United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region IV
POLLUTION REPORT



Date:
Friday, October 19, 2007
From:
Jeffery Crowley

To:
Matt Taylor, Emergency Response Section

Subject: 

Final POLREP
Baxterville Mercury Spill
32 Tatum Salt Dome Road, Baxterville, MS


POLREP No.:
7
Site #:
A4QM
Reporting Period:
8/18/2007 - 10/18/2007
D.O. #:
Start Date:
8/1/2007
Response Authority:
CERCLA
Mob Date:
8/1/2007
Response Type:
Emergency
Demob Date:
10/17/2007
NPL Status:
Non NPL
Completion Date:
 
Incident Category:
Removal Action
CERCLIS ID #:
MSN000410071
Contract #
RCRIS ID #:
 

Site Description

For Site Description and Background Information, please refer to previous POLREPs.


Current Activities

Two main activities occurred at the Site during this reporting period:

-The building materials agreed upon between the owner and EPA were successfully delivered.  

-Secondly, the rolloff box that was used to discard mercury contaminated items was removed from the Site.  In mid-September ERRS mobilized to the home and took samples of various items in the rolloff box to run analytical sampling for disposal profile.  Once the results of the sampling came back, the rolloff box was picked up on October 17, 2007 and sent to a disposal facility.


Planned Removal Actions

No further removal activities are planned at this Site.


Estimated Costs *
  Budgeted Total To Date Remaining % Remaining
Extramural Costs
ERRS - Cleanup Contractor $125,000.00 $82,015.00 $42,985.00 34.39%
RST/START $25,000.00 $13,140.00 $11,860.00 47.44%
Intramural Costs
USEPA - Direct (Region, HQ) $2,500.00 $500.00 $2,000.00 80.00%
 
Total Site Costs $152,500.00 $95,655.00 $56,845.00 37.28%

* 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/BaxtervilleMercurySpill

POLREP #7 Last Updated 6/16/2008