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Hazardous Waste Cleanup: GE Lighting Bridgeville Glass in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania

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Cleanup Status

The final remedy included construction of a concrete cap to cap the landfill, a sheet pile wall adjacent to Chartiers Creek, and a groundwater remediation system.  The EPA Corrective Action Permit (Institutional Controls) issued in September 1990 requires operation of a groundwater monitoring program and maintenances and inspections of the landfill cap and sheet pile wall.  The facility has established financial assurance for corrective action. The Corrective Action Permit will be replaced by an environmental covenant as Institutional Controls upon termination of the permit.

 
 



 

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Site Description

Interactive Map of GE Lighting Bridgeville Glass, Bridgeville, Pennsylvania


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GE-Bridgeville is a manufacturer of glass tubing used in the manufacture of light bulbs. The facility was originally built in 1907 and operated by Higbee Glass Company. GE purchased the facility in 1919. Primary contaminants at the facility include arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, and lead in soil and groundwater.

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Contaminants at this Facility

Primary contaminants at the facility include arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, and lead in soil and groundwater.

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Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility

Engineering Controls required the maintenance of  the landfill cap, a groundwater remediation system, and a sheetpile wall adjacent to Chartiers Creek.

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Land Reuse Information at this Facility

The facility is under continued 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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