United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region III
POLLUTION REPORT

Subject: 

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 EPA Enforcement and EPA Legal to determine access to Remacor’s records.  

Personnel On-Scene:
3/16/07 EPA-2, PADEP-1, START-2, Meridian-4, Spartan-2, Security-1 (24hr)

Weather:
3/16/07 Snow, precip. 0.04”, temperature 24-36 degrees F, winds north at 10-15 mph, conditions overcast.

START attended the morning safety meeting held by URS, Meridian’s subcontractor.  
URS continues to repackage product from super sacks to drums/magnesium totes.  URS also removed super sacks from the Deoxsulf building. They removed 26-full sacks, three 3/4-sized sacks, and one1/4-sized super sack.    

START attended the morning safety meeting held by Labor Ready, a subcontractor for Spartan Light Metal Products.  Labor Ready identified drums that need to be repacked due to integrity issues and moved them to a preparation area.

OSCs (Downie, Easton) mobilized to the site and conducted oversight of operations.  OSCs surveyed the Deoxsulf building to view the progress of Meridian in removing super sacks.

START conducted air monitoring in the western portion of Building 7 where there is an apparent leak of propane identified by mercaptan smell.  START used a TVA 1000 PID/FID and a Drager Multiwarn with %LEL to monitor the room.  The FID detected up to 10 ppm of isobutylene equivalents in the room near the gas lines.  All other detectors. Including %LEL indicated background readings.  The gas lines are located on the ceiling at a height of approximately 30 feet.

START conducted PRP oversight and provided written and photographic documentation.

Site personnel demobilized for the weekend.  A site security guard continues to be on site 24/7.

Meridian anticipates removing three truckloads of product the week of 3/19/07.  One truckload is scheduled for 3/19/07, another for 3/20/07, and a third sometime during the week.  

OSC anticipates that Pratt & Whitney will mobilize to the site on 3/19/07 to repackage and remove 1,200 to 1,700 drums of product from the site.

OSC anticipates Rolls Royce Corporation will mobilize to the site no later than 3/28/07 for repackaging and removal of product.

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

The OSC also anticipates Rolls Royce will submit a work plan/health and safety plan in the near future.

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