EPA RCRA ID: PAD004334157
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 August 2003, EPA, PADEP, and EPA’s contractor conducted a site visit to assess the current condition at the facility. The purpose of the visit is to determine Human Exposures to hazardous contaminants and migration of Contaminated Groundwater.
In April 2004, Neville Chemical signed a new Consent Order and Agreement (Order) with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Agency (PADEP) to improve the groundwater remediation system to stabilize the groundwater contamination beneath the Facility. Neville Chemical installed additional recovery wells along the Ohio River and increased the hydraulic capture of the existing groundwater remediation system to control the migration of the groundwater plume. The upgrade and expansion of the groundwater remediation consisted of the installation of submersible pumps in all the recovery wells, the installation of additional Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid (LNAPL) interceptor wells, the expansion of the air stripper capacity with vapor phase carbon to treat the additional flow rate and the installment of the eight piezometers along the Main Channel Property along the Ohio River to monitor the capture zone of the remediation system to assess the system’s effectiveness in eliminating the potential for offsite migration of LNAPL. The piezometers are screened across the water table to allow for an accurate in-well measurement of LNAPL.
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) is addressing the Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) air emissions onsite, specifically the resin rework area and the wastewater treatment tanks. Neville Chemical will install temperature control lockout and additional operating procedures for maintaining effective compliance at the resin rework area and will install covers over the wastewater treatment tanks. In addition to the work at the Neville Chemical facility, the ACHD will conduct a 2-year air quality study in and around Neville Island to evaluate the air quality in the region.
On August 19,2021, EPA determined that contamination and human exposures risk were 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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Neville Chemical Company is a manufacturer of synthetic hydrocarbon resins and coumarone-indene resins. Established in 1925, Neville Chemical Company is privately owned with the Corporate Headquarters and main manufacturing facility located on Neville Island. The Island is located in the Ohio River, six miles west of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Facility occupies approximately 68 acres.
Synthetic resins are produced from two primary raw materials. The first is a crude heavy solvent naphtha obtained during the production of coke from coal. This is used to manufacture Neville's coumarone-indene resins. The second is petroleum streams obtained during the cracking or chemical treatment of petroleum. These are used to manufacture Neville's petroleum hydrocarbon resins.
Contaminants at this Facility
A Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid (LNAPL) was identified in six of the twenty-two monitoring wells as well as six recovery wells. A central Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and Xylene (BTEX)-plume and a chlorinated plume exist near the northwest corner of the property. The plume migrates northward and discharges to the Ohio River from a number of historic release areas.
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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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
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