Demolition and removal work at the Carter Carburetor Superfund Site in north St. Louis, Missouri commenced in August 2015.
The Carter Carburetor Corporation and Carter Automotive Products, both of which were subsidiaries of ACF Industries, manufactured automotive components at the site from the 1920s until operations closed down in 1984. The plant consisted of several multi-story manufacturing, testing, office and warehouse buildings that contained more than 500,000 sq.ft. of space.
Structures and grounds at the site became contaminated with toxic polychlorinated biphenyls, trichloroethylene and asbestos over decades of use as a manufacturing plant for automotive components.
EPA Region 7 approved the work plans and health and safety plans for the demolition and removal work, which is projected to be finished around April 2016, weather permitting. EPA will oversee all of the work, and will conduct air monitoring throughout the duration of the project to provide further health and safety protection for workers and the public.
After the main buildings are torn down and removed from the site, additional removal, on-site hazardous waste treatment and cleanup work at the site will likely continue into late 2017.
Published in the October 2015 Edition of American Recycler News