Pennsylvania Superfund (NPL) Sites
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A.I.W. Frank/Mid-County Mustang
Narrative: Auto repair and body shop that dumped engine cleaning solvents into floor drains that led to a drain field. Soil and groundwater are now contaminated with trichloroethene.
Location: Exton, Chester County
Contaminants: Trichloroethene
Location: Williamsport, Lycoming County
Narrative: Manufacturer of aircraft engines. Historic releases led to contamination of groundwater with solvents and metals.
Contaminants: Chromium · Trichloroethene
Location: Harleysville, Montgomery County
Narrative: Groundwater contamination from an unknown source affecting residential wells. The State has provided water filtration systems to affected residents.
Contaminants: VOCs
Bally Groundwater Contamination
Location: Bally, Berks County
Narrative: Liquid hazardous wastes from a manufacturing operation were discharged into reservoir, from which those chemicals subsequently leached into the local groundwater supply.
Contaminants: Dichloroethene · 1,4-Dioxane · Trichloroethane · Trichloroethene
Location: Wyalusing, Bradford County
Narrative: 23 acre landfill that acceptable municipal and hazardous wastes from 1970 to 1981, leading to soil, sediment, and groundwater contamination.
Contaminants: Arsenic · Cadmium · Manganese · Methylene Chloride · Vinyl Chloride
Location: South Montrose, Susquehana County
Narrative: Aircraft instrument manufacturer from 1952 to 1996. The facility disposed of industrial solvents in trenches and a lagoon, resulting in soil and groundwater contamination.
Contaminants: Trichloroethene
Location: Longswamp Township, Berks County
Narrative: Reportedly used for disposal of refuse and industrial wastes, resulting in groundwater contamination.
Contaminants: VOCs
Location: West Caln Township, Chester County
Narrative: 13.5 acre landfill that accepted solvents, paints, leaking drums, and other wastes, resulting in soil, surface water, and groundwater contamination.
Contaminants: Arsenic · Benzene · Chloroform · Mercury · PAHs · Vinyl Chloride
Location: Bridgeton Township, Bucks County
Narrative: Property in a residential area where various wastes were stored or disposed of, resulting in soil and groundwater contamination.
Contaminants: Heavy Metals · VOCs
Location: Ambler, Montgomery County
Narrative: Property used to dispose of asbestos wastes, including a pile that covered 2.5 acres and was up to 25 feet high. EPA has capped areas containing asbestos materials.
Contaminants: Asbestos
Location: Coraopolis, Allegheny County
Narrative: Former oil processing and reclamation facility.
Contaminants: PAHs · PCBs · VOCs
Location: Hamburg, Berks County
Narrative: Abandoned battery recycling facility that closed down in 1971. Children living on the site were discovered to have elevated levels of lead.
Contaminants: Lead
Location: Stroudsburg, Monroe County
Narrative: Former unpermitted dump that accepted various wastes, including solvents. This resulted in groundwater contamination.
Contaminants: Trichloroethene · VOCs
Location: State College, Centre County
Narrative: Former pesticide manufacturing facility that disposed of wastes in drums, lagoons, and sprayed onto a field.
Contaminants: Kepone · Mirex · PAHs · VOCs
Location: Doylestown, Bucks County
Narrative: Former electroplating and etching facility.
Contaminants: Chromium · 1,1-Dichloroethane · 1,1-Dichloroethene · Tetrachloroethene · 1,1,1-Trichloroethane · Trichloroethene
Location: Norristown, Montgomery County
Narrative: Former computer chip manufacturing facility. Storage of waste solvents in leaking underground storage tanks contaminated groundwater.
Contaminants: Trichloroethene · VOCs
Location: King of Prussia, Montgomery County
Narrative: Several quarries used for waste disposal, resulting in soil, sediment, and groundwater contamination.
Contaminants: Benzene · Cyanide · Heavy Metals · PAHs · Phenol · Toluene · VOCs
Location: Hereford Township, Berks County
Narrative: Farm used for disposal of drums containing liquid wastes, resulting in contamination of soil and groundwater.
Contaminants: Trichloroethene · VOCs
Location: Croydon, Bucks County
Narrative: A plume of chemicals in groundwater for no source has (according to EPA as of 2022) been identified.
Contaminants: Trichloroethene · VOCs
Location: Boyertown, Berks County
Narrative: A metal fabrication facility that disposed of excess solvents in its drain system, which discharged into nearby surface water, resulting in soil, surface water, and groundwater contamination.
Contaminants: 1,1,-Dichloroethane · 1,1-Dichloroethene · Tetrachloroethene · 1,1,1-Trichloroethane · Trichloroethene · Vinyl Chloride
Location: Antis and Logan Townships, Blair County
Narrative: Original two landfills, subsequently consolidated to form one large facility. Groundwater is impacted.
Contaminants: Heavy Metals · VOCs
Location: Douglassville, Berks County
Contaminants: Heavy Metals · PAHs · PCBs · VOCs
Location: Lock Haven, Clinton County
Contaminants: Acetone · Benzene · Benzo(a)anthracene · Beta-napathylamine · Chlorobenzene · Chloroform · Ethylbenzene · Fenac · Methylene Chloride · Toluene · Trichloroethene · Xylenes
Location: Dublin Borough, Bucks County
Contaminants: Trichloroethene
Location: Springettsbury Township, York County
Contaminants: Copper · VOCs · Zinc
Location: Hometown, Schuykill County
Contaminants: Copper · Dioxins · Lead · Manganese · PCBs · Phthalates · VOCs · Zinc
Location: Elizabethtown, Lancaster County
Contaminants: cis-1,2-Dichloroethene · Trichloroethene · Vinyl Chloride
Location: Warminster, Bucks County
Contaminants: Tetrachloroethene · Trichloroethene
Location: Frazer, Chester County
Contaminants: Antimony · Arsenic · Boron · Bromate · Chromium · Lithium
Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia County
Contaminants: Beryllium · Copper · Lead
Location: Haverford, Delaware County
Contaminants: Arsenic · Dioxins · Pentachlorophenol · Petroleum hydrocarbons · VOCs
Location: Coplay, Lehigh County
Contaminants: VOCs
Hellertown Manufacturing Company
Location: Hellertown, Northampton County
Contaminants: Chromium · Cyanide · Trichloroethene · VOCs
Location: Upper Merion, Montgomery County
Contaminants: Benzene · Chloroform · Cyanide · Heavy Metals · Trichloroethene · Vinyl Chloride
Location: Gettysburg, Adams County
Contaminants: Asbestos · Heavy Metals · VOCs
Location: Easton, Northampton County
Contaminants: Benzene · Tetrachloroethene · Trichloroethene · Vinyl Chloride · VOCs
Jacks Creek/Sitkin Smelting and Refining
Location: Lewistown, Mifflin County
Contaminants: Cadmium · Copper · Lead · PCBs · Zinc
Location: Falls Creek, Jefferson County
Contaminants: Lead
Location: Hanover, York County
Contaminants: Manganese · Mercury · VOCs · Zinc
Location: East Pikeland Township, Chester County
Contaminants: Dichloroethene · Trichloroethene · Vinyl Chloride · VOCs
Letterkenny Army Depot - PDO Area
Location: Chambersburg, Franklin County
Contaminants: Chloroform · Heavy Metals · PCBs · Trichloroethene · VOCs · Xylenes
Letterkenny Army Depot - SE Area
Location: Chambersburg, Franklin County
Contaminants: Benzene · Lead · PCBs · TPH · Trichloroethene · VOCs · Zinc
Location: Harrison Township, Allegheny County
Contaminants: Lindane
Location: Girard, Erie County
Contaminants: Heavy Metals · Lead · VOCs
Location: Delaware and Philadelphia Counties
Contaminants: Metals · PCBs · Petroleum Hydrocarbons
Location: Malvern, Chester County
Contaminants: Tetrachloroethene · 1,1,1-Trichloroethane · Trichloroethene
Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia County
Contaminants: PCBs
Location: Trainer, Delaware County
Contaminants: PAHs · PCBs · VOCs
Location: Erie, Erie County
Contaminants: Heavy Metals · PAHs · PCBs · VOCs
Location: York, York County
Contaminants: Benzene · Chloroform · VOCs
Location: Valley Township, Montour County
Contaminants: VOCs
Location: Warminster, Bucks County
Contaminants: Carbon Tetrachloride · Tetrachloroethene · Trichloroethene
Navy Ships Parts Control Center
Location: Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County
Contaminants: Arsenic · Cadmium · Lead · Manganese · Mercury · PAHs · PCBs · Pesticides
Location: Souderton, Montgomery County
Contaminants: 1,1-Dichloroethane · 1,1-Dichloroethene · cis-1,2-Dichloroethene · trans-1,2-Dichloroethene · Tetrachloroethene · 1,1,1-Trichloroethane · Trichloroethene
Location: Hatfield, Montgomery County
Contaminants: Metals · Trichloroethene · VOCs
Location: Colmar, Montgomery County
Contaminants: Trichloroethane · Trichloroethene
Location: Lansdale, Montgomery County
Contaminants: Tetrachloroethene · Trichloroethene · VOCs
Location: Lansdale, Montgomery County
Contaminants: Trichloroethene · Vinyl Chloride · VOCs
North Penn Area 12 (Transicoil)
Location: Worcester, Montgomery County
Contaminants: Trichloroethene · VOCs
Location: Allentown, Lehigh County
Contaminants: Heavy Metals · Trichloroethene · Vinyl Chloride
Location: Pottstown, Montgomery County
Contaminants: Trichloroethene · Vinyl Chloride
Location: Neville Island, Allegheny County
Contaminants: Benzene · Benzo(a)pyrene · Beryllium · Chlordane · Dibenz(a,h)anthracene · Manganese · Mercury · 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol
Location: Seven Valleys, York County
Contaminants: 1,2-Dichloroethane · Mercury · Tetrachloroethene · 1,1,2-Trichloroethane · Trichloroethene · Vinyl Chloride
Old Wilmington Rd/Perry Phillips Landfill
Location: Sadsburyville, Chester County
Contaminants: Trichloroethene · VOCs
Location: Grove City, Mercer County
Contaminants: Arsenic · Heavy Metals · Lead · PCBs · Pentachlorophenol · VOCs
Location: Palmerton, Carbon County
Contaminants: Cadmium · Copper · Lead · Zinc
Location: Paoli, Chester County
Contaminants: Benzene · Fuel Oil · PCBs
Location: Hamburg, Berks County
Contaminants: Antimony · Arsenic · Lead
Location: Hatboro, Montgomery County
Contaminants: Trichloroethene
Location: Revere, Bucks County
Contaminants: Benzoic acid · Chromium · Copper · Heavy Metals · PAHs · VOCs
Location: Emmaus, Lehigh County
Contaminants: Heavy Metals · Trichloroethene · VOCs
Location: Heidelberg Township, Berks County
Location: Saegertown, Crawford County
Contaminants: PAHs · VOCs
Location: Bloomsburg, Columbia County
Contaminants: Radium · Strontium · Tritium
Location: Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County
Contaminants: Boron · 1,2-Dichloroethene · Lead · Trichloroethene · Vinyl Chloride
Location: Farrell, Mercer County
Contaminants: Metals · PAHs · PCBs · Pesticides
Location: Gettysburg, Adams County
Contaminants: Chlorinated solvents · Toluene · Xylenes
Location: King of Prussia, Montgomery County
Contaminants: Tetrachloroethene · 1,1,1-Trichloroethane · Trichloroethene · 1,2,3-Trichloropropane · VOCs
Location: Tobyhanna, Monroe County
Contaminants: trans-1,2-Dichloroethene · Tetrachloroethene · Trichloroethene · Vinyl Chloride
Location: Nesquehoning, Carbon County
Contaminants: Arsenic · Cadmium · Chromium · Lead
Location: Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County
Contaminants: Chlorinated solvents · Trichloropropane
Location: Columbia, Lancaster County
Contaminants: Coal tar · Cyanide · Heavy Metals · PAHs · VOCs
Location: West Hazleton, Luzerne County
Contaminants: Trichloroethene · VOCs
Location: Honeybrook, Chester County
Contaminants: Chloroform · Chloromethane · Lead · Mercury · Toluene · VOCs · Xylenes · Zinc
Location: Richlandtown, Bucks County
Contaminants: Metals · PCBs · SVOCs · Tetrachloroethene · Trichloroethene · VOCs
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Location: Sharon, Mercer County
Contaminants: PCBs · Solvents
Location: Gettysburg, Adams County
Contaminants: Dichloroethene · Trichloroethane · Trichloroethene
Location: Myerstown, Lebanon County
Contaminants: Aniline · Arsenic · VOCs
Location: West Caln Township, Chester County
Contaminants: Chloroform · PAHs · Pesticides · SVOCs · Trichloroethene · VOCs
Willow Grove Naval Air Station
Location: Willow Grove, Montgomery County
Contaminants: Tetrachloroethene · Trichloroethene · VOCs
Location: Scott Township, Lackawanna County
Contaminants: Chromium · Cyanide · Lead
Deleted: 2001
Location: Ambler, Montgomery County
Contaminants: Asbestos
Deleted: 1996
Location: Glen Rock, York County
Contaminants: Trichloroethane · Trichloroethene
Deleted: 1996
Location: Lansdowne, Delaware County
Contaminants: Asbestos · Radium · Radon · Thorium
Deleted: 2002
Location: Denver, Lancaster County
Contaminants: Barium · Lead · Mercury · Phthalates
Deleted: 2007
Location: Sinking Springs, Berks County
Contaminants: Aluminum · cis-1,2-Dichloroethene · Iron · Manganese · Trichloroethene · Vinyl Chloride
Deleted: 2008
Location: Stroudsburg, Monroe County
Contaminants: Arsenic · Coal Tar · PAHs
Deleted: 2001
Location: Bruin, Butler County
Contaminants: Heavy Metals · Hydrogen sulfide · Sulfuric acid
Deleted: 1997
Location: Pittston Township, Luzerne County
Contaminants: Petroleum hydrocarbons · SVOCs
Deleted: 2021
Location: Freeland, Luzerne County
Contaminants: Copper · Lead
Deleted: 2018
Location: Parker, Armstrong County
Contaminants: Benzene · Toluene · Resorcinol · VOCs
Deleted: 2013
Location: Mertztown, Berks County
Contaminants: Arsenic · Benzene · Chromium · Dieldrin · Ketones · Lead · Trichloroethene · Vinyl Chloride
Deleted: 2018
Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia County
Contaminants: Benzene · Dichloroethene · Vinyl Chloride
Deleted: 1986
Location: Weisenberg Township, Lehigh County
Contaminants: Lead
Deleted: 1999
Location: Buffalo Township, Butler County
Contaminants: Heavy Metals · PCBs · Phenols · VOCs
Deleted: 1997
Location: Old Forge, Lackawanna County
Contaminants: Arsenic · Boron · Cadmium · Dieldrin · Lead · Manganese · Methylene Chloride · Nickel · Nitrate · VOCs
Deleted: 1999
Location: Lansdowne, Delaware County
Contaminants: Radium · Radon
Deleted: 1991
Lehigh Electric and Engineering
Location: Old Forge, Lackawanna County
Contaminants: PCBs
Deleted: 1986
Location: McAdoo, Schuylkill County
Contaminants: Heavy Metals · VOCs
Deleted: 2001
Location: Frackville, Schuylkill County
Contaminants: Aluminum · Lead · Silver · VOCs
Deleted: 2005
Location: Middletown, Dauphin County
Contaminants: Heavy Metals · Lead · Trichloroethene · VOCs
Deleted: 1997
Location: Collegeville, Montgomery County
Contaminants: Heavy Metals · VOCs
Deleted: 2014
Location: Erie, Erie County
Contaminants: VOCs
Deleted: 1989
Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia County
Contaminants: Asbestos · Heavy Metals · PCBs · Toluene · Xylenes
Deleted: 2000
Location: Parker Ford, Chester County
Contaminants: Trichloroethene · VOCs
Deleted: 2018
Location: Upper Macungie Township, Lehigh County
Contaminants: Cadmium · Lead · Mercury · Zinc
Deleted: 1990
Location: Jefferson Borough, Allegheny County
Contaminants: Benzene · Toluene · VOCs
Deleted: 2003
Location: Sharpsville, Mercer County
Contaminants: PCBs · VOCs
Deleted: 2004
Location: Pocono Summit, Monroe County
Contaminants: VOCs
Deleted: 2000
Location: Newlin Township, Chester County
Contaminants: Copper · Heavy Metals · Lead · VOCs
Deleted: 2019
Location: Taylor, Lackawanna County
Contaminants: Antimony · Arsenic · Chlordane · Lead · PAHs · PCBs · VOCs
Deleted: 1999
Location: Ladark, Lehigh County
Contaminants: Lead
Deleted: 1989
Location: Chester City, Delaware County
Contaminants: Arsenic · Chromium · Lead · Mercury · PCBs · VOCs
Deleted: 1989
Location: Westline, McKean County
Contaminants: Benzene · PAHs · VOCs
Deleted: 1992
York County Solid Waste and Refuse Authority
Location: Hopewell Township, York County
Contaminants: VOCs
Deleted: 2005
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