Dunbar Asphalt to Clean up 29-Acre Portion of Sharon Steel Superfund Site, Hermitage, Pa.

PHILADELPHIA (Sept. 14, 2015) The E.P.A. today announced a suggested settlement the government has reached with Dunbar Asphalt Products, Inc., to clean up a 29-acre portion of the Sharon Steel Corporation Superfund Location in Hermitage, Pa. The cleanup will better protect workers from exposure to contaminants on the Location and prevent airborne delivers of the contaminants.

"This settlement advances the cleanup work at Sharon Steel, allows for 2 local businesses to continue operating, and protects workers' health and the local community," said E.P.A. Regional Administrator Shawn M. Garvin. "Getting this cleanup work underway builds on the progress we're steadily making in the overall cleanup and reuse of this property."

Under this suggested settlement, Dunbar will pay the costs to cover exposed slag with asphalt or clean fill to prevent delivers of heavy metals and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and ensure there is no exposed waste. Dunbar will also reimburse E.P.A. for future costs related to the cleanup of this 29-acre portion of the site. E.P.A. estimates that it would have cost the agency $1.7 million to clean up this portion of the Location if a settlement had not been reached with Dunbar.

Dunbar and Williams Brothers Trucking Company are each operating businesses at the site. E.P.A. selected a process that allows the businesses to continue operating while the protective remedy is being installed.

The entire Sharon Steel Location covers about 325 acres in Mercer County. Sharon Steel Corporation used this area to dispose of slag and other waste generated from the company's steel-making operations at its nearby Farrell Works plant. The slag and other wastes contaminated soil and groundwater. In 1998, E.P.A. added the Location the National Priorities List of sites that have known, or are threatened by, delivers of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants.

The suggested settlement is subject to a 30-day public review period which started Sept. 11, 2015, and requires court approval before becoming final.

E.P.A. is paying to clean up other areas at this Superfund site.

For suggested settlement and how to comment:
http://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decree/us-v-dunbar-asphalt-products-inc


Additional information about the Sharon Steel Corporation (Farrell Works Disposal Area) Superfund Location is at: http://www.epa.gov/reg3hwmd/npl/PAD001933175.htm

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