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Chem-Fab Site Information The Chem-Fab site is located at 300 North Broad Street in Doylestown, Pa. The company operated an electroplating and metal processing facility on the site from 1965 to 1994. Subsequently the property was used to store and dump other waste chemicals. Groundwater underlying the site is contaminated with metals associated with the electroplating process and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), chemicals commonly found in solvents and degreasers. The VOCs also impacted three nearby municipal wells and several residential wells. There is a potential for the VOC-contaminated groundwater to vaporize and enter homes near the site. The Site was placed on the National Priorites List in April 2008. EPA is currently conducting a Remedial Investigation at the Site in coordination with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) into the nature and extent of the soil and groundwater contamination at the site. The following contaminants have been found at the site: tricholoroethene, hexavalent chromium, carbon tetrachloride, cis- 1,2-dichloroethene, 1,1-dichloroethene, tetrachloroethylene, 1,1,1-trichloroethene, and vinyl chloride. In 1990, EPA connected residences and businesses that were impacted by the groundwater contamination to city water. In 1994, EPA removed 117 drums of chemicals and 8,400 gallons of liquid waste from the site. The EPA and DEP are currently conducting soil and groundwater investigations at the site. Here are links if you would like more information:: EPA’s Chem Fab site http://www.epa.gov/reg3hscd/super/sites/PAD002323848/ ATSDR ATSDR ToxFAQs http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaqs/index.asp ATSDR’s page on TCE http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/substances/toxsubstance.asp?toxid=30 ATSDR page on Hexovalent Chromium http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/hexchrom/
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