United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region III
POLLUTION REPORT

Subject: 

See previous POLREP information.

On July 9, 2009, EPA issued a Unilateral Order to Cooper Industries, a former owner of the property at the Lin Electric Site. The Order requested that the Company complete the disposal of the waste materials accumulated and remaining at the Site.  On July 17, 2009, the Company notified EPA that, as it previously verbally discussed with EPA, the Company intended to comply with the Order.

Eleven drums of waste materials generated during the removal were transported off site on 6/29/09. The drums were shipped to EQ Florida, Inc., located in Tampa, FL, for disposal. The shipment included the following: four drums of TSCA PCB liquid waste; two drums of PCB-containing capacitors that were removed from the compressor room; and five drums of non-hazardous waste. PPE waste generated during the removal was shipped off site on 6/30/09. The PPE waste was disposed of as non-hazardous solid waste at the Mercer County Landfill, located in Princeton, WV.

ERRS used a scrubber machine and pressure washer to clean the remaining areas of the concrete pad. ERRS completed decontaminating all remaining equipment and tools. Then the decontamination area was the final area decontaminated. Wastes generated during the final cleaning and decontamination operations were placed into the waste storage area.

The following equipment was transported off site for return to the respective vendors:  water treatment system (WTS) tanks and appurtenances; secondary containment system for the WTS; and pressure washer. The excavator, loader, and scrubber machine were staged for the vendors to pick up at a later date.

START collected 20 cored concrete samples from around the Site after ERRS completed cleaning the concrete pad. The samples were submitted to a laboratory to be analyzed for PCB/aroclors. Concrete sampling location coordinates were collected using a Trimble ProXH GPS receiver. START also collected six water samples, including QC samples, from the area storm drain system.  Area storm drain water samples were collected at the following locations: Lynn Street storm drain; Cherry Street storm drain; Lin Electric area storm drain box (in Area 4); and the cooling unit vault located on the north side of the Crane Shop #3 wall. The water samples were submitted to the EPA Region 3 Fort Meade Laboratory to be analyzed for PCB congeners.

EPA, ERRS, and START temporarily demobilized from the Site on July 1, 2009 until disposal arangements are determined.

On July 16, 2009, the OSC and START contractor met with contractor personnel examining the Site on behalf of Cooper.  The Site features from which the waste piles were created were examined.

A Potentially Responsible Party (PRP) has agreed to take responsibility for disposing the wastes off Site.

The PRP will submit to EPA information relating to the disposal of the wastes from the Site.