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United
States Environmental Protection Agency
Region IV
POLLUTION REPORT
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| Date: |
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
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| From: |
Kenneth Rhame
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| To: |
Preston Law, TN&Associates
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Jim Edwards, NC DENR
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Subject:
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Final Polrep
Town of Enfield Transformer Spill
1000 South Dennis Street,
Enfield, NC
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| POLREP No.: |
2
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Site #:
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D.O. #:
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| Start Date: |
9/24/2008
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Response Authority:
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CERCLA
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Mob Date: |
9/24/2008
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Response Type:
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Emergency
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| Demob Date: |
11/19/2008
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NPL Status:
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Non NPL
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| Completion Date: |
11/19/2008
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Incident Category:
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Removal Action
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Contract #
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EPA Region 4 received notification from the National Response Center (NRC) of a transformer spill located at 1000 South Dennis Street, Enfield NC, Halifax County. This site is the location of an abandoned box company. The cause of the release is vandalism, copper thieves stealing copper from the transformers. The amount of transformer oil spilled is estimated at 600 gallons. Three transformers with 200 gallon capacity each. These transformers were recently sampled by the town and had concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (pcb's) at 158 parts per million (ppm), 274 ppm and 266 ppm arochlor 1260. The town of Enfield is believed to be a potetial responsible party since they own their own electrical grid, thus were the owners of the transformers. Halifax County Emergency Management notified the NRC and contacted Eastern Environmental to stabilize the site. Eastern Environmental responded, placed absorbant boom around the spill area and covered the spill area with plastic. The spill area is estimated to be 150' X 12', it is located approximately 30' from a storm drainage ditch that is a tributary to Fishing Creek. The spill area is located approximately 3/4 mile from Fishing Creek. EPA was advised that Fishing Creek has a public drinking water intake; however, the intake is located upstream from where the ditch enters Fishing Creek. The release could have occurred as long as 60 days ago, the last time the transformers were observed intact.
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Roll-Off #909, #1036 (soil only) left the site for disposal on 11/18/2008. These are 20 cubic yard roll-offs.
Roll-Off #916 (soil and transformer carcass) left the site on 11/18/2008.
Roll-Off #738 (Soil and transformer carcass), #7031 and (soil only) left the site on 11/18/08.
Roll-Off #2569 (Soil and transformer carcass) left the site on 11/19/2008.
Roll-Off #794 was delivered but not used.
Contaminated Soils and transformer carcasses were transported to EQ - Michigan for disposal.
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The area was backfilled and restored to the extent practicable.
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Budgeted |
Total To Date |
Remaining |
% Remaining |
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Extramural Costs
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Intramural Costs
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| Total Site Costs |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
0.00% |
* The above accounting of expenditures is an estimate based on figures known to the OSC at the time this report was written. The OSC does not necessarily receive specific figures on final payments made to any contractor(s). Other financial data which the OSC must rely upon may not be entirely up-to-date. The cost accounting provided in this report does not necessarily represent an exact monetary figure which the government may include in any claim for cost recovery.
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3 - 20 Cubic Yd Roll-Offs of Soil transported to EQ-Michigan
3 - 20 Cubic Yd Roll-Offs of Soil and Transformer Carcasses were transported to EQ-Michigan
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response.epa.gov/TownofEnfieldTransformerSpill
POLREP #2 Last Updated 2/18/2009
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