EPA RCRA ID: PAD002344463
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 remedy selected at the facility per the EPA’s September 30, 1991 Final Decision and Response to Comments (FDRTC) consists of groundwater extraction and remediation and soil vapor extraction to treat TCE, TCA and chromium contaminated groundwater, and establishment of Institutional Controls requiring drinking water well installations controlled by the Montgomery County Health Department’s permitting process.
After 27 years of continuous pumping, drinking water standards have been achieved beyond the Facility boundary, however, EPA has determined that achieving drinking water standards immediately beneath the source areas located within the Facility boundary is not feasible from an engineering perspective. Effective 5/27/2014, EPA modified the Final Remedy for the Facility selected in the September 30, 1991 Final Decision and Response to Comments (FDRTC). The modified remedy includes the following: 1) establishment of a technical impracticality (TI) Zone with long term groundwater monitoring and reporting of contaminants of concern (COCs) and hydraulic control of groundwater; and 2) compliance with and maintenance of groundwater use restrictions to be implemented through institutional controls (Environmental Covenant recorded on 12/18/2018 in the Recorder of Deeds Office in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania). As required by the EPA-Approved Post Remediation Care Plan of the EC, an annual progress report dated May 2019 was submitted to EPA. The Report showed that the sampling indicates each point of compliance well for the TI boundary remains below the MCL and groundwater quality and elevation measurements indicate the pumping system is effective at keeping VOC contamination within the TI boundary.
On May 8, 2023, the EPA conducted a Long Term Stewardship assessment to assess whether the remedy was implemented and protective of human health and the environment. EPA determined that the remedy institutional and engineering controls have been fully implemented and no control deficiencies were identified.
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
| 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 Former Uniform Tubes Inc. (UTI) facility consists of approximately 40 acres located at 200 West 7th Avenue in the Borough of Trappe, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Operations at this facility began in 1964, and continue today. UTI manufactures high-precision, small diameter metal tubing and tubular parts.
The contaminants of concern at the facility are TCE, TCA, and chromium in soil and groundwater.
Contaminants at this Facility
The contaminants of concern at the facility are trichloroethane (TCE), trichloroethane (TCA), and chromium in soil and groundwater.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Institutional Controls include groundwater monitoring and prohibition on its use.
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.