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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Lovers Lane Lead Site
Jeffrey A. Lippert, OSC
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Emergency Response Actions:– Pipeline Breaks, Train
Derailments, Chemical and Biological Attacks, Oil Spills, Chemical Fires
• Time-Critical Removals:– Drums, Abandoned Chemicals,
Soil Contamination, Radiological Sources
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
4407 Lovers Lane, Plainfield Charter Township, Kent County, Michigan
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• On 9/27/11, Battery casing discovered during water main installation on Lovers Lane
• On 11/4/11 DEQ requested EPA assistance with buried lead-acid battery casings at 4407 Lovers Lane.
• Site walk with DEQ on November 22.• Site Assessment on December 20, 2011
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Buried, crushed lead-acid car batteries beneath the ground’s surface.
• Levels of lead above hazardous waste criteria and above direct contact criteria
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Time-Critical• Removal action began
on May 7, 2012;• Removal of casings and
contaminated soil;• Backfill with clean fill;• Municipal water;• Well abandonment;• Site restoration.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Air samples collected before and during Removal;
• Particulate monitoring before and during Removal;
• Particulate data compared to sample data;
• Action level of 150 ug/M3 established;
• 3000 pages of monitoring data collected;
• No exceedances.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) screening tool to verify lead levels in floor of the excavation.
• Levels of lead were either ND or background.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Could not excavate 3’ from foundation;
• Installed a plastic liner to prevent infiltration of precipitation;
• Anchored into clean backfill.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Approached by resident at 4435;
• Sampled well, 0.0016 mg/L;• Contacted KCHD;• Results above MCL for
Lead of 0.0015 mg/L;• Connected 4435 to
municipal water.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• EPA’s policy is to be open with the public;
• EPA distributed a Fact Sheet to homes in the neighborhood;
• Interacted with site visitors.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• 2,123 tons of hazardous waste shipped for disposal;
• Air sampling – Non-Detect for lead;
• Air monitoring – No results above Action Levels.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Cleanup cost was $448,628.32
• Cleanup began on May 7 and concluded on June 7.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• The area surrounding the Lovers Lane Lead Site will be further investigated.
• EPA has referred the site to DEQ for soil and well sampling.
• DEQ is in the planning stage and has secured funding for well sampling.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency