EPA RCRA ID: MDD050793926
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
On September 27, 1991, EPA issued a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Corrective Action Permit to Towson University (TU), formerly Towson State University. The permit required Towson University to perform a unit integrity assessment to certain portions of the sewer and sanitary system, to the waste collection trenches associated with the vehicle maintenance shop and two underground fuel oil storage tanks. Also the permit required investigations at an outdoor drum storage area, at the ditches that received discharge from the Storm water Sewer System and characterization of the waste managed at a sandblasting unit. Based on the results of the field activities, no further action was determined from the areas mentioned above, except for the sewer lines. The results of the video camera inspection performed at the sewer lines indicate that structural remediation is needed to restore proper function of the sewer lines and prevent further releases to the soils. There is no risk to human health and the environment from the soils associated with the sewer lines. On April 28, 1998, EPA approved Towson University's plan for repairing of the damaged sewer lines. On July 3, 2000, Towson University submitted to EPA a letter certifying that repair of the damaged sewer lines was completed.
Towson University has completed all required corrective action activities. EPA prepared a no further action statement of basis and a notice was published in a local newspaper detailing the proposed agency decision of no further action. A forty five (45) day public comment period was held from August 29, 2001 to October 12, 2001. No comments were received during that time. EPA issued the final agency determination of no further action to TSU on October 22, 2001.
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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Towson University is a four-year institution with approximately 15,000 full-time students. The University utilizes 24 academic and administrative buildings along with 13 residential building, two dining halls, and two parking garages. Towson University is located in Towson, Baltimore County, Maryland, approximately one-half mile north of the city limits of the City of Baltimore. TU is located in a primarily residential area. The residential developments of Southland Hills, Donnybrook, Knollwood, Wiltondale, Yorktown and Yorkleigh are located immediately to the North, East and South. To the west of TU is the Sheppard-Pratt Hospital complex.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Institutional Controls were not required at the 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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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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Enforcement and Permit Tools (EP) |
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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.