Complete report - Partners for Clean Streams

Plant.
Lead Organization:
Collaborator(s):
Hemisphere, Ltd. (contractor: Hull & Associates, Inc.)
City of Toledo, Ohio EPA, US EPA
Scott Park (Hill Ave., Toledo)
Site History:
Information does not appear to exist with respect to the actual existence or operation
of this suspected dump. The current status of the property is undetermined.
Sheller-Globe/Armored Plastics (4510 Lint Ave. and 303 Dura Ave., Toledo)
(a.k.a. City Auto Stamping, United Technologies Automotive Systems, Inc., Globe-Warnicke Industries, Inc)
Site History:
The site is divided into two sections according to their use. The smaller section is one
parcel that is approximately 3 acres. It has not been used for manufacturing
purposes. It contains two seasonal ponds surrounded by dikes. This parcel is
located at 303 Dura Ave. The larger section is multiple parcels that are located at
4510 Lint Ave. They total approximately 20 acres and are covered with buildings and
parking lots. The two adjoining parcels are divided by a railroad track.
City Auto Stamping, Inc. (CAS) started operations on the larger section in 1929. They
performing heavy metal stamping, parts assembly, and/or electroplating of automobile
components. Globe-Warnicke Co. merged into CAS in 1957 and the name changed
to Globe-Warnicke Industries, Inc. Sheller Manufacturing merged into Globe-
Warnicke Industries, Inc in 1966 to form Sheller-Globe Corporation.
A subsidiary of Sheller-Globe, Corp., Armored Plastics (AP), made fiberglass
containers on the site from 1952 to 1969. Waste from Armored Plastics’ was dumped
on the smaller parcel of property.
In 1985, Sheller-Globe sold the larger section of the property to Hepheastus
Operating and Stamping Inc. Hepheastus painted trucks and because of the waste
generated from that process, they filed for RCRA interim status in 1985. This was
converted to a permit a 90-day storage facility in 1986. This permit allowed them to
store toluene-solvent blend in drums on-site. In February 1989 a RCRA Closure Plan
was submitted to Ohio EPA. The plan was revised and resubmitted in August 1991.
Ohio EPA approved this revised plan in May 1992. During a post-closure inspection
in October 1993, it was determined that the plan had been satisfactorily implemented
and this site was no longer to be considered a RCRA treatment, storage and disposal
facility. In 1993 JYF Properties acquired this larger section of property from
Hepheastus (which no longer exists).
The smaller section of this property, which was not sold to Hepheastus in 1985, is still
titled to Sheller-Globe/City Auto Stamping. United Technologies Automotive Systems,
Inc. (as the liability successor to Sheller-Globe when it purchased the company in
1989) has conducted site investigations and remediation on this smaller parcel of
property.
(NOTE: There are several other Sheller-Globe facilities in the Maumee AOC. This
only addresses the Lint Ave. /Dura Ave. site)
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Activities and Accomplishments
Issue 2: Landfills, Dumps and
in the Maumee Area of Concern Brownfield Sites