POLLUTION/SITUATION REPORT
Fontana Polishing and Plating - Removal Polrep
UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Region IX
Removal Operations
Fontana Polishing and Plating
Rialto, CA
Latitude: 34.0601322 Longitude: -117.3707292
| 1. Introduction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
1.1 Background |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1.1.1 Incident Category Abandoned Plating Shop CERCLA Funded Removal 1.1.2 Site Description The site is a approximate 8,000 square foot tilt up warehouse building. There is also a 4,000 square foot parking lot and 4,000 square foot back lot. The site consists of a plating line room, two polishing rooms, a storage warehouse and a office area. The plating system was used to plate chromium, nickel and zinc. In addition to the plating system there was also a water treatment system. All of the plating vats and treatment tanks contained plating liquids and solids. Please refer to the Action Memo for a more detailed description. The site is located in a light industrial/commercial area of Rialto, CA. To the north is Filter Recycling Service, permitted non-RCRA TSDF, to the south is commercial warehouse buildings, to the west is the an off-road vehicle company and to the east is the boiler makers union training facility. 1.1.2.1 Location The site is located at 130 W. Mindanao Ave., Rialto, San Bernardino Co., CA. 1.1.2.2 Description of Threat The site is an uncontrolled hazardous waste site with large quanities of plating chemicals including RCRA charactistic corrosive and toxic liquids and solids, hexavalen chrome, heavy metal containing polishing dust and paints/coatings. The site has been subject to numerous breakins by transients looking for scrap metal. 1.1.3 Preliminary Removal Assessment/Removal Site Inspection Results This is an abandoned plating shop referred to EPA by the San Bernardino Co. Fire Department (SBCoFD). On October 9, 2012 OSC Wise conducted a site visit with the SBCoFD and the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC). During that visit, OSC Wise issued a Notice of Federal Response (NFR) to business operator. On November 19, 2012, OSC Wise, the SBCoFD, South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD), DTSC and Rialto Code Enforcement (RCE) conducted another site visit. During this site visit, RCE issued a red tag on the building for extreme electrical hazards. Due to the electrical hazards OSC Wise had contacted the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (CALOSHA) for the hazards to employees. During CALOSHA's inspection of the site, the business operator informed CALOSHA that the business had not plated since June 2012 and was out of business. Based on this information, the history of hazardous waste notice of violations, the non-existence of any permits (except a industrial discharge permit) or a business license, OSC Wise, DTSC and SBCoFD informed the business owner and the landowner that all hazardous substances and environmental contaminants would have to be removed from the site. To provide a schedule for removal activities, a second NFR was issued to the business’ operations manager outlining the removal tasks and a timeline. On November 26, 2012, OSC Wise, Superfund Technical Assessment and Response Team (START), DTSC and SBCoFD conducted a removal assessment of the property. Every chemical container with the exception of the upright tanks in the treatment system were sampled and hazcatted. The second NRF was also issued to the landowner and the actual business owner. The assessment documented the presence of Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) corrosive characteristic wastes present in the plating lines at the facility. The START submitted multiple samples for laboratory analysis. The samples documented the presence of RCRA toxic wastes (chrome, silver and arsenic) and corrosive wastes. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2. Current Activities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2.1 Operations Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2.1.1 Narrative The site is an abandoned plating shop that was subject to a joint DTSC/EPA lead removal action. For information on the DTSC cleanup activities please refer to the Bulletins link on this website. 2.1.2 Response Actions to Date August 24, 2013: The ERRS contractor continued to dismantle the water treatment system. The ERRS contractor began the decontamination of the plating shop floors. START demobilized until assessment of sub-slab soils on August 27. Two 20 cubic yard bins of RCRA debris removed from the site. August 26, ERRS completed the dismantling of the water treatment system, cleanup of the polishing rooms and the decontamination of the floor. The equipment broker removed his remaining equipment. All site operations except for off-site T&D are completed. START not on-site. One 20 cubic yard bin removed from the site. 2.1.3 Enforcement Activities, Identity of Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs) See POLREP #1 2.1.4 Progress Metrics
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2.2 Planning Section |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2.2.1 Anticipated Activities ERRS: Off-site T&D is planned for August 28, 2013. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2.3 Logistics Section |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Logistics is being handled by the ERRS contractor. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2.4 Finance Section |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
No information available at this time. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2.5 Other Command Staff |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
NA |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3. Participating Entities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
This is a fund lead removal action. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. Personnel On Site | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
1 OSC, 1 ERRS RM, 1 ERRS T&D Coordinator, 4 ERRS Techs, 1 PAS |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5. Definition of Terms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
RCRA: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act TSDF: Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility CERCLA: Comprehensive Emergency Response Compensation and Liability Act SBCoFD: San Bernardino Co. Fire Department AQMD: South Coast Air Quality Management District DTSC: Department of Toxic Substance Control RCE: Rialto Code Enforcement CalOSHA: California Occupational Safety and Health Administration START: Superfund Technical Assessment and Response Team CGNL: CERCLA General Notice Letter NFR: Notice Federal Response EPA: Environmental Protection Agency ERRS: Emergency and Rapid Removal Services VOCs: Volatile Organic Compounds TCLP: Toxicity Characteristic Leatching Procedure STLC: Solubility Toxicity Leatching Procedure RM: Response Manager T&D: Transportation and Disposal PAS: Project Administrative Specialist |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6. Additional sources of information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
6.1 Internet location of additional information/report The web site for this site is located at www.epaosc.org/Fontana_Polishing. Additional information on the DTSC activities and the EPA assessment activities can be found on the Bulletins link on this website. 6.2 Reporting Schedule The final POLREP will be on August 28, 2013. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7. Situational Reference Materials | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
There is additional information on the EPA's pre-removal tasks under the bulletins section on the web site. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||