tonolli corp.

RTE 54

The Tonolli Corporation site operated as a secondary lead smelter and lead-acid battery recycling facility between 1974 and 1985. The recycling operations included crushing the batteries and recovering the lead and plastics from them. The 30-acre site included a lined landfill containing about 84,700 cubic yards of waste and 2,000,000 gallons of standing water, an estimated 39,000 cubic yards of lead-contaminated soil, and 13,000 cubic yards of battery wastes. In 1985, the owner and the state detected arsenic and cadmium in on-site monitoring wells. The same year, Tonolli filed for bankruptcy. EPA completed a preliminary assessment of the site in 1987, and identified it as a candidate for emergency response. In 1989 EPA took emergency action to remove a 500,000 gallon waste water lagoon. The site is located in Carbon County, Pennsylvania in a sparsely populated valley between Broad Mountain to the north and Nesquehoning Mountain to the south. An estimated 17,000 people live within three miles of the site. The Lansford/Coaldale Joint Water Authority provides water to residents in the area. Nesquehoning Creek, adjacent to the site property, has been contaminated with heavy metals since 1985. Site Responsibility Cleanup of this site is the responsibility of the federal government and parties potentially responsible for site contamination.

• Acm Smelter And Refinery (Black Eagle, MT)
• Savannah River Site (usdoe) (Aiken, SC)
• Midvale Slag (Midvale, UT)
• Alabama Plating Company, Inc. (Vincent, AL)
• Standard Mine (Gunnison National Forest, CO)

• Portland Cement (kiln Dust 2 & 3) (Salt Lake City, UT)
• Jackson Park Housing Complex (usnavy) (Kitsap County, WA)
• Sangamo Electric Dump/crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (usdoi) (Carterville, IL)
• Sikes Disposal Pits (Crosby, TX)