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Ohio Cast Products

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Canton, OH - EPA Region V
POLREP #19 - Continuation of Removal Action 		Printer Friendly  |   PDF
 
On-Scene Coordinator - Stephen Wolfe\James Justice, On-Scene Coordinator 9/7/2009
Time-Critical - Removal Action Pollution Report (POLREP) #19
Start Date: 3/16/2009
Pollution Report (POLREP) #19
Site Description
See initial POLREP.

Current Activities
August 31, 2009 (Monday)
•  ERRS completed backfilling all the small trenches inside Building #6.
•  ERRS continued decontaminating the inside of the frac tanks.
•  ERRS continued grading around the perimeter of the settling pond.

September 1, 2009 (Tuesday)
•  ERRS began covering the Building #1 basement area with stone.
•  ERRS continued decontaminating the inside of the frac tanks and carbon chamber.
•  Three (3) 20-yard roll-off boxes of mixed asbestos / low-level PCB waste were transported off site for disposal at Minerva Landfill, Minerva, Ohio. This was the last of the mixed asbestos / low-level PCB waste off site.

September 2, 2009, (Wednesday)
•  ERRS continued decontaminating the wastewater treatment system.
•  ERRS completed the grading around the settling pond in preparation of hydro-seeding.
•  Twelve (12) tires were removed from Site and taken to Liberty Recycling in Minerva, Ohio.

September 3, 2009, (Thursday)
•  ERRS conducted a final cleaning of the wastewater treatment hoses and pump.  Approximately 6 inches of soil was scraped from the area that the treatment system was operating in and the soil was added to the TSCA waste.
•  ERRS drained the water from the settling pond in preparation of hydro-seeding..
•  One (1) gas cylinder of trimethylene transported off site for recycling.

September 4, 2009, (Friday)
•  Five (5) truckloads of PCB contaminated soil and debris (>50 ppm, TSCA regulated) were transported off site for disposal at the Wayne Disposal, Site #2 facility in Belleville, MI for disposal.  This was the last of the TSCA regulated PCB waste..
•  Hydro-seed applied to the area around the settling pond and west of the settling pond.
•  ERRS decontaminated heavy equipment in preparation for demobilization.


Planned Removal Actions
•  Remove and dispose of PCB contaminated water from the pits associated with the building.
•  Remove and dispose of PCB contaminated sand, soils, and concrete.  
•  Performing final grading/covering of the property.

Next Steps
•  Demobilization
•  Final public meeting  .


 
Disposition Of Wastes
A total of 3,144 tons of ACWM debris went to Minerva Landfill, Waynseburg, Ohio for disposal.

A total of 194 tons of mixed ACWM and PCB debris went to Minerva Landfill, Waynesburg, Ohio for disposal.

A total of 911 tons of ACWM debris went to American Landfill, Waynesburg, Ohio for disposal.

A total of 4,500 gallons of waste oil and waste quench oil went to the Chemtron Corporation for recycling/disposal.

A total of 816 tons of debris and sand contaminated with low level PCBs went to Minerva Landfill, Waynesburg, Ohio for disposal.

A total of 8 cubic yard boxes of foundry sand heavily contaminated with PCBs went to Wayne Disposal Inc., Site #2, Belleville, MI for disposal.

A total of 76 drums/totes of D001, D002 or other liquid waste went to Chemtron Corporation, Avon, Ohio for disposal.

Two (2) PCB contaminated tranformers went to Clean Harbors, Twinsburg Ohio, for disposal.

One (1) pallet of fire extinguishers went to Pitt in Canton, Ohio for reuse/recycling.

One (1) cylinder of nitrogen went to Ohio Air Products in Canton, Ohio for reuse/recycling.

One (1) cylinder of anhydrous ammonia went to Tanner Industries in New Castle, Pennsylvania for reuse/recycling.

One (1) cylinder of trimethylene went to H A International, Indianaoplis, Indiana for recycling.

A total of 140 tons of scrap steel went to PSC Metals, Canton, Ohio for recycling.

A total of 50,000 gallons of PCB impacted water was treated on Site.

A total of 30 tons of general site debris went to Republic Landfill, East Sparta, Ohio.

A total of 1,296 tons of TSCA regulated PCB soil went to Wayne Disposal Inc., Site #2, Belleville, Michigan, for disposal.

Waste Stream Quantity Manifest # Disposal Facility
RQ, UN3432 Polychlorinated biphenyls, Mixture, 9  


~24 tons per load (49 loads) 006198702 to 006198706 Wayne Disposal, Inc. Site #2, Belleville, Michigan