United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region V
POLLUTION REPORT



Date:
Saturday, August 11, 2007
From:
Sonia R. Vega

To:
Sonia R. Vega, USEPA
Mary Gade, U.S. EPA
Bharat Mathur, U.S. EPA
Rick Karl, U.S. EPA
Linda Nachowicz, U.S. EPA
Ralph Dollhopf, U.S. EPA
Charles Gebien, U.S. EPA
David Chung, U.S. EPA
John Maritote, U.S. EPA
Steve Lee, MPCA
Mark Johnson, ATSDR
Dorene Fier-Tucker, MPCA
Fred Micke, U.S. EPA
lori olson, City of Minneapolis

Subject: 

U.S. EPA Initiates Baseline Sampling
I-35W Mississipi River Bridge Collapse
Minneapolis, MN
Latitude: 44.9789000
Longitude: -93.2450000


POLREP No.:
4
Site #:
B5KZ
Reporting Period:
D.O. #:
Start Date:
8/1/2007
Response Authority:
CERCLA
Mob Date:
8/3/2007
Response Type:
Emergency
Demob Date:
 
NPL Status:
Non NPL
Completion Date:
 
Incident Category:
Removal Assessment
CERCLIS ID #:
Contract #
RCRIS ID #:
 

Site Description

See Pol Rep #1.


Current Activities

On Friday, August 10, as requested by the Minnesota Pollution Control, the U. S. EPA initiated a round of baseline air sampling.  This round will last 3 days, Friday to Sunday.  The purpose is to establish an air quality baseline.  Once the aggresive demolition of the bridge begins, EPA will take additional air samples to determine the impact of such activities, if any.  Please see the Documents Section for a copy of the Draft Sampling Plan.


Planned Removal Actions

Complete this round of air samples and be prepared for additional sampling when the bridge demolition begins.


Next Steps

Complete 5 consecutive days of sampling during aggresive demolition, and submit the data to the State for evaluation.

Based on their evaluation, the State might adjust the frequency of the sample collection as well as the parameters to be analyzed for.


Key Issues

Access to the selected locations has been the biggest issue, due to sacurity.


Estimated Costs *
  Budgeted Total To Date Remaining % Remaining
Extramural Costs
Intramural Costs
 
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/I35WMississippiRiverBridgeCollapse

POLREP #4 Last Updated 8/11/2007