EPA RCRA ID: VA6690500909
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.
EPA initiated discussions with the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (Authority) in 2005 regarding the need to begin addressing the RCRA corrective action regulatory requirements.
While initial communications addressed facility wide corrective action, priority was given to addressing jet fuel contamination in the vicinity where construction was about to begin on new fuel storage tanks. The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (Authority) cooperated with EPA Region III and VADEQ to address investigation and remediation of the former fuel tank area. Removal of contaminated soil was completed in January 2006. The Authority agreed to monitor groundwater in the area to confirm natural attenuation of any remaining contamination. Subsequent investigation of the groundwater area indicates the contamination is no longer present.
With respect to the facility wide evaluation, Dulles provided information on the status of releases from known solid waste management units at the facility - in two large submittals. EPA and VADEQ evaluated the submitted information and determined additional data and information is needed to assess the RCRA environmental indicators and the overall RCRA corrective action status. Information provided by representatives of Loudoun and Fairfax Counties was considered during EPA and VADEQ’s assessment of the facility.
On March 19, 2007, EPA requested the Authority to submit a workplan to address Phase I Environmental Indicator Information Needs. The Authority submitted a workplan on April 30, 2007 and implemented the workplan in May. The Authority submitted reports of investigation in August, October, and November. On November 27, 2007, the Authority submitted a workplan for additional investigations.
On August 24, 2016, the Corrective Action Final Decision for the facility was issued which stated VA DEQ's remedy for the Facility consists of the following two components: 1) perform and maintain a groundwater monitoring program; 2) compliance with and maintenance of institutional controls that restrict certain land and groundwater uses at the Facility.
RCRA Corrective Action clean-up activities at the facility will be implemented through a Land Use Control Implementation Plan.
On August 18, 2020, the VDEQ conducted a Long Term Stewardship assessment to assess whether the remedy was implemented and protective of human health and the environment. VDEQ 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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This facility is an international airport and its operations include fuel distribution, fuel storage, deicing, deicer storage and recycling, vehicle maintenance, vehicle painting, electrical distribution, fire training, and refurbishing. Parts of the airport are leased and used by the tenants for various other activities, and include automobile rental agencies and hotel(s).
Contaminants at this Facility
Contaminants of concern include contaminants related to fueling, deicing, vehicle maintenance, painting, and fire training activities that have taken place at the facility.
In the mid to late 1990's, investigation and remediation took place at the former Fire Training Area pursuant to the requirements of VADEQ’s RCRA Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Operations Program. Chemicals of concern that were identified in soil included silver, chromium, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene, sec-butylbenzene, n-Propylbenzene, 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene, 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene, 2-butanone, 4-isopropyltoluene, and tert-butylbenzene. Chemicals that were identified in groundwater included dichloroethene, dichloroethane, and trichloroethane.
Several investigations and remediation of petroleum related releases have been addressed by VADEQ Petroleum Program.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Institutional Controls and Engineering Controls for the site include:
- IC: Prohibition on the use of groundwater for potable uses.
- IC: Site is only for non-residential use.
- A soil management plan or "areas of concern (AOC) and Solid Waste Management Units
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) Type |
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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Non-Groundwater |
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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.