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Smokey Mountain Smelters

All POLREP's for this site Smokey Mountain Smelters
Knoxville, TN - EPA Region IV
POLREP #12 - Grade & Diversion Drainage Construction Completed 		Printer Friendly  |   PDF
 
On-Scene Coordinator - David Andrews, OSC 3/15/2011
Time-Critical - Removal Action Pollution Report (POLREP) #12
Start Date: 6/8/2010
Pollution Report (POLREP) #12
Site Description
See POLREP #1 for site description and background information.




Current Activities
Work continues on grading the site for optimum surface water drainage and preparation for installation of the clay cap on top of the aluminum smelting waste piles.  Clearing and grubbing of the southern site area (Rimmer Brothers property) was completed, and the drainage channel for that area was improved by deepening it and lining it with rip-rap made from concrete already on-site.

Construction of erosion and drainage controls and dismantling and decontamination of an underground storage tank (UST) has been completed.  Recent weather (heavy rain) have saturated the soils and continue to make site conditions difficult for managing heavy equipment.

Grade adjustment of the saltcake pile and construction of the diversion channels have been completed as of March 21, 2011.

Planned Removal Actions
Installation of the clay and top-soil cap followed by seeding and establishment of a vegetatvie cover.
 
Disposition Of Wastes
Disposal consisted of several phases which included:
1-) Segregation of scrap iron and sheet metal from the demolition of the main building and off-site shipment for metal recycling.
2-) Disposal of the non-recoverable rubble/demolition debris.
3-) Scrap tire disposal.
4-) Approx 900 gallons oil/water mix recovered from a 20,000 gallon UST unearthed during site grading.
5-) At this time, the aluminum smelter waste ("saltcake") has been evaluated as not containing enough recoverable material to ship off-site for process & dispose in a feasible manner under the current removal budget.