EPA RCRA ID: PA8213820642
On this page:
- Cleanup Status
- Facility Description
- Contaminants at this Facility
- Institutional/Engineer Controls
- Enforcement and Compliance
- Related Information
- Contacts for this Facility
Cleanup Status
Note: The EPA is the lead agency for managing cleanups at this facility.
EPA reviewed existing environmental information to determine if further investigation is required. In September 2017, RPAS determined that contamination and human exposures risk were
under control.
Cleanup Actions or environmental indicators characterizing the entire facility are shown below. It is not intended as an extensive list of milestones/activities. This listing, and all the data on this page, come from EPA’s RCRAInfo and are refreshed nightly to this page. For this table and the Cleanup Activities Pertaining to a Portion of the Facility table that follows, 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
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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 Defense Distribution Depot Susquehanna, Pennsylvania (DDSP) occupies 885 acres of Fairview Township at the northern tip of York County. The facility was constructed in 1917, and was originally known as the Marsh Run Storage Depot or Army Reserve Depot.
During and immediately after World War I, the Depot served as the receiving point for supplies returning from overseas. From 1939 to 1945, DDSP served as the filler depot to several ports of embarkation for overseas shipments as the base storage capacity roughly doubled. The base also served as the reception center for newly inducted soldiers as well as a camp for German prisoners of war. A chemical clothing impregnation plant (using an acetylene tetrachloride process) was added to the base operations during World War II.
During World War II and the Korean Conflict, DDSP’s primary mission was to serve as the chemical supply depot issuing commodities pertaining to chemical warfare. These items included flame-throwers, smoke generators, detector devices, decontamination solution, bleach, chemically impregnated clothing and protective masks.
Aircraft maintenance shops and hangars were installed at DDSP beginning in 1960. The depot was used as a maintenance and repair facility for army helicopters and other aircraft. By 1962, the depot became the field installation of the Army Supply and Maintenance Command, and the installation name changed to New Cumberland Army Depot (NCAD). The Aviation Support Command became part of the facility in 1970.
In 1976, NCAD gave 14 acres of land located at the easternmost boundary to Fairview Township. The property, a former sanitary landfill, is used by the Township for recreational purposes.
Aircraft maintenance operations were eliminated from the Installation in 1990, at which time NCAD became solely a supply depot. In April 1991, Defense Depot Mechanicsburg and NCAD merged to form DDSP under the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). DDSP’s current mission is solely receipt, storage and issue of supplies. It is the largest Department of Defense (DoD) wholesale distribution depot in the U.S. and is one of two Strategic Distribution platforms supporting DoD customers in the eastern U.S., Central and South America, Europe, North Africa and Southwest Asia.
Contaminants at this Facility
Groundwater: Previous groundwater investigations conducted at the Installation have identified eight distinct petroleum- and/or chlorinated-volatile organic compound (VOC) groundwater plumes These groundwater plumes, are known to be the result of releases primarily from underground storage tanks (USTs) , sumps, or past disposal practices.
At the majority of the sites, impacted surface and subsurface soils have been excavated and disposed ofoff-Post; however, some impacted surface and subsurface soils remain in place.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
The need for Institutional Controls is yet to be determined.
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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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
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.