CARRIER AIR CONDITIONING CO.
COLLIERVILLE, TN
Superfund Site Profile
Site Contacts
Community Involvement Coordinator
Angela Miller
[email protected]
(404) 562-8561
Remedial Project Manager
Randy Bryant
[email protected]
(404) 562-8794
Site Location
Street Address:97 S BYHALIA RD
COLLIERVILLE, TN 38017
Background
The 135-acre Carrier Air Conditioning Company Superfund site is located in Collierville, Tennessee, 21-miles east of downtown Memphis. The site is near the intersection of U.S. Highway 72 and Byhalia Road.
The Carrier Corporation has operated a manufacturing plant at the site since the 1960s. manufacturing residential heating and air conditioning units at the site. During assembly of air conditioning units, the plant stamps aluminum sheeting and assembles it with copper tubing to form air heat exchangers. Carrier removes stamping and forming oils and dirt from these parts prior to final assembly. Until about 1986, trichloroethylene (TCE) was the primary ...
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