Region 3 GPRA Baseline RCRA Corrective Action Facility

Industrial Wastes,  Inc.
East Palestine Road
Darlington, PA 16115
Congressional District 4
EPA ID #: PAD000621839
Last Updated: 1/31/2006
Current Progress at the Site
Industrial Waste Inc. (Facility) continues to collect and treat leachate and impoundment dike seeps at
the Darlington facility. Groundwater (including private water supplies) and surface water and the
disposal units final cover continue to be monitored on a regular basis under the direction of the
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.  The Facility completed inspecting, cleaning and
replacing parts of the seep collection system in 2001 to improve seep collection efforts.  An
accelerated private water source sampling effort was completed in November, 2001 to determine
possible impacts from the closed impoundments. PADEP has reviewed these results and concluded
there is no adverse impact to private water supplies.
Site Description
The Facility consists of three adjacent surface impoundments, which were used for the disposal of
industrial waste (primarily pickle liquor from local steel mills) from 1958 until 1982. In 1982, the
Facility stopped receiving waste, the impoundments were capped and covered with two feet of clean
fill, and seeded with grass under the direction of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Resources (PADER). Prior to use as a disposal facility, the entire area had been stripped mined and
deep mined for coal, making the site prone to the effects of acid mine drainage.
Site Responsibility
RCRA Corrective Action activities at the Industrial Wastes, Darlington facility are being conducted
under the direction of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP). Site
monitoring and remediation activities are being implemented in accordance with a DEP approved Post-
Closure Plan.

Contaminants
The main contaminants of concern at the Facility include chloride, sulfate, nitrate, ammonia and heavy
metals.
Community Interaction

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The Facility continues to sample off-site public supply wells and provide bottled water as a precaution
to insure protection of human health.

Institutional Controls
No institutional controls are currently in place.

Government  Contacts
EPA Branch Chief
Mr. Paul Gotthold - 3WC22
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region III
1650 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029
Phone: (215) 814-5553
Email: gotthold.paul@epa.gov

Mr. Carl Spadaro
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Southwest Regional Office
400 Waterfront Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745
Phone: (412)442-4157
Email: cpadaro@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 Contacts
Mr. Robert Casacchia
Operations Manager
Industrial Waste, Inc.
P.O. Box 406
Darlington, PA 16115
Phone: (724) 827-8135

Mr. Steven W. Sares
Director Environmental Services
HCR Manor Care
333 N. Summit Street
P.O. Box 10086
Toledo, OH 43699-0086
Phone: (419) 252-5890

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