Global InformationHavertown Superfund information
| Havertown PCP | |
|---|---|
| Superfund site | |
 Aerial view of Havertown PCP Superfund Site | |
| Geography | |
| Township | Haverford Township |
| County | Delaware County |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 39°58′51″N 75°18′31″W / 39.98083°N 75.30861°W |
  Havertown PCP | |
| Information | |
| CERCLIS ID | PAD002338010 |
| Contaminants | arsenic, benzene, cooper chromate, creosote, dioxins, napthalene, Pentachlorophenol (PCP), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, trichloroethylene and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) |
| Responsible parties | National Wood Preservers |
| Progress | |
| Proposed | 12/30/1982 |
| Listed | 09/08/1983 |
| List of Superfund sites | |
Havertown Superfund is a 13-acre[1] polluted groundwater site in Havertown, Pennsylvania contaminated by the dumping of industrial waste by National Wood Preservers from 1947 to 1991. The state first became aware of the pollution in 1962 and initiated legal action against the owners in 1973 to force them to cleanup the site. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ranked the site the eighth worst cleanup project in the United States.[2] The site was added to the National Priorities List in 1983 and designated as a Superfund cleanup site in the early 1990s. Remediation and monitoring efforts are ongoing and the EPA transferred control of the site to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection in 2013.
The site was deemed to be "short-term protective of human health and the environment" in the sixth five-year report conducted by the EPA in 2020.
- ^ Leonard, Paul. "SIXTH FIVE YEAR REVIEW REPORT FOR HAVERTOWN PCP SUPERFUND SITE DELAWARE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA" (PDF). www.semspub.epa.gov. Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ GAO 1997, p. 170.