EPA RCRA ID: PAD002347003
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- 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.
On February 2000, EPA issued a Final Determination that no further corrective action is required at this time at the Facility because the Facility has properly completed closure activities. Post-closure monitoring demonstrates that organic compounds found at the one upgradient well were not released by the Facility. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) determined that the source of this contamination originated from an off-site source. Moreover, PADEP concluded that random chromium, manganese and iron detections are inherent to the geological Brunswick Formation's Mineralogy. Therefore detected heavy metals were not released by the Facility. Based on EPA's review of PADEP's assessments, and the existing information, no further corrective action is required at the Facility 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 Dal-Tile facility is located at the north end of Cannon Avenue in Lansdale Borough and Hatfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The industrial site manufactured glazed ceramic tiles at this location since 1927. Ownership of the property has changed several times since 1927. The Franklin Tile Company operated at this location from 1927 until the early 1950s. From the early 1950s until 1959, the name of the company was American Encaustic Tile Company. In 1959 the name of the company was changed to American Olean Tile Company. In December 1995, Dal-Tile International, then the largest U.S. manufacturer of ceramic tile acquired the American Olean Tile Company. After closure of the Dal-Tile facility in August 1998, the property was sold to Stoltz Management who is undertaking plans to redevelop the property into office space.
During its operation, the Facility manufactured a complete line of glazed wall tiles, glazed bathroom accessories, and glazed and unglazed floor tiles. The manufacturing processes were typical of the tile industry. For the tile bodies, the raw materials were flint, pyrophyllite, shale, clay, steatite, whiting and kaolin. These materials were prepared into tile bodies suitable for pressing into tile shapes by weighing, blending, tempering, and densifying. Tile glazes were prepared onsite via conventional methods. Heavy metal salts were commonly used as pigments in the glaze. Salts of heavy metals included Barium, Cadmium, Copper, Cobalt, Iron,Manganese, Nickel, Lead, Selenium, Tin, Zirconium and Zinc. The glazing materials were batched, milled and then sprayed onto the tile surfaces at spray booths. Tiles were then fired in tunnel kilns.
Contaminants at this Facility
The Dal-Tile facility is located at the north end of Cannon Avenue in Lansdale Borough and Hatfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The industrial site manufactured glazed ceramic tiles at this location since 1927. Ownership of the property has changed several times since 1927. The Franklin Tile Company operated at this location from 1927 until the early 1950s. From the early 1950s until 1959, the name of the company was American Encaustic Tile Company. In 1959 the name of the company was changed to American Olean Tile Company. In December 1995, Dal-Tile International, then the largest U.S. manufacturer of ceramic tile acquired the American Olean Tile Company. After closure of the Dal-Tile facility in August 1998, the property was sold to Stoltz Management who is undertaking plans to redevelop the property into office space.
During its operation, the Facility manufactured a complete line of glazed wall tiles, glazed bathroom accessories, and glazed and unglazed floor tiles. The manufacturing processes were typical of the tile industry. For the tile bodies, the raw materials were flint, pyrophyllite, shale, clay, steatite, whiting and kaolin. These materials were prepared into tile bodies suitable for pressing into tile shapes by weighing, blending, tempering, and densifying. Tile glazes were prepared onsite via conventional methods. Heavy metal salts were commonly used as pigments in the glaze. Salts of heavy metals included Barium, Cadmium, Copper, Cobalt, Iron,Manganese, Nickel, Lead, Selenium, Tin, Zirconium and Zinc. The glazing materials were batched, milled and then sprayed onto the tile surfaces at spray booths. Tiles were then fired in tunnel kilns.
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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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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