United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region IX
POLLUTION REPORT


Date:
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
From:
Will Duncan


Subject: 

Final POLREP
Blue Ledge Mine Site
Joe Bar, CA
Latitude: 41.9600000
Longitude: -123.1308000


POLREP No.:
3
Site #:
09MM
Reporting Period:
09/18/2006 thru 09/19/2008
D.O. #:
02-016-9065
Start Date:
8/28/2006
Response Authority:
CERCLA
Mob Date:
8/28/2006
Response Type:
Time-Critical
Demob Date:
9/20/2006
NPL Status:
Non NPL
Completion Date:
9/19/2006
Incident Category:
Removal Action
CERCLIS ID #:
CAN000906063
Contract #
68-W-02-016
RCRIS ID #:
 

Site Description

The Blue Ledge Mine site (Site) is an abandoned copper mine situated on patented private land within the Rogue River National Forest on United States Forest Service (USFS) Road 1060.

For More Site description information, refer to Pollution Report #1.

Current Activities

September 16 - 17, 2006

No on-site work performed on the weekend.

September 18, 2006

Personnel:  1 OSC, 1 START, 7 ERRS
Weather:  Cool, Clear Skies, Sunny, mid 50’s to high 60’s.  

The ERRS contractor continued to place and key in limestone boulders in sloped channel.  ERRS cut and placed tree branches on the exposed slope west of the channel to minimize winter erosion effects.  OSC Chris Weden arrived today and was given a site tour.  

September 19, 2006

Personnel:  1 OSC, 1 START, 8 ERRS
Weather:  Cool morning, overcast, low 50’s breaking to sunny clear skies high 60’s.  

The ERRS contractor finished final placement of limestone boulders in the channel connecting to the sediment pond.  ERRS “slashed” the lower road with tree branches and wood debris.  Additionally they removed the soil and trees in the run-off channel at the upper road.  They placed and secured limestone boulders in the channel and built a reinforcement berm down slope.  All equipment was brought down and decontaminated.  OSC Chris Weden to meet with USFS rep. Pete Jones tomorrow.

July 02, 2007
Personnel: 3 OSC, 1 USFS
Weather: Sunny Clear skies


Planned Removal Actions

Current removal activities at the site have been completed. The stabilazation and passive treatment efforts outlined in the action memo have been accomplished. Weather conditions will soon make access to the site impossible.  No further ERS sponsored removal activities are currently planned for the site.


Next Steps

See Above.


Key Issues

None.


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