Schuylkill Metals Corporation

• Site Profile
• Administrative Record Index (PDF): OU1 (20 pp., 641K), ESD (1 pp., 36K),
  Deletion (2 pp., 73K)
• Schuylkill Metals Corporation Reuse Fact Sheet (PDF: 1 pp, 637K)
• Additional Site Documents including Five Year Reviews, Records of Decisions (ROD) and Explanation of Significant Differences (ESD).
• For documents not available on the website, please contact the Region 4 Freedom of Information Office (http://www.epa.gov/region4/foiapgs/submit.htm).

Site Description
Schuylkill Metals Corporation (SMC) recovered lead from batteries on a 17.5 acre site from 1972 through 1986. Automobile, golf cart and other batteries were transported to the site where the tops of the battery cases were sawed off, sulfuric acid was dumped on the ground, and lead plates were loaded on a railroad car bound for a Baton Rouge, LA smelter. The empty battery cases were landfilled onsite. The site is bounded by agricultural land and housing developments. Approximately 20,000 residents live within a three miles of the site. A junior high school, elementary school and hospital are located within one mile of the site.

Site Responsibility: This site has been addressed through responsible party actions.

Threats and Contaminants
Very high levels of lead were found in the soil and surface water, as well as the sediments of the neighboring wetlands.

Cleanup Approach
To date, the contaminated sediments have been removed from the neighboring wetlands. These wetlands have been replanted to create new habitat for wildlife. In addition, over 266,000 tons of contaminated soil and sediment from the former process area and wastewater pond were treated by solidification and have been covered. Wetlands mitigation work has also concluded.

Response Action Status

The Schuylkill Metals Corporation Site was deleted from the National Priorities List in mid-2001. The responsible party is continuing groundwater monitoring in the vicinity of the solidified soil.  The site’s second Five Year Review Report was concluded in May 2006.  The link to the Report is: http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/fiveyear/f0604008.pdf.

Site Repository
Bruton Memorial Library, 302 Mclendon St., Plant City FL 33566