EPA RCRA ID: VAD003109360
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 Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VDEQ) is the lead agency for managing cleanups at this facility.
The Virginia Department of Health (VDH), Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste Management, issued correspondence, dated December 14, 1983, formally requesting the Facility to submit a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Part B Permit Application for management and storage of hazardous waste at the Facility. The Facility decided to close the container storage area, and subsequently, this area was Certified Clean Closed in accordance with Virginia's Hazardous Waste Management Regulations on October 9, 1984.
The former J.W. Fergusson and Sons, Incorporated property is owned and operated by 4107 Castlewood Road, LLC, a SPE for W. F. Holdings, Inc. The property owner executed a covenant on August 28, 2014, that meets the requirements of the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act, VA Code, §10.1-1238, et seq, which imposes institutional controls in the form of land use restrictions.
The final remedy selected by EPA and Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) consists of institutional controls and biennial groundwater monitoring. A 30 day public notice period occurred between dates September 26, 2012 and October 26, 2012, which solicited comments on the proposed remedy. No comments were received during the period. Subsequently, EPA issued a Final Decision and Response to Comments, which selected the proposed remedy as the final remedy for the site on November 14, 2012.
Worthen Industries continues to maintain the covenant with the City of Richmond and continues to conduct groundwater monitoring in accordance with the Groundwater Monitoring Plan, approved by DEQ on June 11, 2012.
On June 27,2019, 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 Background
The western most portion of the property, which was occupied by a solvent recovery system, was cleaned up in accordance with the Virginia Voluntary Remediation Program from 2004 to 2008 for which they received a Certificate of Satisfactory Completion and implemented land use controls.
On November 19, 2010, DEQ EPA determined that contamination in groundwater and human exposures risk from contaminants were under control.
A Groundwater Monitoring Plan was submitted to DEQ on May 31, 2012. DEQ approved the Plan on June 11, 2012.
A Statement of Basis, which describes the final remedy, was developed on September 24, 2012. A public comment period occurred, which solicited comments on the Statement of Basis between dates September 26 and October 26, 2012. No comments were received
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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The Facility consists of approximately 3.35 acres and is surrounded by a Dominion Virginia Power storage yard, Castlewood Road, a railroad, and commercial developments. The Site is zoned M-1-Light Industrial and is fenced on all sides to restrict access to the Site. J.W. Fergusson and Sons, Inc. purchased the Facility in 1962 and was a rotogravure printing press operation. Prior to this time, the Site was a vacant lot that had not been used in any prior business. The printing operations began in 1964. The Facility was used for that purpose until September 2006 at which time all operations ceased. All manufacturing equipment, process raw materials, and waste materials were removed and transported off-site for reclamation, re-use, or disposal. In addition, all process material tanks and waste tanks were decontaminated and closed in place or removed.
Contaminants at this Facility
Contaminants in groundwater exceeding drinking water standards include benzene, 1,1-dichloroethylene, arsenic, and chromium. No unacceptable risks to human health and the environment from soil are present on-site. No impacts to air, surface water, or sediments were identified during the environmental investigations.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
The following Insitutional Controls for J W Fergusson are enforceable via an Environmental Covenant approved in August 2014:
- Groundwater beneath the property may not be used from purposes other than environmental testing and monitoring.
- The property may not be used for residential purposes.
- Vapor mitigation measures must be utilized in or beneath any new structures intended for occupation within the area of contaminated groundwater unless it is demonstrated that such measures are not necessary to protect human health.
- All earth moving activities, including excavation, drilling, etc., within Solid Waste Management Unit (SWMU) and Area of Concern (AOC) areas must be done in accordance with an agency approved Materials Management Plan.
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
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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.