The Foote Mineral Superfund Site is not remediated.
East Whiteland Township is letting a data center be built on top of it.

Bacton Hill Road & Swedesford Road, East Whiteland Township, PA

Latest News

Status: field change under review, soil testing questions unresolved

The PADEP and EPA are currently reviewing revised Soil and Health Management Plan documents for the site.1 Meanwhile, East Whiteland Township is trying to push through a "field change" that would eliminate the basement from the approved design and add rooftop air chillers instead.2 This redesign was part of Green Fig/Sentinel's amended plan for an expanded data center, a plan the developer had to withdraw.3 A "field change" is not a term that exists in the Township's own code, and it does not match PADEP's definition either.4

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Foote Mineral History

What you need to know

As of July 20, 2026, this site is NOT REMEDIATED. The site is 79 acres, not just the 12-acre "capped area." That cap isn't a separate contaminated zone, it's where the worst contamination on the entire site was concentrated and buried under clean fill.5 Groundwater lithium levels at the site's most contaminated well have been measured as high as 22,200 µg/L, over 500 times the standard EPA now uses for residential exposure.6 The site has been on the federal Superfund National Priorities List since 1992 and remains there today.7

The fenced, capped mound at the Foote Mineral site at sunset, with pipeline and no-trespassing warning signs. Read the full history →
What You Can Do

This is still being decided. Your voice still matters.

Email the Board of Supervisors. Call the Governor's office. Sign the petition in person if you're a registered East Whiteland voter. It takes five minutes and it adds up.

A group of East Whiteland residents wearing 'Save East Whiteland, Stop the Data Center' shirts outside the Township building. See exactly what to do →
Sources for this page:
  1. PADEP / EPA Soil and Health Management Plan review correspondence.
  2. East Whiteland Board of Supervisors, Resolution 30-2024, Condition 2(l).
  3. Developer submissions to the Planning Commission, February and March 2026.
  4. East Whiteland SALDO § 175-8; PADEP Chapter 102 field change definition.
  5. 2006 Record of Decision, remedy description.
  6. EPA Third Five-Year Review (Sept. 2024), Table D-2, Table J-1/J-2.
  7. EPA CERCLIS / National Priorities List, 1992–present.