U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY POLLUTION/SITUATION REPORT Fayette County Drum - Removal Polrep Initial and Final Removal Polrep UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Region IV
Subject:	POLREP #1 Initial & Final Polrep Fayette County Drum B4F8 Arlington, TN Latitude: 35.3150000 Longitude: -89.6236111
To:
From:	Steve Spurlin, On Scene Coordinator
Date:	2/24/2011
Reporting Period:	February 23, 2011
1. Introduction   1.1 Background     Site Number: B4F8    Contract Number: EP-S4-07-03 D.O. Number:      Action Memo Date: 2/25/2011 Response Authority: CERCLA    Response Type: Emergency Response Lead: EPA    Incident Category: Removal Action NPL Status: Non NPL    Operable Unit: Mobilization Date: 2/23/2011    Start Date: 2/23/2011 Demob Date: 2/23/2011    Completion Date: 2/23/2011 CERCLIS ID: TNN000410662    RCRIS ID: ERNS No.: 968332    State Notification: 2/23/2011 FPN#:    Reimbursable Account #: 1.1.1 Incident Category     This is an emergency response to address threats posed by several abandoned drums containing unknown substances. 1.1.2 Site Description     EPA Outposted OSC Spurlin was contacted by the Fayette County Emergency Management Agency (EMA).  The Fayette EMA was requesting assistance with the recovery and disposal of several 55-gallon drums discovered in a farm field and along a drainage ditch near Arlington, Tennessee. 1.1.2.1 Location     The drums are located on a agricultural parcel: therefore, there is no street address.  The drums are located within Fayette County, Tennessee at 35' 18.89" N and 89' 37.74" W. 1.1.2.2 Description of Threat     The drums are located in a farm field.  Spring preparation of the field could result in damage to the drums causing a release to the environment.  Farm workers could be exposed to potential hazardous substances.  A release could enter a nearby drainage ditch and potentially impact downstream receptors. 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     On February 23, 2011, OSC Spurlin initiated an emergency response to address the drums.  EPA Cleanup contractor, WRSCompass, utilized their team subcontractor, U S Environmental Services (USES), to respond and support EPA.  USES utilized equipment and labor to retrieve four drums from the field and ditch areas.  Three of the drums were determined to contain hydraulic oil.   The fourth drum contained an unknown clear liquid.  Field test were conducted on the liquid and the material was determined to be rain water.  The three drums of oil were transported to FCC Environmental, Memphis, Tennessee, for re-use.  This completed the response and all equipment and personnel demobed from the Site on February 23, 2011. 2.1.3 Enforcement Activities, Identity of Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs) 2.1.4 Progress Metrics Waste Stream Medium Quantity Manifest # Treatment Disposal                                       2.2 Planning Section     No information available at this time.   2.3 Logistics Section     No information available at this time.   2.4 Finance Section     No information available at this time.   2.5 Other Command Staff     No information available at this time. 3. Participating Entities   No information available at this time. 4. Personnel On Site       Representatives from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Memphis Field Office and from the Fayette EMA were on-scene during the response. 5. Definition of Terms   No information available at this time. 6. Additional sources of information   No information available at this time. 7. Situational Reference Materials   No information available at this time.