ON AUGUST 8, 2011, REGION III ENTERED INTO A RCRA 3008(h) ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT, EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 12, 2011, WITH MW MANUFACTURING FOR ITS FACILITY LOCATED IN ROCKY MOUNT, VIRGINIA. MW MANUFACTURES WOODEN AND VINYL FRAMED WINDOWS AND DOORS. AS PAR TOF ITS OPERATIONS, MW STORED WOOD TREATMENT SOLUTION CONTAINING MINERAL SPIRITS AND PENTACHLOROPHENOL IN UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS. MW'S MANUFACTURING OPREATIONS RESOLUTED IN RELEASE SOF MINERAL SPIRITS AND PENTACHLOROPHENOL TO THE SOIL. THE ORDERS REQUIRES MW TO PERFORM INTERIM MEASURES, A RCRA FACILITY INVESTIGATION, A CORRECTIVE MEASURES STUDY AND CORRECTIVE MEASURES IMPLEMENTATION.
ON AUGUST 9, 2011, MW REPORTED THAT A RELEASE WAS OCCURING AT THE FACILITY AS A RESULT OF AN UNUSUALLY HEAVY RAIN EVENT. MW RESPONDED TO THE RELEASE UNDER VADEQ OVERSIGHT. ON AUGUST 12, 2011, EPA AND MW MODIFIED THE 3008(h) ORDER TO REQUIRE MW TO ADDRESS THE RELEASE UNDER THE INTERIM MEASURES PROVISIONS OF THE ORDER, EFFECTIVE AND ENFORCEABLE IMMEDIATELY. ON AUGUST 15, 2011, AN EPA OSC ASSESSED MW'S CONTAINMENT, ASSESSMENT AND CLENAUP ACTIONS AND DETERMINED THAT THEY WERE SATISFACTORY.