Hazardous Waste Cleanup: KLI Site in Milford, Virginia
On this page:
- Cleanup Status
- Site Description
- Contaminants at this Facility
- Institutional/Engineer Controls
- Land Reuse
- Site Responsibility
EPA Region III completed a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Facility Assessment (RFA) in January 1989 which identified 13 Solid Waste Management Units (SWMUs) and 2 Areas of Concern (AOCs).
Cleanup Status
In December 2012, 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 Statement of Basis and Permit modifications underwent a 60-day public comment period during which a public meeting was conducted. One (1) comment was received during the public comment period, which did not require any changes to the draft permit. The modified Permit became effective on December 21, 2012 and represents Remedy Selection and Remedy Construction Complete determinations in accordance with the Corrective Action process.
The final remedy requires the facility to maintain a groundwater monitoring program and to develop and maintain groundwater use restrictions known as institutional controls that will prevent current and potential future exposure to groundwater contamination and assure that the groundwater use does not change until the groundwater objectives are met.
Site Description
Interactive Map of KLI Site, Milford, VA
The facility is located south of the town of Milford in Caroline County, Virginia. The facility site consists of a 21.33-acre parcel bounded by Industrial Drive (Route 640) to the west, Route 773 to the south, Hoover Wood Products to the east, and Jones Chemical to the south.
During approximately 1968 to 1988, the following three businesses were operated at the facility: Keller Extrusions of Virginia, Inc., Keller Building Products of Virginia, Inc., and Keller Ladders of Virginia. Management of wastewater prior to the construction of a surface impoundment in 1977 is unclear. The property contains a drainage ditch located next to the surface impoundment and parallel to Route 773. The drainage ditch contains two drains that are constructed below Route 773, which discharge into neighboring wetlands.
On May 27, 2006, a Post-Closure Care Permit (Permit) with the RCRA Corrective Action (CA) Module and Attachments was issued to KLI, Inc., by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). The Permit requires post-closure care of a hazardous waste surface impoundment, groundwater monitoring, and site-wide CA. In January 2007 Milford Investment Properties, LLC, bought the KLI, Inc. property and assumed responsibility for the RCRA CA.
Contaminants at this Facility
The primary contaminants in the groundwater at the facility are tetrachloroethylene and 1,1-dichloroethane.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Institutional controls to be utilized at the site require the operation and maintenance of the hazardous waste surface impoundment, a groundwater monitoring program, and groundwater use restrictions. There is also a deed notice in place identifying the location of the surface impoundment closed with waste in place as a landfill
Land Reuse Information at this Facility
The site is currently unused.
Site Responsiblity at this Facility
RCRA Corrective Action activities at this facility are being conducted under the direction of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality with assistance from the EPA Region 3.