EPA RCRA ID: PAD004344172
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.
Based on the work completed at the Facility including removal of contaminated soil and several groundwater investigations, the selected remedy at the facility is the implementation of institutional controls to prohibit residential use of the Facility and to prohibit drinking and agricultural use of the groundwater at the facility unless approval is obtained from Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP). EPA's final Decision of Corrective Action Complete with Controls for the Facility became effective on November 10, 2008. The Facility received a release of liability from PADEP through Pennsylvania's Act 2 program on July 3, 2008. The Final Remedy requires implementation of institutional controls
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 SKF USA Inc. (SKF) facility was a bearing-manufacturing facility located south of the intersection of Logan Boulevard and Plank Road in Altoona, Pennsylvania. The facility manufacturing processes included machining, heat treating, grinding, honing, assembling, and packaging. Operations at this facility began in 1952 and ended in 2006. The property consists of two parcels, Parcel One and Parcel Two. Parcel Two (approximately 3.66) is currently occupied by the Five Star Suzuki car dealer. Parcel One (approximately 15.13 acres) that was used for bearing -manufacturing facility has been sold to a developer. SKF retained its environmental cleanup responsibility.
Contaminants at this Facility
Primary contaminants at the facility included trichloroethane (TCA) and trichloroethene (TCE) in soil and groundwater. As volatile organic compounds, TCA and TCE have the potential to migrate from groundwater in the vapor phase and impact indoor air quality. EPA terms this phenomenon "vapor intrusion" and all Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) cleanups require an evaluation of this pathway. A vapor intrusion risk assessment conducted by SKF revealed that the levels of indoor vapor are below Act 2 standards. Other potential exposures to Facility contaminants have been eliminated by requiring institutional controls that prohibit groundwater use and restrict the Facility property to non-residential purposes.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Institutional Controls , enforceable through an Environmental Covenant are:
- Groundwater at or under the property shall not be used for any drinking or agricultural purpose.
- The property is used solely for non-residential purposes.
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.