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Site is a defunct paper converter which manufactured tissue and toilet paper, and is located within 10 feet of the Battenkill River in upstate rural NY. Owner operates a business office at the site, but manufacturing ceased 12 years ago.
Since April, 2004, OSC has been working with the owner to remove approx. drums of hydraulic fluid, PCB fluids, waste oil and other chemical substances. The CERCLA removal action was completed in June, 2005.
During the removal action, the OSC observed a large oil tank on the property. Closer examination revealed the presence of approx. 10,000 gallon of aged #6 oil being stored in what was a deteriorated metal tank that had inadequate secondary containment.
Inasmuch as the mill has been shut down for 12 years and will never operate again, the OSC determined that the oil being stored in the deteriorated tank, with less than adequate secondary, constituted a significant threat of a release of petroleum to a navigable waterway of the United States. Because of the Petroleum Exclusion in CERCLA, the oil will be now be addressed with funding authority under CWA-Oil Pollution Act '90. The owner has agreed to cooperate with EPA and have the oil removed.
See separate site profile for "Bio-Tech Mills-CERCLA", for additional information.
At the present time a remediation contractor has been selected (Earth Tech), and a delivery order for $50,000 has been issued by EPA. Selected contractor has been notified, and a site tour will be scheduled for sometime in June, 2006.
Initial work will be to clear brush and small trees from around the tank and from the area leading from the parking lot to the tank.
Concurrent with this work, the contractor will begin to make phone contact with prospective buyers of the oil. If a buyer cannot be found, efforts will be made to either 1)give the oil to an end user, such as a cement plant, school or large public building or, as a last resort, pay for the oil to be recycled at a permitted waste oil dealer.
Mobilize crew to site to clear brush and prep the area. As as spill preventive measure, contractor will also deploy sorbent boom and construct a dirt berm at the downstream end of the tank.
Make initial contact with prospective buyers/end-users for the oil.
Spill prevention and locating end-user for the oil.
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