Removal Site and Date
Region
Description Summary
Country Home Furnishings, November 2009
Gardner, MA - EPA Region I
Building with drums and containers containing flammable liquids.
Former Athol Rod and Gun Club, August 2009
Athol, MA - EPA Region I
Outdoor shooting range; presence of high levels of antimony, arsenic, lead, and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in surface soils. Currently budgeted at $2.76M for removal actions. 
The Former Bendix Property Site, July 2010
Greenfield, MA - EPA Region I
Approximately 380 discarded metal and/or plastic 55 gallon drums, and other various sizes containers, exist throughout the entire (interior/exterior) grounds of the Site. The PA/SI revealed friable asbestos and asbestos containing material, metals (chromium), and volatile organic compounds.
Former Ibadex Research Company Emergency Response, August 2010
Danvers, MA - EPA Region I
Evicted renter of property indicated that he could not recall all the materials he had, but they were in small quantities and included: hydrochloric acid, hydrofloric acid, nitric acid, sulfuric acid, boron tri-flouride, mercury, arsenic, solvents, gases, and laser capacitors with PCBs.
Nova Dye & Print Corporation, March 2008
Waterbury, CT - EPA Region I
The PA/SI consisted of collecting drum samples for volatile organic compounds (VOCs), semivolatile organic compounds (SVOCs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), metals, flashpoint, and pH analyses; surface soil samples for VOCs, SVOCs, PCBs, and metals analyses; and suspected asbestos containing materials (ACMs) for asbestos analysis. On October 15, 2009, an Action Memorandum was signed approving a total project ceiling of $1,200,000.00 to address the site.
VET Printing, May 2010
Casco, ME - EPA Region I
The Site is an abandoned, privately operated printing facility that went out of business in the fall of 2009. During a site visit on 4 May 2010, personnel from MEDEP found the company had ceased operations and laborers were on-site cutting up the metal machinery for scrap. They proceeded to inspect the facility for any possible remaining containers of hazardous wastes, and found a previously unknown room that had been boarded up and hidden behind a row of file cabinets. The room was full of overflowing and leaking containers. An inventory of the hidden room included five 55-gallon drums, three 30-gallon drums and eighty to one hundred 5-gallon drums. In addition, there were multiple printing and photochemical containers of various sizes throughout the building and two 55-gallon drums with "hazardous waste" labels.
Walton & Lonsbury Site, August 2010
Attleboro, MA - EPA Region I
13,500 square-foot chromium plating facility. In 2007, when W&L closed its operations, there were four active plating tanks (out of six that were in operation when the dry scrubber air handling systems were installed in 1997). These tanks have capacities of 740 gallons, 680 gallons, 1,440 gallons and 1,210 gallons. 

Chemical usage at the Site has included trichloroethylene (TCE), 1,1,1-trichloroethane (TCA), chromic oxide, hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid, cyanide, paint thinner, aluminum oxide, sodium hydroxide, sodium bisulfate, sodium hydrosulfate, and lead sulfate. Wastes generated at the Site include hydrochloric acid, chromium hydroxide sludge, chromic acid wastewater, chromic acid contaminated solids, TCE, TCA, aluminum oxide dust, and cyanide plating bath solution.
During the August 2010 PA/SI chromic acid and significant quantities of chromic acid sludge were found to still be in the tanks.
61-77 Sherer Street Site, November 2010
Rochester, NY - EPA Region II
Former bronze and aluminum foundry that ceased operations and was believed to have been abandoned within the last two years (e.g., 2008). The building is a one-story brick and cinder block structure covering approximately 23,000 square feet. The yard contains several rusted, dilapidated sheds; several abandoned drums.
Concord Chemical, August 2010
Camden, NJ - EPA Region II
A former manufacturer of various liquid and powder cleaners and detergents. On August 23, 2010, On-Scene Coordinators ("OSC's") from the Removal Action Branch ("RAB") and representatives from NJDEP and the City of Camden conducted a Site visit as part of the removal assessment. They found over 100, 55-gallon drums were observed including at least 20 hazardous waste (based on labeling) salvage or overpacked drums in the loading dock area. Waste identified on labels included caustics, corrosives and flammable materials. The second floor contains a large laboratory that has over 1,000 small containers of chemicals, reagents and unknown chemical mixtures. Container labels indicated the presence of acetone, tetrachloroethylene ("PCE"), carbon tetrachloride, 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethene, chloroform, pyridine, toluene, hydrochloric acid, acetic acid, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, acetic anhydride, butyl alcohol, kerosene, and ammonia in the lab. The second floor contains over 100, 55-gallon drums with labels indicating that contents included sulfonic acid, styrene, isopropyl alcohol, sodium methylate, monoethanol amine, propylene glycol, ethylene glycol, sodium hydroxide, cresylic acid, and ammonia. Some of the containers have open tops and/or material on the drum top that has spilled out of the container.
Former Western Publishing Site, September 2010
Poughkeepsie, NY - EPA Region II 
                                                                              

A former printing facility, EPA conducted entries into the Site building in September 2010 as part of a removal assessment. Approximately 70 unlabeled drums with unknown contents are located within the Site building. Results of EPA's September 2010 analytical sampling of several of the drums indicated that some contain CERCLA-designated hazardous substances. One drum contains elevated levels of vinyl chloride, cadmium and 1,2-dichloroethane, and another contains a material considered to be a characteristic ignitable waste under RCRA.
R.N.Hitchcock Electroplating Facility, December 2005
Port Byron, NY - EPA Region II
The Site was a former electroplating and metal-finishing facility which was operated by various owners from 1946 until 2003. During their investigations in 2005, NYSDEC identified unknown chemicals remaining in drums, open vats, tanks and small containers and an underground settling tank located on the east side of the site. The results of the Site assessment/RSE confirmed that there were approximately seventeen open-top vats containing corrosive plating solutions and various chemical containers including 55-gallon drums, 5-gallon pails and an assortment of 40 and 50 pound bags of dry chemical. Many of the drums and other containers held acids, basic solutions, cyanide solutions, chromate solutions, flammable liquids, oxidizers and other hazardous materials. Many of the chemicals were improperly stored and in containers of poor integrity. 

Sampling of various containers confirmed the presence of flammable liquids, acids, cyanides, and heavy metals. Heavy metals detected include cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, nickel and zinc. 




Kenco, April 2010
Glenville, NY - EPA Region II

The Kenco Site is the former location of the Kenco Chemical Company which operated at the Site as a commercial chemical repackaging and distributor beginning in 1955. In a letter dated April 6, 2010, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) requested that EPA evaluate drums and containers stored at the Kenco property for removal action eligibility and address any offsite impacts of the PCE ground water plume emanating from 107 Freeman's Bridge Rd.  On April 23, 2010, EPA completed an assessment of the containers at the Site.  In a revised referral dated April 6, 2010, NYSDEC requested assistance from EPA to address offsite impacts of the dissolved phase PCE plume, evaluate drums and containers stored inside the Kenco warehouse for removal eligibility and to further evaluate the onsite PCE source for removal eligibility.
 
On April 23, 2010, EPA completed an inventory of the containers at the Site.  Approximately 50, 55 gallon drums were identified along with more than 200 containers less than five gallons in size.  Many of the containers inventoried were found to be empty.  Hazardous substances were identified in the inventory which included ignitable and caustic liquids.  Following the assessment of the containers, a removal action was not initiated due to the fact that the owner of the warehouse was continuing to secure and maintain the warehouse where the containers were stored. 

On December 14, 2010, EPA mobilized to the Site to dispose of drums and containers abandoned at the Kenco Site. See Site Profile for list of removed hazardous wastes.

ERRS contractors returned to the Site on February 14, 2011 performing snow removal in preparation for load-out of the remaining waste at the Site. ERRS contractors returned to the Site on February 14, 2011 performing snow removal in preparation for load-out of the remaining waste at the Site.

An additional $30,000 of funding was authorized by the Emergency Response and Remedial Division Director on January 26, 2011 to complete disposal at the Site.  This brings the total ceiling authorized for this project to $90,000.
NanoChemonics, April 2011
Pulaski, VA - EPA Region III
This Site is the location of the former NanoChemonics' nanoparticle manufacturing facility. The Company ceased operations in July 2010. The Site contains a variety of potential threats of release of hazardous substances stemming from acid and caustic chemicals remaining within the manufacturing facility along with drums, totes, bags, and other containers of chemical substances; including, several laboratories. The response action was initiated during the week including April 8, 2011 and includes removal of residual chemical contamination, treatment and discharge of waters in the lagoon system, and closure of the lagoons on the Site.
Pipers Gap Acid Trailers, October 2009

Lambsburg, VA - EPA Region III

The Pipers Gap Acid Trailers Site is located in a rural residential area near Lambsburg, Carroll County, Virginia. On October 1, 2009, the Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VA-DEM) notified the On-Scene Coordinator (OSC) of a situation involving the reported release of hazardous substances (i.e., hydrochloric acid). The release was reported to have occurred as a result of processes involving the removal of precious metals (gold) from computer components. Available information indicated that acid chemicals were being dumped and buried upon the property and that drums of acid were now located in and leaking from trailers located on the property. 

Throughout the night of October 1, 2009, local authorities opened and assessed the contents of the trailers. The following information was determined. There are 6 box trailers. The trailers were not locked and could be easily opened. The trailers exhibited evidence of leakage based upon odors and staining upon and alongside the trailers. The contents of the trailers include approximately 300 drums of unknown materials, dozens of buckets, bags of sodium metabisulfite, jugs of hydrochloric acid, at least one vat, crucibles, computer components, and other miscellaneous materials. Some of the drums were found to contain and to be leaking a reddish unknown oily material. Some of the drums were found to contain and to be leaking a strong acid (pH of approximately 1). Most of the drums did not have lids (sawed tops) and were covered only by a sheet of plastic and duct tape. Some of the drums were closed and were observed to be under some pressure (bulged); these drums emitted chlorine when opened. The detection of chlorine is consistent with a mixture of nitric acid and hydrochloric acid (known as aqua-regia) which is used in the etching of gold. Local authorities passed the above information to the OSC throughout the night of October 1, 2009. 

EPA will arrange for disposal of wastes classified as RCRA hazardous wastes if disposal cannot be accomplished within a few weeks time. 


Stoney Creek Technologies, April 2007
Trainer, PA - EPA Region III
The Site is located in a mixed industrial and residential area of Trainer, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The Site includes a chemical manufacturing facility consisting of about 200 tanks, several buildings, a laboratory, a wastewater treatment facility, and many processing vessels, equipment items, systems, and pipelines which are used in or are related to the chemical manufacturing processes. Chemicals at the facility include oleum, methanol, heptane, mineral spirits, sulfuric acid, and others including many mixtures. Stoney Creek Technologies primarily manufactures base products to be used in corrosion inhibitors, motor oil additives, and grease feed compounds. 

On April 12, 2007, the OSC was notified by EPA Region III staff that the facility was in bankruptcy court and that chemical substances remained at the facility which may pose a threat.

CERCLA funding not to exceed $250 K was authorized on April 17, 2007 to assure that the chemicals at the facility are safeguarded in the absence of the Company's ability to do so. 

On July 27, 2007, EPA Region III approved additional funding and exemptions from statutory limits for removal actions to allow for actions relating to the removal of chemical inventory from the Site should Stoney Creek Technologies be unable to do so. EPA also issued Orders to Stoney Creek Technologies and other companies to remove the inventory at the Site in order to reduce the potential threats. The Respondents to these orders were allowed to use the facility as a means to reduce the inventory (e.g., produce to reduce). 

The facility contains flammable, combustible and/or corrosive chemicals in dozens of tanks, many of which would pose a fire risk if improperly handled. Other chemical materials are also present in drums, open and closed containers of varying sizes, water treatment vessels, fuel vessels, trenches, drains, and other places. In October 2008, EPA initiated activities relating to the removal of the chemical inventory from the Site since Stoney Creek Technologies and 2 other companies which received orders from EPA have failed to remove the inventory from the Site. EPA completed the disposal of bulk liquid chemicals posing flammable threat in January 2010. EPA completed the removal of bulk acid chemicals in June 2010.
American Screw and Rivet, June 2011
Anderson, SC - EPA Region IV
On November 2010 SCDHEC received information that the facility had stopped operations and declared bankruptcy. In May 2011 SCDHEC conducted an inspection of the facility and documented leaking holding tanks and overflowing sumps. SCDHEC also documented the presence of approximately 80 poly totes some of which were labeled hazardous waste, drums, as well as other containers such as pails, small plastic drums and cardboard containers. Initial assessments from the facility revealed 44 poly totes exposed to the elements. Some totes exhibited cage corrosion and an advanced state of degradation. After entering the facility's building the OSC observed overflowing sludge filled sumps, water ponds in multiple areas, totes labeled with hazardous waste stickers and pH 2 annotations, cardboard containers in advanced state of degradation some of which had spilled their contents, drums and multiple other containers.
ASR American Way, June 2011
Anderson, SC - EPA Region IV
While USEPA was conducting a removal action at the American Screw and Rivet (ASR) Site, DHEC referred another property to Emergency Response and Removal Branch (ERRB) located at One American Way in Anderson, SC. The Site was affiliated with the ASR Site but under different corporate ownership. 

On June 14, 2011 OSC Crowley initiated an emergency response at the ASR American Way site to mitigate the threats posed from approx 30 drums of corrosive and caustic materials that are located behind a warehouse exposed to the environment and unsecured. 

James E Music Company, January 2003
Apopka, FL - EPA Region IV
The James E. Music Company Site has been owned and operated by the family of James E. Music since it was purchased in 1980. The facility housed J.E. Music Company, a commercial entity which generated, stored and distributed a variety of customized cleaning chemicals and supplies as well as a variety of pesticides. Following an anonymous tip in January 2003, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. 
(FDEP) conducted a series of inspections and identified multiple 30 to 55-gallon drums with varying contents stored in the building at the Jemco site. FDEP found numerous drums, buckets, and bottles of potentially hazardous chemicals with evidence of potential release to the wood floor planking and soil beneath the building. The estate of James E. Music subcontracted a waste disposal contractor to profile, manifest, transport, and dispose of the chemicals and containers. Inventoried wastes included: petroleum 
distillates, sodium arsenate, heptachlor, pyretherins, lindane, p-dichlorobenzene, ammonia, mineral spirits, sodium hydroxide, hydrochloric acid, xylene, various soaps and surfactants.
Karolina Polymers, January 2010
Hickory, NC - EPA Region IV
Hickory FD contacted EPA OSC Raleigh Outpost, Ken Rhame, with a report that an abandoned building, previously Karolina Polymers, had flooded due to a ruptured sprinkler system. The building contains several drums, tanks, vats, and may also contain a potential radiation source. There is evidence that vandals and trespassers have been inside the building. The property owner has not been identified, the last person to pay taxes has been contacted and granted EPA access to the extent that she has authority. Hickory FD and NCDENR requested EPA assistance during entry and assessment. The facility location is only several hundred yards from an un-related oil spill that OSC Rhame was working on. Additional START contractor (Tetra Tech) resources were mobilized to provide monitoring and hazard categorization capabilities for assessment.  The total Site ceiling for this emergency action is $250,000.  
KM Ventures, August 2009
Lowell, NC - EPA Region IV
On August 27 EPA NC OSC received a request from NC DENR Hazardous Waste to conduct a joint site visit at KM Ventures Property located at 1602 North Main Street in Lowell, Gaston County NC . DENR informed EPA that they had issued a NOV and Order to KM Ventures to comply with various RCRA Regulations. EPA and DENR Hazardous Waste conducted the site visit on August 28t. 

The KM Venture Site has several thousand gallons of hazardous substances and oils that have been abandoned by the previous operator (Yorkshire America). These substances are currently being contained with containers that are in poor condition. The Catawba River borders the property on one side, there has been documented trespassers on site. 

October 6th Update: The RP, KM Ventures has agreed to an Administrative Order with EPA Reg 4. Clean up efforts will continue to be overseen by EPA through December 2009.
Robinson Foundry, June 2009
Alexander City, AL - EPA Region IV

The Belcher/Robinson Foundry, located in Alexander City, is an abandoned ductile iron/grey iron foundry. EPA ERRB responded to a request from ADEM to address releases emanating from leaking drums and tanks on site. Initial reports from ADEM indicate the presence of an AST containing oil, several dozen drums containing hydraulic oil and sulfuric acid, plastic totes of various sizes, and paint cans.
Anchor Metal Finishing, January 2008
Schiller Park, IL - EPA Region V
Anchor Metal Finishing, Inc. was a black oxide finisher that used chemical 
conversion on steel, a process that did not involve electroplating. Before Anchor Metal Finishing, Inc., Royal Metal Finishers conducted finishing operations at the Site. Royal Metal Finishers conducted two primary on-site operations: zinc plating on carbon steel and black oxidizing of steel. Royal Metal Finishers also conducted smaller operations for black oxidizing of stainless steel and copper plating on carbon steel. 
Process wastes generated by Royal Metal Finishers included filter press wastes, zinc bath sludge, iron oxide sludge, copper bath sludge, and zinc plating cleaner sludge. Royal Metal Finishers ceased operations at the Site in the late 1980s, around the time when Anchor Metal Finishing began renting space in the Site building. Anchor Metal Finishing, Inc operated at the Site from the late 1980s until January 2008. The Elite Sewer Company is presently operating as a business on the property. Elite Sewer uses the building for storage and occupies the building office. Elite Sewer also utilizes the property parking lot.
 
 The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (lEPA) on January 8, 2008, responded to a complaint that Anchor Metal Finishing, Inc. was relocating to another location and moving drums in the middle of the night. lEPA inspectors completed an inventory of processed waste with the Anchor Metal Finishing, Inc., foreman, Daniel Wozniak. The lEPA inspectors advised Mr. Wozniak to develop and submit a formal written inventory of all the chemicals and materials at the Site. Because of the large number of drums, their poor condition, and uncontrolled Site conditions related to waste storage, lEPA requested U.S. EPA's assistance.
The total U.S. EPA costs for this removal action based on full-cost accounting practices will be eligible for cost recovery 
are estimated to be $ 628,657.
Chilton Plating, June 2011
Chilton, WI - EPA Region V
On June 6, 2011, the on-scene coordinator for ERRS (Environmental Quality Management), and START (Weston) initiated a time-critical removal action at the former Chilton Plating Site in Chilton, WI. The Site contains a former plating company that operated from 1961 until 2007. The owner of the company is bankrupt and is not able to properly dispose of the hazardous waste and unused products remaining at the Site. There are approximately 160 drums and numerous vats of hazardous waste and materials at the Site, including sodium cyanide, flammable materials, corrosive materials, and materials containing high concentrations of metals (such as chromium, nickel, and copper). Incompatible materials are stored together and some of the drums are leaking. The removal is expected to take approximately six weeks to complete.
An Action Memorandum approved up to $532,301 to conduct a time-critical removal action at this site. 
Columbia City Testworth Laboratories, February 2011
Columbia City, IN - EPA Region V
Testworth Laboratories, Inc. was established in 1941 and used the Site to manufacture the following types of products: special liquid adhesives; coating compounds of natural latex, natural rubber, and synthetic rubber; synthetic resins; chemical dispersions; emulsions for latex compounding; custom compounding sealants; and water- or solvent-based adhesives. 

Testworth ceased site operations in early 2010 after facility's closure by order of the Indiana State Fire Marshall. Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) requested that the U.S. EPA investigate potential environmental threats at the Site. In April 2010, U.S. EPA conducted a site assessment. The results of this assessment indicated that corrosive and flammable hazardous wastes remained onsite in drums, totes and other containers. 

Emergency Response and Rapid Services (ERRS) and Superfund Technical Assistance and Response Team (START) contractors were mobilized to the site on February 28, 2011 to remove and dispose of hazardous materials from the site.
Crown Laundry, April 2011
Indianapolis, IN - EPA Region V
The Crown Laundry Site is a former industrial rug cleaner, which operated from 1910 to 1975. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducted a site assessment on October 11, 2010. During the assessment, EPA documented approximately 20 drums and hundreds of smaller containers 5 gallons or less. Field hazard categorization documented that many of the drums and containers contain characteristic hazardous waste including ignitable and corrosive materials. EPA conducted emergency stablization and removal of the drums and other containers on October 12-22, 2010. 

EPA started time-critical removal activities on April 4, 2011. These activities will include: removing underground storage tanks (USTs), including dry cleaning solvents; mitigating soil contamination; and assessing nearby residential properties for potential vapor intrusion issues.

On December 17, 2010, EPA approved expenditures up to  $1,991,732 to conduct emergency and time-critical removal actions at this site.

Custom Chrome Plating Site, March 2010
Dayton, OH - EPA Region V
On March 4, 2010, the Ohio EPA requested assistance from US EPA Region 5 at the Custom Chrome Plating (CCP) Site in Dayton, OH. The site is the location of a former chrome plating facility. Abandoned wastes include chrome sludge, acids, chromic acid bath solutions and flammable liquids. 

 On March 10, 2010, U.S. EPA conducted a site assessment at the CCP Site and observed approximately 25 chrome plating vats and tanks and 100 55-gallon drums and other waste containers within the facility. During the site assessment, U.S. EPA collected 9 liquid waste samples and 2 solid waste samples from drums, plating vats and containers. Analytical results indicated seven liquid waste samples having a pH value of less than 2.0 standard units and therefore meet the criterion for hazardous waste by virtue of corrosivity as defined in 40 CFR 261.22. Analytical results indicated that five investigative samples have TCLP chromium concentrations greater than 5.0 mg/L, with a maximum TCLP chromium concentration of 11,900 mg/L, and therefore meet the criterion for hazardous waste by virtue of toxicity as defined in 40 CFR 261.24. Analytical results indicated that two investigative liquid waste samples have flash points of less than 140 ºF and therefore meet the criterion for hazardous waste by virtue of the characteristic of ignitability as defined in 40 CFR 261.21. Hazardous wastes identified at the Site exhibit the following characteristics: 

:: Corrosivity 
:: Toxicity 
:: Ignitability 

Butte La Rose Abandoned Containers
Louisiana, Region 6
On 5/14/2011, EPA discover an abandoned site that approximately 25 containers containing potentially hazardous substances. The site is located in Butte La Rose, LA inside the Atchafalaya River basin. Locals indicated that the owner died and the building on the property burned. The containers are unsecured and in the inundation zone according to the USACE. The USACE opened the Morganza Spillway on 5/14/2011. The Site is located within the USCG AOR as described by the USCG/EPA Response MOU. EPA contacted USCG and the COPT Morgan City granted EPA permission to conduct an emergency removal action. EPA is prepared to remove the containers and move them to a staging area will the containers will be sampled and disposed of. EPA activities have also been coordinated with LDEQ.
Cusol Company Inc
Houston, TX - EPA Region VI
The Cusol Company, Inc. (Cusol) site was referred to EPA Region VI Superfund Prevention and Response Branch on 10/19/09 by Harris County Public Health & Environmental Services (HCPHES). Cusol operated as an adhesives manufacturer until abandoned in 2005. HCPHES inspected the site and found approximately 600 55-gallon drums with and without labels, three 7,000-gallon ASTs, hundreds of smaller containers, evidence of spills/release, and limited security of the site. 

Cusol is located in a residential neighborhood. Eyewitness accounts, and physical evidence, support acts of trespass, vandalism, and thievary on-site.
La Union Drum
La Union, NM - EPA Region VI
On August 24, 2010 EPA's Region 6 emergency response team was notified of an 18-wheeler box trailer located in La Union, NM filled with suspected hazardous waste. It is reported that the trailer and cargo has been setting in the same location for at least 5 years. EPA mobilized to the site on August 26, 2010 to initiate an emergency removal assessment. Objectives of the assessment were to: remove the containers from the trailer, inventory the containers, categorize the material and obtain disposal profile samples.
Maxwell Creek Drums
Murphy, TX - EPA Region VI
OSC Adams and START3 contractors were activated to respond to an NRC Report #956732 reporting abandoned and leaking drums in a ditch along South Maxwell Creek Road in Murphy, Texas.
North Fort Worth Plating
Fort Worth, TX - EPA Region VI
      
The North Fort Worth Plating Company site is located at 3105 North Hays Street in Fort Worth, Tarrant County Texas. The facility consists of a 3,400-square-foot building constructed in 1976. 

The site is an abandoned plating facility where chromium, nickel, copper, and gold plating for miscellaneous light commercial and residential applications was conducted. Plating operations began in the 1970s and ceased in some time around December 2003. 

Prior to closure and abandonment, machining and plating equipment, supplies, and chemicals were not removed. Based on a review of records obtained from TCEQ, little effort was made prior to or after closure/abandonment to remove on-site chrome plating wastes or equipment. These wastes were presumed to have been generated and accumulated during facility operations prior to its closure/abandonment in December 2003. As such, a quantity of solid and liquid waste remained on-site in 27 plating vats, an undetermined number of steel and poly 55-gallon drums, and more than 100 smaller containers at the time of closure/abandonment.
Scrub-A-Dubb Barrel Co.
Lubbock, TX - EPA Region VI
The Scrub-A-Dubb Site (Site) is an inactive drum refurbisher. The owner/operator began the business in the mid 1970s. Scrub-A-Dubb (SAD) would take drums from a variety of companies and sources, then clean, repair, and repaint the drums. SAD would then sell the drums. Drums that were in too poor of a condition to be refurbished or when the supply exceeded the demand, were stacked on the Site. It is evident that not all drums were empty or even RCRA-empty (40 CFR §261.7) were brought to the Site. It is estimated that more than 2,000 drums with significant quantities of hazardous waste are on the Site. Some drums are completely full of liquid waste. It is estimated that between 40,000 and 60,000 drums remain onsite. At this time, is not possible to assess the number and condition of other drums that may be underneath the piles of drums. 

The refurbishing process employed by SAD included rinsing the interior and washing the exterior of the drums with water. That water and contents of the drums was drained into a waste water treatment system comprised of several settling vats. The vats have discarded hoses, tanks, and other material dumped in them. The vats have been the source of previous releases that have gone offsite.
Chemco Industries
Topeka, KS - EPA Region VII
On June 19, 1995, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) program requested the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region VII Emergency Response and Removal Program (ERRP) conduct a removal site evaluation at the Chemco Industries, Inc., site located at Building #638, Forbes Field, Topeka, Kansas. Chemco Industries, Inc. (Chemco) was a small business owned and operated by Kenneth H. Halbert. Mr. Halbert engaged in the purchase and resale of used laboratory-grade chemical reagents. On November 27-29, 1995, as part of the ERRP removal site evaluation, a thorough inventory of all laboratory-grade chemical reagents and chemical wastes at the facility was performed. The inventory documented approximately 2,454 containers ranging in size from 1 ounce to 55 gallons that contained either a CERCLA hazardous substance or a flammable, corrosive, toxic, irritating, or oxidizing chemical. A large percentage (93%) of Chemco's inventory appeared to be in good condition (i.e., labeled and non-leaking). However, several problems noted by ERRP's inventory team included incompatible chemicals, staged in close proximity to one another, that were either rusting, leaking, bulging, or had collapsed resulting in the release of their contents within the facility. 

Subsequently, as a result of the removal site evaluation, EPA Region VII conducted a time-critical removal action at Chemco from June 24, 1996, to July 8, 1996, during which time approximately 2,454 containers of laboratory-grade chemical reagents, ranging in size from 1-ounce to 55-gallons, were consolidated and transported off-site for disposal. 
 According to KDHE, the former owner and operator of Chemco, Mr. Halbert had passed away in February 2006. From a review of the previous 1995 and 1996 removal inventory information, it appears most of the current inventory was present during the previous removal but was likely determined by Mr. Halbert to be usable or resalable product. With Mr. Halbert's death and the dissolution of Chemco, all of the remaining material appears to be abandoned waste. 

Since no other federal or state response mechanisms was identified available to respond to the release, EPA is currently preparing to undertake a fund-lead time-critical removal action to stabilize conditions at the site. 
Hill Plating Inc.
Springfield, MO - EPA Region VII
The Hill Plating Inc., company operated as a plating facility from 1987 to 2004. In 2005, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) responded to a call from the City of Springfield police department regarding trespassing violations at the facility. Subsequent MDNR investigations documented approximately 2,655 gallons (22,157 pounds or 10,050 kilograms) of waste material present on the site, and approximately 2,211 gallons (18,450 pounds or 8,369 kilograms) of that waste was determined to be characteristically hazardous for corrosivity and/or ignitability. 

Based on the presence and volume of characteristically hazardous waste on the site, a history of vandalism, and the proximity of residences and businesses near the site, the risk posed by the site through the direct exposure pathway is relatively high. On August 4, 2008, MDNR referred the site to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and recommended that a time-critical removal action be preformed to remove on-site wastes. MDNR intends to continue (phase II) of their site investigation activities after the proposed USEPA removal action is completed. 

A fund-lead removal action was initiated by USEPA on November 2, 2009.
Plating, Inc.
Great Bend, KS - EPA Region VII
The site formerly operated as a metal finishing facility that began chromium plating operations in Great Bend, Kansas, in 1968. Zinc plating processes were added at the facility in 1975. The plating lines used solutions containing chromium and zinc. In addition, highly caustic and acidic solutions were also used in the electroplating process. 

Operations at the facility ceased on November 4, 2005. Since the closure of the facility, little work has been performed to mitigate the hazards present and several sources of hazardous substances remain on the site and present a continued threat of release. A large number of open vats still contain electroplating solution. Wastes produced from the treatment of waste-caustic cleaner and electroplating waste are also onsite in open vats and containers. One drum of muriatic acid is bulging and leaking into the tank in which it was placed for secondary containment. 

During an inspection by state officials in January 2007, chrome-plating wastes were identified onsite as well as other hazardous and non-hazardous wastes. Wastes currently onsite include approximately five tanks containing 6,400 gallons of chromic acid, three tanks and ten drums containing 2,100 gallons of muriatic acid, one tank containing 1,500 gallons of chrome contaminated alkaline cleaner, one tank containing 150 gallons of sodium hydroxide, and one tank containing 100 gallons of sodium bisulfite, as well as several tanks, 55-gallon drums and 5-gallon buckets of sulfuric acid, nitric acid, used oil, zinc plating sludge, dried alkaline cleaner sludge, and various plating additives. 

On July 26, 2006, yhe Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) referred the site to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for completion of the Hazard Ranking System (HRS) evaluation for eventual listing on the National Priorities List (NPL) consistent with the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP). 

On January 24, 2007, KDHE referred the site to EPA with a recommendation that a time-critical removal action be conducted at the site consistent with Section 300.415 of the NCP. 
Nome Street Trailer Site
Denver, CO - EPA Region VIII
This removal action involved the assessment, cleanup, and disposal of abandoned containers of toxic, corrosive, and combustible wastes. The containers of wastes including perchloroethylene, corrosive detergents and other wastes, appear to have originated from a dry cleaner supplier and retailer and were placed inside an unlocked semi-trailer abandoned on a city street.
Wallace Road Drums
Salt Lake City, UT - EPA Region VIII
The Wallace Road Drums site consists of two abandoned truck trailers on the side of the road in front of an industrial area. Inside the trailers are more than 60 50-gallon drums with substances that appear to be plating wastes; one of the drums was leaking material out of the trailer door and onto the ground. The trailers were unsecured and located in an industrial area with residences located nearby.
Borwick Ave. Waste Site
South Gate, CA - EPA Region IX
On 4/13/11, EPA was notified of a warehouse with abandoned waste in the City of South Gate, Los Angeles County, CA. The abandoned wastes are associated with a defunct waste transportation/brokerage concern also responsible for abandoned wastes at the Santa Fe Springs Drums Site. The Santa Fe Springs Drum Site was the subject of an EPA led removal action which concluded in March 2011. 

This second, distinct location, contained wastes similar to the Santa Fe Springs Drum Site. Avaialble RCRA Mark information suggests that abandoned wastes at the Borwick Ave Waste Site location originate from many of the same generators encountered at the Santa Fe Springs Drum Site location. 

EPA conducted a removal assessment including inventory, field testing and laboratory sample analysis. OSC Benson coordinated activities with the State Department of Toxics Substances Control (DTSC), Los Angeles County Health HazMat and EPA's CID. A generator recall (voluntary PRP removal) was successfully concluded in early May. Bulk and non-bulk wastes which could not be attributed to identified generators were handled by DTSC's Emergency Reserve Account. This final phase orphaned waste removal was concluded by DTSC on May 16, 2011.
Foster Plating
Oakland, CA - EPA Region IX
The Site is an inactive plating shop in a mixed residential and commercial neighborhood in West Oakland. Deteriorated vats of plating solutions, including strong acids and caustics as well as cyanide solutions, are present at the Site. The plating shop is located in a large garage directly adjacent to an occupied residence.
Indalex Aluminum Solutions
Modesto, CA - EPA Region IX
Indalex Aluminum Solutions (Indalex) was an aluminum extrusion company that performed custom extrusion, anodizing, and painting at their Modesto facility until operations ceased in the Spring of 2009. Presently, Indalex is in bankruptcy and the facility has been abandoned. Access to the 9-acre site was not secure and as a result there has been widespread vandalism throughout. There are over one-hundred (100) 55-gallon drums, contents unknown, some labeled as "Hazardous waste" on site. There six (6) 10,000-gallon above ground storage tanks labeled as containing acids and bases. There are two (2) 5,000-gallon tanks and one (1) 8,000-gallon tank containing unknown liquids. There is visible liquid within the secondary containment around all of these tanks. Waste oil was released from two (2) 2,000-gallon tanks into the secondary containment. According to State and Local officials, within the facility there are several dip tanks associated with the plant processes that still contain liquids. 
On September 7, 2010 the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) requested assistance to conduct a removal action at this facility.
Riverside Chrome Plating
Riverside, CA - EPA Region IX
On July 22, 2010, OSC Rob Wise and the StART provided technical assistance to Riverside Co. DA's Office in a search warrant at Riverside Chrome Plating, a defunct plating shop. During the search warrant and after determining that the cleanup would be beyond their financial capability, Riverside Co. Environmental Health referred the site to EPA for a removal action. 

Throughout the day on the July 22 and into July 23, OSC Wise and the START conducted a removal assessment of the property after securing property access from the building owner and the plating shop owners. The assessment documented the presence of large quantities of acid liquids, base liquids, oxidizers, cyanide and heavy metals. 

OSC Wise issued a CERCLA General Notice to all parties.
Santa Fe Springs Drums
Santa Fe Springs, CA, CA - EPA Region IX
The California Department of Toxic Substance Control (DTSC) referred the site of an abandoned hazardous waste transportation company to EPA Region 9 for removal. The trucking company SWHAT Trucking went out of business and abandoned a large quantity of hazardous waste in 5 gallon buckets, drums, 500 gallon totes, small storage tanks and 3-2000 gallon vacuum trucks. The wastes include RCRA listed and characteristic wastes, chlorinated and nonchlorinated solvents, flammable liquids, waste oils, acids and paint related materials. 

On October 1, 2010, OSC Robert Wise and the START contractor began removal assessment operations and are on-going. OSC Wise issued CERCLA General Notice to the land owner and the business owner. Both indicated they are incapable of completing the cleanup.
All American Metal Finishing
Kent, WA - EPA Region X
All American Metal Finishing is a zinc electroplating shop 
specializing in rack and barrel plating. All American Metal Finishing was previously located at 1819 Central Avenue South, also in Kent. The current facility was in operation from 2007-2009. They have not shipped any waste since December 2008 leaving all process chemicals and waste on site. 

Due to the green river flooding concerns, the Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) requested the assistance of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the cleanup of All American Metal Finishing. On November 3, 3009, EPA performed a removal assessment to visually inspect and evaluate the Site to determine if the Site warrants cleanup. EPA observed the following: 

 Due to the green river flooding concerns, the Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) requested the assistance of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the cleanup of All American Metal Finishing. On November 3, 3009, EPA performed a removal assessment to visually inspect and evaluate the Site to determine if the Site warrants cleanup. EPA observed the following: 

∙ 32 Process Tanks (approximately 20,220 gallons of liquid) 
- 3000 gallons of Zinc Plating Solution 
- 320 gallons of Zinc Generation 
- 1400 gallons of Zinc Plating Rinse 
- 700 gallons of Nitric Acid Pre-Dip Solution 
- 700 gallons of TRI V 121(Chrome III) 3% Solution 
- 1400 gallons of TRI V 121(Chrome III) Rinse 
- 2800 gallons of TRI V 121(Chrome III) Yellow Converter Rinse 
- 800 gallons of Zinc Chrome Shield 
- 600 gallons of 30% Muriatic Acid 
- 2,000 gallons of Muriatic Acid Rinse 
- 1400 gallons of 9% Sodium Metasilicate 
- 1400 gallons of 9% Sodium Hydroxide 
- 2100 gallons of Metal Cleaner Rinse 
- 1500 gallons of 13% Muriatic Acid Rinse 
- 100 gallons Rinse Water 


Rexburg Drum
Rexburg, ID - EPA Region X
On July 8, 2010, EPA was asked by Idaho DEQ and Madison County to respond to a private residence on about (1/4) acre of land outside of Rexburg, Idaho. The site had what appeared to be thousands of paint-related containers that were in poor condition. 

EPA mobilized to the Site on July 10, 2010, having obtained access via an administrative warrant from US District Court. From July 10 through July 16, EPA and START identified approximately 3,200 containers at the Site, which were segregated and staged, and a representative portion were sampled and hazard categorized. Leaking or unstable containers with hazardous substances were temporarily stabilized pending cleanup. Flammable, oxidizing and corrosive hazardous substances at the Site were identified. Access to the Site is unrestricted. The Site is adjacent to a heavily trafficked thoroughfare (W 2000 South). 


Star Bright Plating
Mulino, OR - EPA Region X
Star Bright is a plating shop that has been in operation for approximately 20 years, and which is in now in foreclosure. Chemicals used in the operation remain on site in a variety of containers, including open vats containing: ~700 gallons copper cyanide solution, ~1100 gallons of Acid Copper (H2SO4) solution, ~2500 pounds of cyanide bearing sludge,~1100 gallons of contaminated rinse water, ~550 gallons of nickel plating solution and~1350 gallons of chrome solutions. Because of the largely uncontrolled chemical hazards at the site, local fire agencies have determined that they will not attempt to extinguish a fire at the facility. In the event of such a fire, a potentially toxic smoke plume could extend into nearby populated areas and endanger local health. Local fire and the state DEQ requested the assistance of US EPA in ensuring an expeditious and effective amelioration of hazards at the site.























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