United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region V
POLLUTION REPORT



Date:
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
From:
Jon Gulch, On-Scene Coordinator

To:
David Chung, U.S. EPA
Jason El-Zein, U.S. EPA
Linda Nachowicz, U.S. EPA
Mark Durno, U.S. EPA
Beverly Kush, U.S. EPA
Michael Chezik, DOI
Jeff Kelley, U.S. EPA
Richard Murawski, U.S. EPA
William Messenger, U.S. EPA
Mary Jane Adamo, U.S. EPA
Mick Hans, U.S. EPA
Duty Officer, USCG
Kevin Clouse, Ohio EPA
Scott Shane, Ohio EPA
Timothy Murphy, City of Toledo
William Ryczek, U.S. EPA

Subject: 

Continuation of Removal Action
Plabell Rubber Manufacturing Plant Site
300 South St. Clair, Toledo, OH
Latitude: 41.6433000
Longitude: -83.5433000


POLREP No.:
2
Site #:
B5PX
Reporting Period:
July 31-August 14, 2009
D.O. #:
005
Start Date:
7/20/2009
Response Authority:
CERCLA
Mob Date:
7/20/2009
Response Type:
Time-Critical
Demob Date:
 
NPL Status:
Non NPL
Completion Date:
 
Incident Category:
Removal Action
CERCLIS ID #:
OHN000510305
Contract #
EP-S5-08-04
RCRIS ID #:
 

Site Description

See POLREP#1 for a full Site description


Current Activities

From July 31- August 14, 2009, EPA completed the process of searching through general debris piles in Buildings # 2 and Building #3 to identify the presence of hazardous materials.  During the search, several drums, containers and bags of unknown powders were collected, staged, and field hazard categorized (HAZCAT).

During the week of August 3-7, 2009, drum sampling operations were continued and Building #2 was prepared for drum removal operations.  This entailed breaking holes in the side of the building on the 3rd and 6th floors due to an inoperable freight elevator. EPA crews then moved empty drums onto the 3rd floor, which were then loaded with miscellaneous solid waste products.  These drums and several full liquid drums were then removed from Building #2 with a crane.

During the week of August 10-14, 2009, the drum and container sampling operations were completed and the consolidation of materials by waste stream was started.  A field chemist inventoried, staged and performed HAZCAT activities on all containers located within the research laboratory in Building #1.  All hazardous and non-hazardous materials were staged near the loading dock in Building #1.

On August 14, 2009, the site was prepared for a temporary demobilization while final T&D activities were coordinated.

During all removal activities, START conducted ambient air monitoring activities both within and around the perimeter of the site for volatile organic compounds (VOC's).  Prior to temporary de-mobilization and during non-working hours, a company was hired to provide security services for Site equipment and infrastructure.


Planned Removal Actions

Perform final disposal of all waste streams at EPA Approved Disposal Facilities.


Next Steps

Continue the Time-Critical Removal Action.


Key Issues

None.


Estimated Costs *
  Budgeted Total To Date Remaining % Remaining
Extramural Costs
ERRS - Cleanup Contractor $200,000.00 $112,278.00 $87,722.00 43.86%
RST/START $25,000.00 $13,500.00 $11,500.00 46.00%
Intramural Costs
USEPA - Direct (Region, HQ) $50,225.00 $15,000.00 $35,225.00 70.13%
USEPA - InDirect $5,040.00 $0.00 $5,040.00 100.00%
 
Total Site Costs $280,265.00 $140,778.00 $139,487.00 49.77%

* The above accounting of expenditures is an estimate based on figures known to the OSC at the time this report was written. The OSC does not necessarily receive specific figures on final payments made to any contractor(s). Other financial data which the OSC must rely upon may not be entirely up-to-date. The cost accounting provided in this report does not necessarily represent an exact monetary figure which the government may include in any claim for cost recovery.


response.epa.gov/PlabellRubber

POLREP #2 Last Updated 9/21/2009