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Keizer Mercury Spill

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Photo 8-13-2016 12_51_05.jpg<br />Date Taken: <br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags: Apartment garages Site Photo
Photo 8-13-2016 12.51.34 2.jpg<br />Date Taken: 8/13/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags: Private removal sub-contractors using a mercury vacuum to suction elemental mercury from asphalt. Extent started at garage entry and with downgrade slope, ended near a storm drain. Site Photo 8/13/2016
Photo 8-13-2016 10.44.33.jpg<br />Date Taken: 8/13/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags: START assessed the extent of mercury contamination and established an exclusion zone using readings from a mercury vapor analyzer. Site Photo 8/13/2016
Photo 8-13-2016 14.38.03.jpg<br />Date Taken: 8/13/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags: START assessing garage cement floor for mercury vapor concentrations. Concrete slab joints as well as seams between concrete and particle board wall revealed higher mercury vapor concentrations. Site Photo 8/13/2016
Photo 8-15-2016 15.36.58.jpg<br />Date Taken: 8/15/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags: Private removal contractors removed sections of baseboard walls to vacuum trapped mercury beads. START identified areas of remaining high mercury vapor concentrations. Site Photo 8/15/2016
Photo 8-14-2016 10.16.25.jpg<br />Date Taken: 8/14/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags: START screening asphalt after elemental mercury removal to locate any remaining contaminated areas. Site Photo 8/14/2016
Photo 8-13-2016 15.01.33.jpg<br />Date Taken: 8/13/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags: One of two eight ounce jars generated from mercury vacuum use on garage parking lot. Collected contents include elemental mercury and contaminated debris. Site Photo 8/13/2016
Photo 8-15-2016 11.47.17.jpg<br />Date Taken: 8/15/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags: Mercury vapor analysis localized remaining contamination to the asphalt to concrete joint bordering the garage. Private removal contractors used a metal scrape and mercury vacuum to remove debris and the area was re-screened. Site Photo 8/15/2016
Photo 8-13-2016 10.46.03.jpg<br />Date Taken: 8/13/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags: Several ounces of elemental mercury were spilled in a residential garage parking lot. Site Photo 8/13/2016
Photo 8-15-2016 15.49.46.jpg<br />Date Taken: 8/15/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags: Private removal contractors extracted all sediment from the storm drain nearest to the spill location.Post sediment removal screening levels were below recommended ATSDR clean-up levels. Site Photo 8/15/2016
IMG_0218 (1).jpg<br />Date Taken: 8/18/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 44.9875416666667<br />Longitude: -123.025094444444<br />Tags: NRCES removes trash from a garbage bin, while a START contractor screens each bag with a mercury vapor analyzer. Site Photo 8/18/2016
IMG_0238.jpg<br />Date Taken: 8/19/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 44.9874194444444<br />Longitude: -123.0253<br />Tags: NRCES uses a mercury vacuum to suction dust generated from an asphalt scoring saw while a START contractor monitors emissions from the mercury vacuum and monitors ambient mercury vapor levels Site Photo 8/19/2016
IMG_0196.jpg<br />Date Taken: 8/16/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 44.9874527777778<br />Longitude: -123.025305555556<br />Tags: A section of asphalt in front of garage #611 that has been scored and partly removed. Site Photo 8/16/2016