EPA RCRA ID: PAD071451389
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.
EPA sets national goals to measure progress toward meeting the nation’s major environmental goals. For Corrective Action, EPA evaluates two key environmental indicators for each facility: (1) current human exposures under control and (2) migration of contaminated groundwater under control. On February 13, 2013, EPA along with Michael Jr. Baker, Inc., conducted an Environmental Indicator (EI) Inspection of Westcode, Inc. (Westcode or the Facility). The findings of the EI Inspection are documented in a May 2013, EI Inspection Report prepared by Baker. Also presented in the EI Inspection Report is a summary of the information reviewed by Baker in preparation for the EI Inspection, including records maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) and EPA. Based on a review of the information presented in the EI Inspection Report and observed during the February 2013 inspection, EPA determined that the Facility met both environmental indicators on June 26, 2013.
On July 18, 2013, EPA announced its proposed decision of Corrective Action Complete without Controls under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), as amended, for Westcode. Consistent with public participation provisions under RCRA, EPA requested comments from the public on the proposed decision as described in the July 1, 2013, Statement of Basis (SB). The commencement of a thirty (30) day public comment period was announced in the Daily Local newspaper and on the EPA Region 3 Corrective Action website on July 18, 2013. Receiving no comments, the EPA on August 28, 2013, finalized its decision that corrective action was complete without controls.
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
| 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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Westcode, Inc. manufactured and assembled railroad freight car brake valves and transit car components and subassemblies from September 1979 until they vacated the Facility in June 1989. The manufacturing process included a small electroplating operation and associated metal cleaning and preparation activities. A treatment area containing electroplating process and wastewater treatment tanks, a process chemical storage area, and a waste drum storage area were all located within the manufacturing building. Hazardous wastes reportedly generated by the Facility included spent halogenated solvents, wastewater treatment sludges, spent cyanide solution, plating bath residues, and spent stripping and cleaning bath solutions. All manufacturing/treatment areas were dismantled and removed from the building prior to Westcode vacating the property. Centocor, Inc. purchased the facility in September 1989 and converted the building to a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant. In 2008, Centocor, Inc. and Ortho Biotech, Inc. merged to form Centocor Biotech, Inc. (a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson). In 2011, Centocor Biotech, Inc. changed its name to Janssen Biotech, Inc., under which it continues to operate at the Facility today. Janssen Biotech, Inc. produces Remicade®, an artificial antibody utilized to treat autoimmune diseases.
Contaminants at this Facility
There have been no known or documented hazardous waste releases to Site soils or groundwater relative to Westcode, Inc.'s operations. No contaminants above levels of concern exist at the facility.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Institutional Controls were not required at the facility.
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? |
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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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.