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Door to storage room where spill occurred. Storage room is centrally located adjacent to cubicles. Assessment 5/29/2019
Office area and cubicles adjacent to storage room where mercury spill occurred. Office area and hallway area is carpeted. Assessment 5/29/2019
Beads of elemental mercury observed on tile floor in the storage room. Assessment 5/29/2019
EPA START contractor performing storage room assessment and readings for mercury vapors utilizing Jerome (mg/m3) and Lumex (ng/m3) instrumentation. Assessment 5/29/2019
EPA ERRS contractor setting up for removal of mercury contamination and installing negative air system. Removal 5/30/2019
Negative air system utilizes ventilating and heating cycles to drive of mercury vapors and remove contamination from the storage room. Removal 5/30/2019
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. Removal 5/31/2019
EPA ERRS contractor removing floor tile from contaminated area in the storage room area. Removal 5/31/2019
Contaminated items and materials removed by EPA ERRS contractor from site. Removal 5/31/2019
Contaminated items and waste removed from site and placed inside a roll off bin for proper disposal. Removal 5/31/2019
Removal of book shelf flooring revealed additional tile flooring underneath. Assessment of the this flooring revealed contamination had not gone below the bookshelf flooring. Removal 5/31/2019
Tile flooring was removed by EPA ERRS contractor after assessment indicated elemental mercury contamination was present in the tile joints. Removal 6/1/2019
Visqueen placed in areas after carpet removal in hallways that are adjacent to the contaminated storage room. Removal 6/2/2019
Sealed floor with two coats of industrial grade polycuramine (epoxy mixture) in area where tiles were removed. Removal 6/2/2019
