EPA RCRA ID: PAD074966789
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.
This facility is one of EPA Region III's high priority Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) corrective action sites. The Pennsylvania Department Environmental Protection (PADEP) has worked with prior and current owners of the property to investigate and remediate the facility. The remediation, approved under the PA Act 2 program, included the removal of tanks, waste material, and some contaminated soil. The residential redevelopment plans, also approved under the PA Act 2 program, require engineering controls (soil capping) and institution controls (deed notifications and environmental covenants) to restrict certain uses of the land and groundwater to prevent exposure the contaminants that remain at the facility.
In September 2003, EPA determined that contamination in groundwater and human exposures risk from contaminants were under control.
The facility has completed the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) corrective action requirements. The Facility is now divided into two properties. EPA issued two Statements of Basis for the Former Edgewater Steel Property, now known as River’s Edge and Edgewater at Oakmont. On September 26, 2017, EPA’s issued Final Corrective Action Determinations that Corrective Action (remediation/cleanup) was complete and that the engineering and institutional control required under the Act 2 program should continue to be implemented. The Final Decision requires the maintenance of land use restrictions to prevent exposure to contaminated soil and groundwater. The land use restrictions include:
- Construction/maintenance of the protective soil caps, pavement caps, and/or structures overlying the contaminated soils
- Restrictions on excavations into the protective caps
- Groundwater use restrictions to prevent exposure to contaminated groundwater
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
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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 57-acre former steelmaking facility shut down operations in 2001. The site was divided into two parcels for remediation and redevelopment as residential, commercial and light industrial properties:
- River’s Edge : 23-acre area (Parcel A and Parcel C) comprising the southern half of the property, and
- Edgewater at Oakmont : 34-acre area (Parcel B) comprising the northern half of the property.
River’s Edge, was sold to the Joseph B. Fay Company (Fay) in 1994. Brooks and Blair Waterfront Properties, Ltd. purchased the property for development in 2005. The property was then divided into Parcel A and Parcel C. Parcel C includes a completed apartment building. The Parcel A redevelopment is planned to include apartments, condominiums, and single family residences. These housing units will be constructed in multiple phases.
Edgewater at Oakmont (Parcel B), was developed by Edgewater Properties, L.P. Development is nearly complete; ultimately comprising 242 residential units, including townhomes, multi-family and single family homes. A small area in the northwest corner of Parcel B includes an electrical substation owned by Duquesne Power and Light (referred to in several drawings and reports as Parcel B-1).
Contaminants at this Facility
Soils beneath the protective caps are contaminated with arsenic, lead, manganese and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Groundwater below the property is contaminated with manganese, antimony, cadmium, poly-chlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and trichloroethylene.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Controls are in place to restrict land and groundwater use to prevent exposure to contaminated soil and groundwater. The controls in place are:
- Rivers Edge – Environmental Covenants placed on Parcel A and Parcel C properties; and
- Edgewater at Oakmont – Buyer/Seller Agreement (Edgewater Properties LP), Declaration of Covenant (Edgewater Homeowners Association), and Special Warranty Deeds (Homeowners).
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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| 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.