EPA RCRA ID: PAD003047792
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
American Color and Chemical, L.L.C. (ACC) is performing ongoing U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and Corrective Action activities at the site. These activities include groundwater remediation, quarterly monitoring, reporting, financial assurance, and maintenance of institutional and engineering controls.
ACC is performing the above described activities under a combination of an EPA Administrative Order on Consent [RCRA-III-082-CA] (AOC) effective March 25, 1997, and its Hazardous Waste Post-Closure Care Permit (permit) issued by PADEP on February 20, 2015, and in effect until February 20, 2025. The AOC and permit describe all the requirements of ACC to perform post-closure operation and maintenance at the facility.
Institutional Controls described in the permit require ACC to record a notation on the deed to the facility property or on some other instrument which is normally examined during title search that will in perpetuity notify a potential purchaser of the property that the land has been used to manage hazardous waste; its use is restricted under 40 CFR 265 Subpart G regulations; and the survey plat and record of the type, location, and quantity of hazardous wastes disposed of have been filed with the authority with jurisdiction over land use and with the Regional Administrator. As part of the AOC, ACC was required to request that the City of Lock Haven and Castanea Township place permanent industrial/commercial zoning and groundwater use restrictions for the Facility and downgradient areas in the vicinity of the ACC Facility. The City of Lock Haven is currently considering a Draft Groundwater Use Ordinance prepared by ACC and approved by EPA.
On September 19, 2018, 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. 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 American Color and Chemical, L.L.C. site in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania is a former chemical manufacturing facility which closed in 1982. On a 38 acre site that has been industrial since 1888, clay pipes and various chemicals such as phenols and dyes were manufactured. Currently the site is closed and all but one building has been removed. The remaining building houses offices as a base for the closure activities. The Facility has also operated under the names Stanley Aniline Chemical Works, American Aniline Products, and Koppers Company Incorporated.
This site, which borders the Drake Superfund site, is currently under its second AOC. The first AOC (Dated: 9/5/91) covered the initial investigation of the site. This second AOC (Dated: 3/27/97) covers implementation of the chosen corrective measures. As part of this AOC, the Corrective Action and Superfund Programs are working together to coordinate cleanup activities.
The cleanup has two parts: removal of wastes from wastewater management surface impoundments and remediation of the groundwater. Remediation of the surface impoundments was completed in March 2002 culminating in the construction of a cap over a 14.4 acre area.
Hazardous material had been properly disposed of and non-hazardous materials had been used to refill the impoundments. The impoundments were capped after they were refilled. Under the PADEP closure plan, ACC cleaned out all the surface impoundments. This completed the site-wide soil investigations and remediation activities.
The groundwater pump & treat system components were installed in 2000. ACC submitted an evaluation of the groundwater system on December 16, 2002. This evaluation showed that the contaminated groundwater is being contained on-site and suggests operating parameters. EPA accepted that the present hydraulic control at the ACC site is sufficient to contain the groundwater at the northern facility boundary and should remain within the 6-7 gpm pumping rate parameter.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Institutional Controls have been established and enforceable through local ordinances for land and groundwater use restrictions for the portion of the property located in the City of Lock Haven and the property located in Castanea Township.
Engineering Controls have been established via Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) approved closure plan addressing impervious cover capping soils exceeding established cleanup standards.
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 (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.