Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 5): Auto Ion Chemicals, Kalamazoo, Michigan (First remedial action), September 1989

Technical Report · Wed Sep 27 00:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:6907057

Auto Ion Chemicals site is a former plating waste-treatment and disposal facility occupying approximately 1.5 acres of vacant, fenced land in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Ground water at the site is not currently used as a source of drinking water. From 1964 to 1973 the facility received chrome and cyanide plating waste. Heavy metals were precipitated from the plating waste and deposited in an onsite lagoon, and waste water was discharged to the sanitary sewer. Leaks and spills from storage tanks, lagoon seepage, and other site activities resulted in soil contamination. In 1983, EPA conducted an emergency surface removal and, in 1986, they demolished the site structures which housed tanks and storage facilities. The selected remedial action for this site includes excavation and offsite stabilization of approximately 7,200 cubic yards of contaminated soil; offsite disposal of treated soil in an approved land-disposal area.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (USA). Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
• OSTI ID: 6907057
• Report Number(s): PB-90-178187/XAB; EPA/ROD/R--05-89/103
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CHROMIUM
CONTAINERS
CONTAMINATION
ELEMENTS
FEDERAL REGION V
GROUND WATER
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LAND POLLUTION
LAWS
LEAD
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METALS
MICHIGAN
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
REMEDIAL ACTION
SEMIMETALS
SITE SURVEYS
SOILS
SUPERFUND
TANKS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
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WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WATER
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