City of Industry battery recycler gets operating permit from state

The Quemetco battery recycling facility, now owned by Ecobat Resources California, Inc., is on 13 acres in City of Industry, located at 720 S. Seventh Ave., May 31, 2016. The facility received a draft operating permit on July 16, 2024. The public will get a chance to comment on the new permit at a meeting in Hacienda Heights on Sept. 14, 2024.

Although the company asked for 10 years, the permit is only good for five years. The company also asked to increase the number of car batteries they can crush and melt down, and for an increase in its hours of operation. They were denied by DTSC. “Ecobat has a history of repeatedly violating state laws in handling toxic substances such as lead, which has endangered the health and safety of workers and residents in San Gabriel Valley communities for decades,” according to a statement from First District Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis released on July 16.

The permit conditions applied by DTSC add numerous operating restrictions. The state agency says the restrictions will prevent further releases of cancer-causing chemicals.• Come up with a plan to further investigate “historical lead emissions that may have impacted residents’ yards nearby.”• Stop using a building that contained hazardous waste — namely stored old car batteries, some of which have been crushed — until it can build and install leak detection systems.

“We have a permit, finally. And that is a good thing,” said Rebecca Overmyer, co-founder of the Clean Air Coalition of North Whittier and Avocado Heights on Monday, July 22. “It does appear to put in more stringent regulations and requirements.”“They didn’t end up actually fixing that when they settled,” she said, saying it should have been ordered fixed years ago by DTSC instead of being part of the new operating permit.

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