EPA RCRA ID: MDD043375757
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) is the public law that creates the framework for the proper management of hazardous and non-hazardous solid waste. Corrective action is a requirement under RCRA that facilities that treat, store or dispose of hazardous wastes, or did so in the past, investigate and clean up hazardous releases into soil, groundwater, surface water and air. For more information, and for more information on RCRA-specific terms used on this page, please visit EPA’s umbrella RCRA web page or EPA’s RCRA Corrective Action page.
On this page:
- Cleanup Activities
- Facility Description
- Institutional/Engineering Controls
- Enforcement and Compliance
- Related Information and Publicly Available Electronic Records
- Contacts for this Facility
Cleanup Activities
Corrective Action activities at the former Electro-Therm facility (Site), now owned by FIL [US] Inc. (FIL), are being conducted under the provisions of Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) Consent Order No. CO-88-094 (CO), in cooperation with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 3. A site meeting between FIL, MDE, and EPA Region 3 was held on September 10, 2008, to discuss the steps needed to satisfy both regulatory programs. FIL submitted a work plan addressing the Site's remaining data gaps in 2009, and field work was conducted in 2010.
A notice was published in the Capital Gazette newspaper on May 23, 2014, detailing the proposed Agency remedy decision. Minor comments were received on the proposed decision. The Corrective Action Final Decision for the site was signed by EPA on August 20, 2014. EPA's final remedy consists of requiring the Facility to maintain a groundwater monitoring program and to implement and maintain groundwater use restrictions through Institutional Controls (ICs).
On March 7, 2019, the EPA conducted a Long Term Stewardship assessment to assess whether the remedy was implemented and protective of human health and the environment.
Cleanup Actions or environmental indicators characterizing the entire facility are shown below. This listing, and all the data on this page, come from EPA’s RCRAInfo and are refreshed nightly to this page. For this table, a blank in the Status column could mean the action either has not occurred or has not been reported in RCRAInfo.
Cleanup Activities Pertaining to the Entire Facility
| Action | Status | Date of Action |
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| Human Exposure Under Control Human Exposure Under Control(CA725) | ||
| Groundwater Migration Under ControlGroundwater Migration Under Control (CA750) | ||
| Remedy DecisionRemedy Decision (CA400) | ||
| Remedy ConstructionRemedy Construction (CA550) | ||
| Ready for Anticipated Use Ready for Anticipated Use (CA800) | ||
| Performance Standards AttainedPerformance Standards Attained (CA900) | ||
| Corrective Action Process TerminatedCorrective Action Process Terminated (CA999) |
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Cleanup Activities Pertaining to a Portion of the Facility
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Facility Description
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The former Electro-Therm facility is a 13.7 acre industrial property situated between Route 404 and Meetinghouse Road in Denton, Maryland. Historical land use in the period prior to 1988 included the manufacture of electronic devices by Electro-Therm Inc. A pump and treat system was installed in 1988 for remediation of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), primarily 1,1,1-trichloroethane and trichloroethene, present in shallow groundwater.
The primary contaminants are volatile organic compounds ), primarily 1,1,1-trichloroethane and trichloroethene, present in shallow groundwater.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
The Institutional Controls and Maryland Well Construction Regulations (Title 9,Subtitle 13) & Maryland COMAR 26.04.04 regulate the use of groundwater and also require vapor intrusion controls on each new structure above the contaminated groundwater plume or within 100 feet of the perimeter of the contaminated groundwater plume.
Institutional and Engineering Controls help ensure human exposure and groundwater migration are under control at a cleanup facility. Where control types have been reported by states and EPA in EPA’s RCRAInfo, they are shown below. Not all control types are needed at all facilities, and some facilities do not require any controls. Where there are blanks, the control types may not be needed, may not be in place, or may not be reported in RCRAInfo.
Are Controls in Place at this Facility?
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Control(s) in Place? |
Areas Subject to Control(s) |
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Institutional ControlsNon-engineering controls used to restrict land use or land access in order to protect people and the environment from exposure to hazardous substances remaining in the site/or facility. (CA 772) |
Informational DevicesInformational Devices (ID) |
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Governmental Controls (GC) |
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Enforcement and Permit Tools (EP) |
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| Proprietary ControlsProprietary Controls (PR) | |||
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Engineering ControlsEngineering measures designed to minimize the potential for human exposure to contamination by either limiting direct contact with contaminated areas or controlling migration of contaminants. (CA 770) |
Groundwater ControlGroundwater Control (GW) |
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Enforcement and Compliance at this Facility
EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) provides detailed historical information about enforcement and compliance activities at each RCRA Corrective Action Site in their Enforcement and Compliance Historical Online (ECHO) system.
RCRA Enforcement and Compliance Reports from ECHO
Related Information and Publicly Available Electronic Records
For more information about this facility, see these other EPA links:
- RCRA information in EPA’s Envirofacts database
- Information about this facility submitted to EPA under different environmental programs as reported in EPA’s Facility Registry Services
- Alternative Names for this facility as reported by EPA programs in EPA’s Facility Registry Services
- Cleanups in My Community provides an interactive map to see EPA cleanups in context with additional data, and lists for downloading data
- Search RCRA Corrective Action Sites provides a search feature for Corrective Action Sites
Documents, Photos and Graphics
Contacts for this Facility
EPA Region implements and enforces the RCRA Corrective Action program for and federally recognized tribes.
For further information on this corrective action site, use the Contact Information for Corrective Action Hazardous Waste Clean Ups listings that are accessible through Corrective Action Programs around the Nation.