EPA RCRA ID: VAD093012417
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.
Over the years, ownership and the name of the facility has changed via sale and acquisition. The facility is currently owned by Thermo Fisher Scientific. Some of the past owners and operators of the facility include Technicon Instruments, Revlon Health Care Group, Pantry Pride, Cooper Technicon, Miles Inc., and BAYER. The initial Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Part B permit application for the facility was filed when the facility was owned by Technicon Instruments Corporation. Reagent manufacturing operations were similar and have changed little since manufacturing operations began at the facility.
A Final RCRA Site Visit Report dated February 28, 2007, and prepared by Tetra Tech EC, Incorporated was submitted to the EPA and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality for Fisher Scientific Company, LLC, presently known as Thermo Fisher Scientific (Fisher Scientific) located in Middletown, Virginia. A Statement of Basis (SOB) containing EPA's proposed remedy was noticed on March 9, 2011, in the Northern Virginia Daily newspaper. EPA issued its Final Decision regarding the Facility on May 10, 2011, stating that Corrective Action was Complete without Controls.
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 Fisher Scientific facility is 18 acres and is located in a mixed industrial and agricultural area. The facility is an invitro diagnostic manufacturing plant, which is approximately 230,000 square feet and consists of a single building. The plant is comprised of several light manufacturing and production areas, shipping and receiving area, warehouse, and storage areas. Associated areas around the building included asphalt parking lots, roadways, and landscaped areas. The majority of the manufacturing plant was constructed in 1978, with several additions and renovations performed over the years. The largest expansion of the facility occurred in 1987.
The facility formulates aqueous reagents and human and bovine-based calibration products used for clinical diagnostic systems. The products are used by clinical laboratories and hospitals to conduct various biochemical and hematological assays on human blood and urine samples. The products are considered FDA Class 1, 2 and 3 medical devices and are regulated by the United States Food and Drug Administration. Manufacturing at the facility began in 1978. Manufacturing activities include mixing of reagents and calibration products, packaging of liquids into smaller aliquots, and lyophilization (freeze drying) of liquids to produce powdered reagents. Various hazardous and non-hazardous chemicals, including petroleum products have historically been used and are currently used during the manufacturing process. The raw chemicals and petroleum products are stored in tanks, 55-gallon drums, and various capacity containers. The facility is listed as a Large Quantity Generator of hazardous waste.
Contaminants at this Facility
From 1998 to 2003, three small releases occurred and have been documented. The releases included a fuel oil spill of less than 25 gallons at a 4,000 gallon AST, an estimated 385 gallon release of formaldehyde within the facility building that was captured by secondary containment, and a release of approximately one liter of diesel fuel in the facility’s parking lot near the shipping dock. These releases were contained and cleaned up appropriately. No adverse impact to human health or the environment was observed.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
No institutional controls were required.
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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| 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.