510 W ALLMAN
The two-acre Scrap Processing Co. site, located approximately one mile northwest of Medford in Taylor County, Wisconsin, currently operates as a salvage yard. From 1955 to 1974 and periodically until 1981, the company cracked lead and acid batteries to reclaim the lead that was smelted onsite. During the battery crushing operation, the equivalent of 399,000 gallons of acid wastes, contaminated with heavy metals from the batteries, ran from the crushing area along an unlined ditch and into an unlined pond. The pond has intermittently overflowed into the Black River, located along one side of the site, contaminating it with heavy metals and acid. Old cars, car parts, and other materials that are commonly found in scrap yards are present on the site. The site is bordered by a residential area, a few older homes, and a mobile home park. Two of the older homes across the street from the site use private wells. The residents in the subdivision to the east of the site and people in the mobile home park use water from Medford municipal wells. Fishing is common along the river, and several parks are located along the western side of the river across from the site. Site Responsibility This site is being addressed through federal, state, and potentially responsible parties' actions.
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