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Property Details for Thomas West Riverfront


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236175
Blackwater Canyon Trail Thomas, WV 26292
8
47-12-0002-0217-0000
39.14802389441696 / -79.50128003757322
2
Nowak, Joseph
Nowak.Joseph@epa.gov
215-814-3303


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Property Location



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Property Progress


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CAs Associated with this Property

CA NameCA #StateTypeAnnouncement Year
City of ThomasBF96331201WVAssessment2014
City of ThomasBF96348701WVCleanup2016


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Assessment Activities at this Property

ActivityEPA FundingStart DateCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Counted When?
Phase II Environmental Assessment$45,000.0003/29/201712/30/2017City of ThomasYFY22
Supplemental Assessment$14,650.5303/06/202004/24/2020City of ThomasN


Is Cleanup Necessary? Yes
EPA Assessment Funding: $59,650.53
Leveraged Funding:
Total Funding: $59,650.53


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment

There is no data for Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment.


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Contaminants and Media


Other Metals
PAHS
Iron (Fe)
Cleaned Up
Cleaned Up
Cleaned Up
Ground Water
Soil
Cleaned Up
Cleaned Up


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Cleanup Activities

Start DateEPA FundingCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Cleanup Documentation
10/01/2016$240,000.0009/27/2022City of ThomasNo


Cleanup/Treatment Implemented: Y
Cleanup/Treatement Categories:
Addl Cleanup/Treatment info: The mine-scarred land surface was restored through land application and mechanical incorporation of organic matter, nutrients, and reestablishment of vegetation in accordance with the ABCA and Cooperative Agreement workplan. Vegetation was reestablished to provide a suitable surface for the planned future use as a public park greenspace.
Address of Data Source:
Total ACRES Cleaned Up: 8
Number of Cleanup Jobs Leveraged: .01
EPA Cleanup Funding: $240,000.00
Leveraged Funding:
Cost Share Funding:
Total Funding: $240,000.00


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup

There is no data for Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup.


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Institutional and Engineering Controls

Yes
Government Controls
The Institutional Control is an Activity Use Limitation (AUL) enforced via a Land Use Covenant (LUC) that prohibits the following activities and uses at the Site:
1. Use or extraction of groundwater for any purpose, except for groundwater monitoring and/or remediation.
2. Any activity that may interfere with the groundwater monitoring well network.
The LUC provides exposure pathway elimination for the Site-related COCs in groundwater: Cobalt, Iron, and Manganese, as well as two PAHs: Benzo(a)anthracene and Dibenz(a,h)anthracene that exceeded the De Minimis Groundwater standard, but are caused by off-site sources and are not Site-related COCs. A monitored natural attenuation program is ongoing to evaluate attenuation of COC concentrations and stability of the Site related COC plume in groundwater and will be used to inform future decisions regarding the LUC and permanent abandonment of the site monitoring well network.
No
No


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Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments

Start DateLeveraged FundingCACompletion Date
03/06/2020$480,000.00City of Thomas


Number of Redevelopment Jobs Leveraged:
Actual Acreage of Greenspace Created:
Leveraged Funding:


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment

There is no data for Climate Adaption and Mitigation – Redevelopment


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Additional Property Attributes

Former Use: The 8-acre project area is located directly across the North Fork of the Blackwater River from the City of Thomas, within the boundary of the greater City of Thomas Riverfront Park, and represents a major portion of the City's current viewshed. It is part of a larger 120-acre parcel extending north beyond US Route 219 where the City has already invested considerable resources in developing over 5-miles of low-impact recreational trails, an ADA accessible boat ramp, and other park amenities. Pollution on the West Riverfront site is related to historic mining practices. The Davis Coal and Coke Company used the project area on the west side of the North Fork of the Blackwater River as a mine waste or overburden repository where coal was processed and loaded for rail transport. The waste materials included bits of coal, low energy value discards, pieces of rock, ash, and other geologic material, often referred to as gob. Large piles of this gob material remained on the surface of the site after Davis Coal and Coke operations ended during the 1970s. Over time, the large piles were removed by the West Virginia Division of Highways for use as winter road treatment material. However, remaining surface soils are intermixed with residual gob material.

To address these mine-scarred lands and assess potential human and ecological risks from exposure to Contaminants of Potential Concern (COPCs), the site was entered into the WV Voluntary Remediation Program (VRP). Under the VRP, supplemental assessment was completed to better evaluate Arsenic concentrations in surface soil and complete an additional round of groundwater sampling. A Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment (HHERA) was performed utilizing data from prior and supplemental site assessment for site surface soil, subsurface soil, and groundwater and off-site surface water and sediments. Potential receptors for the Site as a recreational park included current and future park visitors, trespassers, site workers, excavation workers as well as ecological receptors.

COPCs at the Site were screened against the following WV De Minimis values and U.S. EPA screening levels, as applicable:
* Human health de minimis values for residential land use.
* Human health de minimis values for industrial land use.
* Human health de minimis values for groundwater.
* Human health vapor intrusion screening levels for groundwater

Findings of the HHERA indicated no unacceptable human health or ecological risk from exposure to site surface or subsurface soil. Potentially complete exposure pathways to site-related Cobalt, Iron, and Manganese as well as two PAH compounds: Benzo(a)anthracene and Dibenz(a,h)anthracene affecting the site from offsite sources, that exceeded their respective De Minimis Groundwater standards were identified by the HHERA. The groundwater Contaminants of Concern (COCs) for the Site are Cobalt, Iron, Manganese, Benzo(a)anthracene, and Dibenz(a,h)anthracene. Modeling demonstrated that combined exposure to these COCs in both soil and groundwater did not provide an unacceptable risk to excavation workers at the Site. The findings of the Ecological Risk Assessment indicate that the Site is not presenting risk above the local background condition.

A Remedial Action Plan was approved by the VRP to utilize an Institutional Control (IC) for exposure pathway elimination to groundwater COCs combined with monitored natural attenuation to evaluate attenuation and stability of the COCs over time. The Institutional Control is an Activity Use Limitation (AUL) enforced via a Land Use Covenant (LUC) that prohibits the following activities and uses at the Site:
1. Use or extraction of groundwater for any purpose, except for groundwater monitoring and/or remediation.
2. Any activity that may interfere with the groundwater monitoring well network.

Groundwater is not used at the site, there are no wells other than monitoring wells, and there are no surface dischar
Industry (8)
Hazardous
ID Number (if Applicable): 20006 Enrolled: 04/17/2020
The Remedial Action Work Plan and LUC was approved by the WV VRP. The LUC will be implemented upon signature execution between the VRP Applicant and WVDEP.


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