Fulton Financial Realty Company East Petersburg, Pennsylvania ¦i The Road to Reuse ~~~ The 12-acre facility is located in East Petersburg, Pennsylvania. The Hamilton Watch Company operated a photochemical etching and fuse assembly shop at this facility from the early 1950s to 1977, when the facility was taken over by Lancaster Metal Science Corporation (LMS). From 1977 to 1984, LMS used the facility for its photochemical etching business. In 1979, the Lancaster Industrial Development Authority acquired the property and entered into an Installment Sale Agreement with Fulton Financial Corporation. The Fulton Financial Realty Company (Fulton), a wholly owned subsidiary of Fulton Financial Corp., presently owns and operates the facility as administrative offices. Approximate total acres and current use Approximate Acres in Reuse: 12 Current Use: Administrative offices The industrial processes used over the course of the facility's history led to low-level of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) contamination of the groundwater. Historical groundwater sampling data collected from 1988- 1995 suggested that natural attenuation was a viable mechanism for the reduction of groundwater plume size and VOCs concentration levels. A study conducted by Fulton demonstrated the feasibility of a natural attenuation approach to remediation and migration control. Fulton also installed a passive sump discharge treatment system to treat contaminated groundwater from the boiler room sump before it is discharged into the storm drain. Annual groundwater monitoring is conducted to ensure that natural attenuation is effectively remediating the groundwater. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 3 is directing RCRA Corrective Action activities at this facility. www. epa-.jrov/rea3wcmd/correctiveaction.htm For More Information EPA Region 3 Contact: Khai Dao, (215) 814-5497, dao.lchai@epa.gov ------- |