EPA RCRA ID: WVD056866312
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 lead agency for managing cleanups at this facility is the West Virginia Department of Environment (DEP).
This facility is one of EPA Region 3’s high priority Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) corrective action sites. Extensive progress has been made with the cleanup of the Bayer Corporation Site. This facility is approximately 48 years old and is located on the Ohio River, in New Martinsville, West Virginia. In 1987, EPA issued a RCRA corrective action permit to the company to proceed with site cleanup.
The facility have completed the RCRA corrective action requirements and a Statement of Basis has been completed and a public notice has been issued by the WVDEP. The Corrective Action Final Remedy consist of: a groundwater component , a soils component, a technology demonstration component and Facility –wide Institutional Controls.
On July 29, 2019, the WVDEQ conducted a Long Term Stewardship assessment to assess whether the remedy was implemented and protective of human health and the environment. WVDEQ 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 New Martinsville Facility is situated within the Ohio River Valley at the base of the West Virginia Northern Panhandle in Marshall and Wetzel Counties, approximately five miles north of the city of New Martinsville, West Virginia. The Facility is bounded by an industrial facility to the north, the Ohio River to the west. West Virginia Route 2 and steeply sloped terrain to the east, and the small town of Proctor, West Virginia to the south.
Located in New Martinsville, West Virginia, the Former Bayer Corporation Site, now Covestro LLC, encompasses approximately 194 acres. The facility was built in 1954 for production of toluene diisocyanate. Currently, the facility manufactures polymers and inorganic chemicals.
Contaminants at this Facility
Contaminants that have been found in the soil and groundwater are 1,2 dichlorobenzene, bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, phenol, 2,4-Dinitrotoluene, 2,4-Toluenediamine,aniline and nickel.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Institutional Controls at the site include:
- Groundwater at the Facility shall not be used for any purpose other than 1) industrial use as non-contact cooling water; and 2) the operation, maintenance, and monitoring activities required by West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) and/or EPA, unless it is demonstrated to WVDEP, in consultation with EPA, that such use will not pose a threat to human health or the environment or adversely affect or interfere with the selected remedy and WVDEP, in consultation with EPA, provides prior written approval for such use.
- The Facility property shall not be used for residential purposes unless it is demonstrated to WVDEP, in consultation with EPA, that such use will not pose a threat to human health or the environment or adversely affect or interfere with the selected remedy, and WVDEP, in consultation with EPA, provides prior written approval for such use.
- All earth moving activities, including excavation, drilling and construction activities, in the areas at the Facility where any contaminants remain in soils above EPA's Screening levels for non-residential use or groundwater above Federal MCLs/Tap Water Risk-Based Concentrations (RBCs), shall be prohibited unless it is demonstrated to WVDEP, in consultation with EPA, that such activity will not pose a threat to human health or the environment or adversely affect or interfere with the selected remedy, and WVDEP, in consultation with EPA, provides prior written approval for such use.
- No new wells will be installed on Facility property unless it is demonstrated to WVDEP, in consultation with EPA, that such wells are necessary to implement the final remedy and WVDEP provides prior written approval to install such wells.
- The Facility requires the implementation of the approved Groundwater Monitoring Plan.
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.