Stage of Clean-up: Study Underway

Conditions at Proposal (October 22, 1999): The Scorpio Recycling, Inc. (SRI) site is located in a commercial/residential area on State Road #2 Km. 19.7, interior (Acuna Street), in Candeleria Ward, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. The 9-acre site is bordered to the north by La Grande Movers, to the west by La Rosa Del Monte Moving Company, to the east by a mogote (limestone hill) and the Pan American Gun Club, and to the south by Mitsubishi Motors and a sinkhole. SRI is a metal recycling company that buys, accumulates, and processes various types of scrap metal for resale to foundries in the United States and Brazil. SRI initiated operations in Candeleria Ward under the name Astur Metals, Inc. in 1972. The name was changed to SRI in 1988. SRI consists of an administrative office, ALUMINUM processing building, sorting areas, metal accumulation buildings, and a mechanical yard. On October 8, 1991, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Technical Assistance Team (TAT) conducted a preliminary sampling event as a result of an August 1991 report that SRI was illegally discharging acids into a sinkhole area. Soil, runoff, and waste samples were collected.  More...

Contaminants Detected
	Ground Water	Surface Water	Air	Soil	Other
2-METHYLNAPHTHALENE					X
ANTIMONY					X
AROCLOR 1242					X
AROCLOR 1254					X
AROCLOR 1260					X
BARIUM COMPOUNDS					X
BENZ(A)ANTHRACENE					X
BENZO(A)PYRENE					X
BENZYL BUTYL PHTHALATE					X
BIS(2-ETHYLHEXYL)PHTHALATE					X
CADMIUM					X
CHROMIUM	X
CHRYSENE					X
COPPER COMPOUNDS					X
DIMETHYL PHTHALATE					X
FLUORANTHENE					X
FLUORENE					X
INDENO(1,2,3-CD)PYRENE					X
LEAD					X
METHYL ETHYL KETONE					X
METHYL ISOBUTYL KETONE					X
N-NITROSODIPHENYLAMINE					X
NAPHTHALENE					X
NICKEL COMPOUNDS					X
PHENANTHRENE					X
SELENIUM					X
TOLUENE					X
XYLENE (MIXED ISOMERS)					X
ZINC					X

EPA Hazard Ranking System scores for SCORPIO RECYCLING:

Less Hazard

National Average

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Overall site:

Ground water migration:

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Number of PRPs currently associated with this site:

Unknown

EPA Site Information

• NPL Fact Sheet
• NPL Site 5 Year Reviews
• Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (CERCLIS) Hazardous Waste Site Information
• Superfund Hazardous Waste Site Advanced Query Form

Scorecard reports for TOA BAJA County on:

• Potential Sources of Land Contamination