EPA RCRA ID: VAD000800532
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.
In July 2002, EPA issued Griffin Pipe a Consent Order. The purpose of this Order was to require Griffin to 1) perform Interim Measures (“IM”) to prevent or mitigate any threats to human health or the environment; 2) perform a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Facility Investigation (“RFI”) to determine fully the nature and extent of any release of hazardous waste and/or hazardous constituents at or from the Facility; and 3) perform a Corrective Measures Study (“CMS”) to identify and evaluate alternatives for corrective action necessary to clean up contaminated media to levels protective of human health and the environment. EPA approved the revised RFI workplan on September 27, 2006. The final RFI report was submitted on April 20, 2010.
EPA approved the Screening Level Ecological Risk Assessment on May 8, 2013. Additionally, the RFI report was approved on June 27, 2013. Griffin Pipe submitted a CMS on November 8, 2013. EPA reviewed the report and proposed that Griffin move forward with an Interim Measure (Stormwater Pond Removal and Containment through Engineering Controls) rather than wait and have the pond removed as part of the remedy.
The landfill was closed and capped in 1989.
On September 24, 2014, Griffin Pipe proposed to remove the eastern detention pond berm and cap any remaining impacted areas. The proposed interim measure (IM) included removal of portions of the berms that were constructed to form both the eastern and western stormwater basins. The proposal also included the use of a geomembrane capping system (IM remediation cap) to control contaminated sediments currently in the eastern detention pond.
The IM Work Plan included an Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Plan for the existing landfill cap and the proposed IM remediation cap, and contains requirements for periodic inspection and maintenance of both caps. EPA approved the IM Work Plan on October 27, 2014.
Construction of the IM remediation cap commenced on July 25, 2016 and was completed on October 13, 2016, in accordance with the EPA-approved IM Work Plan. The IM remediation cap effectively eliminates access to contaminated sediment in the former pond to terrestrial plants and animals, and the associated unacceptable ecological risks.
In addition, the EPA-approved O&M Plan was revised and to acknowledge that groundwater monitoring was no longer required.
On January 18, 2017, EPA issued a Statement of Basis (SB) in which EPA proposed a remedy for the Facility. EPA held a thirty (30)-day public comment period which began on January 18,2017 and ended on February 17, 2017. The only comments EPA received during the public comment period were submitted by Griffin Pipe.
The Final Decision and Response to Comments (FDRTC) for the Facility was issued on March 10, 2017. EPA’s final remedy for the Facility consists of the continued maintenance of the landfill cap and IM remediation cap in accordance with the EPA-approved O&M Plan, access and reporting requirements and the implementation of and compliance with the land use restrictions because some contaminants will remain in the soil at the Facility above levels appropriate for residential exposure.
On August 10, 2020 , 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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Griffin Pipe is approximately 15 acres and is located on Thomas Road, 0.8 miles north of the intersection of Thomas Road and Route 685. The landfill consists of approximately 8 acres. The Facility was acquired by Griffin Pipe in 1981, it was previously owned by GEF Corporation.
Waste from Griffin Pipe’s iron foundry in Lynchburg, Virginia was received at the landfill, this waste included baghouse dust produced by the air emission control system for the iron melting cupola. The cupola dust was EP-toxic for cadmium and lead (D006 and D008).
Contaminants at this Facility
Chemicals of concern include arsenic and lead.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Institutional controls include a cap over the landfill and land use restrictions.
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.