ABB Cecil Twp. Act 2

Site Background

The 87-acre property at 288 Muse Bishop Road was used for coal mining and manufacturing and contains an abandoned coal refuse pile and historic contamination.

For more information on the Act 2 process, visit DEP's Land Recycling Program page.

Resources and Links

Environmental Cleanup and Brownfields Land Recycling (Act 2)

On August 1, 2019, DEP approved Cecil Township’s scope of work for the Muse-Bishop Road site submitted by the Township on April 12, 2019. The scope of work was drafted in 2017 but submitted more recently as part of the township’s request under the Industrial Sites Reuse Program administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED). Cecil Township submitted a letter of intent to DCED on November 1, 2018.

• Scope of Work Approval (PDF)
• Scope of Work - 2017 (PDF)
• Letter of Intent – without enclosures (PDF)

On February 7, 2018, DEP received a Notice of Intent to Remediate (NIR) the property per the January 8, 2018 agreement.

• Notice of Intent to Remediate (PDF)

On January 8, 2018, DEP entered into a Consent Order and Agreement (COA) with ABB Inc. and Cecil Township to remediate the former C.E. Cast property in Cecil Township. This COA also serves as a Buyer-Seller Agreement for the property.

• COA/Buyer-Seller Agreement (PDF)
• Exhibit 1 maps (PDF)

The COA/Buyer-Seller Agreement references and incorporates several environmental investigation reports* provided to DEP.

• Report 1. Site Assessment and Environmental Compliance Audit Report by C-E Environmental, Inc. - April 1990 (PDF)
• Report 2. Report of Field Investigations by ABB Environmental Services, Inc. – March 1994 (PDF)
• Report 3. Draft Phase III Site Characterization Report by ABB Environmental Services, Inc – December 1994 (PDF)
• Report 4. Draft Phase IV Remediation Pilot Test Program Report by ABB Environmental Services, Inc. – September 1995 (PDF)
• Report 5. Phase IV Soil Remediation Report by ABB Environmental Services, Inc. – April 1996 (PDF)
• Report 6. Environmental Status Report by MACTEC – August 2003 (PDF)
• Report 7. Waste Characterization Report by EQ – The Environmental Quality Company – March 2009 (PDF)
• Report 8. Final Closure Report - Solid Waste Landfill by MACTEC – August 2009 (PDF)
• Report 9. Sampling and Analysis Plan – Southern Landfill Berm by Conestoga-Rovers & Associates (CRA) – August 2009 (PDF)
• Report 10. Southern Landfill Berm Characterization Report by CRA – January 2010 (PDF)
• Report 11. Groundwater Monitoring Reports by MACTEC/CRA (PDF)
• Report 12. Final Environmental Indicator Inspection Report by Tetra Tech FW Inc. – December 2003 (PDF)

*The website contains scanned versions of the text of these reports. Some of the reports are very large so the full report with appendices was not able to be scanned. The entire reports can be viewed by scheduling a file review.