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Preservation Aviation

All POLREP's for this site Preservation Aviation
North Hollywood, CA - EPA Region IX
POLREP #18 - Phase 3
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On-Scene Coordinator - Robert Wise 2/4/2005
Emergency - Removal Action Pollution Report (POLREP) #18
Start Date: 5/27/2004
Pollution Report (POLREP) #18
Site Description
See POLREPs #1 and #17

Photograph Description (web site only):  The east warehouse at 10800 Burbank after most of the back bay has been emptied.  ERRS is removing contaminated items stacked on top of shelving units.  Note negative air machine in the center of the structure.  Additional photos can be found at http://www.epaosc.net/Preservation_Aviation.





Current Activities
January 21 - February 4, 2005:  
Personnel:  1 OSC, 2 PST, 2 START, 10 ERRS

ERRS is dismantling the storage units inside the east side of 10800 Burbank Blvd and loading trays of gauges onto the conveyor system.  Once the items have been surveyed, ERRS is segregating the items based on survey results for bulking.  The START and PST are surveying trays of items for segregation into the different wastestreams.  The START is conducting air surveillance.  START and PST is conducting off-site migration surveys to insure contamination is not migrating off-site.  PST is also performing RCMS for government costs and medical monitoring of on-site personnel.

On February 2-3, 2005, to health physists from ORIA were on-site to conduct a health and safety audit at the request of the OSC.

Use of the negative air machine has lowered radon levels inside the structure to less than 10 pCi/l.


Planned Removal Actions
1.  Phase 3:  Building Item Removal is expected to be completed by late March or early April.
2.  Phase 4:  Structural Contamination Assessment of the 10800 Burbank Blvd. building will begin as soon as the east side of the building is empty.  This will be conducted by the START.
3.  Phase 5:  Building Decontamination or Demolition:  The final disposition of the structures on-site will be based on the structural assessments.
4.  Phase 6:  Subsurface Assessment
5.  Phase 7:  Subsurface Removal (if necessary)


Next Steps
Removal of all items from the east warehouse at 10800 Burbank Blvd. is expected to be completed by February 11, 2005.  Upon removal of the items, all office areas will be demolished.  The warehouse will then be assessed by the START to determine the magnitude of structural contamination.


Key Issues
1.  PRP Enforcement:  The business owner of Preservation Aviation has failed to provide plans agreed upon in December 2004.  The land owner has stated that they do not have the financial resources to conduct the cleanup.
2.  Structural Contamination Assessment


 
Disposition Of Wastes


Waste Stream Quantity Manifest # Disposal Facility
Materials Not Regulated by DOT (Non-Radioactive Debris) 40 cubic yards Chemical Waste Management, Kettleman City, CA
Materials Not Regulated by DOT (Non-Radioactive Debris) - 520 cubic yards U.S. Ecology, Beatty, NV
Materials Not Regulated by DOT (surface contaminated objects below DOT limits) 1,400 cubic yards U.S. Ecology, Grandview, Idaho
Radioactive Materials, Surface Contaminated Objects (SCO-1), Class 7, UN2913 (Radium Containing Materials) 67 cubic yards U.S. Ecology, Richland, Washington