EPA RCRA ID: PAD002330165
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 issued an Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Corrective Action Permit to the Facility in 1988. Since then, the Facility has completed the following activities:
- Continued operation of on-site groundwater pump and treat for drinking and industrial uses, and
- EPA approved the Facility’s Corrective Measure Study (CMS) in December 1998.
Several corrective measures such as construction of a new industrial wastewater treatment plant, construction of swales/berm to minimize the surface run-on to the Solid Waste Management Units (SWMUs), contaminated soil excavation and treatment, and natural dewatering of one of the SWMUs have been implemented in order to facilitate subsequent corrective measures.
EPA modified East Penn’s RCRA Corrective Action Permit for corrective measures in November 2001. The corrective measures involved on-site excavation and treatment of waste and contaminated soil, placement of treated waste/soil from one SWMU to another, and capping.
EPA received no comment during the public comment period of August 23, 2001 through October 6, 2001.
In September 2003, East Penn began a post closure groundwater monitoring program to monitor the effectiveness of the remedial measures.
In March 2004, East Penn began to conduct a feasibility study on land use redevelopment. A building structure over the Eastern Ore Pit (EOP) (about 1.6 acres) was proposed.
In September 2005, East Penn submitted Post Closure Groundwater Monitoring Report recommending additional data collection be performed to confirm data trends.
In November 2005, East Penn submitted a copy of the plan entitled, “Final Engineering Design and Construction Plan for Corrective Measure Implementation -Eastern Ore Pit Solid Waste Management Unit Low Permeability Cap.” The Plan discussed the final cap to be constructed over the EOP SWMU.
In December 2006, East Penn was interested in enrolling the SWMU Battery Case Landfill in the EPA/Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) One Clean Up Program.
In March, 2013, as per a PADEP on site visit, a new containment building was constructed on top of the old Eastern Ore Pit. It would serve as a less-than-90-day storage area. The Central Ore Pit was filled in and a new concrete truck-around associated with the containment building now “capped” that area. East Penn still worked on filling in the Western Ore Pit with some of the soils that were acceptable from the off-site remediations. East Penn clearly owns the Western Ore Pit. East Penn anticipated completing the off-site soil clean up on the adjacent property this year if all went as planned. The Battery Case Landfill was filled in except for a small area.
Completed corrective action work includes the excavation and treatment of the former Battery Case Landfill Solid Waste Management Unit, limited excavation of soil/waste materials from around the former Central Ore Pit (COP), expansion of a concrete slab to cover remaining soil/waste materials around the former COP, removal and processing of selected debris in the Eastern Ore Pit (EOP) Solid Waste Management unit (SWMU). Stabilization of the EOP SWMU bottom sediments, and placement of treated soil/waste from these areas into the EOP SWMU. Additional lead containing soil has been excavated (soil from Site cleanup activities performed according to the PADEP Act 2 voluntary cleanup program), treated and placed in the EOP SWMU to reach final fill grade. Treatment of the soil/waste materials involved excavation, material sizing where appropriate, and ex-situ and in-situ chemical fixation using EnviroBIend, a commercially available phosphate treatment reagent. Construction of the building/cap was completed in early 2012. A stormwater system was also installed to divert stormwater away from the EOP.
Groundwater is currently being treated by production wells #5 and #6 at the facility. The groundwater is withdrawn and passes through dual 10,000 pound carbon absorption units at each well. The wells at the site also provide hydraulic control of the facility’s groundwater and prevent contaminated groundwater from leaving the facility.
On March 23, 2016, the EPA conducted a Long Term Stewardship assessment to assess whether the remedy was implemented and protective of human health and the environment. EPA determined that the remedy institutional and engineering controls have been fully implemented and no control deficiencies were identified.
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 consists of 289 acres located on a hillside in Lyon Station, Pennsylvania. The plant is situated in a predominantly rural setting and is bordered by agricultural land. The Facility manufactures lead-acid storage batteries, battery cables, hold downs, terminals and booster cable and operates a secondary lead smelter as part of its battery recycling operations.
Contaminants at this Facility
The main contaminants in groundwater are chlorinated organics, trichloroethane, trichloroethene, and tetrachloroethene. Soil contaminants are antimony, lead and mercury.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
The Institutional Control consists of a permit with PADEP which requires treatment of the on-site potable drinking water well.
The Engineering Control consists of a cap for the Eastern Ore Pit Solid Waste Management Unit.
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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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
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.