EPA RCRA ID: PAD003039518
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.
On September 27, 2016, The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Final Decision for Corrective Action at the Former Ingersoll Rand Industrial Technologies facility (Ingersoll Rand), located in Athens, PA. The proposed remedy at Ingersoll Rand was issued and advertised in the Morning Times newspaper for public comment on August 16, 2016 and on the EPA Region III website. The public comment period ended on September 15, 2016. EPA received no comments on the proposed remedy. Consequently, the Final Remedy is unchanged from that proposed in the Statement of Basis.
EPA issued a Statement of Basis in which it announced its proposed decision for the Facility. EPA’s remedy consists of continued groundwater monitoring for trichloroethylene until EPA’s drinking water standard is attained and the excavation and disposal of contaminated soil at the Willow Street parking lot. The proposed remedy also consists of institutional controls that restrict groundwater and land use. Excavation work is scheduled to commence in 2016 and groundwater monitoring will continue for eight quarters. If stable or decreasing trends are obvious after four quarters of MNA, a petition may be made to reduce or cease the monitoring program.
On April 27, 2021, the EPA conducted a Long Term Stewardship assessment to assess whether the remedy was implemented and protective of human health and the environment.
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 38 acre facility is located in Athens, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, less than five miles from the New York state border. Land use surrounding the property is primarily residential with some small industrial properties located northwest of the facility. The facility produces pneumatic hand tools for industrial use. The production process has only changed a little since the facility started manufacturing process in 1905. The facility consists of a 400,000 square-foot main factory building and a 7,000 square-foot storage building. There are also two large parking lots on site.
Contaminants at this Facility
The contaminants of concern are Trichlorethylene (TCE) , Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) , polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs) and metals in groundwater.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
The cleanup remedy consists of institutional controls that restrict groundwater and land use.
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.