EPA RCRA ID: PAD003003894
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.
The full-scale implementation of chemical oxidation via sodium persulfate injection into groundwater beneath the facility was performed in April 2018, based on the conclusions and recommendations from the 2014 pilot-scale study. The post-injection groundwater sampling event in June 2018, generally demonstrated favorable contaminant concentration reductions in injected and nearby wells. A second injection event is being planned for 2019 that should further reduce contaminant concentrations and their extent beneath and downgradient of the facility. Another groundwater sampling event is also planned for December 2018, to determine if any rebound of contaminant concentrations has occurred since the initial full-scale injection event, as well as to help plan the spatial extent and other logistics of the upcoming second injection event.
Cleanup Background
Environmental investigations at the facility began in 1989 in response to specific spills. By the early 2000s, two site-wide investigations were performed that included the installation of additional monitoring wells and the sampling and analysis of groundwater and soil gas. Based on the results from these investigations and a Health Consultation performed by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry in 2006, vapor mitigation systems were installed in residences that could potentially be impacted by vapors emanating from contaminated groundwater that had migrated offsite beneath the homes.
In 2009, a Comprehensive Site Characterization was performed that provided remedial recommendations for the facility. Through an analysis of remedial alternatives which included stakeholder input, a remedy was chosen that includes removal of contaminated soil in several potential source areas, which was completed in 2013, and treatment of groundwater contamination via chemical oxidation on-site and bioaugmentation/bioremediation off-site.
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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The Berkley Products Inc. facility is located on 405 S. 7th Street in Akron, West Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Residential properties lie east and west of the facility, while residential and commercial properties lie north and south. The facility began producing custom-manufactured coatings products in 1955. In 1974, the facility started to reclaim wash solvents generated onsite and later expanded to recovery of spent solvents from offsite customers. The recovery of solvents for offsite customers reportedly ceased in 1990. Waste solvents currently generated at the facility are those primarily found in conventional paint products and include non-chlorinated volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as toluene, xylene, and methyl isobutyl ketone. These wastes are stored onsite for less than 90 days before being transported offsite or recycled onsite.
Contaminants at this Facility
Primary contaminants at the facility include chlorinated VOCs, benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylenes, and total trimethylbenzenes. Groundwater, indoor air, and subsurface soil are the media that have been contaminated; however, exposures to these media have either been mitigated or shown not to be of concern.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
As part of the final remedy, institutional controls prohibiting groundwater use and limiting land use to non-residential purposes will likely be required.
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.