The Japanese Auto Wrecking (JAW) site (no longer operating at this location) originally occupied approximately 1.7 acres. The site (located at 7777 262nd Street in Kent, Washington) is a former auto wrecking yard that was referred to the EPA’s Emergency Response Unit by the Washington Department of Ecology, the Washington State Patrol, and the EPA’s Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) division. The site located near other auto wrecking yards, is within 0.25 mile of the Green River, and within 0.5 mile of residences. Prior to their February 2003 eviction, Japanese Auto Wrecking had taken over approximately 5.72 acres of the former Astro Salvage property. During the START site visit on February 13, 2003, oil was observed floating on surface water and strong petroleum odors were noted near a car-crushing area on the Japanese Auto Wrecking property. Workers on site reported dumping of thousands of gallons of gasoline directly into the soil at several locations. The site was closed by Washington Department of Labor and Industries in January, 2003, due to unsafe working conditions. On February 27, 2003, the EPA responded to the site due to the potential for buried chlorine gas cylinders to leak. On May 2, 2003, the EPA defined the entire 15 acre property (this includes the approximately 8 acres formerly occupied by Japanese Auto Wrecking) the site area.
July, 2004, the Responsible Party's consultant, G-logics had seventeen borings and installed five monitoring wells. In Novemeber, 2004, a Vapor Extraction System (VES) and five monitoring wells were installed at the site. The VES was activated on November 23, 2004, with modifications and adjustments made
during the following several weeks. Air samples were collected periodically from the five
extraction wells (EWs) and the combined flow (Exhaust) during this time. Elevated concentrations of benzene, toluene, and ethylbenzene were detected in the monitoring wells installed by G-logics. The air monitoring results indicate the system is effectively removing contaminants
The Responsible Party's consultant G-logics will continue to collect and analyize the samples extracted from the VES system.
Complete review of G-Logics final removal action plan.
Check website (http://www.epaosc.net/JapaneseAutoWrecking) for additional site maps, photos, and reports.
Confirm amount of product removed via VES system.
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