United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region VI
POLLUTION REPORT

Date:	Friday, October 21, 2005
From:	William Rhotenberry

To:

Ragan Broyles, Prevention and Response Branch

Debbie Dietrich, Office of Emergency Management

Subject:

Assessment Update
Helena Chemical
602 Holland Avenue, Mission, TX
Latitude: 26.2131000
Longitude: -98.3336000

POLREP No.:	8	Site #:	0606
Reporting Period:	10/21/2005	D.O. #:
Start Date:		Response Authority:	CERCLA
Mob Date:	7/12/2005	Response Type:
Demob Date:		NPL Status:	Non NPL
Completion Date:		Incident Category:	Removal Assessment
CERCLIS ID #:	TXD980625008	Contract #
RCRIS ID #:

Site Description

This site is a former pesticide formulation and packaging facility, and was the subject of corrective action by USEPA in 1982. Deterioration of the containment cap has raised concerns over potential health impacts from chlorinated pesticides.

Contamination of surrounding properties was addressed by previous TCEQ actions.

Current Activities

Draft analytical data from the assessment received. Validation is underway, with the final report expected by mid-November.

Planned Removal Actions

As appropriate following assessment

Next Steps

Validate analytical data, interpret results and generate final report

Key Issues

Analytical delays

Estimated Costs *

	Budgeted	Total To Date	Remaining	% Remaining
Extramural Costs
RST/START	$113,000.00	$0.00	$113,000.00	100.00%
Intramural Costs

Total Site Costs	$113,000.00	$0.00	$113,000.00	100.00%

* 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/helenachemicalmission

POLREP #8 Last Updated 1/12/2006