EPA RCRA ID: PAD980554570
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.
A Consent Assessment was signed by Osram and Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) in March 1995. The Assessment covered the incidences of cyanide exceeding the facility’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit requirement.
In November 1995, Osram and PADEP signed a Consent Assessment that covered a “milky white” substance coming from the Irvine Street storm water outfall on May 9, 1995.
In July 2000, EPA performed an Environmental Inspection and made a determination that no further corrective action is necessary at this time.
All manufacturing operations closed at the facility during period 2004-2006. All decommissioning work was completed in 2008. According to a 2009 PADEP Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) on-site Compliance Evaluation Inspection, the Facility was in compliance. Operations continue in the engineering and research building and the Plastics Plant.
In February 2012, EPA determined to issue the Corrective Action Complete without Controls to Osram.
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 Osram facility is located at 819 Lexington Avenue, in Warren, Warren County, Pennsylvania. Osram manufactures and assembles electronic pin connectors, lighting and related devices, primarily for auto parts market. The facility was formerly owned and operated by the GTE Corporation, which sold the facility and product line to Osram in February 1993. The plant has been in operation since 1956. Prior to that time the land belonged to United Refining oil refinery. The facility is approximately 20 acres in size and is divided by Lexington Avenue. The site holds four process buildings, an engineering and research building, two drum storage areas, a wastewater treatment system, and a storage area for wastewater treatment storage. The process buildings include the Wire Plant, Plastics Plant, Specialty Metal Operation Plant, and Precious Metals Plating Building.
Contaminants at this Facility
There are no “unacceptable” human exposures to contaminants in concentrations in excess of
appropriate risk-based levels that can be reasonably expected under current land- and groundwater-use.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Institutional Controls were not required at the facility.
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) Type |
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.