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United
States Environmental Protection Agency
Region II
POLLUTION REPORT
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| Date: |
Friday, August 19, 2005
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| From: |
Dilshad Perera
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| To: |
James Daloia, USEPA, Region 2, ERRD-RPB
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Eric Mosher, USEPA , Region 2, ERRD-RPB
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Ray Basso, USEPA
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Paul Simon, USEPA, Region 2 ORC-NYCSFB
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Michael Mintzer, EPA
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Bill McCabe, ERRD
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Paul John, NYSDEC
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John O'Mara, NYSDEC
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John Ward, Supervisor, Town of Wallkill
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Subject:
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Westwood Chemical
46 Tower Road,
Middletown, NY
Latitude: 41.4687500
Longitude: -74.3772800
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| POLREP No.: |
7
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Site #:
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WN
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| Reporting Period: |
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D.O. #:
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13
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| Start Date: |
3/3/2005
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Response Authority:
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CERCLA
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Mob Date: |
3/8/2005
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Response Type:
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Time-Critical
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| Demob Date: |
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NPL Status:
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Non NPL
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| Completion Date: |
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Incident Category:
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Removal Action
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| CERCLIS ID #: |
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Contract #
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EP-W-04-055
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| RCRIS ID #: |
NYD072715052
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July 11th, to August 19th
- Site activities resumed on July 11th after the July 4thbreak.
- On August 2nd, the US Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York, Poughkeepsie, NY, released the lien associated with the chemicals listed in the Inventory of Valued Assets, thereby allowing the EPA to ship the material for reuse rather than disposal.
- On August 8th, shipments of liquid in-process chemicals and off-spec dry chemicals ensued. To date, approximately 25,000 gallons of liquid chemicals and 100 tons of dry chemicals have been shipped to Summit Research Labs, Huguenot, NY. Summit Research Labs manufactures similar product lines to that of Westwood during its operation.
- Disassembly of poly and fiberglass tanks continue. To date 36 tanks have been or are in the process of being disassembled.
- Transferring of residual waste found in tanks into poly lined drums ensued. There is limited volume of these waste streams and transport by tanker trailers would be in efficient.
- Consolidation of laboratory chemicals continue.
- Off-site shipment of wastewater continued. To date, approximately 335,000 gallons of wastewater has been shipped off-site for disposal.
- Roll-offs of disassembled poly and fiberglass tanks continue to be shipped off-site for disposal. To date, approximately 440 cubic yards have been shipped off-site for disposal.
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- Issuance and awarding of disposal bids for the drummed waste.
- Cleaning of building; there is a significant mount of spilt material around the storage vessels. Due to long term exposure to the spilt material, the concrete floor is pitted in many areas.
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Budgeted |
Total To Date |
Remaining |
% Remaining |
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Extramural Costs
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| ERRS - Cleanup Contractor |
$1,585,000.00 |
$1,300,000.00 |
$285,000.00 |
17.98% |
| USCG |
$40,000.00 |
$29,000.00 |
$11,000.00 |
27.50% |
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Intramural Costs
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| USEPA - Direct (Region, HQ) |
$100,000.00 |
$35,000.00 |
$65,000.00 |
65.00% |
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| Total Site Costs |
$1,725,000.00 |
$1,364,000.00 |
$361,000.00 |
20.93% |
* 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/westwood
POLREP #7 Last Updated 8/19/2005
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