EPA RCRA ID: PAD000621839
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.
This facility is one of EPA Region III’s high priority Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) corrective action sites.
Industrial Waste Inc. (IWI) is a closed hazardous waste landfill. As such, current and future access is restricted to required operation and maintenance activity. IWI continues to collect and treat leachate and impoundment dike seeps at the facility.
IWI continues to sample off-site private well water and provide bottled water, as a precaution to insure protection of human health at nearby residential properties.
The PA Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) routinely inspects the facility for compliance with its 1986 Post-Closure Plan requirements. Post-closure requirements include monitoring of the perimeter groundwater well network, the collection and treatment of leachate from the landfill, and operation and maintenance of all facility structures and systems.
In May 2015, EPA issued a corrective action remedial decision which requires: 1) IWI to continue to comply with the terms and conditions of the Consent Order and the 1986 PADEP-approved Post Closure Plan and 2) IWI shall implement groundwater and land use restrictions at the facility through an environmental covenant. The environmental covenant was recorded on 8/9/2016.
In 2022, EPA conducted a long-term stewardship review. EPA’s review found contaminated groundwater is bypassing the leachate collection system and is migrating to deeper and offsite groundwater. Since then, PADEP has engaged with the Facility to conduct further studies.
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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This facility is one of EPA Region III’s high priority Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) corrective action sites.
Industrial Waste Inc. (IWI) is a closed hazardous waste landfill. As such, current and future access is restricted to required operation and maintenance activity. IWI continues to collect and treat leachate and impoundment dike seeps at the facility.
IWI continues to sample off-site private well water and provide bottled water, as a precaution to insure protection of human health at nearby residential properties.
The PA Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) routinely inspects the facility for compliance with its 1986 Post-Closure Plan requirements. Post-closure requirements include monitoring of the perimeter groundwater well network, the collection and treatment of leachate from the landfill, and operation and maintenance of all facility structures and systems.
On September 30, 2002, EPA determined, with Pennsylvania's help, that both the Human Exposures and Groundwater Environmental Indicators have been met.
In May 2015, EPA issued a corrective action remedial decision which requires: 1) IWI to continue to comply with the terms and conditions of the Consent Order and the 1986 PADEP-approved Post Closure Plan and 2) IWI shall implement groundwater and land use restrictions at the facility through an environmental covenant. The environmental covenant was recorded on 8/9/2016.
In 2022, EPA conducted a long-term stewardship review. EPA’s review found contaminated groundwater is bypassing the leachate collection system and is migrating to deeper and offsite groundwater. Since then, PADEP engaged with the Facility to complete an initial groundwater investigation and risk assessment. Based on those results, the Facility provided a temporary alternate potable water source to certain receptors. EPA and PADEP are reviewing the results and evaluating next steps.
Contaminants at this Facility
The main contaminants of concern at the Facility include chloride, sulfate, nitrate, ammonia and heavy metals.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
An Environmental Covenant, pursuant to the Pennsylvania Uniform Environmental Covenants Act, 27 Pa. C.S. Sections 6501-6517 (UECA), was recorded with the deed for the IWI property on 8/9/2016. The covenant prohibits residential use of the property, prohibits groundwater use for purposes other than monitoring, and requires protection of the landfill caps.
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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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
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.