This site, a defunct automotive brake pad manufacturer, was brought to the attention of EPA by the NJDEP for a possible referral for a CERCLA removal action. An inspection by EPA OSCs and a DEP responder on 12/23/05 revealed the following hazardous materials/wastes were abandoned at the site: tons of asbestos material, tons of elemental sulphur, 1,000+ drums of mostly unknown materials or materials that do not match the label description, hundreds of smaller containers, acids, flammable liquids, iron and aluminum powders, flammable solids, waste oil, solvents, and other contaminants or pollutants. The site is semi-controlled, with most doors being locked but numerous open windows or sections of sheet metal walls missing. A maintenance man is on-site for a few hours Mon-Fri. The owner of the building (not the business) has balked at doing a cleanup, but with pressure from the DEP, he has hired a company to provide him with an estimate of the clean-up cost. The former operator of the actual manufacturing business has left the state and resumed the same business in Pennsylvania.
EPA cleanup contractor crew mobilized to Site to prepare for removal action. Crew is clean debris from work areas, staging office and crew trailers, stringing temporary lights in work areas, boarding up broken window and wall openings, arranging for electrical, telephone, and Internet services, staging PPE and supplies etc. Contractor has prepared drafts of Health & Safety Plan (HASP), Work Plan, and container sampling plan. On-site laboratory area has been designated and portable fume hood installed for haz-cating unknowns.
Removal contractor will continue setting up Site for full crew mobilization NLT 2/19/07. Contractor will begin segregating empty containers, trash, and brake pads/shoes in distinct areas for future handling. Contractor will not move any chemicals until HASP has been finalized and signed by all parties.
Continue clearing debris and broken glass from work areas, set up office and crew trailers, establish phone and Internet communications, continue closing doorways, windows and other areas designated by OSC. Continue setting up supplies storage rooms, crew decon/dress-out area, and stringing temporary lighting. Arrange for space heaters for crew decon/dress-out area.
OSC to contact other tenants of industrial park where Site is located to inform them of the removal action. OSC will contact TFD and request liaison contact for Site. OSC will update TFD weekly with real-time situation summaries for emergency response planning.
TDD to be issued for Site Admin Record Repository.
Initiation of chemical handling and identifying unknown chemicals.
|
