EPA RCRA ID: VAD082881970
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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 Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VDEQ) is the lead agency for managing cleanups at this facility.
In 1990, EPA issued Schrader-Bridgeport International, Inc. - Altavista facility (SBII-Altavista) a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Administrative Order on Consent to conduct an investigation at the site. This work was completed in 1995. Based on the results of the investigation, EPA determined that groundwater was the only media of concern, and that an expansion of an interim measures pump and treat system installed in 1990 was the most effective method to remediate the site.
In September 1996, EPA issued SBII-Altavista a second Administrative Order on Consent requiring SBII-Altavista to implement the final remedy, which included augmenting the interim measures system of eight original recovery wells with six additional pumping wells. SBII-Altavista received approval from EPA and Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VDEQ) for the design of this system in February 1999. Following construction, the recovery system was tested for effectiveness through a series of aquifer pumping tests. SBII-Altavista completed these activities by April 2000, when the system was fully operational.
SBII-Altavista continues to monitor water elevations and sample groundwater monitoring wells on a periodic basis to ensure that the system is containing the plume and performing as designed. The facility submits the results of these activities to both EPA and VDEQ for review. SBII-Altavista completed a Five-Year Assessment of the system in June 2006. The assessment evaluated the performance and effectiveness of the ground water pump and treat system over the past five years. The Five-Year Assessment predicted that it will take many more years to achieve the required ground water clean up levels. As a result, Schrader is considering evaluating additional remediation technologies that could potentially reduce the remediation time frame.
On December 15, 2005, VDEQ reissued the Post-Closure Care permit for a former sludge disposal pit and polishing lagoon. Schrader continues to monitor ground water twice each year as part of the post-closure care permit requirements.
On June6, 2016, 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
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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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SBII-Altavista is located in Altavista, Virginia, approximately 12 miles south of Lynchburg, Virginia. The surrounding land area use is a mixture of industrial, commercial, agricultural and residential. The 68-acre site has manufactured fluid control devices, such as tire valves and charging ports for refrigeration and air conditioning systems since 1967. Historically, manufacturing operations included the use of solvent degreasers, however that practice was discontinued in 1993. Today, SBII-Altavista employs approximately 300 people.
Contaminants at this Facility
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are the main constituents found in the groundwater at this site. The VOCs primarily consist of tetrachloroethylene (PCE) and trichloroethylene (TCE), with trace levels of breakdown products from these chemicals.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Institutional and Engineering Controls including groundwater pump and treatment with groundwater monitoring.
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? |
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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.