On 2/27/03, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) contacted the EPA OSC and requested assistance to respond to the abandoned Idaho Circuit Technology facility in Glenns Ferry, Elmore County, Idaho. The Site is a former circuit board manufacturer that filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy and has been abandoned since November, 2002. On February 24, 2003, all utilities were shut off to the facility. Chemicals of concern at the site include nitric acid, sulphuric acid, hydrochloric acid, cyanide, formaldehyde, stannous flouroborate, lead and tin dross, copper sulphate and sodium hydroxide. Hazardous substances are in drums, vats, other smaller containers and in process equipment and lines, and in sludges and liquids from the on site waste water treatment unit. The Site is in the middle of the town of Glenns Ferry. The Site is abandoned with no lighting and is an attractive target for potential vandalism. Without any heat at the facility, chemicals inside the building are subject to freezing temperatures, which could cause rupture of containers and release onto the floor of the facility and into the environment.
EPA OSC and START contractor conducted initial site reconnaissance/investigation on 2/28/03. ERRS cleanup contractor mobilized on 3/3/03.
Personnel on Site (as of 3/4/03):
ERRS - 7
START - 1
EPA - 1
Activities 3/3 and 3/4/03: Mobilized to site; established power and water; inventoried waste; performed haz-cat and compatibility testing; bulked various acid solutions for removal into vacuum truck; removed empty vats and containers from plating room; decontaminated and cut up for disposal empty poly vats.
Where appropriate, continue bulking hazardous waste by waste stream and remove via vacuum truck, baker tank, or drums, for proper disposal. Continue removing all containers and vats in plating room so that wood grate floor can be removed. Decontaminate vats. Characterize sludges and liquids beneath wood grate floor in plating room. Remove all sludges and liquids from floor and waste water treatment unit. Remove all other hazardous substances at the facility.
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