EPA RCRA ID: PAD004318960
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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 November 9, 2006, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) approved the Final Report for the substances identified in the area (Site) remediated to the non-residential Statewide Health Standard On January 8, 2009, Brenntag Northeast (TCC) provided an environmental covenant to PADEP limiting the Site activity and use to nonresidential. The Site is registered with the Pennsylvania Activity and Use Limitations Registry.
Since the Act2 program approved remedial efforts only on the 1.53-acre Borough property and only to non-residential Statewide Health Standards for groundwater, in June 2014, Michael Baker Jr., Inc. (Baker), under contract to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) through grant funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) performed intrusive investigation sampling activities at the facility. All soil and groundwater sample results were below EPA's Industrial and Regional Screening Levels. Therefore, US EPA has determined that groundwater, soil, surface water, sediments, and air media are not known or reasonably suspected to be contaminated above appropriately protective risk-based levels from releases subject to Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Corrective Action anywhere at, or from, the Facility.
In August 2014, EPA determined that contamination in groundwater and human exposures risk from contaminants were under control.. Therefore in September 2014, stated that Corrective Action measures are “complete without controls” in its Corrective Action Statement of Basis.
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 Brenntag Northeast, Inc. facility (Brenntag Northeast or facility) is located at 1085 Allegheny Avenue in Oakmont, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Brenntag Northeast is part of the Brenntag-Group, the global market leader in full-line chemical distribution. The Oakmont branch office is a full line distribution company, servicing western Pennsylvania, northeast Ohio, and northern West.
In 1981, Stinnes Oil and Chemical (SOCO), a German parent company, purchased Textile Chemical which moved the Pittsburgh warehouse to this facility in Oakmont, Pennsylvania. The property was transferred from TCC to Textile Chemical (6.44 acres per Allegheny County tax records; Parce1362-G-364]) on March 31, 1982. TCC stopped production at this facility in November 1981, and the facility was sold to Textile Chemical in March 1982. TCC retained a I. 53-acre parcel (362-G-360), purchased on October 28, 1944, located in the southwest section of the original parcel. On June 29, 1983, Textile Chemical transferred the facility to Brenntag Northeast, Inc. In 1998, the parent company, SOCO, changed its name to Brenntag. In May 2001, Textile Chemical officially changed its name to Brenntag Northeast.
The 1.53-acre parcel is a subject site for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's (PADEPs) Land Recycling Program (Act 2) remediation. Currently, the 1.53 acre parcel is owned by the Borough of Oakmont.
Contaminants at this Facility
All soil and groundwater sample results were below EPA's Screening Levels. Therefore, US EPA has determined that groundwater, soil, surface water, sediments, and air media are not known or reasonably suspected to be contaminated above appropriately protective risk-based levels from releases subject to RCRA Corrective Action anywhere at, or from, the Facility.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Institutional Controls were not required at this facility.
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.