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Dearborn Refining PRP

 
Site Contact:
Brian Kelly
OSC

(kelly.brian@epa.gov)

Site Location:
3901 Wyoming Avenue
Dearborn, MI 48120
 response.epa.gov/dearbornrefiningprp

The purpose of the OMM activities is to ensure the effective performance and integrity of the cover system,
methane gas venting, sentry wells, site monitoring wells, stormwater management areas, and gas probes.


Excavating PCB sludge out of Tank 1. Logging cores and collecting soil samples. Geo Probe being used to collect soil sample and setup monitoring wells. Tank 1 - top removed and cut down to sludge level. Drum overpacks staged in former water treatment building. Contents unknown. Quonset hut - contains staged asbestos waste. Caustic Soda and Acetic Acid concentrates located in the northern Boiler Room. Geo Probe setting up monitoring well MW3-07. Collecting ground water samples from monitoring well MW3-07. Water collected during purging. Black and murky with a strong petroleum smell. Collecting ground water samples from monitoring well MW1-07. Collected water from purging activity. Dark and murky with a slight petroleum smell. Continued excavation activity at Tank 1. Beginning scrapping activities. Small tanks and loose metal. Solidifying the last of the PCB sludge in Tank 1. Columbia Technologies Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF) equipment setup Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF) equipment in truck. Saturated black colored sand with visible product at SB-8, 10ft bgs. CRA preforming SB-8 soil bore. Visible product at SB-16, 5-10ft bgs. Product brought to the surface while extracting soil core, location SB-20. Product brought to the surface while extracting soil core, location SB-20. Soil core taken at SB-20, heavy product saturation at 5-20bgs. Out-of-service telephone lines extending from a utility pole after being cut by the on-site CRA Project Manager. Excavator operator preparing to loadout excavated soil into a dumptruck. Excavator operator loading out excavated soil into a dumptruck. Bulldozer operator undertaking excavation activities in the prescribed excavation area. Prescribed excavation area during soil removal. Decontamination of the excavator following the completion of the prescribed excavation activities. Prescribed excavation area following the excavation of soil from the area. Placement of the clay cap in the prescribed excavation area. Compaction testing of the clay cap in the prescribed excavation area. Prescribed excavation area following the laying of the clay cap in the area. Demolition of the boiler house Enclosure built around the furnace house during removal of asbestos containing material Hydrualic shear cutting up scrap metal Loading of scrap metal for recycling Fracturing concrete parking areas, truck wells, and building floors Site status, post demolition activites. Direction: Northwest Site status, post demolition activities. Direction: North-Northwest Site status, post demolition activities. Direction: North Site status, post demolition activities. Direction: Northeast Installation of the clay capping layer across the Site Clay cap compacted and near final grade Rolls of HDPE 40mil liner Rolls of geo-textile fabric; a plastic mesh layer between two layers of fabric 2ft X 2ft trench along the Site perimeter that provides an anchoring point for the liner and fabric layers HDPE liner being rolled out across the Site Liner welder welding the seams between two seperate sheets of liner material Liner sheets tucked into the Site perimeter trench Geo-textile fabric over the HDPE liner, with a gravel top layer being installed Site cap installation complete. Viewed toward the Southwest Site cap installation complete. Viewed toward the West Site cap installation complete. Viewed toward the North Installation of the extraction wellls in the southwest corner of the Site Network of extraction wells (36 in total) installed at the southwest corner of the Site PVC piping connecting each extraction well to the MPE sytem pump house Typical extraction well head with associated valves and piping (note: installation of black Extraction well network with associated PVC piping with insulation covers installed Discharge line from the MPE system to the point where treated groundwater is discharged to the city sewers Delivery of the Multiphase Extraction (MPE)system pump house (containing motors, pumps, media vessels, and a oil/water separator) The MPE system oil/water separating vessel and associated equipment and piping. System built by Ground Effects The MPE system oil/water separator vessel and associated equipment and piping
For additional information, visit the Pollution Report (POLREPS) section.