prestolite battery division

US HIGHWAY 41N

The Prestolite Battery site is located in Knox County, Vincennes, Indiana. The Prestolite Battery facility, which occupies approximately 18 acres, operated from 1945 to 1985. In the course of plant operations, lead-containing sludges and waste water were discharged to an onsite sewer system. Leaks and sewer backups resulted in contamination of soils and some sewer lines. Lead dust was also released from the plants ventilation system, contaminating surface soils in the vicinity. Further, accidental spills of process materials added to the onsite soil contamination. The United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Remedial Investigation (RI) found lead soil concentrations as high as 405,000 ppm. and low levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), trichloroethylene (TCE), and tetrachloroethylene (PCE) in groundwater samples, collected from onsite monitoring wells and from an offsite residential well. The groundwater plume was fully defined and characterized during the RI and contamination was found to be confined to the shallow aquifer. Site Responsibility This site is being addressed through federal, state, and potentially responsible parties' actions.

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