United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region III
POLLUTION REPORT


Date:
Thursday, September 9, 2010
From:
Gregory Ham


Subject: 

Removal Action Completed
Consolidated Pharmaceutical Group
6110 Robinwood Road, Brooklyn Park, MD
Latitude: 39.2083000
Longitude: -76.6278000


POLREP No.:
5
Site #:
A3JH
Reporting Period:
D.O. #:
Start Date:
 
Response Authority:
CERCLA
Mob Date:
 
Response Type:
Time-Critical
Demob Date:
 
NPL Status:
Non NPL
Completion Date:
 
Incident Category:
Removal Action
CERCLIS ID #:
Contract #
RCRIS ID #:
 

Site Description

The Consolidated Pharmaceutical Group (CPG)is a  facility just south of Baltimore, Maryland, that formerly manufactured various antibiotics, and had shut down approximately eight years ago.  The facility contained a tank farm of 20 tanks (ranging from 5,000 to 20,000 gallons), some of which still contained hazardous substances.  In addition, over 100 drums of various substances, including alcohols, solvents, acids, and basic solutions, were stored inside the building.  A laboratory on the second floor of the building contained lab bottles of numerous chemicals, most of which were in very poor condition. Also, hundreds of containers of antibiotics (mostly off specification or quarantined) in pill and powder form were stored throughout the building.  Roof leaks had resulted in many of these containers being in deteriorated condition.


Current Activities

As of the date of this polrep, all wastes have been removed from the site, including the wastewater in the sump tanks on the property, and the rinse water from cleaning the empty tanks.  All of the above ground tanks in the tank farm have been removed.  The sump tanks in the ground are still in place, but have been emptied (they contained nonhazardous wastewater).  All actions specified in the action memorandum dated 10/17/07 have been completed.

CPG has been requested to submit the certified final report required by the Unilateral Administrative Order dated 10/24/07.  EPA is awaiting submittal of this final report before closing out the order.


Planned Removal Actions

No further removal actions are planned at this site.


Next Steps

Review of the certified final report when submitted by CPG.


response.epa.gov/CPG