EPA RCRA ID: PAD010466688
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) is the public law that creates the framework for the proper management of hazardous and non-hazardous solid waste. Corrective action is a requirement under RCRA that facilities that treat, store or dispose of hazardous wastes, or did so in the past, investigate and clean up hazardous releases into soil, groundwater, surface water and air. For more information, and for more information on RCRA-specific terms used on this page, please visit EPA’s umbrella RCRA web page or EPA’s RCRA Corrective Action page.
On this page:
- Cleanup Activities
- Facility Description
- Institutional/Engineering Controls
- Enforcement and Compliance
- Related Information and Publicly Available Electronic Records
- Contacts for this Facility
Cleanup Activities
EPA has determined that the maintenance of the concrete and asphalt caps and the compliance with land and groundwater use restrictions in place will be the Final Remedy for the New Castle Industries facility located at 925 Industrial Street, New Castle, Pennsylvania 16101 (Facility). This determination is based on EPA’s findings as detailed in the Statement of Basis (SB).
Environmental Covenants are required under Pennsylvania Law for remediated facilities that require land use restrictions and are being relied upon by EPA’s Corrective Action program to implement the proposed remedy. Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) has approved an Environmental Covenant prepared under UECA which sets forth the following land and groundwater use restrictions and inspection requirements:
- Restrict Facility property to non-residential use.
- Inspect and maintain concrete and asphalt caps and provide written notification annually to PADEP upon completion of inspection.
- Future building renovations at the Facility property must utilize slab-on-grade construction. No structures will extend to a depth below the seasonal high water table.
- Prohibit installation of water supply wells on the Facility property and groundwater use for any purpose.
The Facility owner recorded the Environmental Covenant for the Facility with the County of Lawrence Recorder of Deeds on June 4, 2012. The Facility owner also has responsibility for the continued implementation of its Post-Remedial Care Plan.
Based on the Administrative Record compiled for the Corrective Action at the New Castle facility, EPA has determined that the Final Remedy selected is protective of human health and the environment.
Cleanup Actions or environmental indicators characterizing the entire facility are shown below. This listing, and all the data on this page, come from EPA’s RCRAInfo and are refreshed nightly to this page. For this table, 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 facility is located in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. The facility is a manufacturing facility involved in the fabrication, machining, and plating of steel for use in the plastics and paper industries. One manufacturing building and one small office building are located on the site, which is bordered on all sides by a six-foot high chain link fence. Access is obtained to the property by Industrial Street, through a gate. The site has been used by Ampco-Pittsburgh and Union Electric to fabricate, machine, and chrome-plate steel rollers since 1961.
Antimony, arsenic, hexavalent chromium, lead, and zinc were found to exceed the Act 2 Medium Specific Concentrations (MSC’s) for non-residential soils in a small number of samples. Twelve permanent wells and two temporary wells were sampled for Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC’s), Semi-volatile Organic Compounds (SVOC’s), and metals. Antimony, boron, and total chromium (primarily present as hexavalent chromium) were found to exceed the Act 2 MSC’s for non-residential groundwater in a number of samples.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Institutional Controls are implemented with an Environmental Covenant:
- Prohibit the use of groundwater for any use.
- Limit the property to commercial use.
- Only slab grade construction is allowed.
- Capped areas consist of the 100' x 26' area outside of the current building (2012) and also the plating area.
- Environmental covenant compliance reports are due from owners each January.
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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Governmental Controls (GC) |
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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 and Publicly Available Electronic Records
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
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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.