EPA Superfund Site

FORMER EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES LAURELDALE

PA | EPA ID PAN000305561

About this site’s exposure pathways: As of June 2024, the Former Exide Technologies Laureldale Superfund site is considered “Insufficient Data to make a Human Exposure evaluation” (HEID). Former Exide Technologies Laureldale was recently finalized on the NPL on 7 March 2024, and there has not yet been an evaluation of the human health exposure risks.

EPA uses this Human Exposure status when there is insufficient data/evidence to determine whether actual or reasonably anticipated human exposures are occurring, and/or whether those exposures are above acceptable risk-based levels. The planned activities to collect sufficient information to make a human exposure evaluation are incremental sampling, a lead bioaccessibility study, and various sampling methods to inform a Human Health Risk Assessment to be completed for the Site. The Site operable units (OUs) will be determined by the three primary media to be investigated: soil, sediment and groundwater. EPA currently anticipates that there will be sufficient data to make a Human Exposure determination by January 2027 because the Remedial Investigation for the Site is expected to start in fiscal year 2025 (FY25).

Currently, EPA suspects that there is lead in soil and sediment above the new screening guidelines released by EPA HQ in January 2024, based on previous investigations and cleanups conducted by Exide Technologies prior to their bankruptcy. This does not necessarily mean that unacceptable exposures are occurring, however. Out of an abundance of caution, if you live near this site, please find resources to reduce risk of lead exposure on the Site Profile Page (www.epa.gov/superfund/exide-laureldale), or from the Pennsylvania Department of Health.