The Pennsboro Glass Site includes the facility buildings and grounds of the former Pennsboro Glass Company. The majority of the Site is occupied by a moderately sized glass manufacturing facility (approximately 2/3 of Site property). The majority of the original facility is still intact, though the buildings are in disrepair. The largest building is the main factory building, which houses several kilns/ovens, treatment and finished product storage areas. Also on the property are two adjacent warehouse buildings, located to the north of the main building. There is an unnamed tributary that runs beneath the facility, fed by waters from the hillside to the north. On the east side of the former facility is the current Champion Marble Company manufacturing building. The south side of the Site is a large gully area that was formerly the location of the Premier Glass Company, the last portions of which reportedly burnt down in the mid-1990s.
The Pennsboro Glass Company abandoned the facility in 1998. The site was purchased and used for storage (marble company storage) and asset liquidation, but was not maintained in regards to hazardous constituent safety and security. In 2005 the WVDEP requested assistance from the EPA in cleaning up and addressing the hazardous chemicals and constituents remaining at the Site. EPA unsuccessfully attempted to gain access to the site from the current property owner. Therefore, an access warrant for sampling was sought after and granted to EPA in 2007 to perform sampling at the site. EPA and its contractor (START) conducted a sampling event at the site from November 13th to November 15th, 2007, as part of a removal site evaluation. Analytical results for waste samples collected from the building indicated concentrations of several metals constituents. Contaminants of concern detected in soil samples included selenium with a concentration up to 127000 mg/kg; lead with a concentration up to 1420 mg/kg; arsenic with a concentration up to 566 mg/kg; and cadmium with a concentration up to 1610 mg/kg; and chromium with a concentration up to 144000 mg/kg.
Based on these results and situations at the site, the OSC deemed a removal action necessary. The OSC drafted a special bulletin for the site. Several hazardous constituents (arsenic, cadmium, lead, selenium) were identified in validated laboratory data from samples collected inside the building during the event. Based on the data results the OSC again petitioned the court for a subsequent access warrant in order to activate a cleanup. This warrant was awarded by the United States District Court of the Northern District of West Virginia on July 30th, 2008. The access warrant is good for 90 days. Removal actions began at the site on 08/14/08. Operations to date have included staging, segregating, and containerizing of materials/chemicals.
On October 14th, 2008, removal activities continued at the site. ERRS prepared the site and the drums/materials for disposal to occur the following day. ERRS weeded and cleared brush and debris away from the storage building doors. ERRS cleaned and checked drums and materials for waste disposal T&D. ERRS also mobed a skid steer to the site on this day. The skid steer was sent with a battery power drum grappler to assist on moving drums onto disposal trucks. START collected written and photographic documentation of site activities. The OSC, one START, and four ERRS were on site during this day. The weather was mostly cloudy with temps in the low 70s.
On October 15th, 2008, removal T&D activities occured at the site. On this day ERRS loaded three separate trucks that arrived at the site for T&D of drums and a pallet of waste materials. At 1205 hours the first truck arrived on site to transport 48 drums and one pallet (containing 7 smaller containers) of hazardous waste to a waste disposal location in Cincinnati, Ohio. At 1610 the second truck arrived at the site to transport 74 drums of non-hazardous waste to a waste disposal location in Amanda, Ohio. At 1805 hours, the third and final truck arrived at the site to transport 71 drums of non-hazardous waste to a waste disposal location in Amanda, Ohio. A total of one pallet and 193 drums were transported off site this day. This completed the T&D operations for the site. The remaining metal scrap debris was left on site. START collected written and photographic documentation of site activities. The OSC, one START, and four ERRS were on site during this day. The weather was mostly cloudy with temps in the low 70s.
On October 16th, 2008, removal activities were completed at the site. ERRS worked to close up the site buildings. ERRS removed the silt fencing and caution tape from around the site and accross the downstream portion of the stream. ERRS moved the scrap material that was staged along the street back into the storage building. ERRS locked the storage building and small shed at the north end of the site. Upon direction of the OSC, ERRS provided a set of keys to the local fire chief.
Removal Actions are completed. WV DEP updated on final site activities.
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