U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY POLLUTION/SITUATION REPORT Coral Bay Air Sampling II - Removal Polrep Initial Removal Polrep UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Region II
Subject:	POLREP #1 Initial POLREP Coral Bay Air Sampling II St. John, VI Latitude: 18.3328000 Longitude: -64.7926000
To:	Brad Benggio, NOAA
From:	Margaret Chong, OSC
Date:	9/9/2010
Reporting Period:
1. Introduction   1.1 Background     Site Number:      Contract Number:   D.O. Number:      Action Memo Date:   Response Authority: CERCLA    Response Type: Emergency Response Lead: EPA    Incident Category: Removal Assessment NPL Status: Non NPL    Operable Unit: Mobilization Date: 9/9/2010    Start Date: 9/9/2010 Demob Date:      Completion Date:   CERCLIS ID:    RCRIS ID: ERNS No.:    State Notification: 09-08-2010 FPN#:    Reimbursable Account #: 1.1.1 Incident Category Air sampling event to identify contaminants in a smoke plume. 1.1.2 Site Description The source of the smoke plume is the landfill (dump) burning on the nearby island of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. 1.1.2.1 Location See 1.1.2 above.  The impact of the plume is local residential properties on the east and south east side of St. John, in the Coral Bay vicinity. 1.1.2.2 Description of Threat Inasmuch as EPA has no definitive information on what is being deposited in the Tortola landfill, and thus what could be involved in the fire and being emitted, sampling will be conducted for a wide range of organic and inorganic contaminants.  1.1.3 Preliminary Removal Assessment/Removal Site Inspection Results 2. Current Activities   2.1 Operations Section     2.1.1 Narrative 2.1.2 Response Actions to Date EPA has mobilized one OSC from Region II,  1 ERT representative from Las Vegas and 2 ERT-SERAS contractors from Edison, NJ.  It is anticipated that they will be at the sampling location by 1800 hours on 9/9/2010 and will begin to sample the plume shortly thereafter. 2.1.3 Enforcement Activities, Identity of Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs) n/a 2.1.4 Progress Metrics Waste Stream Medium Quantity Manifest # Treatment Disposal                                       2.2 Planning Section     2.2.1 Anticipated Activities Air sampling activities will run for 48 hours. 2.2.1.1 Planned Response Activities To be determined. 2.2.1.2 Next Steps Complete air sampling, demobe team, and send samples to labs for analysis. 2.2.2 Issues None identified.   2.3 Logistics Section     n/a   2.4 Finance Section     No information available at this time.   2.5 Other Command Staff     2.5.1 Safety Officer The OSC accompanying the team will act as the Safety Officer. 2.6 Liaison Officer EPA's Jim Casey, based in Charlotte Amalie, will act as liaison between EPA and outside entities such as DPNR, CEPD, and the press. 2.7 Information Officer 2.7.1 Public Information Officer n/a 2.7.2 Community Involvement Coordinator n/a 3. Participating Entities   3.1 Unified Command n/a 3.2 Cooperating Agencies DPNR will assist as needed. 4. Personnel On Site   Personnel deployed are one EPA OSC, one EPA ERT, and two ERT contractor (SERAS) personnel. 5. Definition of Terms   n/a 6. Additional sources of information   6.1 Internet location of additional information/report See Documents section for historical ERT trip report documenting air sampling activities on St. John in 2008. 6.2 Reporting Schedule n/a 7. Situational Reference Materials   n/a