Pollution Report Profile - EPA OSC Response

Rosalie Street Drum
St. Louis, MO - EPA Region VII
POLREP #3 - Final POLREP

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On-Scene Coordinator - Jim Silver	11/7/2007
Time-Critical - Removal Action	Pollution Report (POLREP) #3
Start Date: 7/9/2007	Completion Date: 9/19/2007

Site Description
The site address is 4658 Rosalie Street, St. Louis, Missouri, 63115.   It occupies a large lot just north of I-70, west of West Florissant Road, northwest of O’Fallon Park, and southwest of Bellefontain Cemetery. The site is located in an industrial area of the city with residential properties to the east and west.  The former owner of the property was Russell McVicker.  McVicker operated an industrial flea market at the site selling a variety of items including industrial/commercial chemicals.  McVicker forfeited ownership of the property to the city of St. Louis for failure to pay taxes.  The city of St. Louis Land Reutilization Authority holds the property in trust.

On September 14, 2006, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) Environmental Services Program, at the request of the MDNR’s Hazardous Waste Program, conducted a walk-through investigation of the site.  The purposes of the investigation were to inventory containers at the site and determine if they contained hazardous materials.

MDNR found more than 70 drums, totes, and other containers scattered around the property.  Several containers had leaked their contents onto the ground both inside and outside the buildings on the site.  MDNR determined that the containers held both flammable and corrosive liquids.  The city of St. Louis reported to MDNR that over 100 drums that had been present were moved to another location.  In addition, there is historical information that the site may have been used as a location to dismantle and burn electronic equipment to recover various metals.  MDNR contacted the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 Superfund Division’s Emergency Response & Removal Branch seeking assistance in characterizing the site and conducting a removal action.

On December 6, 2006, EPA visited the site to perform reconnaissance, document site conditions, and select containers for screening for hazardous substances.  The site includes a large, open lot and two buildings that occupy roughly one city block.  The site is covered with large quantities of trash, waste tires, drums, totes, and other debris.  One building at the site is a large, long, rectangular, two-story brick building that appeared to have been a manufacturing facility.  There were numerous drums, totes, smaller containers, and compressed gas cylinders in this building.  The other building at the site was partially demolished with the exterior stripped away and many of the I-beam supports cut away, most likely by individuals selling the metal for scrap.

Ten containers ranging in size from 5-gallon buckets to 300-gallon totes were sampled for field characterization.  Results of the characterization indicated that there were several different characteristic wastes present: flammable, corrosive (both >12.5pH and <2pH), and potentially explosive.

Current Activities
The final waste streams were removed from the Rosalie Ave Drum Site on September 19, 2007. The total amount of hazardous waste transported off the site was 95,310 lbs. This included various acids and bases, flammables, and reactives, in containers ranging from aerosol cans to 300-gallon totes. In addition, 28 tons of metals-contaminated soil were delivered to a landfill.

Planned Removal Actions
None

Next Steps
None

Disposition Of Wastes

Waste Stream	Quantity	Manifest #	Disposal Facility
Waste, Aerosols, Flammable	780 pounds	002036894	EQ Detroit 1923 Frederick St Detroit, MI 48211
Waste Flammable Liquid (Ascetone)	5900 pounds	002036894	EQ Detroit 1923 Frederick St Detroit, MI 48211
Waste, Flammable Liquid MEK, Toluene	8000 pounds	002036894	EQ Detroit 1923 Frederick St Detroit, MI 48211
Waste Corrosive Liquids Sodium Hydroxide	4200 pounds	002036894	EQ Detroit 1923 Frederick St Detroit, MI 48211
Waste Corrosive Liquids Sodium Hydroxide	450 pounds	002036894	EQ Detroit 1923 Frederick St Detroit, MI 48211
Waste Flammable Liquids Acetone, Toluene	2440 pounds	002036894	EQ Detroit 1923 Frederick St Detroit, MI 48211
Waste Flammable Liquids Acetone, Toluene	275 Gallons	002036894	EQ Detroit 1923 Frederick St Detroit, MI 48211
Waste Corrosive Liquid Sulfuric Acid	3200 pounds	002036896	EQ Detroit 1923 Frederick St Detroit, MI 48211
Waste Corrosive Liquid Chromic Acid	800 pounds	002036897	EQ Detroit 1923 Frederick St Detroit, MI 48211
Waste Corrosive Liquids Sulfuric Acid	330 pounds	002036896	EQ Detroit 1923 Frederick St Detroit, MI 48211
Waste Corrosive Liquids Sulfuric Acid	1220 pounds	002036896	EQ Detroit 1923 Frederick St Detroit, MI 48211
Lead Contaminated Soil	56000 pounds	N/A	Waste Management Milan, IL