EPA RCRA ID: PAD000739631
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.
The Former Carbon of America Industries Corp (Facility or Site), now owned and operated by Mersen USA (Mersen), is currently undergoing remediation in accordance with Pennsylvania’s Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (Act 2). A Combined Remedial Investigation Report/Final Report (RI/Final Report) and the accompanying Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment Report (RA Report) was submitted to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) for final review and approval in January 2012.
A copy of the RI/Final Report and RA Report was also submitted to EPA for review. If EPA concurs with the findings of the RI/Final Report and associated RA Report, EPA will select a proposed remedy for the Site, which will be noticed for public comment in a local newspaper.
In December 2010, EPA determined that contamination and human exposures risk were under control.
Cleanup History
In November 1990, contamination was discovered at the former Stackpole Carbon (Stackpole) Facility, which is now owned and operated by Mersen. Primary contaminants at the Facility include volatile organic compounds (VOCs) consisting predominantly of trichloroethylene (TCE), 1,2-Dichloroethane (DCA), and 1,2-Dichloroethene (DCE) in soil and groundwater, in addition to total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) in soil. Soil remediation activities at the site have included the use of a soil vapor extraction (SVE) system to remove VOCs and excavation of soil contaminated with TPHs. A groundwater pump and treat system, in addition to numerous monitoring, recovery and observations wells, were installed to remove and monitor VOCs in the groundwater at the site. All investigative and remedial work has been performed under the direction of PADEP.
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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Site operations date back to 1902, when the property was owned by Pennsylvania Fire Proofing, a manufacturer of clay pipes. In 1940, the property was purchased by the Stackpole Corporation (now the Hall Corporation) and used to manufacture carbon and carbon graphite products. Stackpole Corporation operated the facility until the sale to Carbone in November 1991. Prior to 1990, the Former Stackpole Corporation facility property consisted of approximately 170 acres. Since that time, the original property has been subdivided into numerous parcels. Carbone, who changed its name to Mersen USA in July 2010, occupies approximately 46 acres of the original 170 –acre property, and continues to manufacture carbon and carbon graphite products through operations including mixing, milling, molding, baking, grinding, chemical impregnation, tamping and machining. These operations are divided throughout the numerous buildings at the facility. The other parcels that made up the Former Stackpole Corporation 170-acre Site either remain wooded and undeveloped, or are being used for commercial/industrial purposes.
Contaminants at this Facility
The primary contaminants at the Facility include volatile organic compounds (VOCs) consisting predominantly of trichloroethylene (TCE), 1,2-Dichloroethane (DCA), and 1,2-Dichloroethene (DCE) in soil and groundwater, in addition to total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) in soil.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Currently, deed restrictions affecting the Site prohibit the use of groundwater at the property and restrict the property to commercial and industrial uses.
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.