The Plating Engineering Facility is located at 1928 S. 62nd Street in West Allis, WI. The Facility operated beginning in approximately 1948; prior to that it operated as a foundry. The site is located in a mixed urban/industrial area.
The facility performed heavy salvage plating for mis-machined parts and corrosion resistance using nickel, copper, chrome, tin, lead, electroless nickel, bronze plating, electroplating, and electroforming. The primary process consisted of hard nickel plating.
In December, 2006, the facility was abadoned with materials and chemicals left in place. At the request of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, U.S. EPA conducted a site assessment of the facility on January 17, 2007. Based on the results of the site assessment, it was determined that the site required a time-critical removal action.
