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Tuesday, January 21, 2004
EPA’s Removal OSC Bob Kelly and Enforcement OSC Bob Guarni and START Dallessandro mobilized to the Site and met with the old salvage facility’s owner. The facility’s owner escorted EPA and START into the facility and showed them the current condition of the basement. OSC Kelly and START observed that the water level in the basement was approximately seven inches higher than the level during the previous sampling event that occurred in April, 2003. The facility’s owner informed EPA and START that there had been trespassers who have stolen various items from the exterior of the facility over the past few months, due to press reports on the EPA’s sampling of the building. OSC Kelly informed the facility’s owner that he would return to the town and conduct a meeting with him and associated parties to discuss future actions of the EPA and what would be anticipated in the near future.
Wednesday, January 22, 2004
OSC Kelly and START Dallessandro attended a meeting at the WVDEP office in Charleston, WV. Attendees in the meeting included EPA, START, two representatives from ATSDR, and seven representatives of WVDHHR. The validated data from the sampling assessment that occurred in April, 2003, was discussed. Future actions at the Site were addressed.
Tuesday, January 28, 2004
Under the direction of OSC Kelly, START Dallessandro mobilized to Charleston, WV, and corresponded with representatives from WVDEP and UPS in order to conduct a sampling assessment of the water well located adjacent to the UPS Facility. The well was no longer in use, but there was concern of the quality of water contained in the well. Due to poor weather conditions, START consulted with UPS’s consultant and a joint decision was made to postpone the sampling event. START contacted OSC Kelly and informed him of the determination. OSC Kelly contacted all affiliated parties and informed them that the sampling event would be postponed until the following day. START contacted WVDEP Fisher and informed him that the sampling would be delayed one day due to inclement weather. START requested that WVDEP Blake contact the responders and relay the information.
Wednesday, January 29, 2004
START mobilized to the Site and met with a UPS Facility representative and UPS’s consultant. The UPS Facility representative unlocked the well head and provided access to START to enable sampling. START utilized water tape and determined the depth of the well to be approximately 76.0 feet. START also estimated that approximately 66.1 feet of water was contained in the well. START and the UPS consultant calculated that 255 liters of water should be drawn from the well for purging. This volume was much larger than anticipated and was not feasible to perform. Therefore, START utilized a water quality meter and purged the well water with a submersible pump until the water quality criteria was stabilized. START and the UPS consultant monitored the pH, temperature, conductivity, salinity, and turbidity until the parameters stabilized.
START and the UPS consultant collected split water samples from the well. The purge water from the event was contained in two 55-gallon drums. Two representatives from WVDEP secured the drums and transported them off Site for staging until the analytical results were obtained. The UPS Facility representative closed and secured the well head with a lock.
The samples were packaged and shipped to the corresponding laboratories on the same day. Validated analytical results were anticipated to be received in approximately one month.
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