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Smokey Mountain Smelters

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Knoxville, TN - EPA Region IV
POLREP #6 - Scrap Metal and Debris Recycling & Disposal 		Printer Friendly  |   PDF
 
On-Scene Coordinator - David Andrews, OSC 7/16/2010
Time-Critical - Removal Action Pollution Report (POLREP) #6
Start Date: 6/8/2010
Pollution Report (POLREP) #6
Site Description
See POLREP #1 for site description and background information.




Current Activities
1) ERRS re-mobed to the site on July 12.  

2) Site clearing/grubbing continues for potential excavation of contaminated soils.  

3) Five trenches were excavated on the salt cake impoundment to allow prospective disposal vendors to examine the material and for START sampling to support future disposal profile.

4) Scrap metal from demolition of the main building continues to be segregated for recycling.

5) A roll-off containing asbestos-containing-materials was sent off for disposal.

6) Existing slag piles have been covered and are being evaluated for off-site recycling by prospective vendors.

Planned Removal Actions
1) Continue segregation and preparation for off-site transport of scrap metal.

2) Continue clearning for potential excavation of contaminated soils.

Key Issues
None