Division of Emergency and Remedial Response
Site Cleanup Summary

GRANVILLE SOLVENTS, INC.

The Granville Solvents, Inc. (GSI) site is located in the Village of Granville, Licking County, Ohio. The facility operated as a solvent reclamation and recycling center. GSI operated with an interim RCRA Part A Permit but was shut down in 1986, by court order, because of continuing permit violations. Thirteen underground storage tanks and approximately 340 drums of waste were left behind. From 1986-1990, Ohio EPA investigators found that the drums were deteriorating and some of them were leaking.

From 1990-93, Ohio EPA funded the removal of the drums and tanks, and the investigation of ground water and soil. The drums and tanks were removed during the summer and fall of 1990. From 1991-93, Ohio EPA investigated the soil and ground water. The ground water was found to be contaminated with several chlorinated ethenes, and a plume of contaminated ground water was migrating toward the Village of Granville’s water well field. Soil contamination was limited to the GSI property.

In 1993, Ohio EPA referred the site to U.S. EPA to administer a ground water and soil cleanup under federal law.  US EPA contacted the generators that used GSI and notified them of their liability. In 1994, several of these companies signed an administrative consent order with U.S. EPA. A pump and treat system was installed to prevent further contaminant migration and to reduce contaminant concentrations in the ground water. In 2001, the generators installed a soil vapor extraction/air sparging system on the GSI property to address soil contamination and source area ground water. U.S. EPA approved the construction completion report on December 28, 2001.

In August 2004, the companies submitted a proposal to US EPA to suspend treatment systems and implement a ground water monitoring plan. US EPA and Ohio EPA concurred with the proposal, and the treatment systems were shut down on March 7, 2005. The ground water will be monitored for at least 5 years to ensure that contaminant concentrations in ground water remain below the clean-up standards. The companies submitted a contingency plan that will be implemented if ground water contaminant concentrations rebound. 

Photograph 1: Overview of site showing ground water treatment building and soil vapor extraction/air sparge building, August 4, 2003.

Summary date: July 2006

For further information, contact:

Fred Myers
Ohio EPA, DERR, CDO
PO Box 1049
Columbus, OH 43216-1049
614-728-3830