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.
As of November 10th the RP resumed construction work on site. Laboratory results showed that all but one 250 cubic yard soil piles passed TCLP criteria. The pile that did not pass TCLP criteria was re-treated and re-sampled on November 10th. The rest of the piles were graded into the onsite containment berm.
Lab results for the soil pile that was treated again are expected by Friday midday. If those results show the pile has passed TCLP, the soil piles capping will be completed then. All work is expected to be completed by Saturday, November 15th.
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