Heemsoth-Kerner Corporation, 595 River Road, Edgewater, New Jersey
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EPA
Region		 Location of facility Type of facility Amount
of ore
received
(in tons)		 Did
EPA
visit
the
site?		 Were
samples
taken?		 Results of
evaluation
2 595 River Road, Edgewater, New Jersey Unknown 0.55 Yes-October 26, 2006 No According to an EPA database compiled from W.R. Grace shipping invoices, 0.55 tons of Libby ore was shipped to this site on November 12, 1976. EPA identified this site as potentially receiving Libby ore in April 2006. On the basis of available information, including Internet and record searches that EPA officials conducted, three potential addresses for the site were identified: 595 River Road, Edgewater, New Jersey; 7 Dey Street, New York City, New York; and 700 Rockaway Turnpike, State Route 203, Lawrence, New York. EPA officials visited the Edgewater, New Jersey, address on October 26, 2006. The property is now a Japanese grocery store. No evidence of previous vermiculite operations was found at this site. EPA officials visited the New York City address on February 28, 2007. The site was an office building and the security guard on duty said Heemsoth-Kerner moved from the site about 10 years before. The guard thought the company moved to a location near the John F. Kennedy (JFK) Airport and then went out of business. EPA officials visited the Lawrence address on March 1, 2007, which was indeed by the JFK Airport. The site was an office building, and the company was no longer located there. In May 2007, EPA conducted another record search and found another possible location at 26 Beaver Street in New York City. In January 2008, EPA visited this address and found a 10-story office building. The building was locked and there was no listing for Heemsoth-Kerner in the building directory. The building superintendent, who had been working at the building for more than 20 years, said he had never heard of the company. EPA checked with the postal worker who delivered mail to the building and he had never heard of the company. On the basis of this information, EPA completed its investigation of this site and plans no further action.

GAO-09-6R