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United
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Region IX
POLLUTION REPORT
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Thursday, February 8, 2007
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| From: |
Robert Wise
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| To: |
Robert Wise, Region 9 Emergency Response
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Steve Calanog, EPA
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Celeste Temple, EPA
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Craig Benson, EPA
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Ivania Brown, EPA
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Daniel Meer, EPA SFD RPAB
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Barbara Lee, EPA
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George Baker, DTSC
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Peggy De La Torre, EPA
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Pat Port, DOI
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Sherry Fielding, EPA
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Gregg Dempsey, USEPA ORIA
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Sara Goldsmith, EPA ORC
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Francisco Arcaute, EPA
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Steven John, EPA
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Joseph Johns, USAO
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Jason Musante, EPA
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Jim Hanson, EPA
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Josha Curtis, CADFG-OSPR
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Steven Hsu, RHB
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Denise Klimas, NOAA
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Denise Steurer, USFWS
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Glen Forman, DTSC
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Jeff Philips, USFWS
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John Fassell, CADHS
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John Cubit, NOAA
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Katherine Pease, NOAA
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Keith Duval, VCo. APCD
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Kurt Zimmerman, NOAA
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Marilyn Levine, CADOJ
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Mitch Disney, VCoDA
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Michael Lumbard, CADHS
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Morgan Wehtje, CADFG
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Paula Rasmussen, RWQCB
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Phil Blum, DTSC
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Robert Montgomery, City of Oxnard
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Rod Nelson, RWQCB
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Rich Sherwood, DTSC
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Sayareh Amirebrahimi, DTSC
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Steve Koyasako, DTSC
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Steve Pay, CADHS RHB
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Steve Mattern, City of Oxnard
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Tracy Woods, RWQCB
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Barbara Hamrick, CADHS RHB
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Betsy Curnow, EPA Site Assessment Section
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Matt Mitguard, Site Assessment Section
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Wayne Praskins, Remdial
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Rich Martyn, EPA
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Keith Takata, EPA
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Subject:
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Completion of PRP Removal Action and Initiation of Fund Lead Site Stabilization Removal Action
Halaco Engineering
6200 Perkins,
Oxnard, CA
Latitude: 34.1389000
Longitude: -119.1819000
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| POLREP No.: |
6
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Site #:
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09X6
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| Reporting Period: |
12/09/2006 - 02/07/2007
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D.O. #:
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| Start Date: |
6/19/2006
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Response Authority:
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CERCLA
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Mob Date: |
6/16/2006
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Response Type:
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Emergency
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| Demob Date: |
6/29/2006
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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 Assessment
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| CERCLIS ID #: |
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Contract #
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The respondents to the Settlement Agreement repaired the sediment barrier in by late December. On January 12, 2007, the OSC, RPM, Superfund Division management were on-site for a tour of Halaco. At that time, the OSC determined that the respondents had failed to remove the scrap magnesium. In early January, the OSC sent the respondents a letter threatening stipulated penalties in accordance with the settlement agreement. As a result, the scrap magnesium was removed by the respondents contractor during the week of February 5, 2007.
In January, the current owners of the WMU property and lease holder of the smelter failed to meet required deadlines for the stabilization of the site against off-site migration of contaminants. As a result, the OSC took over the site. An Action Memorandum amendment for a total of 3.8 million dollars was approved by the Regional Administrator. On February 5, 2007, OSC R. Wise initiated a removal action to stabilize the site. From February 5 - 7, 2007, the ERRS contractor, the START contractor and the USCG PST completed mobilization tasks. The command post for the removal was established in the 700 block of McWane Blvd. During this period, the ERRS procurred heavy equipment, office trailers, storage containers and all utilities. An ERRS contracted surveyor, surveyed the site. The START and the PST set up an air surveillance program and began to collect background air samples. A civil engineer form START was on-site on February 7, 2007 to evaluate engineering concerns with the stabilization of the WMU.
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1. Reduce the slopes of the WMU to a 3:1 grade.
2. Cover the slopes of the WMU with a fiber matting to prevent erosion.
3. Construct drainage canals to move runoff away from the toe of the WMU.
4. Move all waste process solids from the smelter to the WMU for storage.
5. Stabilize the exposed waste process solids in the banks of the OID
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ERRS will build roads into the WMU and prepare a pad in the northern section of the WMU to stage equipment. The START and PST will finalize the air surveillance program. The air surveillance program will consist of sampling for radioactive particulates and heavy metal particulates for laboratory anaylyis and monitoring for dust and ammonia.
On February 12, 2007, the ORIA ERGS will be on the beach to conduct further gamma surveys of the beach sand.
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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/Halaco
POLREP #6 Last Updated 2/8/2007
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