United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region III
POLLUTION REPORT


Date:
Friday, August 15, 2008
From:
Jack Downie

Subject: 

Removal Action
Remacor, Inc.
P.O. Box 366, West Pittsburg, PA
Latitude: 40.9349711
Longitude: -80.3686583


POLREP No.:
173
Site #:
G3GM
Reporting Period:
8/14/08-8/15/08
D.O. #:
03-04-015
Start Date:
9/15/2006
Response Authority:
CERCLA
Mob Date:
9/15/2006
Response Type:
Emergency
Demob Date:
 
NPL Status:
Non NPL
Completion Date:
 
Incident Category:
Removal Action
CERCLIS ID #:
PAD074965096
Contract #
RCRIS ID #:
 

Site Description

EPA continues its emergency removal action at this site which currently involves the repackaging, transportation, and removal of flammable magnesium materials. EPA continues to implement repackaging and plan staging of the materials which will increase the materials’ stability as well as make it accessible for disposal from site or retrieval by the initial generators.      

EPA’s ERRS contractor is repackaging the remainder of deteriorated drums on site. PADEP is overseeing site activities for the State and providing support. EPA START contractor TechLaw is providing technical and administrative support to the EPA. EPA and PADEP officials continue to control access to the site as well as coordinate activities with the various generators.  

Current Activities

Personnel On-Scene:
8/14/08  EPA-1, START-1, ERRS-11, Security-1 (24 hr)
8/15/08  START-1, ERRS-11, Security-1 (24 hr)

Weather:
08/14/08  Low of 59 °F, high of 75 °F, clear to partly cloudy, 0.06 inches precipitation, winds averaged 3 mph out of the northeast.
08/15/08  Low of 55 °F, high of 74 °F, partly cloudy skies, 0.00 inches precipitation, wind 5-10 mph out of the northwest.  

08/14/08
Emergency and Rapid Response Services (ERRS) contractor Guardian Environmental Services, Inc. held its morning safety meeting and discussed the days planned activities. ERRS continued repackaging material from deteriorated containers into new drums and staging them in Building #2. ERRS continued hazard-categorization testing of waste materials in small containers scattered throughout the site.  Categorized material was separated by waste stream in preparation for transportation and disposal from the site.  ERRS also conducted standard maintenance and house-keeping activities throughout the site.

START provided technical assistance, contractor oversight and written and photographic documentation during field activities.

08/15/08
ERRS held its morning safety meeting and discussed the days planned activities. ERRS continued repackaging deteriorated drums of magnesium materials. These drums are being staged in Building #2.  ERRS completed the hazard-categorization of wastes and the two  chemists demobed from the site. ERRS also conducted maintenance and house-keeping activities on site as required.  

START provided technical assistance, contractor oversight and written and photographic documentation during field activities.


Next Steps

ERRS will continue redrumming waste from badly corroded containers. ERRS will arrange for disposal of waste materials in building 9.


Key Issues

None.


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