U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 3
Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia
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HAVERTOWN PCP SUPERFUND SITE
NEXT PHASE OF CLEANUP TO BEGIN

Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pa
Spring 2009
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INTRODUCTION
•	Backfill both excavated areas with clean soil
and reveretate them.
•	Remove a portion of the sewer that is not
sealed with yrout.
•	Install new monitoring wells and three new
extraction wells that will withdraw shallow
groundwater and pump it through an under-
ground pipe back to the treatment plant.
•	Conduct ecological sampling to demonstrate
habitat and fish recovery.
The EPA will also establish institutional controls
site-wide, in the Source Area and ROS, to ensure
the environmental cleanup is not compromised.
What to expect
The EPA is about to start the next phase of cleanup
work on two separate areas of the Havertown PCP
Superfund site. The work should be completed by
the end of the construction season.
The two separate areas are known as the Source
Area, which is the major source of the groundwater
contamination, located at the former site of the Na-
tional Wood Preservers. The site is alon<> I a<>lc
Road across from the old Philadelphia Chewing Gum
factory. The other area is known as the Recrea-
tional Open Space (ROS), owned by the town-
ship and located behind Rittenhouse Circle and adja-
cent to Washington Avenue. It is not currently used
as a recreational area.
In the Source Area, the cleanup work includes the
following steps:
•	Install an additional deep extraction well which
will withdraw contaminated groundwater from
deep below the ground surface for treatment.
•	Inject an aqueous, or water-based, solution into
the deep contaminated aquifer to aid in drawing
the groundwater to the surface for treatment.
In the Recreational Open Space, the cleanup
work includes:
•	Excavate soil in a SO-by-SO-foot area in the
ROS, and in a narrow zone alon<> a nearby aban-
doned sewer line. This is necessary because the
sewer line had been transporting contaminated
groundwater down to the ROS.
•	Heavy construction equipment bein<> used for
both construction and excavation.
•	All work should take place during regular busi-
ness hours, and traffic and/or noise may in-
crease near the work areas.
•	Only a few homes, those that border the site,
will be directly affected. Those residents will
be contacted individually.
Public Availability Session
EPA officials will be on hand to answer the public's
questions and comments.
Monday, April 20, 7-9 p.m.
Commissioner's Meeting Room
Quatrani Bldg. (behind township bldg.)
2325 Darby Road, Havertown
For directions: 610-446-1000
Next Phase of Cleanup

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SITE BACKGROUND
The Havertown PCP site, about 10 miles west of
Philadelphia, covers roughly 12 to IS acres with no
distinct boundaries. It is surrounded by a mix of
businesses, industries, parks, schools and homes.
From 19+7 to 1963, the site was used by National
Wood Preservers to treat wood products. The
company allegedly disposed of diesel-type oil and
pentachlorophenol, a wood preservative, in a well.
The liquid wastes leached into nearby Naylor's Run, a
small stream that flows through a residential area into
the Delaware River. Liquid wastes were also spilled
contaminating soil and groundwater in the area.
The EPA first became involved with the Havertown
PCP site in 1976 and has completed a number of
cleanup measures to protect the surrounding
community and environment.
Some of those measures included:
• Installation of an oil-water separator to reduce oil
in the storm sewer that was discharging to
Naylor's Run.
•	Removal of on-site drums and hazardous waste.
•	Installation in 1991 of an on-site pump-and-treat sys-
tem to address groundwater in the shallow aquifer.
The system was recently upgraded to increase its ca-
pacity.
For more information
Contact:
Jill Lowe
Remedial Project Manager
215-814-3123, lowe.jill@epa.gov
Ruth Wuenschel
Community Involvement Coordinator
215-814-5540, wuenschel.ruth@epa.gov
Visit the Internet:
http:/ / www.epa.gov/reg3hwmd/super/ sites/
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