EPA RCRA ID: VAD044736213
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.
In January 2000, International Paper-Masonite Facility in Waverly, Virginia, entered into a Facility Lead Agreement with EPA to investigate any Facility contaminant releases. International Paper (IP) submitted an investigative work plan to EPA in May 2000 which was approved in June 2000. In 2001, IP completed: (1) surface and groundwater sampling; (2) groundwater monitoring; and (3) well installation to delineate site-related contamination. A former underground storage tank (UST) was found to be the primary source of contamination. The former 50,000 gallon capacity UST was removed prior to environmental investigations. Fuel oil #2 had leaked from the UST, locally contaminating soil and groundwater on-site.
In November 2002, IP submitted an Investigation Report and Proposed Corrective Measures to EPA. IP proposed to continue hand bailing as the final remedy. EPA and Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VA DEQ) approved the Corrective Measures and Investigation Reports. The clean-up goal is to reach product thickness of 0.1 inch or less (sheen), or to the limits of recoverability, sustained over a year.
Product recovery consisted of weekly hand bailing product from the wells. However, in October 2009, IP upgraded the recovery effort and installed more recovery wells and a product skimmer in one well. IP conducted a pilot study, an Enhanced Fluid Recovery (EFR®) event on April 29, 2014. Eleven soil borings and eight additional recovery wells were installed in January 2014.
Since October 2002, about 1,316 gallons of product have been recovered. The product recovery rates declined from 452 gallons in 2010 to 23 gallons in 2017. IP submitted a proposal to reduce recovery frequency based on a decline in product recovery and stable or decreasing trends in the aerial extent of the plume from at least monthly to quarterly in June 2017.
The only remaining issue at the site is the release from the UST that contained diesel fuel which is a “regulated substance” but was not identified as a Solid Waste Management Unit in the RFI. The Facility is a non-TSDF Facility; therefore the release is being more appropriately managed under the Subtitle I corrective action program under Case Number PC 90-0719. VA DEQ issued a remedy decision of Corrective Action is Complete without Controls on July 23, 2018.
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 International Paper, Masonite Corporation Waverly plant manufactured different grades of particle board. IP purchased scrap wood and sawdust as a raw material for the production of pressed flake board. Scrap wood was screened to remove impurities, then ground to a fine powder and dried. The wood powder was bonded together with urea formaldehyde resin to form particle board. The powder was also used at the Facility boiler plant as the principal fuel source for the Facility. Previous vinyl laminating processes used xylenes and methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) as solvents. An aeration/settling basin was used to reduce suspended solids and BOD under a pre-treatment permit, and the wastewater was discharged to a regional sewage treatment plant. Three former underground storage tank farms were removed under the supervision of Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VDEQ). The USTs were used for the storage of diesel, gasoline, xylenes and MEK.
In 1966, IP purchased the plant from Gray Products Company. In July 2002, IP sold the facility to Nevamar Company, LLC. The Facility closed in 2003. In January 2005, Nevamar sold the Facility to Waverly Particle Board Company, LLC. In 2009, the Facility ceased operations and in 2010 went into bankruptcy. The property is currently owned by Wood Fuel Developers, LLC. IP continues to conduct on-going groundwater remediation under the oversight of the Virginia Petroleum Program.
Contaminants at this Facility
The primary contaminants are: xylenes, MEK and fuel oil constituents (BTEX and PAHs).
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
No Institutional controls are required at the Facility.
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.