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CDPHE Mercury

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Door to storage room where spill occurred. Storage room is centrally located adjacent to cubicles.<br />Date Taken: 5/29/2019<br />Category: Assessment <br />Latitude: 39.7050743629034<br />Longitude: -104.936724343332<br />Tags:
Office area and cubicles adjacent to storage room where mercury spill occurred. Office area and hallway area is carpeted.<br />Date Taken: 5/29/2019<br />Category: Assessment <br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Beads of elemental mercury observed on tile floor in the storage room. <br />Date Taken: 5/29/2019<br />Category: Assessment <br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
EPA START contractor performing storage room assessment and readings for mercury vapors utilizing Jerome (mg/m3) and Lumex (ng/m3) instrumentation.<br />Date Taken: 5/29/2019<br />Category: Assessment <br />Latitude: 39.7046361111111<br />Longitude: -104.937119444444<br />Tags:
EPA ERRS contractor setting up for removal of mercury contamination and installing negative air system.<br />Date Taken: 5/30/2019<br />Category: Removal <br />Latitude: 39.7046277777778<br />Longitude: -104.937119444444<br />Tags:
Negative air system utilizes ventilating and heating cycles to drive of mercury vapors and remove contamination from the storage room.<br />Date Taken: 5/30/2019<br />Category: Removal <br />Latitude: 39.7046166666667<br />Longitude: -104.937141666667<br />Tags:
Representative thermometer of the additional 14 thermometers surrendered by the State to EPA for disposal. Thermometer depicted is one similar to what is believed to have been broken to cause initial mercury release.<br />Date Taken: 5/31/2019<br />Category: Removal <br />Latitude: 39.7050743629034<br />Longitude: -104.936724343332<br />Tags:
EPA ERRS contractor removing floor tile from contaminated area in the storage room area.<br />Date Taken: 5/31/2019<br />Category: Removal <br />Latitude: 39.7050743629034<br />Longitude: -104.936724343332<br />Tags:
Contaminated items and materials removed by EPA ERRS contractor from site. <br />Date Taken: 5/31/2019<br />Category: Removal <br />Latitude: 39.7050743629034<br />Longitude: -104.936724343332<br />Tags:
Contaminated items and waste removed from site and placed inside a roll off bin for proper disposal. <br />Date Taken: 5/31/2019<br />Category: Removal <br />Latitude: 39.7050743629034<br />Longitude: -104.936724343332<br />Tags:
Removal of book shelf flooring revealed additional tile flooring underneath. Assessment of the this flooring revealed contamination had not gone below the bookshelf flooring. <br />Date Taken: 5/31/2019<br />Category: Removal <br />Latitude: 39.7050743629034<br />Longitude: -104.936724343332<br />Tags:
Tile flooring was removed by EPA ERRS contractor after assessment indicated elemental mercury contamination was present in the tile joints. <br />Date Taken: 6/1/2019<br />Category: Removal <br />Latitude: 39.7046444444444<br />Longitude: -104.937125<br />Tags:
Visqueen placed in areas after carpet removal in hallways that are adjacent to the contaminated storage room.<br />Date Taken: 6/2/2019<br />Category: Removal <br />Latitude: 39.704625<br />Longitude: -104.937216666667<br />Tags:
Sealed floor with two coats of industrial grade polycuramine (epoxy mixture) in area where tiles were removed.<br />Date Taken: 6/2/2019<br />Category: Removal <br />Latitude: 39.7046194444444<br />Longitude: -104.937102777778<br />Tags:


Door to storage room where spill occurred. Storage room is centrally located adjacent to cubicles. Office area and cubicles adjacent to storage room where mercury spill occurred. Office area and hallway area is carpeted. Beads of elemental mercury observed on tile floor in the storage room. EPA START contractor performing storage room assessment and readings for mercury vapors utilizing Jerome (mg/m3) and Lumex (ng/m3) instrumentation. EPA ERRS contractor setting up for removal of mercury contamination and installing negative air system. Negative air system utilizes ventilating and heating cycles to drive of mercury vapors and remove contamination from the storage room. Representative thermometer of the additional 14 thermometers surrendered by the State to EPA for disposal. Thermometer depicted is one similar to what is believed to have been broken to cause initial mercury release. EPA ERRS contractor removing floor tile from contaminated area in the storage room area. Contaminated items and materials removed by EPA ERRS contractor from site. Contaminated items and waste removed from site and placed inside a roll off bin for proper disposal. Removal of book shelf flooring revealed additional tile flooring underneath. Assessment of the this flooring revealed contamination had not gone below the bookshelf flooring. Tile flooring was removed by EPA ERRS contractor after assessment indicated elemental mercury contamination was present in the tile joints. Visqueen placed in areas after carpet removal in hallways that are adjacent to the contaminated storage room. Sealed floor with two coats of industrial grade polycuramine (epoxy mixture) in area where tiles were removed.