The Federal-Mogul cleanup was located along the boundary of the former Federal-Mogul property addressed at 11031 Shoemaker Street, Detroit, Michigan 48213. The former Federal-Mogul property is 14-acres, abandoned, and shows a history of vandalism. Along its boarder to the west are 33 residential parcels which were the focus of the cleanup.

Region 5 considered this site to be a high-priority potential EJ area of concern. 

Description of Threat and Assessments
Federal-Mogul Corporation owned 11031 Shoemaker Street from 1946 to 1971. Erwin Trucking and RPM Distributing owned the property in 1981. Sanborn maps show the facility was demolished in 1998.
 
In 2003, the Traverse Group conducted a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment for the city of Detroit Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA). The report concluded the site was operated as an industrial facility by Federal-Mogul Corporation, Bower Bearing Manufacturers, and Ernst Realty Company/Ernst Fuel & Supply Company from 1925 until the 1970s.  
 

In 2006, 13 soil samples were collected upwind and downwind of 11031 Shoemaker Street for the Michigan DEQ Detroit Lead Assessment Project. Of the 13 samples collected, only 2 were found to be greater than 400 mg/kg of lead in soil; the average was 183 mg/kg. In addition, the city of Detroit DEA contracted Camp Dresser & McKee to perform a Phase II Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) on the 11031 Shoemaker Street property. The Phase II data showed analytical results for 63 lead samples, only 6 were found to be greater than 400 mg/kg and the average was 197 mg/kg.

The 2006 final report stated “...Because lead concentrations downwind and on-site were not indicative of smelting operations, no further action is recommended at the site related to lead concentrations above Residential/Commercial I Direct Contact Criteria.”

In 2008, a Notice of Corrective Action was recorded with the Wayne County Register of Deeds (Document No. 2008.348947) for the former Federal-Mogul property indicating that a corrective action (MDEQ Reference No.: NCA-RRD-213-08-003) was completed by the Federal-Mogul Corporation.  The corrective action addressed hazardous substances including polynuclear aromatics, trichloroethylene, and polychlorinated biphenyl that were released from an underground storage tank farm at the site.  The corrective action removed all 10 USTs and approximately 4,240 tons of contaminated soil.  The Notice of Corrective Action states that soil contamination remains present at levels on the site that do not allow for unrestricted use of the property within the area of the UST cleanup.

 
In 2011, ASTI Environmental for Shoemaker Industrial Park, an investment group, conducted another Phase II on the 11031 Shoemaker Street property. The assessment collected 41 soil borings, only 7 were found to be greater than 400 mg/kg and the average was 214 mg/kg of lead in soil.

In 2012, EPA Remedial collected samples and conducted x-ray fluorescence (XRF) screening at 10 residential homes along the western property line of 11031 Shoemaker Street. The sampling found lead levels in soil above the 400 mg/kg residential direct contact criteria in 9 of 10 yards; the average was 676 mg/kg.
   

Conclusion

While the Detroit Lead Assessment Project’s aerial deposition study did not indicate a wide spread off-site release, the site history and EPA's Remedial investigation indicate the lead contamination in residential yards directly abutting the property migrated there from Federal-Mogul operations through localized cross contamination, soil migration, or process exhaust.