EPA RCRA ID: PAD003041910
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.
The Marjol Battery Site was remediated by Gould Electronics, Inc. by consolidating lead-contaminated waste and soil into a central landfill area, and containing the contaminated material with an engineered combination cap. EPA and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) approved the final remedy and reported construction complete on August 5, 2010. The remedy consisted of:
- Moving contaminated material away from near-surface, mined coal seams at the northern part of the site.
- Consolidating the waste in a secure, on-site landfill, approximately ten acres in area.
- Stabilizing the top layer of waste with a cement mixture to provide redundant protection from releases.
- Installing an engineered combination cap (soil and synthetic layers).
- Planting and maintaining a vegetative cover.
- Cleaning the entire site surface to below the cleanup standard of 500 parts per million lead.
- Continued monitoring, including blood lead screening.
- Resampling community soil and demonstrating no recontamination.
- Providing financial assurance for the maintenance of the remedy.
- Performing on-site and off-site sampling when necessary.
- Operating and maintaining water runoff controls.
As of August 5, 2010, clean-up at the site is complete. All contaminated waste and soil are consolidated into a central containment area. The contaminated material is covered with a layer of clean, solidified soil, and an engineered synthetic cap. Construction activities started in spring 2008 and were completed in mid-summer 2010. PADEP and EPA are satisfied, through on-site inspection, monitoring, and environmental sampling data, that contaminated material was not released during the construction activities and that the cap is properly installed.
The groundwater aquifer is not impacted by the site contamination. The aquifer beneath the site is a Class III aquifer that is not suitable as a water supply source. A groundwater monitoring program continued through 2019. Monitoring results showed no degredation of the groundwater. In October 2019, PADEP and EPA terminated the groundwater monitoring requirement.
The owner has provided financial assurance for the construction and maintenance of the project by deposition money into a financial trust.
On February 7, 2020, 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 Marjol Battery and Equipment Company is a former battery processing facility located in the Borough of Throop, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. From 1963 to 1981, Marjol operations involved battery crushing, lead reclamation, and on-site disposal of spent battery casings. In May 1980, Gould purchased the Marjol Battery and Equipment Company and subsequently shut down plant operations in April 1982. The site was stabilized in 1992 to prevent the continuing release of contamination from the site. Construction of the final clean-up started in May 2008 and was completed in August 2010.
Prior cleanup actions by Gould (1988 through 1991) include the cleanup of 133 residential and commercial properties adjacent to the site, and the stabilization of the site to prevent releases of contamination from the site. These actions were taken under the EPA Superfund program.
Contaminants at this Facility
Lead is the primary constituent of concern at the Site. Lead was present in approximately 372,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil, battery casing material, and debris at the Site. Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were identified in surface soil in former operational areas on Site. These contaminants were collocated with the lead-contaminated soil. Lead was also identified in off-site soils in the surrounding community. The community was remediated
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Since the remedy is a permanent containment landfill, controls are required to prevent any unauthorized breach of the landfill cap. A Notice of Institutional Control and Access (Instrument Number 200714776, Lackawanna County Recorder of Deeds) restricts the use of the landfill cap area to operation and maintenance activities. The Intuitional Control also restricts the remainder of the site, where regulated fill was placed, to non-residential 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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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.