EPA Superfund Site

THE BATTERY RECYCLING COMPANY

PR | EPA ID PRR000004655

About this site’s exposure pathways: As of January 2025, The Battery Recycling Company Superfund Site is considered "Human Exposure Not Under Control" due to soil contamination on a residential property. The site was a spent lead-acid battery recycler and prior to those operations, a manufacturer of organic chemicals. Sampling events have documented lead contamination in soil and stormwater runoff, as well as volatile organic chemicals in groundwater. The EPA has conducted several removal actions at the site to remove lead contamination from adjacent cattle pasture and from homes and vehicles of the facility’s employees, as well as instituting decontamination measures at the facility to mitigate the migration of contamination from the facility on employee clothing. However, there is one remaining residential property with lead contamination that needs to be addressed. EPA will conduct a remedial design, and a remedial action thereafter, to address this contamination, as well as contamination at the site. It is anticipated that this work will be complete in 2034, after which the site could change to "Human Exposure Under Control".

EPA currently ensures community participation throughout the remedial process by meeting with residents and affected stakeholders, issuing public notices, and updating fact sheets. A site profile has been established on the EPA website to keep the community informed of recent progress at the site. Additionally, a Community Involvement Coordinator is assigned to the site and can address specific community concerns as they arise.