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Demobilization: Tote staging area. High Hazard Containment Area for totes containing Potential Oxidizers<br />Date Taken: 7/31/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Demobilization: High Hazard Containment Area for totes containing Potential Oxidizers. <br />Date Taken: 7/31/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Demobilization: Tote staging area. Containment Area for totes containing Hazardous Materials-Corrosive-Basic.<br />Date Taken: 7/31/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Demobilization: Tote staging area. Containment Area for totes containing Hazardous Materials-Corrosive-Basic.<br />Date Taken: 7/31/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Demobilization: Containment Area E-1 for drums containing Hazardous Materials-Corrosive-Acidic.<br />Date Taken: 7/31/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Demobilization: Containment Area E-1 for drums containing Hazardous Materials-Corrosive-Acidic.<br />Date Taken: 7/31/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Entrance gate at USOR on day of demobilization. <br />Date Taken: 7/31/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Demobilization: Secured roll-off boxes.<br />Date Taken: 7/31/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Demobilization: Secured roll-off boxes. <br />Date Taken: 7/31/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Demobilization: Secured roll-off boxes. <br />Date Taken: 7/31/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Demobilization: Stormwater pond <br />Date Taken: 7/31/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Demobilization: Secured fence located on northwest side. <br />Date Taken: 7/31/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Demobilization: Stabilized area. <br />Date Taken: 7/31/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Demobilization: Stabilized secondary containment area. <br />Date Taken: 7/31/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Demobilization: Area cleared of drums and totes. <br />Date Taken: 7/31/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Demobilization: Drum staging area. Containment Area A for drums containing Hazardous Materials -Flammable/Combustible. <br />Date Taken: 7/31/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Demobilization: Containment Area A for drums containing Hazardous Materials -Flammable/Combustible. <br />Date Taken: 7/31/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Demobilization: Tote staging area. <br />Date Taken: 7/31/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Demobilization: Drums and Tote staging area. <br />Date Taken: 7/31/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Tote containing H2S located in High Hazard Containment Area B. <br />Date Taken: 7/31/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:

Demobilization: Tote staging area. High Hazard Containment Area for totes containing Potential Oxidizers Demobilization: High Hazard Containment Area for totes containing Potential Oxidizers. Demobilization: Tote staging area. Containment Area for totes containing Hazardous Materials-Corrosive-Basic. Demobilization: Tote staging area. Containment Area for totes containing Hazardous Materials-Corrosive-Basic. Demobilization: Containment Area E-1 for drums containing Hazardous Materials-Corrosive-Acidic. Demobilization: Containment Area E-1 for drums containing Hazardous Materials-Corrosive-Acidic. Entrance gate at USOR on day of demobilization. Demobilization: Secured roll-off boxes. Demobilization: Secured roll-off boxes. Demobilization: Secured roll-off boxes. Demobilization: Stormwater pond Demobilization: Secured fence located on northwest side. Demobilization: Stabilized area. Demobilization: Stabilized secondary containment area. Demobilization: Area cleared of drums and totes. Demobilization: Drum staging area. Containment Area A for drums containing Hazardous Materials -Flammable/Combustible. Demobilization: Containment Area A for drums containing Hazardous Materials -Flammable/Combustible. Demobilization: Tote staging area. Demobilization: Drums and Tote staging area. Tote containing H2S located in High Hazard Containment Area B. Trucks arriving to transport non-hazardous materials off-site for disposal. Secured roll-off boxes. Neutralization of the low pH material for disposal. Neutralization of the low pH material for disposal. Secondary containment area containing low pH material. Release of low pH material from secondary containment due to acute structural damage. Release of low pH material from secondary containment due to acute structural damage. Staging area for overpack drums containing acid. Staging area in warehouse. Inventory of totes and contents. Non-Regulated waste label located on tote. Salvage drums to secure damaged drums located on site. Drum inventory, Building out secondary containment areas in warehouse for staging drums. Building out secondary containment areas in warehouse for staging drums. Segregating drums. Conducting field verification on drum contents to ensure proper segregation and staging. Drum inventory. Drums and totes located in the warehouse. Drums and totes located in the warehouse. Drums and totes located in the warehouse. Z-Tank located at MCC Recycling. MCC Recycling MCC Recycling MCC Recycling MCC Recycling MCC Recycling START conducting tank gauging. START conducting tank gauging. Evidence of corrosion on tanks. Secondary tank containment. Secondary tank containment. Boom deployed to contain site run-off. Vacumn truck on-site. Boom deployed to contain site run-off. Material contained in one of 225 roll-offs located on-site. Inventory of roll-off boxes using unique identifier. Stress cracks on the west side of the bioreactor. Stress cracks on the southwest corner of the bioreactor cell. Cracks on the southeast corner of the bioreactor wall. Stress cracks on the southeast corner of the bioreactor. Structural damage to the west wall on the inside of the bioreactor Structural damage to bioreactor on the west side. TCEQ Photo. Retention pond overflow due to significant rain event. TCEQ Photo. Leaking rolloff box labelled TCEQ Photo. Rolloff box full during significant rain event. TCEQ Photo. Standing water at the site, looking south. TCEQ Photo. Initial boom deployment to contain contaminants from offsite migration. TCEQ Photo. Looking north from south end of site showing some of the rolloff boxes. TCEQ Photo. Significant rainfall, site to the left, Vincent Bayou directly ahead. Evidence of oily sheen on water due to overflow from roll-off boxes. Waste overflow from roll-off box located on-site. Roll-offf boxes located on-site. Evidence of oil sheen in standing water. ASTs located on-site. Secondary containment wall is deteriorating. Roll-off boxes located on-site. Drainage from stormwater pond located on-site. Site drains into Vinces Bayou which flows into the Houston Ship Channel. Roll-off boxes dated October 2009 located on-site. Unsecured site access located on west side of site. Roll-off boxes containing orange liquid with evidence of overflow. Oil sheen. Roll-off box containing hazardous waste from October 2009. Evidence of corrosion and leaking. 10/19/10 Site walk. Parking lot, looking north. 10/19/10 Site walk. Parking lot, storm water, residue, looking south. 10/19/10 Site walk. Filter Press / Decanter Bay, looking southwest. 10/19/10 Site walk. Bay 45, looking southwest. 10/19/10 Site walk. Bay 34, 35, and 36, looking west. Overflow and staining from Bay 36. 10/19/10 Site walk. Corrosive Acid tank and containment (Bay 33/40), looking west. Staining. 10/19/10 Site walk. Loading dock, Bay 36, staining from overflow NE corner of parking lot; looking west. 10/19/10 Site walk. Overflow and staining from Bay 36, looking west. 10/19/10 Site walk. Overflow and staining from Bay 36, looking northwest. 10/19/10 Site walk. Overflow and staining from Bay 36, looking northwest. 10/19/10 Site walk. Secondary Containment, North Tank Farm, looking north. 10/19/10 Site walk. Secondary Containment, North Tank Farm, looking west. 10/19/10 Site walk. Secondary Containments, Tank Farms, looking southwest. 10/19/10 Site walk. Secondary Containments, Tank Farms, looking west. 10/19/10 Site walk. Secondary Containments, Tank Farms, looking west. 10/19/10 Site walk. Secondary Containment, Corrosive Acid Tank showing corroded concrete, looking south. 10/19/10 Site walk. External north wall of Corrosive Acid Tank Secondary Containment, location of corroded concrete and leak, looking south. 10/19/10 Site walk. Bay 36 showing overflow and staining, looking southeast. 10/19/10 Site walk. Corrosive Base Secondary Containment, looking southwest. 10/19/10 Site walk. Secondary Containment, Bioreactor northwest corner, looking northeast. 10/19/10 Site walk. Secondary Containment, South Tank Farm, looking north. 10/19/10 Site walk. Secondary Containment, Bay 37, looking southeast. 10/19/10 Site walk. Secondary Containment, Corrosive Base Tank (Bay 32/38), looking north. 10/19/10 Site walk. Bay 48, 44, and 45, looking south. 10/19/10 Site walk. Retention pond, north end, looking west. 10/19/10 Site walk. Retention Pond, looking southwest. 10/19/10 Site walk. Filter Press (Bay 51), looking northwest. 10/19/10 Site walk. High potential hazard totes, looking southwest. 10/19/10 Site walk. Retention Pond, east side, looking southwest. 10/19/10 Site walk. Container area, looking southeast. 10/19/10 Site walk. Container area, looking east. 10/19/10 Site walk. Tote container area showing row of corrosive base, looking west. 10/19/10 Site walk. Tote container area showing row of corrosive base and leakage, looking west. 10/19/10 Site walk. Tote container area showing row of flammables south of corrosive base row, showing base leakage, looking northwest. 10/19/10 Site walk. Tote container area showing row of corrosive base, looking west. 10/19/10 Site walk. Tote container area showing row of corrosive base, looking west. 10/19/10 Site walk. Corrosive Base area, showing ruptured drums and leakage, looking southeast. 10/19/10 Site walk. Container area showing Corrosive Base drum leakage, looking southeast. 10/19/10 Site walk. Corrosive base drum container area, ruptured drum 215, looking south. 10/19/10 Site walk. Corrosive Base area, showing ruptured drum 214 and leakage, looking north. 10/19/10 Site walk. Corrosive Base leakage, looking northeast. 10/19/10 Site walk. Container area, showing corrosive base leakage from ruptured drums in corrosive base area, looking south. Incident 2- South tank containment area. Incident 2- South tank containment area. Incident 2- Tank B-26 located in south tank containment area. Incident 2- Parking lot area Incident 2- Crews relocating drums to address leaking conditions and safety concerns. Showing the current oily liquid waste levels in the north secondary containment ERRS removed the grating from above sump 36 in advance of removal during the next operational period. Showing the contents of sump 36. Setting up light plant for night operations ERRS transfering free liquids from Tank 1 in north tank farm to the oily liquid collection area ERRS removing acidic sludge from sump numbers 34 and 35 using an industrial air mover Unloading the industrial air mover contents (acidic sludge) into bay 48 ERRS removing acidic sludge from sump 34 using miniature excavator Removing acidic sludge from sump 36 using a miniature excavator Bulking the acidic sludge to lined roll-off containers for temporary storage Showing sump 36 emptied of acidic sludge ERRS implementing engineering controls around the sump area Engineering controls in place around the sump area ERRS preparing to remove oily sludge waste from the roll-off boxes utilizing industrial air mover. ERRS removing oily sludge waste from the south tank farm containment area. ERRS pressure washing Bay 48. ERRS assessing the north tank farm containment area for benzene levels utilizing Ultra RAE. ERRS assessing the north tank farm containment area for benzene levels utilizing Ultra RAE. ERRS in Level B PPE conducting removal of oily hazardous sludge from the North Tank Farm Containment Area. North Tank Farm Containment Area after removal of oily hazardous sludge. ERRS removing oily sludge waste from Sumps 34, 35, and 36 temporarily stored in on-site roll-off boxes utilizing industrial air mover. Secondary containment for T-38 post stabilization operations. Low pH material transferred to Bay 48 for neutralization. Secondary containment for T-40 during stabilization operations. High pH material transferred to Bay 48 for neutralization. ERRS crew conducting wash down operations on scrap material from Sump 36. ERRS crew remove top of poly tank from T-40 secondary contaniment during neutralization operations to gain access to acid heel on bottom of poly tank. Industrial air mover: one of several mobilized to the site and utilized in the removal operations of non-hazardous sludge from secondary containment areas into vac boxes for transportation to Waste Management in Conroe for disposal. Bottom half of the poly tank from T-40 secondary containment after removal of non-hazardous sludge. Bottom half of the poly tank after removal from T-40 secondary containment. Bottom of poly tank from T-40 secondary containment after wash down with pressure washer. Pumper truck staged and ready for concrete operations. Available free-board of Z-Tank located at MCC Recycling before ERRS crew stabilized site conditions. On Jan 5-7 ERRS transported 50,000 gallons of non-hazardous liquid from the tank to Intergulf for recycling. Available free-board in Z-Tank at MCC Recycling after ERRS transported 50,000 gallons of non-hazardous liquid from the tank to Intergulf for recycling. Status of Sump 36 during site visit. Available freeboard in STF before ERRS crew stabilized site conditions. Available freeboard in NTF before ERRS crew stabilized site conditions. Available freeboard in STF before ERRS crew stabilized site conditions. Available freeboard in NTF after ERRS crew stabilized site conditions by transferring non-hazardous liquid from the secondary containment to Intergulf for recycling. Available freeboard in NTF after ERRS crew stabilized site conditions by transferring non-hazardous liquid from the secondary containment to Intergulf for recycling. Available freeboard in STF after ERRS crew stabilized site conditions by transferring non-hazardous liquid from the secondary containment to Intergulf for recycling. Available freeboard in Sump 36 after ERRS crew stabilized site conditions by transferring non-hazardous liquids to Intergulf for recycling.