In addition to the drummed waste, there are multiple in-ground storage pits which contain cyanide ladened rinse waters.  Two plating lines containing sludge are present at the Site.  All tanks associated with the facility’s wastewater treatment unit are assumed to contain untreated wastewater.

See previous POLREPs for additional details.

1.1.3 Preliminary Removal Assessment/Removal Site Inspection Results

On April 29, 2011, U.S. EPA OSC James Augustyn conducted a Site visit with the owner and representatives of the Cleveland Fire Prevention Bureau.  Conditions at the Site remain as stated in the Ohio EPA referral package.

On Monday, July 25, 2011, Two (2) vacuum trucks arrived on Site to remove non-hazardous liquid (NHL) and sludge (NHS) from tanks and pits.  All waste was removed from Tank T1 (unknown tank next to plating line) and Pits P2 (unknown pit in SW room), P3 (Cleaner dump pit near WWTF). After waste removed, T1, P2, P3 were pressure washed and P2 and P3 were backfilled with crushed concrete to floor level.   

On Tuesday, July 26, Tank T1 was picked up by scrap metal company on roll-off truck.  Load of crushed concrete arrived on Site.  Four (4) boxes of florescent light bulbs were shipped offsite via UPS and 4 additional boxes were dropped off.  Remaining metal infrastructure from T1 and T18 was removed and loaded into a scrap metal box.  Numerous drums were bulked into other compatible drums to reduce volumes.    

On Wednesday, July 27, the exterior hydrochloric acid tank was confirmed to be empty and MT was painted on it.  Empty consolidated drums and buckets were cut and placed in Waste Management (WM) roll-off box.

On Thursday, July 28, Vacuum truck arrived on Site and removed non-hazardous liquid and sludge from pits P7, P5, P8 and the main trench.  Plastic liners were removed from pits P7 and P4.  Pit P7 and the main trench were pressure washed in preparation for crushed concrete backfill.  Four (4) boxes of florescent light bulbs were shipped off Site.

On Friday, July 29, Two (2) vacuum trucks removed non-hazardous liquid and sludge from pits P4, P8, P5 and P6 and Tank T18.  Plastic liners were removed from pits P5 and P7 and all pits were pressure washed and backfilled with crushed concrete after waste removed.  One (1) Philip Service Corporation (PSC) semi truck arrived on site and removed eighty-three (83) drums in waste streams nonhazardous solids (NHS) and base liquids (BL).

On Monday, August 1, One (1) PSC semi truck arrived on site and removed forty-three  (43) 55-gallon drums, five (5) 5-gallon buckets and one (1) 250-gallon tote in waste streams base solids (BS), BL, NHS, OIL, acid liquids (AL), cyanide solids (CNS), cyanide liquids (CNL).  Last section of main trench near plating line was cleaned and backfilled.

On Tuesday, August 2, ERRS disassembled the east side of the plating line up to tank T9, including tanks, pipes and hoses.  Waste Management removed one (1) 20-yd roll-off box and dropped off one (1) empty 30-yd box.

On Wednesday, August 3, one (1) 30-yd WM roll-off box was picked up and removed from Site. ERRS continued cleaning in WWTF area.

On Thursday, August 4, ERRS pressure-washed tanks previously removed from the plating line.  Nine (9) cubic yd polybags were filled with material from floor sweeping piles FS1, FS2 and FS3.

On Friday, August 5, One (1) 30-yd WM roll-off box was picked up and removed from Site and one (1) empty was dropped off.  Two (2) scrap metal boxes were removed from Site and one (1) empty was left.  One (EQ) tanker truck arrived on site and removed 4,850 gallons of UN1760 corrosive liquids from tanks T17 and T9.

On Monday, August 8, ERRS removed scrap metal parts from T9, moved floor sweeping piles FS3 and FS4 into four (4) cubic yard polybags and filled three (3) boxes with fluorescent lights.

On Tuesday, August 9, at approximately 11:15 am an outlet pipe was broken off the bottom of T15 and approximately 1,400 gallons of corrosive, low-pH liquid spilled on the floor.  The liquid flowed outside of the building and approximately 200 gallons flowed into a sewer catch basin on Cedar Ave before it was contained by ERRS.  The street was flagged off and the liquid was immediately contained by crushed concrete dams.  Liquid on the street was placed into poly 55-gallon drums.  A tanker truck arrived on Site and removed 1200 gallons of UN1760 corrosive liquid acid waste and pressure washing water from the street, sidewalk, building floor and tank T15. The NRC, Ohio EPA and Regional Sewer District were notified of the incident.  The Regional Sewer District confirmed the acid did not impact downstream locations and was contained in the catch basin.

On Wednesday, August 10, one (1) EQ tanker truck arrived on Site and removed 1,215 gallons of UN1760 corrosive liquid waste from tanks T16 and T9.  Tanks T9 and T16 were pressure washed and ERRS disassembled the remaining catwalk and tanks from the plating line.

On Thursday, August 11, three (3) 50-cy scrap metal boxes and one (1) 20-cy scrap metal box were filled with pressure-washed AST’s and metal debris from the plating lines and removed from site by Cleveland scrap. SE and SW rooms were completely cleared of all debris and pressure washed.  ERRS began decontamination of on-Site equipment.

On Friday, August 12, Two (2) PSC trucks arrived on Site and removed remaining site waste including: 21 cy polybags, nine (9) 55-g drums, three (3) 5-g buckets, one (1) lab pack and one (1) flammables tote and delivered to disposal facility Petro Chem Processing Group in Detroit.  Waste Management removed one (1), 30-cy box from Site.  Three (3) florescent light boxes were removed from Site by UPS.  ERRS decontaminated remaining equipment and transported it off-site, temporary electricity in the building was shut off, north room was cleared of debris and swept, Hertz removed from site all remaining rental equipment and Site trailer was emptied and prepared for demobilization.

* 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.