EPA RCRA ID: MD0170022602
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) is the public law that creates the framework for the proper management of hazardous and non-hazardous solid waste. Corrective action is a requirement under RCRA that facilities that treat, store or dispose of hazardous wastes, or did so in the past, investigate and clean up hazardous releases into soil, groundwater, surface water and air. For more information, and for more information on RCRA-specific terms used on this page, please visit EPA’s umbrella RCRA web page or EPA’s RCRA Corrective Action page.
On this page:
- Cleanup Activities
- Facility Description
- Institutional/Engineering Controls
- Enforcement and Compliance
- Related Information and Publicly Available Electronic Records
- Contacts for this Facility
Cleanup Activities
The United States Naval Academy (USNA) is located between the south bank of the Severn River and historic downtown Annapolis, Maryland. The Perry Center is located in the northwest portion of the USNA campus. The Perry Center consists of several buildings utilized for material storage, USNA vehicle repairs, bus parking, and construction equipment storage. Two Solid Waste Management Units (SWMUs) SWMU six Perry Center Dry Cleaning Plant) and SWMU eight (Perry Center Gasoline Station)] and four Areas of Concern (AOCs) [AOC three (Perry Center Wash Rack), AOC four (Perry Center Ready Room), AOC 12 (Perry Center Bus Heater Power Feeder Site), and Storm Water Sewer System] are located within the Perry Center.
EPA issued a final remedy decision for the site on January 8, 2015.
EPA's remedy for the site consists of requiring the Facility to maintain a soil cover system and implement and maintain groundwater use and land use restrictions through Institutional Controls at Solid Waste Management Unit (SWMU) 13. SWMUs six and eight; Areas of Concern three, four, and 12; and the Perry Center Storm Water Sewer are considered Corrective Action Complete without Controls.
On October 20, 2015, the EPA conducted a Long Term Stewardship assessment to assess whether the remedy was implemented and protective of human health and the environment. EPA 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. This listing, and all the data on this page, come from EPA’s RCRAInfo and are refreshed nightly to this page. For this table, 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 USNA was founded in 1845 as the Naval School and encompassed 10 acres of Old Fort Severn in Annapolis, Maryland. In 1850, the Naval School became the USNA. The USNA eventually expanded to 338 acres after filling in shoreline along the Severn River. The USNA is a four-year service academy that prepares midshipmen to be professional officers.
Since on or about the 1910s wet garbage and refuse generated at the various Severn River Naval Command activities were burned in an incinerator in SWMU 13 and some refuse, wood, and scrap metal were deposited along the southern shoreline of the Shady Lake.
Results from the environmental investigations identified that SWMU 13 is underlain by a thick sequence of fill with layers of ash and cinder.
The historic operation of the Former Storage Yard Number One, Incinerator, and Rubbish Pile, SWMU 13 resulted in the release of metal and organic contamination.
To address the potential adverse effect to the ecological environment (avian omnivores represented by robins) a soil cover was installed in 2009.
Elevated levels of lead were identified in surface soil at SWMU 13 based of the finding of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Corrective Action Investigations. The combination of data from hotspot delineation sampling events and the findings of the risk assessment indicated that a potential for adverse effect to avian omnivores from the presence of lead in the surface soil.
The RCRA Corrective Action Investigations also identified unacceptable risks from elevated levels of lead in the subsurface soil exist in SWMU 13.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
The area associated with SWMU 13 has restrictions to prohibit residential use and groundwater and also require maintenance of soil covers.
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 and Publicly Available Electronic Records
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.