United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region IV
POLLUTION REPORT

Date:	Tuesday, January 18, 2005
From:	Amy Feingold

Subject:

Loflin Gold Mine
Loflin Hill Road, Trinity, NC
Latitude: 35.7250000
Longitude: -80.0433000

POLREP No.:	12	Site #:	A4AE
Reporting Period:	01/10/2005 - 01/15/2005	D.O. #:
Start Date:	10/19/2004	Response Authority:	CERCLA
Mob Date:	10/18/2004	Response Type:	Time-Critical
Demob Date:		NPL Status:	Non NPL
Completion Date:		Incident Category:	Removal Action
CERCLIS ID #:	NCN000407301	Contract #
RCRIS ID #:

Site Description

Please refer to Polrep 3 for background information.

Current Activities

During the reporting period, activities at 1265 Loflin Hill Road included continuation of excavation and hang digging around vegetation. ERRS received 5 loads of crush-n-run and created an area in the front of the property so that trucks would not block traffic on Loflin Hill Road during load out. To date, 33 trucks of contaminated soil have been sent off site to the Uwharrie Environmental Landfill in Mt. Gilead, NC.

Planned Removal Actions

The Removal Action at the 7* affected residences will involve a combination of excavation and capping with a barrier of clean soil of up to 2 feet and restoration. Residents will be relocated while activities are conducted at their residence.
*Results of the August 2004 sampling event identified two more properties will arsenic levels above the Removal Action Level of 40 ppm.

Next Steps

Excavation will continue at 1265 Loflin Hill Road, followed by backfill and seeding.
Due to weather conditions, some of the most recent areas seeded may have to be re-evaluated.
The three remaining residences are being prioritized to determine the order in which they will be addressed.

Key Issues

No work took place on January 14, 2005 due to heavy rains the night prior.
Rain and cold weather make it hard for the grass on the restored properties to grow; this will be a problem for all properties throughout the removal.

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