U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

HTTPS

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock () or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Blue Ledge Mine Site

All POLREP's for this site Blue Ledge Mine Site
Joe Bar, CA - EPA Region IX
POLREP #3 - Final POLREP
Printer Friendly  |   PDF
 
On-Scene Coordinator - Will Duncan 3/12/2008
Time-Critical - Removal Action Pollution Report (POLREP) #3
Start Date: 8/28/2006 Completion Date: 9/19/2006
Pollution Report (POLREP) #3
Site Description
The Blue Ledge Mine site (Site) is an abandoned copper mine situated on patented private land within the Rogue River National Forest on United States Forest Service (USFS) Road 1060.

For More Site description information, refer to Pollution Report #1.









Current Activities
September 16 - 17, 2006

No on-site work performed on the weekend.

September 18, 2006

Personnel:  1 OSC, 1 START, 7 ERRS
Weather:  Cool, Clear Skies, Sunny, mid 50’s to high 60’s.  

The ERRS contractor continued to place and key in limestone boulders in sloped channel.  ERRS cut and placed tree branches on the exposed slope west of the channel to minimize winter erosion effects.  OSC Chris Weden arrived today and was given a site tour.  

September 19, 2006

Personnel:  1 OSC, 1 START, 8 ERRS
Weather:  Cool morning, overcast, low 50’s breaking to sunny clear skies high 60’s.  

The ERRS contractor finished final placement of limestone boulders in the channel connecting to the sediment pond.  ERRS “slashed” the lower road with tree branches and wood debris.  Additionally they removed the soil and trees in the run-off channel at the upper road.  They placed and secured limestone boulders in the channel and built a reinforcement berm down slope.  All equipment was brought down and decontaminated.  OSC Chris Weden to meet with USFS rep. Pete Jones tomorrow.

July 02, 2007
Personnel: 3 OSC, 1 USFS
Weather: Sunny Clear skies


Planned Removal Actions
Current removal activities at the site have been completed. The stabilazation and passive treatment efforts outlined in the action memo have been accomplished. Weather conditions will soon make access to the site impossible.  No further ERS sponsored removal activities are currently planned for the site.

Next Steps
See Above.

Key Issues
None.