EPA RCRA ID: PAD987283140
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/Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) visited the facility, and meet with company representatives on April 23, 2014. EPA/PADEP are reviewing existing environmental information to determine if further investigation is required. EPA/PADEP will focus first on the health and groundwater impacts, if any, presented by the facility. In July 2015, EPA determined that no unacceptable human exposure to contamination and migration of groundwater contamination was under control.
Cleanup Background
On May 21, 2013, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) received the Hazardous Waste Permit Renewal Application from United Environmental Grou (UEG). By email, UEG notified that they were no longer pursuing a permit, as they had closed the facility in June 2013. The hazardous waste permit expired on October 3 I, 2013; however, the residual waste processing permit remains active. At the site visit, UEG stated the facility was not in operation. Prior to closing the facility, in May 2013, the tanks were cleaned and sludges removed. As rainwater still runs through the process system, the facility is still discharging to the Allegheny County Sanitation Authority (ALCOSAN). Some of the equipment was auctioned by Yoder & Frey, heavy equipment auctions.
Prior to UEG, Penn Tank Disposal, Inc. (PTD or facility), formerly located at 237 McAleer Road, cleaned used tanks, some containing gasoline and waste oil high in lead in the sludge, and operated under US EPA Identification (ID) number PAD982662116. PTD is not registered in the USEPA's Envirofacts database. Petroleum Industry Maintenance, Inc. (PIM or facility), located at 289-B McAleer Road (P AD982662116), was a company categorized as a Service Station Equipment Installation and Repair Contractor. (Note: UEG and PIM shared the facility location; however, they conducted business in separate buildings. A lease line separated the operations.) PIM operated under USEPA ID PAD987283140. PIM also used ID PAD982662116, per the USEPA's database. PIM is registered in the USEPA's Envirofacts database; it states the facility was never regulated as a TSD facility, just as a protective filer.
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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United Environmental Group, Inc. facility (UEG or facility), a company formed in 1993, is located at 241 McAleer Road, Sewickley, Ohio Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. UEG was a residual and hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal (TSD) facility that received and processed residual and hazardous waste for the retail petroleum industry. All waste was processed at UEG or shipped off site for proper disposal. UEG was not a burial facility or incinerator.
The UEG property (24I McAleer Road, 6.232 acres; Parcel 608-H-97) is owned by Klesic Enterprises LP (Allegheny County tax records). Operations were performed in the eastern portion of the property (1.5 leased acres), along McAleer Road. Klesic Enterprises LP also owns the property north of this property ( 43,560 square feet; Parcel 608-H-I 75), which appears to be used in the operations as outside storage, and the property east of McAleer Road (39, 770 square feet; Parcel 608-H-88), which appears to be used for parking and open land. Parcels 608-H-97 and 608-H-88 were purchased by Richard M. and Joan E. Stanley on July 12, 1984; parcel608-H-175 was purchased on May 5, 1997. All three parcels were sold to Klesic Enterprises LP on December 1, 1999. A 1995 drawing ofthe drum storage layout identifies a lease line across the property.
Contaminants at this Facility
UEG, was a large quantity generator (LQG) of hazardous waste and a transporter/transfer facility of hazardous waste that received hazardous waste from off site. UEG was a transporter/transfer facility of used oil.
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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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.