EPA RCRA ID: PAD053678959
On this page:
- Cleanup Status
- Facility Description
- Contaminants at this Facility
- Institutional/Engineer Controls
- Enforcement and Compliance
- Related Information
- Contacts for this Facility
Cleanup Status
Note: The EPA is the lead agency for managing cleanups at this facility.
EPA will first focused on the health and groundwater impacts, if any, presented by the facility. On April 30, 2018 ,EPA determined that contamination in groundwater and human exposures risk from contaminants were under control.
On March 3, 2022, the EPA determined corrective action performance standards with controls has been attained at the entire facility. The institutional controls restrict land use at the Facility to remain non-residential and groundwater to non-potable use.
Cleanup Actions or environmental indicators characterizing the entire facility are shown below. It is not intended as an extensive list of milestones/activities. This listing, and all the data on this page, come from EPA’s RCRAInfo and are refreshed nightly to this page. For this table and the Cleanup Activities Pertaining to a Portion of the Facility table that follows, a blank in the Status column could mean the action either has not occurred or has not been reported in RCRAInfo.
Cleanup Activities Pertaining to the Entire Facility
| Action | Status | Date of Action |
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| Human Exposure Under Control Human Exposure Under Control(CA725) | ||
| Groundwater Migration Under ControlGroundwater Migration Under Control (CA750) | ||
| Remedy DecisionRemedy Decision (CA400) | ||
| Remedy ConstructionRemedy Construction (CA550) | ||
| Ready for Anticipated Use Ready for Anticipated Use (CA800) | ||
| Performance Standards AttainedPerformance Standards Attained (CA900) | ||
| Corrective Action Process TerminatedCorrective Action Process Terminated (CA999) |
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Cleanup Activities Pertaining to a Portion of the Facility
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Facility Description
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MACtac is a specialty coater of a variety of papers, films, and foils utilizing solvent based, aqueous based, hot melt, and 100% solid silicone systems. The coatings are currently applied by four production coaters using state of the art coating technologies. There are approximately 25 different coatings used at the facility.
The facility was established on January 4, 1963 by Litton Business Systems, under the name of Communication Papers.
The facility does not have a history of unaddressed spills that would indicate surface soil contamination. Currently, there is no storage or manufacturing located in an area that would impact surface soils. Groundwater seeps through fractured bedrock to former mine shafts in the Scranton area. Due to this groundwater situation, contamination is not suspected.
There are no surface water bodies or sediment located near the facility. A certain amount of residual contamination exists in the area of the former underground storage tank farm. It was not feasible to excavate these soils due to their location immediately adjacent to a water tower structure. The tank closures received Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) approval in the 1990s.
Contaminants at this Facility
The hazardous waste storage area closure was approved by Pennsylvania Department of Environment (PADEP) in 1985. The only other hazardous materials storage on site was in above ground and underground tanks, loading and unloading stations, and several processes. No releases, sampling, or remediation has occurred relating to any of these areas, other than underground storage tanks. In September 1989 and July 1991, the tanks were either excavated and removed or cleaned and closed in place. After several excavations and removal of soil, a residual amount of Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon remains in the subsurface near the water tower structure. Due to its location, further soil removal is not feasible. This remaining residual does not pose a risk to human health or the environment, provided the land is not used for residential purposes.
Due to past mining activities in the Scranton area which has impacted groundwater quality, the mine locations that directly underlay the facility, and that groundwater seeps through fractured coal beds to the former mine shafts, groundwater in the area of the facility is not used as a source of potable water. A public water system supplies water to the area.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Institutional Controls restrict land use at the Facility to remain non-residential and groundwater to non-potable use.
Institutional and Engineering Controls help ensure human exposure and groundwater migration are under control at a cleanup facility. Where control types have been reported by states and EPA in EPA’s RCRAInfo, they are shown below. Not all control types are needed at all facilities, and some facilities do not require any controls. Where there are blanks, the control types may not be needed, may not be in place, or may not be reported in RCRAInfo.
Are Controls in Place at this Facility?
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Control(s) in Place? |
Areas Subject to Control(s) |
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Institutional ControlsNon-engineering controls used to restrict land use or land access in order to protect people and the environment from exposure to hazardous substances remaining in the site/or facility. (CA 772) |
Informational DevicesInformational Devices (ID) |
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| Proprietary ControlsProprietary Controls (PR) | ||||
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Engineering ControlsEngineering measures designed to minimize the potential for human exposure to contamination by either limiting direct contact with contaminated areas or controlling migration of contaminants. (CA 770) |
Groundwater ControlGroundwater Control (GW) |
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Enforcement and Compliance at this Facility
EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) provides detailed historical information about enforcement and compliance activities at each RCRA Corrective Action Site in their Enforcement and Compliance Historical Online (ECHO) system.
RCRA Enforcement and Compliance Reports from ECHO
Related Information
For more information about this facility, see these other EPA links:
- RCRA information in EPA’s Envirofacts database
- Information about this facility submitted to EPA under different environmental programs as reported in EPA’s Facility Registry Services
- Alternative Names for this facility as reported by EPA programs in EPA’s Facility Registry Services
- Cleanups in My Community provides an interactive map to see EPA cleanups in context with additional data, and lists for downloading data
- Search RCRA Corrective Action Sites provides a search feature for Corrective Action Sites
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Contacts for this Facility
EPA Region implements and enforces the RCRA Corrective Action program for and federally recognized tribes.
For further information on this corrective action site, use the Contact Information for Corrective Action Hazardous Waste Clean Ups listings that are accessible through Corrective Action Programs around the Nation.