EPA RCRA ID: WVD005005079
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
The West Virginia Department of Environmental (DEQ) is the lead agency for managing cleanups at this facility.
The FMC Corporation has completed the environmental investigation of its Spring Hill Plant located in South Charleston, West Virginia under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Section 3013 Administrative Consent Order to conduct a RCRA Facility Investigation (RFI) to:
1. Determine if a release(s) of hazardous wastes and/or hazardous constituents has occurred from the two waste management areas, the flyash basin and a former landfill area; and
2. Determine the nature and the extent of the release(s).
The project combined resources of the facility, the West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Program and EPA to complete the environmental investigation of the site. The investigation combines data developed in the NPDES monitoring program with the RCRA results and conclusions from the Phase I and Phase II hydrogeologic and waste characterization investigations conducted at the FMC South Charleston, West Virginia facility. EPA has completed its review of the investigation and determined that the facility has provided adequate characterization of the extent of contaminants which shows that contaminants are below levels of EPA concern and remedial measures are not required.
EPA presented its preliminary decision that no further corrective action was required at the facility and published a notice to accept public comments on its proposal. The certification of closure for the surface impoundment, the environmental investigation, and related documents have been made available to the public in a local library. EPA made available the Facility Determination and entertained public comments on the EPA decision, however, there was no community response in the process.
On August 30, 2000, EPA presented its Final Determination which concluded that no further corrective action is required at the facility.
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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Located in Kanawha Valley, West Virginia, FMC manufactured various organic and inorganic chemicals including hydrogen peroxide. Metals and organics were detected in the RCRA regulated surface impoundment which historically received corrosive hazardous waste. These waste streams were eliminated in 1986 and the unit was closed as a regulated unit in 1987, with approval of the State of West Virginia. An old industrial landfill was adjacent to the impoundment. The facility has received closure of the RCRA solid waste management unit.
Contaminants at this Facility
Four hazardous constituents were found in groundwater samples at low concentrations but below Clean Water Act Maximum Contaminant Levels.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Institutional Controls were not required at the site.
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
Documents, Photos and Graphics
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.