Beazer East, Inc* (Formerly:
Koppers Co. Inc. - Bridgeville)
Bridgeville, Pennsylvania
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The Road to Reuse
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The facility is located in
Bridgeville, Pennsylvania on
about 301 acres. The property
borders Chartiers Creek to the
east and Millers Run to the
west and north. Constructed
in 1928, the Seldon Company
operated the facility until
1934. The American Cyanamid
Company (Cyanamid) operated
the facility from 1934 to 1963.
In 1963, the facility was sold to
Koppers-Pittsburgh Company
(KPC). KPC sold the facility
to Koppers Company, Inc.
(Koppers) in 1970. From
1989 to 2005, Koppers
leased part of the facility to
Reichliold Chemicals, who
produced specialized resins
for manufacturing purposes.
Koppers, which still owns the
property, changed its name to
Beazer East, Inc. (Beazer) in
1990.
The facility has been used for
manufacturing chlorinated
naphthalene, amino and
alkyd resins, resole resins, and
Approximate total acres
and current use
Approximate Acres in Reuse:
301
Current Use:
Manufacturing; Planned
commercial, residential,
mixed-use
materials used in the production
of foam board. Current
manufacturing processes include
polyester resins, coating resins
and other products. The
manufacturing processes have
resulted in the contamination of
the facility's groundwater with
low levels of volatile organic
compounds (VOCs) and semi-
volatile organic compounds
(SYOCs). However, the
contaminated groundwater has
not migrated to any off-site
groundwater users. There are
no public or community users
of groundwater within 4 miles
of the facility and there is not
a drinking water intake from
surface water within 15 miles
downstream of the facility.
The facility has undergone
significant remediation
and corrective actions.
Approximately 1,225 cubic
yards of contaminated soils and
seven underground storage
tanks have been removed.
Also, much of the facility
has been paved over. Beazer,
Cyanamid, the Pennsylvania
Department for Environmental
Protection (PADEP), the U.S.
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) are working
together to evaluate the need
for further corrective action.
Beazer expects to redevelop
the site for mixed commercial
and residential use beginning in
2009.
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www, epa-.jrov/rea3wcmd/correctiveaction.htm
For More Information
EPA Region 3 Contact: Khai Dao,
(215) 814-5497, dao.khai@epa.gov

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