Statements That Don't Match the Site's Status
Government filings and legal certifications about this site have repeatedly described its status in ways that don't match the actual, current record. Each statement below can be checked directly against a public document.
Document: ZHB Decision, February 26, 2018, Page 6
Statement:
“A portion of the Property was formerly occupied by Foote Mineral Company and was a superfund site for which remediation was completed approximately 6 or 7 years ago.”
What doesn't match:
- This Finding of Fact was the factual basis for the 2018 variance. The 2006 Record of Decision (ROD) and 2008 Explanation of Significant Differences (ESD) set specific, measurable cleanup thresholds for groundwater, surface water, and soil. Those thresholds have never been met.
- A cap being installed is not the same as remediation being complete per the ROD and ESD.
Document: Preliminary Land Development 1st Submission, November 10, 2023; approved via Resolution 26-2024, June 12, 2024. Certified by the developer's engineer under 18 Pa. C.S. § 4904.
Statement:
“The site has since been remediated and removed from the National Priorities List in accordance with DEP requirements... All Brownfield remediation was completed.”
What doesn't match:
- The remediation claim was repeated.
- The site has never been removed from the National Priorities List, it has been continuously listed since October 14, 1992, and remains listed today.
- This isn't a Brownfield site. It's an active Superfund site on the NPL, a different legal classification with different federal oversight under CERCLA.
Document: Ex. J, Docket No. A-2025-3056477, April 14, 2025. Certified by PECO's Vice President of Transmission and Substation under 18 Pa. C.S.A. § 4904.
Statement:
“There is currently no pending litigation regarding the right-of-way or environmental matters related to the Project... there are no proposed direct or indirect impacts to the environment.”
What doesn't match:
- This was filed on April 14, 2025. Just seven months prior, EPA's Third Five-Year Review found the site's remedy is not currently protective of human health.
- Documented VOC contamination of unknown extent.
- Composite worker non-cancer hazard index of 2.1, more than double EPA's acceptable limit.
- EPA formally revoked the site's Sitewide Ready for Anticipated Use designation.
- There is the convergence of 5 pipelines on the site, 2 natural gas, and 3 hazardous materials.
Document: EPA Comfort Letter, "Reuse of the Property," March 20, 2026, Page 3
Statement:
“Sentinel anticipates creating some soil disturbance such as digging for shallow foundations or utilities...”
What doesn't match:
- The only approved plan calls for a full-height basement, which aligns to the height of the other floors, roughly ~20ft.
- East Whiteland Zoning Hearing Board Decision, February 26, 2018, Finding of Fact 16, p. 6.
- PCSM Report, Preliminary Land Development 1st Submission, November 10, 2023; Resolution 26-2024, Preliminary Land Development Approval, June 12, 2024.
- EPA CERCLIS / National Priorities List record, Foote Mineral Co.; 2006 Record of Decision; 2008 Explanation of Significant Differences.
- PECO Energy Company Letter of Notification to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Ex. J, Docket No. A-2025-3056477, April 14, 2025.
- EPA Third Five-Year Review, September 2024; EPA Form 9100-4, SWRAU revocation, September 16, 2024.
- Pennsylvania Pipeline Information Center, National Pipeline Mapping System data, 2017; Chester County Planning Commission, 2017.
- EPA Comfort Letter, March 20, 2026, p. 3, "Reuse of the Property."