United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region III
POLLUTION REPORT



Date:
Friday, October 26, 2007
From:
Charlie Fitzsimmons

To:
Charlie Fitzsimmons, Region III, OPR
Linda Marzulli, Region III, OPR

Subject: 

continuation of work
Sykesville Oil Spill
580 Obrect Rd, Sykesville, MD
Latitude: 39.3839000
Longitude: -76.9783000


POLREP No.:
37
Site #:
E043Z1
Reporting Period:
September, 2007
D.O. #:
Start Date:
 
Response Authority:
OPA
Mob Date:
 
Response Type:
Time-Critical
Demob Date:
 
NPL Status:
Non NPL
Completion Date:
 
Incident Category:
Removal Action
CERCLIS ID #:
Contract #
RCRIS ID #:
Reimbursable Account #
FPN#
E043Z1
 

Site Description

See previous POLREPS.


Current Activities

During this reporting period approximately 60 gals of oil and 1325gals of contaminated water were retrieved.  The new updated totals are now as of September 30, 2007: 4,180 gals of oil and 43,303gals of contaminated water. The increase in product recovery during this reporting period, can be attributable to the lack of precipitation and the resulting lowering of the water table.

Repairs were made to the underflow dam within the unnamed tributary
to Piney Run. Routine inspections of the dam identified breaches in the system that could allow water to pass outside of the flow tubes. Fogle's re-attached the synthetic liner to the PVC piping directing the flow of water through the tubes as designed. Free-product has not been observed in the stream since April 2005 when Fogle's and ERM took over maintenance operations for the dam, and the repairs are a precautionary measure.

Monthly monitoring of the soil gas continues to occur.


Estimated Costs *
  Budgeted Total To Date Remaining % Remaining
Extramural Costs
PRFA $640,000.00 $587,857.00 $52,143.00 8.15%
Intramural Costs
USEPA - Direct (Region, HQ) $30,000.00 $28,500.00 $1,500.00 5.00%
 
Total Site Costs $670,000.00 $616,357.00 $53,643.00 8.01%

* 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/sykesvilleoil

POLREP #37 Last Updated 12/12/2007