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United
States Environmental Protection Agency
Region VI
POLLUTION REPORT
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| Date: |
Monday, March 30, 2009
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| From: |
Adam Adams
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| To: |
R6 PolRep TX, Response and Prevention Branch
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Debbie Dietrich, Office of Emergency Management
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Ragan Broyles, Superfund Division
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Subject:
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PSC Chemical Fire - 1st and Final POLREP
PSC Chemical Reclamation Services
405 Powell Street,
Avalon, TX
Latitude: 32.2117000
Longitude: -96.7922000
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| POLREP No.: |
1
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Site #:
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A6N9
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| Reporting Period: |
1st and Final POLREP
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D.O. #:
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| Start Date: |
3/30/2009
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Response Authority:
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CERCLA
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Mob Date: |
3/30/2009
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Response Type:
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Emergency
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| Demob Date: |
3/30/2009
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NPL Status:
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Non NPL
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| Completion Date: |
3/30/2009
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Incident Category:
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Removal Assessment
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| CERCLIS ID #: |
TXD046844700
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Contract #
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PSC Chemical is a TSD facility located at 405 Powell Street, Avalon, Texas. The 87 acre facility began operations in 1984 as Chemical Reclamation Services, and was later acquired by PSC in 1994. Per facility representatives, the plant has a throughput of approximately 25,000 to 30,000 gallons of material per day. Approximately 20% of the material is sampled to verify its contents.
At approximately 19:30 on the evening of 03/29/2009, a fire began in the area of the plastics shredder (facility unit #57). By 20:15 the fire had been extinguished. A 2-mile evacuation radius was established by local authorities and later lifted. There were no injuries associated with the fire.
According to facility representatives, the source of the fire was not determined, but may have been from either plastic containers in totes waiting to be shredded or from electrical connections on the shredder. No containers holding chemicals were consumed by the fire.
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In touring the facility on 03/30/2009, there were no apparent off-site impacts due to the fire.
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No further action at the site is anticipated.
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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.
response.epa.gov/pscchemicals
POLREP #1 Last Updated 3/31/2014
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