Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 3): Brown's Battery Breaking, Tilden Township, Berks County, PA. (Second remedial action), July 1992. Final report

Technical Report · Thu Jul 02 04:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:5853884

The 14-acre Brown's Battery Breaking site is an inactive lead acid battery processing facility in Tilden Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. From 1961 to 1971, the facility recovered lead-bearing materials from automobile and truck batteries by breaking the battery casings, draining the acid, and recovering the lead alloy, grids, plates, and plugs. During this time, battery acid and rinse water from recovery activities were dumped onto the soil, and crushed casings were disposed of onsite or used as a substitute for road gravel. The ROD addresses the remediation of onsite soil, battery casings, and ground water as a final action at the site. The primary contaminants of concern affecting the soil, debris, and ground water are metals, including lead and nickel; and other inorganics, including sulfate.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
• OSTI ID: 5853884
• Report Number(s): PB-93-963918/XAB; EPA/ROD/R--03-92/150
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540250* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (1990-)
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
BATTERY SEPARATORS
CONTROL
DECISIONS AND ORDERS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
ELECTRODES
ELEMENTS
GRIDS
GROUND WATER
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INORGANIC COMPOUNDS
LAWS
LEAD-ACID BATTERIES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
METALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NICKEL
NORTH AMERICA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PENNSYLVANIA
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION LAWS
RECYCLING
REMEDIAL ACTION
SOILS
SOLID WASTES
SULFATES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
US EPA
US ORGANIZATIONS
US SUPERFUND
USA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER