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Murray Laundry

 
Site Contact:
Martin Mccomb

(mccomb.martin@epa.gov)

Site Location:
Salt Lake City, UT 84107
 response.epa.gov/MurrayLaundry

The Murray Laundry was a large scale, industrial laundry facility which operated for approximately 50 years and was abandoned in 1977. A private environmental assessment conducted in 1999 discovered a 265-gallon underground storage tank that was once used to store PCE and appeared to have been leaking. Although the underground tank was removed in 2001, several studies have indicated that significant PCE contamination remains in the soil in the proximity of where the tank was located..


Removal layout. Partnering with Murray Fire to assess stability of water tower. START sampling a soil stockpile. Excavated area at completion of excavation. Application of sodium permanganate. Frac tanks used to treat water. ESAT interior analytical TAGA rig at adjoining property performing in-situ Wasatch personnel screen excavated soil Standing water from recent rains, adjacent to excavation Excavated soil pile Wasatch personnel sampling excavated soil pile Wasatch personnel sampling reserved topsoil soil pile Reserved topsoil pile (foreground) and excavated soil pile (background) Wasatch personnel collecting excavation confirmation sample Excavated area at completion of excavation. Wasatch personnel collecting excavation confirmation sample Excavated area at completion of excavation. Wasatch personnel collecting excavation confirmation sample Wasatch personnel screening excavated soil pile Excavation, previous sampling showed black sandy gravel at excavation base to be clean Wasatch personnel collecting excavation confirmation sample Limited water in excavation base Wasatch personnel collecting excavation confirmation sample Excavated soil being moved to staging area on plastic sheeting Visqueen staged for contaminated soil Clean topsoil pile Topsoil excavation Excavate clean topsoil and screen w PID Excavating clean topsoil Treated pile of soil in the staging area. Aeration of contaminated water within the excavation area. Contaminated soil post excavation. Confirmation of soil sampling around outside of excavation at 2' bgs. START sampling groundwater that is seeping into excavation. Excavation of top 2' of clean dirt and dust supression. Crew setting up de-watering pump at excavation area sump. Silt fence along the side of site adjacent to Big Cottonwood Creek. Excavator removing top (clean) layer of soil on site. Air monitoring equipment set up on top of old treatment system on site. Soil treatment mixing zone in the forground and water treatment system in the backround. ESAT rig performing off-site analysis Hapsite sampling for vapor intrusion at adjoing property TAGA sampling at adjoining property TAGA interior analytical setup
For additional information, visit the Pollution/Situation Report (Pol/Sitreps) section.