foote mineral co.

15 S BACTON HILL RD

The Foote Mineral Co. site is located on a 79-acre property in East Whiteland Township, Pa. Starting in 1941, the Foote Company operated a variety of process buildings for the manufacture of lithium metal and lithium chemicals and inorganic fluxes for the metal industry. Ores and minerals were also crushed and sized there. When the plant closed in 1991, the site had two quarries, a pit used to burn solvents, a lined basin and more than 50 buildings and process area. Three unlined lagoons had been leveled and backfilled. The site is bordered by public roads, mixed commercial and agricultural properties, a former railroad right of way and an electric utility substation. Public and private wells within four miles of the site had supplied drinking water to approximately 42,300 people and the nearest private well was 800 feet away. That well and several other private wells found to be impacted by contamination are no longer used for drinking water and a public water supply well abouta mile downgradient.

Hazardous Ranking Score

50 / 100

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

Regional Contact

Region 3
Within the region: (800) 438-2474
Outside the region: (215) 814-5000

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Discovery
Site Inspection
Preliminary Assessment
Final Listing On NPL
Removal

Contaminants & Health Effects

      Carcinogen
      Endocrine Disrupter
      Neurotoxic
      Sensitiser
      Reproductive Toxin
      Persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic
      VOC
      Mutagen

        Census

        White
        African American
        Asian
        American Indian and Alaska Native
        Native Hawaiian
        Other

        2,489

        People living
        within a 1 mile radius

        $149,794

        Average Income

        754

        Occupied homes

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