Bucks, Montgomery Hazardous Waste Sites Proposed For Removal From Priority List

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice it is proposing to remove two sites from the state Hazardous Site Cleanup Priority List in Bucks and Montgomery counties and is inviting public comments on the actions.

Both sites have been listed on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund List and by state law cannot be listed on Pennsylvania’s Hazardous Site Cleanup Priority List.

DEP proposes to remove--

-- Chem Fab, Doylestown Borough and Doylestown Township, Bucks County—The Chem Fab Site is located at 300 North Broad Street, Doylestown Borough, Bucks County; it encompasses an approximately 1-acre parcel and an associated plume of contaminated groundwater, extending from the Site southwest into Doylestown Township.

-- Baghurst Alley Site, Upper Salford Township, Montgomery County—The Baghurst Alley Site is an area of groundwater contaminated by chlorinated solvents.

DEP will accept comments on these actions until March 16.

For more information contact Stephan Sinding, Environmental Cleanup and Brownfields Program Manager, Ragesh Patel, Chief, Hazardous Sites Cleanup Program, Dustin Armstrong, Project Officer, or Colin Wade, Project Officer, Department of Environmental Protection, Southeast Regional Office, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401 or call 610-250-5900.