EPA RCRA ID: PAD003015328
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.
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Corrective Action activities at the Raymark facility are being conducted as a joint effort of EPA and Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP), with PADEP taking the lead. The investigation and any necessary clean up activities are being implemented in accordance with 1) the January 25, 2001 Consent Order and Agreement with Phoenix Group (for the Raymark Industries Landfill), 2) the Pennsylvania Land Recycling Program (Act 2) (for other areas at the site), 3) The Pennsylvania Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act (HSCA) program (for the Lower Mill Landfill and Gibbles Quarry, and 4) Federal corrective action authorities (for releases from Solid Waste Management Units (SWMUs)).
EPA is currently reviewing the existing environmental information to determine if further investigation and/or corrective action will be required at the site. EPA will first focus on the health and groundwater impacts, if any, presented by the facility.
In April 2005, EPA determined that the Human Health Exposures Were Under Control Environmental This Environmental evaluation took into account the investigations completed under the Pennsylvania’s Act 2 Program as well as the on-going cap maintenance and groundwater monitoring of the two landfills under PADEP’s RCRA and HSCA programs. The Phoenix Group is restricting the future use of the land to non-residential scenarios only, and the groundwater to non-potable uses. On August 10, 2020,EPA determined that contamination in groundwater was under control
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 site has undergone closure under the Act 2 Program.
Historically, this site was part of the Raybestos-Manhattan Inc. plant operations that manufactured friction product material including automotive brake linings, clutch facings and other specialized friction products since 1908. Onsite waste disposal occurred in several areas and is assumed to be the source of groundwater contamination.
There were eight Solid Waste Management Units (SWMUs) areas on the site determined to have possibly impacted the environment. These units areas include 1) Raymark Industries Landfill (a RCRA-regulated hazardous waste landfill), 2) Former Hazardous Waste Landfill (Lower Mill Landfill which is pre-RCRA), 3) North Hazel Street Quarry (Gibbles Quarry, not on Raymark’s property), 4) Drum Storage Area, 5-7) Hazardous Waste Drum Holding Areas, and 8) Asbestos/lead Slurry Transfer Stations.
The RCRA-regulated landfill is an unlined earthen landfill with few engineering controls. It operated from 1972 until 1989, and received and estimated 9,663 tons of asbestos and lead wastes each year. Some stormwater run-off controls and a 1-inch asphalt cover were added after 1977 to help reduce the environmental impact of the landfill. Groundwater contamination, attributable to the landfill was found in 1983. Between 1983 and 1989, Raymark monitored the groundwater for lead, sulfate and bicarbonate - groundwater quality parameters that were used as indicators of the impact of the landfill on groundwater. Between 1989 and 1998, groundwater monitoring was sporadic due to bankruptcy actions. In 1998, Raymark notified PADEP that Raymark Industries filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and, therefore, groundwater monitoring would be discontinued.
In December 2000, most of the closed Raymark property was purchased by Phoenix Group, who plans to clean-up the site and re-develop it for industrial use. A Consent Order and Agreement was signed by Phoenix Group and PADEP on January 25th, 2001. Capping of the landfill was completed by Phoenix group on December 20, 2000, under the direction of PADEP. Groundwater monitoring responsibility has been taken over by Phoenix Group.
Five of the seven other storage/disposal on the site have been investigated for releases and impacts to the environment under the Pennsylvania Land Recycling Program (Act 2). The other two areas, (Lower Mill Landfill and North Hazel Street Quarry) are believed to be unlined and used for disposal of asbestos and lead wastes. These areas will be evaluated under the PADEP HSCA program.
Contaminants at this Facility
Contaminants of concern are asbestos, lead, sulfates.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
The need for institutional controls has yet to be determined.
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? |
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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.