EPA RCRA ID: VAD988204921
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 Trades Center entered into a Facility Lead Agreement with the EPA in August 2010, and began environmental investigations in 2011 in accordance with a site-wide Investigation Work Plan and a Sampling and Analysis Plan approved by the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) in April 2011 and June 2011, respectively. The initial Phase I Site Assessment Report was submitted to DEQ in January 2012.
On June 1, 2012, DEQ determined that contamination from groundwater and human exposures risk were under control.
The facility’s final Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Facility Investigation Report (RFI Report), which contained elements of a Corrective Measures Study and proposed a final remedy, was approved by DEQ on July 18, 2013.
The Groundwater Monitoring Plan and Vapor Intrusion Remedy Plan, which were required as part of the remedy, were approved by the DEQ on October 22, 2013.
A Statement of Basis describing the proposed remedy for the facility was finalized on October 22, 2013 and underwent a 30 day public comment period. No comments were received during the comment period and the Final Decision and Response to Comments was issued by DEQ on December 10, 2013.
A final remedy decision was complete for the Arlington County Equipment Division –Trades Center (Trades Center) on December 10, 2013. The facility’s final remedy includes on-going groundwater monitoring and institutional controls in the form of an environmental covenant that meets the requirements of the Uniform Environmental Covenant Act. The environmental covenant was recorded at the Arlington County, Circuit Court Clerk’s office with the facility’s land deed on April 24, 2014.
Institutional controls at the facility restrict the use of groundwater from beneath the property, restrict the use of the property to industrial purposes only, and require vapor intrusion evaluation and/or mitigation controls if any new buildings designed for occupation are built within 100 feet of contaminated groundwater. Institutional controls also require periodic evaluations of the protectiveness of the remedy through annual reporting.
On September 26, 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 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
| Action | Status | Date of Action |
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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 Trades Center is a 42-acre continued use facility owned and operated by Arlington County located at the intersection of South Arlington Mill Drive and South Taylor Street in Arlington, Virginia.
The Trades Center is comprised of municipal office buildings and facilities used for various county functions, which include automotive vehicle repair, vehicle storage, carpentry, chemical storage, parts and equipment storage, vehicle washing, vehicle refueling, fire training, equipment repair, and earth products handling and recycling.
Contaminants at this Facility
The primary contaminants in soil include benzo(a)pyrene and dibenz(a,h)anthracene within the SWMU 8 and 9 areas. This is based on exceedance of regional screening levels for direct contact.
The primary contaminants in groundwater include petroleum related constituents; benzene, ethylbenzene, MTBE, naphthalene, isopropylbenzene, and 2-methylnaphthalene. Secondary constituents of concern in groundwater include arsenic and lead. This is based on exceedance of drinking water standards.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Institutional Controls include:
- An environmental covenant (EC) that meets the requirements of the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act was recorded with the land deed on April 24, 2014.
- The use of groundwater beneath the facility is restricted to environmental monitoring and testing
- Future use of the property is restricted to industrial.
- Excavation is controlled in the contaminated groundwater area.
- Vapor intrusion and mitigation controls for any new buildings within 100 feet of contaminated groundwater area.
- Annual reporting on groundwater monitoring is required by the EC , as well as site use limitation report every three years.
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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Non-Groundwater |
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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.