EPA RCRA ID: WVD981034101
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 EPA.
On July 9, 2014, the Safety Kleen site located in Wheeling, WV achieved construction completion of its final remedy. A 30 day public comment period occurred from May 30, 2014 to June 29, 2014 soliciting comments on a Statement of Basis describing Safety Kleen’s final remedy and land and groundwater use restrictions for implementation of the final remedy. One comment was received but did not change the remedy proposed in the Statement of Basis. Consequently, the final remedy is unchanged from the proposed remedy. The final remedy consists of natural attenuation, requiring the Facility to maintain a groundwater monitoring program and to implement and maintain groundwater use restrictions through Institutional Controls. Safety Kleen continues to conduct routine groundwater monitoring for remedial effectiveness. The Covenant for land and groundwater use restrictions was signed on August 10, 2015.
Cleanup Background
A meeting and site visit was conducted on October 7, 2009, at the Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc. facility in Wheeling, West Virginia. The USEPA Region 3 and the West Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)reviewed the available data and reports to determine the next steps in the Corrective Action program and to make a determination with regard to the groundwater Environmental Indicators.
On September 9, 2011, EPA determined based on available data, there are no imminent threats to human health and the environment.
On July 9,, 2014, EPA issued a final cleanup remedy which consists of the following:]
- Monitored natural attenuation until drinking water standards are met
- Compliance with and maintenance of institutional controls.
Safety Kleen submitted to EPA a draft Well Installation and Summary Assessment Report for the Safety Kleen Wheeling, West Virginia facility dated October 23, 2012. The Report describes the installation and monitoring of the two new wells, MW-5 and MW-6. Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) was detected in the samples collected from monitoring wells MW-5 and MW-6 at concentrations of 85 μg/L and 37 μg/L, respectively, which exceeds the West Virginia Groundwater Quality Standard (WVGWQS) of 5 μg/L and EPA’s Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) for PCE of 5 μg/L. Safety Kleen will investigate the PCE source.
On April 2, 2019, the EPA conducted a Long Term Stewardship assessment to assess whether the remedy was implemented and protective of human health and the environment.
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 Safety-Kleen facility is located at 10 Industrial Park, Wheeling, West Virginia. The facility is approximately 3,000 feet north of the intersection of U.S. Highway 250 and U.S. Highway 40 and is located in a heavy industrial area in northern Wheeling. Safety Kleen is currently bordered to the Northeast by Liquid Assets Disposal Incorporated, to the East by W. A. Wilson Incorporated, and to the west and northwest is Wheeling Creek, light commercial and residential areas, and the Ohio River approximately 2,100 feet in the same direction.
Safety Kleen is currently owned by Safety-Kleen Systems, Incorporated, of Plano, Texas, and is an accumulation point for spent solvents generated by its customers and a distribution center for clean solvents to be delivered to its customers. The spent solvents are ultimately shipped to a Safety-Kleen recycling facility or a contract reclaimer, and then returned to the Safety-Kleen's customers as product.
This facility has operated at the site since 1984 and consists of several structures situated on 1.28 acres of land. These structures include a building with offices and a warehouse for container storage, a flammable waste storage building, and two tank farms surrounded by concrete diking.
Contaminants at this Facility
Constituents of potential concern (COPCs) in groundwater are Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons as Diesel, Tetrachloroethene and Trichloroethene. Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons are above West Virginia's groundwater protection standards. Tetrachloroethene and Trichloroethene are present above their respective Federal Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) at one or more locations in groundwater. The source of the Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons and chlorinated solvents is indeterminate. There does not appear to be any contaminated groundwater leaving the site at concentrations that pose unacceptable risk to people and the environment. Drinking water is provided via a public drinking water source in the area.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
The Institutional Controls (ICs) for the facility are for groundwater monitoring, no new wells, and no groundwater use. Annual certification of these ICs are 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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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.