EPA RCRA ID: MDD980555668
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) is the public law that creates the framework for the proper management of hazardous and non-hazardous solid waste. Corrective action is a requirement under RCRA that facilities that treat, store or dispose of hazardous wastes, or did so in the past, investigate and clean up hazardous releases into soil, groundwater, surface water and air. For more information, and for more information on RCRA-specific terms used on this page, please visit EPA’s umbrella RCRA web page or EPA’s RCRA Corrective Action page.
On this page:
- Cleanup Activities
- Facility Description
- Institutional/Engineering Controls
- Enforcement and Compliance
- Related Information and Publicly Available Electronic Records
- Contacts for this Facility
Cleanup Activities
EPA evaluated the data gathered during the site inspections. The evaluation of the findings of the inspections showed that additional investigation and/or clean-up measures are not necessary at this facility. This proposed determination was public noticed in the Statement of Basis for this facility on February 14, 2003. On March 17, 2003 the public comment period for the Statement of Basis closed. No comments were received. Therefore, EPA's decision remained unchanged from the decision proposed in the Statement of Basis. EPA issued a Corrective Action Complete Without Controls determination on April 14, 2003. The determination completes the corrective action process under Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984. The Facility must continue to comply with all applicable parts of RCRA.
Cleanup Actions or environmental indicators characterizing the entire facility are shown below. This listing, and all the data on this page, come from EPA’s RCRAInfo and are refreshed nightly to this page. For this table, 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 facility is an electric power plant which occupies approximately 11 acres within the city limits of the City of Easton in Talbot County, Maryland. The facility is located at 219 North Washington Street; one mile west of Route 322. The facility is bordered on the east by Washington Street. The southern boundary of the facility is surrounded by residential housing on Bay Street and a dry cleaners. The facility is bounded on the west by a bank and an open lot. A commercial building complex is located on the northern boundary of the facility on Marlboro Road.
The facility is comprised of 10 powered alternating generators that are fueled by No. 2 or a combination of No. 2 fuel oil and natural gas. The facility serves electricity to the City of Easton and the surrounding area. The facility serves approximately 9,000 customers in a service area of approximately 52 square miles in and around (mostly to the north) the Easton, Maryland area.
The Easton Utilities Commission filed a Part A RCRA Application on November 14, 1980 and claims to have never operated as a treatment, storage or disposal facility (TSD) in accordance with the federal RCRA Corrective Action Program. The Easton Utilities Commission operates as a small quantity generator under the RCRA Program. Easton Utilities Commission registered on April 21, 1997 under the State of Maryland Underground Storage Tank Program and was issued a Permit # 0000515. Easton Utilities Commission also has three operating permits: a State of Maryland water discharge Permit # 0502 (EPA National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit # MD 0022772) which was effective on May 31, 2001 and expires on May 31, 2006; a State of Maryland Oil Operations Permit #99-OP-0908, effective August 9, 1999, expiration August 9, 2004; and a State of Maryland Air Permit #24-041-00029 which became effective in 1999 and expires in 2004.
There have historical releases from the facility that have all been addressed. The releases consisted of sulfuric acid corroded stained concrete floor and four fuel oil spills from piping system that occurred in 1973, 1984, 1985 and 1989. There was also a reported spillage/release from a 275-gallon kerosene above ground storage tank (AST) during the 1999 environmental inspection on a sheet of plywood next to the AST and some trace of kerosene on the ground . However, this kerosene spillage/release was not noted during the 2002 environmental indicator inspection and in December 2002 the AST was removed from the facility.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
There was no requirement for institutional controls 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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Governmental Controls (GC) |
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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 and Publicly Available Electronic Records
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.