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Site Contact:
Joe Fredle
OSC
fredle.joseph@epa.gov
www.epaosc.net/trinity
9203 Detroit Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44102
Latitude: 41.4797
Longitude: -81.7475
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The Site is located along the south side of Detroit Avenue in a mixed industrial and residential portion of the City of Cleveland. A residential apartment complex is situated adjacent to and to the west of the Site; an industrial manufacturing facility is located on the property situated adjacent to and to the east of the Site; Norfolk Southern Railroad and Cuyahoga County Regional Transit Authority (RTA) commuter rail lines are situated to the south of the Site.
For over 50 years, the Site was the home of Club Aluminum/Monarch Aluminum Products, which employed over 500 people. The company manufactured aluminum consumer products (pots, pans and serving trays), including industrial products and materials. During World War II part of the facility was used to manufacture magnesium flares for the war effort. The company was acquired by an out-of-state company and abandoned in the early 1980s. During the next 20 years, the Site was used for various purposes, including automobiles and materials storage.
In 1994, the City of Cleveland notified the property owner of serious fire code violations. In 1998, while the City was working with the property owner to address the violations, a massive fire destroyed a large portion of the building. After numerous failed attempts by the City to assist the owner with compliance, the Fire Department issued a notice of violation, citing an imminent peril to public health and safety. The Cleveland Municipal Court condemned the structure and ordered that it be vacated. After 3 years of crime, neglect, public nuisance, blight, unpaid property taxes, and illegal dumping at the Site, the City of Cleveland acquired the Site in November of 2004, apparently through tax foreclosure proceedings.
In 2004, the City conducted VAP compliant Phase II work and risk assessment at the Site and prepared a Remedial Action Plan. In the Spring of 2005, the City published a bid for the asbestos abatement, demolition, and environmental cleanup of soil at the property as a Brownfields project. In July of 2006, they selected a contractor and work under the demolition and cleanup contract began the last week of July 2006. During the Brownfields project activities, an unexpected area of PCB contamination was found along the south side of the Site and removed. This discovery prompted additional sampling that found very high concentrations (10,700 ppm) of PCBs in the concrete slab that remains on Site.
12/3/07- Mobilized to the site to begin interum actions: 1. Remove and dispose of PCB contaminated soil from the western fence line on both the residential side and within 10 feet of the fence on the site side of the fence. 2. Remove PCB contaminated soil from the soil hot spot on the north west corrner of the site. 3. Remove contaminated soil from manholes on site. 4. Secure piles of crushed concrete to prevent wind and runoff erosion of these piles.
All actions were completed by 12/12/07
Wait for Enforcement Program to determine if any PRPs will complete the cleanup or if the rest of the cleanup will be a Fund lead action.
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