United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region V
POLLUTION REPORT



Date:
Saturday, April 11, 2009
From:
Brian Kelly

Subject: 

Initial PRP Clean-up under UAO
Thornapple Valley
2902 Orleans Street, Detroit, MI
Latitude: 42.3490000
Longitude: -83.0370000


POLREP No.:
3
Site #:
B5H4
Reporting Period:
D.O. #:
Start Date:
12/23/2008
Response Authority:
CERCLA
Mob Date:
4/15/2009
Response Type:
Time-Critical
Demob Date:
 
NPL Status:
Non NPL
Completion Date:
 
Incident Category:
Removal Action
CERCLIS ID #:
Contract #
RCRIS ID #:
 

Site Description

See Pollution Report #1.


Current Activities

On April 1, 2009, an Atwell-Hicks Project Coordinator (PC) conducted a visual assessment of the projected excavation area at 2900 Orleans in Detroit, MI.  Prior to the assessment, the Atwell-Hicks PC learned that the owner of the railroad right-of-way had not yet signed the access agreement in order to allow excavation to take place in the railroad right-of-way.  As such, the excavation would not take place until the access agreement was obtained.

On April 3, 2009, Atwell-Hicks obtained a signed access agreement from the owner of the railroad right-of-way, thus allowing site excavation to move forward.

On April 7, 2009, EPA granted approval for an extension of the original start date of April 1, 2009 to April 9, 2009.  

On April 8, 2009, Atwell-Hicks contacted Miss Dig to verify the location of the utilities that exist in the vicinity of the planned excavation.  Miss Dig indicated that the site would be cleared by April 13, 2009, the day on which Atwell-Hicks is planning on beginning the excavation at the site.


Planned Removal Actions

Atwell-Hicks will oversee the following activities at the Thornapple Valley site:  (1) the removal of visually impacted soil to the east of the building located at 2900 Orleans; (2) the temporary onsite storage or direct-loading of impacted soil for offsite disposal; (3) the collection of cleanup verfication soil samples from the sidewalls and floors of the excavation areas; (4) the collection of GeoProbe samples from depths of 1', 4', 8', 12', and 16' below ground surface in order to determine the extent of vertical and horizontal soil contamination in the vicinity of the vault/tank that exists in the site building; (5) the restoration of all excavated areas to pre-existing conditions; (6) the decontamination of all site equipment; and (7) the completion of a monthly written progress report and its submission to the U.S. EPA beginning 30 calendar days after the approval of the site work plan.


Next Steps

On April 9 and 10, 2009, an Atwell-Hicks sub-contractor will deliver rolloff boxes to the site so that the excavated soil can be temporarily stored prior to disposal.

On April 15, 2009, Atwell-Hicks and its removal contractor will begin excavating PCB-impacted soil from the visually impacted areas of the site.


Key Issues

Atwell-Hicks obtaining a signed access agreement from the owner of the railroad right-of-way.


response.epa.gov/Thornapple_Valley