United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region III
POLLUTION REPORT



Date:
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
From:
Jack Downie

Subject: 

Removal Action
Remacor, Inc.
P.O. Box 366, West Pittsburg, PA
Latitude: 40.9349711
Longitude: -80.3686583


POLREP No.:
20
Site #:
G3GM
Reporting Period:
3/14/2007
D.O. #:
03-04-015
Start Date:
9/15/2006
Response Authority:
CERCLA
Mob Date:
9/15/2006
Response Type:
Emergency
Demob Date:
 
NPL Status:
Non NPL
Completion Date:
 
Incident Category:
Removal Action
CERCLIS ID #:
PAD074965096
Contract #
RCRIS ID #:
 

Site Description

EPA continues to provide 24-hour security and coordinate the activities of PRP generators who supplied Remacor, Inc. with secondary magnesium scrap including turnings, shavings, chips and other finely divided cuttings.  In all, 29 generators have been identified and issued 104e letters.  Several of the companies are in the process of voluntarily removing their materials from the Site under the oversight of EPA and PADEP who control access to the Site.  The 45-acre property contains thousands of drums, sacks, boxes and other containers of this flammable solid, many of which are in poor storage conditions.  Generators are using subcontractors to assist them with identifying, moving, re-packaging, and loading their materials for transportation to other facilities for proper storage, recycling, or disposal.

Other recent activities have included video documentation of all products on site to assist in inventory.  The OSC has been in communication with Pratt & Whitney and Intermet on the removal of drums from the Remacor site.


Current Activities

Personnel On-Scene:
3/14/07 EPA-1,PADEP-1, START-2, Meridian-4, Spartan-2, Other-2, Security-1 (24hr)

Weather:
3/14/07 Rain, precip. 0.32”, temperature 50 to 68 degrees F, wind east at 5-10 mph, conditions overcast.

START attended the morning safety meeting held by URS, Meridian’s subcontractor.  
URS continued to repackage product from super sacks to drums.  URS also staged super sacks from the Deoxsulf to their staging/repacking area in building #7.  

Labor Ready, a subcontractor for Spartan Light Metal Products, loaded one bulk truckload of magnesium solids, the second truckload this week.  The approximate gross weight of the load was 40,000 pounds.  The load was consigned to Mag Pro, Camden, TN.

OSC (Matlock) mobilized and conducted oversight of operations occurring at the site.

PADEP (Wozniak) mobilized to the site and assisted with oversight of operations.

START conducted PRP oversight and provided written and photographic documentation.  START conducted video documentation of the drums and containers of magnesium staged in areas located between Building 9 and the main site access road.  Video is completed for all materials located north of Building 9.  START developed an electronic daily cost tracking sheet for tracking START costs under the project.

OSC Matlock and PADEP Wozniak demobilized.


Planned Removal Actions

Meridian anticipates shipping a load of product on 3/15/2007 to Mag Pro, Camden, TN.

Meridian anticipates removing three truckloads of product the week of 3/19/2007.

OSC anticipates that Pratt & Whitney will mobilize to the site on 3/19/2007 to repackage and remove 1,200 to 1,700 drums of product from site.

OSC anticipates Rolls Royce Corporation will mobilize to the site no later than March 28, 2007 for repackaging and removal of product.


Next Steps

The OSC anticipates Pratt & Whitney will develop a Work Plan/SHASP before beginning work on site.

Rolls Royce will submit a Work Plan/SHASP in the near future.

Key Issues:


Key Issues

None


response.epa.gov/remacor