EPA RCRA ID: WVD044145209
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 lead agency for managing cleanups at this facility is the West Virginia Department of Environment (DEP).
In October 1993, EPA issued a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) administrative order directing the company to proceed with site cleanup in accordance with the Corrective Measures Alternative selected in EPA's August 3, 1992 RCRA Record of Decision (ROD) for the facility. EPA and the facility are working jointly to meet the remedial endpoints described in the order, which include:
- Reduction of naphthalene in the bedrock aquifer to the protective level of 0.400 parts per million (ppm).
- Removal of paint thinner that exists as free product in the clay soil and shallow bedrock near the source of the leak.
Releases from an above ground tank containing paint thinner had contaminated the soil and groundwater at the facility. To remediate the soil and groundwater, GMSPO has installed a remedial system consisting of a groundwater dewatering system with soil vapor extraction (SVE). The groundwater dewatering and treatment system was designed to lower and control the localized water table to enhance both dissolved and separate phase constituent removal , while enhancing the SVE system recovery of paint thinner. The remedial system has been in operation since July 1997. In January 2001, the remedial system was shut down for an initial test period to demonstrate compliance with the groundwater remedial endpoint. Based on initial compliance , the shut down was extended and the compliance data has been continually collected.
Based on the data submitted, EPA believes the first remedial endpoint has been met. That is, reduction of naphthalene in the bedrock aquifer to the protective level of 0.400 parts per million (ppm). The second endpoint will be met if General Motors can demonstrate that no free product has been observed in the shallow compliance wells for a period of three consecutive years. The last observed product in a well was November 2001. GMC continues to monitor the compliance wells, with the November 2004 as the end point for three consecutive years. In December 2004, GMC reported that it had achieved the second endpoint as required by the ROD.
A forty-five day public comment period was held in April -May 2005 over the Final Completion Determination. There were no comments received during this time. On May 23, 2005, EPA issued a "Final Determination of Corrective Action Complete without Controls" letter to 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
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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 Martinsburg, West Virginia, GMSPO was built in 1968 as a general warehousing and packaging of automotive parts facility. The facility consists of approximately 300 acres with all production operations located in a two million square foot building. The site is bounded by Interstate 81 to the south and southeast, and by railroad lines to the north and west. GMSPO also operated a prime painting area and continued to operate a maintenance area at the facility until 2005. Hazardous waste were generated in the prime painting area and the maintenance areas.
The property surrounding GMSPO is primarily open agricultural land with some lightly populated residential areas nearby. There has been no public involvement since the remedy was selected and subsequently installed.
In October 2005, GMSPO sold the facility to Berkley Business Part Associates and Rubbermaid Commercial Products has operated the facility.
Contaminants at this Facility
The main contaminants in the groundwater are Benzene, Monochlorobenzene, 1,2 Dichloroethylene, Toluene, and 1,1 Dichloroethane.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Institutional Controls were not 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.