United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region IX
POLLUTION REPORT



Date:
Wednesday, July 28, 2004
From:
Robert Wise

To:
Peter Guria, EPA ERS
Rich Rupert, EPA
Taly Jolish, EPA

Subject: 

Preservation Aviation
Preservation Aviation
10800 Burbank Blvd., North Hollywood, CA
Latitude: 34.1718747
Longitude: -118.3872200


POLREP No.:
4
Site #:
09LX
Reporting Period:
07/28/04
D.O. #:
016-9043
Start Date:
5/27/2004
Response Authority:
CERCLA
Mob Date:
5/26/2004
Response Type:
Emergency
Demob Date:
 
NPL Status:
Non NPL
Completion Date:
 
Incident Category:
Removal Action
CERCLIS ID #:
Contract #
RCRIS ID #:
 

Site Description

See Polrep #1


Current Activities

Air surveillance program initiated with the collection of high volume air samples for total radium and gross alpha/beta activity.  Six sample locations set up.  

Sampling of the ceiling inside the south building utilizing wipe samples counted for gross alpha/beta activity and real-time monitoring for alpha radiation indicated minimal removable contamination (below NUREG 1.86) and fixed contamination above NUREG 1.86 guidelines for fixed contamination.  This structure will be decontaminated later in the project.


Planned Removal Actions

Phase 1.  Stabilization:  May 26 - 30, 2004
Phase 2.  North Yard Cleanout
Phase 3.  North Building Cleanout:  TBD
Phase 4.  North Building Assessment:  TBD
Phase 5.  North/South Building Decontamination:  TBD
Phase 6.  Yard Area/Subsurface Assessment: TBD
Phase 7.  Soil Removal (as necessary):  TBD


Next Steps

1.  Initiate enforcement action against the land owner and business owner
2.  Continue community relations program to inform neighborhood of removal activities
3.  Initiate segregation assessment of yard by the START and PST on July 29, 2004.
    a.  August 2, 2004:  Semi-trailer assessment
    b.  August 6, Mobile home assessment


Key Issues

1.  Discussions with CADHS on the use of NRC Regulatory Guide 1.86 as cleanup action level.
2.  Approval of Action Memo with statutory exemption from Headquarters.
3.  Approval to discharge to the POTW from the City of Los Angeles.
4.  City of Los Angeles Local Enforcement Agency has prohibited the disposal of any solid waste from the site within the city limits.
5.  Demobilization of ERRS due to insufficient funding on July 30, 2004.  ERRS will remobilize after the Action Memo is fully funded.


Estimated Costs *
  Budgeted Total To Date Remaining % Remaining
Extramural Costs
ERRS - Cleanup Contractor $170,000.00 $124,645.00 $45,355.00 26.68%
IAGs - PST $45,000.00 $27,853.00 $17,147.00 38.10%
START $316,236.00 $23,435.00 $292,801.00 92.59%
Intramural Costs
USEPA - Direct (Region, HQ) $120,000.00 $5,418.00 $114,582.00 95.49%
 
Total Site Costs $651,236.00 $181,351.00 $469,885.00 72.15%

* 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/Preservation_Aviation

POLREP #4 Last Updated 7/28/2004