EPA RCRA ID: PAD043891647
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 an institutional control to restrict groundwater use beneath the central area of the facility, defined as the Affected Property in the environmental covenant. The Corrective Action Final Decision for the facility was issued by EPA on September 28, 2012.
An Environmental inspection of the facility was conducted in July 2002 to determine whether human exposures to contamination and migration of contaminated groundwater are under control. This inspection noted that several investigations and removals in the 1990s associated with underground storage tanks revealed the presence of benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, and xylenes (BTEX) and total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) in subsurface soil and groundwater. Grove completed cleanup of the facility in May 2007 under PADEP supervision through the Act 2 Land Recycling program. after EPA visited the site in December 2009 EPA determined that contamination in groundwater and human exposures risk from contaminants were under control More information on the investigation and remediation of the facility can be found in the 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
| 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 Grove facility is situated on 300 acres approximately one-half mile west of Shady Grove, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Grove began operations in 1947 at the facility and developed their first crane in 1952. From that time until the present, Grove has manufactured and assembled several varieties of cranes and aerial work platforms. Grove’s ownership has changed several times over the years: Kidde Industries in the1960s, Hansen Trust in the 1980s, Keystone in the 1990s, and presently the Manitowoc Company.
Contaminants at this Facility
Primary contaminants at the facility include BTEX and TPH in subsurface soil and groundwater. In 2007 contaminant concentrations were modeled to determine the extent of potential contamination and to identify receptors to remaining contamination at the facility. Results showed that contamination was unlikely to migrate off-site and an environmental covenant was developed to restrict groundwater use beneath the central portion of the facility to ensure that no exposures to groundwater in this area occur.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
An institutional control preventing groundwater use in the central portion of the facility was codified in an environmental covenant recorded with the deed for the facility in February 2008.
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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| 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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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.