EPA RCRA ID: PAD004336814
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 final remedy for the facility is complete and consists of institutional controls to prohibit both residential use of the property and groundwater use beneath the facility. These institutional controls are codified in an environmental covenant, which can be accessed below. The Corrective Action Final Decision for the facility was issued by EPA on May 19, 2011.
Environmental investigations and remediation began in the late 1980s at the facility, and included several soil removal efforts, in addition to regular groundwater monitoring from 1989-1998. More information on the investigation and remediation of the facility can be found in the Statement of Basis document.
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
| Action | Status | Date of Action |
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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 former Railway Maintenance facility is located on the northern bank of the Allegheny River. The property is bordered to the west by a railroad, to the south by a small industrial development, and to the north by the Penn Central Railroad and a variety of commercial enterprises. Undeveloped land and an abandoned marina border the facility to the east.
From 1929 to 1989, the 20-acre site was used to assemble railroad maintenance equipment. Paints, thinners, and degreasers were used in the manufacturing operations. Waste produced by these operations included xylene paint liquid, paint sludge, phenol solutions, paint filters, and solvents.
A Final Report that summarized prior remedial activities was approved by Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) on November 30, 1998, in accordance with the provisions of the Land Recycling and Environmental Standards Act (Act 2). The facility demonstrated attainment of the Non-Residential Statewide Health Standard for groundwater.
In 1999 the facility was sold to O'Hara Hospitality Park, L.P., who leases different sections of the existing building to several commercial tenants.
Contaminants at this Facility
Primary contaminants at the facility included chlorinated volatile organic compounds, primarily tetrachloroethene and chlorinated ethanes. Soil cleanup efforts in the late 1980s and early 1990s removed any remaining source material, and groundwater monitoring from 1989 to 1998 demonstrated decreasing concentrations of contaminants, resulting in the attainment of the Act 2 Non-Residential Statewide Health Standard. It is likely that natural attenuation processes have continued to decrease concentrations of any remaining contamination from the facility. With the implementation of the institutional controls discussed below, it is unlikely that exposure to any remaining contamination from the facility would occur.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
An environmental covenant between PADEP and the facility was recorded in 2010 and includes institutional controls restricting land use of the property to non-residential purposes and prohibiting the use of groundwater beneath the 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) Type |
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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Non-Groundwater |
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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.