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.  Intermet will be on site to begin shipping material the 3rd week of April.  SPX Contech will be repackaging the remainder of its material in preparation to ship it off site when weather will allow.  Hitchcock Industries contacted the EPA and plans to start repacking and shipping its product the 3rd week of April.  

EPA’s ERRS contractor Guardian Environmental Services, Inc. (GES) has completed  reacting drums from Building #2 and from Building #8 and sacks of LimeMag.  ERRS is now working on drums staged outside marked as residual waste.  PADEP is providing technical and oversight support at the site.  EPA START contractor TechLaw is providing technical and administrative support to the EPA.  EPA and PADEP officials continue to control access to the site in addition to coordinating the activities of the various generators.  

Personnel On-Scene:
03/27/08 EPA-2,  START-1, ERRS-8, Security-1 (24 hr)
03/28/08 EPA-1, START-2, ERRS-8, Other-1,  Security-1 (24 hr)

Weather:
03/27/08 Low of 21° F, high of 46° F.  Clear, 0.00inches of precipitation, wind SW 6-17 mph.
03/28/08 Low of 38° F, high of 52° F.  Partly Cloudy, 0.00 inches of precipitation,  WSW 6-14 mph.

03/27/08
EPA’s OSC Jack Downie was on site for oversight of activities and site entry and exit.

Rich Messimer Senior Site Administrative Officer for the Removal Program mobilized to site for oversight of ERRS and START records.  EPA’s Rich Messimer demobilized.

Emergency and Rapid Response Services (ERRS) contractor Guardian Environmental, Inc held its morning safety meeting and discussed the days planned activities, areas of concern and safety issues associated with the day’s activities.  ERRS is reacting drums marked as residual waste and labeled as Row 23 by START.  These drums are weathered and no reaction is expected but ERRS will handle as highly reactive.      

START assisted as needed and conducted written/photographic documentation.  

03/28/08
EPA’s OSC Jack Downie was on site for oversight of activities and site entry.  OSC Downie demobilized.  

Emergency and Rapid Response Services (ERRS) contractor Guardian Environmental, Inc held its morning safety meeting and discussed the days planned activities, areas of concern and safety issues associated with the day’s activities.   ERRS continues to react drums located out side and marked as residual waste.  The drums are weathered and the material contained inside of the drums has solidified.  ERRS is using the Backhoe to crush the contents of the drums in order to remove the material for reaction in the reaction pit.  

START assisted the EPA as needed and conducted written/photographic documentation.  START demobilized.

MHF who will be contracting for Hitchcock, Intermet, and SPX Contech plans to be on site the 3rd week of April to resume shipping material off site.

No PRP activity is presently occurring on site.   PRP removal action has been suspended until the end of April.

National Machine Company plans to submit a work/safety plan to the EPA.

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.

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