EPA RCRA ID: VAD003121977
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- 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.
Beazer East, Inc. (Beazer) entered into an Administrative Order on Consent (the Consent Order) with EPA on April 24, 1991, pursuant to Section 3008(h) of RCRA to address corrective action requirements under RCRA applicable to the Site. The Consent Order required Beazer to implement certain interim measures, to complete a RCRA Facility Investigation (RFI), and to complete a Corrective Measures Study (CMS) in connection with the Site. Interim measures included implementing source control measures, installing a perimeter security fence, and installing a sediment trap in the Eastern Drainage Ditch. The obligations of the Consent Order were transferred from Beazer to CSXT effective April 22, 1998, in connection with transfer of the property from Beazer to CSXT in March 1997.
EPA prepared and released its Final Decision and Response to Comments for the selected cleanup approach for the Facility in December 2009. The remedy was implemented through a Site-wide corrective action permit which is administered by VADEQ. On August 17, 2010, VADEQ approved CSXT's permit application and issued CSXT a hazardous waste management permit for corrective action. The permit contained provisions for implementing corrective action at the Site consistent with the remedy selected by EPA in 2009. The hazardous waste management permit became effective on September 16, 2010, and has since been renewed on June 28, 2021, effective until June 28, 2031.
On September 29, 2016, EPA issued approval of a Corrective Measures Implementation Report for this Facility. This report documents the completion of construction of the $6,950,000 remedy selected by EPA in December 2009, for this former wood treating facility. The remedy construction work was completed between June 2014 and September 2015 and included the installation of a slurry wall that encircles an approximate 7.4-acre area encompassing the closed former surface impoundment, the former creosote unloading area and treatment area, the northern end of the drip tracks and the water supply pond. Approximately 35,000 cubic yards of impacted soils and sediment and construction debris were excavated, stabilized and consolidated inside the slurry wall containment area prior to the construction of an engineered cap and drainage features. Additional cleanup work included the installation of free product recovery wells, restoration of excavated areas including wetlands revegetation, treatment of impacted groundwater outside of the slurry wall containment area using In-Situ Chemical Oxidation (ISCO), and final stabilization of the vegetated cap and restored excavations.
A final inspection was conducted in June 2016 and after completion of a few minor repairs to drainage features, the Site was found to be stabilized and the remedy functioning as designed. Post-construction activities include groundwater and hydraulic monitoring to evaluate effectiveness of corrective measures and natural attenuation; free product recovery; site inspections and maintenance; and monitoring and maintaining institutional controls. Pursuant to the Virginia Uniform Environmental Covenant Act (UECA), an environmental covenant was recorded on August 1, 2018, establishing institutional controls for the Site.
On July5, 2023, the VA DEQ conducted a Long Term Stewardship assessment to assess whether the cleanup remedy was implemented and protective of human health and the environment. VA DEQ 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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This former wood treating site is located in the eastern part of Henrico County, Virginia, approximately 2.5 miles east of the City of Richmond, Virginia. The CSXT facility covers approximately 52 acres, and is located adjacent to the Eastport Industrial Park on Charles City Road in Richmond, Virginia. The Site is currently a vacant former industrial facility which is bordered by a closed Browning Ferris Industries (BFI) landfill to the immediate west, the CSXT railroad to the south, and mixed agricultural and light industrial uses (including one occupied residence) to the north along Charles City Road. Between 1949 and 1983, the Koppers Company, Inc. operated a wood treatment facility on the property that produced creosote-treated railroad ties. Operations at the Site ceased in the summer of 1983, when the plant was decommissioned and equipment was removed. Thereafter, through a series of corporate transactions, ownership of the Site passed to Beazer, and ultimately CSXT acquired the Site from Beazer on March 21, 1997. Prior to implementing the corrective remedy, the Site contained a pond and a closed surface impoundment for which groundwater monitoring was conducted pursuant to the requirements of a Post Closure Care Permit issued by the VADEQ in May 2000.
Contaminants at this Facility
The main contaminants in the soil, sediment, surface water and groundwater at the site are phenols, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), metals, and volatile organics.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Pursuant to UECA, the Facility recorded an environmental covenant on August 1, 2018, to maintain the following controls:
(1) Prohibit the use of the Site for residential purposes.
(2) Prohibit the use of groundwater from beneath the Site.
(3) Restrict subsurface soil excavation at the Site except in conformance with an appropriate soil management plan.
(4) Restrict activities that would interfere with or adversely impact the integrity of the remedy or slurry wall.
(5) Require that the cap over the containment area be periodically inspected and maintained.
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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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.