EPA RCRA ID: PAD000738849
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 identified six Solid Waste Management Units (SWMUs) at the Facility. The six SWMUs are the (1) east drum/container storage area, (2) west drum/container storage area, (3) the four drum washer/wet dumpsters, (4) metal shed, (5) waste mineral spirits above-ground storage tank (AST), and (6) waste antifreeze and waste oil AST, which was described as a two compartment AST.
Small quantity spills and releases have occurred in the SWMUs and other general Facility locations during routine operations and have been documented in a Spills Release Inventory. The majority of these spills and releases have been limited to SWMU concrete containment areas or paved areas. All of these small quantity spills and releases have been cleaned up with vacuum trucks and/or absorbents.
However, based on the Facility’s Spill/Release Inventory Database, there were five incidents where small spills to the asphalt pavement driveway migrated to soils from releases from human or mechanical error. Product/waste involved in the releases included 105 Solvent, waste oil and mineral spirits, and ranged from 0.5 to 20 gallons. The Facility immediately contacted their emergency contractor to handle the remediation of each incident. All contaminated rock and soil was excavated and disposed. EPA does not consider these incidents to pose a current or potential threat to human health or the environment and determines that no further corrective action is necessary.
EPA and Michael J. Baker Inc. visited the Facility on January 12, 2012, as part of the Environmental Indicator (EI) process and to document the findings of the releases described above. Based upon information in the EI Inspection Report, EPA considers the spills and releases to have been remediated appropriately and protection of human health and the environment to have been achieved in February 2013.
The facility has completed the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) a Statement of Basis and a public notice has been issued by EPA. The Agency has determined, based on available information, that there are no unaddressed releases of hazardous waste or hazardous constituents from the facility. On April 22, 2013, the EPA issued a Final Corrective Action Determination that Corrective Actions are complete without controls.
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 Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc. Facility is a 2.5-acre treatment, storage, and disposal (TSD) facility (USEPA ID No. PAD000738849) located in West Chester, Pennsylvania. This SB addresses the current Facility that occupies 6,300 square foot East Warehouse (1142 Greenhill Road), which was constructed by the property owner for Safety-Kleen in 1983, and the West Warehouse (1140 Greenhill Road) which was constructed in 1985 and expanded into in approximately 1986.
The East and West Warehouses contain operations, office space, return/fill stations, and drum/container storage areas. They both lie south of Greenhill Road. An Aboveground Storage Tank (AST) farm and drum/container storage area are located on the western side of the East Warehouse. There is a metal shed used as a ten day transfer storage area. A six-foot high chain link fence with barbed wire and electric security gates secure the operational areas in the back of the Facility. Concrete and asphalt curbs are present around the perimeter of both warehouses to contain and control runoff at the Facility. The West Warehouse property is graded such that surface runoff accumulates in the southwest corner of the asphalt-paved parking lot. The East Warehouse property is graded toward the polyvinyl chloride (PVC) drainage pipe and discharges to a swale at the rear of the Facility.
Contaminants at this Facility
No contaminants above levels of concern exist at the Facility.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Institutional Controls were not required at the facility.
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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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
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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.