Region 3 GPRA Baseline RCRA Corrective Action Facility Spectrum Control, Inc. (Formerly: AMP-Elizabethtown) 1593 S. Mt. Joy Street Elizabethtown, PA 17022 Congressional District 17 EPA ID #: PAD990823858 Last Updated: 12/23/05 Current Progress at the Site EPA conducted a thorough site inspection of the Facility, and evaluated past and current environmental cleanup activities, current operating procedures, and environmental monitoring data. Based on this evaluation, EPA believes that the current clean-up action is properly addressing the contamination at the Facility. Site Description Spectrum Controls, Inc. manufactures and assembles electronic filters at a (approximately) 20-acre site. The facility was formerly owned by AMP Corporation, which sold to Spectrum in March 1999. Groundwater is contaminated from past leaks. The groundwater contaminant plume is contained on site. On-site groundwater is not used for any purpose. The contaminant plume is being cleaned-up by a pump and treat system that has operated since 1995. The concentrations of the contaminants of concern are now about 1/3 of the levels that existed in 1995. Contamination above the drinking water standards is now found only in the recovery well (RW-2), which is located at the center of the contaminant plume. Site Responsibility The groundwater clean-up activities are being conducted by TYCO Electronics, Inc. (a former owner) under the direction of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Special Projects Program. Contaminants A groundwater contaminant plume contains 1,1-Dichloroethene (1,1-DCE) and 1,1,1-Trichloroethane (1,1,1-TCA) above protective screening levels. Only the central part of the plume, around the remediation recovery well (RW-2), currently contains concentrations above the screening levels. Static sampling is underway to determine whether the plume is stable. Perimeter wells show no contamination above federal drinking water standards (Maximum Contaminant Levels). ------- Institutional Controls No institutional controls are required. The cleanup goal will allow unrestricted use. Government Contacts EPA Project Manager Ms. Maureen Essenthier - 3WC22 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region III 1650 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029 Phone: (215) 814-3416 Email: essenthier.maureen@epa.gov Mr. Steve Shank Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Environmental Clean-up Program 909 Elmerton Avenue Harrisburg, PA 17110 Phone: (717) 705-4841 Email: sshank@state.pa.us For more information about EPA's corrective action webpage, including Environmental Indicators, please visit our site at: www.epa.gov/reg3wcmd/correctiveaction.htm Facility Contact Glen Foster, TYCO Electronics, Inc. Phone: (717) 986-7916 ------- |