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Superfund explanation of significant difference for the Record of Decision (EPA Region 3): Brown`s Battery Breaking, Shoemakersville, PA, December 1996

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:638510
The Environmental Protection Agency, Region III (EPA) is issuing this Explanation of Significant Differences (ESD) for the July 2, 1992, Record of Decision issued for the Brown`s Battery Breaking Superfund Site in Tilden Township, Pennsylvania. The objective of the Soils and Casings portion of the OU2 ROD is excavation of soils and casings in areas where the lead level exceeds 1000 parts per million (ppm), and offsite treatment of those soils and casings using an innovative thermal treatment technology consisting of a new gasification furnace to be connected to an existing secondary lead smelter in Reading, Pennsylvania. EPA also has selected a contingent soil alternative of onsite solidification/stabilization of the soils and casings and offsite disposal should the innovative technology not prove implementable.
Research Organization:
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Emergency and Remedial Response, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI ID:
638510
Report Number(s):
PB--97-963108/XAB; EPA--541/R-97/014
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English