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CED-82-13 1 (1981-11-09)

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                     UN.T_D STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFiCE .
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 120548

                                       November 9, 1981
COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC
DEVLF1 OPMENT DIVISION          - -



    The Honorable James J. Florio
    Chairman, Subcommittee on Commerce,
      Transportation and Tourism
    Committee on Energy and Commerce                   RELEASED
    House of Representatives

    Dear Mr. Chairman:

         Subject: Information on a Hazardous Waste Facility Contain-
                   ing Chromium Lead Sludge (CED-82-13)

         Your letter dated October 27, 1981, asked us for additional
    information which we developed during our work on our report
    entitled Hazardous Waste Facilities with Interim Status May Be
    Endangering Public Health and the Environment, CED-81-158,
    September 28, 1981. You specifically asked for information on a
    hazardous waste facility at which chromium lead sludge was being
    deposited in a wetland area as part of a hazardous waste disposal
    operation. Specific information about the facility is set forth
    below.

    NATURE OF ACTIVITIES AND
    WASTES DISPOSED AT SITE

         The facility is located in the Chicago area and has been land-
    filling chromium lead sludge for approximately 11 years. The dis-
    posal area covers about 60 acres of land, of which about 40 acres
    have been filled with chromium lead sludge, and about 20 acres remain
    for future disposal use. The facility is located in a marshy area
    and has a substantial underground clay layer which provides for the
    lateral flow or movement of water or leachate from the disposal facil-
    ity to an adjoining lake connected to Lake Michigan. Adjacent to
    the landfill area is a coke plant that processes coal into coke for
    use as fuel in coke ovens.

         The chromium lead sludge disposed of at the facility is not
    produced there. It is brought to the facility for disposal from
    a steel plant at another location. The sludge is comprised of
    residues from a lime treatment process of spent pickle liquors
    (acids) resulting from a steel finishing process.

         In addition to the chromium lead sludge, iron oxide dust and
    slag, which have been classified as nonhazardous wastes, are also
    being disposed of at the facility. Various piles of both hazardous


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