EPA RCRA ID: PAD085690592
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.
EPA has determined that the investigation is complete and no further action is required at the Republic Environmental Systems (Pennsylvania), Inc. facility.
The 2.2-acre site is located at 2869 Sandstone Drive in Hatfield, Pennsylvania. Since 1978, various companies operated at the property, which is a hazardous waste management facility for the treatment and transfer of processed chemicals.
On December 8, 1988, EPA issued a corrective action Permit for all releases from solid waste management units (SWMU). EPA and the Facility worked together to complete the requirements of the permit. A chronology of significant events under the permit is presented below:
• December 8, 1988: HSWA Permit issued
• 1988: sludge vault and drum storage areas built
• 1994-1995: soil and sediment sampling occurred
• June 1995: new containment building built and voluntary soil cleanup completed
• July-August 1995: groundwater sampling occurred
Cleanup Background
In 1986, the EPA Region 3 Superfund program identified the Facility as one of five Potentially Responsible Parties associated with contamination of the North Penn Water Authority (NPWA) that was discovered in drinking water well NP-15. After extensive investigation, the Source Control Work Plan Report concluded that "none of the constituents identified in the groundwater at NP-15 were found in the soil sample results," and that "trichloroethene (TCE) was not detected in any potential source areas of the facility. The above indicates that there is not a source of TCE at the facility." The Superfund report concluded that Republic Environmental "should no longer be considered as a potential source" of contamination at the NP-15 well. In June 1995, the facility voluntarily removed all soil contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons and low levels of volatile compounds. On September 4, 1998, EPA determined that the facility satisfied its obligations under the Administrative Order on Consent under the Superfund program.
On September 24, 1996, EPA issued a memorandum addressing "Coordination between Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Corrective Action and Closure and CERCLA Site Activities." In this document, EPA outlined its policy to avoid occurrences of redundant remediation projects between RCRA and Superfund programs. In this case, "cleanup under RCRA corrective action or CERCLA will substantively satisfy the requirements of both programs. In most situations the expectation is that no further cleanup will be required under the deferring program. Similarly, a remedy that is acceptable under one program should be presumed to meet the standards of the other." In accordance with EPA policy, the RCRA program agreed with the conclusions developed under the Superfund Order.
EPA investigations under RCRA and Superfund programs demonstrated that the facility does not represent a risk to human health and the environment from past releases. On June 9, 1999, the RCRA Corrective Action program proposed in a Public Notice that "no further corrective action is necessary at this time at the Facility." EPA received no comments on its proposal, and on July 26, 1999, a Final Determination was issued to the Facility. This Final Determination states that "no further corrective action is necessary at the Facility."
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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Republic Environmental Systems (Pennsylvania), Inc. operates a hazardous waste management facility at 2869 Sandstone Drive in Hatfield, Pennsylvania. The Facility began operations in 1978 as Waste Conversion Inc. In 1992 the name was changed to the Republic Environmental Systems of Pennsylvania, Inc.
The Facility treats various drummed liquid and solid hazardous wastes, as well as residual wastes. All liquid waste processing occurs indoors in closed tanks and reactors. The Facility stores wastes and treatment residues for up to 90 days, then all treatment residues are shipped off-site for disposal. No landfills, surface impoundments, or land treatment units are present on the site.
Since 1978, various companies have operated the hazardous waste management facility. Prior to 1978, the land was used for farming.
Contaminants at this Facility
EPA investigations under RCRA and Superfund programs demonstrated that the facility does not represent a risk to human health and the environment from past releases.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Institutional Controls were not required at the facility.
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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| 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
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.