metal banks

COTTMAN & DELAWARE AVE

The Metal Bank Superfund Site, a ten acre property on the Delaware River, is a former scap metal and transformer salvage facility located at 7301 Milnor Street in an industrial area of northeastern Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Site is bordered by Cottman Avenue on the west; Milnor Street on the north; a recycling company and salvage yard on the east; and the Delaware River on the south. A stormwater outfall owned by the City of Philadelphia at the southern end of Cottman Avenue empties into a mudflat west of the Metal bank site. The Quaker City Yacht Club is located west of the mudflat. The Metal Bank site include two areas: the southern area which consists of approximately six acres of open area that was used for scarp metal recovery; and the northern area which consists of one vacant steel building, a courtyard, and a parking area. A fence is maintained around the entire Site. Site Responsibility Cleanup of this site is the responsibility of federal and state governments, and parties potentially responsible for site contamination. This site is being addressed through federal and potentially responsible parties' actions.

Hazardous Ranking Score

33 / 100

A score of 28.5 or higher qualifies a site for the Superfund National Priority List.

Regional Contact

Region 3
Within the region: (800) 438-2474
Outside the region: (215) 814-5000

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Timeline

Discovery
Site Inspection
Preliminary Assessment
Final Listing On NPL
Removal

Contaminants & Health Effects

      Carcinogen
      Endocrine Disrupter
      Neurotoxic
      Sensitiser
      Reproductive Toxin
      Persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic
      VOC
      Mutagen

        Census

        White
        African American
        Asian
        American Indian and Alaska Native
        Native Hawaiian
        Other

        22,541

        People living
        within a 1 mile radius

        $44,252

        Average Income

        7,335

        Occupied homes

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