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Dudka's Auto Parts

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Plastic wet-cell battery cover, indicative perhaps of some processing of automotive batteries at the Site.<br />Date Taken: 10/25/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Pressurized drum of unknown liquid. Note swollen bottom portion.<br />Date Taken: 10/25/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Pressurized drum of unknown liquid. Note swollen top.<br />Date Taken: 10/25/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
RST using multi-RAE to measure VOC concentration in drum of unknown liquid.<br />Date Taken: 10/25/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
RST sampling a drum of used oil behind residence of RP.<br />Date Taken: 10/25/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Array of drums of waste gasoline, used oil and other automotive fluids behind residence of RP.<br />Date Taken: 10/25/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
RST setting up haz-cat station on Site.<br />Date Taken: 10/25/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Fuel tanks inside cement and pressed board containment. Ironically this is the best example of secondary containment on the Site.<br />Date Taken: 10/24/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Drums abandoned at the Site, note markings.<br />Date Taken: 10/24/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
RST techs using GPS to map drum locations and photo-documenting a cache of drums.<br />Date Taken: 10/24/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Drums dumped in weeds and tree limbs.<br />Date Taken: 10/24/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Section of Bunn Creek that runs through the Site.<br />Date Taken: 10/24/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Drums behind RP's house. Note wet marks along bottom of drum on left.<br />Date Taken: 10/18/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Drums behind RP's house. <br />Date Taken: 10/18/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
More drums behind RP's house. <br />Date Taken: 10/18/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Clever drum stacking behind RPs house.<br />Date Taken: 10/18/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Drums behind RP's house. <br />Date Taken: 10/18/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Drums behind RP's house. <br />Date Taken: 10/18/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Drums outside workshop building on Site.<br />Date Taken: 10/18/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Drums in woods behind RPs house.<br />Date Taken: 10/18/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:

Plastic wet-cell battery cover, indicative perhaps of some processing of automotive batteries at the Site. Pressurized drum of unknown liquid. Note swollen bottom portion. Pressurized drum of unknown liquid. Note swollen top. RST using multi-RAE to measure VOC concentration in drum of unknown liquid. RST sampling a drum of used oil behind residence of RP. Array of drums of waste gasoline, used oil and other automotive fluids behind residence of RP. RST setting up haz-cat station on Site. Fuel tanks inside cement and pressed board containment. Ironically this is the best example of secondary containment on the Site. Drums abandoned at the Site, note markings. RST techs using GPS to map drum locations and photo-documenting a cache of drums. Drums dumped in weeds and tree limbs. Section of Bunn Creek that runs through the Site. Drums behind RP's house. Note wet marks along bottom of drum on left. Drums behind RP's house. More drums behind RP's house. Clever drum stacking behind RPs house. Drums behind RP's house. Drums behind RP's house. Drums outside workshop building on Site. Drums in woods behind RPs house. Drums in open field on Site. Drum in field under protective covering. Large oil stain on ground near cache of drums. Leaking drum with oil stain on ground. Drums in weeds on the Site. Another leaking drum with huge oil stain on ground. Drums of waste/used oil in rear area, note pick up truck bed at right used for 'containment'. Drums of waste/used oil. Drum of used oil and stained soil underneath. Drums of waste/used oil stashed in bed of pickup truck in rear of site. Drums of waste/used oil near front gate. Drums of waste/used oil and engine blocks near front gate. Drums of waste/used oil near front gate. Wetlands running through the eastern part of the site close to front gate. Front gate to Site. Buildings beyond fence are part of the site. Stained soil next to outbuilding near the stream and front gate. July, 2016 view of Dudka's Auto Parts Aerial image of Dudka's Auto Parts circa 1995 showing in-roads and junked vehicles having been removed. Aerial image of Dudka's Auto Parts circa 2010 showing in-roads and junked vehicles. Aerial image of Dudka's Auto Parts circa 2000 showing in-roads and junked vehicles. Aerial image of Dudka's Auto Parts circa 1995 showing in-roads and junked vehicles. Google Earth image of rear of site with drum and old tires locations highlighted. Site sign posted at entrance to removal site front gate. First load of crushed stone for drum staging area. Command Post area. CP trailer is on left, crew trailer in background behind truck. 70 tons of crushed stone laid in staging area and entrance to Site. Container of unknown material near stream, upper right. Propane tank found at east end of Site near stream. Three pails of tar-like material (center, in snow) near stream, upper left. Two drums of waste liquids found behind windshields in garage building Two drums of waste liquids found behind windshields in garage building Two drums of waste liquids found behind windshields in garage building Partial set up of tent enclosures on staging pad. 275 gallon fuel oil tank at rear of Dudka's office trailer in command post area. Drums of waste fluids retrieved from outlying areas of the Site and staged under plastic. ERRS crew laying poly sheeting on drum staging area. Note covered drums in background. Covered drums in drum staging area. Staging area prepped for addition of additional drums. View of drum staging area. Second drum staging area. Note covered drums on right. Empty drums staged on poly. Empty drums and tanks staged on poly. Empty storage tank retrieved along with empty drums. ERRS Tech retrieving drums with skid-steer. Drums being loaded onto stake-bed truck for staging. Drums being loaded for staging. ERRS tech placing drum liner over off-gassing drum of waste solvent. Field of full over-pack drums. Over-pack drum. Note the liquid waste level half way up the drum. Over-pack drum. Note the liquid waste level in center drum. Snow mobile tracks in remote area of the Site, showing unauthorized access. ERRS techs digging out drums frozen to the ground. View of ice/snow that froze these drums to the ground. Skid steer pushing truck bed off of layer of drums. Skid steer lifting drum from bed of pickup truck. Note ice and snow on bottom. Drum being lifted from pickup truck bed. Drum of aged gasoline removed from pick up truck being moved to staging area. Cache of 20 drums on residential property of owner and not seen during assessment phase. Snow 'ramp' built by ERRS to get close enough to truck bed (on left) to lift the two remaining drums out. Two empty truck beds after retrieving 11 drums of automotive wastes. View of release of waste solvent that overflowed the berm around the drum staging area. New poly plastic being laid down in drum staging area. Last small stained area where release the soil. Stain was approx. 2 inches deep. Location of extent of staining from release from drum containment area in background, approx. 10 feet away. Drum found deep in weeds at north end of Site. Drums found as snow melts around the Site. Full drum labeled as Are where 17 drums were removed for staging in drum storage area. Note 55-gallon drum of ERRS crew loading drums retrieved from front yard of property owner onto truck for staging in drum storage area. View of top of drum showing perforation, top left of bung. Drum marked as transmission fluid. ERRS crew placing drums retrieved from residence onto pallets. Drums from residence being palletized. Drum found in Phragmites at middle of the Site. View of stained soil where a drum was removed. Drums found under pick up truck cap behind Command Post trailer. Partially submerged drum in wetlands. Note intentional perforations by square tool. CONEX box with office area. Used by chemist to haz-cat drums and store samples safely for T & D analyses. Heating oil tank behind former junkyard office trailer. Tank is 3/4 full with black, used motor oil. Skid steer (center) with bucket clearing Site access road. View of Command Post area from access road. Drum staging area (under yellow outlines) covered with almost 5 feet of snow. Interior of lab office, with haz-cat area in background. Haz-cat area of lab office showing equipment and testing area. Note ventilation fan on right. Techs (center left) in Tyvek taking drum samples for haz-cating. Note limp tell-tale on pole at right indicating no wind. Pump transferring used oil from tank to tote. View of tote accepting used oil from tank. View of tote on rise above oil tank showing pipe from tank to tote. Tote approx. 1/3 full of used oil pumped out of heating oil tank behind former office trailer. Drum uncovered from pile of old tires. Drum uncovered from pile of tires.. Image of portable car crusher taken at Dudka's Auto Parts by NYSDEC. Aerial photo of site, date unknown, showing a doughnut shaped pile of tires at the Site, with something inside the 'hole', possibly a CONEX box. Doughnut of tires surrounding pit, 5-25-2010 Same view taken on 10-7-2011. Tires and pit are gone. Possible location of buried drums inside a 'doughnut' of tires. Image shows some type of container, possibly a CONEX box, inside the pit in 2009. By 2011 all of this was gone and only flat ground remained. Image of a tire pit with some types of containers inside the pit. This pit appears on images going back to 1995 but disappears from images after 10-2011. Excavated drum showing perforated bottom. Excavated drum showing perforated bottom. Drum of waste oil found inside junked house trailer, one of 17 drums inside structure. Two drums of waste oil (foreground, center) in corridor inside house trailer. Fourteen drums of waste fluids stashed in bedroom of house trailer. ERRS opening end of house trailer to access drums of waste fluids. This was the only safe means of removing the drums. View of exposed drums in house trailer. Drums being loaded onto skid-steer for transport to staging area. Drums being loaded out for staging. View of room in house trailer after drums have been removed for staging. View of trench showing buried tires, hoses, and other automotive scrap. Pablo Porcupine on snow next to rear tire. 13 lead-acid batteries retrieved from the Site. Empty acetylene cylinder, possibly containing asbestos absorbent. ERRS Tech moving overpacked, leaking drums into staging area. View of flat bed tow truck showing act of vandalism committed over weekend of 4/15. GRP unit from TPI Environmental being set up for survey run. Electromagnetic survey device being set up by TPI Environmental technician. Pablo Porcupine didn't make it.... Technician using GPR device to scan a field at the Site. Decanting containers of used oil and ethylene glycol into separate drums. View of empty drum wash station. View of entrance end of drum wash station. Image of wetlands filled-in with tires and automotive debris. View of small bus packed with old tires. Side view of small bus packed with used tires. View of back end entrance drum wash station. Note cleaned, deheaded drums. Unrinsed drums staged for deheading and rinsing. Rinse water is pumped into white tote on upper left. Deheaded and rinsed drums drying inside containment. Partially constructed bioremediation cell, 45' X 45' for contaminated surface soil. Spill pad and sheen in standing water near pile of excavated soil. Used oil pumped out of heating oil tank in background. Sheen in standing water near pile of excavated soil. Sheen in standing water near pile of excavated soil. Sheen on flowing water near pile of excavated soil. Drums of waste oil ready for pump-out to tanker truck. Drums of waste oil being pumped to tanker truck. Tank #3 marked as empty. Tank #2 marked as empty. Tank #1 marked as empty. Excavator crushing and bulking empty, rinsed drums. Two drums of oil sludge with benzene ready for loading onto truck. Drums of oil sludge loading onto truck for T & D. Vac truck sucking out oil in overpack drums. Vac truck with crew sucking out drums on right. Using stinger to remove liquid from crushed drum. Last drum being bulked into vac truck. Former drum rinsing area, view looking south. Former rinsed drum staging area, view looking south. View of former drum staging area, view looking north. Former drum staging area, view looking north. Former command post area, view looking west.