The cleanup of PCB contaminated soil at this site continues. The construction contractor (JLW Associates, or "JLW") hired an environmental cleanup contractor to excavate and removed the PCB contaminated soil. To date, 10 rolloff boxes have been filled with contaminated soil. Four of these boxes have been shipped for proper disposal. The remainder are staged onsite awaiting shipment. These boxes are double lined, covered, and tarped while staged onsite.
Soil samples collected onsite indicate that there is still a significant amount of contaminated soil onsite that needs to be removed. A JLW employee has admitted to pumping approximately 80 gallons of oil out of the transformer, then dumping the oil onto a filter media pile in the staging area onsite. The filter media, consisting of sand, charcoal, and gravel, had been removed from a sand filter at the plant, and was intended for disposal.
An EPA OSC was onsite on the following days observing the progress of the cleanup: March 9, 10, 11, 19, & 26, April 6, 8, 14 & 15, 2009. A Maryland Department of the Environment representative was also on site April 8, 2009.
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