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Fort Duchesne Chemicals

 
Site Contact:
Todd DeGarmo
On-Scene Coordinator

(degarmo.todd@epa.gov)

Site Location:
Fort Duchesne, UT 84026
 response.epa.gov/FortDuchesneChemicals

Representatives from the Ute Tribe requested EPA's assistance to collect and dispose of chemicals found in a historic ammunition structure. An On-Scene Coordinator (OSC) with EPA Region 8’s Emergency Response Unit visited the Site on February 6, 2018. Upon visual inspection inside the storage facility, the OSC was able to identify large amounts of pesticides (including malathion), herbicides, corrosives and other chemicals. Many of the containers in the facility are compromised and leaking.

EPA will mobilize to the Site on February 12, 2018. The damaged and undamaged containers of chemicals will be removed from the facility, secured and over-packed into larger containers suitable for transport to a hazardous waste disposal facility. The storage facility will then be cleaned of remnant contamination. A nearby fenced area owned by the Ute Tribe will be used as a temporary staging area.


Exterior of the facility. The building was constructed to store ammunition and is now being used to store pesticides, herbicides and other chemicals. View of chemicals stored inside facility. View of chemicals stored inside facility. View of chemicals stored inside facility. View of chemicals stored inside facility. View of chemicals stored inside facility. View of chemicals stored inside facility. View of chemicals stored inside facility. View of chemicals stored inside facility. View of chemicals stored inside facility. View of chemicals stored inside facility. View of chemicals stored inside facility. View of chemicals stored inside facility. View of chemicals stored inside facility. View of chemicals stored inside facility. View of chemicals stored inside facility. View of chemicals stored inside facility. View of chemicals stored inside facility. Location of EPA's staging area. EPA's Response Team preparing the staging area. EPA's Response Team testing chemicals for proper transfer and bulking into new drums. EPA's Response Team packing solid chemicals from the building into new drums for transport and disposal. Containers removed from the building and awaiting transfer into new drums for transport and disposal. EPA's Response Team transferring chemicals into new drums for transport and disposal. EPA's Response Team transferring chemicals into new drums for transport and disposal. Picture of wildlife tranquilizer darts that were found inside the building. EPA's Response Team crushing empty containers for disposal. EPA's Response Team preparing empty containers for disposal. EPA's Response Team preparing empty containers for disposal. View inside the building after EPA's Response Team finished their work. View inside the building after EPA's Response Team finished their work. View inside the building after EPA's Response Team finished their work. Chemicals secured in new drums and stored at the staging area for transport and disposal. Exterior of the building after completion of EPA's response activities and all chemicals have been removed and staged for transport to a disposal facility.
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