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EPA RCRA ID: PAD987335379

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  • Cleanup Status
  • Facility Description
  • Contaminants at this Facility
  • Institutional/Engineer Controls
  • Enforcement and Compliance
  • Related Information
  • Contacts for this Facility 

Facility Facts

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Other Names: Alternative Facility Names
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Human Exposures under Control:
 
Groundwater under Control:
 

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Cleanup Status

On December 20, 2006, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) issued a post closure permit to Babcock and Wilcox that required the company to monitor groundwater and maintain the cover for a closed landfill. The landfill was constructed with PADEP approval in 1989 to permanently dispose of approximately 50,000 cubic yards of electric arc furnace dust. This dust is a hazardous waste under Pennsylvania's authorized Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) program.

In May 2010, EPA issued a corrective action permit to Babcock and Wilcox in order to complete the administrative requirements of the RCRA permitting program. This EPA permit acknowledged Babcock and Wilcox's successful completion of the landfill closure and added that no additional conditions were necessary to protect human health and the environment.

Babcock and Wilcox has established a Letter of Credit payable to PADEP in the amount of $1,009,227.29 to comply with RCRA financial assurance requirements. EPA expects that no further action is necessary.

EPA conducted a Long Term Stewardship assessment in September 2022 and determined that the Facility is meeting the objectives of the final remedy selected in the 2010 Statement of Basis.

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
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)    

 For definitions of the terms used, hover over or click on the term.

Cleanup Activities Pertaining to a Portion of the Facility  

  Action Area Name Date of Action

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Facility Description

 

 

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The Facility is a closed landfill, near Mount Street in parts of both Koppel and Big Beaver Boroughs, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. The Facility is 5.3 acres and is surrounded by the IPSCO Koppel Tubulars Corporation steel plant, formerly operated by the Babcock and Wilcox Company.

When the plant was sold in 1999, Babcock and Wilcox retained this 5.3 acre parcel and closed the landfill with PADEP approval and oversight. PADEP has issued a post-closure permit that requires Babcock and Wilcox to maintain the landfill and to monitor groundwater twice a year. The permit also contains contingent measures to remediate any future release to groundwater.

Babcock and Wilcox operated a melt shop at the Koppel facility using electric arc furnaces (EAF) to melt steel. These EAF furnaces are equipped with baghouses that remove process dust from the exhaust. This dust is considered a hazardous waste due to the presence of lead, chromium, and cadmium. Babcock and Wilcox stored this dust outdoors in a large pile. In 1988, PADEP approved a plan to close the waste pile. Babcock and Wilcox constructed a double-lined landfill to permanently contain the material. The waste pile and contaminated soils were excavated and disposed in the new landfill. Closure was completed in 1989 with approximately 50,000 cubic yards of dust and contaminated soil contained in the landfill. Babcock and Wilcox sold the plant in 1999, but retained the landfill parcel.

Groundwater monitoring of the area was initiated in 1982 and continues under the PADEP permit. Results reveal no significant impacts to the groundwater beneath the site.


Contaminants at this Facility

EPA's permit in 2010 to Babcock and Wilcox's acknowledged their successful completion of the landfill closure and added that no additional conditions were necessary to protect human health and the environment.


Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility

Institutional Controls have been established under and and EPA issued a corrective action permit in August 2010 that contains enforceable conditions regarding groundwater monitoring, cap maintenance, approval of planned , and transfer of property. Also a notice has been added to the property deed that (on page 27) describes physical location of the landfill and alerts readers that no disturbance to the land may be made without notification to PADEP. This notice has been properly recorded with Beaver County.

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?

Control(s) Type

Control(s) in Place?

Areas Subject to Control(s)

Documents available on-line:

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)

     

Governmental Controls  (GC)

     

Enforcement and Permit Tools  (EP)

     
Proprietary ControlsProprietary Controls (PR)  
 
 

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)

     

Non-Groundwater

   

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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.


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