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Update 04/17/03 - 05/15/03 5/15/2003
04/17/03 - ERRS loaded approx 200 tons of #6 oil contaminated soil for disposal at a local incineration facility. ERRS completed arrangements for T & D for the overpacked chemical drums. RCRA off-site disposal compliance checks completed for all disposal facilities. Shipping schedule not firm as of this date, but will not happen until the week of April 21, delaying completion of the removal action. Nine 100-cu. yd. truckloads of scrap metal from remains of collapsed Building #28 and from along the banks of the Battenkill River were removed to date. Grading of roadways and damaged areas of the topography will resume as part of the post-removal site closure activities. ERRS planted 10 arbor vitae along site border with adjacent residences also as part of closure activities.
release announcing the completion of on-site activities. Final POLREP issued. Owner informed of completion of on-site activities.
04/10/03 4/11/2003
ERRS continues to work on T & D arrangements for drum and soil disposal. Shipping tentatively scheduled for Tues & Wed. Three of twenty 100 cu. yd trucks have been loaded with scrap metal from remains of collapsed Bldg. #28. Grading of Site roadways continues in order to accommodate box trailers and dump trucks for shipping wastes. Preparations underway for final demobe of Site as of April 18, three months and one day after startup. Thanks to E. Zimmerman, 2CD, for composing a good press release announcing the completion of the removal action.
Site Update 2/28/03-04/03/03 4/7/2003 Action Memo
2/28/03-Six electrical transformers were unbolted from their foundations and lifted onto flat bed truck . PCB fluids, totaling 1,765 gallons were transferred to a vac truck and transported to Georgia for dechlorination. Transformer carcasses were shipped to NJ for disposal. L. Rosales, Region 2 Communication Division, arranged for TV stations to cover the event, and a very thorough and accurate story appeared on the evening news. The empty and clean 20,000 UST was cut up, flattened , and bulked off-site for scrap metal. Photodcumentaion of 123 55-gallon drums of chemical waste completed. Analysis of drum samples for disposal profiling received from lab; bulking scheme underway to combine compatible waste streams. One loose drum of chemicals found in a sub-basement area overpacked and staged in Building #13, bringing the total of 55-gallon drums to 124.
exchangers , shows 80% chrysotile asbestos. This material brings the total weight of asbestos waste material to almost 500 pounds.
soil from area where leaking #6 oil UST was removed. ERRS collected more than 200 empty metal and poly drums which will be shredded and recycled off-site.
trenching down-gradient of location of leaking UST revealed no migration of oil through the soil beyond immediate area surrounding the tank, although buried C & D debris, drum rings, and fly ash/boiler slag was found in what must have been an old dump site.
Update-01/20/03-02/22/03 2/19/2003
01/20/03-02/15/03- Site mobilization. HazCat of all overpacked drums.
article . 02/05/03-Greenwich Journal Reporter visits site and writes article .
UST waste oil has been heated, the majority has been pumped out, and will be shipped off site. The waste oil will be recycled.
pumped out of the UST. The UST was cleaned with all confined space entry safety precautions taken.
collapsed . No one was injured or near the area. Earth Tech brought down the unstable front end of the structure to ensure safety of site personnel and the public. The remainder of the structure will be brought down after consultations with the property owner and the township.
article regarding roof collapse.
