The Carter Color Coat site is located at 6051 Hastings Street in Detroit, Michigan at 42º 22.184′ north latitude and 83º 03.598′ west longitude. A large six-story concrete and steel frame building covers approximately one-half of the property. The other half of the property was primarily used for parking. The property is fenced, but not secure. The site is located in a mixed residential and industrial neighborhood with residential properties located approximately one-half mile to the southwest of the site. The site is bordered by Hastings Street to the northeast, Harper Street to the southeast, St. Antoine Street to the southwest, and Piquette Street to the northwest. Other industrial properties surround the site on all 4 sides.
See Polrep 1 for background info.
U.S. EPA conducted a site assessment on December 11, 2008, and found the presence of PCBs, asbestos, and hazardous wastes on Site. Since the U.S. EPA site assessment, there has been continuous activity at the site including: theft of metal from the site (including the site fence), asbestos contamination on facility floors from the metal stealing, and unknown persons actually building structures inside the building with the PCB-contaminated wood blocks.
On Monday, December 8, 2008, EPA contractors re-mobilized to the Site to complete the final solids removal and complete disposal activities. EPA contractors completed sweeping the remaining gross solids remaining the fifth floor of the building and began sweeping the fourth floor.
On Tuesday, December 9, 2008, EPA contractors completed pumping out unknown liquids from the pits, located near the previous location of the ASTs, into totes and continued sweeping the remaining gross dry solids from the fourth floor of the building.
On Wednesday, December 10, 2008, EPA contractors continued sweeping the remaining gross dry solids from the fourth floor of the building.
On Thursday, December 11, 2008, EPA contractors completed sweeping the remaining gross dry solids on the fourth floor of the building.
On Friday, December 12, 2008, EPA contractors began sweeping the remaining gross dry solids on the third floor of the building.
On Saturday, December 13, 2008, EPA contractors continued sweeping the remaining gross dry solids on the third floor of the building.
-Continue gross removal of all accessible remaining dry solids on all floors of the building.
-Continue transportation and disposal of PCB-contaminated wood block flooring.
-Dispose of additional waste streams.
-Disposal of PCB capacitors and ballasts.
-Disposal of AST contents.
-Disposal of estimated 20,000 gallons of unknown liquid in the sump found in truck ramp area.
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