West Virginia Department of Environmental
Protection
Public Information Office
601 57th Street SE
Charleston, WV 25304
304-926-0440
PUBLIC NOTICE –
RECEIPT OF
VOLUNTARY
REMEDIATION
APPLICATION
PUBLIC NOTICE NO.:
VRP #18030
NEWSPAPER:
The Intelligencer
PUBLIC NOTICE DATE: Week of February 22, 2021
The Ohio Valley Industrial and Business Development Corporation has submitted an application to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) to participate in a voluntary environmental cleanup at the Teletech site (also known as a portion of the Former Moundsville Zinc site) under the Voluntary Remediation and Redevelopment Act. The site is located at 100 Teletech Drive, Moundsville, Marshall County, West Virginia, and is approximately 5.034 acres in size.
The property has been operated by multiple owners for industrial uses, including zinc smelting and zinc tailings processing, as well as sulfuric acid production, from approximately 1917 until 1958.
The Office of Environmental Remediation (OER) at the WVDEP has negotiated a Voluntary Remediation Agreement with the applicant to address environmental conditions associated with the site. The agreement includes provisions for assessing potential environmental contaminants; evaluating human health and ecological risks; establishing remediation standards; and, performing any cleanup necessary to meet the standards. At project conclusion, the applicant will submit a Final Report, documenting that all work is complete.
Application No.:
VRP #18030
Applicant: Ohio Valley Industrial and Business Development Corporation
1100 Main Street
Wheeling, WV 26330
Site Location:
100 Teletech Drive
Moundsville, Marshall County, WV
Current Site Use: The site currently contains a commercial office building, asphalt parking lot and vacant vegetated land.
Suspected Contaminants: Contaminants of potential concern include metals in surface and subsurface soils and groundwater. Soil and groundwater impacts must be determined for pesticides/herbicides, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs).
Proposed Cleanup Method and Methods to Control Possible Health Exposure: A combination of Institutional and/or Engineering controls, based on the results of environmental and risk assessment, will be mandated for the site.
Application Availability:
Interested individuals may review and/or copy the Voluntary Remediation Program application at the following locations:
Ohio Valley Industrial and Business Development Corporation
1100 Main Street
Wheeling, WV 26330
Phone: 304 232-7722
WVDEP – Office of Environmental Remediation
601 57th Street SE
Charleston, WV 25304
Phone: 304-926-0499
Questions or Comments: Questions or comments regarding this application should be directed to either:
Sam Wilkes
The Thrasher Group
300 Association Drive
Charleston, WV 25311
Phone: 304-326-6356
or
Matt Gadd, WVDEP
131A Peninsula Street
Wheeling, WV 26003
Phone: 681-587-0138
Int. Feb. 22, 2021