EPA RCRA ID: VAR000518878
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
In September 2016, the facility's Hazardous Waste Management Permit was modified to incorporate a final remedy detailed in a Statement of Basis developed by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), which includes institutional controls. The modified Permit became effective on September 27, 2016 and represents Remedy Selection and Remedy Construction Complete determinations in accordance with the Corrective Action process.
On August 14, 2017, the VDEQ conducted a Long Term Stewardship assessment to assess whether the remedy was implemented and protective of human health and the environment. VDEQ determined that the remedy institutional and engineering controls have been fully implemented and no control deficiencies were identified.
On September 7, 2017, Giant Resource Recovery, Inc. recorded an environmental covenant with the Buckingham County Circuit Court to establish land use controls. The Hazardous waste Management Permit associated with EPA ID VAR000518878 expired on October 29, 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
| 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 Solite LLC facility manufactured lightweight aggregate used in the manufacture of lightweight masonry units, lightweight precast units, and structural concrete. The Arvonia facility operated three rotary lightweight aggregate industrial kilns that utilized liquid hazardous wastes as fuel. The hazardous waste fuel was stored and mixed/blended in a contiguous Hazardous Waste Management Permitted facility site owned and operated by Giant Resource Recovery-Arvonia, Inc (formerly Oldover, Inc.) under EPA ID No. VAD VAD098443443. The GRR facility transferred the hazardous derived fuel through pipes to the nearby Solite LLC kilns for burning (under EPA ID No. VAD042755082). The original Giant Resource Recovery - Arvonia, Inc. property is a tract of land wholly contained within the confines of the Arvonia facility.
The former lightweight aggregate kiln dust settling pond (SWMU #9) was conveyed by Solite Corporation to Giant Resource Recovery, Inc. in 2005. In 2010, a separate Final Hazardous Waste Management Permit for the Corrective Action of Solid Waste Management Unit #9 (VAR000518878) was issued to Giant Resource Recovery – Arvonia, Inc. The tank farm and kilns closure was completed in 2012.
Contaminants at this Facility
Inorganics were identified as being the primary contaminants of concern.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Institutional controls include residential use prohibition for the soil restriction area. Excavation of soil in the soil restriction area shall be conducted in accordance with an Agency-approved Materials Management 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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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.