The American Allied Additives (AAA) Site has been used for industrial purposes since 1921 and numerous companies operated at the facility for the production or storage of various products. A PRP Removal Action was performed at the Site in 1997. Approximately 1,100 containers of various materials were removed from the Site which were abandoned by previous tenants. On November 9th, 2007, the building caught fire due to unknown causes. Due to the unstable condition of portions of the building, the City of Cleveland’s Demolition Bureau authorized the immediate demolition of the structurally unsound portions of the building.
An Ohio Voluntary Action Program, Phase I Property Assessment was performed on the property in December 2005. The Assessment identified the following hazards at the site: suspect asbestos containing materials; storage tanks full of a asphalt tar or other petroleum products; wooden block flooring that showed signs of petroleum staining; and bagged material labeled as asbestos containing.
After the fire, the City of Cleveland contracted a private enterprise to perform an asbestos survey in order to document current site conditions. The asbestos survey was conducted in November and December of 2007 and asbestos was identified as follows: approximately 1,300 linear feet of Thermal System Insulation; unquantified volume of general debris with asbestos, and several boilers with asbestos containing insulation. The asbestos survey report was provided by the City of Cleveland and is dated January 4, 2008.
On April 15-16, 2008, USEPA and its START contractor conducted a Site Assessment and confirmed the presence of asbestos containing material (ACM) within the rubble piles on the site. An Action Memorandum was signed by the Superfund Division Director authorizing the Time-Critical Removal at the Site. Both documents are available in the documents section of this web site.
