United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region X
POLLUTION REPORT



Date:
Monday, November 21, 2005
From:
Marc Callaghan

To:
Bob Schwarz, ODEQ

Subject: 

Interim
Circle DE Lumber
3121 Crosby Street, Klamath Falls, OR
Latitude: 42.2064000
Longitude: -121.7497000


POLREP No.:
4
Site #:
10DE
Reporting Period:
11/15-19/2005
D.O. #:
ERRS TO#:0042
Start Date:
 
Response Authority:
CERCLA
Mob Date:
10/31/2005
Response Type:
Time-Critical
Demob Date:
 
NPL Status:
Non NPL
Completion Date:
 
Incident Category:
Removal Action
CERCLIS ID #:
ORN0001002344
Contract #
RCRIS ID #:
OR0000036384
 

Site Description

The Circle DE Lumber Site is a former wood treating facility.  Past operations included wood treatment using PCP with diesel as a carrier oil.  

The primary objective for this removal action is to reduce the off-site migration or the threat of the off site migration of listed hazardous waste.  


Current Activities

Tuesday 11/15/2005:  START (1) and Environmental West (3) personnel arrive on site.
START identified the locations of the five monitoring wells to be installed by Environmental West (EW).   EW drilled and installed Monitoring Well #1 at the eastern edge of site.  START collected soil samples from well #1 to be analyzed by a second START using field screening kits for Pentachlorophenol analysis.

Wednesday 11/16/2005:  START (1), and EW (3) personnel on site.
EW drilled and installed Monitoring Well #2 and #3.  START collected soil samples for field screening from MW02 and MW03.  

Thrusday 11/17/2005:  START(2), and EW (3) personnel on site.
EW drilled and installed Monitoring Well #4 and #5.  START collected soil samples from Well #4 and #5, a total of 23 soil samples were collected from the boreholes of the five wells.  START screen all 23 soil samples with a Pentachlorophenol Assay kit.  START also collected two rinsate samples from the sampling equipment used to collect the samples.  EW and START developed MW01 and begain to develope MW02.  Enviromental West completed work and demobed from site.

Friday 11/18/2005:  START(2) personnel on site.
START developed MW03, MW04, and MW05 for sampling on Saturday.  START completed an elevation survey of the five monitoring wells as well as measuring the depth to water and bottom of the wells.

Saturday 11/19/2005:  START(2) personnel on site. START collected water samples from the five wells.  The five well location points were measured using GPS equipment.  All samples and equipment were packed and shipped to START's warehouse in Seattle.  All START personnel demobed from the site.


Planned Removal Actions

The following Planned Removal Actions have been Completed:
1) Mobilize personnel and resources to the Site the week of 10/31/2005;  
2) Arrange for proper utility locates;  
3) Remove, dismantle, and scrap for off-site disposal/recycling tank and concrete impoundment to prevent future misuse and to access underlying contaminated soils;
4) Arrange for the proper off-site disposal of contaminated soils from the site;
5) Excavate and stock pile Pentachlorophenol (PCP) F032 contaminated soils into 2 seperate dispositions: < 74 PPM pcp and > 74 PPM PCP;
6) Field screen and sample as necessary to support excavation, and disposal requirements;
7) Backfill excavated area with clean fill;
8) perform restoration activities as requried;
9) Install monitoring wells the week of Nov 14-18, 2005.

The following are Planned Removal Actions not yet Initiated:
1) Transport contaminated soils from the site;


Next Steps

Transport contaminated soils from the site to an offsite disposal facility per lab results for waste stream categorization.


response.epa.gov/CircleDE