EPA RCRA ID: PAD004335469
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.
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) visited the Senus USA ,facility and met with company representatives on July 30, 2002. EPA has reviewed the existing environmental information and determined that further investigation is required. In coordination with EPA, the Facility is performing additional groundwater and vapor intrusion investigations. On September 23, 2021, EPA determined that contamination and human exposures risk were under control.
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 site is an 18-acre parcel located in the City of DuBois, Pennsylvania. Beginning sometimes in the 1800 until 1876, the Invensys facility was used as a lumber mill, and then was used as an iron and steel foundry until 1937. After 1937, the plant was used for the manufacture of domestic gas meters and gas regulation equipment. Manufacturing activities at the site include gas meter assembly, testing, painting, diaphragm fabrication, plastic molding, white metal die casting, wet scrubbing of air emissions from diaphragm vulcanization process, machining, degreasing, and tin plating. Cleanup activities conducted by Rockwell Inc.
Plant No. 1 was acquired by M&FC Holding, LLC in December 2003, and the facility currently operates under the name Sensus Metering Systems North America (Sensus). Current site activities include the manufacture of natural gas meters and gas regulation equipment. Manufacturing processes include gas meter assembly, testing, painting, and diaphragm fabrication; plastic molding; white metal die casting; wet scrubbing of air emissions from diaphragm vulcanization process; machining; degreasing; and tin plating. The site is presently used for commercial/industrial purposes and is expected to continue to be used for commercial/ industrial purposes in the future. During the ownership of Plant No. 1, Rockwell conducted activities associated with gas meter assembly and testing.
Contaminants at this Facility
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs, primarily TCE and vinyl chloride, are found in Groundwater concentrations above the MCLs. Concentrations of TCE in Subsurface soils in the Former TCE Storage tank area exceed the EPA non-residential direct contact screening level.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
The need for Institutional Controls is yet to be determined.
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.