EPA RCRA ID: WVD009233297
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
EPA is the lead agency for managing cleanups at this facility.
In April 1995, EPA and Kaiser entered into a Final Administrative Order on Consent, U.S.. EPA Docket Number RCRA-III-008-TH, (1995 Consent Order) pursuant to Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Section 7003 under which Kaiser was required, among other things, to conduct an RFI of the SPP Facility (SPP RFI), which was one of the two parcels retained by Kaiser after the sale to Ravenswood Aluminum in 1989.
EPA issued a Final Decision and Response to Comments (FDRTC) for the former Ravenswood facility, which is now partially owned by both Century Aluminum and Constellium Rolled Products (formerly Alcan) on November 8, 2011. EPA signed separate Consent Orders for implementation of the selected remedy with Century on March 29, 2013 and Constellium on August 7, 2013.
Century and Constellium submitted a combined Corrective Measures Implementation Plan in September 2013, which was approved by EPA.
On June 23, 2016, the EPA conducted a Long Term Stewardship assessment to assess whether the remedy was implemented and protective of human health and the environment. EPA determined that the remedy institutional and engineering controls have been fully implemented and no control deficiencies were identified.
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 about three miles downstream from Ravenswood, West Virginia, the Century Aluminum of West Virginia site was built by Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Company in 1957 as a fully integrated aluminum producing facility. The facility consists of both an aluminum reduction plant and a fabrication plant that rolls aluminum ingots into plate, sheet and coil. The facility was operated by Kaiser until 1989, when it was sold to Ravenswood Aluminum Corporation. Ravenswood Aluminum bought the entire property except for two parcels retained by Kaiser (TRC Environmental Corporation purchased the two parcels from Kaiser in 2004). Ravenswood Aluminum changed its name to Century Aluminum of WV in 1997. In September 1999, Pechiney purchased approximately 500 acres of the Century Aluminum property including the cast house and fabrication plant from Century Aluminum. Century maintained the aluminum plant portion, and continued to produce aluminum up till 2009, when the plant was shut down. Century obtained a new EPA ID# WVR000016469 for the aluminum plant portion after the sale to Pechiney. Pechiney Rolled Products was bought by Alcan Rolled Products in 2003, which in turn was bought out by Constellium Rolled Products in 2011. Corrective Action is still associated with the original EPA ID number, which is now held by Constellium. Corrective Action still covers the entire site, both Century and Constellium parcels.
Contaminants at this Facility
The main constituent of concern in the groundwater is cyanide, while the main constituents of concern in soil are polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Institutional Controls (which require annual compliance reporting) include:
- A restriction on the use of groundwater beneath the property for potable purposes or any other use that could result in human exposure, unless such use is required by the Final Remedy or until groundwater is restored to drinking water standards
- A restriction on well drilling on the property without prior written EPA approval, to prevent inadvertent exposure to the contaminated groundwater and adverse affects to the Final Remedy
- A restriction that the property not be used for any purpose other than industrial unless it is demonstrated to EPA that another use will not pose a threat to human health or the environment and EPA provides prior written approval for such use
- A restriction that earth moving activities, including drilling, and construction activities are prohibited on the property unless it is demonstrated to EPA that such activity use will not pose a threat to human health or the environment and EPA provides prior written approval for such activity
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.