Pollution Report Profile - EPA OSC Response

Stevens & Thompson Paper Company
Middle Falls, NY - EPA Region II
POLREP #10 - Special

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On-Scene Coordinator - Paul L. Kahn	11/22/2005
Time-Critical - Removal Action	Pollution Report (POLREP) #10
Start Date: 11/12/2004	Completion Date: 8/18/2005

Site Description
The Site is a defunct tissue paper manufacturer aka paper converting) located in a rural area of Greenwich, NY, 20 miles east of Saratoga Springs, NY.

The company became defunct 2 years ago, had filed for liquidation bankruptcy, and the owner walked away from the property. The plant was purchased by St. Regis Investments, LLC, a company based in California. The original intent was to reopen the plant, but due to economic considerations the plant will be demolished and sold for residential development.

The Site occupies 27 acres in a rural/residential area, and is perched on the edge of a cliff over the Battenkill River. It has one large brick and wood, multi-level manufacturing consisting of a warehouse, two hydroelectric power plants, manufaturing areas, a lab, offices, and repair shops. There is a boiler house and an associated 20,000 gallon AST for waste oil. There are a number of small out-buildings used for vehicle and misc. equipment storage.

Security guard service was in-place from 8AM to 6PM, seven days a week, but was discontinued. The facility has limited access via a dirt road, however, the property is unfenced and the buildings are unlocked and unsecured.

Initially, this was an RP-lead removal action without an enforcement document. However, at a point in the removal activities the RP informed EPA that he did not have the funds to continue the removal action, and asked that EPA take over. After deliberating on the turn of events, and with a written site referral from the NYSDEC, EPA agreed to complete the removal action.

In connection with this proposed activity, the OSC and members of the US Coast Guard Atlantic Strike Team visited the Site on September 6, 2005 to conduct field sampling/testing on 10 drums of unknown chemicals staged at the Site. Test results revealed the presence of corrosive waste chemicals and flammable waste chemicals.

Current Activities
This POLREP is an update which documents new information regarding Waste Stream Disposition.

Disposition Of Wastes
From the onset of the PRP-lead phase of the removal action, packaged chemicals that were unsuitable for use were either returned to the original manufacturers as "returned goods" for reuse or disposal as off-specification chemicals or were given to local users.

Waste Stream	Quantity	Manifest #	Disposal Facility
hydraulic fluid, used gasoline, waste oil, clay powder	10 pallets of bags, 20 55-gallon drums	n/a	Given to Town of Easton (NY) DPW; shipped vial town truck on 12/17/04.
powdered talc, salt, calcium hypochlorite powder, sodium hypochlorite solution, hydrogen peroxide (35%)	1 1/2 pallets of talc, 1 pallet of salt, 36 30-lb pails of Ca. hypo; 3 totes Na hypo. @ 330 gals/tote, 30 gals H2O2	n/a	Given to SCA Paper Co, shipped via company truck on 5/11/05.
Profile Plus 2402, Release Rite 7001, REduct 825, SWE Boiler Treatment	2,230 gallons total	n/a	Shipped via Overnight Express for South West Engineers on 5/19/05.
Floatsan 210, Foambrake JF2	660 gallons total	n/a; straight bill-of-lading	Shipped via Jevic Trucking for BASF on 6/8/05.
Rydlime	3 55-gallon drums	n/a; straight bill-of-lading	Shipped via Federal Express Freight for Apex Engineering on 6/8/05
Hi-Sol 10	5 55-gallon drums	n/a; straight bill-of-lading	Shipped via Ashland Chemical in their own truck on 6/14/05.
anh. sodium hydroxide flakes	12 drums @ 550 lbs each, total 2,200 lbs	n/a; straight bill-of-lading	Shipped via Slack Chemical (Saratoga, NY) in their own truck, 7/19/05.
DAF-600, DAF-280, DAF-630, Crepeccel 690HA, Cepecil 7524	total of 1,760 gallons	n/a; straight bill-of-lading	Shipped via Arctic Express for NALCO on 7/20/05.