EPA RCRA ID: VAD093561652
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.
A thirty day public comment period was held soliciting interested persons to review and comment on the Department of Environmental Quality's (DEQ’s) proposed determination, as described in a Statement of Basis, that the facility completed the Corrective Action process demonstrating that no further action or evaluation is necessary. No comments were received during the comment period. Therefore, DEQ’s determination did not change and the final decision was issued in the Final Decision and Response to Comments, dated June 10, 2014.
Cleanup Background
The facility maintains a Facility Lead Agreement with the EPA for Site-Wide Corrective Action investigation and cleanup activities. Solid Waste Management Units (SWMUs) and Areas of Concern (AOCs) at the Facility include underground storage tanks, above ground storage tanks, components of the waste water treatment systems and associated piping, former hazardous waste storage area, and areas at which releases have been documented and/or cleaned up in the past.
In June 1995, a broken pipe was discovered below a manufacturing building. Production activities ceased and the pipe was repaired within one month. An estimated 300 cubic feet of potentially impacted soil attributed to the broken pipe was removed.
In 2004, a toluene release occurred from a 1,000 gallon process tank. Initial abatement measures were implemented and included removal of the tank and soil excavation. Prior to backfilling the excavation with clean soil an oxygen releasing compound (ORC) was applied to accelerate biodegradation of residual toluene in remaining soil and toluene dissolved in groundwater. Subsequent soil sampling and groundwater monitoring from 2004 to 2011 indicate that toluene was successfully reduced to below laboratory method detection limits in groundwater.
In November 2008, discolored perched water was discovered within bedding material surrounding a wastewater sewer pipe. The release was determined to be the result of a hairline crack in a manhole. The manhole was repaired. 2053 lbs of impacted liquid materials and 7.64 tons of soil were removed.
In January 2014, the facility submitted its final Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Facility Investigation (RFI) Report, including a quantitative risk assessment, to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). The facility demonstrated through evaluating all environmental media that conditions at the facility meet criteria for unrestricted future use of the property.
In March 2012, the facility finalized a Conceptual Site Model in support of a RCRA Facility Investigation (RFI) Report. In July 2013, the facility conducted field activities collecting additional soil, soil gas, and groundwater samples in support of demonstrating that conditions at the facility meet criteria for future unrestricted use of the property.
In October 2013, the facility submitted a draft RFI Report, which contained a quantitative risk assessment. In response, DEQ issued comments. In January 2014, the facility submitted its final RFI Report, which addressed DEQ’s comments and demonstrated that the facility property meets criteria for unrestricted future land use.
On March 6, 2014, DEQ determined that no unacceptable human exposure to contamination and migration of groundwater contamination was under control.
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 occupies 200 acres in an industrial park located in Petersburg, Virginia. The facility is largely comprised of undeveloped forest areas with approximately 25 percent developed for production facilities and associated services including manufacturing buildings, process buildings, storage buildings, office space, parking lots, waste water treatment facilities, and landscaped areas. The Facility manufactured active pharmaceutical ingredients and intermediates for the pharmaceutical industry. In 2013, the Facility announced that it would be implementing a phased shut down that will occur over the next two years.
Contaminants at this Facility
The facility demonstrated through evaluating all environmental media and performing a quantitative risk assessment that there are no unacceptable risks to human health and the environment for future unrestricted land use.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Institutional Controls were not required for the site.
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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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.