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United
States Environmental Protection Agency
Region III
POLLUTION REPORT
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| Date: |
Monday, May 7, 2007
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| From: |
Dominic Ventura
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Subject:
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Elkton Farm Firehole
183 Zeitler Rd.,
Elkton, MD
Latitude: 39.6292184
Longitude: -75.8681150
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| POLREP No.: |
38
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Site #:
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A3DH RV
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| Reporting Period: |
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D.O. #:
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| Start Date: |
1/31/2006
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Response Authority:
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CERCLA
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Mob Date: |
1/31/2006
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Response Type:
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Time-Critical
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| Demob Date: |
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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 Action
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| CERCLIS ID #: |
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Contract #
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Work Mission Statement:
Safely and efficiently investigate and remove Munitions and Explosives of Concern (MEC); Materials Potentially Possessing an Explosive Hazard (MPPEH), Munitions Debris (MD) and explosively contaminated soil(TNT) from the Elkton Farms Firehole Site, as defined in EPA's geophysical study.
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Removal Action Activities continue during the week of 4/30/07 through 5/4/07. Local weather has not been a factor during the week's activities. ERRS and their sub UXO contractor, USA Environmental Inc, continued Grid clearance activities in Grids K4c, C4b and C4c. USA continues to utilize a two team approach to Phase 1 activities as per Work Plan.
A QC inspection was done on 5/1/07 to assess Grid K4c. ERRS sub contractor returned to these Grids to assess and address the findings of the QC inspection. A re-sweep of Grid K4c was completed by Team #2 on 5/2/07. On 5/3/07, the QC inspection was completed on Grid K4c. EPA performed a 50% QA inspection on Grid K4c to ensure that the Grid has been cleared as per the FOSCs discretion. The grid was deemed ‘passed’ on 5/3/07. On 5/3/07, Grid K4d sweeping activities were initiated.
Team #1 completed a resweep of C4b on 5/3/07. A QC inspection was completed on 5/3/07. EPA performed a 50% QA inspection on Grid C4b on 5/4/07. The grid was deemed ‘passed’ on 5/3/07 as per the FOSCs discretion. On 5/3/07, Grid C4c sweeping activities were initiated.
Daily morning Safety Meetings and Tailgate Meetings continue with site personnel as per the WP. Daily activities include clearing of metal anomalies within 1.5ft bgs.
Both teams continued mag and dig activities in Grids C4c and K4d, as per the FOSCs direction. EPA conducted an operations meeting in the late afternoon of 5/3/07 with GES, USA, RMC and TTNUS to discuss productivity, QA/QC and health and safety.
The following items have been recovered from 4-30-07 through 5-4-07:
MEC Items = 54
No. of Digs = 3,213
MD in lbs. = 184
Lbs. of Scrap = 144.15
Lbs. of Hot Rocks = 173.75
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K4-d sweeping activities will continue, and C4-c sweeping activities began on 5/4/07. Upon completion of Grids K4-d and C4-c, ERRS contractors have been instructed to proceed to Grids C3-d and J4-c.
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Budgeted |
Total To Date |
Remaining |
% Remaining |
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Extramural Costs
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| IAG #DW96-94385701 |
$40,000.00 |
$38,539.00 |
$1,461.00 |
3.65% |
| IAG #DW96-94422101 |
$2,000,000.00 |
$1,840,618.00 |
$159,382.00 |
7.97% |
| USACE internal |
$200,000.00 |
$200,000.00 |
$0.00 |
0.00% |
| RST/START |
$250,000.00 |
$112,400.00 |
$137,600.00 |
55.04% |
| CLP |
$50,000.00 |
$1,256.00 |
$48,744.00 |
97.49% |
| ERRs - GES |
$750,000.00 |
$370,000.00 |
$380,000.00 |
50.67% |
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Intramural Costs
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| USEPA - Direct (Region, HQ) |
$100,000.00 |
$95,000.00 |
$5,000.00 |
5.00% |
| USEPA - InDirect |
$985,000.00 |
$100,000.00 |
$885,000.00 |
89.85% |
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| Total Site Costs |
$4,375,000.00 |
$2,757,813.00 |
$1,617,187.00 |
36.96% |
* 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/elktonfarmfirehole
POLREP #38 Last Updated 5/7/2007
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