Hazardous Waste Cleanup: Allied Concrete Products, LLC (Formerly: Giant Resource Recovery), Arvonia, VA
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- Cleanup Status
- Site Description
- Contaminants at this Facility
- Institutional/Engineer Controls
- Land Reuse
- Site Responsibility
Cleanup Status
On June 30, 2015, Allied transferred the property it owned at the Facility to Eagle Real Estate, LLC, a related entity.
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 groundwater monitoring and 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 March 23, 2017 VDEQ approved a request to discontinue groundwater monitoring at the facility.
On September 7, 2017, Eagle Real Estate, LLC recorded an environmental covenant with the Buckingham County Circuit Court to establish land use controls. Eagle Real Estate, LLC conveyed all of its interest in the property to RMA Enterprises, Inc. on February 15, 2018. The Hazardous waste Management Permit associated with EPA ID VAD098443443 expired on October 29, 2018.
On September 21, 2023, the EPA conducted a Long Term Stewardship assessment to assess whether the cleanup remedy was implemented and protective of human health and the environment.
Site Description
Interactive Map of Allied Concrete Products, LLC (Formerly: Giant Resource Recovery), 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. The original Giant Resource Recovery - Arvonia, Inc. property is a 1.335 acre tract of land wholly contained within the confines of the Arvonia facility.
In August 30, 2011, Solite, LLC transferred the property it owned at the Facility to Allied Concrete Products, LLC (Allied)the name of the two operating permits at the Facility(VAD098443443 and VAD042755082) . Allied thereafter operated the tank farm and kilns until closure was completed in 2012. The corrective action requirements under the lightweight aggregate kiln permit VAD042755082 were transferred to the hazardous waste tank farm storage permit in 2013 and VAD042755082 was then allowed to expire.
Contaminants at this Facility
Inorganics were identified as being the primary contaminants of concern.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Institutional controls include restricting groundwater use from beneath a portion of the property and residential use prohibition for four soil restriction areas. Excavation of soil in the four soil restriction areas 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.