Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 3): Havertown PCP Site, Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania (First remedial action), September 1989

Technical Report · Fri Sep 29 04:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:6958194

The Havertown PCP site is in Havertown, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, approximately 10 miles west of Philadelphia. This 12- to 15-acre site consists of a wood-treatment facility, an adjacent manufacturing facility, and Naylors Run Creek which drains the area. Contamination at the site is due to improper disposal of wastes generated from wood-preserving operations. From 1947 to 1963 PCP-contaminated oil was dumped into a well. In 1972 the State identified contaminated ground water discharging from a storm sewer into Naylors Run. In 1988 EPA installed a catch basin in Naylors Run to trap discharge from the storm-sewer pipe. This Record of Decision (ROD), addresses the remediation of surface water and the disposal of drummed and tanked wastes. A subsequent ROD will address the impact of contaminated soil on ground-water contamination at the site. The primary contaminants of concern affecting the surface water are VOCs including benzene, toluene and TCE; other organics including phenols, dioxins, PCP, and PAHs; metals including arsenic and chromium; and oils.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (USA). Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
• OSTI ID: 6958194
• Report Number(s): PB-90-178112/XAB; EPA/ROD/R--03-89/076
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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540220 -- Environment
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ALKYLATED AROMATICS
AROMATICS
ARSENIC
BENZENE
CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
CHROMIUM
CONTAINERS
CONTAMINATION
DIOXIN
ELEMENTS
FEDERAL REGION III
GROUND WATER
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
LAND POLLUTION
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MATTER
METALS
NORTH AMERICA
OILS
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
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OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PENNSYLVANIA
PHENOLS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
PRESERVATIVES
REMEDIAL ACTION
SEMIMETALS
SITE SURVEYS
SOILS
SUPERFUND
SURFACE WATERS
TANKS
TOLUENE
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
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VOLATILE MATTER
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WATER
WATER POLLUTION
WOOD