United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region IX
POLLUTION REPORT

Subject: 

All fire impinged ammo and debris have been removed from the sites.  

July 13, 2009
Personnel:  1 OSC, 2 PST, 3 START, 4 ERRS

All personnel remobilized to the site to finish the removal operations.  The plastic material imbedded with brass, live ammo and debris (biscuts) was packed into drums . The drums of primers will repackaged into card board boxes for shipping.  The drums of live ammo and cases of water damaged ammo were loaded onto a flat bed truck borrowed from the USCG Los Angeles Sector Area base for transport tommorrow to Camp Pendleton.

July 14, 2009

Personnel: 1 OSC, 4 START, 5 ERRS, 2 PST, 2 LACo. Sheriffs, and 50 or so Marine EOD.

The LACo Sheriffs (LASD) truck was loaded with the remaining ammo, primers and empty drums for transport to Camp Pendleton, USMC in Oceanside, San Diego Co., CA.  OSC Wise, PST, 2 START and LASD convoyed to Camp Pendleton. A DTSC representative and a RRT representative met us at the base. Once on-base, the Marine EOD staff unloaded the trucks and set the burn pit up.  The ammo from Ingomar was being used for a ammunition destruction training exercise in accordance with the requirements puruant to the RCRA Military Munitions Rule.  Once the pit was prepared the fire was started using time fuzes and thermite grenades by the Marine EOD.

On-Site, ERRS and START excavated and screened the soil from the burn area.  Upon completion of the excavation, the START screened the area with the XRF to insure the area was clean.  The biscuts were shipped off-site.  The OSC signed the manifest prior to departing to the Marine base.

July 15, 2009

Personnel: 1 OSC, 2 START, 5 ERRS, 2 PST

The bins of contaminated soil were shipped off-site. Any remaining debris in the burn area of picked up and placed in a solid waste debris bin.  The Bomb Squad was on-site to pick up a 20 mm round.

OSC Wise spoke to the Marine EOD representative about starting the cleanup on Thursday and was informed that cleanup would not be able to start until Friday because the fire was still smoldering.

July 16, 2009

Personnel: 1 OSC, 1 ERRS RM

On-Site to sign the manifest for the last drum of ranged waste to be transported off-site.

July 17, 2009

Personnel: 1 OSC, 3 START, 2 PST, 3 ERRS

On-Site at Camp Pendleton to cleanout the burn bit.  The brass,ash and debris was screened.  Some live ammo is left and was separted from the brass.  The brass will be returned to the Ingomar St. address.

The cleanup at the Marine Corp base is expected to last until Tuesday.

The burn pit brass and debris will be segregated and any contaminated soil removed and placed in bins.  The bins will go off for disposal, the brass back to Ingomar Street and any remaining live ammo will be explosively destroyed by Marine EOD.