EPA RCRA ID: VAD000820506
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.
The Agency issued a Statement of Basis for the Property on September 19, 2016. On October 21, 2016, the Agency issued a Final Decision and Response to Comments (FDRTC). The remedy is to implement institutional and engineering controls through an environmental covenant pursuant to the Virginia Uniform Environmental Covenants Acts (UECA), §10.1-1238 et seq. of the Code of Virginia. in addition, the EPA determined the Environmental Indicator for Current Human Exposures Under Control was completed on October 13, 2016. The EPA also determined the Environmental Indicator for Current Migration of Groundwater Under Control was completed on September 30, 2016. Virginia Casting Industries LLC as the owner of the property entered into an Environmental Covenant with VDEQ on February 13, 2018 pursuant to the Virginia UECA, which has been recorded with the deed for the property.
A Long-Term Stewardship evaluation was completed on September 15, 2023 as part of EPA Region 3’s goals to assess long-term effectiveness of completed remedies at RCRA Corrective Action facilities. The evaluation found that the controls identified in the remedy decision that were applicable to the entire facility were not fully implemented in the 2018 UECA Covenant which only addresses the Former Foundry Area and the Landfill Area.
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 193-acre facility was a casting foundry that manufactured metal parts for automobiles, heavy trucks, small internal combustion engines, computers, industrial tools, and household appliances. The facility was owned by Intermet Corporation from 1973 to 2009 when operations ceased, then sold to Virginia Casting Industries in 2010. The facility managed hazardous and non-hazardous wastes and completed numerous cleanup activities since 1998. Currently, the property consists of remnants from the former foundry, including large concrete pads delineating the footprint of former structures, several derelict structures, two closed solid waste landfills, and elements of a former wastewater treatment system. In addition, the rail line has been renovated and is currently active, and two temporary structures, fencing, and lighting have been added on the former foundry area in support of current commercial/industrial activities.
Contaminants at this Facility
Numerous hazardous chemicals, non-hazardous chemicals, and petroleum products were historically used during the manufacturing process. The raw chemicals and petroleum products were stored in small aboveground storage tanks (ASTs), 55-gallon drums, and carboys. The hazardous and non-hazardous wastes generated at the facility were stored in ASTs, 55-gallon drums, carboys, and small containers pending disposal/treatment.
Wastes stored at the facility were generated during research and development, product quality assurance testing, and product manufacturing. Solid non-hazardous wastes generated at the facility included commercial wastes (trash, cardboard, pallets, drums, bags, etc. ), foundry production wastes (used sand, used/broken cores, carbide slag, cupola slag, used refractory, baghouse dust, used air pollution bags or filters, used grinding wheels), and waste fluids (oil, metal cleaner, rust preventive testing fluids, spent scrubber liquid, etc. ). Commercial waste was disposed off-site through contracted trash hauling services to either Campbell County landfill or City of Lynchburg landfill. Foundry production wastes were formerly disposed at the on-site landfills or off-site Falwell landfill (an industrial captive landfill used only by the Lynchburg Foundry Lower Basin Plant and Archer Creek Plant) until the landfills were full. After the landfills were full, the foundry production wastes were disposed in commercial and local landfills. A review of the disposal records by the Facility indicates that off-site disposal began in February 2002, with some on-site disposal continuing until October 2002.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
The remedy requires the following institutional and engineering controls; however, the recorded UECA only applies certain restrictions to the Former Archer Creek Foundry Area and the Landfill Area and did not include fencing requirements. See the Geospatial PDF under “Documents, Reports and Photographs” for area boundaries.
- All earth-moving activities including excavation, drilling and construction activities that would result in direct exposure to soil or disturbance of the soil on those portions of the Facility associated with the closed landfills and associated sedimentation basins shall be prohibited without VDEQ approval of a Materials Management Plan
- The Property shall not be used for residential purposes unless it is demonstrated to the Agency that such use will not pose a threat to human health or the environment and the Agency provides prior written approval for such use. “Residential purposes” as used herein shall mean and include any improvement, structure or dwelling used for living accommodations (single or multi-family occupancy, including, without limitation, detached housing, condominiums, apartment buildings, dormitories and senior citizen housing); day care facility (whether for infants, children, the inform or elderly); and any nursing home facility.
- Groundwater shall not be used for potable purposes unless it is demonstrated to VDEQ that such use does not pose an unacceptable risk to human health and VDEQ provides prior written approval for such use. To minimize potential trespasser exposure to site-related inorganic soil contaminants the existing fence must be maintained.
- To minimize potential trespasser exposure to site-related inorganic soil contaminants, the existing fence must be 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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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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Governmental Controls (GC) |
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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.