The United States Environmental Protection Agency is in the process of performing a routine five-year review of the status of a Superfund remediation project at the Cryochem, Inc. Superfund Site in Boyertown, Berks County. Persons interested in submitting information to the EPA to consider for its review are invited contact Vance Evans, the EPA Community Involvement Coordinator, at (215) 814-5525 or evans.vance@epa.gov.
According to the EPA website, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has been operating and maintaining a groundwater extraction and treatment system since May 2008 to remediate volatile organic compounds, including TCA, DCA, PCE, TCE, DCE and vinyl chloride, detected in the groundwater.
Under federal regulations, EPA is required to re-evaluate the protectiveness of remedial actions at Superfund sites every five years. The last five year review of the Cryochem, Inc. Superfund Site required testing to evaluate potential risks of the volatile organic compounds in the groundwater vaporizing and migrating into residential dwellings overlying the groundwater plume.
EPA anticipates that the Five-Year Review will be available by June 2013.
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