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Preservation Aviation

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North Hollywood, CA - EPA Region IX
POLREP #20 - Completion of the Removal of Radioactive Items from the structure at 10800 Burbank Blvd.
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On-Scene Coordinator - Robert Wise 3/1/2005
Emergency - Removal Action Pollution Report (POLREP) #20
Start Date: 5/27/2004
Pollution Report (POLREP) #20
Site Description
See POLREPs #1 and #17

The western warehouse at 10800 Burbank Blvd. has emptied of all radium containing materials and surface contaminated objects.  Items remaining in the east warehouse include storage units and gauges containing hazardous waste including solvents and mercury.

Photograph Description (web site only):  Demolition of the offices in the west warehouse.  Additional photos can be found at http://www.epaosc.net/Preservation_Aviation.





Current Activities
February 18 - March 4, 2005:  
Personnel:  1 OSC, 2 PST, 2 START, 10 ERRS

ERRS has completed the segregation of the RCM and SCO gauges with the exception of those containing chemical wastes.  All of the RCM and SCO have been loaded into their respective shipping packages and are awaiting transport for disposal.  For a description of the RCM/SCO segregation process see previous POLREPs.  The START and ERRS are segregating items containing hazardous materials into hazardous waste and mixed waste wastestream.  The ERRS is then removing the chemical waste from the gauges for disposal.  ERRS completed demolition of the warehouses in the west warehouse.  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.



Planned Removal Actions
1.  Phase 3:  Building Item Removal is expected to be completed by March 10, 2005.
2.  Phase 4:  Structural Contamination Assessment of the 10800 Burbank Blvd. building will begin on March 14, 2005.  
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
Assessment of structural contamination is expected to commence on March 14, 2005.  Data from the assessment will drive the final disposition of the building.

Key Issues
1.  Structural Contamination Assessment
2.  Disposition of the Building, Decontamination or Demolition


 
Disposition Of Wastes


Waste Stream Quantity Manifest # Disposal Facility
Materials Not Regulated by DOT (Non-Radioactive Debris) 40 Cubic Yards Chemical Waste Management, Kettleman Hills, 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) 3,160 cubic yards U.S. Ecology, Grandview, ID
Radioactive Materials, Surface Contaminated Objects (SCO-1), Class 7, UN2913 (Radium Containing Materials) 166 cubic yards U.S. Ecology, Richland, WA