EPA RCRA ID: VAD980830988
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 meeting and site visit was conducted on October 30, 2008 to the Former Lorton Correctional Complex. The USEPA Region III and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will decide if additional information or sampling at the facility is required to determine whether the environmental indicators have been met or if corrective action is required at the facility. The facility will be provided with the opportunity to pursue Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) corrective action utilizing the Facility Lead Program Agreement by USEPA.
The EPA determined the Environmental Indicator for Current Human Exposures Under Control and the Environmental Indicator for Current Migration of Groundwater Under Control were completed on September 13 ,2017.
On August 6 2018, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) issued a Remedy Decision for the Former DC Correctional Facility (Former Lorton Correctional Complex (Facility) located at 8515 Silverbrook Road , Lorton, Virginia. On June 18, 2018, DEQ issued a public notice for the Statement of Basis (SB) for the proposed remedy and announced the commencement of a thirty (30)-day public comment period. The Final Remedy, the components of which are explained in detail in the SB, requires the implementation of and maintenance with institutional and governmental controls in the form of land use controls.
On September 10, 2024, 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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The Lorton Correctional Complex was established circa 1911 and included dormitories, cell blocks, residences, maintenance facilities, a large oil and coal-fired boiler house (steam plants), industrial facilities such as furniture manufacturing and repair facilities, vehicle repair centers, a hog farm, a dairy farm, a water treatment plant, and wastewater treatment plants. The facility generated and managed hazardous waste from the various manufacturing and industrial related activities including wood/upholstery furniture manufacturing/repair, printing operations, metal working and fabrication, vehicle maintenance and repair, and auto body work. Historical review of the facility's information I indicates the Lorton facility was cited on numerous occasions for a significant number of regulatory violations of the RCRA Regulations. As a result of the frequency of the RCRA violations, the facility was issued two Enforcement Consent Orders (COs), which required the facility to address the violations and to come into compliance with the regulatory requirements.
On July 15, 2002, after the property was surveyed and covenants established, 2,324 acres was transferred to Fairfax County for $4.2 million. Areas of the property designated for a high school and a middle school (approximately 116 acres) were transferred at no cost on May 1, 2002.
Contaminants at this Facility
The facility generated and managed hazardous waste from the various manufacturing and industrial related activities including wood/upholstery furniture manufacturing/repair, printing operations, metal working and fabrication, vehicle maintenance and repair, and auto body work.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Institutional Controls at the facility include:
- Restriction of all earth moving activities including excavation, drilling and construction activities that without DEQ approval.
- Maintenance and compliance with all applicable VA solid waste regulations at the closed solid waste landfill
- Operation and monitoring of the I-95 Landfill in accordance to Virginia Solid Waste Regulations
- Prohibition of private portable wells In accordance with Fairfax County’s ordnance 70.1
- Prohibition groundwater use for potable purposes unless it is demonstrated to DEQ that such use does not pose an unacceptable risk to human health and DEQ provides prior written approval for such use.
- Notification to local health department that groundwater has been impacted and no new groundwater wells should be permitted unless it has been demonstrated that groundwater has meet applicable EPA or DEQ standards
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.