Electroplating Impoundment

LDF (Formerly: Stackpole)

St* Marys, Pennsylvania



The Road to Reuse ~~~

This 50-acre facility, where manufacturing activities
by Stackpole first began in 1906, is located in
St. Marys, Pennsylvania. Stackpole continued
operating this facility until 1992, producing carbon
and granite products, dry cell batteries, and soft
ferrite magnetic cores for various electronic devices.

These manufacturing activities resulted in soil and
groundwater contamination.

The main groundwater contamination is from volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Soil
contaminants at this facility include, but are not limited to: heavy metals, PCB, and solvents.
Remediation and cleanup activities began in 1982 and have resulted in the removal of an
underground storage tank, the installation of 41 groundwater monitoring wells, and the
remediation of a coal tar spill. Also, three ferrite lagoons, two electroplating wastewater surface
impoundments, and a landfill were closed. Groundwater monitoring occurs quarterly at various
areas of interest throughout the facility.

The current owner of the property, North Central Enterprises, Inc. (NCE), is the local economic
development agency. NCE, Stackpole, and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection entered into a Buyer-Seller Agreement in 1995, which provides liability relief to the
buyers and sellers of contaminated land. Under this agreement, Stackpole agreed to continue
to remediate the site under the state's Land Recycling Program. NCE has set its goal at
rehabilitating and leasing each of the 42 buildings that were once part of Stackpole Corp. By the
end of 2001, NCE was able to put back into circulation all but four of those buildings.

Approximate total acres and
current use

Approximate Acres in Reuse: 16
Approximate Acres Planned for Reuse: 2
Current Use: Manufacturing

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For More Information

EPA Region 3 Contact: Andrew Clibanoff,
(215) 814-3391 clibanoff.anderw@ena.gov

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