Superfund record of decision (EPA Region 6): Cal West Metals Site, Lemitar, NM. (First remedial action), September 1992. Final report

Technical Report · Tue Sep 29 04:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:6573691

The 43.8-acre Cal West Metals site was a former battery breaking, recycling, and secondary lead smelting facility located one-half mile northwest of Lemitar, Socorro County, New Mexico. From 1979 to 1981, Cal West used a 12-acre fenced portion of the site for processing automobile batteries for lead, rubber, and plastics recovery. Batteries were crushed onsite and components separated using flotation and centrifugation in a rotating separator drum. Water was recycled and ultimately discharged to a lined pond, and piles of crushed battery components were stored outdoors. From 1982 to 1984, the facility was used for research and development on methods of lead recovery. Since 1985, the company conducted intermittent work onsite with the battery waste piles to extract lead oxides, rubber, and plastics. From 1979 to 1985, the state conducted investigations to assess air and ground water quality onsite. In 1985, EPA investigations showed elevated levels of lead in soil, sediment, and ground water. The source control ROD addressed the principal threat of lead contamination at the site as a final remedy. The primary contaminants of concern affecting the battery waste piles, soil, debris, and sediment were organics, including PAHs; and metals, including arsenic and lead.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
• OSTI ID: 6573691
• Report Number(s): PB-93-964203/XAB; EPA/ROD/R--06-92/077
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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