EPA RCRA ID: PAD045297066
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.
In September 2002, EPA and Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) determined that the Human Health Exposures Risk from Contaminants was Under Control . However in March 2006, EPA and PADEP determined that there was more information was needed for Contaminated Groundwater for it to be controlled.
Cleanup Background
Talon submitted a Closure Plan to PADEP in 1992 plus an amendment in 1993. This plan was approved in September 1993. The Closure Plan included removal of wastes and equipment, analyses of background and subsurface soil beneath the Waste Treatment Plant (WTP) and excavation of contaminated soils. In 1995, PADEP issued closure certification acknowledging that ‟clean closure" had been achieved for the site.
In December 2002, an investigation regarding the Talon Lagoon areas that were alleged to have been the repository areas for many barrels of cyanide or cyanide derived materials from the Talon Plant from 1960's (or earlier).
In January 2003, based on the investigation report submitted by the Facility, PADEP determined that no further action was necessary at the Talon lagoon.
In August 2005, based on the facility’s Baseline Environmental Report, the contaminated groundwater in the monitoring wells at the property boundary indicated that contamination was migrating from the facility.
Based on the 2005 Baseline Environmental Report, the monitoring wells at the facility contained metals and volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds at levels above the used-aquifer medium specific concentrations for non-residential exposure as identified in Pennsylvania’s Land Recycling Act. In addition, soils at the facility contained chromium, cumene, ethyl benzene, tetrachloroethene, and trichloroethene at levels above the used-aquifer, medium specific concentrations for non-residential exposure for soil to groundwater as identified in Pennsylvania’s Recycling Act.
In May 2007, PADEP and EPA initiated a groundwater off-site migration investigation.
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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Talon Incorporated - Plant number seven, occupies approximately 13 acres, in Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, and had been manufacturing slide fasteners since 1948. The manufacturing process included metal fabrication and metal finishing operations.
Plant number seven had a wastewater treatment plant that treated the acid wastes and cyanide wastes that were generated from the manufacturing process. The resultant treated metal hydroxide sludge was disposed, from 1948 to 1985, at the surface impoundment site located in West Mead Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
The site is presently the home of an ‟Industrial Incubator" where several business tenants occupy the remediated buildings. The on-site tenants’ water supply is provided by the Meadville public water works.
Contaminants at this Facility
Contaminants of concern include the metals arsenic, cadmium, and chromium and specific groundwater quality indicators such as pH, specific conductivity and Total Organic Carbon.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
The need for institutional controls is yet to be determined.
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.