Health assessment for Scrap Processing, Inc. , Taylor County, Medford, Wisconsin, Region 5. CERCLIS No. WID046536785. Preliminary report
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:5219688
Scrap Processing Inc., a 2-acre salvage yard in Medford, Taylor County, Wisconsin, is listed on the National Priorities List. The site currently operates as a gas station and salvage yard and is located along the Black River. Scrap Processing Inc. reclaimed lead from cracking lead/acid batteries on-site between 1955 and 1974. The lead recovered from the batteries was smelted on-site. During the battery-crushing operation, the equivalent of 399,000 gallons of acid wastes contaminated with lead, cadmium, copper, chromium, nickel, and arsenic from the batteries ran from the crushing area along an unlined ditch into an unlined pond. The pond has intermittently overflowed into the Black River, contaminating it with heavy metals and acid. Sediment, surface water and soils on-site were contaminated with high levels of lead. Remediation included excavation and removal of contaminated surface water, sediment, and soil on-site.
- Research Organization:
- Wisconsin Div. of Health, Madison, WI (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5219688
- Report Number(s):
- PB-90-109224/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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290300 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Environment
Health
& Safety
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320305* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Industrial & Agricultural Processes-- Industrial Waste Management
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540220 -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
540320 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
LAND POLLUTION
LAWS
LEAD
LEAD-ACID BATTERIES
LIQUID WASTES
METALS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
PONDS
PROGRESS REPORT
PUBLIC HEALTH
RISK ASSESSMENT
SETTLING PONDS
SUPERFUND
SURFACE WATERS
WASTES
WATER POLLUTION
WATER SUPPLY