusts that 

were generated at the facility according to OSHA report 

number 313378242.

A copy of the fire report can be obtained from the New

Cumberland, WV, Fire Department, 717-774-0193.

11 Damage Description Debris from explosion scattered in yard of local residents.

12 Start Date of Damage 12/9/2010

13 End Date of Damage (or if damage is 

ongoing)

12/9/2010

14 Funding Source for Cleanup of Damage

(Federal, State, Responsible Party)

Responsible Party

15 Oversight of Cleanup (Federal, State, 

Responsible Party)

Responsible Party

16 Is the site a RCRA corrective action site? No

17 Is it in the SEMS database? 

If so, what is its ID number?

No

18 Is the site on the NPL?

Is it proposed to be on the NPL? If so, status?

Non-NPL
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Item Item Description

19 Has there been one (or more) CERCLA

removal action(s)? If so, what is the status?

No

20 Damage Type (i.e., soil, groundwater, 

sediment, surface water, air, abandoned 

materials)

Soil

21 Damage Description Explosion, 12/9/2010

22 Fatalities? Yes, 3 employees killed. Final OSHA incident report number

313378242. 

https://www.osha.gov/pls/imis/accidentsearch.accident_detai

l?id=200632321.

23 Injuries? Yes, 1 employee injured

24 Cleanup Costs

25 Property and Other Damages Facility production area destroyed. Debris scattered into 

yards of local residents.

26 Type of Recycled Materials (i.e., batteries, 

other metal-bearing wastes, commercial 

chemical products, drums, spent solvents, 

spent acids or bases, used oil, other petroleum 

wastes, scrap metals, precious-metal

containing wastes, mercury-containing wastes, 

other wastes)

Titanium and zirconium scrap metal.

27 Hazardous Waste Codes of Materials D001/Ignitable.

28 Material Description Titanium and zirconium scrap metal.

29 Regulatory citation the facility was operating 

under?

30 Does the contractor believe the facility was 

legitimately recycling?

31 Case Contacts EPA OSC, Dennis Matlock, 304-234-0284

32 Case Sources ECHO, RCRA INFO, OSC, IMIS 

https://www.csb.gov/assets/1/19/Final_Case_Study_7.161.pdf

http://www2.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2013-

12/documents/alsolution-cd.pdf

https://www.osha.gov/pls/imis/accidentsearch.accident_detail?id=2

00632321
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Facility 8: ECO International (Envirocycle Incorporated)

Item Item Description

1 Facility EPA ID PAD 981 041 676

2 Facility Address and County 899 Assembly Place, Hallstead, Susquehanna Co., PA 18822

3 EPA Region of the Facility Region 3

4 Facility Type (i.e., generator recycling onsite, 

generator recycling off-site, intermediate 

facility , transporter, or reclaimer)

Electronic Recycling

5 NAICS Code and Description 562920/Removal of Recyclable Material from a Waste

Stream

6 Whether the site has/had a RCRA permit?

7 Whether the site went bankrupt? Yes (2013)

8 End Date of Recycling Operation Late 2013

9 Brief Site History and Description of

Recycling Operation

The company processed all types of computer equipment and 

e-scrap and specializing in CRT, televisions, monitors and 

display devices. The company is one of the processing 

contractors of the OEM-backed Electronic Manufacturers 

Recycling Management Company (MRM),

10 Causes of Damage (i.e., improper 

management of hazardous secondary 

materials, abandoned materials, fire or 

explosion, accident, leaks or spills, improper 

management of recycled products, improper 

disposal of residuals, other)

Abandoned material.

11 Damage Description Closed with 12,000 tons of CRT leaded glass.

12 Start Date of Damage Late 2013

13 End Date of Damage (or if damage is 

ongoing)

Ongoing.

14 Funding Source for Cleanup of Damage

(Federal, State, Responsible Party)

Responsible Party (Electronic Manufacturers Recycling

Management Company)

15 Oversight of Cleanup (Federal, State, 

Responsible Party)

Federal

16 Is the site a RCRA corrective action site? No

17 Is it in the SEMS database? 

If so, what is its ID number?

No

18 Is the site on the NPL?

Is it proposed to be on the NPL? If so, status?

Non-NPL

19 Has there been one (or more) CERCLA

removal action(s)? If so, what is the status?

No

20 Damage Type (i.e., soil, groundwater, 

sediment, surface water, air, abandoned 

materials)

Abandoned materials.

21 Damage Description 12,000 tons of abandoned CRT leaded glass.

22 Fatalities? No

23 Injuries? No

24 Cleanup Costs Unknown.

25 Property and Other Damages 12,000 tons of CRT leaded glass abandoned in warehouse.
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Item Item Description

26 Type of Recycled Materials (i.e., batteries, 

other metal-bearing wastes, commercial 

chemical products, drums, spent solvents, 

spent acids or bases, used oil, other petroleum 

wastes, scrap metals, precious-metal

containing wastes, mercury-containing wastes, 

other wastes)

Electronic waste (television, CRTs, CRT glass.

27 Hazardous Waste Codes of Materials D008/Lead

28 Material Description Leaded CRT glass.

29 Regulatory citation the facility was operating 

under?

30 Does the contractor believe the facility was 

legitimately recycling?

31 Case Contacts EPA OSC, John Martin, 214-665-6748

32 Case Sources RCRA INFO, ECHO, E-Scrap News(3/2014)
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Facility 9: P&W Waste Oil Site (Sully’s Oil Recovery)

Item Item Description

1 Facility EPA ID NCD 986 215 242

2 Facility Address and County 10518 Royster Road, Leland, Brunswick Co., NC 28451

3 EPA Region of the Facility Region 4

4 Facility Type (i.e., generator recycling onsite, 

generator recycling off-site, intermediate 

facility , transporter, or reclaimer)

Used Oil Recycling

5 NAICS Code and Description 562119/Other Waste Collection

6 Whether the site has/had a RCRA permit? Yes. Used Oil Processor, CESQG

7 Whether the site went bankrupt? No

8 End Date of Recycling Operation 3/2012

9 Brief Site History and Description of

Recycling Operation

Company collected and recycled used oil, oily water, and 

antifreeze from 1993 to 3/2012.

Between 9/1/2009 and 9/15/2009, P&W employees 

transported more than 130,000 gallons of used oil 

contaminated with more than 500 ppm of PCBs to another 

facility in Wilmington, North Carolina. The Company 

owner, Benjamin Franklin Pass, 60, pleaded guilty to 

violations of the Toxic Substances Control Act. As part of 

the plea agreements, P&W agreed to pay restitution in the

estimated amount of $19 million, as compensation to victims 

Colonial Oil and International Paper for the costs associated 

with the storage and proper disposal of the PCBcontaminated used oil.

10 Causes of Damage (i.e., improper 

management of hazardous secondary 

materials, abandoned materials, fire or 

explosion, accident, leaks or spills, improper 

management of recycled products, improper 

disposal of residuals, other)

In 2009 the facility accepted five transformers containing 

PCB contaminated oil. The PCB contaminated used oil was 

blended with recycled used oil and sold. In 2009 a tank 

containing PCB contaminated used oil ruptured. Site 

contained 32 tanks filled with contaminated used oil.

11 Damage Description Distributed PCB-contaminated oil.

12 Start Date of Damage 7/2009

13 End Date of Damage (or if damage is 

ongoing)

5/15/2014

14 Funding Source for Cleanup of Damage

(Federal, State, Responsible Party)

Federal

15 Oversight of Cleanup (Federal, State, 

Responsible Party)

Federal

16 Is the site a RCRA corrective action site? No

17 Is it in the SEMS database? 

If so, what is its ID number?

Yes

18 Is the site on the NPL?

Is it proposed to be on the NPL? If so, status?

Non-NPL

19 Has there been one (or more) CERCLA

removal action(s)? If so, what is the status?

Yes

20 Damage Type (i.e., soil, groundwater, 

sediment, surface water, air, abandoned 

materials)

Soil/PCB and Benzene contamination. 

GW/PCB and Benzene contamination.
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Item Item Description

21 Damage Description Cleanup included 213 gallons PCB contaminated oil, 918

tons of PCB solids, 1993 tons sludge, treated 229,500 gallons 

of oil water, and decontaminated 154,420 lbs of scrap metal.

22 Fatalities? No

23 Injuries? No

24 Cleanup Costs $3,400,000

25 Property and Other Damages Soil contamination.

26 Type of Recycled Materials (i.e., batteries, 

other metal-bearing wastes, commercial 

chemical products, drums, spent solvents, 

spent acids or bases, used oil, other petroleum 

wastes, scrap metals, precious-metal

containing wastes, mercury-containing wastes, 

other wastes)

Used oil, oily water, and antifreeze.

27 Hazardous Waste Codes of Materials D018/Benzene, PCBs

28 Material Description

29 Regulatory citation the facility was operating 

under?

30 Does the contractor believe the facility was 

legitimately recycling?

31 Case Contacts EPA OSC, Terry Stilman, 404-562-8748

32 Case Sources ECHO, RCRA INFO, SEMS, IMIS

http://www.justice.gov/usao/nce/press/2012/2012-jun27.html
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Facility 10: Perma-Fix Chemical of South Georgia

Item Item Description

1 Facility EPA ID GAD 093 380 814

2 Facility Address and County 1612 James P. Rogers Circle, Valdosta, Lowndes Co., GA

31601

3 EPA Region of the Facility Region 4

4 Facility Type (i.e., generator recycling onsite, 

generator recycling off-site, intermediate 

facility , transporter, or reclaimer)

Solvent Recycling

5 NAICS Code and Description 562211/Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal

6 Whether the site has/had a RCRA permit? Yes. TSD. LQG

7 Whether the site went bankrupt? No

8 End Date of Recycling Operation Active Facility

9 Brief Site History and Description of

Recycling Operation

A fully permitted TSD facility offering services to generators 

throughout the United States. Services include processing

and disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous waste liquid, 

solids and sludges with BTU content. Also offer solvent 

recovery and disposal.

10 Causes of Damage (i.e., improper 

management of hazardous secondary 

materials, abandoned materials, fire or 

explosion, accident, leaks or spills, improper 

management of recycled products, improper 

disposal of residuals, other)

An explosion occurred in the plant’s fuel blending area. The 

explosion possibly occurred when a fork lift operator was 

unloading the contents of a 55-gallon drum in the fuel 

blending tank. The tank overflowed and the fuel made 

contact with a hot spot on the fork lift resulting in an 

explosion. The fire that ensued spread to the waste storage 

area. OSHA case incident number is 931725.015.

A copy of the fire report can be obtained by contacting the 

Valdosta Fire Department, 229- 333-1836. A copy of the 

report was forwarded to EPA on 4/20/2015.

11 Damage Description The explosion and ensuing fire destroyed approximately

75% of the facility. The Company office was not damaged.

12 Start Date of Damage 8/14/2013

13 End Date of Damage (or if damage is 

ongoing)

8/23/2013

14 Funding Source for Cleanup of Damage

(Federal, State, Responsible Party)

Responsible Party

15 Oversight of Cleanup (Federal, State, 

Responsible Party)

Responsible Party

16 Is the site a RCRA corrective action site? Yes

17 Is it in the SEMS database? 

If so, what is its ID number?

Yes

18 Is the site on the NPL?

Is it proposed to be on the NPL? If so, status?

Non-NPL

19 Has there been one (or more) CERCLA

removal action(s)? If so, what is the status?

No

20 Damage Type (i.e., soil, groundwater, 

sediment, surface water, air, abandoned 

materials)

No Soil or GW contamination.
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Item Item Description

21 Damage Description 100,000 gallons of wastewater was removed from the facility 

following the fire. It consisted of 60,000 gallons of fire 

fighting liquids and 40,000 gallons of hazardous waste liquid 

from the plant’s secondary containment. Of 1,800 containers 

on site, 1,199 drums were compromised by the fire. Those 

containers that did not rupture, the contents had to be

handled as unknowns because all the drum labels were 

destroyed.

22 Fatalities? No

23 Injuries? Three employees injured. OSHA incident report 931725.015.

24 Cleanup Costs Unknown

25 Property and Other Damages 1,800 drums either exploded or were compromised.

26 Type of Recycled Materials (i.e., batteries, 

other metal-bearing wastes, commercial 

chemical products, drums, spent solvents, 

spent acids or bases, used oil, other petroleum 

wastes, scrap metals, precious-metal

containing wastes, mercury-containing wastes, 

other wastes)

Recycled solvents, paints.

27 Hazardous Waste Codes of Materials D001/Ignitable, D002/Corrosive, D003/Reactive

28 Material Description Leachate; acetone and VOC

29 Regulatory citation the facility was operating 

under?

30 Does the contractor believe the facility was 

legitimately recycling?

Yes

31 Case Contacts EPA SAM, Carolyn Callihan, 404-562-8913

EPA OSC, Chris Russell, 850-274-1575

32 Case Sources RCRA INFO, SEMS, ECHO 

https://www.osha.gov/pls/imis/establishment.inspection_deta

il?id=931725.015
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Facility 11: Twin State Battery

Item Item Description

1 Facility EPA ID NCS 000 000 516

2 Facility Address and County 2625 North Stewart St., Newton, Catawba County, NC

28658

3 EPA Region of the Facility Region 4

4 Facility Type (i.e., generator recycling onsite, 

generator recycling off-site, intermediate 

facility , transporter, or reclaimer)

Lead Acid Battery Recycling

5 NAICS Code and Description 335912/PrimaryBattery Manufacturing

6 Whether the site has/had a RCRA permit? No. CESQG

7 Whether the site went bankrupt? Yes

8 End Date of Recycling Operation 4/2013

9 Brief Site History and Description of

Recycling Operation

The company began operation in 1988.

10 Causes of Damage (i.e., improper 

management of hazardous secondary 

materials, abandoned materials, fire or 

explosion, accident, leaks or spills, improper 

management of recycled products, improper 

disposal of residuals, other)

Twin State Battery stored their hazardous waste in a 10-ft x

20-ft x 5-ft vault onsite. The uncovered vault was abandoned 

onsite.

11 Damage Description Abandoned 7,600 gallons of hazardous waste wash water. 

Contaminated soil.

12 Start Date of Damage Unknown.

13 End Date of Damage (or if damage is 

ongoing)

Ongoing.

14 Funding Source for Cleanup of Damage

(Federal, State, Responsible Party)

Federal

15 Oversight of Cleanup (Federal, State, 

Responsible Party)

Federal

16 Is the site a RCRA corrective action site? No

17 Is it in the SEMS database? 

If so, what is its ID number?

No

18 Is the site on the NPL?

Is it proposed to be on the NPL? If so, status?

Non-NPL

19 Has there been one (or more) CERCLA

removal action(s)? If so, what is the status?

Yes. Time Critical Source Removal. Started 5/5/2014.

20 Damage Type (i.e., soil, groundwater, 

sediment, surface water, air, abandoned 

materials)

Abandoned hazardous waste. Lead contaminated soil from 

seepage of contaminants from the vault.

21 Damage Description 1,000 gallons battery wash water and hazardous waste was 

abandoned in vault.

22 Fatalities? No

23 Injuries? No

24 Cleanup Costs $155,000

25 Property and Other Damages Abandoned waste water in underground vault.
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Item Item Description

26 Type of Recycled Materials (i.e., batteries, 

other metal-bearing wastes, commercial 

chemical products, drums, spent solvents, 

spent acids or bases, used oil, other petroleum 

wastes, scrap metals, precious-metal

containing wastes, mercury-containing wastes, 

other wastes)

Lead contaminated battery wash water.

27 Hazardous Waste Codes of Materials D007/Chromium, D008/Lead

28 Material Description Lead contaminated battery wash water.

29 Regulatory citation the facility was operating 

under?

30 Does the contractor believe the facility was 

legitimately recycling?

31 Case Contacts EPA OSC, Kevin Eichinger, 404-562-8268

32 Case Sources ECHO, RCRA INFO, OSC
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Facility 12: Ulah Battery Lead Reclaiming Site

Item Item Description

1 Facility EPA ID NCD 981 864 614

2 Facility Address and County SR 1219 Dinah Road, Asheboro, Randolph Co., NC 27203

3 EPA Region of the Facility Region 4

4 Facility Type (i.e., generator recycling onsite, 

generator recycling off-site, intermediate 

facility , transporter, or reclaimer)

Lead Acid Battery Recycler

5 NAICS Code and Description 335912/PrimaryBattery Manufacturer

6 Whether the site has/had a RCRA permit? None

7 Whether the site went bankrupt? No

8 End Date of Recycling Operation 1985

9 Brief Site History and Description of

Recycling Operation

Battery cracking occurred at the site from 1965-1985.

10 Causes of Damage (i.e., improper 

management of hazardous secondary 

materials, abandoned materials, fire or 

explosion, accident, leaks or spills, improper 

management of recycled products, improper 

disposal of residuals, other)

Battery cracking operations caused lead soil contamination. 

Hundreds of batteries were cracked and then melted in

drums. Battery acid was released to the ground. Battery chips 

were dumped onsite.

11 Damage Description Lead soil contamination on multiple residential properties.

12 Start Date of Damage During the early 1970s.

13 End Date of Damage (or if damage is 

ongoing)

12/15/2011

14 Funding Source for Cleanup of Damage

(Federal, State, Responsible Party)

Federal

15 Oversight of Cleanup (Federal, State, 

Responsible Party)

Federal

16 Is the site a RCRA corrective action site? No

17 Is it in the SEMS database? 

If so, what is its ID number?

Yes

18 Is the site on the NPL?

Is it proposed to be on the NPL? If so, status?

Non-NPL

19 Has there been one (or more) CERCLA

removal action(s)? If so, what is the status?

Yes. Time Critical Source Removal 9/15/1993 - 5/3/1994 

and 8/31/2011 - 12/15/2011.

20 Damage Type (i.e., soil, groundwater, 

sediment, surface water, air, abandoned 

materials)

Lead contaminated soil. Lead battery chips.

21 Damage Description Soil was contaminated with lead/59,700 ppm and 

arsenic/3,735 ppm. Removal included 290 tons of lead 

contaminated battery casings and 1,010 tons of lead/arsenic 

contaminated soil.

22 Fatalities? No

23 Injuries? No

24 Cleanup Costs $120,616

25 Property and Other Damages Residential properties with lead soil contamination.
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Item Item Description

26 Type of Recycled Materials (i.e., batteries, 

other metal-bearing wastes, commercial 

chemical products, drums, spent solvents, 

spent acids or bases, used oil, other petroleum 

wastes, scrap metals, precious-metal

containing wastes, mercury-containing wastes, 

other wastes)

Spent lead acid batteries.

27 Hazardous Waste Codes of Materials D008/Lead, D004/Arsenic, Sodium Phosphate

28 Material Description Lead battery casings and battery chips.

29 Regulatory citation the facility was operating 

under?

30 Does the contractor believe the facility was 

legitimately recycling?

No

31 Case Contacts EPA OSC, Lynnette Scholar, 404-562-8799

EPA SAM, Jennifer Wendel, 404-562-8799

32 Case Sources SEMS, OSC
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Facility 13: WWS Associates dba (doing business as) 2TRG

Item Item Description

1 Facility EPA ID OHR 000 156 240

2 Facility Address and County 11093 Kenwood Rd., Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio 45242

3 EPA Region of the Facility Region 5

4 Facility Type (i.e., generator recycling onsite, 

generator recycling off-site, intermediate 

facility , transporter, or reclaimer)

Electronic Recyclers

5 NAICS Code and Description 562920/Removal of Recyclable Material from a Waste

Stream

6 Whether the site has/had a RCRA permit? No. LQG

7 Whether the site went bankrupt? No

8 End Date of Recycling Operation Late 2013

9 Brief Site History and Description of

Recycling Operation

2 TRG began operation in 2003. In late 2013, the company 

ceased recycling operations and closed its doors. E-Waste 

Systems (EWSI) purchased the company’s assets in early

2014, but claim they did not purchase the liabilities which 

included 1,500 tons of CRT glass.

10 Causes of Damage (i.e., improper 

management of hazardous secondary 

materials, abandoned materials, fire or 

explosion, accident, leaks or spills, improper 

management of recycled products, improper 

disposal of residuals, other)

Abandoned material.

11 Damage Description 1,500 tons of CRT glass, television, electronics.

12 Start Date of Damage Late 2013

13 End Date of Damage (or if damage is 

ongoing)

Ongoing

14 Funding Source for Cleanup of Damage

(Federal, State, Responsible Party)

To be determined.

15 Oversight of Cleanup (Federal, State, 

Responsible Party)

State

16 Is the site a RCRA corrective action site? No

17 Is it in the SEMS database? 

If so, what is its ID number?

No

18 Is the site on the NPL?

Is it proposed to be on the NPL? If so, status?

Non-NPL

19 Has there been one (or more) CERCLA

removal action(s)? If so, what is the status?

No

20 Damage Type (i.e., soil, groundwater, 

sediment, surface water, air, abandoned 

materials)

Abandoned material

21 Damage Description 1,500 tons of CRT glass, television, electronics.

22 Fatalities? No

23 Injuries? No

24 Cleanup Costs Estimated $600,000 to $1,000,000

25 Property and Other Damages Abandoned waste in warehouse.
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Item Item Description

26 Type of Recycled Materials (i.e., batteries, 

other metal-bearing wastes, commercial 

chemical products, drums, spent solvents, 

spent acids or bases, used oil, other petroleum 

wastes, scrap metals, precious-metal

containing wastes, mercury-containing wastes, 

other wastes)

CRT glass, televisions, electronics.

27 Hazardous Waste Codes of Materials D008/Lead

28 Material Description CRT glass, television, computers, misc. electronics.

29 Regulatory citation the facility was operating 

under?

30 Does the contractor believe the facility was 

legitimately recycling?

31 Case Contacts Ohio EPA, Dina Pierce, 614-644-2160

32 Case Sources RCRA INFO, ECHO, E-Scrap News(3/2014)

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1488309/00011177

6813000654/exhibit992.htm
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Facility 14: All Pro Scrap

Item Item Description

1 Facility EPA ID INR 000 123 893

2 Facility Address and County 1905 Lawton Ave., Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN 46203

3 EPA Region of the Facility Region 5

4 Facility Type (i.e., generator recycling onsite, 

generator recycling off-site, intermediate 

facility , transporter, or reclaimer)

Scrap Metal Recycler

5 NAICS Code and Description 42193/Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesale

6 Whether the site has/had a RCRA permit? No

7 Whether the site went bankrupt? No

8 End Date of Recycling Operation Active recycling operation.

9 Brief Site History and Description of

Recycling Operation

The Company opened its Lawton Avenue facility in 2003. It 

is a scrap metal recycling facility that takes in scrap metal, 

salvaged vehicles, empty drums and used oil filters.

10 Causes of Damage (i.e., improper 

management of hazardous secondary 

materials, abandoned materials, fire or 

explosion, accident, leaks or spills, improper 

management of recycled products, improper 

disposal of residuals, other)

Fire. The building containing the shredded materials caught 

fire destroying the building holding these materials. Fluff in 

the shredder caught fire. A copy of the fire report can be 

obtained by contacting Blake Harvey, Battalion 5, 

Indianapolis Fire Department, 317- 327-2549.

11 Damage Description Shredder and building destroyed by fire.

12 Start Date of Damage 12/18/2013

13 End Date of Damage (or if damage is 

ongoing)

5/9/2014

14 Funding Source for Cleanup of Damage

(Federal, State, Responsible Party)

Responsible Party and Federal

15 Oversight of Cleanup (Federal, State, 

Responsible Party)

Federal

16 Is the site a RCRA corrective action site? No

17 Is it in the SEMS database? 

If so, what is its ID number?

No

18 Is the site on the NPL?

Is it proposed to be on the NPL? If so, status?

Non-NPL

19 Has there been one (or more) CERCLA

removal action(s)? If so, what is the status?

Yes

20 Damage Type (i.e., soil, groundwater, 

sediment, surface water, air, abandoned 

materials)

Soil contamination

21 Damage Description Oily waste and fire suppression water flowed off-site and into 

a Quonset hut to the east. Wastewater flowed north onto a 

roadway, alley, and onto residential properties. Five 

residential properties were impacted. Excavated 387 tons of 

contaminated soil and disposed of 918 tons of oily

wastewater.

22 Fatalities? No

23 Injuries? No

24 Cleanup Costs Federal cost - $199,177
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Item Item Description

25 Property and Other Damages Five residential properties were impacted.

26 Type of Recycled Materials (i.e., batteries, 

other metal-bearing wastes, commercial 

chemical products, drums, spent solvents, 

spent acids or bases, used oil, other 

petroleum wastes, scrap metals, preciousmetal containing wastes, mercury-containing 

wastes, other wastes)

Scrap metal

27 Hazardous Waste Codes of Materials D004/Arsenic, PAH, used oil, and oily waste.

28 Material Description Scrap metal, salvaged vehicles, empty drums and used oil 

filters.

29 Regulatory citation the facility was operating 

under?

30 Does the contractor believe the facility was 

legitimately recycling?

Yes. Mismanaged fluids

31 Case Contacts EPA OSC, Shelly Lam, 317-308-3073

32 Case Sources RCRA INFO, OSC
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Facility 15: SQS dba Environmental Recycling Group

Item Item Description

1 Facility EPA ID MID 059 912 956

2 Facility Address and County 13040 Merriman Road, Livonia, Wayne Co., MI 48150

3 EPA Region of the Facility Region 5

4 Facility Type (i.e., generator recycling onsite, 

generator recycling off-site, intermediate 

facility , transporter, or reclaimer)

Waste Recycling and Transfer Facility

5 NAICS Code and Description 562112/ Hazardous Waste Collection

6 Whether the site has/had a RCRA permit? CESQG

7 Whether the site went bankrupt? No

8 End Date of Recycling Operation Active Operation

9 Brief Site History and Description of

Recycling Operation

An environmental company that provides waste 

management, reclamation, transportation, recycling, and 

disposal services.

State found violations during 1/15/2010 inspection.

10 Causes of Damage (i.e., improper 

management of hazardous secondary 

materials, abandoned materials, fire or 

explosion, accident, leaks or spills, improper 

management of recycled products, improper 

disposal of residuals, other)

Fire. A copy of the fire report can be obtained by contacting 

the Livonia Fire Department Headquarters, (734-466-2444).

11 Damage Description Warehouse fire.

12 Start Date of Damage 1/15/2014

13 End Date of Damage (or if damage is 

ongoing)

1/21/2014

14 Funding Source for Cleanup of Damage

(Federal, State, Responsible Party)

EPA/Sampling & Monitoring

Responsible Party/Cleanup

15 Oversight of Cleanup (Federal, State, 

Responsible Party)

Federal

16 Is the site a RCRA corrective action site? No

17 Is it in the SEMS database? 

If so, what is its ID number?

No

18 Is the site on the NPL?

Is it proposed to be on the NPL? If so, status?

Non-NPL

19 Has there been one (or more) CERCLA

removal action(s)? If so, what is the status?

Yes – Emergency Removal Action. 1/15 - 1/21/2014.

20 Damage Type (i.e., soil, groundwater, 

sediment, surface water, air, abandoned 

materials)

Surface Water

21 Damage Description Firefighting run-off entered a nearby sewer system that 

drained to tributary of Middle Rouge River and eventually 

into the Detroit River

22 Fatalities? No

23 Injuries? No

24 Cleanup Costs Unknown
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Item Item Description

25 Property and Other Damages Cleanup of impacted asphalt and concrete surfaces, sewer 

line rodding and jetting, dewater and power washing of the 

sewer-line lift station, removal of impacted water and snow.

26 Type of Recycled Materials (i.e., batteries, 

other metal-bearing wastes, commercial 

chemical products, drums, spent solvents, 

spent acids or bases, used oil, other petroleum 

wastes, scrap metals, precious-metal

containing wastes, mercury-containing wastes, 

other wastes)

Hazardous waste and universal waste batteries, Mercury 

containing lamps, mercury, and pesticides.

27 Hazardous Waste Codes of Materials D001/Ignitable, D008/Lead, D009/Mercury

28 Material Description Hazardous waste and universal waste batteries. Mercury 

containing lamps, mercury, and pesticides.

29 Regulatory citation the facility was operating 

under?

30 Does the contractor believe the facility was 

legitimately recycling?

31 Case Contacts EPA OSC, Brian Kelly, 734-692-7684

32 Case Sources ECHO, RCRA INFO, OSC
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Facility 16: Loewenthal Metal Corporation

This facility has been excluded from consideration as a damage case because operations occurred 

outside the time scope (before 1982 recycling cut-off date). It is one of numerous historic

smelters included in a study conducted by William P. Eckel in 2001 and being addressed under 

the Superfund program. 

http://www.epa.gov/superfund/programs/npl_hrs/Lead_Smelter_Strategy_Final_Version_083012.pdf

Item Item Description

1 Facility EPA ID ILP 000 510 081

2 Facility Address and County 947 West Cullerton, Chicago, Cook Co. IL 60608

3 EPA Region of the Facility Region 5

4 Facility Type (i.e., generator recycling onsite, 

generator recycling off-site, intermediate 

facility , transporter, or reclaimer)

Scrap Metal Recycling

5 NAICS Code and Description 331492/Secondary smelting of non-ferrous metals

6 Whether the site has/had a RCRA permit? No

7 Whether the site went bankrupt? No

8 End date of Recycling Operation Early 1950s

9 Brief Site History and Description of

Recycling Operation

Loewenthal Metal Corporation operated as a lead and zinc 

smelter, as well as a scrap metal dealer, during the 1940s. In 

December 2011, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency 

referred the site to EPA for a potential cleanup action. EPA 

began conducting sampling activities beginning the week of 

Nov. 26, 2012

10 Causes of Damage (i.e., improper 

management of hazardous secondary 

materials, abandoned materials, fire or 

explosion, accident, leaks or spills, improper 

management of recycled products, improper 

disposal of residuals, other)

Fire.

11 Damage Description Contaminated soil and debris.

12 Start Date of Damage 1950’s

13 End Date of Damage (or if damage is 

ongoing)

Ongoing. Additional contamination exists on property owned 

by BNSF railroad.

14 Funding Source for Cleanup of Damage

(Federal, State, Responsible Party)

Federal

15 Oversight of Cleanup (Federal, State, 

Responsible Party)

Federal

16 Is the site a RCRA corrective action site? No

17 Is it in the SEMS database? If so, what is its

ID number?

Yes

18 Is the site on the NPL? Is it proposed to be on 

the NPL? If so, what is its status?

Non-NPL

19 Has there been one (or more) CERCLA

removal action(s)? If so, what is the status?

Yes. Time Critical Source Removal/6/24-10/1/2013.

20 Damage Type (i.e., soil, groundwater, 

sediment, surface water, air, abandoned 

materials)

Soil
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Item Item Description

21 Damage Description The production building was demolished after a fire at the 

facility around 1950 and all of the demolition debris was 

buried on site and covered with soil. The building demolition 

debris was used to fill the basement.

Removal action included 646.58 tons of non-hazardoussoil,

4,155 tons contaminated soil and debris removal, and 64 

cubic yards of hazardous soil.

22 Fatalities? No

23 Injuries? No

24 Cleanup costs $750,000 to $950,000

25 Property and Other Damages Soil contamination

26 Type of Recycled Materials (i.e., batteries, 

other metal-bearing wastes, commercial 

chemical products, drums, spent solvents, 

spent acids or bases, used oil, other petroleum 

wastes, scrap metals, precious-metal

containing wastes, mercury-containing wastes, 

other wastes)

Scrap metal.

27 Hazardous Waste Codes of Materials D006/Cadmium, D008/Lead, D009/Mercury

28 Material Description

29 Regulatory citation the facility was operating 

under?

30 Does the contractor believe the facility was 

legitimately recycling?

31 Case Contacts EPA OSC, Steven Faryan, 312-353-9351

32 Case Sources SEMS, ECHO, OSC
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Facility 17: New Lyme Metals Site

EPA is still in the process of determining the end date of recycling operations (i.e., pre- versus 

post-1982) so the decision to include or exclude this facility from consideration as a damage case 

is pending.

Item Item Description

1 Facility EPA ID OHR 000 160 002

2 Facility Address and County 618 U.S. Hwy 6, New Lyme, Ashtabula Co., OH

3 EPA Region of the Facility Region 5

4 Facility Type (i.e., generator recycling onsite, 

generator recycling off-site, intermediate 

facility , transporter, or reclaimer)

Scrap Metal Recycler

5 NAICS Code and Description 42193/Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesale

6 Whether the site has/had a RCRA permit? No

7 Whether the site went bankrupt? No

8 End Date of Recycling Operation Unknown. Drew Lausch initially contacted the EPA regional 

office on 03/26/15 and, as of 04/30/15, had not received an 

indication of whether the facility was or was not operating 

after1982.

9 Brief Site History and Description of

Recycling Operation

The site is an abandoned residential property that was 

formerly operated as an electronics scrap yard and metals 

recycler. During a site visit on December 9, 2009, U.S. EPA 

OSCs observed approximately 20 drums with unknown 

contents, numerous drums with solid waste, compressed gas 

cylinders, PCB-containing capacitors and evidence of on-site 

burning.

10 Causes of Damage (i.e., improper 

management of hazardous secondary 

materials, abandoned materials, fire or 

explosion, accident, leaks or spills, improper 

management of recycled products, improper 

disposal of residuals, other)

Abandoned material and waste.

11 Damage Description Contaminated soil. Twenty drums of unknown waste, 

numerous drums of solid waste, and PCB containing 

capacitors abandoned next to a building onsite.

12 Start Date of Damage Unknown

13 End Date of Damage (or if damage is 

ongoing)

4/2012

14 Funding Source for Cleanup of Damage

(Federal, State, Responsible Party)

Federal – started 7/12/2010.

15 Oversight of Cleanup (Federal, State, 

Responsible Party)

Federal

16 Is the site a RCRA corrective action site? No

17 Is it in the SEMS database? 

If so, what is its ID number?

Yes

18 Is the site on the NPL?

Is it proposed to be on the NPL? If so, status?

Non-NPL

19 Has there been one (or more) CERCLA

removal action(s)? If so, what is the status?

Yes. Time Critical Source Removal. 7/12/2010.
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Item Item Description

20 Damage Type (i.e., soil, groundwater, 

sediment, surface water, air, abandoned 

materials)

Contaminated soil, abandoned waste

21 Damage Description Removal included 526 tons non-hazardous debris, 6,811 tons 

non-hazardoussoil, 1,800 tons PCB solid mixture, 1,500 

gallons liquid (D001, D008, D018, D028), 15x55 gallon 

drums of oily water, 1x35 gallon drum of chromic acid and

12 tons of scrap tires.

22 Fatalities? No

23 Injuries? No

24 Cleanup Costs $3,500,000

25 Property and Other Damages

26 Type of Recycled Materials (i.e., batteries, 

other metal-bearing wastes, commercial 

chemical products, drums, spent solvents, 

spent acids or bases, used oil, other petroleum 

wastes, scrap metals, precious-metal

containing wastes, mercury-containing wastes, 

other wastes)

Ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal, electronics

27 Hazardous Waste Codes of Materials D004/Arsenic, D006/Cadmium, D008/Lead, D009/Mercury, 

PCB’s

28 Material Description Scrap metal, empty gas cylinders and electronic-waste.

29 Regulatory citation the facility was operating 

under?

30 Does the contractor believe the facility was 

legitimately recycling?

31 Case Contacts EPA OSC, James Justice, 440-250-1744

32 Case Sources ECHO, RCRA INFO, OSC, SEMS
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Facility 18: Battery Reclamation Incorporated

Item Item Description

1 Facility EPA ID TXD 988 077 640

2 Facility Address and County 2001 Western Avenue, Pecos, Reeves Co., TX 79772

3 EPA Region of the Facility Region 6

4 Facility Type (i.e., generator recycling onsite, 

generator recycling off-site, intermediate 

facility , transporter, or reclaimer)

Lead Acid Battery Reclamation

5 NAICS Code and Description 335911/Storage Battery Manufacturing, 42393/Recyclable 

Material Merchant Wholesalers, 42193/Recyclable Material 

Wholesaler.

6 Whether the site has/had a RCRA permit? No. Permit cancelled.

7 Whether the site went bankrupt? No

8 End Date of Recycling Operation 2005

9 Brief Site History and Description of

Recycling Operation

The site is inactive and abandoned battery reclamation and 

recycling facility that was referred by the State of Texas 

(TCEQ) to EPA Region 6 Prevention and Response Branch 

for cleanup. The company had been stripped of its permits 

after habitually violating state and federal regulations. The 

facility faced 17 million dollars in fines and; in 2/2007, the 

owner abandoned the site and fled to Canada. Some say the 

facility was closed because of a lack of revenue and 

breakdown of the hammer mill and magnet.

In a July 2004 investigation, TCEQ discovered violations at 

the plant, including waste “that investigators had first 

observed in 1995.” Court documents show that the company 

did not have liability insurance at the time and had not 

conducted a hazardous materials training course in more than 

a year. Aisles between equipment in the warehouse were so

crowded that it was difficult for TCEQ investigators to pass.

TCEQ also reported that the plant’s paperwork was a disaster 

and that the company, on more than one occasion, had filed 

inaccurate reports.

10 Causes of Damage (i.e., improper 

management of hazardous secondary 

materials, abandoned materials, fire or 

explosion, accident, leaks or spills, improper 

management of recycled products, improper 

disposal of residuals, other)

Abandoned material.

11 Damage Description Contaminated soil. Abandoned waste.

12 Start Date of Damage 2/2007

13 End Date of Damage (or if damage is 

ongoing)

3/9/2011

14 Funding Source for Cleanup of Damage

(Federal, State, Responsible Party)

Federal

15 Oversight of Cleanup (Federal, State, 

Responsible Party)

Federal

16 Is the site a RCRA corrective action site? No

17 Is it in the SEMS database? 

If so, what is its ID number?

Yes
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Item Item Description

18 Is the site on the NPL?

Is it proposed to be on the NPL? If so, status?

Non-NPL

19 Has there been one (or more) CERCLA

removal action(s)? If so, what is the status?

Yes. Time Critical Source Removal, 8/10/20103/9/2011

20 Damage Type (i.e., soil, groundwater, 

sediment, surface water, air, abandoned 

materials)

Soil. Abandoned material.

21 Damage Description Removed 4,579 tons hazardous battery powder, 4,807 tons 

non-hazardous battery powder, 1,282 tons unprocessed 

batteries, 3,000 gallons corrosive liquids, 1,663 lbs 

hazardous PCB oils, paint, mercury, and 2,788 tons of 

excavated soils.

22 Fatalities? No

23 Injuries? No

24 Cleanup Costs

25 Property and Other Damages Contaminated soil, abandoned hazardous and non-hazardous 

waste and material.

26 Type of Recycled Materials (i.e., batteries, 

other metal-bearing wastes, commercial 

chemical products, drums, spent solvents, 

spent acids or bases, used oil, other petroleum 

wastes, scrap metals, precious-metal

containing wastes, mercury-containing wastes, 

other wastes)

Several thousand cubic yards of processed and unprocessed 

batteries, paint, mercury.

27 Hazardous Waste Codes of Materials D002/Corrosive, D006/Cadmium, D008/Lead, 

D009/Mercury, PCB’s.

28 Material Description

29 Regulatory citation the facility was operating 

under?

30 Does the contractor believe the facility was 

legitimately recycling?

31 Case Contacts EPA OSC, William Rhotenberry, 214-665-8372

EPA SAM, Philip Ofosu, 214-665-3178

32 Case Sources RCRA INFO, SEMS, OSC, ECHO
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Facility 19: Gold Metal Recycling

Item Item Description

1 Facility EPA ID TXR 000 079 374

2 Facility Address and County 4305 South Lamar, Dallas, Dallas Co., TX 75215

3 EPA Region of the Facility Region 6

4 Facility Type (i.e., generator recycling onsite, 

generator recycling off-site, intermediate 

facility , transporter, or reclaimer)

Scrap Metal Recycler

5 NAICS Code and Description 423930/Recyclable Material Merchant

6 Whether the site has/had a RCRA permit? No

7 Whether the site went bankrupt? No

8 End Date of Recycling Operation Operationally Active

9 Brief Site History and Description of

Recycling Operation

Facility began recycling ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal 

in 1976. The site was previously the location of two gas 

stations, a cement, and iron plant. The responsible party 

conducted a removal 9/3 - 9/4/2008.

10 Causes of Damage (i.e., improper 

management of hazardous secondary 

materials, abandoned materials, fire or 

explosion, accident, leaks or spills, improper 

management of recycled products, improper 

disposal of residuals, other)

Several fires. Magnesium fire on 7/29/2003, three alarm fire 

on 9/3/2008, four alarm fire on 10/16/2009.

Fire reports can be obtained from Dallas Fire Rescue 3, (214)

671-9320.

11 Damage Description Soil contamination. In 2011, EPA found evidence of 

stormwater runoff at multiple locations along the property

boundary. Visual evidence of oil staining along a ditch bank 

and sediments in the ditch were observed.

12 Start Date of Damage Unknown.

13 End Date of Damage (or if damage is 

ongoing)

Unknown.

14 Funding Source for Cleanup of Damage

(Federal, State, Responsible Party)

Federal, Responsible Party

15 Oversight of Cleanup (Federal, State, 

Responsible Party)

Federal

16 Is the site a RCRA corrective action site? No

17 Is it in the SEMS database? 

If so, what is its ID number?

Yes

18 Is the site on the NPL?

Is it proposed to be on the NPL? If so, status?

Non-NPL

19 Has there been one (or more) CERCLA

removal action(s)? If so, what is the status?

Yes. Assessment 2/11 - 6/23/2011.

20 Damage Type (i.e., soil, groundwater, 

sediment, surface water, air, abandoned 

materials)

Groundwater, surface water, sediment, and soil 

contamination.

21 Damage Description Groundwater and soil contamination caused from run-off 

generated from fighting the 2008 fire. Runoff water was 

released at an outfall into the Trinity River. Items found in 

the fire included shredded refrigerators, used car parts, 

copper, aluminum, and waste wood.

22 Fatalities? No
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Item Item Description

23 Injuries? No

24 Cleanup Costs EPA 2011 Assessment/$10,000

25 Property and Other Damages Groundwater and soil contamination

26 Type of Recycled Materials (i.e., batteries, 

other metal-bearing wastes, commercial 

chemical products, drums, spent solvents, 

spent acids or bases, used oil, other 

petroleum wastes, scrap metals, preciousmetal containing wastes, mercury-containing 

wastes, other wastes)

Ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal

27 Hazardous Waste Codes of Materials D004/Arsenic, D008/Lead, D009/Mercury, D018/Benzene

28 Material Description Ferrous, non-ferrous scrap metal, refrigerators, used car 

parts, copper, aluminum, and waste wood.

29 Regulatory citation the facility was operating 

under?

30 Does the contractor believe the facility was 

legitimately recycling?

31 Case Contacts EPA OSC, Adam Adams, 214-665-2779

32 Case Sources RCRA INFO, OCS, SEMS
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Facility 20: Effluent Recycling (Michael Martin & Associates)

Item Item Description

1 Facility EPA ID TXR 000 025 254

2 Facility Address and County 1010 Benjamin St., Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., TX 76106

3 EPA Region of the Facility Region 6

4 Facility Type (i.e., generator recycling onsite, 

generator recycling off-site, intermediate 

facility , transporter, or reclaimer)

Used Oil Recycler

5 NAICS Code and Description 423930/Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesaler

6 Whether the site has/had a RCRA permit? Yes. Used Oil Processor

7 Whether the site went bankrupt? No

8 End Date of Recycling Operation

9 Brief Site History and Description of

Recycling Operation

On 1/10/2003, the facility received the first of three 

complaints regarding improper operation of the facility. The 

first complaint was there was an open pit leaking 

contaminated water into city water supply. On 10/13/2004, 

significant release of used oil to soil. On 11/12/2005, 

improper storage of hazardous material.

Facility cited for failure to maintain secondary containment, 

have a permit, and inspect tanks. Penalty $86,000.

10 Causes of Damage (i.e., improper 

management of hazardous secondary 

materials, abandoned materials, fire or 

explosion, accident, leaks or spills, improper 

management of recycled products, improper 

disposal of residuals, other)

Improper management of recycled product and leaks and 

spills.

11 Damage Description Abandoned used oil in ASTs and UST.

12 Start Date of Damage 1/10/2003

13 End Date of Damage (or if damage is 

ongoing)

11/9/2012

14 Funding Source for Cleanup of Damage

(Federal, State, Responsible Party)

Federal

15 Oversight of Cleanup (Federal, State, 

Responsible Party)

Federal

16 Is the site a RCRA corrective action site? No

17 Is it in the SEMS database? 

If so, what is its ID number?

No

18 Is the site on the NPL?

Is it proposed to be on the NPL? If so, status?

Non-NPL

19 Has there been one (or more) CERCLA

removal action(s)? If so, what is the status?

Yes. Time Critical Source Removal, 6/12-11/15/2012

20 Damage Type (i.e., soil, groundwater, 

sediment, surface water, air, abandoned 

materials)

Soil contamination and abandoned materials.
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Item Item Description

21 Damage Description The site contained approximately 470 containers. Of these, 

there were four 10,000-gallon and one 6,000-gallon aboveground storage tanks (AST), 26 – 275-gallon totes, 288 –

55-gallon drums, 80 – 5-gallon pails, one approximately

400-gallon vat, 80 - miscellaneous 1-gallon containers and 

one secondary containment with up to 10,000 gallons of 

aqueous waste/rain water.

22 Fatalities? No

23 Injuries? No

24 Cleanup Costs Unknown.

25 Property and Other Damages Abandoned used oil. Contaminated soil.

26 Type of Recycled Materials (i.e., batteries, 

other metal-bearing wastes, commercial 

chemical products, drums, spent solvents, 

spent acids or bases, used oil, other 

petroleum wastes, scrap metals, preciousmetal containing wastes, mercury-containing 

wastes, other wastes)

Used oil and other petroleum waste.

27 Hazardous Waste Codes of Materials D001/Ignitable

28 Material Description

29 Regulatory citation the facility was operating 

under?

30 Does the contractor believe the facility was 

legitimately recycling?

31 Case Contacts EPA OSC, Gregory Fife, 214-665-6773

32 Case Sources RCRA INFO, OSC, ECHO
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Facility 21: Kriger Battery

This facility has been excluded from consideration as a damage case because operations occurred 

outside the time scope of the study.

Item Item Description

1 Facility EPA ID LA0 000 605 270

2 Facility Address and County 7179 Adams Lane, Greenwood, Caddo Parish, LA 71033

3 EPA Region of the Facility Region 6

4 Facility Type (i.e., generator recycling onsite, 

generator recycling off-site, intermediate 

facility , transporter, or reclaimer)

Lead Acid Battery Recycler

5 NAICS Code and Description 335912/PrimaryBattery Manufacturing

6 Whether the site has/had a RCRA permit? Closure Permit, LQG

7 Whether the site went bankrupt? No

8 End Date of Recycling Operation 1/1982

9 Brief Site History and Description of

Recycling Operation

The facility was in the business of reclaiming lead from 

batteries. The facility operated from 1972 to approximately 

January 1982 at which time it purportedly closed down due to 

severely depressed lead market. The facility consisted of a 

processing building, an acid neutralization pit, a surface 

impoundment, a hammer-mill area, a battery storage area, and 

an open vegetation lined drainage channel. The company 

pursued site closure and received a Louisiana Department of 

Environmental Quality (LDEQ) closure permit dated 

September 27, 1984. LDEQ has no records which indicate

that the site was ever satisfactorily closed. 

Facility had a record of non-compliance.

10 Causes of Damage (i.e., improper 

management of hazardous secondary 

materials, abandoned materials, fire or 

explosion, accident, leaks or spills, improper 

management of recycled products, improper 

disposal of residuals, other)

Improper management of recycled product and waste.

11 Damage Description Company was issued an emergency cease and desist order 

because of the discharge of lead and acid waste into Gilmer 

Bayou. Battery acid carried to neutralization.

12 Start Date of Damage 1972

13 End Date of Damage (or if damage is 

ongoing)

8/2009

14 Funding Source for Cleanup of Damage

(Federal, State, Responsible Party)

Federal/State

15 Oversight of Cleanup (Federal, State, 

Responsible Party)

Federal/State

16 Is the site a RCRA corrective action site? No

17 Is it in the SEMS database? 

If so, what is its ID number?

Yes

18 Is the site on the NPL?

Is it proposed to be on the NPL? If so, status?

Non-NPL
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Item Item Description

19 Has there been one (or more) CERCLA

removal action(s)? If so, what is the status?

Yes. Time Critical Source Removal. Removal 4/14-8/7/2009.

20 Damage Type (i.e., soil, groundwater, 

sediment, surface water, air, abandoned 

materials)

Soil, sediments, and surface water.

21 Damage Description Lead contaminated soil and surface waters of Gilmer Bayou. 

Lead contaminated soil/112,660 mg/kg. Total EPA waste 

shipped off site is 2,837.815 tons (approximately 2,340 cubic 

yards). Total LDEQ waste shipped off site is 1,914.83 tons 

(approximately 1,600 cubic yards).

22 Fatalities? No

23 Injuries? No

24 Cleanup Costs

25 Property and Other Damages Contaminated soils onsite and on adjoining residential 

properties.

26 Type of Recycled Materials (i.e., batteries, 

other metal-bearing wastes, commercial 

chemical products, drums, spent solvents, 

spent acids or bases, used oil, other 

petroleum wastes, scrap metals, preciousmetal containing wastes, mercury-containing 

wastes, other wastes)

Lead acid batteries

27 Hazardous Waste Codes of Materials D004/Arsenic, D007/Chromium, D008/Lead, D009/Mercury

28 Material Description

29 Regulatory citation the facility was operating 

under?

30 Does the contractor believe the facility was 

legitimately recycling?

Unknown.

31 Case Contacts EPA OSC, Adam Adams, 214-665-2779

SAM, Philip Ofosu, 214-665-3178

32 Case Sources OSC, SEMS
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Facility 22: Scrub-A-Dubb Barrel Company

Item Item Description

1 Facility EPA ID TXD 097 054 878

2 Facility Address and County 1102 North Ash Ave., Lubbock, Lubbock Co., TX 79403

3 EPA Region of the Facility Region 6

4 Facility Type (i.e., generator recycling onsite, 

generator recycling off-site, intermediate 

facility , transporter, or reclaimer)

Drum Recycler

5 NAICS Code and Description 811310/ Reconditioning Shipping Barrels and Drums

6 Whether the site has/had a RCRA permit?

7 Whether the site went bankrupt? No

8 End Date of Recycling Operation Operations ceased 12/2009

9 Brief Site History and Description of

Recycling Operation

The company began refurbishing drums in the mid-1970s. 

The process included cleaning, repairing, and repainting the 

drums. Drums that were in too poor of a condition to be 

refurbished or when the supply exceeded the demand, were 

stacked on the site. It is estimated that more than 2,000 

drums with significant quantities of hazardous waste are on 

the site. It is estimated that between 40,000 and 60,000 

drums remain onsite.

10 Causes of Damage (i.e., improper 

management of hazardous secondary 

materials, abandoned materials, fire or 

explosion, accident, leaks or spills, improper 

management of recycled products, improper 

disposal of residuals, other)

Abandoned waste and material.

11 Damage Description Contaminated soil. Abandoned solid and hazardous waste.

12 Start Date of Damage 1/1/1981

13 End Date of Damage (or if damage is 

ongoing)

6/21/2012

14 Funding Source for Cleanup of Damage

(Federal, State, Responsible Party)

Federal

15 Oversight of Cleanup (Federal, State, 

Responsible Party)

Federal

16 Is the site a RCRA corrective action site? No

17 Is it in the SEMS database? 

If so, what is its ID number?

Yes

18 Is the site on the NPL?

Is it proposed to be on the NPL? If so, status?

Non-NPL

19 Has there been one (or more) CERCLA

removal action(s)? If so, what is the status?

Yes. Time Critical Source Removal. 7/8-7/20/2011 and

8/30/2011-2/23/2012.

20 Damage Type (i.e., soil, groundwater, 

sediment, surface water, air, abandoned 

materials)

Contaminated soil. Abandoned waste.

21 Damage Description Buried drums of waste and material. Removal included

44,340 empty drums, 2,480 drums containing liquid, 541 

drums containing solids and sludge, removal of two AST’s, 

five concrete impoundments(vats), 2,300 drums of 

hazardous waste, and 3,000 cu/yds of contaminated soil.
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Item Item Description

22 Fatalities? No

23 Injuries? No

24 Cleanup Costs $2,000,000

25 Property and Other Damages Contaminated soil.

26 Type of Recycled Materials (i.e., batteries, 

other metal-bearing wastes, commercial 

chemical products, drums, spent solvents, 

spent acids or bases, used oil, other petroleum 

wastes, scrap metals, precious-metal

containing wastes, mercury-containing wastes, 

other wastes)

Metal Drums.

27 Hazardous Waste Codes of Materials D001/Ignitable, D002/Corrosive, VOCs (MEK, TCE)

28 Material Description

29 Regulatory citation the facility was operating 

under?

30 Does the contractor believe the facility was 

legitimately recycling?

31 Case Contacts EPA OSC, Gregory Fife, 214-655-2275

EPA SAM, Bret Kendrick, 214-665-2240

32 Case Sources RCRA INFO, OSC, SEMS
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Facility 23: Northwestern Metal Company

[This facility has been excluded from consideration as a damage case because operations 

occurred outside the time scope of the study. It is another of the historic smelters included in a 

study conducted by William P. Eckel in 2001 and is being addressed under the Superfund 

program. 

http://www.epa.gov/superfund/programs/npl_hrs/Lead_Smelter_Strategy_Final_Version_083012.pdf]

Item Item Description

1 Facility EPA ID NEN 000 706 447

2 Facility Address and County 900 T Street, Lincoln, Lancaster Co., NE 68508

3 EPA Region of the Facility Region 7

4 Facility Type (i.e., generator recycling 

onsite, generator recycling off-site, 

intermediate facility , transporter, or 

reclaimer)

Scrap Metal Recycling

5 NAICS Code and Description 331492/ Secondary Smelting of Non-Ferrous Metal

6 Whether the site has/had a RCRA permit? No

7 Whether the site went bankrupt?

8 End Date of Recycling Operation 1961

9 Brief Site History and Description of

Recycling Operation

The company operated as both a salvage operation and 

smelter of metal from approximately 1918 to 1961. At the 

request of the NDEQ, soil samples were taken in early 2013. 

Samples were taken at 53 residential properties. Lead was 

detected at action levels on 15 properties.

10 Causes of Damage (i.e., improper 

management of hazardous secondary 

materials, abandoned materials, fire or 

explosion, accident, leaks or spills, improper 

management of recycled products, improper 

disposal of residuals, other)

Improper management of hazardous secondary material is 

suspected-air emissions.

11 Damage Description Area around facility became contaminated with lead due to 

suspected air emissions.

12 Start Date of Damage Unknown.

13 End Date of Damage (or if damage is 

ongoing)

Ongoing.

14 Funding Source for Cleanup of Damage

(Federal, State, Responsible Party)

State/Federal

15 Oversight of Cleanup (Federal, State, 

Responsible Party)

State/Federal

16 Is the site a RCRA corrective action site? No

17 Is it in the SEMS database? 

If so, what is its ID number?

Yes

18 Is the site on the NPL?

Is it proposed to be on the NPL? If so, status?

Non-NPL

19 Has there been one (or more) CERCLA

removal action(s)? If so, what is the status?

No

20 Damage Type (i.e., soil, groundwater, 

sediment, surface water, air, abandoned 

materials)

Soil Contamination
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Item Item Description

21 Damage Description Soil contaminated with lead.

22 Fatalities? No

23 Injuries? No

24 Cleanup Costs

25 Property and Other Damages

26 Type of Recycled Materials (i.e., batteries, 

other metal-bearing wastes, commercial 

chemical products, drums, spent solvents, 

spent acids or bases, used oil, other 

petroleum wastes, scrap metals, preciousmetal containing wastes, mercury-containing 

wastes, other wastes)

Scrap metal.

27 Hazardous Waste Codes of Materials D008/Lead

28 Material Description

29 Regulatory citation the facility was operating 

under?

30 Does the contractor believe the facility was 

legitimately recycling?

31 Case Contacts EPA OSC, Todd Campbell, 913-551-7115

EPA SAM, Jamie Drakey, 913-551-7400

32 Case Sources RCRA INFO, OSC, SEMS
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Facility 24: Former Rainbow Services, LLC. (United Container)

Item Item Description

1 Facility EPA ID IRA 000 502 377

Rainbow Services is the name used in the OSC data base, 

while the site is under the name United Container in RCRA 

Info. The EPA ID number in RCRA INFO is IRA 000 502

377. The Superfund Site Information data base uses a 

different EPA ID number IAN 000 705 489.

2 Facility Address and County 404 North Forest, Ottumwa, Wapello Co., IA 52501

3 EPA Region of the Facility Region 7

4 Facility Type (i.e., generator recycling onsite, 

generator recycling off-site, intermediate 

facility , transporter, or reclaimer)

Drum Recycling

5 NAICS Code and Description 811310/Reconditioning,shipping barrels and drums.

6 Whether the site has/had a RCRA permit? No

7 Whether the site went bankrupt? No. Abandoned waste.

8 End Date of Recycling Operation 11/4/2004

9 Brief Site History and Description of

Recycling Operation

Bernard E. Fuhs owned and operated Rainbow Services, LLC, 

a drum cleaning business, from 12/2003 to 11/2004. Fuhs

used acid to wash drums containing oil. He stored the 

ignitable and corrosive waste he generated on a neighboring 

property without a permit. The owner of the property enters 

into a Consent Decree on 6/23/2008 with EPA agreeing to 

clean up the site. In a criminal prosecution on 4/29/2010, Mr. 

Fuhs plead guilty and was sentenced to three months in jail 

(one day for time served) and pay restitution of $522,622.94 

for property cleanup. Mr. Fuhs died on 9/6/2012. United 

Container is the current company operating on the property.

10 Causes of Damage (i.e., improper 

management of hazardous secondary 

materials, abandoned materials, fire or 

explosion, accident, leaks or spills, improper 

management of recycled products, improper 

disposal of residuals, other)

Abandoned waste.

11 Damage Description 400 drums and 400 totes containing waste liquids, D001 and

D002.

12 Start Date of Damage 12/2003

13 End Date of Damage (or if damage is 

ongoing)

10/2/2009

14 Funding Source for Cleanup of Damage

(Federal, State, Responsible Party)

Responsible Party/Cleanup, Federal/Oversight

15 Oversight of Cleanup (Federal, State, 

Responsible Party)

Federal

16 Is the site a RCRA corrective action site? No

17 Is it in the SEMS database? 

If so, what is its ID number?

No

18 Is the site on the NPL?

Is it proposed to be on the NPL? If so, status?

Non-NPL

19 Has there been one (or more) CERCLA

removal action(s)? If so, what is the status?

No
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Item Item Description

20 Damage Type (i.e., soil, groundwater, 

sediment, surface water, air, abandoned 

materials)

Abandoned Waste.

21 Damage Description Removal included 87,050 gallons oil/water mixture, 13,400 

gallons oil/water slurry mixture, 9,800 gallons acidic waste,

4,176 gallons ignitable, 21.75 tons solid waste and 7,040 

gallons sludge.

22 Fatalities? No

23 Injuries? No

24 Cleanup Costs $522,622.94

25 Property and Other Damages Abandoned liquid and solid waste.

26 Type of Recycled Materials (i.e., batteries, 

other metal-bearing wastes, commercial 

chemical products, drums, spent solvents, 

spent acids or bases, used oil, other 

petroleum wastes, scrap metals, preciousmetal containing wastes, mercury-containing 

wastes, other wastes)

Metal drums

27 Hazardous Waste Codes of Materials D001/Ignitable, D002/Corrosive, PAH

28 Material Description

29 Regulatory citation the facility was operating 

under?

30 Does the contractor believe the facility was 

legitimately recycling?

31 Case Contacts EPA OSC, Doug Ferguson, 913-551-7221

EPA SAM, Ron King, 951-551-7568

32 Case Sources RCRA INFO, OSC
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Facility 25: Luminous Electronic Recycling

Item Item Description

1 Facility EPA ID COR 000 202 416

2 Facility Address and County 11809 East 51st Ave., Denver, Denver Co., CO 80239

3 EPA Region of the Facility Region 8

4 Facility Type (i.e., generator recycling 

onsite, generator recycling off-site, 

intermediate facility , transporter, or 

reclaimer)

Electronic Recycler

5 NAICS Code and Description 562920/Removal of Recyclable Material from a Waste Stream

6 Whether the site has/had a RCRA permit? State Registered Electronic Recycling Company

7 Whether the site went bankrupt? No

8 End Date of Recycling Operation 5/2013

9 Brief Site History and Description of

Recycling Operation

Company began collecting and recycling electronics in 2003. 

Facility operations occurred at several different locations in 

the Denver area. Companies sold CRT glass to Luminous 

Electronic Recycling. Luminous rented 25 trailers and filled 

each trailer with 14 bags of CRT glass and each bag weighed

2,500 pound. Luminous started loading the trailers on 6/2013 

and abandoned the trailers on 8/28/2013.

Enforcement Order Issued. Penalty $285,000.

10 Causes of Damage (i.e., improper 

management of hazardous secondary 

materials, abandoned materials, fire or 

explosion, accident, leaks or spills, improper 

management of recycled products, improper 

disposal of residuals, other)

Improper management of recycled products and improper 

disposal of hazardous waste.

11 Damage Description 750 tons of abandoned leaded CRT glass.

12 Start Date of Damage 6/2013

13 End Date of Damage (or if damage is 

ongoing)

Damage ongoing

14 Funding Source for Cleanup of Damage

(Federal, State, Responsible Party)

Responsible Party (Owner)

15 Oversight of Cleanup (Federal, State, 

Responsible Party)

State

16 Is the site a RCRA corrective action site? No

17 Is it in the SEMS database? 

If so, what is its ID number?

No

18 Is the site on the NPL?

Is it proposed to be on the NPL? If so, status?

Non-NPL

19 Has there been one (or more) CERCLA

removal action(s)? If so, what is the status?

No

20 Damage Type (i.e., soil, groundwater, 

sediment, surface water, air, abandoned 

materials)

Abandoned materials.

21 Damage Description Abandoned leaded CRT glass.

22 Fatalities? No

23 Injuries? No
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Item Item Description

24 Cleanup Costs Unknown

25 Property and Other Damages Warehouse containing six million pounds of electronic waste 

and 25 trailers loaded with bags of CRT glass.

26 Type of Recycled Materials (i.e., batteries, 

other metal-bearing wastes, commercial 

chemical products, drums, spent solvents, 

spent acids or bases, used oil, other 

petroleum wastes, scrap metals, preciousmetal containing wastes, mercury-containing 

wastes, other wastes)

Waste electronics and broken CRT glass.

27 Hazardous Waste Codes of Materials D008/Lead

28 Material Description Electronics and CRT glass.

29 Regulatory citation the facility was operating 

under?

30 Does the contractor believe the facility was 

legitimately recycling?

31 Case Contacts CDPHE, Derek Boer, 303-692-3329

32 Case Sources RCRA INFO, ECHO, E-Scrap News(3/2014)
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Facility 26: Stone Castle Recycling

Item Item Description

1 Facility EPA ID UTR 000 012 930

2 Facility Address and County 1388 W. 200 S., Parowan, Iron Co., UT 84761

3 EPA Region of the Facility Region 8

4 Facility Type (i.e., generator recycling onsite, 

generator recycling off-site, intermediate 

facility , transporter, or reclaimer)

Electronic Recycling

5 NAICS Code and Description 562920/Removal of Recyclable Material from a Waste Stream

6 Whether the site has/had a RCRA permit? State Registered Electronic Recycling Company

7 Whether the site went bankrupt? No, Lacked revenue to process inventory.

8 End Date of Recycling Operation 3/2014

9 Brief Site History and Description of

Recycling Operation

The site was being used by Stone Castle Recycling to store 

electronic waste including televisions and CRTs. Most of the 

inventory was being stored outside in Gaylord boxes. Stone 

Castle operated at the site from August 2013 to March 2014. 

Following a fire on 3/2/2014, the facility closed and was 

abandoned. The company lacked the revenue to process the 

inventory remaining on the site.

Utah DEQ, Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste (DSHW) 

issued a Notice of Violation and Compliance citing the 

facility for failing to have an approved plan of operations and 

improperly handling and disposing solid waste material.

10 Causes of Damage (i.e., improper 

management of hazardous secondary 

materials, abandoned materials, fire or 

explosion, accident, leaks or spills, improper 

management of recycled products, improper 

disposal of residuals, other)

Fire. Abandoned televisions and CRTs. The fire marshal listed 

the cause of the fire as “Undetermined”.

A copy of the fire report can be obtained by sending a written 

request via fax to the Cedar City Fire Department, fax # 435-

867-0401.

11 Damage Description There was approximately 1,661.67 cubic yards of hazardous 

electronic and related debris that had been abandoned at the 

Site. It was estimated that there was over 380 tons of leaded 

glass in the electronic wastes at the Site. During a Removal 

Site Evaluation, the corrugated cardboard boxes holding the 

intact CRT televisions were found to be rapidly deteriorating 

and open. All of the burned debris and mixed electronic waste 

present at the Site was stockpiled on the ground without any 

cover or containment.

12 Start Date of Damage 3/2/2014

13 End Date of Damage (or if damage is 

ongoing)

12/31/2014

14 Funding Source for Cleanup of Damage

(Federal, State, Responsible Party)

Federal

15 Oversight of Cleanup (Federal, State, 

Responsible Party)

Federal

16 Is the site a RCRA corrective action site? No

17 Is it in the SEMS database? 

If so, what is its ID number?

This site has not yet been added to SEMS database.

18 Is the site on the NPL?

Is it proposed to be on the NPL? If so, status?

Non-NPL
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Item Item Description

19 Has there been one (or more) CERCLA

removal action(s)? If so, what is the status?

Yes. Time Critical Source Removal, 12/1 - 12/31/2014.

20 Damage Type (i.e., soil, groundwater, 

sediment, surface water, air, abandoned 

materials)

Contaminated soil. Abandoned televisions and CRT glass.

21 Damage Description Burned televisions and CRT glass. Cleanup included removal 

of 3,000 cubic yards non-hazardous debris, 1,500 cubic yards 

raw electronic waste, 400 cubic yards crushed electronic 

waste and 500 cubic yards of impacted soil.

22 Fatalities? No

23 Injuries? No

24 Cleanup Costs $300,000

25 Property and Other Damages Burned televisions and abandoned CRTs.

26 Type of Recycled Materials (i.e., batteries, 

other metal-bearing wastes, commercial 

chemical products, drums, spent solvents, 

spent acids or bases, used oil, other 

petroleum wastes, scrap metals, preciousmetal containing wastes, mercury-containing 

wastes, other wastes)

Waste electronics (televisions), CRTs

27 Hazardous Waste Codes of Materials D008/Lead

28 Material Description

29 Regulatory citation the facility was operating 

under?

30 Does the contractor believe the facility was 

legitimately recycling?

31 Case Contacts EPA OSC, Steven Merritt, 303-312-6146

32 Case Sources http://www.epaosc.org/StoneCastleRecyclingParowan,

RCRA-INFO, 

http://www.deq.utah.gov/businesses/S/stonecastle/novcdo.htm

http://www.epaosc.org/sites/9487/files/Stone%20Castle%20R

SE%20-%20Trip%20Report%20Final%20-

%2020141914%20-%20Complete.pdf
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Facility 27: Dlubak Glass Company

Item Item Description

1 Facility EPA ID AZR 000 508 259

2 Facility Address and County 19538 South Ave. 1 East, Yuma, Horry Co., AZ 85364

3 EPA Region of the Facility Region 9

4 Facility Type (i.e., generator recycling 

onsite, generator recycling off-site, 

intermediate facility , transporter, or 

reclaimer)

Electronic Recycler

5 NAICS Code and Description 562920/Removal of Recyclable Material from a Waste Stream

6 Whether the site has/had a RCRA permit? State Registered Electronic Recycling Company

7 Whether the site went bankrupt? No

8 End Date of Recycling Operation Facility closed between 4/2014 and 8/2014.

9 Brief Site History and Description of

Recycling Operation

Facility washed and stored electronics outside. In 2003, 

Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) cited 

the company for operating without a permit and operating 

with storage and disposal violations.

On 3/7/2014, the company agreed to pay $120,000 penalty 

and store CRT glass inside in clearly marked containers.

10 Causes of Damage (i.e., improper 

management of hazardous secondary 

materials, abandoned materials, fire or 

explosion, accident, leaks or spills, improper 

management of recycled products, improper 

disposal of residuals, other)

Improper management of hazardous material.

11 Damage Description CRTs and broken CRT glass was being stored outside. 

Stained and lead contaminated soil.

12 Start Date of Damage 2003

13 End Date of Damage (or if damage is 

ongoing)

Damage is ongoing.

14 Funding Source for Cleanup of Damage

(Federal, State, Responsible Party)

Responsible Party

15 Oversight of Cleanup (Federal, State, 

Responsible Party)

State

16 Is the site a RCRA corrective action site? No

17 Is it in the SEMS database? 

If so, what is its ID number?

No

18 Is the site on the NPL?

Is it proposed to be on the NPL? If so, status?

Non-NPL

19 Has there been one (or more) CERCLA

removal action(s)? If so, what is the status?

No

20 Damage Type (i.e., soil, groundwater, 

sediment, surface water, air, abandoned 

materials)

Lead contaminated soil.

21 Damage Description Lead Contaminated Soil /> 400 mg/kg and 20,000 tons of 

electronics, CRTs and broken CRT glass.

22 Fatalities? No

23 Injuries? No
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Item Item Description

24 Cleanup Costs Cleanup ongoing.

25 Property and Other Damages Lead contaminated soil onsite and in an adjoining five acre 

orchard.

26 Type of Recycled Materials (i.e., batteries, 

other metal-bearing wastes, commercial 

chemical products, drums, spent solvents, 

spent acids or bases, used oil, other 

petroleum wastes, scrap metals, preciousmetal containing wastes, mercury-containing 

wastes, other wastes)

Electronics (televisions), CRTs

27 Hazardous Waste Codes of Materials D008/ Lead

28 Material Description

29 Regulatory citation the facility was operating 

under?

30 Does the contractor believe the facility was 

legitimately recycling?

31 Case Contacts ADEQ, Mark Shaffer, 602-771-2215

32 Case Sources RCRA INFO
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Facility 28: Dow Management

Item Item Description

1 Facility EPA ID AZR 000 509 935

2 Facility Address and County 3373 East Gila Ridge Rd., Yuma, Yuma Co., AZ 85365

3 EPA Region of the Facility Region 9

4 Facility Type (i.e., generator recycling 

onsite, generator recycling off-site, 

intermediate facility , transporter, or 

reclaimer)

Electronic Recycler

5 NAICS Code and Description 562920/Removal of Recyclable Material from a Waste Stream

6 Whether the site has/had a RCRA permit? No

7 Whether the site went bankrupt? No

8 End Date of Recycling Operation About 7/2013

9 Brief Site History and Description of

Recycling Operation

Nine electronic recycling companies from California sent their

leaded CRT glass to the Dow Management facility in Yuma,

AZ. Owner abandoned the site. The State of California told the

companies that contributed electronic recycling to the Yuma

sites they must retrieve the electronics from Yuma 

warehouses.

10 Causes of Damage (i.e., improper 

management of hazardous secondary 

materials, abandoned materials, fire or 

explosion, accident, leaks or spills, improper 

management of recycled products, improper 

disposal of residuals, other)

Abandoned CRTs and broken CRT glass.

11 Damage Description Abandoned warehouse filled with CRTs and CRT glass.

12 Start Date of Damage Unknown.

13 End Date of Damage (or if damage is 

ongoing)

Damage is ongoing.

14 Funding Source for Cleanup of Damage

(Federal, State, Responsible Party)

Currently, Responsible Party

15 Oversight of Cleanup (Federal, State, 

Responsible Party)

State

16 Is the site a RCRA corrective action site? No

17 Is it in the SEMS database? 

If so, what is its ID number?

No

18 Is the site on the NPL?

Is it proposed to be on the NPL? If so, status?

Non-NPL

19 Has there been one (or more) CERCLA

removal action(s)? If so, what is the status?

No

20 Damage Type (i.e., soil, groundwater, 

sediment, surface water, air, abandoned 

materials)

Abandoned material.

21 Damage Description Approximately 3,000 tons of electronics (televisions, CRT, 

computers) and CRT glass.

22 Fatalities? No

23 Injuries? No
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Item Item Description

24 Cleanup Costs Estimated at $600,000 for three Dow Management 

warehouses in Yuma.

25 Property and Other Damages Warehouse filled with electronics, CRTs, and broken CRT

glass.

26 Type of Recycled Materials (i.e., batteries, 

other metal-bearing wastes, commercial 

chemical products, drums, spent solvents, 

spent acids or bases, used oil, other 

petroleum wastes, scrap metals, preciousmetal containing wastes, mercury-containing 

wastes, other wastes)

Scrap electronics.

27 Hazardous Waste Codes of Materials D008/Lead

28 Material Description Televisions, computers and CRT glass.

29 Regulatory Citation the Facility was 

operating Under

30 Does the contractor believe the facility was 

legitimately recycling?

31 Case Contacts ADEQ, Mark Shaffer, 602-771-2215

32 Case Sources RCRA INFO, ECHO, E-Scrap News(3/2014)
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Facility 29: Multnomah Metals Site

This facility has been excluded from consideration as a damage case because operations occurred 

outside the time scope of the study. Information available from the State of Oregon Department

of Environmental Quality confirms the dates of operation. 

http://www.deq.state.OR.us.lq/ESCI/escidetail.asp?seqnbr=3274

Item Item Description

1 Facility EPA ID ORO 000 031 656

2 Facility Address and County 236 SW Flowers St., Portland, Multnomah Co., OR 97201

3 EPA Region of the Facility Region 10

4 Facility Type (i.e., generator recycling onsite, 

generator recycling off-site, intermediate 

facility , transporter, or reclaimer)

Scrap Metal Recycler

5 NAICS Code and Description 331492/Secondary smelter of non-ferrous metal

6 Whether the site has/had a RCRA permit? No

7 Whether the site went bankrupt? No

8 End Date of Recycling Operation Mid 1960s

9 Brief Site History and Description of

Recycling Operation

Building holding the smelter was demolished in 1975. A 

private residence was built on site of smelter location. Site 

and adjacent properties have soil contamination.

10 Causes of Damage (i.e., improper 

management of hazardous secondary 

materials, abandoned materials, fire or 

explosion, accident, leaks or spills, improper 

management of recycled products, improper 

disposal of residuals, other)

Improper management of hazardous secondary materials.

11 Damage Description Soil contamination.

12 Start Date of Damage Early 1920s

13 End Date of Damage (or if damage is 

ongoing)

9/21/2013

14 Funding Source for Cleanup of Damage

(Federal, State, Responsible Party)

Federal

15 Oversight of Cleanup (Federal, State, 

Responsible Party)

Federal

16 Is the site a RCRA corrective action site? No

17 Is it in the SEMS database? 

If so, what is its ID number?

Yes

18 Is the site on the NPL?

Is it proposed to be on the NPL? If so, status?

Non-NPL

19 Has there been one (or more) CERCLA

removal action(s)? If so, what is the status?

Yes. Time Critical Source Removal, 9/3-9/21/2013

20 Damage Type (i.e., soil, groundwater, 

sediment, surface water, air, abandoned 

materials)

Soil contamination.

21 Damage Description Soil contamination on five residential properties.

22 Fatalities? No

23 Injuries? No
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Item Item Description

24 Cleanup Costs Unknown

25 Property and Other Damages Soil contamination on five residential properties.

26 Type of Recycled Materials (i.e., batteries, 

other metal-bearing wastes, commercial 

chemical products, drums, spent solvents, 

spent acids or bases, used oil, other petroleum 

wastes, scrap metals, precious-metal

containing wastes, mercury-containing wastes, 

other wastes)

Scrap metal.

27 Hazardous Waste Codes of Materials D004/Arsenic, D006/Cadmium, D008/Lead, D009/Mercury

28 Material Description Contaminated soil/lead 3,800 ppm. Removal included 319.96 

tons of contaminated soil.

29 Regulatory citation the facility was operating 

under?

30 Does the contractor believe the facility was 

legitimately recycling?

31 Case Contacts EPA OSC, Daniel Heister, 503-326-6869

32 Case Sources OCS, SEMS
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Facility 30: Seattle Barrel Company

Item Item Description

1 Facility EPA ID WAD 027 470 111

2 Facility Address and County 4716 Airport Way South, Seattle, King Co., WA 98108

3 EPA Region of the Facility Region 10

4 Facility Type (i.e., generator recycling onsite, 

generator recycling off-site, intermediate 

facility , transporter, or reclaimer)

Drum Recycler

5 NAICS Code and Description 811310/ Reconditioning Shipping Barrels and Drum

6 Whether the site has/had a RCRA permit? No. SQG

7 Whether the site went bankrupt? No.

8 End Date of Recycling Operation Currently operating.

9 Brief Site History and Description of

Recycling Operation

The company collects industrial barrels and cleans and 

prepares them for re-use. This includes washing, rinsing, 

repairing, and painting of each drum. Many drums once 

contained chemical compounds that required disposal as 

hazardous waste. The Company did not properly pre-treat or 

did not treat caustic wash water before disposal.

State 2013 enforcement action. Penalty/$11,690, SEP

$38,025.

10 Causes of Damage (i.e., improper 

management of hazardous secondary 

materials, abandoned materials, fire or 

explosion, accident, leaks or spills, improper 

management of recycled products, improper 

disposal of residuals, other)

Improper management of waste.

11 Damage Description The Washington Department of Ecology documented eight 

incidents in 2013 where monitoring equipment documented 

discharges of highly caustic materials into the sanitary sewer 

system.

12 Start Date of Damage 2013

13 End Date of Damage (or if damage is 

ongoing)

Unknown

14 Funding Source for Cleanup of Damage

(Federal, State, Responsible Party)

None

15 Oversight of Cleanup (Federal, State, 

Responsible Party)

No

16 Is the site a RCRA corrective action site? No

17 Is it in the SEMS database? 

If so, what is its ID number?

No

18 Is the site on the NPL?

Is it proposed to be on the NPL? If so, status?

Non-NPL

19 Has there been one (or more) CERCLA

removal action(s)? If so, what is the status?

No

20 Damage Type (i.e., soil, groundwater, 

sediment, surface water, air, abandoned 

materials)

Discharged hazardous waste down the sewer.
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Item Item Description

21 Damage Description Corrosive waste discharged down drain to the regional sewer 

system.

22 Fatalities? No

23 Injuries? No

24 Cleanup Costs None

25 Property and Other Damages Potential damage to regional sewer system.

26 Type of Recycled Materials (i.e., batteries, 

other metal-bearing wastes, commercial 

chemical products, drums, spent solvents, 

spent acids or bases, used oil, other 

petroleum wastes, scrap metals, preciousmetal containing wastes, mercury-containing 

wastes, other wastes)

Metal drums.

27 Hazardous Waste Codes of Materials D002/ Corrosive

28 Material Description

29 Regulatory citation the facility was operating 

under?

30 Does the contractor believe the facility was 

legitimately recycling?

31 Case Contacts EPA OSC, Daylin Davidson, 425-649-7090

32 Case Sources RCRA INFO, ECHO, WDEQ News Release-8/1/2014
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Facility 31: Total Metal Recycling, Inc. (TMR)

Item Item Description

1 Facility EPA ID ILD 099 670 911

2 Facility Address and County 2684 Missouri Ave, Granite City, Madison Co., IL 62040

3 EPA Region of the Facility Region 5

4 Facility Type (i.e., generator recycling onsite, 

generator recycling off-site, intermediate 

facility , transporter, or reclaimer)

Scrap Metal Recycler

5 NAICS Code and Description 423930/Recyclable Material Merchant

6 Whether the site has/had a RCRA permit? No - CESQG

7 Whether the site went bankrupt? No

8 End Date of Recycling Operation Active Facility

9 Brief Site History and Description of

Recycling Operation

Facility began operation as a ferrous, non-ferrous metal, 

plastic, electronics, and demilitarized munitions recycler in

2000. Facility previously operated under the name Triangle

Metallurgical.

10 Causes of Damage (i.e., improper 

management of hazardous secondary 

materials, abandoned materials, fire or 

explosion, accident, leaks or spills, improper 

management of recycled products, improper 

disposal of residuals, other)

Explosion.

Explosion occurred when a mortar round that was supposed to 

be inert exploded while being handled by a Total Metal 

Recycling employee. The employee may have struck two 

mortar rounds together, which resulted in the explosion.

A copy of the fire report can be obtained from the Granite 

City Fire Department, (618) 452-6231 ext. 1010. A copy of 

the report was forwarded to EPA on 4/20/2015.

11 Damage Description Damage limited to an outdoor storage area where scrap metal

(aluminum) and inert munitions were being stored.

12 Start Date of Damage August 25, 2014

13 End Date of Damage (or if damage is 

ongoing)

August 25, 2014

14 Funding Source for Cleanup of Damage

(Federal, State, Responsible Party)

Responsible Party

15 Oversight of Cleanup (Federal, State, 

Responsible Party)

Initial cleanup-Scott Air Force Base Explosive Ordnance

Disposal (EOD) Team, remaining cleanup-Responsible Party.

16 Is the site a RCRA corrective action site? No

17 Is it in the SEMS database? 

If so, what is its ID number?

No

18 Is the site on the NPL?

Is it proposed to be on the NPL? If so, status?

Non NPL

19 Has there been one (or more) CERCLA

removal action(s)? If so, what is the status?

No

20 Damage Type (i.e., soil, groundwater, 

sediment, surface water, air, abandoned 

materials)

Limited damage to outdoor storage area.

21 Damage Description Damage was contained in an outdoor storage area that 

consisted of a three sided block walled area on a concrete pad.

22 Fatalities? Two employees killed. OSHA incident report number

991866.015.

23 Injuries? One employee injured.
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Item Item Description

24 Cleanup Costs Unknown

25 Property and Other Damages Damage limited to the area where scrap metal and inert 

munitions were being stored.

26 Type of Recycled Materials (i.e., batteries, 

other metal-bearing wastes, commercial 

chemical products, drums, spent solvents, 

spent acids or bases, used oil, other 

petroleum wastes, scrap metals, preciousmetal containing wastes, mercury-containing 

wastes, other wastes)

Scrap received from Fort Irwin, CA, included plastic, base 

plates, fired large steel and large brass shells and empty ammo 

boxes. The metal include inert munitions (60 mm mortars, 81 

mm mortars and 50 caliber shell casings).

27 Hazardous Waste Codes of Materials D003, D008/Lead

28 Material Description Inert munitions, scrap metal.

29 Regulatory citation the facility was operating 

under?

30 Does the contractor believe the facility was 

legitimately recycling?

Yes

31 Case Contacts Illinois DEP, Chris Cahnovsky, 217-524-3265

32 Case Sources RCRA INFO, ECHO, IMIS

Cahnovsky e-mail dated October 14, 2014, subject Totall

Metal Recycling UXO.