Fulton Financial Realty
Company
East Petersburg, Pennsylvania
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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

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