United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region IV
POLLUTION REPORT



Date:
Wednesday, March 2, 2005
From:
Amy Feingold


Subject: 

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


POLREP No.:
18
Site #:
A4AE
Reporting Period:
02/21/2005 – 02/26/2005
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 989 Loflin Hill Road, Lot 28 included placement of 27 loads of backfill and 15 loads of topsoil.  Residents ended temporary relocation on February 24, 2004.
Activities at 989 Loflin Hill Road, Lot 23 included excavation and load out of 15 trucks of contaminated soil to the Uwharrie Environmental Landfill in Mt. Gilead, NC.  Twelve loads of backfill were placed on the property.  Residences at this property began temporary relocation on February 21, 2005.


Planned Removal Actions

The Removal Action at the 8* 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 properties with arsenic levels above the Removal Action Level of 40 ppm; results of samples collected in February 2005 identified one additional property with arsenic levels above the RAL.


Next Steps

The next steps at 989 Loflin Hill Road, Lot 23 include further excavation, backfill, grading and landscaping.  
The only work remaining at 989 Loflin Hill Road, Lot 28 is landscaping.
Due to weather conditions, some of the most recent areas seeded may have to be re-evaluated.


Key Issues

A power line was torn down at 989 Loflin Hill Road, Lot 23 by a dump truck as it was unloading backfill.  The downed line was fixed the by the local electric company.
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.


Estimated Costs *
  Budgeted Total To Date Remaining % Remaining
Extramural Costs
ERRS - Cleanup Contractor $1,650,000.00 $1,078,712.00 $571,288.00 34.62%
RST/START $135,000.00 $84,975.00 $50,025.00 37.06%
Intramural Costs
 
Total Site Costs $1,785,000.00 $1,163,687.00 $621,313.00 34.81%

* 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/LoflinGoldMine

POLREP #18 Last Updated 3/24/2005