United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region X
POLLUTION REPORT



Date:
Tuesday, June 8, 2004
From:
David Rees

To:
Michelle Pirzadeh, EPA Region 10
Chris Field, EPA Region 10
Mary Matthews, EPA Region 10

Subject: 

Nearing Completion
Alder Mill
Twisp, WA


POLREP No.:
13
Site #:
109G
Reporting Period:
01/01/04 - 06/07/04
D.O. #:
Start Date:
11/7/2002
Response Authority:
CERCLA
Mob Date:
10/28/2002
Response Type:
Non-Time-Critical
Demob Date:
 
NPL Status:
Non NPL
Completion Date:
 
Incident Category:
Removal Action
CERCLIS ID #:
WAD980722847
Contract #
RCRIS ID #:
 

Site Description

See Initial POLREP


Current Activities

- The mill building has been demolished, concrete buried in place, and hillside graded. The wood slated for recycling has been decontaminated and awaits pickup.
- The RP is planning/looking into disposing of the wood debris from the mill building in the former mill pond.


Planned Removal Actions

- Decon-sludge and materials from process equipment to be taken to DW landfill.
- Decontaminated process equipment to be disposed of.


Next Steps

- EPA to remove final mill pond material at end of the season after the RP completes its effort.
- The delay is to make sure EPA is able to finish all clean up/removal efforts (in accordance with the Action Memo) that the RP fails to complete.


Key Issues

- EPA & Ecology walked through of the site on 15 June 04.  No issues from the Removal side of things.  But will most likely pursue the RP to deal with the upper mill pond.
- RP planned removal of the process equipment & DW within--continues to delay.
- RP is dragging out finishing the site.  Continued monitary disputes between the RP & their contractors.


response.epa.gov/aldermill