Superfund Record of Decision (EPA region 3): Brown's Battery Breaking site, Tilden Township, PA. (First remedial action), September 1990
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:5075217
The 14-acre Brown's Battery Breaking site is an inactive lead-acid battery processing facility in Tilden Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The area surrounding the site is primarily agricultural with scattered rural residences. The site is bordered by Conrail tracks, Mill Creek, and the Schuykill River. The State conducted onsite and offsite investigations during the 1980s that identified lead concentrations in excess of acceptable limits in residents, livestock, soil, and surface waters. A 1983 EPA investigation revealed extensive lead contamination in onsite soil and sediment located in the Schuylkill River. EPA initiated an Immediate Removal Request to relocate three families and to excavate and consolidate 13,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil and battery casings into an onsite containment area. A second removal, initiated in 1990, consisted of temporarily relocating all onsite residents. The Record of Decision addresses site access; subsequent actions will address soil and ground water remediation. The primary contaminant of concern affecting the soil, sediment, ground water, and surface water is lead.
- Research Organization:
- Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
- OSTI ID:
- 5075217
- Report Number(s):
- PB-91-921437/XAB; EPA/ROD/R--03-90/094
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540220* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
540320 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
560300 -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
CONTAMINATION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
ELEMENTS
FEDERAL REGION III
GROUND WATER
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
LAND POLLUTION
LAWS
LEAD
LEAD-ACID BATTERIES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
METALS
MONITORING
NORTH AMERICA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PENNSYLVANIA
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
REMEDIAL ACTION
SEDIMENTS
SOILS
SURFACE WATERS
US SUPERFUND
USA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
540220* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
540320 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
560300 -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
CONTAMINATION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
ELEMENTS
FEDERAL REGION III
GROUND WATER
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
LAND POLLUTION
LAWS
LEAD
LEAD-ACID BATTERIES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
METALS
MONITORING
NORTH AMERICA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PENNSYLVANIA
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
REMEDIAL ACTION
SEDIMENTS
SOILS
SURFACE WATERS
US SUPERFUND
USA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER