Hazardous Waste Cleanup: Huntsman P-A Americas LLC (Formerly: Rockwood Pigments NA), Incorporated in Beltsville, Maryland
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- Cleanup Status
- Site Description
- Contaminants at this Facility
- Institutional/Engineer Controls
- Land Reuse
- Site Responsibility
Rockwood Pigments NA, Incorporated (Rockwood) entered the Facility Lead Program on August 19, 2005. In accordance with the Facility Lead Agreement, Rockwood submitted a Work Plan/Phase I Site Characterization Report on December 1, 2005.
Cleanup Status
RCRA Corrective Action activities at this facility are being conducted under the direction of EPA Region 3 with assistance from the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE). Huntsman P-A Americas LLC (Facility) entered the Facility Lead Program on August 19, 2005. In accordance with the Facility Lead Agreement, the Facility submitted a Work Plan/Phase I Site Characterization Report on December 1, 2005. The Facility met with EPA and MDE in June 2006 to discuss site characterization work at the facility. EPA/MDE approved the work plan, and the investigation began in the summer of 2008. A report documenting the results of this investigation was submitted in October 2008. The next phase of the groundwater investigation was partially completed in the summer of 2015 and more work is planned during 2016.
Site Description
The primary contaminant of concern at the site is chromium in groundwater.
The Facility, formerly operating under the names Laporte Pigments, Mineral Pigments, and Rockwood Pigments operates a pigment manufacturing facility, located approximately two miles north of Beltsville, Maryland. The site is bordered to the west by US Route 1 and the Chessie Railroad tracks; to the east by Conway Road; to the north by Muirkirk Road, and to the south by a light industrial park. Records indicate that the site has been used for industrial purposes since at least the 1940s. The earliest file records mentioning Mineral Pigments, however, date to 1972. The facility activities include the manufacturing of zinc phosphate and the milling and blending of iron oxides. Shallow groundwater at the site has been investigated since 1985 under MDE supervision. Two source areas were removed under MDE supervision in the 1980s and 1990s.
Contaminants at this Facility
The primary contaminant of concern at the site is chromium in groundwater.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
The need for institutional controls has not yet been established.
Land Reuse Information at this Facility
- The facility is under continued use.
Site Responsibility at this Facility
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Corrective Action activities at this facility are being conducted under the direction of the EPA Region 3 with assistance from MDE.