Metropolitan Mirror & Glass Inc. Frackville, PA - Super Fund Sites on Waymarking.com

"The Metropolitan Mirror site occupies approximately an 8-acre tract of land at the intersection of Industrial Road and Altamount Avenue in West Mahanoy Township near Frackville in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania A manufacturing building, a small building connected to the manufacturing building, a small pumphouse, a water tower, two lagoons, a stream, and two drainage ditches are on the site.
Prior to 1959, the site was owned by the Kimerling Estate. In 1959, a large land parcel which included the site, was sold by the Kimerling Estate to the Frackville Merchants Association. Subsequently, the parcel of property was donated to the Greater Pottsville Industrial Development Corporation (GPIDC). In 1959, Metropolitan Mirror purchased a section of the parcel from GPIDC and operated the subject facility until 1982 when the company went bankrupt. Between 1959 and 1982, Metropolitan Mirror manufactured mirrors. The plant used a silver solution, paint strippers, paint thinners, and other solvents in the manufacturing process.
The daily wastewater flow from the plant did not vary because of the continuous production line that was used. Based on 250 work days a year, Metropolitan Mirror discharged approximately 31,250,000 gallons of process wastewater to the lagoons annually.
The National Patent Development Corporation acquired the property after Metropolitan Mirror declared bankruptcy and, in May 1987, sold it to the St. Jude Polymer Company, a plastic bottle recycler. The 1990 Industrial Directory reports 74 employees work at the current facility. St. Jude Polymer Company does not use the waste water lagoons.
Attention was called to the facility in 1987 when contamination was found in the Frackville Public Water Supply. Tetrachloroethene (PCE) was found in Keystone Water Company wells (now Pennsylvania-American), which supply water to the Borough of Frackville. An investigation to find the source of contamination was undertaken by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources (PADER). As a result of this investigation, the Metropolitan Mirror and Glass facility and its lagoons were considered potential sources of contamination. ATSDR provided consultation to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) during a site investigation in early 1988." www.atsdr.cdc.gov/hac/pha/pha.asp?docid-324&pg=1

ID: PAD982366957 Site Name: Metropolitan Mirror & Glass Inc. Link to Site: [Web Link] Additional Parking: Not Listed

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