United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region III
POLLUTION REPORT

Subject: 

EPA is continuing emergency removal actions at this site during the repackaging, transportation, and removal of flammable magnesium materials.  Magnesium generators, who previously supplied Remacor with recyclable magnesium and magnesium alloys, are removing their materials from the site.  Monitoring Wells have been installed to aide in accessing extent of contamination on site.  Winters Performance Products, Inc. is currently making preparations to ship its product off site.  MJ Metals of Bridgeport, CT, is coordinating with the EPA to be on site for drum identification and count.  To date 16 generators have removed, or are in various stages of planning in order to remove, their material off site.  EPA’s ERRS contractor Guardian mobilized to site and will be maintaining a presence on site.  EPA and PADEP officials continue to control access to site in addition to coordinating the activities of the various generators.

Personnel On-Scene:
10/06/07 EPA-1, START-1, ERRS-7,  Security-1 (24 hr)
10/08/07 EPA-1, START-2, ERRS-9,  MHF-1, Other-1, Security-1 (24 hr)

Weather:
10/06/07 Low of 63° F, high of 87° F.  Clear, 0.00 inches of precipitation, Wind Calm 4-9 mph.
10/08/07 Low of 60° F, high of 87° F.  Clear, 0.00 inches of precipitation,  Wind Calm 4-6 mph.


10/06/07
EPA’s OSC Dennis Matlock was on site for oversight of all activities being conducted.  OSC Matlock demobilized.

EPA’s ERRS contractor Guardian Environmental Services continued to prep areas where they will be working.  Guardian removed debris, trimmed grass in work areas, and worked on putting in silt fence.  ERRS dug a trench west of the reaction pond to place fencing and silt fence to protect from runoff from the site.  Performance of this phase of the ERRS work Task Order is funded by the Removal Action Memorandum that was signed on 9/12/2007.  

START assisted as needed, conducted written and photographic documentation, and monitored activities conducted on site.  START demobilized for the weekend.
  

10/08/07
American Iron & Metal(AIM)’s subcontractor MHF loaded 1 truckload of material which consisted of 8 pallets containing 8 drums/pallet with an estimated weight of 9,000 pounds.  The load was transported by and consigned to Von Roll America INC of East Liverpool, OH.  

EPA’s OSC Dennis Matlock was on site for oversight of all activities being conducted.  OSC Matlock demobilized.

EPA’s ERRS contractor Guardian Environmental Services continued to prepare the areas in which they will be working during the first phase.  ERRS removed all drums and pallets near reacting pond and began removing reacted material that had been left in the area.  ERRS also received 3 truckloads of dry sand that will be used in the event of a small fire on site.

START mobilized to site and assisted as needed, conducted written and photographic documentation, and monitored activities conducted on site.

American Iron & Metal (AIM) will not be shipping material to Von Roll America for 2 weeks starting on 10/14/07.  Von Roll America will be down for outage replacing bricks in their furnace, it is a planned outage.

Intermet is making plans to resume shipping their product off site.

MJ Metals (generator) will make arrangements to be on site for identification of their drums.  MJ Metals will conduct this search along with the former Plant Manager of Remacor.  

Winter Performance Product Inc is making plans to start shipping its product off site.

EPA will continue to coordinate with magnesium waste generators for the safe and appropriate removal of the material from the site.  EPA will continue to coordinate with all local, state, and federal agencies.

On the south side of Building #9, non-vented drums have been segregated due to reactions occurring during heavy rainfall.