EPA RCRA ID: MDD000797365
On this page:
- Cleanup Status
- Facility Description
- Contaminants at this Facility
- Institutional/Engineer Controls
- Enforcement and Compliance
- Related Information
- Contacts for this Facility
Cleanup Status
Note: The EPA is the lead agency for managing cleanups at this facility.
This facility is one of EPA Region III's high priority Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) corrective action sites and EPA has determined that both the Human Exposure and Groundwater Environmental Indicators have been met.
BFI implemented, and continues to operate and monitor the numerous remedies which include a ground water recovery and treatment system, an active landfill gas extraction system, leachate collection and a state-of-the-art landfill cap. Monitoring of the groundwater continues to occur to ensure protectiveness and progress. All of the above are required by the July 31, 2012 permit in addition to Institutional Controls restricting the use of both the Facility and groundwater.
A formal meeting was held on September 13, 2011 between concerned citizens, EPA and Maryland's Department of Environment (MDE) proposing the final remedy for the Facility. In summary, the citizens were pleased with the remediation efforts and the regulatory oversight.
On March 19,2029 the EPA conducted a Long Term Stewardship assessment to assess whether the remedy was implemented and protective of human health and the environment. EPA determined that the remedy institutional and engineering controls have been fully implemented and no control deficiencies were identified.
Cleanup Actions or environmental indicators characterizing the entire facility are shown below. It is not intended as an extensive list of milestones/activities. This listing, and all the data on this page, come from EPA’s RCRAInfo and are refreshed nightly to this page. For this table and the Cleanup Activities Pertaining to a Portion of the Facility table that follows, 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 BFI Solley Road facility is located at 7890 Solly Road on approximately 150 acres in a rural area 3 miles south of Baltimore, Maryland. The Facility includes two closed landfills: the East Fill encompasses approximately 18 acres and received industrial hazardous waste; the West Fill also encompasses 18 acres and received solid waste (household trash). From 1963 to 1979 Browning Ferris accepted industrial and municipal wastes at the East and West Fills.
The Facility ceased receiving any waste in 1982 and the East and West Fills were closed in accordance with solid waste management regulations.
In the year 1999, Allied Wastes Industries purchased BFI. Allied merged with Republic Services, Inc. BFI is a subsidiary of Republic and is the current owner of the Facility.
Contaminants at this Facility
The main contaminants impacting groundwater are volatile organic compounds such as benzene (a component of gasoline) and trichloroethylene (a solvent).
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Institutional Controls for the site include:
- The Facility shall not be used for residential purposes unless it is demonstrated to EPA that such use will not pose a threat to human health or the environment and EPA provides prior written approval for such use.
- The Facility shall not be used in any way that will adversely affect or interfere with the integrity and protectiveness of the ground water recovery and treatment system; the landfill caps; the leachate collection and removal system, and/or the gas extraction system, including all associated pipes and wells, unless it is demonstrated to EPA that such use will not pose a threat to human health or the environment and EPA provides prior written approval for such disturbance.
- The groundwater from the Facility shall not be used for any purpose other than to conduct the operation and maintenance and monitoring activities required by MDE and to implement EPA's selected remedy, unless it is demonstrated to EPA that such use will not pose a threat to human health or the environment or adversely affect or interfere with the selected remedy and EPA provides written approval for such use.
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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Control(s) in Place? |
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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| 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
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
Documents, Photos and Graphics
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.