Hazardous Waste Cleanup: Giant Resource Recovery - Arvonia Incorporated in Arvonia, Virginia
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- Cleanup Status
- Site Description
- Contaminants at this Facility
- Institutional/Engineer Controls
- Land Reuse
- Site Responsibility
Cleanup Status
In September 2016, the facility's Hazardous Waste Management Permit was modified to incorporate a final remedy detailed in a Statement of Basis developed by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), which includes institutional controls. The modified Permit became effective on September 27, 2016 and represents Remedy Selection and Remedy Construction Complete determinations in accordance with the Corrective Action process.
On September 7, 2017, Giant Resource Recovery, Inc. recorded an environmental covenant with the Buckingham County Circuit Court to establish land use controls. The Hazardous waste Management Permit associated with EPA ID VAR000518878 expired on October 29, 2018.
Site Description
Interactive Map of Giant Resource Recovery Inc, Arvonia, VA
The Solite LLC facility manufactured lightweight aggregate used in the manufacture of lightweight masonry units, lightweight precast units, and structural concrete. The Arvonia facility operated three rotary lightweight aggregate industrial kilns that utilized liquid hazardous wastes as fuel. The hazardous waste fuel was stored and mixed/blended in a contiguous Hazardous Waste Management Permitted facility site owned and operated by Giant Resource Recovery-Arvonia, Inc (formerly Oldover, Inc.) under EPA ID No. VAD VAD098443443. The GRR facility transferred the hazardous derived fuel through pipes to the nearby Solite LLC kilns for burning (under EPA ID No. VAD042755082). The original Giant Resource Recovery - Arvonia, Inc. property is a tract of land wholly contained within the confines of the Arvonia facility.
The former lightweight aggregate kiln dust settling pond (SWMU #9) was conveyed by Solite Corporation to Giant Resource Recovery, Inc. in 2005. In 2010, a separate Final Hazardous Waste Management Permit for the Corrective Action of Solid Waste Management Unit #9 (VAR000518878) was issued to Giant Resource Recovery – Arvonia, Inc. The tank farm and kilns closure was completed in 2012.
Contaminants at this Facility
Inorganics were identified as being the primary contaminants of concern.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Institutional controls include residential use prohibition for the soil restriction area. Excavation of soil in the soil restriction area shall be conducted in accordance with an Agency-approved Materials Management Plan.
Land Reuse Information at this Facility
The Arvonia facility closed the operating units and ceased industrial operations. The site is currently vacant.
Site Responsibility at this Facility
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Corrective Action activities at this facility are being conducted under the direction of the VA DEQ with assistance from EPA Region 3.