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Baxterville Mercury Spill

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Baxterville, MS - EPA Region IV
POLREP #7 - Final POLREP 		Printer Friendly  |   PDF
 
On-Scene Coordinator - Jeffery Crowley 10/19/2007
Emergency - Removal Action Pollution Report (POLREP) #7
Start Date: 8/1/2007
Pollution Report (POLREP) #7
Site Description
For Site Description and Background Information, please refer to previous POLREPs.

Current Activities
Two main activities occurred at the Site during this reporting period:

-The building materials agreed upon between the owner and EPA were successfully delivered.  

-Secondly, the rolloff box that was used to discard mercury contaminated items was removed from the Site.  In mid-September ERRS mobilized to the home and took samples of various items in the rolloff box to run analytical sampling for disposal profile.  Once the results of the sampling came back, the rolloff box was picked up on October 17, 2007 and sent to a disposal facility.

Planned Removal Actions
No further removal activities are planned at this Site.