U.S. Locations Where Beryllium Was Used or Detected (25-MAY-01,
GAO-01-476R).
This report identifies U.S. locations where beryllium was used in
workplace processes or detected as present in the workplace. Data
show that beryllium was used or detected at locations in 45 of 50
states, plus the District of Columbia. However, the number of
locations varied by state. For example, 30 states and the
District of Columbia were reported as having from one to 10
locations, while 15 states were reported as having from 11 to 41
locations. The states without reported beryllium use were Alaska,
Delaware, Minnesota, Vermont, and Wyoming.
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REPORTNUM: GAO-01-476R
ACCNO: A01184
TITLE: U.S. Locations Where Beryllium Was Used or Detected
DATE: 05/25/2001
SUBJECT: Natural resources
Occupational safety
Hazardous substances
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GAO-01-476R
Page 1 GAO- 01- 476R Locations Where Beryllium Was Used Or Detected
United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548
May 25, 2001 Subject: U. S. Locations Where Beryllium Was Used or Detected
This letter complements our May 2000 report dealing with government
responses to beryllium uses and risks. 1 As agreed with your offices, this
report identifies U. S. locations where beryllium was used in workplace
processes or detected as present in the workplace. Also our work did not
address whether the level of beryllium was sufficient to present a risk to
human health or whether exposure occurred. The locations identified in this
report are based on data provided by the Departments of Energy, Defense, and
Labor?s Occupational Safety and Health Administration. All agencies reported
data for at least 1987 through 1999.
Beryllium is a strong and lightweight metal that is also a hazardous
substance. Occupational exposure to beryllium occurs when it is extracted
from ore, when the ore is processed into beryllium metal, when the metal is
made into parts (e. g., machined, welded, cut, or ground), or when users of
beryllium products perform similar operations during repairs or recycling
(e. g., for computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices). Energy
and Defense are the federal agencies that have most often used beryllium, or
beryllium products, that they or their contractors produced. Labor?s
Occupational Safety and Health Administration has overall responsibility for
protecting the health and safety of workers in most workplaces throughout
the United States.
Summary
Data show that beryllium was used or detected at locations in 45 of 50
states, plus the District of Columbia. However, the number of locations
varied by state as shown in figure 1. For example, 30 states and the
District of Columbia were reported as having from 1 to 10 locations, while
15 states were reported as having from 11 to 41 locations. 2 The states
without reported beryllium use were Alaska, Delaware, Minnesota, Vermont,
and Wyoming.
1 Occupational Safety and Health: Government Responses to Beryllium Uses and
Risks
(GAO/ OCG- 00- 6, May 19, 2000). 2 Some locations were listed by more than
one agency and may be counted twice in some states. For example,
Tinker Air Force Base was reported by both Defense and the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration. Although we could not identify all
potential duplications, only three states (California, Florida, and
Michigan) would move to the one- location to ten- location category with
complete duplication.
GAO- 01- 476R Locations Where Beryllium Was Used Or Detected Page 2
Figure 1: States With Reported Beryllium Use or Detection Source: GAO map
based on Energy, Labor, and Defense data.
Enclosures II through IV identify beryllium use or detection locations
reported by each agency. Enclosure II contains data provided by Energy on
where beryllium is or was used, identifying 27 Energy or Energy- predecessor
agency locations that are or were managed and operated by contractors.
Enclosure II also contains data on 39 companies that had contracts to supply
beryllium parts or to process beryllium for Energy?s predecessors. Enclosure
III contains data provided by Defense agencies that identify 73 military
locations where beryllium was found in air samples. Enclosure IV contains
data provided by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration that also
identified 344 locations (primarily of private companies) where beryllium
was found in air samples.
Enclosure V contains data that we received during our prior work on
environmental restoration. According to the data, beryllium contamination
was detected in soil and groundwater at 38 military locations. Because the
samples identified prior contamination at cleanup sites rather than
workplaces, these data were not used as input for the map in figure 1.
States with 11 or more locatons States with 1- 10 locations States with 0
locations
Page 3 GAO- 01- 476R Locations Where Beryllium Was Used Or Detected
Agency Comments
We received official oral comments from an official from the Office of the
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental Security, Department of
Defense and an official of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer,
Department of Labor. We received written comments from the Acting Assistant
Secretary for Environment, Safety, and Health, Department of Energy (enc.
VI). All Departments concurred with the draft?s contents. Technical comments
from departmental officials have been incorporated as appropriate.
- - - - We conducted our review from May 2000 through March 2001 in
accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards. Enclosure
I contains the details of our scope and methodology. As arranged with your
offices, we plan no further distribution of this report until 15 days from
its issue date, unless you publicly announce the letter?s contents earlier.
Please contact Mr. Adamsons at (202) 512- 4289 or Mr. Brown at (202) 512-
8606 if you or your staff have any questions. Other contributors to this
letter were Arturo Holguin and Anthony Padilla.
Charles I. Patton, Jr., Director Defense Capabilities and Management
Enclosures - 6
GAO- 01- 476R Locations Where Beryllium Was Used Or Detected Page 4 List of
Requesters
The Honorable Christopher Shays Chairman, Subcommittee on National Security,
Veterans? Affairs, and International Relations Committee on Government
Reform House of Representatives
The Honorable Tim Holden The Honorable Paul E. Kanjorski The Honorable Marcy
Kaptur The Honorable Jim Kolbe House of Representatives
The Honorable Robert F. Bennett The Honorable Mike DeWine The Honorable John
McCain U. S. Senate
Enclosure I Page 5 GAO- 01- 476R Locations Where Beryllium Was Used Or
Detected
Scope and Methodology
In response to our request for data from the Departments of Energy, Defense,
and Labor on where beryllium was used, we obtained the following lists of
locations:
Energy provided lists of Energy/ Energy predecessor agencies? locations that
used beryllium and the companies that had beryllium contracts with Energy?s
predecessors.
Defense provided data on the locations, by service, where beryllium was
detected in the workplace.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration provided data on the
locations where beryllium was detected in the workplace.
Although Defense and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration were
unable to identify whether beryllium was used at a location, they provided
us with data on cases where air samples indicated that beryllium was
detected in the workplace. In addition, data from our prior work on
Defense?s environmental restoration identified 38 military locations in the
United States where beryllium was detected during remediation assessments as
a contaminant in soil and groundwater. Our work did not address whether the
level of beryllium was sufficient to present a risk to human health or
whether exposure occurred.
The data show agencies? reported locations of potential beryllium use and
detection; these data have not been verified and may not be complete. For
example, Energy is continuing research to identify contractors that may have
used beryllium. Also, 30 of the cases of the beryllium- contaminated soil
and groundwater identified in our prior work included cleanup sites at
locations the military services have not identified.
We conducted our review from May 2000 through March 2001 in accordance with
generally accepted government auditing standards.
Enclosure II Page 6 GAO- 01- 476R Locations Where Beryllium Was Used Or
Detected
Locations Where Beryllium Was Used by Energy and Its Predecessor Agencies
and Companies With Contracts for Beryllium
With Energy Predecessors
Energy identified 27 Energy or Energy- predecessor locations that are or
were managed and operated by contractors who worked with parts made from
beryllium. The locations include the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology
Site and the Oak Ridge Y- 12 Plant, both of which are currently operated by
contractors. Work reported at the locations included beryllium research and
development, testing, and fabrication, and may date back as far as 1943.
Energy also identified 39 companies/ locations that supplied beryllium parts
or processed beryllium for Energy?s predecessors: the Manhattan Engineer
District, the Atomic Energy Commission, and the Energy Research and
Development Administration. 1 Reported work involved processing and refining
beryllium, and fabricating parts made from beryllium. Energy is researching
records to determine if other companies had contracted with the Atomic
Energy Commission to process beryllium. Table 1 below shows the locations as
identified in the data provided by Energy.
Table 1: Energy Locations Where Beryllium Is or Was Used. State Location
Alabama Speedring, Incorporated California Atomics International California
Ceradyne, Incorporated California General Atomics Division, General Dynamics
Corporation California Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Energy site)
California Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Energy site) California
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (Energy site) Colorado Coors Porcelain
Colorado Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (Energy site) Colorado
University of Denver Research Institute Connecticut Connecticut Aircraft
Nuclear Engine Laboratory Florida American Beryllium Company (a subsidiary
of Loral, Incorporated) Florida Pinellas Plant (Energy site) Idaho Idaho
National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (Energy site) Illinois
Argonne National Laboratory East (Energy site) Illinois Fansteel
Metallurgical Corporation Illinois Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
(Energy site) Iowa Ames Laboratory (Energy site) Iowa Iowa Army Ammunition
Plant (Energy site; formerly Burlington Plant) Massachusetts Franklin
Institute Massachusetts Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts
National Research Corporation Massachusetts Norton Company Massachusetts
StarMet Corporation (formerly Nuclear Metals, Incorporated) Massachusetts
Wyman Gordon, Incorporated Michigan AC Spark Plug (a division of General
Motors) Michigan Gerity- Michigan Corporation (formerly Canton Drop Forging
and Manufacturing)
1 Additionally, Energy listed-- but did not identify-- the location of the
following companies: Alfa Products, Allied Resinous Products, and Metals
Reserve Company.
Enclosure II Page 7 GAO- 01- 476R Locations Where Beryllium Was Used Or
Detected
State Location
Michigan Revere Copper & Brass, Incorporated Michigan Speedring,
Incorporated Missouri Kansas City Plant (Energy site) Nevada Nevada Test
Site (Energy site) New Jersey Cercom Quality Products (formerly General
Ceramics) New Jersey National Beryllia (a subsidiary of Cercom Quality
Products) New Jersey New Brunswick Atomic Energy Commission Laboratory
(Energy site) New Jersey U. S. Pipe and Foundry New Mexico Los Alamos
National Laboratory (Energy site) New Mexico Sandia National Laboratories
(Energy site) New York Brookhaven National Laboratory (Energy site) New York
Burns & Roe, Incorporated New York General Astrometals New York Knolls
Atomic Power Laboratory (Energy site) New York Sylvania Products Corporation
New York Trudeau Foundation New York University of Rochester Atomic Energy
Project (Energy site) North Carolina Beryllium Metals and Chemical
Corporation North Carolina University of North Carolina Ohio Battelle
Memorial Institute Ohio Brush Wellman, Incorporated (formerly Brush
Beryllium Company) Ohio Clifton Products Company Ohio Fernald Environmental
Management Project (Energy site; formerly Feed Materials Production
Center) Ohio General Electric Company Ohio Kettering Laboratory, University
of Cincinnati Ohio Mound Plant (Energy site; also known as Miamisburg
Environmental Management Project) Pennsylvania Foote Mineral Company
Pennsylvania McDaniel Refractory Company Pennsylvania NGK Metals Corporation
(its predecessors were Kawecki- Berylco, Cabot Corporation,
BerylCo., and Beryllium Corporation of America) Pennsylvania Nuclear
Materials and Equipment Corporation South Carolina Savannah River Site
(Energy site) Tennessee Oak Ridge East Tennessee Technology Park (Energy
site) Tennessee Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Energy site) Tennessee Oak
Ridge Y- 12 Plant (Energy site) Tennessee Vitro Corporation of America Texas
Pantex Plant (Energy site) Washington Hanford Site (Energy site) Washington
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Energy site) Wisconsin Ladish Company
Enclosure III GAO- 01- 476R Locations Where Beryllium Was Used Or Detected
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Locations Where Defense Detected Beryllium
With the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental
Security?s assistance, we received data showing 17 Army, 5 Air Force, and 51
Navy locations where air sampling was conducted and showed that beryllium
was present. Defense- reported air sampling was conducted in areas where
welding, sandblasting, soldering, and grinding were involved. The time
frames for sampling data varied by service: Air Force sampling was conducted
during calendar years 1985 through 2000; Army sampling was conducted during
calendar years 1987 to 2000; 1 and Navy sampling was conducted during
calendar years 1982 through 1999. 2 Table 2 shows locations identified by
each service.
Table 2: Defense Sampled Locations by State State Location
Alabama Anniston Army Depot California Coronado Naval Amphibious Base
California McClellan Air Force Base California North Island Naval Air
Station California San Diego Naval Station California San Diego Navy Public
Works Center Colorado Fort Carson (Army) Connecticut New London Naval
Submarine Base District of Columbia Walter Reed Army Medical Center a
District of Columbia Washington Navy Public Works Center Florida
Jacksonville Naval Air Station Florida Jacksonville Naval Dental Center a
Florida Jacksonville Naval Hospital a Florida Key West Naval Air Station
Florida Mayport Naval Station Florida Naval Surface Warfare Center/ Coastal
Systems Station Florida Pensacola Naval Air Station Florida Pensacola Naval
Aviation Depot Florida Pensacola Navy Public Works Center Florida Whiting
Field Naval Air Station Georgia Albany Marine Corps Logistics Base Georgia
Warner Robins Air Force Base Hawaii Pearl Harbor Naval Station Hawaii
Tripler Army Medical Center a Illinois Great Lakes Naval Dental Center a
Indiana Naval Air Warfare Center/ Aircraft Division Indiana Naval Surface
Warfare Center/ Crane Division Louisiana Louisiana Army National Guard
Louisiana Fort Polk (Army) Maine Brunswick Naval Air Station Maine
Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard Maryland Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland
Carderock Naval Surface Warfare Center
1 The Army also provided beryllium- sampling data for an installation
located at Wuersburg, Germany. 2 The Navy also provided beryllium- sampling
data for three installations located outside of the
continental United States (Okinawa, Japan; Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico;
Rota, Spain) as well as for five ships (the U. S. S. Camden, the U. S. S.
Enterprise, the U. S. S. John F. Kennedy, the U. S. S. Lasalle,
and the U. S. S. Theodore Roosevelt). Also, the Navy provided sampling data
for 13 military activities but was unable to identify specific installations
or locations.
Enclosure III Page 9 GAO- 01- 476R Locations Where Beryllium Was Used Or
Detected
State Location
Maryland National Naval Dental Center a Maryland Naval Explosive Ordnance
Disposal Technology Division Maryland Naval Surface Warfare Center/ Indian
Head Division Maryland Patuxent River Naval Air Station Maryland United
States Naval Academy Mississippi Gulfport Naval Construction Battalion
Center Mississippi Pascagoula Naval Station Nevada Fallon Naval Air Station
New York Fort Drum (Army) New York Watervliet Arsenal (Army) North Carolina
Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base North Carolina Cherry Point Marine Corps Air
Station North Carolina Fort Bragg (Army) Oklahoma Fort Sill (Army) Oklahoma
McAlester Army Ammunition Plant Oklahoma Oklahoma Army National Guard
Oklahoma Tinker Air Force Base Pennsylvania Tobyhanna Army Depot
Pennsylvania Willow Grove Naval Air Station South Carolina Parris Island
Marine Corps Recruiting Depot Texas Corpus Christi Army Depot Texas Corpus
Christi Naval Air Station Texas Corpus Christi Naval Control of Shipping
Organization Texas Fort Hood (Army) Texas Ingleside Naval Station Texas
Kelly Air Force Base Texas Kingsville Naval Air Station Utah Hill Air Force
Base Virginia Fort Eustis (Army) Virginia Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base
Virginia Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility Virginia Norfolk Fleet
Training Center Virginia Norfolk Naval Aviation Depot Virginia Norfolk Naval
Dental Center a Virginia Norfolk Naval Ship Yard Virginia Norfolk Naval
Station Virginia Oceana Naval Air Station Virginia Quantico Marine Corps
Base Washington Naval Undersea Warfare Center/ Keyport Division Washington
Puget Sound Naval Ship Yard
a Defense Health Affairs officials stated that beryllium used in medical
treatment facilities is controlled to ensure that detected beryllium levels
are below all standards to prevent human health risks.
Enclosure IV Page 10 GAO- 01- 476R Locations Where Beryllium Was Used Or
Detected
Locations Where the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Detected
the Presence of Beryllium
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration provided data on 344 U. S.
locations, primarily company locations, where beryllium was detected through
air samplings. 1 The data covered samplings taken from May 1979 through
December 1999. Table 3 shows the locations, by state, as identified in the
data provided by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Table 3: Occupational Safety and Health Administration Sampled Locations by
State State Locations
Alabama Bender Shipbuilding and Repair Alabama Flame Refractories Alabama
Imms Industrial Coatings Alabama Mellco, Incorporated Alabama Speedring
Manufacturing Company Alabama Steel Processors, Incorporated Alabama
Triangle Recycling Services, Incorporated Arizona Brush Wellman,
Incorporated Arkansas Accupower/ Sureull Arkansas Amtran Corporation
Arkansas El Paso Trailers Arkansas Spirit Homes, Incorporated California
Aluminum Company of America California Bigger Than Life, Incorporated
California California Concrete Pipe Corporation California Fleetwood Motor
Homes of California California Norris Plumbing Fixtures California Rumiano
Cheese Company California Techni- Cast Corporation Colorado Beryl Ores
Company, Incorporated Colorado Goltra Castings, Incorporated Colorado Hollis
Corporation Colorado Iam/ Environmental, Incorporated Colorado Marathon
Bronze Colorado Metal Castings of Colorado Colorado Mine & Smelter Colorado
Peter Kiewit Sons, Incorporated Colorado Progress Rail Services Colorado
Schlage Lock, Incorporated Colorado Soft Touch Sandblasting Colorado W. J.
Whatley, Incorporated Colorado Wagner Equipment Company Connecticut A.
Laugeni & Sons, Incorporated Connecticut Amtrak Corporation Connecticut Benu
Corporation Connecticut Charles Batchfelder Company Incorporated Connecticut
Cowan Engineering Company
1 In addition, data were also provided on locations in Puerto Rico and the
Virgin Islands.
Enclosure IV Page 11 GAO- 01- 476R Locations Where Beryllium Was Used Or
Detected
State Location
Connecticut Edro Corporation Connecticut Gerald Metals, Incorporated
Connecticut Handy and Harman Connecticut Industrial Technologies,
Incorporated Connecticut Jensen Industries Connecticut Jupiter Painting
Contracting Connecticut Manafort Brothers Connecticut Norwalk Fabricators
Incorporated Connecticut Parr Painting, Incorporated Connecticut South
Windsor Metallurgical, Incorporated Connecticut Turner & Seymour
Manufacturing District of Columbia Libia Panos Florida American Beryllium
Company, Incorporated Florida Lee Lester, Incorporated Florida Sun State
Marine Services, Incorporated Georgia Bankhead Transportation Equipment
Georgia Dan's Painting & Sandblasting Georgia Diversified Fabricators
Incorporated Georgia East Point Foundry, Incorporated Georgia E- Z- Go
Textron Georgia Flour Daniel, Incorporated Georgia Glasride Trailers,
Incorporated Georgia Kubota Manufacturing Corporation Georgia Monitor
Manufacturing Company Georgia Ranew Fleet Service Georgia Stevens Equipment
Company Georgia Tie Down Engineering, Incorporated Georgia Wika Instrument
Corporation Idaho Custom Metal Fabricating, Incorporated Idaho Fabco
Fireplaces and Stoves Idaho J. R. Simplot Company Illinois Amcast,
Incorporated Illinois Alu Bra Foundry Illinois CBI Services, Incorporated
Illinois Duplicraft, Incorporated Illinois Family Security Doors & Windows
Illinois Francis & Nygren Foundry Illinois George Kountoupes Painting
Company Illinois K. R. Komarek, Incorporated Illinois KVF Company Illinois
Lake Dental Lab Illinois Louis Meskin Illinois M& R Printing Equipment,
Incorporated Illinois Maxcor, Incorporated Illinois National Castings,
Incorporated Illinois North Chicago Refiners & Smelters Illinois Patten
Tractor & Equipment Company Illinois Plano Metal Specialties Illinois River
City Demolition
Enclosure IV GAO- 01- 476R Locations Where Beryllium Was Used Or Detected
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State Location
Illinois Sarcol, Incorporated Illinois Standard Refrigeration Company
Illinois The Chicago Faucet Company Illinois Travenal Laboratories,
Incorporated Illinois Tricast Corporation Illinois Village Perfection
Plating Indiana Aluminum Company of America Kansas Great Plains
Manufacturing, Incorporated Kentucky Belden Electronic Wiact & Cable
Kentucky Louisville Scrap Material Company, Incorporated Kentucky McHenry
Brass, Incorporated Kentucky Mother Earth Recycling Kentucky Reed
Construction, Incorporated Louisiana Tiger Shipyard Maine Bath Iron Works
Maryland Pro- Tech Dental Lab, Incorporated Massachusetts Accuservice
Corporation Massachusetts Babcock- Davis Hatchways, Incorporated
Massachusetts Bird Machine Company Massachusetts Boston Steel &
Manufacturing Massachusetts Cable Products, Incorporated Massachusetts
Chicopee Alloys, Incorporated Massachusetts Flintab Massachusetts Fore River
Shipyard and Iron Works Massachusetts Francis Harvey & Sons, Incorporated
Massachusetts George Campbell Painting Corporation Massachusetts Industrial
Enterprise Massachusetts J. J. Sirianni, Incorporated Massachusetts James
River Mass, Incorporated Massachusetts N. U. Contractors, Incorporated
Massachusetts New England Restoration, Incorporated Massachusetts North
American Industries, Incorporated Massachusetts Prototyping Services,
Incorporated Massachusetts Stan Cast, Incorporated Massachusetts Turner
Trucking & Salvage, Incorporated Massachusetts Weymouth Engineering Company
Michigan Extruded Metals, Incorporated Michigan Hackett Brass Foundry
Michigan Icarus Industrial Painting & Company Michigan Knusaga Corp DBA
Hydraulic Tub Michigan Prince Bridge & Marine Ltd. Michigan Progress
Painting Company Michigan Trojan Heat Treat, Incorporated Michigan WWA,
Incorporated Missouri Chrysler Corporation Missouri Continental Can Company
Missouri Fabcon, Incorporated Missouri Fitzgerald Marine and Repair Missouri
Four Process Ltd.
Enclosure IV Page 13 GAO- 01- 476R Locations Where Beryllium Was Used Or
Detected
State Location
Missouri Specialloy Metals Company Montana Blue Star Canvas Products
Incorporated Montana Holland Construction Company Montana Livingston Rebuild
Center Montana SRS Crisafulli, Incorporated Nebraska Intersystems Nebraska
Lincoln Plating Company Nevada Marley Erectors, Incorporated Nevada Southern
California Valve Nevada Viking Metallurgical Corporation New Hampshire Fab-
Braze Corporation New Hampshire Hebert Manufacturing Company, Incorporated
New Hampshire Spencer Transformer And Equipment New Hampshire Wyman- Gordon
Investment Casting New Jersey Accuratus Ceramics Corporation New Jersey
Airtron Incorporated New Jersey Allied Signal, Incorporated New Jersey Anka
Painting Company New Jersey AT& T Bell Laboratories New Jersey Atlantic
Casting & Engineering New Jersey Beach Electric Company, Incorporated New
Jersey Bellezza Company, Incorporated New Jersey Brush Wellman Company,
Ceramics Division New Jersey Coil Metal Corporation New Jersey Commercial
Hardware, Incorporated New Jersey Edward Chiovarou Painting Company New
Jersey Kinz Staley & Sons, Incorporated New Jersey KSM Fastening Systems New
Jersey Kullman Industries, Incorporated New Jersey Longview of Ocean County,
Incorporated New Jersey LS Rubber Industries, Incorporated New Jersey
Madison Industrial Old Bridge New Jersey Mansol Industries, Incorporated New
Jersey National Beryllia Corporation New Jersey New Jersey Steel Corporation
New Jersey P. S. Bruckel, Incorporated New Jersey Palmer Industries,
Incorporated New Jersey Perth Amboy Dry Dock Company, Incorporated New
Jersey PGA Dental Studios, Incorporated New Jersey Public Service Electric &
Gas New Jersey RFE Industries, Incorporated New Jersey Riverside Metals,
Incorporated New Jersey Robert A. Keasby Corporation New Jersey Rodermond
Industries, Incorporated New Jersey U. S. Generating Company New York Bells
Avenue Incinerator, New York City New York Berkman Brothers, Incorporated
New York Bethlehem Steel, Incorporated New York Carabie, Incorporated
Enclosure IV GAO- 01- 476R Locations Where Beryllium Was Used Or Detected
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State Location
New York CMP Industries, Incorporated New York Delphi Painting & Decorating
New York E& E Contractors, Incorporated New York Emil Von Dungen,
Incorporated New York GBA Contracting Corporation New York Mapco
Enterprises, Incorporated New York Mohawk Metal Products Company,
Incorporated New York New Market Products New York Non Ferrous Processing
Corporation New York P& V Sadowski Construction New York Rush- Henrietta CSD
Maintenance Department New York Stone Bridge Iron & Steel North Carolina L.
Gordon Iron and Metal Company North Carolina PE Hoover Enterprises,
Incorporated North Carolina Schindler Elevator Corporation North Dakota
Dakota Catalyst Products, Incorporated North Dakota Melroe Company North
Dakota Newman Signs, Incorporated Ohio A. T. D. Corporation Ohio Accurate
Rack Company, Incorporated Ohio Aluminum Waste Technology, Incorporated Ohio
Atmosphere Annealing, Incorporated Ohio Brush Wellman, Incorporated Ohio
Budd Company Ohio Carboline Company Ohio Chase Brass and Copper Company Ohio
Chem- Fab Company Ohio Circleville Metal Works Ohio Eljer Manufacturing Ohio
Envir- Con Construction Company Ohio Eureka Coach, CCE, Incorporated Ohio
Excel Polishing & Buffing Company Ohio General Motors Corporation Ohio
Hohman Plating and Manufacturing, Incorporated Ohio Johnson Metall- American
Crucible Ohio Larson Consolidated, Incorporated Ohio Lomack Drum Company
Ohio Marietta Industrial Enterprise Ohio Ortner Freight Car Company,
Incorporated Ohio Packaging Material, Incorporated Ohio RCA Corporation Ohio
RMI Company Ohio Rumpke Iron Works, Incorporated Ohio Ryder- Heil Bronze,
Incorporated Ohio S. G. M. Company Ohio Southern Ohio Fabricators,
Incorporated Ohio Special Tool, Incorporated Ohio Trailer Masters Ltd.
Company Ohio Transco Railway Products, Incorporated
Enclosure IV Page 15 GAO- 01- 476R Locations Where Beryllium Was Used Or
Detected
State Location
Ohio Ultra- Met Manufacturing Company Ohio United Foundries, Incorporated
Ohio Whitaker & Son Plating, Incorporated Oklahoma American Casting,
Incorporated Oklahoma Root Protective Coatings, Incorporated Oklahoma
Smithco Engineering Oklahoma Tinker Air Force Base/ Oklahoma City Air
Logistics Center Oregon Boeing of Portland Pennsylvania Active Brass
Foundry, Incorporated Pennsylvania Alfieri Scrap Metals, Incorporated
Pennsylvania Bushings, Incorporated Pennsylvania Cabot Beryllium Products
Pennsylvania Dereco, Incorporated Pennsylvania Dierolf & Son, Incorporated
Pennsylvania Envirosafe Services, Incorporated Pennsylvania Erie Marine
Enterprises, Incorporated Pennsylvania Flood City Brass and Pump Company
Pennsylvania Franklin Smelting & Refining Pennsylvania Gesco, Incorporated
Pennsylvania Johnstown Wire Technologies, Incorporated Pennsylvania Kimmins
Industrial Service Corporation Pennsylvania Lehigh Consolidated Industries
Pennsylvania Masel Industries, Incorporated Pennsylvania Muratone Company,
Incorporated Pennsylvania NGK Metals, Incorporated Pennsylvania Pennline
Industries, Incorporated Pennsylvania Piad Precision Castings Corporation
Pennsylvania Ruch Tool Company, Incorporated Pennsylvania Sonoco Products
Company Pennsylvania Stanley E. Flagg & Company, Incorporated Pennsylvania
Superior Tube Company Pennsylvania Trafcon Industries, Incorporated
Pennsylvania Weaver Industries, Incorporated Rhode Island Branch Metal
Processing Rhode Island Gannon & Scott, Incorporated Rhode Island Metech
International, Incorporated Rhode Island Newport Shipyard, Incorporated
Rhode Island Parkers Brass Foundry, Incorporated Rhode Island Pease & Curren
Rhode Island Robert E Derecktor of Rhode Island Rhode Island Rona,
Incorporated Rhode Island Taylor Precision Casting, Incorporated South
Carolina Braswell Service Group, Incorporated South Dakota Prest Rack South
Dakota TCF Axial Division Tennessee NGK Metals Corporation Tennessee
Tecumseh Products Company Texas Acor Dental Lab, Incorporated Texas Ampco
Metal Manufacturing, Incorporated
Enclosure IV GAO- 01- 476R Locations Where Beryllium Was Used Or Detected
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State Location
Texas BEI Defense Systems Texas Bell Helicopter Textron, Incorporated Texas
Bilt- Redi Corporation Texas Brown Fintube Company Texas Cardenas Motors,
Incorporated Texas Carolina Color Corporation Texas Coastal Iron Works,
Incorporated Texas Conway Technologies Corporation Texas Dynamic Coating
Corporation Texas Dynamic Painting Corporation Texas Dyna- Therm Corporation
Texas Eagle Construction Texas Eagle Die Casting, Incorporated Texas Farris
Welding & Fabricating Texas Fuji Ceramics Dental Laboratory Texas J. E.
Merit Constructors, Incorporated Texas Jonsil Manufacturing Company,
Incorporated Texas Kessler Premium Castings Company Texas Layne Western DBA
Drilling Service Texas Old World Products, Incorporated Texas R. Johns, Ltd.
Texas Royal Seating Corporation Texas Tapco International, Incorporated
Texas Tex Tin Corporation Texas Texas Engineered Products Company Texas
Texas Steel Company Texas TMI Coatings, Incorporated Virginia Davis Boat
Works, Incorporated Virginia General Electric Company Virginia Gerloff
Painting, Incorporated Washington Omega Industries, Incorporated West
Virginia CSX Transportation- Huntington West Virginia Pressure Concrete
Construction Wisconsin AFW Foundry, Incorporated Wisconsin AO Smith
Corporation Wisconsin Allister Fabricating, Incorporated Wisconsin Ampco
Metal, Incorporated Wisconsin Basic American Medical Products Wisconsin
Chippewa Brass & Aluminum Foundry Wisconsin Edwin Yeska #152 Wisconsin
Federal Manufacturing Company Wisconsin Fraser Shipyards, Incorporated
Wisconsin Frost Company Wisconsin Harnischfeger Corporation Wisconsin Howard
G. Hinz, Incorporated Wisconsin Iroquois Foundry Company Wisconsin J& D
Manufacturing and Sales of Eau Claire Wisconsin Johnson Brass & Machine
Foundry Wisconsin Kramer International, Incorporated
Enclosure IV Page 17 GAO- 01- 476R Locations Where Beryllium Was Used Or
Detected
State Location
Wisconsin Milwaukee Sign Company, Incorporated Wisconsin Oscar J. Boldt
Construction Company Wisconsin Oshkosh Radiator & Welding Company Wisconsin
Rose Industries, Incorporated Wisconsin Siemens Power Corporation Wisconsin
Stanley Fronczak D/ B/ A Custom Wisconsin Super Steel Products Corporation
Wisconsin Thermal Engineering International Wisconsin Tri- Clover,
Incorporated Wisconsin Varco- Pruden Buildings Wisconsin Vikron,
Incorporated Wisconsin Walworth Foundries, Incorporated
Enclosure V GAO- 01- 476R Locations Where Beryllium Was Used Or Detected
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Prior GAO Work Showing Where Defense Identified Locations With Beryllium
Contamination
Information obtained during our prior work on Defense?s environmental
restoration shows that beryllium contamination was detected in soil and
groundwater at 38 of the 97 military locations 1 with high cleanup costs in
the United States. 2 The data that we reviewed did not indicate how
beryllium was actually used at the locations. The affected sites at an
identified location included, for example, landfills, firing ranges,
industrial waste pits, drainage ditches, and surface disposal areas. Table 4
lists the 38 military locations. Eight of the military locations reported by
the Air Force and the Navy in enclosure III are also included in the list of
38 military locations. Neither we nor Defense included the other 30
locations in the total of beryllium- use locations because the contamination
was at cleanup sites rather than at a workplace.
Table 4: Locations Where Beryllium Was Found in Soil and Groundwater State
Military location
Alaska Adak Naval Air Facility Alaska Elmendorf Air Force Base California
Alameda Naval Air Station California China Lake Naval Weapons Warfare Center
California Edwards Air Force Base California El Toro Marine Corps Air
Station California Lemoore Naval Air Station California March Air Force Base
California Mare Island Naval Ship Yard California Moffett Naval Air Station
California North Island Naval Air Station a California Point Mugu Naval Air
Warfare Center California Presidio of San Fransisco California Stockton
Naval Communication Station California Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station
California Travis Air Force Base California Tustin Marine Corps Air Station
Colorado Pueblo Chemical Depot Florida Jacksonville Naval Air Station a
Florida Mayport Naval Station a Florida Pensacola Naval Air Station a Hawaii
Barbers Point Naval Air Station Missouri Lake City Army Ammunition Plant
Missouri Weldon Spring Ordnance Works New Jersey Picatinny Arsenal New York
Seneca Army Depot North Carolina Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station a
1 Additionally, a location on Guam was also identified as having beryllium
contamination. 2 Our report entitled Environmental Cleanup: DOD?s
Implementation of the Relative Risk Site Evaluation Process, (NSIAD- 99- 25,
Oct. 7, 1998) identifies installations that accounted for more than $20
million in planned cleanup costs during 1996- 98 or were projected to have
more than $100 million in cleanup costs for 1996 through completion. The
beryllium contamination was reported in worksheets provided by the military
services for each of the 97 installations.
Enclosure V Page 19 GAO- 01- 476R Locations Where Beryllium Was Used Or
Detected
State Location
Ohio Wright- Patterson Air Force Base Oklahoma Tinker Air Force Base a Rhode
Island Davisville Naval Construction Battalion Center Texas Kelly Air Force
Base a Utah Dugway Proving Ground Utah Tooele Army Depot Virginia Norfolk
Naval Ship Yard a Virginia Yorktown Naval Weapons Station Washington Bangor
Naval Submarine Base Wisconsin Badger Army Ammunition Plant Wyoming F. E.
Warren Air Force Base
a Locations reported in enclosure III.
Enclosure VI Page 20 GAO- 01- 476R Locations Where Beryllium Was Used Or
Detected
Official Written Comments From Energy
Enclosure VI Page 21 GAO- 01- 476R Locations Where Beryllium Was Used Or
Detected (709519)
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