United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region V
POLLUTION REPORT



Date:
Monday, July 9, 2007
From:
Jeffrey Kimble

To:
Ken Podolski, St Clair Shores
Joe Walczak, MDEQ
Tony Martig, US EPA

Subject: 

Final
St Clair Shores Drain
St Clair Shores, MI
Latitude: 42.4867000
Longitude: -82.8989000


POLREP No.:
8
Site #:
B5BP
Reporting Period:
D.O. #:
0062
Start Date:
5/15/2006
Response Authority:
CERCLA
Mob Date:
5/15/2006
Response Type:
Time-Critical
Demob Date:
 
NPL Status:
Non NPL
Completion Date:
10/12/2006
Incident Category:
Removal Action
CERCLIS ID #:
Contract #
68-S5-03-06
RCRIS ID #:
 

Site Description

The St Clair Shores PCB Drain Site is located in St Clair Shores, Michigan.  The site encompasses a several block area where polychlorinated biphenyls have been documented to be present in significant quantities in an underground utility corridor.  The PCBs constitute a potential threat to the environment. The storm sewer is approximately 15 feet underground.  The PCBs are migrating into the storm sewer which empties into two canals connected to Lake St Clair.  

US EPA has initiated a time-critical removal action to trap the PBCs in place and to also remove PCB-contaminated soils from several surface locations identified by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.

See Polreps 1-7 for further details.


Current Activities

From August 5 through August 14, the majority of Site work was completed.  The Cured in Place Pipe (CIPP) work was completed and final disposition of wastes occurred.  A video was shot inside the CIPP to document the work activities.

On October 12, 2006, a final round of seeding was conducted to make sure that re-vegetation occurred in the excavation areas.


Planned Removal Actions

US EPA has continued to coordinate with MDEQ through the spring of 2007 in regards to this site.  Some funding is available for continued work by the City and County contractor, but that funding is limited.


Next Steps

Refer Site to other programs for potential additional work.


Key Issues

On July 9th, 2007, OSC Kimble sent out a memorandum documenting the completion of Removal Program activities at this Site.  PCB waste still exists at the site in subsurface environments and in the sewer system at elevated levels.

The Site files will be shipped to the U.S. EPA records center in Chicago later this week.


Disposition of Wastes


Waste Stream Quantity Manifest # Disposal Facility
PCB-Contaminated Soils, Non-Haz  540 Tons  0001 through 0018  Carlton Farms Landfill, Sumpter Twp., Michigan 
RQ, Waste Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Solid, 9, UN 3434, PGII  13,630 Kg  MI 10277050  Wayne Disposal Site #2 Landfill (EQ), Bellville, Michigan 
RQ, Waste Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Solid, 9, UN 3434, PGII  13,630 Kg  MI 10277052  Wayne Disposal Site #2 Landfill (EQ), Bellville, Michigan 
RQ, Waste Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Solid, 9, UN 3434, PGII  13,630 Kg  MI 10277051  Wayne Disposal Site #2 Landfill (EQ), Bellville, Michigan 
RQ, Waste Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Solid, 9, UN 3434, PGII  13,630 Kg  MI 10277053  Wayne Disposal Site #2 Landfill (EQ), Bellville, Michigan 
RQ, Waste Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Solid, 9, UN 3434, PGII  13,630 Kg  MI 10277054  Wayne Disposal Site #2 Landfill (EQ), Bellville, Michigan 


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