EPA RCRA ID: MDD981034291
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
The facility began activities regulated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) in 1985, according to the February 28, 1985 Notification of Hazardous Waste Activity. According to the files at USEPA Region III and Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) offices, Safety-Kleen has been the only owner of the facility.
The Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc. facility received a Final Decision for No Further Action (NFA) from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on April 2, 2012. The decision to issue an NFA at the Facility was due to an Environmental Indicator Inspection Report, dated August 2010, which revealed that there are no known or suspected human health exposures or groundwater issues, therefore, there is no threat to human health or the environment. A public notice was posted in The Daily Record newspaper on February 22, 2012 and was followed by a thirty (30)-day comment period that ended on March 22, 2012. The Final Decision and Response to Comments became effective April 2, 2012.
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 Safety-Kleen facility is located at 1448 Desoto Road in an industrial park in southwestern Baltimore, Maryland. Safety-Kleen leases its space from Merritt Properties, who owns the industrial park. The facility is surrounded by moderate industrial facilities, except for residential properties to the south. Interstate 95 runs approximately 400 feet to the northwest of the facility.
The facility began activities regulated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) in 1985, according to the February 28, 1985 Notification of Hazardous Waste Activity. According to the files at USEPA Region III and MDE offices, Safety-Kleen has been the only owner of the facility.
Activities at this facility include the leasing and servicing of Safety-Kleen parts cleaning equipment, mineral spirits, and immersion cleaners. In addition, Safety-Kleen sells perchloroethylene to dry cleaning establishments. This facility operates as a storage and transfer facility that accepts and stores wastes generated by their clients, primarily engaged in the automotive, mechanical repair, and dry cleaning industries. The wastes are either maintained in storage units at the facility or transferred from truck to truck. Additionally, the facility generates hazardous wastes during drum cleaning. All hazardous wastes stored at the facility are eventually removed and taken to other Safety-Kleen treatment and recycling facilities. The facility uses three Aboveground Storage Tanks (ASTs); one is permitted to store parts washer solvents (hazardous waste), one stores parts washer solvent (product), and the third stores waste oil.
The main contaminants in the groundwater and soil were total petroleum hydrocarbons, BTEX compounds (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes) and a number of volatile organic compounds.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Institutional Controls were not required at this 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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| 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.