EPA RCRA ID: PAD004316923
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.
An Environmental Inspection was conducted at the Kennametal facility (Facility) in July 2006. All areas where hazardous waste was handled appeared well-maintained; no evidence of spills or releases were apparent.
In October 2011, EPA determined that contamination in groundwater and human exposures risk from contaminants were under control. In August 2012, EPA issued a Final Decision of Corrective Action Complete without Controls for the Facility.
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 Kennametal, Inc. facility is a five-acre parcel located in Delmont, Pennsylvania approximately 15 miles east of the Pittsburgh.
The site is fenced on the northern and eastern sides. The western side ofthe property adjoining Cloverleaf Drive is unfenced. The southern side of the property has a galvanized guard-rail adjoining an un-named tributary to Beaver Run. Residential neighborhoods are located adjacent to the property on its eastern and northern sides; and unoccupied fields are present on its western and southern sides. Kennametal owned and operated the facility until September 1992, when operations were terminated. The property was purchased by the Westmoreland County Food Bank on July 9, 1993. Westmoreland County Food Bank, a not-for-profit organization, presently operates a warehouse for canned and frozen foods, a kitchen, and offices at this location.
During the EPA site visit in 2009, overall site features remained the similar to the original configuration when the facility was owned by Kennametal. The facility consisted of a main building and three small outbuildings. No changes were made to the overall footprint of the building, which remains approximately 34,000 square feet in area. Equipment associated with a coolant system in the main building was removed and the refrigerant was recycled, according to the operations manager of Westmoreland County Food Bank. All of the equipment associated with the former Kennametal operations was removed before the food bank operations began.
Contaminants at this Facility
A variety of wastes, including isopropanol, petroleum naphtha, coolant, and hydraulic oil were generated at the facility. Spent oil and coolant, and all hazardous wastes were stored in drums within the main facility. During its operation, Kennametal generated ignitable wastes, such as petroleum naphtha and isopropanol. Nonhazardous wastes produced included ceramic powder, iron oxide sludge, coolant (commercial name Recool Gold), and hydraulic oil. Liquix Company of Carnegie, Pennsylvania removed 1,500 gallons of Recool Gold every six months. The ceramic powder used by the facility in the preparation of its cutting bits was subjected to the EP toxicity test and found to be nontoxic .
There appear to be no environmental impacts from Kennametal's operations.
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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Control(s) in Place? |
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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.