Summary of the Exide Residential Cleanup Work Plan

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Mid-Atlantic Region
1650 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103

Summary of the Exide Residential Cleanup Work Plan
October 11, 2007

Clean up residential properties with an avg. soil lead concentration > 650 mg/kg.
Approximately 150 residential properties will require soil cleanup.
Properties with children 6 years old and younger will be cleaned up first.
Cleanup will begin spring 2008 and may take up to three years to complete.
Property owners will receive a consent form that must be signed and return to Exide or its contractor before a soil cleanup is scheduled.
Property owners will have the option to accept or decline the soil cleanup.
Prior to the soil cleanup, a preliminary meeting will be conducted between the property owners and Exide’s contractors to discuss the cleanup process.
The majority of the residential cleanups will consist of soil excavation, confirmatory sampling, backfilling with clean soil and property restoration.
Alternative cleanup methods such as soil capping and soil tilling may be implemented.
Exide will comply with all PADEP regulations governing the preparation, transportation, and disposal of lead-contaminated soil generated during the residential cleanups.
EPA contractor will provide oversight during the residential cleanups.
Exide will sample additional properties to confirm the extent of the Study Area.
Exide will attempt to sample previously inaccessible properties.