ON APRIL 20, 2015, DIVISION DIRECTOR CECIL RODRIGUES SIGNED AN ADMINISTRATIVE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ( PENNDOT ) FOR PERFORMANCE OF A REMOVAL ACTION AT THE METAL BANK OF AMERICA, INC. (STATE ROAD) SITE, LOCATED AT 6801 STATE ROAD IN PHILADELPHIA, PA. IN A 2011 ACTION MEMO, EPA SELECTED A REMOVAL ACTION FOR THE SITE TO MITIGATE THE THREAT OF RELEASE OF POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS ( PCBs ), WHICH WERE DISPOSED OF THERE DURING PAST TRANSORMER-RECLAMATION OPERATIONS BY METAL BANK OF AMERICA, INC. THE MAIN CLEANUP COMPONENT OF THIS REMOVAL ACTION IS THE INSTALLATION OF A LINER IN A BRICK SEWER DRAINAGE SYSTEM RUNNING THROUGH AN AREA OF THE SITE CONTAMINATED WITH PCBs. THIS LINER IS INTENDED TO MINIMIZE INFILTRATION OF PCBs INTO THE SEWER SYSTEM. UNDER THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH ACCORDS WITH SECTION 122 OF CERCLA, PENNDOT, WHO HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A PRP AT THE SITE, WILL INSTALL THE LINER UNDER EPA'S OVERSIGHT. PENNDOT'S WORK AT THE SITE WILL ACTUALLY BE PART OF ITS LARGER I-95, SECTION CP2 PROJECT IN NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA. IN SHORT, INDEPENDENTLY OF EPA;S DECISION TO PERFORM A REMOVAL ACTION IMPLICATING THE ON-SITE DRAINAGE SYSTEM, PENNDOT PLANNED TO IMPROVE THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM AS PART OF THE CP2 PROJECT. EPA'S OVERSIGHT OF PENNDOT'S ON-SITE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES WILL MINIMIZE ANY POTENTIAL RELEASE OF PCBs DURING THESE ACTIVITIES. THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ALSO PROVIDES FOR DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS TO PENNDOT FROM