EPA RCRA ID: PAD004326542
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 facility has had several remediation actions to date. The most recent was the approval from Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) of the Act 2 Final report. During the Act 2 contaminated soil was removed, groundwater monitoring conducted and there was remediation in 2002.
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 Corrective Action Final Remedy, issued on May 13, 2014, requires compliance with an Institutional Control Covenant that restricts the Facility property used for residential purposes and from using groundwater for any purpose.
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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World Kitchen manufactures tableware and kitchenware by utilizing continuous operating processes involving glass batch mixing, controlled melting in melt furnaces, and final fishing and decorating of the products. This is a 22 acre property located on the west bank of the Monongahela River in Charleroi Borough, Washington County there are 63 structures that occupy 13.8 acres of the site, 61 structures were constructed between 1892 and 1988. The property was protected by a security fence and guarded entrances. The property was purchased in 1893 by George A. Macbeth & Co which produced lamp chimneys. 1895 and 1899 Macbeth Glass merged with Thomas Evans & Co. and became Macbeth-Evans Glass Company. 1916 Macbeth-Evans purchased Hamilton Bottle works. Corning Glass works Merged with Macbeth-Evans Glass Company in 1936. Before 1940 Corning Glass works produced television tube glass in addition to house ware products. July 27 1989 name changed to “Corning Incorporated”. January 2, 1992, Change of owner ship to Corning Consumer Products Company. In April 1, 1998 the Name changed to World Kitchen Inc due to Borden Incorporated purchasing Corning Consumer Products. 2002 company filed for bankruptcy. 2004 the company has been privately held. On May 10, 2006 name was changed to World Kitchen LLC.
Contaminants at this Facility
Arsenic concentrations remaining in Facility soils meet Non-Residential MSCs, however, some contaminants remain in concentrations above their applicable Residential medium-specific concentrations (MSCs). Therefore, EPA's Corrective Action Objective for Facility soils is to control exposure to the hazardous constituents remaining in soils.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Institutional Controls restricts the Facility property used for residential purposes and from using groundwater for any purpose.
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.