United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region V
POLLUTION REPORT


Date:
Monday, April 6, 2009
From:
Brian Kelly


Subject: 

Southern Illinois Railcar
7570 Ottawa Road, Cairo, OH
Latitude: 40.8470000
Longitude: -84.0830000


POLREP No.:
2
Site #:
B5QP
Reporting Period:
D.O. #:
Start Date:
12/2/2008
Response Authority:
CERCLA
Mob Date:
12/2/2008
Response Type:
Emergency
Demob Date:
 
NPL Status:
Non NPL
Completion Date:
 
Incident Category:
Removal Action
CERCLIS ID #:
Contract #
RCRIS ID #:
 

Site Description

The Southern Illinois Railcar (SIR) Site is located at 7570 Ottawa Road, Cairo, Allen County, Ohio 45807.  The facility is a former fertilizer plant adjacent to the Warrington Ditch a tributary of Rattlesnake Creek and Little Auglaize River. The Site is currently owned and operated by Southern Illinois Railcar as a railcar repair facility.


Current Activities

See POLREP #1 for initial response.

On Monday April 6, 2009, AES, Southern Illinois Railcar, U.S. EPA and START participated in a kick-off meeting.  The purpose of the meeting was to share the planned project activities and schedule.  

The storm water management task will continue during removal activities.  The removal of stone from the south warehouse is scheduled to begin Tuesday April 7, 2009.  

To date, 1,536,802 gallons of ammonia-water have been removed from the site and disposed at United Waste Water Services or the Lima Waste Water Treatment Plant.  A total of 360.37 tons of impacted soil have been removed and disposed at Waste Management - Evergreen RDF Northwood, Ohio.


Planned Removal Actions

South warehouse stone removal
Continous Ammonization Building Stone Removal
South warehouse soil removal
North warehouse soil removal
North ditch soil removal
South ditch soil removal
East ditch soil removal


Next Steps

Land farm area construction


response.epa.gov/sir