EPA RCRA ID: PAD980550545
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
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) has overseen investigation cleanup and closure of the various units at the site under the Act 2 program.
The Chester County Solid Waste Authority facility operates as a Municipal Waste Landfill. As such, it is routinely monitored by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP). The facility contains an active solid waste fill area and several closed fill areas, including a hazardous waste disposal area. Quarterly groundwater monitoring is conducted to assess releases from the landfill areas. The monitoring system includes 42 wells and 3 sumps. In addition, 27 off-site wells are sampled quarterly.
Remediation actions taken by the facility under the direction of the PADEP include: capping of closed disposal areas, removal of drums with solvent residue, clean-out of treatment/storage ponds, collection and treatment of leachate through sumps and collection trenches, collection of methane gas, and installation of water treatment systems at nearby properties.
PADEP issues a Hazardous Waste Post Closure Permit for the hazardous waste disposal area on August 29, 2008. EPA issued a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Corrective Action Final Decision and a RCRA Corrective Action permit on December 22, 2010.
The EPA RCRA Corrective Action Final Decision requires operation, maintenance and monitoring actions for the landfill caps and the groundwater monitoring system, and compliance with and maintenance of institutional controls .
The facility is a permitted, active landfill. As such, current and future access will be restricted to required operation and maintenance activity. The facility is fenced to prevent unauthorized access. Groundwater use will be restricted to monitoring and maintenance activities.
On June 30, 2022, the EPA conducted a Long Term Stewardship assessment to assess whether the remedy was implemented and protective of human health and the environment. EPA determined that the remedy institutional and engineering controls have been fully implemented and no control deficiencies were identified.
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 CCSWA Lanchester Landfill is located in Honey Brook, Pennsylvania on the boundary of Lancaster and Chester Counties. The areal extent of this facility is approximately 630 acres, the majority of which is within Lancaster County. The area surrounding the CCSWA property is mainly residential with some light commercial land use. Baldwin Electrical Company is adjacent to the site to the south-southwest.
The facility is an operating, state-permitted, municipal waste landfill. It has two closed landfills: the Mountaintop Landfill and the Stabilized Waste Landfill. It also has an active Municipal Waste Landfill.
Groundwater beneath the facility is contaminated with metals and organic compounds. The contamination is localized on the facility property, with the exception of the groundwater contamination at the adjacent Baldwin Electric property. There is no unacceptable exposure to the contamination on-site or at the Baldwin Electric property. The contamination is monitored by PADEP.
Contaminants at this Facility
Groundwater beneath the facility is contaminated with metals and organic compounds.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
The EPA RCRA Corrective Action Final Decision requires operation, maintenance and monitoring actions for the landfill caps and the groundwater monitoring system, and compliance with and maintenance of institutional controls.
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
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.