The Oceana Salvage Site has been under various orders from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality since the early 1990s to address the unpermitted piles of cracked battery casings and lead contaminated soils. The Responsible Party failed to comply with those orders and dispose of piles of lead contaminated soil and debris. The property is adjacent to a family campground and to the Oceana Naval Air Station.
The RP at the Oceana Salvage Site began work on the treatment and capping of approximately 1000 cubic yards of lead contaminated soils on Tuesday. The work complies with an EPA Administrative Order on Consent effective September 26th, 2008. EPA is on site overseeing the work.
As of October 31st approximately 1200 cubic yards of soil and debris were treated using lead binding technology. EPA and the RP sampled the treated soils using the Toxicity Characteristic Leachate Procedure. EPA and the RP also took post excavation samples beneath the piles to determine the total lead content of those soils and whether additional excavation would be needed.
EPA and the RP are awaiting sampling results to determine if additional excavation and or treatment of soils is necessary prior to capping the treated soils.
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