EPA RCRA ID: MDD069380657
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
Chesapeake Finished Metal (CFM) conducted the investigation, during April and May 2001, in accordance with the work plan. In June 2001, CFM provided an Investigation Report to EPA, detailing the results of the investigation. Based on the results of the investigation, EPA made a preliminary decision that no further action is warranted at this facility at this time. EPA provided a public notice stating their no further action decision. There were no comments on EPA's preliminary decision for no further action, therefore a final no further action decision was rendered for this facility.
TRB-MCB 5601 Eastern Avenue, LLC. has purchased the property during April 2014. The new owners wish to enter the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE)’s Voluntary Cleanup Program, and are going to perform site characterization work to address data gaps and gather data preparatory to applying to the program.
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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Chesapeake Finished Metals, Inc. is a service industry with the capability to clean, electrogalvanize, surface conversion treat, paint or oil cold-rolled steel, hot dipped galvanized steel, black plate steel or aluminum. Initial operations began in 1976 and included scrubbing of coiled steel with an alkaline polyphosphate cleaner and high pressure washer; electrogalvanizing with zinc sulfate and dilute sulfuric acid and rinsing with water; processing with iron phosphate and an alkaline complex oxide or phosphoric acid; chromate treatment, chromium acid rinse and water rinse; and final processing with primer, paint or other coating. In 1992, a new process replaced the chromate treatment. All chromate submersion baths associated with the previous treatment process were removed and replaced by a new surface conversion process. The new process applies chrome treatment directly to the roll of metal with little waste product being generated. CFM has an on-site wastewater treatment facility and possesses a Howard County (Maryland) Final Wastewater Discharge Permit.
Due to the relatively small size of this facility, the anticipated little to no environmental impacts, and the fact that the facility is located in a predominantly industrial/commercial area, community interaction is not anticipated at this time.
Based on the historical information regarding a fuel oil spill and analytical results that revealed elevated metals in water samples from the former storm water basin, potential contaminants of concern at the CFM facility have been identified as semi-volatile compounds, zinc, and chromium.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Institutional Controls were not required at the site.
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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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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| 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
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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.