Used oil in drums were consolidate and removed by a vacuum truck on Friday.
Debris was cleared to an upper part of the site to allow room for stockpiling soil and gravel and allow room for trucks.
It was decided not to loop the truck through the site because the strength of the culvert was questionable.
500 tons of contaminated soil in front of crusher and on road surface were removed. Hole was filled with 3 minus gravel.
Light ballasts were discovered in a drum which potentially may contain PCBs. There were 40 ballasts where the label showed, "No PCB". The remaining 230 ballast labels could not be read. Since this removal was OPA and not CERCLA and the risk that the remaining ballasts actually contained PCB was minimal, the OSC decided to leave them on site but stored in the underground storage tank. The OSC directed ERRS to store any other hazardous materials that seemed significant that they come across in the underground storage tank. But they were told not to search for items in the mountains of debris on site. An automobile battery and some propane cylinders along with the ballasts are stored there.
We completed two days ahead of schedule.
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DEQ needs to revisit their authorities and those of other state, county, and local agencies to address the environnmental concerns of this site. Currently there does not appear to be any mechanism or enforcement capability to ensure future salavage operations will avoid future spills. DEQ is looking into this.
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