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United
States Environmental Protection Agency
Region II
POLLUTION REPORT
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| Date: |
Friday, December 30, 2005
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| From: |
Paul L. Kahn & Eric M. Daly
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| To: |
Paul L. Kahn, USEPA
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Eric Daly, USEPA
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John Higgins, USEPA, Region 2, ERRD-RPB
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Eric Mosher, USEPA , Region 2, ERRD-RPB
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James Daloia, USEPA, Region 2, ERRD-RPB
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Mary Mears, USEPA, Region 2, PAD
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Delmar Karlen , USEPA Region 2 ORC-NJSFB
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Carole Petersen, USEPA, Region 2ERRD-NJRB
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John Kushwara, USEPA Region 2 DECA-WCB
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Patricia Carr, USEPA-PAD
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Fred Mumford, NJDEP
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Marissa Truono, USEPA ERRD-RAB
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Paul Zammit , USEPA Region 2 OIG
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Walter Andrews , USEPA Region 2 DEPP-WPB
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George Zachos, USEPA Region 2 ERRD
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Andrew Radaant, US DOI
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Dave Sweeney, NJDEP
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Tim Grier, USEPA Headquarters 5202G
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Deborah Schwenk, ORC
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Kristin Grun, NJDEP
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Joshua Gradwohl, NJDEP
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Paul King, NJDEP
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Carol Chamberlain, Lawrence Township Health Dept.
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Subject:
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SPECIAL #2
Friction Division Products
40 North Enterprise Ave,
Lawrence Township (Trenton), NJ
Latitude: 40.2728000
Longitude: -74.7083000
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| POLREP No.: |
2
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Site #:
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D.O. #:
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Response Authority:
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CERCLA
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Mob Date: |
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Response Type:
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Time-Critical
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NPL Status:
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Non NPL
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Incident Category:
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Removal Assessment
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Contract #
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This site, a defunct automotive brake pad manufacturer, was brought to the attention of EPA by the NJDEP for a possible referral for a CERCLA removal action. An inspection by EPA OSCs and a DEP responder on 12/23/05 revealed the following hazardous materials/wastes were abandoned at the site: tons of asbestos material, tons of elemental sulphur, 1,000+ drums of mostly unknown materials or materials that do not match the label description, hundreds of smaller containers, acids, flammable liquids, iron and aluminum powders, flammable solids, waste oil, solvents, and other contaminants or pollutants. The site is semi-controlled, with most doors being locked but numerous open windows or sections of sheet metal walls missing. A maintenance man is on-site for a few hours Mon-Fri. The owner of the building (not the business) has balked at doing a cleanup, but with pressure from the DEP, he has hired a company to provide him with an estimate of the clean-up cost. The former operator of the actual manufacturing business has left the state and resumed the same business in Pennsylvania.
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The owner's consultant will provide the RP with an estimate and scope of work for the cleanup. Pending the owners decision whether to undertake his own cleanup, the NJDEP will be prepared to either monitor the RP-lead clean up, or refer this site to EPA if the owner balks at doing the clean up.
On 12/29 EPA OSC and DEP responder revisited the site to take a closer look at chemicals in the Quonset hut building. OSC observed drums of antimony compounds, flammable liquids stored under roof leaks, a pallet of lab pack chemicals including a jar of ammonium chlorate, drums of VM & P naphtha, and drums of cellosolve solvent.
OSC was informed by on-site caretaker that an out-of-service #6 oil tank, located within feet of the Quonset hut, contained some amount of oil.
OSC Kahn hand-delivered a Field Expedient Notice, with a return date of January 4, 2006, to the former operator of the business, currently operating a similiar business nearby in Pennsylvania.
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Pending the decision of the owner of the building, and a possible referral of this site from the NJDEP, EPA will monitor progress, or lack thereof, at this site.
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Await disposition from NJDEP.
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Maintain close contact with NJDEP regarding the status of this site.
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Budgeted |
Total To Date |
Remaining |
% Remaining |
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Extramural Costs
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Intramural Costs
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| 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/frictiondivision
POLREP #2 Last Updated 6/6/2006
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