EPA RCRA ID: PAD001307792
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
Armstrong was issued Hazardous Waste Permit No. PAD001307792 on September 22, 1993 for the operation of a hazardous waste storage facility. The permit was issued based on information submitted in the permit application dated April 29, 1983 as modified by subsequent amendments on May 10, 1990 and January 27, 1992. The permit was effective on September 28, 1993 and was set to expire on September 27, 2003.
Armstrong World Industries has demonstrated that soil contamination levels as well as groundwater at its Roto Facility do not pose unacceptable risk to non-residential occupants. EPA's corrective action objective for facility soils is to prohibit residential use of the property by current and future owners through use of a deed covenant and groundwater is to prohibit residential use of the property by current and future owners.
The Facility recorded their Environmental Covenant for the Roto Parcel with the Lancaster County Recorder of Deeds on September 12, 2012. In August 2013, the facility issued a corrective action Statement of Basis.
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 Armstrong facility is physically located on approximately 67 acres at the intersection of Liberty and Charlotte Streets in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. However, the address has recently been changed to 1067 Dillerville Road in anticipation of closing and divesting of two-thirds of the property. The facility has been used for the manufacture of floor coverings and the associated coatings, adhesives, and waxes since 1911 (some information found in Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) and EPA files indicated 1908). Armstrong World Industries is the only known owner of the site. Use of the site prior to 1911 was unknown. Current manufacturing processes include mixing, coating, curing, polymerization, calendaring, grinding, and printing. The production use of materials containing trichloroethene (TCE) was discontinued in 1996.
There are more than 400 buildings on the property. The property is surrounded by a fence and the main entrance is guarded 24 hours a day. Penn Central Railroad tracks border the site to the north. Along the southwestern boundary are Reading Railroad tracks. Beyond those tracks is primarily industrial usage. To the south and east usage is primarily residential and commercial.
Armstrong World Inc (AWI) operated a number of facilities on their property for over 100 years. Operations included the manufacturing of various flooring materials. In 2004, AWI consolidated its operations to the western portion of the site known as the Roto Parcel (20 acres). The remaining 47 Acres were divided into two parcels, the College Parcel (27 acres) and the Lancaster General Hospital/Economic Development Company Parcel (20 acres). All of the buildings in these two parcels were demolished. Site soils received a PADEP Act 2 relief of liability in2009.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Institutional Controls consist of:
- Groundwater under the property shall not be used for drinking water.
- Property shall not be used for day care, recreational or residential use.
- Soils from the Roto Parcel must be managed under the provisions of the Soil Management Plan.
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.