The Transportation Drive PCB site is located in Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. The majority of the site is currently owned by a trucking company who operates a dispatch and service center. Prior to 1983 the site was reportedly the location of a facility that scraped electrical equipment including transformers and large capacitors.
EPA’s TSCA program referred the site to EPA’s Removal Program in April 2014 reporting that the property owner excavated a drainage ditch and uncovered several PCB large capacitors. The OSC conducted a site visit on May 14, 2014. Two large capacitors and large quantities of scrap from electrical equipment was observed along the perimeter of the site. EPA conducted a site assessment on June 24, 2014 and collected soil and sediment samples in and around areas where electrical equipment related scrap material was observed. Analytical results indicate high concentrations of PCBs in soils and sediment. Concentrations are particularly high in areas where electrical equipment waste was observed.
The OSC issued Special Bulletin A and Polrep 1 on November 14, 2014 in order to take actions to secure the site. An Action Memorandum was signed on June 26, 2015 authorizing a Removal Action to mitigate the threat posed by PCB electrical equipment and PCB contaminated soil and debris at the site. Personnel and equipment were mobilized to the site on August 11, 2015. Removal activities are ongoing. To date more than 400 PCB large capacitors have been recovered and more than 13,000 tons of PCB contaminated soil and debris have been transported off site for disposal.
