                                EPA/HQ Summary
               Facility Visit  -  Revere Smelting & Refining

Attendees

RSR Participants
Gerry Manley, Mark Hoffman, Ralph DeVito
RSR Outside Counsel
Genevieve Trigg
EPA/HQ Participants
Kristin Fitzgerald, Kathy Lett, Richard Huggins, Mary Beth Sheridan
Others Participants
New York Department of Environmental Conservation

Date:  November 19, 2013

Location: Middletown, NY

Summary

EPA staff visited the lead acid battery recycler, Revere Smelting and Refining (RSR). They recycle approximately 10 million batteries per year. They recover approximately 100,000 tons of lead each year that gets put back into new batteries. The site is a RCRA large quantity generator and a permitted storage facility. 

RSR noted that they buy batteries to recycle. They make money by selling the recovered and refined lead to battery manufacturers. 

