United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region III
POLLUTION REPORT



Date:
Monday, October 16, 2006
From:
Charlie Fitzsimmons

To:
Charlie Fitzsimmons, Region III, OPR
Linda Marzulli, Region III, OPR

Subject: 

continuation of work
Sykesville Oil Spill
580 Obrect Rd, Sykesville, MD
Latitude: 39.3839000
Longitude: -76.9783000


POLREP No.:
25
Site #:
E043Z1
Reporting Period:
D.O. #:
Start Date:
 
Response Authority:
OPA
Mob Date:
 
Response Type:
Time-Critical
Demob Date:
 
NPL Status:
Non NPL
Completion Date:
 
Incident Category:
Removal Action
CERCLIS ID #:
Contract #
RCRIS ID #:
Reimbursable Account #
FPN#
E043Z1
 

Site Description

See previous POLREPS.


Current Activities

During this reporting period the Responsible Party's contractor, ERM Inc., continued weekly oil extraction activities.   The total liquids extracted thru 09/30/06 includes 34,089gals of contaminated water and 3,912 gals of fuel oil.  Weekly extraction events will continue.


On September 21, 2006 representatives from Fogle's, EMA, EPA and MDE met on site to discuss the draft Abatement Plan and to walk the site.  Fogle's thru ERM, plans to submit the final Abatement Plan in mid October, 2006 incorporating all comments.  In the interim, ERM is completing the design for the insitu bio-remediation of the Fogle's property.


ERM and Fogle's personnel will continue to inspect and replace sorbents in the creek as part of the required work under this AOC.


Estimated Costs *
  Budgeted Total To Date Remaining % Remaining
Extramural Costs
PRFA $640,000.00 $587,857.00 $52,143.00 8.15%
Intramural Costs
USEPA - Direct (Region, HQ) $30,000.00 $27,000.00 $3,000.00 10.00%
 
Total Site Costs $670,000.00 $614,857.00 $55,143.00 8.23%

* 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/sykesvilleoil

POLREP #25 Last Updated 10/16/2006