United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region V
POLLUTION REPORT



Date:
Saturday, January 15, 2005
From:
JJ Justice

To:
David Chung, U.S. EPA
Linda Nachowicz, U.S. EPA
William Messenger, U.S. EPA ERB
Jason El-Zein, U.S. EPA ERB RS1
Nola Hicks, U.S. EPA
Arlene Lilly, U.S. EPA
Afif Marouf, U.S. EPA H&S
Mick Hans, U.S. EPA OPA
Stuart Hill, U.S. EPA OPA
Steve Ostrodka, U.S. EPA
Tracy Johnson, U.S. EPA ERB
Dave Novak, U.S. EPA CIC
John Maritote, U.S. EPA ERB
Larry AuBuchon, MDEQ
Jeanette Noechel, MDEQ
Brendan Boyle, MDCH
Joe Walczak, MDEQ
Duty Office, NRC
Jay Kennelly, City of Hamtramck

Subject: 

MIF On-going Removal Action - Polrep 4
Michigan Industrial Finishes
9045 Vincent, Hamtramck, MI
Latitude: 42.3956000
Longitude: -83.0425000


POLREP No.:
4
Site #:
B58W
Reporting Period:
1/10/05 to 1/15/05
D.O. #:
0020
Start Date:
12/7/2004
Response Authority:
CERCLA
Mob Date:
12/6/2004
Response Type:
Time-Critical
Demob Date:
 
NPL Status:
Non NPL
Completion Date:
 
Incident Category:
Removal Action
CERCLIS ID #:
MIN000509131
Contract #
68-S5-03-01
RCRIS ID #:
 

Site Description

1. Site Location

See Initial Polrep.

2. Description of Threat

See Initial Polrep.


Current Activities

1. Current Situation

U.S. EPA, START and ERRS continue to inventory, stage, sample and haz-cat drums.  ERRS began consolidating and bulking materials into waste streams for disposal.  A containment area was constructed for the staging of RCRA empty drums to await rinsing and disposal.  Air monitoring continued within the hot zones.  No detectable concentrations of volatile organic carbons (VOCs) have been recorded outside of the hot zones.  To date, 1458 drums have been inventoried and 1312 drums have been sampled.

2. Removal Activities to Date

January 10, 2005, ERRS and START continued sampling and inventorying of drums in the Warehouse and Manufacturing Buildings.  ERRS continued haz-catting and consolidating drums of material for disposal.  A containment area was constructed for the staging of empty drums.  A total of 110 drums were sampled.

On January 11, 2005, ERRS and START continued inventorying, sampling and haz-catting of drums.  ERRS continued the bulking of drums for disposal and staging of empty drums.  A total of 111 drums were sampled.

On January 12, 2005, ERRS and START continued inventorying, sampling and haz-catting of drums.  ERRS continued the bulking of drums for disposal and staging of empty drums.  A total of 130 drums were sampled.

On January 13, 2005, ERRS and START continued inventorying and sampling of drums.  ERRS continued the bulking of drums for disposal and staging of empty drums.  A total of 132 drums were sampled.

On January 14, 2005, inventorying, sampling and haz-catting of drums continue.  ERRS continued the bulking of drums for disposal and staging of empty drums.  A total of 120 drums were sampled.

On January 15, 2005, ERRS and START continued inventorying, sampling and haz-catting of drums.  ERRS continued the bulking of drums for disposal and began staging additional drums for sampling.  A total of 139 drums were sampled.


Planned Removal Actions

• Inventory, stage, sample, hazcat and dispose of all 55-gallon drums and small containers.
• Sample, drain, rinse and render unusable all AST's, tanks, vats, totes and process vessels.
• Rinse and dispose of all empty drums.
• Transport all wastes off site to a CERCLA compliant facility.


Next Steps

• Continue to rinse and dispose of all empty drums.
• Prepare site for staging and sampling of drums.
• Consolidate all small containers.
• Lab pack all materials from laboratory.


Key Issues

• Amend Action Memo to define the Michigan Industrial Finishes Site as including the non-adjacent empty lot used by MIF to store drums and to include the sampling and excavation of any contaminated soils due to evidence of historical spills/leakage.


Estimated Costs *
  Budgeted Total To Date Remaining % Remaining
Extramural Costs
ERRS - Cleanup Contractor $2,199,300.00 $130,000.00 $2,069,300.00 94.09%
RST/START $17,500.00 $17,000.00 $500.00 2.86%
Intramural Costs
 
Total Site Costs $2,216,800.00 $147,000.00 $2,069,800.00 93.37%

* 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.


Disposition of Wastes


Waste Stream Quantity Manifest # Disposal Facility
Empty Drums  288  N/A  Maxi Contanier 
Empty Drums  264  N/A  Maxi Contanier 
Empty Drums  147  N/A  Maxi Container 


response.epa.gov/mif

POLREP #4 Last Updated 1/17/2005