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Paw Paw Plating Site
Site Information
- Paw Paw, MI (Van Buren County)
- EPA ID# MIN000510481
- Superfund Site Information
Contact Information
Community Involvement Coordinator
Patricia Krause (krause.patricia@epa.gov)
312-886-9506 or 800-621-8431, ext. 69506, 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. CST
On-Scene Coordinator
Tricia Edwards (edwards.tricia@epa.gov)
734-740-9016
Michigan Department od Natural Resources and Environment
David Heywood (heywoodd1@michigan.gov)
Office:269-567-3522
Cell: 269-779-3900
Repositories
(where to view written records)
Paw Paw Plating
609 West Michigan
Paw Paw, Michigan
Background
Paw Paw Plating started as a custom electroplating operation in the 1950s and stopped operating in December 2009. Cadmimum, chromium, silver, gold, nickel copper and cyanide were used in the electroplating process. The company also performed metal processing such as machining, polishing and painting. Trichlorethylene (TCE) was the metal degreaser primarly used at the site for this process. There are a variety of hazardous materials remaining in the building includeing plating baths containing heavy metals, drums of plating feed stocks, drums of hazarardous waste, and a number of different size containers with a wide variety of chemical compounds.
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Site Updates
March 2011
Forty-nine containers, 60 drums and 40 vats were inventoried, labeled and sampled before removal from the site. Air monitoring is conducted daily. Liquids were packed in bulk for disposal. One container after being packed with bulk liquids was off -gassing. Off-gassing is where chemicals are released into the air through evaporation. The container was moved near an open door to allow for the off gassing to continue and a field chemist determined what to do to address the off-gassing. Containers with bulk liquids will be monitored. Preparing waste profiles and coordinating transportation is the next step for off-site disposal of hazardous materials.