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Health assessment for Scrap Processing, Inc. , Taylor County, Medford, Wisconsin, Region 5. CERCLIS No. WID046536785. Preliminary report

Technical Report ·
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