EPA RCRA ID: PAD002101418
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.
In September 2015, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determined that the Facility completed the requirements of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Corrective Action. A summary of the environmental investigation and remediation completed under the RCRA Corrective Action program is presented in the Statement of Basis document the Facility will continue to comply with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) Solid Waste Permit and institutional controls (ICs) that restrict certain land and groundwater uses at the Facility. This determination of "Corrective Action Complete with Controls" is consistent with EPA's February 2003 Final Guidance on Completion of Corrective Action Activities at RCRA Facilities (reference 68 FR 8757).
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 Facility is formerly known as the National Forge Company (NFC). It is located in Irvine, Pennsylvania, a rural community about 60 miles southeast of Erie, Pennsylvania. The facility encompasses 323 acres with 46 acres of developed property and 578,000 sq. ft. of plant/buildings under roof. The site is situated on the banks of Brokenstraw Creek and is located in the High Plateau Section of the Appalachian Plateaus Province of Pennsylvania. An aerial view of the Facility is presented in Figure 1.
The Facility was founded in 1915 by Clinton Wilder. The Wilder family later sold the company to its employees in 1995. It remained as an employee-owned company until 2003 when the Ellwood Group Incorporated (EGI) acquired the assets of the NFC out of bankruptcy. EGI restructured the former NFC facility into two subsidiaries with separate RCRA ID numbers, the Ellwood National Forge (PAR000508226) and the Ellwood National Crankshaft (PAR000508226). EGI closed the steel melting and forging operations at the facility and transferred the work to EGI's New Castle and Ellwood City plants.
The Ellwood National Forge facility creates products for a wide range of highly specialized applications, including hard target penetrators and artillery components, pipe molds, rotors for power generation, wind turbine shafts and other relatively high length/width ratio products with a bored interior diameter.
The Ellwood National Crankshaft facility manufactures of new and reconditioned crankshafts for medium speed engines in the 800 to 6000 horsepower range. These engines are used in a variety of applications including diesel-electric locomotives, marine use for propulsion and auxiliary power generation, stationary power, and gas compression.
Contaminants at this Facility
Constituents of concern were polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), acenaphthene, anthracene, fluorene, phenanthrene, and pyrene.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Institutional Controls restrict use of land to non-residential use, and also groundwater to non-potable use.
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) Type |
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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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
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.