Hazardous Waste Cleanup: Dana Automotive Systems Group LLC in Reading, Pennsylvania

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Cleanup Status

PADEP visited the Dana Corporation facility and met with company representatives on
August 13, 2003.  EPA is reviewing existing environmental information to determine if further investigation is required.  EPA will focus first on the health and groundwater impacts, if any, presented by the facility.  On September 30, 2016, EPA determined that the facility met both environmental indicators, Current Human Exposures Under Control and Migration of Contaminated Groundwater Under Control.

Dana completed site remediation under the Pennsylvania Act 2 program in 2007.  A small portion of the property will be reused for condominium, and the remaining portion of the property is currently owned by Carpenter Tech for industrial use.

 
 

 

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Site Description

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The Dana Corporation - Parish Division (Dana) site is located at Robeson and Weiser Streets in the City of Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Dana has occupied portions of the property since the 1920s. The Site is approximately 50 acres. The site was formerly utilized for the  manufacture and assembly of automobile and truck frames. On-site activities included steel cutting, steel pressing, steel shaping, and coating and painting.  All production at the facility was suspended in September 2000.

The property was transferred to Reading Properties L.P. in 2004, and as a part of the transfer, the deed was modified to limit the site to commercial or industrial activities, excluding schools, nursing homes and other residential-style facilities and recreational areas (non-residential uses). There is a city ordinance that prohibits the use of groundwater. Currently, majority of the property is owned by Carpenter Technology, and the remaining property is owned by HAR Associates, LP and Reading Properties, L.P. 2

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Contaminants at this Facility

Soil investigations showed that Ethylbenzene, Carbon tetrach loride, lead, thallium, and PCBs were detected at concentrations above the EPA Region 3 Non-residential direct contact Regional Screening Levels (RSLs). Soils contaminated with PCBs were remediated to the Act 2 Statewide Health Standard of 30 mg/kg. Groundwater investigations showed that TCE, PCE, benzene, toluene, 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene, cadmium, and lead were detected at concentrations exceeding the respective MCLs.

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Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility

    The need for Institutional Controls is yet to be determined. 

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    Land Reuse Information at this Facility

    A small portion of the property will be reused for condominium, and the remaining portion of the property is currently owned by Carpenter Tech for industrial use.

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    Site Responsibility at this Facility

    Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Corrective Action activities at this facility have been conducted under the direction of EPA Region 3.

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