United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region V
POLLUTION REPORT



Date:
Sunday, November 2, 2008
From:
Jeffrey Kimble/ Brian Schlieger


Subject: 

Removal
Tittabawassee River Dioxin - EU001
Saginaw, MI
Latitude: 43.3850000
Longitude: -83.9772000


POLREP No.:
8
Site #:
B5KF
Reporting Period:
10/27/2008 - 11/2/2008
D.O. #:
Start Date:
8/13/2008
Response Authority:
CERCLA
Mob Date:
8/13/2008
Response Type:
Time-Critical
Demob Date:
 
NPL Status:
Non NPL
Completion Date:
 
Incident Category:
Removal Action
CERCLIS ID #:
Contract #
RCRIS ID #:
 

Site Description

EU001 is a residential cleanup of dioxin contamination located in Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan.  See Polrep 1 for more details.

Set up for the soil removal activities began in August and consisted of: building a staging area for personnel and equipment, road building within staging area and creation of access points through pre-existing berm to staging area, the placement of landscape fabric and stone under crawlspaces and decks to minimize human exposure to contaminants, and creating permanent floors in outdoor sheds.

Removal activities of contaminated soil began on September 2, 2008.  Pre-excavation activities on these properties include moving of outdoor personal property to the staging area and the removal of trees and brush.  During removal activities, crews removed 2 feet of contaminated soil in residential areas and 1 foot of soil from the “transition zones” (non-residential).  After the removal of soil was complete, crews placed landscape fabric as a demarcation layer, backfilled with clean fill and topsoil and prepared the area for landscaping and sod placement.   All removal activities of contaminated soil were completed on October 8, 2008.  


Current Activities

From Monday, October 27, 2008, through Friday, October 31st, 2008, the PRP contractors continued to clean the interior of homes and to replace carpeting or install flooring as appropriate.  Decontamination of areas in workshops and garages was also initiated.

On Saturday, November 1, 2008, no site work was conducted.

On Sunday, November 2, 2008, no site work was conducted.


Planned Removal Actions

Continue indoor cleanup activities.


Next Steps

Complete indoor cleanup and replacement activities.

The PRP is to draft a post-removal site control plan.  The PRP has contacted MDEQ, who in turn contacted EPA, to set up a first meeting.


Key Issues

On-site cleanup activities are to be completed by November 30th, 2008.  In addition, a post-removal monitoring plan is to be generated and a meeting to discuss this is being planned.


response.epa.gov/TRA_EU1