EPA RCRA ID: PAD000800680
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.
Bulova began operations at the property in 1991, manufacturing military detonators, safety equipment, commercial computer chips and circuit boards. In December 2001, Bulova sold the defense products portion of its business to the BT Fuze Products Division (BT Fuze) of the L-3 Communications Corporation. BT Fuze leased a portion of the Facility from Bulova and conducted operations at this location until its operations were moved out of state in early 2007. Bulova continued to assemble printed wiring boards and operated as a Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator until it also closed down its operations in Lancaster, PA in November 2008. The building has remained vacant since that time.
The facility had a 2,000-gallon underground storage tank (UST) used to store No. 2 fuel oil, which was removed from service in 1982. The UST was originally installed to supply fuel to the building's trash incinerator. Bulova submitted a UST Closure Report to PADEP in June 1995 and received approval for the closure in September 1995.
On February 5, 2007, BT Fuze notified PADEP that it ceased operation of its permit-by-rule elementary neutralization and wastewater treatment system because manufacturing. A closure report certified that the treatment system components contacting hazardous wastes had been emptied and cleaned to the extent practical per the closure requirements for wastewater treatment units found at 40 CFR 265.404. Because this was a permit-by-rule system, the certification was not required by PADEP, but was submitted by BT Fuze to document closure activities for the State.
In July 2012, EPA has determined that its proposed decision for the Facility is protective of human health and the environment and that no further corrective action or controls are necessary at this time.
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 Facility is located at 101 North Queen Street in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The Facility consists of a four-story brick building, approximately 210,000 square feet in size, with no outside property. The Facility is bordered by commercial businesses on all sides. Land use in the vicinity of the Facility is urban/commercial with intermixed businesses and residences.
The building was constructed and used in the early 1970s by a Hess' Department Store. In September 1980, the Hamilton Division of HMW Industries (Hamilton) purchased the Facility, which had been previously vacated by Hess' Department Store, and used it to design and manufacture arming devices under a government contract. After renovating the former department store for industrial usage in 1980, each floor consisted of assembly lines and individual work areas. The first floor was comprised of finishing and machining areas, a laboratory, tool shop, filter press, and solvent, waste solvent and sludge storage areas. Degreasers were located on the third and fourth floors. A permit-by-rule wastewater treatment system was located in the basement of the building. Offices, secretarial and clerical areas were located on the second floor.
Bulova began operations at the property in 1991, manufacturing military detonators, safety equipment, commercial computer chips and circuit boards. In December 2001, Bulova sold the defense products portion of its business to the BT Fuze Products Division (BT Fuze) of the L-3 Communications Corporation. BT Fuze leased a portion of the Facility from Bulova and conducted operations at this location until its operations were moved out of state in early 2007. Bulova continued to assemble printed wiring boards and operated as a Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator until it also closed down its operations in Lancaster, PA in November 2008. The building has remained vacant since that time.
After Bulova vacated the Lancaster site in November 2008, all of the remaining equipment and anything else that was salvageable from inside the building was auctioned off, moved to other Bulova Technologies locations, or disposed of. The building space is currently vacant and ready for immediate use by a new tenant.
Contaminants at this Facility
EPA has determined that its proposed decision for the Facility is protective of human health and the environment and that no further corrective action or controls are necessary at this time.
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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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.