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Portersville, Pennsylvania

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The Road to Reuse

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Approximate total acres and
current use

Approximate Acres in Reuse:
50

Current Use:

Trailer park

This 1,500-acre facility is located in Portersville,

Pennsylvania, a predominantly rural area. From the
1940s through the early 1970s, this facility was mainly
operated as a limestone quarry, providing limestone
for highway construction. The facility began to
gradually close-out onsite solid waste management units
(SWMUs) once the limestone sources were exhausted.

The SWMUs included several onsite landfills,
impoundments, and sedimentation ponds.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection (PADEP) supervised the closure of the
SWMUs.

As a result of a site visit in April 2001, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
determined that both Environmental Indicators for human exposure and groundwater migration
are under control. RCRA Corrective Action activities, which consist of annual groundwater
monitoring near the former lagoons, are being supervised by EPA Region 3 with assistance from
the State.

The site is no longer a mining facility and has been converted to a trailer park.



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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