EPA RCRA ID: DED011028438
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) is the public law that creates the framework for the proper management of hazardous and non-hazardous solid waste. Corrective action is a requirement under RCRA that facilities that treat, store or dispose of hazardous wastes, or did so in the past, investigate and clean up hazardous releases into soil, groundwater, surface water and air. For more information, and for more information on RCRA-specific terms used on this page, please visit EPA’s umbrella RCRA web page or EPA’s RCRA Corrective Action page.
On this page:
- Cleanup Activities
- Facility Description
- Institutional/Engineering Controls
- Enforcement and Compliance
- Related Information and Publicly Available Electronic Records
- Contacts for this Facility
Cleanup Activities
A fuel spill occurred in 1996. The test results verified that the groundwater concentrations of volatile organic compounds/semi-volatile organic compounds (VOCs/SVOCs) were below applicable levels, namely Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) and Risk Based Concentrations (RBCs). However, the sampling did reveal elevated levels of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPHs) in the immediate area of the Fuel Tank Farm where the release occurred. Any further investigation or remediation needed concerning this issue has been deferred to DNREC's Underground Storage Tank Branch for oversight. For more information about the investigations, please see the "Site Investigation - Atlantic Aviation Fuel Farm" dated July 1996.
Based on the field investigation and information submitted by the facility concerning past waste practices, EPA has determined that no further corrective action is necessary at this time under the federal RCRA Corrective Action program at the facility. The public comment period on the draft proposal ended on February 26, 2001, and no comments were received. Recently, the entire facility was sold by AAC to Dassault Falcon Jet - Wilmington Corporation, effective October 23, 2000. However, AAC retains the environmental liability for the site.
Cleanup Actions or environmental indicators characterizing the entire facility are shown below. This listing, and all the data on this page, come from EPA’s RCRAInfo and are refreshed nightly to this page. For this table, a blank in the Status column could mean the action either has not occurred or has not been reported in RCRAInfo.
Cleanup Activities Pertaining to the Entire Facility
| Action | Status | Date of Action |
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| Human Exposure Under Control Human Exposure Under Control(CA725) | ||
| Groundwater Migration Under ControlGroundwater Migration Under Control (CA750) | ||
| Remedy DecisionRemedy Decision (CA400) | ||
| Remedy ConstructionRemedy Construction (CA550) | ||
| Ready for Anticipated Use Ready for Anticipated Use (CA800) | ||
| Performance Standards AttainedPerformance Standards Attained (CA900) | ||
| Corrective Action Process TerminatedCorrective Action Process Terminated (CA999) |
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Cleanup Activities Pertaining to a Portion of the Facility
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Facility Description
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The AAC facility is located along the east corner of the New Castle County Airport in New Castle, Delaware. AAC had operated at the airport for more than 30 years and offered flight support, flight services and aircraft services. The company leased the property from the Delaware River and Bay Authority, which consists of four hangers and an underground storage tank (UST) farm.
In December of 1999, the Atlantic Aviation administration offices moved from the New Castle County Airport to the Christiana Executive Campus located in Newark, Delaware. More recently, the entire facility was sold by AAC to Dassault Falcon Jet - Wilmington Corporation, effective October 23, 2000. This was an asset purchase and AAC retains the environmental liability for the site.
No further work under RCRA Corrective Action is necessary at this time. Issues related to the Fuel Tank Farm have been deferred to DNREC's UST Branch.
The main contaminants in the groundwater and soil in the area of the Fuel Tank Farm are total petroleum hydrocarbons. Based on the information gathered to date, there are no known or reasonably suspected contamination at any other areas of the facility.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
No institutional or engineering controls were required at the site.
Institutional and Engineering Controls help ensure human exposure and groundwater migration are under control at a cleanup facility. Where control types have been reported by states and EPA in EPA’s RCRAInfo, they are shown below. Not all control types are needed at all facilities, and some facilities do not require any controls. Where there are blanks, the control types may not be needed, may not be in place, or may not be reported in RCRAInfo.
Are Controls in Place at this Facility?
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Areas Subject to Control(s) |
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Institutional ControlsNon-engineering controls used to restrict land use or land access in order to protect people and the environment from exposure to hazardous substances remaining in the site/or facility. (CA 772) |
Informational DevicesInformational Devices (ID) |
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Governmental Controls (GC) |
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Enforcement and Permit Tools (EP) |
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| Proprietary ControlsProprietary Controls (PR) | |||
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Engineering ControlsEngineering measures designed to minimize the potential for human exposure to contamination by either limiting direct contact with contaminated areas or controlling migration of contaminants. (CA 770) |
Groundwater ControlGroundwater Control (GW) |
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Enforcement and Compliance at this Facility
EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) provides detailed historical information about enforcement and compliance activities at each RCRA Corrective Action Site in their Enforcement and Compliance Historical Online (ECHO) system.
RCRA Enforcement and Compliance Reports from ECHO
Related Information and Publicly Available Electronic Records
For more information about this facility, see these other EPA links:
- RCRA information in EPA’s Envirofacts database
- Information about this facility submitted to EPA under different environmental programs as reported in EPA’s Facility Registry Services
- Alternative Names for this facility as reported by EPA programs in EPA’s Facility Registry Services
- Cleanups in My Community provides an interactive map to see EPA cleanups in context with additional data, and lists for downloading data
- Search RCRA Corrective Action Sites provides a search feature for Corrective Action Sites
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Contacts for this Facility
EPA Region implements and enforces the RCRA Corrective Action program for and federally recognized tribes.
For further information on this corrective action site, use the Contact Information for Corrective Action Hazardous Waste Clean Ups listings that are accessible through Corrective Action Programs around the Nation.