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American Creosote 2015 ER

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Hughes Creek after excavation and restoration.<br />Date Taken: 3/29/2017<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 33.1099194444444<br />Longitude: -89.06215<br />Tags:
absorbent boom placed on April 28, 2016 to stop the flow of oily substance. <br />Date Taken: 4/29/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 33.1092146<br />Longitude: -89.0619773<br />Tags:
On April 28th, 2016, ERRS brought in a vac truck and operator to collect pulled oily substance.<br />Date Taken: 4/29/2016<br />Category: Map<br />Latitude: 33.1097574<br />Longitude: -89.0620931<br />Tags:
Creosote/oily substance leaching out of the Banks and into Hughes Creek. The spill was discovered on April 27, 2016.<br />Date Taken: 4/29/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Underflow dam built on April 30th, 2016. Creosote/oil substance was seeping out of the bank of Hughes Creek south of the Barrymore Street bridge.<br />Date Taken: 5/3/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 33.1096168<br />Longitude: -89.0620695<br />Tags:
Flooding at the site due to heavy rainfalls. Taken By Rick Hollingsworth<br />Date Taken: 3/10/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Flooding at the site due to heavy rainfalls. Taken By Rick Hollingsworth<br />Date Taken: 3/10/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
E22 has clean walls and is the northern extent of the excavation.<br />Date Taken: 2/3/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Areas that have been excavated and treated with Portland cement. Activity as of March 17, 2016.<br />Date Taken: 3/17/2016<br />Category: Map<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Piling installation.<br />Date Taken: 11/10/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 33.1100166666667<br />Longitude: -89.0621638888889<br />Tags:
Flooding at the site due to heavy rains. <br />Date Taken: 11/18/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 33.1100125<br />Longitude: -89.06209375<br />Tags:
Sheet pile installation going North. The photo direction is looking south. <br />Date Taken: 11/16/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 33.1116071388889<br />Longitude: -89.0624851111111<br />Tags:
Installation of sheet pile along Hughes Creek and Barrymore St. This area was the source of the creosote leak into the creek. <br />Date Taken: 11/10/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 33.1102580555556<br />Longitude: -89.0620648888889<br />Tags:
Removing overburden from inside the sheet pile area. <br />Date Taken: 12/2/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 33.1107715<br />Longitude: -89.0623558611111<br />Tags:
The northern end of the sheet pile installation. <br />Date Taken: 11/20/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 33.1116947777778<br />Longitude: -89.0624734722222<br />Tags:
Portland cement being delivered inside the sheet piling. <br />Date Taken: 12/8/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 33.1102222222222<br />Longitude: -89.0620638888889<br />Tags:
Source of creosote seepage located 10 feet below surface that was entering Hughes Creek. Boring data indicate that this section is flowing from a Northeastern direction. The sheet piling has cut the flow. ERRS excavated the subsurface creosote and solidified it with Portland cement.<br />Date Taken: 12/4/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 33.1100305555556<br />Longitude: -89.0622027777778<br />Tags:
Subsurface Creosote found inside sheet pile area towards Hughes Creek area.<br />Date Taken: 12/3/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 33.1101111111111<br />Longitude: -89.0621333333333<br />Tags:
sheet pile wall complete; fence removal ongoing in background - looking to north<br />Date Taken: 12/1/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
northern portion of sheet pile wall - looking to south<br />Date Taken: 12/1/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Close up the impacts of Hughes Creek.<br />Date Taken: 11/18/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 33.1099666666667<br />Longitude: -89.06215<br />Tags:
Rains that came inover night. Four inches fell in the area. Our temporary bridge had to be rebuilt the next day. <br />Date Taken: 11/18/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 33.1100083333333<br />Longitude: -89.0622111111111<br />Tags:
Map of final sheet piling installation.<br />Date Taken: 11/19/2015<br />Category: Map<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Sheet piling done from November 2nd through November 12th, 2015. The sheet piling will move on a north-east direction to ensure that all red points on the right side are inside the sheet piling. The red and magenta points outside of the sheet pile area will be excavated, solidified and placed inside the sheet pile. Background image is a historical image of when EPA was conducting a remedial action.<br />Date Taken: 11/12/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Hammer and Steel vibratory hammer installing sheet piling. The pile went 8.5 feet into the hardpan.<br />Date Taken: 11/10/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 33.11<br />Longitude: -89.0621638888889<br />Tags:
Used an excavator with a grappler attachment to hold the sheet pile and assist the vibratory hammer clamp to the sheet piling section. The sheet pile needed to be leveled horizontally when clamped. <br />Date Taken: 11/10/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 33.1100166666667<br />Longitude: -89.0621638888889<br />Tags:
The vibratory hammer has two chains that go through two holes on the sheet piling. The chains secure the sheet piling to the vibratory hammer. <br />Date Taken: 11/10/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 33.1100305555556<br />Longitude: -89.0620583333333<br />Tags:
Excavator placing the sheet pile section so it can be attached to the vibratory hammer.<br />Date Taken: 11/10/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 33.1099194444444<br />Longitude: -89.0622861111111<br />Tags:
Sheet piling installed at the creosote seepage area. The sheet pile shut the seepage. <br />Date Taken: 11/11/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 33.1100888888889<br />Longitude: -89.0624166666667<br />Tags:
Approximately 380 feet of sheet piling installed as of 11/12/15. <br />Date Taken: 11/12/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 33.1074638888889<br />Longitude: -89.0676027777778<br />Tags:
Ensuring the proper alignment of the sheet piling. A chain was attached to an excavator bucket and the corner of sheet pile and it was bent in the proper direction. <br />Date Taken: 11/10/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 33.1099666666667<br />Longitude: -89.0620583333333<br />Tags:
Cutting sheet piling to proper length using a cutting torch. <br />Date Taken: 11/9/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 33.1099333333333<br />Longitude: -89.0621333333333<br />Tags:
Building temporary bridge over Hughes Creek to gain access to the contamination area. <br />Date Taken: 10/29/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 33.1072666666667<br />Longitude: -89.0687333333333<br />Tags:
Direct push technology used for obtaining soil borings up to 30 feet below ground surface. <br />Date Taken: 7/28/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 33.1098638888889<br />Longitude: -89.0622777777778<br />Tags:
Sonic driller used for determining confining layer. The borings went down to 40 feet bleow ground surface. <br />Date Taken: 7/29/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 33.1113083333333<br />Longitude: -89.062575<br />Tags:
Creosote free product found in soil borings taken the week of August 27, 2015.<br />Date Taken: 7/28/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 33.1054472222222<br />Longitude: -89.0713055555556<br />Tags:
Creosote free product found in soil borings taken the week of August 27, 2015.<br />Date Taken: 7/28/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 33.1109861111111<br />Longitude: -89.0623083333333<br />Tags:
Creosote migrating south of Baremore St. culvert on Hughes Creek. <br />Date Taken: 5/27/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 33.1099083333333<br />Longitude: -89.0621416666667<br />Tags:
Area where creosote is located behind rip rap embankment.<br />Date Taken: 5/27/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 33.1099694444444<br />Longitude: -89.0621638888889<br />Tags:
Creosote seepage from rip rap embankment<br />Date Taken: 5/27/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 33.1100055555556<br />Longitude: -89.0621861111111<br />Tags:

Hughes Creek after excavation and restoration. absorbent boom placed on April 28, 2016 to stop the flow of oily substance. On April 28th, 2016, ERRS brought in a vac truck and operator to collect pulled oily substance. Creosote/oily substance leaching out of the Banks and into Hughes Creek. The spill was discovered on April 27, 2016. Underflow dam built on April 30th, 2016. Creosote/oil substance was seeping out of the bank of Hughes Creek south of the Barrymore Street bridge. Flooding at the site due to heavy rainfalls. Taken By Rick Hollingsworth Flooding at the site due to heavy rainfalls. Taken By Rick Hollingsworth E22 has clean walls and is the northern extent of the excavation. Areas that have been excavated and treated with Portland cement. Activity as of March 17, 2016. Piling installation. Flooding at the site due to heavy rains. Sheet pile installation going North. The photo direction is looking south. Installation of sheet pile along Hughes Creek and Barrymore St. This area was the source of the creosote leak into the creek. Removing overburden from inside the sheet pile area. The northern end of the sheet pile installation. Portland cement being delivered inside the sheet piling. Source of creosote seepage located 10 feet below surface that was entering Hughes Creek. Boring data indicate that this section is flowing from a Northeastern direction. The sheet piling has cut the flow. ERRS excavated the subsurface creosote and solidified it with Portland cement. Subsurface Creosote found inside sheet pile area towards Hughes Creek area. sheet pile wall complete; fence removal ongoing in background - looking to north northern portion of sheet pile wall - looking to south Close up the impacts of Hughes Creek. Rains that came inover night. Four inches fell in the area. Our temporary bridge had to be rebuilt the next day. Map of final sheet piling installation. Sheet piling done from November 2nd through November 12th, 2015. The sheet piling will move on a north-east direction to ensure that all red points on the right side are inside the sheet piling. The red and magenta points outside of the sheet pile area will be excavated, solidified and placed inside the sheet pile. Background image is a historical image of when EPA was conducting a remedial action. Hammer and Steel vibratory hammer installing sheet piling. The pile went 8.5 feet into the hardpan. Used an excavator with a grappler attachment to hold the sheet pile and assist the vibratory hammer clamp to the sheet piling section. The sheet pile needed to be leveled horizontally when clamped. The vibratory hammer has two chains that go through two holes on the sheet piling. The chains secure the sheet piling to the vibratory hammer. Excavator placing the sheet pile section so it can be attached to the vibratory hammer. Sheet piling installed at the creosote seepage area. The sheet pile shut the seepage. Approximately 380 feet of sheet piling installed as of 11/12/15. Ensuring the proper alignment of the sheet piling. A chain was attached to an excavator bucket and the corner of sheet pile and it was bent in the proper direction. Cutting sheet piling to proper length using a cutting torch. Building temporary bridge over Hughes Creek to gain access to the contamination area. Direct push technology used for obtaining soil borings up to 30 feet below ground surface. Sonic driller used for determining confining layer. The borings went down to 40 feet bleow ground surface. Creosote free product found in soil borings taken the week of August 27, 2015. Creosote free product found in soil borings taken the week of August 27, 2015. Creosote migrating south of Baremore St. culvert on Hughes Creek. Area where creosote is located behind rip rap embankment. Creosote seepage from rip rap embankment