Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 5): Carter Industrials site, Detroit, MI. (First remedial action), September 1991

Technical Report · Wed Sep 18 04:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:7028893

The 3.5-acre Carter Industrials site is a former scrap metal storage and salvage operation in Detroit, Michigan. From 1966 until 1986, the site was used as a scrap metal salvage and storage facility, changing ownership several times during the period. Items accepted for salvage included electrical capacitors and transformers. In 1986, the State identified elevated levels of PCBs in onsite soil, which was later confirmed by EPA investigations. The Record of Decision (ROD) addresses remediation of remaining onsite and offsite source material. A subsequent ROD will address the need for remediation of contaminated sewer lines running from the site. The primary contaminants of concern affecting the soil and debris are organics including PCBs; and metals including arsenic, cadmium, and lead. The selected remedial action for the site is included.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
• OSTI ID: 7028893
• Report Number(s): PB-92-964126/XAB; EPA/ROD/R--05-91/169
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540250* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (1990-)
AROMATICS
ARSENIC
CADMIUM
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
CONTAMINATION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELEMENTS
EQUIPMENT
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
LAND POLLUTION
LAWS
LEAD
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
METALS
MICHIGAN
MONITORING
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
REMEDIAL ACTION
SEMIMETALS
SITE SURVEYS
SOILS
TRANSFORMERS
US SUPERFUND
USA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES