U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 3
Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia
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Baghurst Drive Proposed to NPL
On May 12, 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) proposed to add the Baghurst Drive site to
the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is EPA's
national list of hazardous waste sites identified for
long-term investigation and cleanup under the program,
commonly known as Superfund.
The site is being proposed to the NPL because
groundwater is contaminated with volatile organic
compounds (VOCs) including trichloroethane (TCA),
dicloroethene (DCE), trichloroethylene (TCE), vinyl
chloride and 1,4-dioxane. These contaminants have
impacted residential drinking water wells and may also
allow the VOC vapors to seep inside homes and other
indoor areas.
For additional information about these VOCs and vapor
intrusion, please visit the following sites:
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaas/index.asp
http://www.epa.gov/oswer/vaporintrusion/
You're Invited
Attend an informal community meeting to meet the EPA
site team and ask questions.
June 26, 2014
7-9 PM
Upper Salford Township Building
1441 Salford Station Road
Salford, PA
For more information, contact your EPA Community
Involvement Coordinator, Larry Johnson, at:
215-814-3239
or email at i ohnson.larrv-c@epa. gov
Comment on the Proposed Listing
The public is invited to comment on the proposed
addition of the site to the NPL during a 60-Day
comment period from May 12, 2014 to July 11, 2014
Submit comments to:
Docket Coordinator, Mail Code 5305T
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20044-6501
OR
Via the Internet: www.regulations.gov
Via E-mail: superfund.docket@epa.gov.
To access the documents supporting this proposed list-
ing, go to: http://go.usa.gov/9rbi
A Brief Site History
1999: The Montgomery County Health Department
discovered a plume of contamination when they
sampled residential wells in the area. The
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
(PADEP) began supplying 27 residences with bottled
drinking water and subsequently equipped the homes
with carbon filtration systems.
2001: PADEP began an investigation to identify the
source of the contamination but were unable to come
to a conclusion and referred the site to EPA for further
investigation, and cleanup.
For more information about the Superfund program
and the Baghurst Drive site, please visit the following
links.
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/
http://go.usa.gov/8STW

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Stay Involved and Informed
Community involvement is a
critical part of EPA's decision-
making process. EPA offers a
variety of technical assistance
programs designed to help
communities understand the
Superfund program and to have a
say in the decision-making
process. To learn more about how you can stay involved
and informed, please visit:
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/community/
index.htm
Technical Assistance Grant (TAG)
EPA's Technical Assistance Grant (TAG) Program
provides funding up to $50,000 to qualified citizens'
groups affected by a Superfund site to hire
independent technical advisors to help interpret and com-
ment on site-related information.
For more information about TAG's please contact
Ruth Wuenschel at 215-814-5540 or email at
wuenschel.ruth@epa.gov
Contact Us
EPA Community Involvement
Coordinator
Larry Johnson
1650 Arch St (3HS52)
Philadelphia, 19103
215-814-3239
iohnson.larrv-c@epa.gov
EPA Remedial Project Manager
Charlie Root
1650 Arch St (3HS21)
Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-814-3193
Root.charlie@epa. gov
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