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Ogden Swift Building

 
Site Contact:
Paul Peronard
On-Scene Coordinator

(peronard.paul@epa.gov)

Site Location:
390 West Exchange Road
Ogden, UT 84401
 response.epa.gov/OgdenSwiftBuilding

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The Ogden Swift Building sits on the banks of the Weber River in Ogden, Utah. The facility was formerly a meat packing plant. After that, the building was sold and used to store surplus military items. It was also leased out to a chemical manufacturer who went bankrupt. The Site is currently owned by the City of Ogden and is being considered for re-development into a recreational resource.

In 2018, an EPA Targeted Brownfields Assessment was conducted on behalf of the City of Ogden at the Site. This assessment documented more than 40,000 abandoned containers of chemicals including flammables, corrosives, toxic substances, water reactives, potential explosives and other dangerous chemicals.

The EPA is now conducting a time-critical removal action at the Ogden Swift Building. EPA is coordinating with the local Fire Chief and other Public Safety officials as well as City and State of Utah officials. During Spring and Summer of 2019 EPA’s removal action will:

- Stabilize areas of the building to prevent further deterioration.
- Remove the highly volatile and explosive chemicals found in the building
and properly dispose of other hazardous wastes found at the site.
- Properly facilitate the chemicals for disposal at a hazardous waste
landfill.
- Maintain a safe environment for workers and community members. EPA
will monitor air quality throughout the removal action.


Collapsed ceiling impacting unknown number of containers in the Administration Building Deteriorating building conditions, broken windows, and graffiti (right side) in room with pallets of Dangerous When Wet – Calcium Hydride containers in Building BY. Pallets of Dangerous When Wet – Calcium Hydride in Bay Building Unknown purple layer/crystallization in unknown container in AD102. Fire damage to North side of Meat Packing Building. Crate with unknown contents, potentially explosive in Meat Packing Building. Graffiti on walls adjacent to unknown drums in MP103. Initial photo provided by EPA Brownfields program showing flammable and/or poisonous drums stored in Meat Packing Building (MP106) prior to any Removal Assessment or Removal Action on site. Flammable and Poisonous drum storage in MP106. Initial photo provided by EPA Brownfields program showing drums impacted by a fire on site back in 2011 in the northern part of the Meat Packing Building (MP109) prior to any Removal Assessment or Removal Action on site. Rusted and crystallized drums storage in fire impacted area of Meat Packing Building MP109. Drums, containers, and packing peanuts on first floor in the Meat Packing Building room MP133 and MP134 Drums and debris found on second floor of the Meat Packing Building room MP223. Drums and packing peanut debris on first floor of Meat Packing Building in MP130 Drums and packing peanut debris on first floor in Meat Packing Building in rooms MP133 and MP135 Packing peanut debris on first floor of Meat Packing Building in rooms MP133 and MP135. Containers in standing water on first floor of Meat Packing Building in room MP129. Military surplus storage on first floor of Meat Packing Building in room MP133. Containers and military surplus on first floor of Meat Packing Building in room MP133 Container storage on first floor of Meat Packing Building in room MP129. Military surplus on first floor of Meat Packing Building in room MP129. Mechanical Room on first floor of Meat Packing Building in room MP102 Drum storage on first floor of Meat Packing Building in room MP106 Drum storage on first floor of Meat Packing Building in room MP106 Containers on second floor of Meat Packing Building in room MP229 Container storage on second floor of Meat Packing Building in room MP229. Ammonium Hydroxide boxes on second floor of Meat Packing Building in room MP230. Containers on second floor of Meat Packing Building in room MP202. Initial conditions on fifth floor of Meat Packing Building in room MP501. Initial room conditions on fifth floor of Meat Packing Building in room MPB05 Initial room conditions on fifth floor of Meat Packing Building in room MPB05. Initial Conditions of Bay Building rooms BY102 and BY103 Initial conditions of collapsed ceiling on first floor of Administrative Building in room AD110 Initial conditions on first floor of Administrative Building in room AD101 Initial room conditions on fourth floor of Administrative Building in room AD401 Initial room conditions on second floor of Administrative Building in room AD202 Initial room conditions on third floor of Administrative Building in room AD301, with ceiling collapse. Initial room conditions in basement of Administrative Building in room ADB01 Initial conditions of drum and container storage in basement of Administrative Building in room ADB16. Initial conditions of drum and containers in basement of Administrative Building in room ADB16 Initial conditions of container storage in basement of Administrative Building in room ADB15. Initial conditions and small volume container storage on basement of Administrative Building in room ADB08 Initial conditions of drum and container storage in basement of Administrative Building in room ADB06 Flammable 5-gallon storage on first floor of Meat Packing Building room MP106. Poison B 55-gallon storage on first floor of Meat Packing Building room MP106. 55-gallon drums on first floor of Meat Packing Building room MP107. 55-gallon and tire storage on first floor of Meat Packing Building room MP107. 55-gallon drum on first floor of Meat Packing Building room MP107. 55-gallon storage on first floor of Meat Packing Building room MP107. 55-gallon drum storage on first floor of Meat Packing Building room MP107. Crates of aerosols, drums, and batteries on first floor of Meat Packing Building room MP110. Batteries and aerosols on first floor of Meat Packing Building room MP110. Batteries and aerosols on first floor of Meat Packing Building room MP110. Flammable 5-gallon container next to 55-gallon drum. Weather and fire damaged drum storage on first floor of Meat Packing Building room MP109. Rusted 55-gallon drums on first floor of Meat Packing Building room MP109 Acid containers on second floor of Meat Packing Building room MP201 Acid containers on second floor of Meat Packing Building room MP201 Ammonium Hydroxide boxes on second floor of Meat Packing Building room MP230. 55-gallon carboy drum knocked over next to conditioning compound (phosphoric acid) in basement of Meat Packing Building room MPB05. Drum and container storage in basement of Meat Packing Building room MPB05 Broken and spilled containers in basement of Meat Packing Building room MPB05. Drum and container storage in basement of Meat Packing Building room MPB05 Container storage in basement of Meat Packing Building room MPB05 Drum and container storage in basement of Meat Packing Building room MPB05 Drum and container storage in basement of Meat Packing Building room MPB05 Drum and container storage in basement of Meat Packing Building room MPB05 Spill impacted drum and container storage in basement of Meat Packing Building room MPB05. Drum and container storage in basement of Meat Packing Building room MPB05 Drum and container storage in basement of Meat Packing Building room MPB05 Drum and container storage in basement of Meat Packing Building room MPB05 Tricresyl phosphate box in basement of Meat Packing Building room MPB05. Drum storage in basement of Meat Packing Building room MPB04. Initial photo provided by EPA Brownfields program showing various 5 gallon containers of flammable, combustible or unknown containers. Containers were located in the basement of the Meat Packing Building (MPB05) prior to Removal Assessment or Removal Action on site. Drum and container storage in basement of Meat Packing Building room MPB05 Dangerous when wet drum in basement of Meat Packing Building room MPB05. Container storage impacted by unknown substance in basement of Meat Packing Building room MPB05. Initial photo provided by EPA Brownfields program showing various drums and containers of unidentified substances stored in Meat Packing Building (MPB05) prior to any Removal Assessment or Removal Action on site. Drum storage in basement of Meat Packing Building room MPB07. Drum and container storage in basement of Meat Packing Building room MPB07. Drum and container storage in basement of Meat Packing Building room MPB07 Drums found outside on the northwest corner of the property. Drums found outside on the southeast corner of the property. Drums in room MPB106 in the basement of the Meat Packing building. MPB106 facing west in Meat Packing building. Southeast corner of AD301 in Administrative building. West side of room AD301 in Administrative building. Chemicals found in AD301 of the Administration building. EPA Removal Assessment of property identified areas with unidentified containers and/or drums. Drum was located in the West side of room AD301. Metal debris on the floor near the drum is covering hole in the floor of the Administrative building. 5-gallon buckets punctured in room MP118 on the first floor of the Meat Packing Building. EPA START contractor setting up air monitoring on the east perimeter of the Site prior to start of the Removal Assessment. Air monitoring is used to verify no chemical vapors are migrating off site during site activities. Air monitoring station established on the southwest perimeter of the Site. Air monitoring station established on the south perimeter of the Site. EPA Response Team performing hazardous classification of chemicals found on-site. Screening for mercury in MPB05 of the Meat Packing building basement. Mercury screening of room MPB05. This room is the site of mercury contamination found in basement of the Meat Packing building. Sampling of chemical containers with unknown contents in the basement of the Ogden Swift Building. EPA START contractor assessing, inventorying and sampling containers in the basement of the Meat Packing Building as part of the Removal Assessment. The process is done on supplied air with protective clothing to prevent chemical exposures. EPA Response Team sampling drums. EPA Response Team sampling drums. EPA Response Team sampling drums. EPA Response Team sampling drums. EPA Response Team performing hazardous classification of chemicals found on-site. EPA START contractor performing hazard categorization of unknown containers sampled by the sampling team. This process allows EPA to determine basic chemical properties and characteristics to assist in final waste disposition. Photo shows START scientist conducting pH of an unknown sampled. Hazard categorization is performed as part of the Removal Assessment. EPA START contractor performing hazard categorization of unknown containers sampled by the sampling team. This process allows EPA to determine basic chemical properties and characteristics to assist in final waste disposition. Photo shows START scientist conducting test to screen for halogens of an unknown sampled. Hazard categorization is performed as part of the Removal Assessment.. Sorted samples after they have undergone hazard classification. Meat Packing building from roof of Administration building. Several containers are visible on the roof. View looking east at structural damage. Debris and containers on Administrative building roof. Roof above room AD301 showing areas of the roof that are in decrepit conditions with various debris and containers scattered. Hole in roof above AD301. This hole may be the cause of the floor collapsing in room AD301 in the Administrative building. Picture from roof above room AD301 looking down on part of Administrative building roof collapse. Fire and structure damage to MP404 on the 4th floor of the Meat Packing Building. Ceiling collapse in Room MP302 looking from MP301 on the 3rd floor of the Meat Packing Building. Ceiling collapse in MP302. Pictured from room MP301 on the 3rd floor of the Meat Packing Building. Ceiling collapse in the basement. Water and structural damage with collapsed ceiling in the basement. Water and structural damage with collapsed ceiling in the basement. Water and structural damage with collapsed ceiling in the basement. Ceiling and floor collapse on the first floor. Ceiling collapse and water damage in AD301 of the Administrative building. Floor of collapse and above both contain various containers and drums. View of room AD301. In center of room the floor has partially collapsed in the Administrative building. Libby Amphibole Asbestos discovered in the collapse ceiling of a former refrigeration room located in the basement of the Meat Packing building. Ceiling has severe structural and water damage. EPA Mobile Emergency Operation Center and Mobile Laboratory on-site. EPA Mobile Laboratory on-site. Security systems setup by Ogden Police Department for enhanced security. Leaking drum cleanup and repack. Clearing debris from the first floor of the Meat Packing building. First floor of meat packing building is being cleared of debris. EPA ERRS contractor over packing a leaking and compromised drum of solvent. Drum will be staged for disposal or onsite treatment. EPA ERRS contractor moving and staging of drums that have been sampled by EPA START contractor during Removal Assessment. Drums are staged to await final disposition or treatment. ERRS moving containers from MPB05 for staging for sampling. Cleaning progress. Room MPB01 cleared of debris to allow easy assess to the Meat Packing Basement of the Swift Building. Containers have been staged to allow for labeling and C\categorization. Facing north in the entrance ramp Crews working in the basement to stage containers for bulking and disposal. Crew loading out debris through room MP131 of the first floor of the Meat Packing building. Removal operations in room MPB07 in Meat Packing building. Cleanup operations. Facing west at cleaning ops Containers staged in Bay Building in room BY103 to allow for labeling and categorization to begin. Containers staged to allow for labeling and categorization in Bay Building room BY103. ERRS Crew clearing loose bricks and wall from roof of the Meat Packing Building. This was done to help facilitate work moving containers in the area below. Installing tanks to be used for bulking materials along the north side of the garage. Bulking station located on the north side of the garage bays, consisting of 6 - 1,000 gallon poly tanks. Half of the tank is buried in the ground to facilitate ease of use. ERRS personnel bulking hydraulic fluid. EPA ERRS contractor bulking flammable paint for disposal. ERRS preparing the north side of the Meat Packing Plant for the calcium hydride treatment plant. Early phase of the construction of the calcium hydride treatment plant. Final stages of construction for the treatment system. An additional tank will be added post-settling tank, and pre-finished water tank. Components of the system are labeled above. Calcium hydride delivery system into the reaction chamber. Cans of calcium hydride are emptied into the top of the delivery system, and travel down into the reaction chamber. Chemical neutralization and water treatment system at the Ogden Swift Building Site. ERRS crew treating calcium hydride in on-site reaction vessel Calcium hydride being added to treatment vessel. The off-gassing material is a combination of steam and hydrogen Beginning excavation of the bulking/stabilization pits located on the east side of the Meat Packing building. Excavation of the bulking/stabilization pits located on the east side of the Meat Packing building. Completed bulking/stabilization pits located on the east side of the Meat Packing building. Pits will be lined before use. Drying Bed for the treatment system is located on the east side of the property. Room BY102 in the Bay Building after area cleared of debris and containers staged. Room BY102 in the Bay Building after area cleared of debris and containers staged. Meat Packing basement room MPB03 cleared of debris. Meat Packing basement after being cleared of debris. Room MPB01 in basement of meat packing plant cleared of debris and abandoned containers. Containers in photo are being staged for sampling. Room MP104 on first floor of meat packing plant cleared of debris and abandoned containers. Room MP105 on first floor of meat packing plant cleared of debris and abandoned containers. Room MP111 on first floor of meat packing plant cleared of debris and abandoned containers. Cleared room MP112 on first floor of Meat Packing plant. Room was cleared of over 200 containers/drums, around 18,000 military style hats, over 50 boxes of plastic fruits and other various debris were removed from the room. Containers and drums were assessed, staged and are in process for final disposition. Room MPB09 in basement of meat packing plant cleared of debris and abandoned containers. Box of Calcium Hypochlorite tubes in room AD301 of the Administrative building. Calcium Hypochlorite tube found in room AD301 of Administrative building. HB Polymer drum storage found on first floor of the Meat Packing Building in room MP106. 5 gallon buckets of flammable liquid storage found on first floor of the Meat Packing Building in room MP106. Drum storage of Trichloromonofluorome found on first floor of the Meat Packing Building in room MP106. Drums of HB Polymer found on first floor of the Meat Packing Building in room MP106. Empty propellant crate in on first floor of Meat Packing Building in room MP119. Corrosive label Methanol Containers discovered at the site. Container discovered at the site. Containers discovered at the site. Containers discovered at the site. Containers discovered at the site. Containers discovered at the site. Containers discovered at the site. Containers discovered at the site. Containers discovered at the site. Containers discovered at the site. Containers discovered at the site. Containers discovered at the site. Containers discovered at the site. Containers discovered at the site. Room completed Room completed Room Completed Room Completed Room Completed EPA Response Team sampling containers while using supplied air. ERRS personnel relocating drums and containers for future sampling. START, EPA scientific support response contractor performing compatibility of wastes tests. Preparation of lining in Solidification Pit 2. Haz cat sampling table ERRS Crew bulking flammable liquids. Flammable liquid bulking Bulking flammable liquids 40 mm artillery shell found among debris. This is a non-explosive practice round. Partially installed liner on Stabilization Pit #1 ERRS Crew bulking flammable liquids. Final assembly of water treatment system constructed for processing water used in reaction vessels. EPA ERRS contractor loading activated carbon into water treatment vessel. This filter media is part of the waste water treatment system constructed on site to treat water from reaction vessels. Water system consists of stabilization tanks, settling tanks, filter socks and sand media in addition to the activated carbon. ERRS sorting through debris and containers. ERRS sealing liner for use in the stabilization pits. EPA ERRS contractor finished construction of temporary stabilization pits. Pits will be used to combine and stabilize waste found on site. Heavy liner will prevent contamination of soils below and provide containment. Overview of water treatment system and stabilization tanks. EPA ERRS contractor reacting out the flameless ration heaters (FRH) containing a magnesium based alloy. Heaters were used to boil water and heat Meals Ready-to-Eat (MREs). FRHs are allowed to stabilize for several days before receiving additional disposal treatment. EPA ERRS contractor combined several drums of chemicals to the stabilization pit. Before chemicals are combined in pits, EPA START contractor conducts compatibility testing of all chemicals in the batch to verify no uncontrolled reactions occur. EPA ERRS contractor combines calcium hydride (violent water reactive compound) in a reaction vessel. This off gasses hydrogen gas and steam and makes a caustic calcium hydroxide solution. Workers wear appropriate PPE and monitor reaction. After this reaction the solution will be neutralized and treated. EPA ERRS contractor adds sulfuric acid to the reaction vessel to neutralize the calcium hydroxide solution that was formed through the treatment of calcium hydride. Calcium hypochlorite tubes with greenish yellow chlorine gas accumulating in top portion of flame sealed vial. EEPA crew bulking flammable paint containers. ERRS processing/neutralizing calcium hydride. Processing aerosol cans for disposal of the contents. The cans are safely punctured and contents are drained into a drum below. The empty aerosol cans are recycled. Bulking flammable paint cans into larger containers for disposal. Adding solid waste to temporary lined pits for solidification prior to disposal. Adding solid waste to temporary lined pits for solidification prior to disposal. Area used to dry wet non-hazardous waste that results from treating water reactive chemicals. Small reconnaissance robot provided by the United States Coast Guard to be used on site. Large reconnaissance robot provided by the United States Coast Guard to be used on site. United States Coast Guard personnel conducting container sampling on supplied air. Second temporary lined pit created to stabilize solid waste on-site. EPA ERRS contractor bulking water soluble liquids. Liquids will then be neutralized, filtered and treated through the on site water treatment system. EPA ERRS contractor bulking paints on site. Once paints are bulked, the paint solids are left to dry out. Resin type paints have solidified over the years and are left out to completely solidify. EPA ERRS contractor removing containers and drums form the fourth floor of the admin building. Drums and containers were too heavy or in poor condition to bring down by hand. ERRS crew using a mini excavator to remove compromised drums of poly vinyl sulfonic acid from the burned area of the Meat Packing Building. ERRS crew member agitating a bulked batch of water-soluble waste materials. ERRS crew members spraying down and cleaning an area of the Pole Barn where Libby Amphibole was found. ERRS crew members loading boxes of calcium hypochlorite tubes and solvent containers from the 4th floor of the Administration Building onto a extended lift. ERRS crew securing load of waste materials prior to it being lowered off of the 4th floor of the Administration Building. Drums of tarry materials being dumped into Stabilization Pit #2. Fiber drums suspected to contain GAC trapped underneath the ceiling collapse on the 3rd floor of the Admin Building. Containers of waste material being lowered from the 4th floor of the Admin Building. USCG personnel collecting samples from bulked flammable liquid tanks. Flammable liquids bulking area. USCG personnel collecting waste samples. USCG personnel collecting samples from the flammable liquids bulk tanks. Extended fork lift reaching up to 4th floor of the Meat Packing Building preparing to bring containers down. Unload containers from 4th floor of the Meat Packing Building. Containers are place on palettes and shrink wrapped to secure the load. Bringing containers down from the 4th floor of the Meat Packing Building. The extended lift bringing down containers on palettes from the 4th floor of the Meat Packing Building. ERRS crew treating and bulking water soluble wastes. The near vessel is an ad hoc oil/water separator, the far vessel is currently processing caustics. The caustics are from various drums and containers found throughout the site. Sulfuric acid is added to the caustics to adjust to a neutral pH. Overview of the water treatment system with Meat Packing Building in the background. US Coast Guard has joined the removal effort Water treatment system Chemist on site grabs a sample to test for bulking compatibility. Chemist in EPA mobile lab is mixing small batches of chemicals into test tubes to see if they are compatible for bulking chemicals together into larger batches. ERRS crews are checking to see if ammo cans are empty before removing them from the 3rd floor in the Meat Packing Building. Ammo cans being removed from the 3rd floor of the Meat Packing building. ERRS crews processing ammonium hydroxide in the treatment ponds. US Coast Guard processing samples from containers. EERS crew mixing sludge in 1 of 3 solidification pits. Ammo cans fill the 3rd floor of the Meat Packing Building. Water treatment system and reaction vessels pictured from Meat Packing Building 3rd floor. Morning safety briefing. Morning safety brief. Three solidification pits used to process solids and viscous liquids. Ogden Swift Building Site. Morning safety briefing Morning safety briefing. ERRS crews loading out containers from the 2nd floor of the Meat Packing Building on the south side of building. ERRS crews adding waste to the solidification pit which is used to process solids and viscous liquids. Field chemist testing chemicals in EPA's on-site lab. Poly drums that have been emptied and are waiting to by cut up and disposed of. EPA's on-site laboratory that is being used to test chemicals and communicate air monitoring data. Water-soluble chemicals being treated on-site. US Coast Guard personnel donning protective gear in preparation for sampling effort. Solidification pit #1. Blue-green color is from sludge left over after water treatment of soaps during the previous days. EPA ERRS contractor removing ammo cans from the 4th floor of the meat packing building. 2.5 inch rocket propellant found inside explosives crates on site. Propellant was used in the 1950s Close up of rocket propellant markings. Test burn of six cans of a product called 1-gallon container of a product called Test burn of six cans of the Stabilized material in Pit #2. This is a pile of waste material stabilized with Portland Cement. It is being loaded into the white roll-off box to be shipped offsite for disposal Tarry waste being emptied and mixed with sludge from the Site water treatment system (green material in foreground) in Stabilization Pit #1 Drums of tar being emptied into Stabilization Pit #1. The tar is currently being mixed with sludge from the onsite waste water treatment system (green material in foreground). 1000."> Burning 38 canisters of 1000." onerror="this.src='/images/image_not_found.jpg'; this.onerror = null;"/> 1000."> Burning 38 canisters of 1000." onerror="this.src='/images/image_not_found.jpg'; this.onerror = null;"/> Rocket Propellant discovered on-site on July 10. A procedure was developed where small pieces were cut off and burned in a controlled manner. ERRS crew bulking flammable liquids destined for fuel blending USCG personnel are opening one of several hundred small transformers found on-site. The transformers will be screened for PCBs On Wednesday 7/24/2019 EPA began using the waste water treatment system. In this photo water is coming up through the sand filter (on left) but has not yet reached the carbon filter. USCG personnel access a container to take a sample of the product inside for identification. The ERRS crew has created a wood chip pile on-site for use in the on-site treatment of diisocyanate wastes and other stabilization. ERRS crew member tending to the activated carbon unit that is part of the water treatment system. Currently water is being cycled through the system at roughly 15 gpm and then returned t the first Frac Tank. Bench scale testing of the diisocyanate treatment process under the fume hood in the on-site mobile laboratory. Overview of the 3 stabilization pits and the sludge drying bed. Overview of the waste water treatment system. The two green tanks in mid-ground are used for oil/water separation. The far Frac Tank is the start of the treatment system and used as an aeration chamber. USCG members transport samples for testing. USCG members collect samples. USCG inventorying remaining containers on-site. USCG setting up perimeter monitoring locations. ERRS contractor mixing solids in the temporary solidification pits on-site. ERRS contractors bulking paints and other flammable liquids in temporary storage tanks on site. Water after it has been re-circulated through the treatment system several times. It will be tested before being discharged but the water is much clearer than it once was. Crew using non-spark drill bit to vent propane containers. Crew removing PCB-containing light ballasts from the Administration Building. Treated wastewater being passed through a final sock filter before being recirculated through the water treatment system. Yard area in front of the Meat Packing Building that was used to temporarily store containers for processing. The empty area documents EPA's progress. Room in the basement of the Meat Packing Building that was used to temporarily store containers for processing. The empty room documents EPA's progress. All that remains of aqueous waste waiting to be treated. Tanks used by EPA to bulk flammable liquids before the contents are shipped to a fuel blender for recycling. Empty metal drum waiting to be crushed and recycled. Area near the garage after it has been cleared of containers. Room on the first floor of the Meat Packing Building that was used to temporarily store containers for processing. The empty room documents EPA's progress. 5 red drums of Isophorone Diisocyanate found on-site staged for treatment. EEPA crew working to treat 5 drums of Isophorone Diisocyanate found on-site. Drum of Isophorone Diisocyanate found on-site after it was emptied. Treatment solution being applied to 5 drums of Isophorone Diisocyanate found on-site. End product of the Isophorone Diisocyanate treatment process: the process creates urethane and urea here found in a stay nozzle.. Wood chips being laid down in the bottom of Stabilization Pit #3 in preparation for the treatment of 5 drums of Isophorone Diisocyanate found on-site. Treatment solution of water, alcohol, ammonia, and surfactant being created to treat 5 drums of Isophorone Diisocyanate found on-site. Treatment solution of water, alcohol, ammonia, and surfactant being created to treat 5 drums of Isophorone Diisocyanate found on-site. Treatment solution being applied to 5 drums of Isophorone Diisocyanate found on-site. PCB-containing transformers on the west side of the Meat Packing Building just across an access road from the Weber River. Weber River along the western edge of the Site. PCB-containing transformers on the west side of the Meat Packing Building just across an access road from the Weber River. Two roll-off boxes of stabilized waste from Pit 1 and Pit 2 being loaded for off-site transport and disposal. Off-site shipment of approximately 35 tons of stabilized waste. This material will be land filled as non-hazardous waste. ERRS crew processing small lab containers for bulking. A drum of a combustible, rubber based polymer used for the manufacture of solid rocket fuels is being added to Stabilization Pit #3. Two roll-off boxes (40 cubic yards total) of asbestos waste (largely amosite) being shipped off-site for disposal. Jar Testing. To reduce chromium levels and reduces turbidity the use of Ferric Chloride as a flocculant is being evaluated. Jar tests evaluating the effectiveness of Ferric Chloride as a flocculant. ERRS crew draining oil out of a transformer. Boxes of small transformers are staged in the Garage Building to be processed. The boxes are opened and any oil/resin is drained. Three totes and two drums of recovered oil (roughly 875 gallons) are staged and awaiting shipment to a used oil recycler. Three totes and two drums (approximately 875 gallons) of recovered oil. This material will be sent to a used oil recycling facility. Empty basement of the Meat Packing Plant that was once used to temporarily store containers before they were processed. Empty basement of the Meat Packing Plant that was once used to temporarily store containers before they were processed. 1 of 3 large transformers containing PCBs being removed from the west side of the Meat Packing Building. 3 large transformers containing PCBs to be removed from the west side of the Meat Packing Building. Water treatment system after 2 new tubs were installed to increase capacity. Area that was restored after tanks used to bulk flammable liquids were removed. Totes containing PCB oil staged for transport and disposal. ERRS crew member spraying potassium permanganate solution into the stabilization pit. This is intended to react with and eliminate TCE and PCE in the waste stream. The purple liquid in the trackhoe bucket is a 15% solution of potassium permanganate being added to the the stabilization pit in order to oxidize TCE and PCE ERRS crew member loading a drum containing approximately 400 pounds of elemental mercury onto to a truck for off-site transport. Drum of mercury waste with appropriate DOT markings is being loaded for off-site waste shipment. ERRS crew spraying and mixing potassium permanganate into stabilized waste in order to reduce the levels of TCE and PCE in the waste stream. Looking back onto the Site at the point of water discharge from across the Weber River. UDEQ personnel sampling the treated water in the holding tank prior to discharge. Sludge from the water treatment system being pumped to a bermed drying bed. After drying the sludge will be processed in the on-site stabilization pits prior to off-site shipment for disposal. ERRS crew beginning to dismantle the water treatment system. ERRS crew pumping off sludge from the water treatment system into a newly constructed drying bed. Sample storage room after all the samples were removed and disposed of. Containers of sulphuric acid, phosphoric acid, and ferric chloride that were purchased by EPA for processing chemicals but not used. Area behind the Meat Packing Building that was used to process chemicals and treat waste water. All equipment and the water treatment system has been demobilized. Area behind the Meat Packing Building that was used to process chemicals and treat waste water. All equipment and the water treatment system has been demobilized. Area behind the Meat Packing Building that was used to process chemicals and treat waste water. All equipment and the water treatment system has been demobilized. City of Ogden contractor beginning a limited demolition of the Administration Building. City of Ogden contractor continuing a limited demolition of the Meat Packing Building. Area behind the Meat Packing Building after the City of Ogden's contractor performed a limited demolition. Underground storage tank discovered by the City of Ogden's contractor as they performed a limited demolition of structures behind the Meat Packing Building. Solid waste drying after concrete had been added to stabilize the hazardous materials. Underground storage tank discovered by the City of Ogden's contractor as they performed a limited demolition of structures west of the Administration Building. Area behind the Meat Packing Building after the City of Ogden's contractor performed a limited demolition. Solid waste drying after concrete had been added to stabilize the hazardous materials. Concrete being added to solid waste drying to stabilize the hazardous materials. Solid and viscous waste treated and mixed with cement staged and ready for disposal. Former location of lined stabilization pits after they were removed and the area re-graded. Residual contamination from the underground storage tank that was removed by contractors working for the City of Ogden. Underground storage tank removed by contractors working for the City of Ogden.
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