Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc. (Wheeling) Factsheet | Mid-Atlantic Corrective Action

Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc. (Wheeling)

Contacts

Government Contacts
Leonard Hotham 3LC20
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 3
1650 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029
Phone:(215) 814-5788
Email: hotham.leonard@epa.gov

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Site Status

Cleanup Status:
Corrective Action Underway

Human Exposure
Controlled: YES

Groundwater Controls:
To Be Determined

Current Progress at the Site

A meeting and site visit was conducted on October 7, 2009 at the Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc. facility in Wheeling, WV. The USEPA Region III and the WVDEQ is reviewing the available data and reports to determine the next steps in the Corrective Action program and to make a determination with regard to the groundwater Environmental Indicators.
On September 9, 2011, EPA classified the site as meeting Human Health Environmental Indicator EI 725 (site currently protective of human health). Based on available data, there are no imminent threats to human health and the environment.
Safety Kleen submitted to EPA a draft Well Installation and Summary Assessment Report for the Safety Kleen Wheeling, WV facility dated October 23, 2012. The Report describes the installation and monitoring of the two new wells, MW-5 and MW-6. PCE was detected in the samples collected from monitoring wells MW-5 and MW-6 at concentrations of 85 μg/L and 37 μg/L, respectively, which exceeds the West Virginia Groundwater Quality Standard (WVGWQS) of 5 μg/L and EPA’s Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) for PCE of 5 μg/L. Safety Kleen will investigate the PCE source.

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Site Description

The Safety-Kleen facility is located at 10 Industrial Park, Wheeling, West Virginia. The facility is approximately 3,000 feet north of the intersection of U.S. Highway 250 and U.S. Highway 40 and is located in a heavy industrial area in northern Wheeling. Safety Kleen is currently bordered to the Northeast by Liquid Assets Disposal Incorporated, to the East by W. A. Wilson Incorporated, and to the west and northwest is Wheeling Creek, light commercial and residential areas, and the Ohio River approximately 2,100 feet in the same direction.

Safety Kleen is currently owned by Safety-Kleen Systems, Incorporated, of Plano, Texas, and is an accumulation point for spent solvents generated by its customers and a distribution center for clean solvents to be delivered to its customers. The spent solvents are ultimately shipped to a Safety-Kleen recycling facility or a contract reclaimer, and then returned to the Safety-Kleen's customers as product.

This facility has operated at the site since 1984 and consists of several structures situated on 1.28 acres of land. These structures include a building with offices and a warehouse for container storage, a flammable waste storage building, and two tank farms surrounded by concrete diking.

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Contaminants

Constituents of potential concern (COPCs) in groundwater are Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons as Diesel, Tetrachloroethene and Trichloroethene. Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons are above WV's groundwater protection standards. Tetrachloroethene and Trichloroethene are present above their respective Federal Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) at one or more locations in groundwater. The source of the Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons and chlorinated solvents is indeterminate. There does not appear to be any contaminated groundwater leaving the site at concentrations that pose unacceptable risk to people and the environment. Drinking water is provided via a public drinking water source in the area.

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Documents and Reports

Some of the site’s key documents of interest are accessible below:

Environmental Indicator Determination - Human Exposures [PDF, 8 pp, 21KB, About PDF]

All documents and reports regarding this facility also can be reviewed in person at these locations:

U.S. EPA Region III
Land & Chemicals Division - RCRA
1650 Arch Street-11th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 814-5788
Call for an appointment.

Submit a FOIA Request
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Photos, Maps and Diagrams

Safety Kleen

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Questions

For more information about EPA’s corrective action webpage, including Environmental Indicators, please visit our site at: www.epa.gov/reg3wcmd/correctiveaction.htm

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