EPA RCRA ID: VA2210020416
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- 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.
In 1999, the United States Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District, on behalf of EPA, conducted an Environmental Indicator (EI) inspection of the Ft. A.P. Hill Facility (FAPH), identifying 33 Solid Waste Management Units (SWMUs) and some areas of concern (AOC) regarding potential contamination. In January 2000, FAPH entered into EPA's Facility Lead Corrective Action Agreement ("Agreement") to conduct a site wide corrective action investigation. After FAPH secured funding from the Army, EPA met with the Facility in November 2000, to discuss the work plan scope. Based on the meeting discussion, the work plan focused investigation on 15 SWMUs and 5 AOCs and eliminated 18 of the 33 SWMUs for further investigation due to lack of evidence of possible contamination. In accordance with the EPA approved work plan in October 2001, FAPH completed all field work and submitted an investigation report to EPA in August 2002.
Inorganics were detected in soil, sediment, groundwater and surface water above residential EPA risk-based screening numbers and maximum contaminants levels (MCLs). Some pesticides were detected in surface water and sediment samples.
A phase II work plan for additional investigations was approved by EPA in 2005. FAPH completed field activities as per the approved plan. A preliminary risk assessment was submitted to EPA for review and comments were provided on November 2006. A report was approved in March 2007 and a work plan to investigate the integrity of the landfill's caps was approved by EPA in April 2008. A risk assessment report was submitted to EPA, and EPA accepted it with minor changes to be reflected in the Final Investigation Report. In March 2009, Fort AP Hill submitted the Final Facility Lead Additional Investigation Report to EPA. EPA approved the Report in August 2009.
In 2004, FAPH performed closure activities at the fire training area. During implementation of the closure activities, a small solid waste disposal area was discovered in an area adjacent to the fire training pad. AP Hill completed remediation at this area and the report was approved by EPA in November 2008.
In November 2010, EPA signed the Final Remedy Decision for FAPH, which includes the Institutional Controls listed below.
In June 2016, EPA conducted a 5 Year Review of FAPH’s implementation of the Remedy, and found that FAPH is successfully implementing the Corrective Action Remedy.
Access to the Installation is restricted and water supply wells are screened between 300 to 500 feet below ground surface. Water table aquifer is found between 14 to 25 feet below ground surface. Access to the areas where contaminants were detected by facility personnel is infrequent and of short duration. Therefore, EPA considers the potential for human exposure to residual contamination as low and falls within EPA's acceptable risk range.
On June 126, 2016, 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
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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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Fort A.P. Hill consists of a 76,000 acre complex located in Caroline County near Bowling Green, Virginia. Fort A.P. Hill is an active army installation of which 80 percent of the post is woodland, with extensive wildlife and woodland management programs in place. The facility's mission involves providing year round administrative and logistical support and training facilities for units of the Active Army, Reserves, and other branches of the military and the Government. In support of its training mission, Fort A.P. Hill maintains an extensive range complex of about 38 ranges and 48 field artillery firing positions which includes train-fire ranges, combat attack courses, a helicopter gunnery range, machine-gun transition range, heavy weapons ranges, and various special purpose ranges.
Contaminants at this Facility
Contaminants found at FAPH consisted of inorganics compounds detected in soil, sediment, groundwater and surface water above residential EPA regional screening levels and MCLs, but below industrial levels. Some pesticides were detected in surface water and sediment samples; however, EPA considers the potential for human exposure to residual contamination as low and falls within EPA's acceptable risk range.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Institutional Controls include:
- Prohibition on the use of GW from water table aquifer for all SWMUs and Areas of Concern (AOCs)
- Prohibition on the use of all SWMUs and AOCs for residential, schools, childcare, and playground use
- Prohibition of earth moving activity in SWMUs 11 to 20 (former landfill areas)
- Notification to EPA for intention to sell property, notification to prospective purchaser
- Notification to EPA and Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VADEQ) in advance of proposed land use changes that may affect final remedy objectives
Engineering Controls include:
- Monitoring groundwater natural attenuation for SMWU-16 and groundwater monitoring for AOC-4 and state permit (government control) for these two units
- Landfill caps, vegetative soil cap and covers for SWMUs 11 to 20
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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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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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
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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.