United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region III
POLLUTION REPORT



Date:
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
From:
Dominic Ventura


Subject: 

Elkton Farm Firehole
183 Zeitler Rd., Elkton, MD
Latitude: 39.6292184
Longitude: -75.8681150


POLREP No.:
2
Site #:
A3DH RS
Reporting Period:
D.O. #:
Start Date:
 
Response Authority:
CERCLA
Mob Date:
 
Response Type:
Time-Critical
Demob Date:
 
NPL Status:
NPL
Completion Date:
 
Incident Category:
Removal Assessment
CERCLIS ID #:
Contract #
RCRIS ID #:
 

Site Description

Refer to polrep#1.


Current Activities

Work continues on Removal Assessment activities:

* Elkton Farms removal assessment team established.  This team includes reps from Remedial, MDE, Federal Facilities, Regional Counsel, Enforcement, Community Involvement Coordinator and START contractor UXO personnel.  Team has convened via conference call numerous times and met both on site and in regional office since end of January 05.  FOSC utilizing this support to assist with potential DOD involvement, responsible party identification and site access issues.  

* START, at the direction of FOSC, has drafted a site HASP.  HASP forwarded to FOSC on 3/17/05.  FOSC has asked EPA-ERT to comment on document.START to work up cost estimate for uxo excavation activities.

* START completed the posting of Warning Signs at site on 03/10/05.  Warning signs depict Superfund site and warn against trespasssers.  Sign provides phone number of FOSC.  Thus far, two queries have been received for additional info.  Both calls were forwarded to CIC for followup.

* Regional counsel and fed fac continue to work on DOD involvement and the potential for full DOD lead on this action.

* FOSC drafting Action Memo for site funding purposes.


Next Steps

DRA briefing on 3/24/05.


Estimated Costs *
  Budgeted Total To Date Remaining % Remaining
Extramural Costs
Intramural Costs
 
Total Site Costs $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 0.00%

* 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/elktonfarmfirehole

POLREP #2 Last Updated 5/20/2005