[CPEO-BIF] Cleaning up TCE atBishop Tube in Chester County, Pennsylvanie

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Deal reached to clean up toxic Bishop Tube site in Chester County
The site’s former operators will pay $11.4 million to pay for the cleanup. Plans to build townhomes on the site remain in limbo.

By Zoë Read
WHYY Public Media (Philadelphia, PA)
March 13, 2026

Three industrial manufacturers will pay $11.4 million to go toward the cleanup of toxic contaminants at the site of the former Bishop Tube metal manufacturing facility after reaching a settlement with Pennsylvania’s environmental regulators.

The site in East Whiteland Township, Chester County, has been tainted for decades with toxic trichloroethylene chemicals, known as TCE.

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Several businesses manufactured stainless steel tubes at the 13.7-acre site from the 1950s until 1999, contributing to various types of pollution.

Under the agreement reached earlier this month, the site’s former operators — Whittaker Corporation, Johnson Matthey Inc. and Marcegaglia USA Inc. — will fund cleanup efforts.

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For the entire story. See
https://whyy.org/articles/bishop-tube-chester-county-pennsylvania-cleanup-settlement/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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