EPA RCRA ID: MDD000731356
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) is the public law that creates the framework for the proper management of hazardous and non-hazardous solid waste. Corrective action is a requirement under RCRA that facilities that treat, store or dispose of hazardous wastes, or did so in the past, investigate and clean up hazardous releases into soil, groundwater, surface water and air. For more information, and for more information on RCRA-specific terms used on this page, please visit EPA’s umbrella RCRA web page or EPA’s RCRA Corrective Action page.
On this page:
- Cleanup Activities
- Facility Description
- Institutional/Engineering Controls
- Enforcement and Compliance
- Related Information and Publicly Available Electronic Records
- Contacts for this Facility
Cleanup Activities
A meeting and site visit was conducted on April 1, 2010 at the Maryland Environmental Services (MES) Hawkins Point Hazardous Waste Landfill. The USEPA Region III and the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) are reviewing the available data and reports to determine the next steps in the Corrective Action program.
On October 6, 2010, EPA classified the site as meeting both Environmental Indicators (EI): the EI 725 (site currently protective of human health) and the EI 750 (migration of contaminated groundwater currently under control). Based on available data, there are no imminent threats to human health and the environment.
On June 15, 1985, EPA issued a Hazardous Waste Management Corrective Action Permit (Permit) to MES Hawkins Point Landfill, for a closed hazardous waste landfill under the authority of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The permit has since expired and EPA is in the process of reissuing the permit in accordance with 40 CFR 270 obligations including implementation of the final remedy.
To gather the information necessary to reissue the permit, on September 28th, 2011, EPA requested that MES Hawkins Point Landfill submit a permit renewal application for corrective action activities pursuant to 40 CRF 264.101 for the closed landfill. EPA asked MES to submit information regarding the status of the landfill and any solid waste management units, an update of corrective action and associated activities at the facility since issuance of the 1985 permit.
The public notice of the draft Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) permit that would renew the post-closure permit for the Hawkins Point landfill (EPA ID No. MDD000731356) was published on September 29, 2012 in the Baltimore Sun. The permit calls for groundwater monitoring and restrictions on the future use of the property. The public comment period was closed on November 19, 2012.
MDE issued a renewal of the post-closure permit for the Hawkins Point Hazardous Waste Landfill with an effective date of December 10, 2012.
EPA issued a Permit and Final Decision and Response to Comments on May 13, 2013. The final remedy will be groundwater monitoring and institutional controls.
On April 19,2018, the EPA conducted a Long Term Stewardship assessment to assess whether the remedy was implemented and protective of human health and the environment. EPA determined that the remedy institutional and engineering controls have been fully implemented and no control deficiencies were identified.
Cleanup Actions or environmental indicators characterizing the entire facility are shown below. This listing, and all the data on this page, come from EPA’s RCRAInfo and are refreshed nightly to this page. For this table, 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 MES Hawkins Point Controlled Hazardous Substance (CHS) Landfill is located within the Curtis Bay Industrial Area adjacent to Thomas Cove, near the southern Baltimore City limits, at the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The landfill's address is 5501 Quarantine Road, Baltimore, Maryland 21226. The surrounding land use is primarily zoned for heavy industrial use. Some limited undeveloped parkland does exist. There are no residences within 1,000 feet of the facility boundary.
Constituent of potential concern (COPC) in groundwater is chromium. Chromium has infrequently been present above its respective Federal Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) in groundwater monitoring wells. The source of the chromium is the chrome-ore processing residue (COPR) that was disposed of in the landfill. The contaminated groundwater from the landfill is captured in a leachate collection system and is pumped to a storage tank. The stored leachate is shipped offsite for treatment. The landfill is clay lined and capped which inhibits contaminated groundwater flow. There are also monitoring wells onsite that are sampled quarterly. There does not appear to be any contaminated groundwater leaving the site at concentrations that pose unacceptable risk to people and the environment.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
- Institutional Controls are on the entire facility and preclude residential use and excavation of landfill areas.
- The landfill areas filled with chromium containing wastes are capped.
- Groundwater monitor is on the entire site.
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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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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Governmental Controls (GC) |
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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 and Publicly Available Electronic Records
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.