EPA RCRA ID: PAD005031737
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 issued the Corrective Action Complete with Controls to the Facility on December 8, 2011. The control activities consisted of a soils component and a groundwater component. For soils, the remedy consisted of operation, maintenance and inspection of a two-foot thick soil cover over a 0.24-acre lagoon (Former Pond) and the compliance of institutional controls that restrict certain land uses on the entire Facility. For groundwater, remedy consisted of the compliance with and maintenance of institutional controls to minimize and /or prevent human contact with contaminated groundwater.
A quitclaim deed filed on June 22, 2005, between Kaiser and GEIDC (Greater Erie Industrial Development Corporation) at the Office of the Recorder of Deeds for Erie County, imposed several restrictions upon the Facility property including a prohibition of the use of groundwater beneath the Facility and the condition that the Facility property be used solely as non-residential property.
On January 18, 2008, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) approved the Final Report for site characterizations by submitted by GEIDC pursuant to Act 2. In the approval, PADEP required GEIDC to prohibit use of groundwater for any purpose by a deed restriction and file a deed notice for the non-residential facility-wide property/soils. PADEP essentially required to GEIDC to continue to comply with the controls created in the June 23, 2005 Quit Claim Deed.
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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Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation (Kaiser) operated a large aluminum forging and processing plant at 1015 East 12th Street in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania. The 50-acre facility had been industrially active since the late 1800s. In 1953, Kaiser purchased the plant from the Department of Defense, who used the facility to produce ordnance components, shells, aircraft parts, and jeeps. The facility consists of buildings, parking areas, and wooded areas.
The Facility is bordered to the east by a commercial/industrial property, to the west by East Avenue and industrial operations, to the south by railroad tracks and Englehard Chemical Corporation, Liberty Iron (scrap yard) and other industrial operations, and to the north by East 12th Street.
In 1997, Kaiser entered into a partnership with Accuride Corporation which resulted in the creation of a newly formed joint venture, AKWLP, for the purpose of designing, manufacturing and selling heavy- duty aluminum wheels. In 2002, Kaiser filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. In April 2005, Kaiser transferred the Facility Property to the Greater Erie Industrial Development Corporation (GEIDC) for development and use as “nonresidential property” as defined in Section 103 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act, (Land Recycling Act or Act 2), 35 P.S. §6026.103. Further details of property ownership can be found in the November 2, 2007 documented titled “Former Kaiser Site Non-Residential, Non-Use Aquifer, Statewide Health Standard Final Report,” part of the Administrative Record for this proposed action.
The primary wastes generated by Kaiser included oil sludge from the cupping and hydraulic presses and wastes from the aluminum etching lines. These wastes were drummed and sent off-site for waste neutralization, sedimentation, and disposal. Bonderlube (lube oil) waste was discharged to the Erie city sewer system.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Institutional controls include:
- The Property and each portion thereof shall be used solely as non-residential property.
- Groundwater beneath the Property shall not be used for any purpose.
- Maintenance of any building structure, paved surface or protective soil cover which serves as an engineering control to eliminate pathways of exposure to “Pollutants,” shall not be demolished, removed or modified in any manner.
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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Enforcement and Permit Tools (EP) |
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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 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.