consolidated iron and metal

EAST END OF WASHINGTON STREET

The Consolidated Iron and Metal site is an inactive car and scrap metal junk yard located at the foot of Washington Street in the City of Newburgh, Orange County, New York. The facility operated from the mid-1950's until 1999. The facility occupies about 7 acres of land bordering the Hudson River in a mixed industrial, commercial, and residential area. The site is bounded by a boat marina and restaurant to the north, Conrail railroad tracks and South Water Street to the west, a wastewater treatment plant to the south, and the Hudson River to the east. Before EPA conducted a clearing operation at the site in 2003, the Consolidated Iron facility consisted of tire and scrap metal piles throughout the southern portion of the site; a smelter, a compactor, and a metal shear along the western portion of the site; and an office, scale, and garage located in the northern portion of the site. The City of Newburgh has acquired the property. Scrap metal processing and storage operations took place at the site for approximately 40 years, during which time various types of scrap metal were received, including whole automobiles, automobile engines, transmissions, and batteries, keypunch machines, computer parts, white goods (appliances), and transformers. According to the former owner, the smelter operated between 1975 and 1995. The smelter was used primarily to melt aluminum transmissions to produce a reusable aluminum product. Other materials were also smelted, resulting in a lead-contaminated ash/slag by-product. Other operations included sorting ferrous and non-ferrous metal scrap for recycling, baling and shearing large pieces of metal, including whole cars, into smaller pieces for transport, and flattening of cars. From 1997 to 1999, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) conducted several inspections at the facility. NYSDEC observed oil and other waste liquids on the facility soils and storm water being discharged into the Hudson River from the northeast corner of the property without appropriate testing or permits. In 1999, the New York State Attorney General filed a lawsuit against the company for environmental law violations, resulting in the company ceasing operations

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A score of 28.5 or higher qualifies a site for the Superfund National Priority List.

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        17,232

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        $71,905

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        5,027

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