The Former Carter White Lead facility manufactured lead-based white paint pigments from 1881 to 1926, when the company ceased operations. In the early Twentieth Century, the daily output of the facility was about 32,000 pounds of white lead.
The Site is located in the city of Omaha, Nebraska, between North 21st Street East and North 22nd Street East, and East Locust Street and Avenue J, in the southwest one-quarter of Section 12, Township 15 North, Range 13 East (U.S. Geological Survey 1994). The approximate geographic coordinates of the subject property are 41.2841 degrees north latitude and 95.9032 degrees west longitude.
Based on the results of environmental sampling investigation conducted by the U.S. EPA, a soil release associated with known activities at the former Carter White Lead facility has been established. The primary contaminant of concern at the Site is lead. Soil contamination is widespread across the footprint of the former facility boundaries, and extends to a depth of approximately 4 to 5 feet bgs.
EPA entered into an Administrative Order on Consent with NL INdustries to complete a Removal Action at the Site.
