EPA RCRA ID: VAD065408692
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- 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.
A site visit was conducted by EPA and Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VDEQ) at the Eagle Picher Automotive-Wolverine Gasket Division facility on October 20, 2005, to discuss the Wolverine facility located at 201 Industrial Road in Blacksburg, Virginia. The purpose of the visit was to gather relevant information to assess current and past environmental impact of Eagle Picher Automotive-Wolverine Gasket Division operations. After an extensive review of existing information and the site visit, EPA determined that there is no unacceptable human exposure to contamination nor is there any evidence of groundwater contamination caused by the Facility.
EPA published a notice in a local newspaper detailing the proposed Agency decision of no further corrective action. The thirty (30) day public comment period ended on September 28, 2009, and no comments were received during that time.
On September 30, 2009, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Final Determination of Corrective Action Complete without controls, no further corrective action is required at this time at the Eagle Picher Automotive-Wolverine Gasket Division, Blacksburg 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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Eagle Picher Automotive-Wolverine Gasket Division, formerly known as Wolverine Gasket & Manufacturing Company, is located at 201 Industrial Road in Blacksburg, Virginia. The Wolverine facility property is approximately 15.1 acres in size and has an approximately 150,000 square manufacturing building, several small storage buildings, asphalt parking lots and roadways, and landscaped areas. The manufacturing building is divided into three segments designated Building A, B, and C. Building A was constructed in 1976, Building B in 1988, and Building C in 1980
The Wolverine facility operates a coil coating plant and manufactures coated steel material in a coil coating process for sale or conversion by stamping processes into gaskets. Coiled steel and fiberglass basis material is coated with rubber coatings made at the facility from master batch rubber compounds and solvents. Raw solvents used in the manufacturing process primarily include toluene, di-isobutyl ketone, isobutanol, and methyl ethyl ketone. The raw solvents are stored in four large aboveground storage tanks (ASTs) and 55-gallon drums. Basis material is unwound and washed, than coated with primer and rubber coatings. After coating, the coated basis material is dried/cured in ovens. Coated material is sold as is or is slit and stamped to client specifications. Facility operations include two coating lines, a rubber make-down process, and slitting and stamping operations. Building A houses a mix room and a coating line, Building B houses a coating line and material storage, and Building C houses the press floor.
Contaminants at this Facility
Primary concern are raw solvents used in the manufacturing process primarily include toluene, di-isobutyl ketone, isobutanol, and methyl ethyl ketone. The raw solvents are stored in four large aboveground storage tanks (ASTs) and 55-gallon drums.
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.