EPA RCRA ID: PAD980554752
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.
On December 2, 2008 ,EPA determined that no unacceptable human exposure to contamination and migration of groundwater contamination was under control.
The E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) facility received a Final Decision for No Further Action (NFA) from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on January 23, 2009. The decision to issue an NFA at the Facility was based on a review of EPA and Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) files regarding the environmental history of the Facility and an Environmental Priorities Initiative Preliminary Assessment (PA) Report submitted on September 11, 1989. EPA concluded that there are no current or unaddressed releases of hazardous constituents from the Facility and no further corrective action or controls are necessary at this time.
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 Facility was located at 211 Limekiln Road in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. DuPont leased an approximately 60,000 square foot building from the property owner from 1973 to 1984. Beginning in 1980, hazardous wastes were stored on a 900 square foot concrete pad adjacent to the northwestern side of the building. This activity ceased in 1984, when DuPont vacated the property.
The Facility is located one quarter mile south of the New Cumberland corporate boundary in York County, Pennsylvania. At the time of the PA, the Facility was bordered by undeveloped land. More recent research into aerial photos in Google Earth and USAPhotoMaps shows the Facility to be currently bordered by The Pennsylvania Turnpike on the south, commercial/light industrial properties on the east and west, a wastewater treatment plant towards the northwest and some residential properties farther north across Yellow Breeches Creek.
In April 1983, DuPont indicated that it was closing the Facility and ending the lease agreement. A closure plan for the concrete pad, also called the drum storage area, was submitted on September 4, 1984. As part of the closure, the concrete pad was scrubbed and the resulting material sent for proper disposal. Although no releases were reported and there was no evidence of spills or releases during the PA site visit, soil samples were obtained from areas surrounding the concrete pad. Results showed only low levels of 1,1,1-trichloroethane at 9 ppb and 15 ppb, well below EPA's current screening level for residential soil of 22,000 ppm.
Contaminants at this Facility
There was no evidence of spills or releases and soil samples were obtained from areas surrounding the concrete pad showed only low levels of 1,1,1-trichloroethane at 9 ppb and 15 ppb, well below EPA's current screening level for residential soil of 22,000 ppm.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Institutional Controls were not required at the site.
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.