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I-94 Emergency Response

All POLREP's for this site I-94 Emergency Response
Galesburg, MI - EPA Region V
POLREP #2 - Emergency Response Complete 		Printer Friendly  |   PDF
 
On-Scene Coordinator - Brian Kelly 1/16/2008
Emergency - Removal Action Pollution Report (POLREP) #2
Start Date: 10/12/2007 Completion Date: 11/14/2007
Pollution Report (POLREP) #2
Site Description
On October 11, 2007, Michigan State Police closed Interstate 94 east of Kalamazoo to all traffic to investigate a van suspected of improperly transporting chemicals.  Eastbound I-94 was closed at Sprinkle Road (Exit 80) and westbound I-94 at 35th Street (Exit 85) at 4 p.m.

A bomb squad and a hazardous materials team were called in to investigate the van's contents.  Police officers were dispatched to the scene after a caller contacted central dispatch at the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Department to report a suspicious person. When officers arrived they found an individual with a van and trailer that contained seven 55-gallon drums and a PVC cylinder.

The Michigan 51st Civil Support Team conducted preliminary screening of the drums for explosives, radiation, biological, and hazardous materials.  The Kalamazoo Bomb Squad screened the PVC tube and observed a cylinder inside.  The drums were overpacked and transported to Taplin Environmental.

The van driver told officials that he was hauling various chemicals such as aluminum oxide, sodium oxide, and barium oxide.  The driver was transported to hospital for psychological evaluation.

Current Activities
On October 12, 2007, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality requested U.S. EPA support.  U.S. EPA ERB and CID responded.  U.S. EPA made a level-B entry to screened for VOCs, mercury, and radiation.  All items located within the seven drums were removed and inventoried.  The contents included lithium oxide, magnesium metal, lithium fluoride, potassium sulfate, zinc sulfate, titanium dioxide, sodium thiosulfate, antimony, potassium chloride, and ferric oxide.  Miscellaneous electronic equipment and approximately 12 x-ray plates .

Final disposal occurred on November 14, 2007.


Planned Removal Actions
None

Next Steps
None
 
Disposition Of Wastes


Waste Stream Quantity Manifest # Disposal Facility
Flammable Liquid.  F002 F004 100 lbs Veolia Technical Solutions
7 Mobile Ave, Sauget, IL
Sodium Sulfide. D001, D003 100 grams Veolia Technical Solutions
7 Mobile Ave, Sauget, IL
Lithium. D001, D003 6 grams Veolia Technical Solutions
7 Mobile Ave, Sauget, IL
Toxic Solid 5 grams Veolia Technical Solutions
7 Mobile Ave, Sauget, IL
Misc laboratory pack 110 gallons Veolia Technical Solutions
7 Mobile Ave, Sauget, IL
Other inorganic solid 1 yard Veolia Technical Solutions
7 Mobile Ave, Sauget, IL