EPA RCRA ID: PAD003010113
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
The facility have completed the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) corrective action requirements and a Statement of Basis has been completed and a public notice has been issued by the EPA. The Final Remedy requires compliance with an Environmental Covenant that restricts the Facility property used for residential purposes and from using groundwater for any purpose as well as monitoring groundwater for Trichlorethylene (TCE) contaminants and maintaining the soil caps.
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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1901 Atlas of Harrisburg indicates the buildings were part of Steelton and Harrisburg Brick Company. In 1943 DPC acquired the site from Harrisburg Steel Corporation. DPC was a government corporation that builds industrial plants to supply WWII. This building was known as Plancor 502 and manufactured Demolition bombs, shells and high pressure gas cylinders, there were no live charges. April 1949 the site was sold to the Commonwealth of PA. In June 1951 the Air Force notified the Commonwealth of PA that this property was required for national security purposes. The lease was automatically renewed until May 1956. Tentants since has been Thompson Inc in the 1950’s and TRW from the 1960’s to 1986. Chromalloy was established and took over operations from TRW in 1986. The Capital Region Economic Development Corporation purchased the Facility in March 2006. NL Ventures purchased the Facility in April 2006 and leased the Facility to Turbine Airfoil Designs Inc. which manufactured airplane parts until January 10, 2010. In 2012, 1400 N Cameron Inc purchased the Facility. Presently there are no operations (manufacturing or commercial) at the Facility.
Major contaminant of concern is Trichlorethylene (TCE) in groundwater and chromium in the landfill.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Institutional Controls implemented through an environmental covenant include: 1) the groundwater shall not be used for any drinking or agricultural purpose without treatment 2) Property shall be used solely for nonresidential, 3) Property grantee shall have a continuing duty to maintain the pavement caps and/or structures overlying the fuel oil spill on the Property. Also remaining soils or other materials where such excavation or removal occurs shall either meet 1) applicable statewide health standards or numeric based sire specific standards approved by the department in writing and all applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations and ordinances pertaining to the environment and occupational safety or 2) be covered with materials that eliminate the pathway of exposure to the underlying contamination and is capable of physically supporting the intended use of the area.
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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Enforcement and Permit Tools (EP) |
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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.