ross metals inc.

100 N RAILROAD STREET

The 14-acre site is located on North Railroad Street in Rossville, Fayette County, Tennessee. The site includes a 5-acre fenced facility process area and a 9-acre wetland area located north and east of the facility process area. The site is part of a larger 200-acre area owned by Ross Metals. The Ross Metals property borders the site to the north and east. North Railroad Street and a production facility border the site to the south. A municipal wastewater treatment plant borders the site to the west. A residence borders the southeast corner of the site. The site’s broader surroundings include residential and rural areas. Residential areas include low-income and minority residents. From 1979 to 1992, Ross Metals operated a secondary lead smelter facility at the site. Lead smelting operations manufactured refined alloys from scrap metals, including automotive and industrial lead-acid batteries, lead plates, scrap metal and lead waste from business and industrial processes. Operations generated wastes, including slag, plastic chips, waste acid, lead emission control dusts and lead-contaminated water. Operations placed more than 10,000 cubic yards of slag in an on-site unlined landfill and stockpiled an additional 6,000 cubic yards of slag on site. In 1997, EPA placed the site on the NPL. Currently, the site is not in use. The site can support industrial land uses and residential and commercial land uses with prior approval from TDEC. Fencing and gates limit access to the site.

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