EPA RCRA ID: PAD980707087
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- 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.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has determined that corrective action is complete without controls at the Envirotrol Inc. Beaver Falls facility.
In the past Envirotrol had small releases of activated carbon as a result fo routine operations. Envirotrol has removed spilled activated carbon and soils from the areas identified during EPA's facility assessment conducted in 1988. During an EPA site visit in 2001 there were no indications of continuing releases from Envirotrol waste management activities, which are now covered by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) permit.
Based on the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Facility Assessment and the Environmental Indicator site inspection of the Facility, EPA has determined that corrective action is now complete without controls at the Facility. A more complete explanation of the conditions at the Facility can be found in the Administrative Record and the Statement of Basis.
EPA published in a notice in local newspaper detailing the proposed Agency decision of no further corrective action. The thirty-day public comment period ended on May 12, 2003 and no comments were received during that 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 Envirotrol, Inc. (Envirotrol) facility is located at the intersection of 24th Street Extension & 31st Street in Beaver Falls, Beaver County, Pennsylvania 15010. The Envirotrol facility consists of a masonry building situated on a two and one-half acre tract of industrially zoned land. Envirotrol receives spent activated carbon from customers, reactivates the carbon using a rotary kilns, and returns it to the customer.
Some of the spent carbon received at Envirotrol is classified as a hazardous waste. Envirotrol is covered by a Resource Conservation and Recovery Permit from PADEP for the storage of hazardous waste. Envirotrol is also subject to RCRA interim status requirements for the thermal treatment (i.e reactivation) of the spent carbon. The facility is currently only sporadically operated for the reactivation of spent carbon and is used mainly as a warehouse for the storage of spent and activated carbon. However, Envirotrol is seeking a permit for the thermal treatment of hazardous waste, which will cover the reactivation operations, and an application is being prepared. The current RCRA storage permit is scheduled to be renewed in 2002.
The Envirotrol building was erected in 1927 as part of an industrial complex. The original tenant of the building was New England Laminates Company. Sometime after this occupancy, Ingram- Richardson moved into the building. Ingram-Richardson manufactured ceramic sings and armor plating during World War II. Envirotrol signed a lease purchase agreement for the building in the fall of 1977. Envirotrol owns or leases three of the six land parcels (one, four and six) and an auto salvage company operates on parcel three.
In 1996, PADEP conducted removal activities on the land parcel two, east of the properties operated by Envirotrol . PADEP determined that the remediation activities were required as a result of the past operations by the ceramic manufacturing operations by Ingram-Richardson.
Contaminants at this Facility
Some of the spent carbon received at Envirotrol is classified as a hazardous waste.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
The 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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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.