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Walton & Lonsbury Site

All POL/SITREP's for this site Walton & Lonsbury Site
Attleboro, MA - EPA Region I
POLREP #6 		Printer Friendly  |   PDF
 
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
POLLUTION/SITUATION REPORT
Walton & Lonsbury Site - Removal Polrep

EPA Emergency Response

UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Region I
Subject: POLREP #6
Walton & Lonsbury Site
01GM
Attleboro, MA
Latitude: 41.9577030 Longitude: -71.2970960

To:
From: Elise Jakabhazy, On-Scene Coordinator Elsbeth Hearn, On-Scene Coordinator
Date: 9/26/2012
Reporting Period: 05/10/2012 - 09/17/2012

1. Introduction
  1.1 Background
   
Site Number: 01GM    Contract Number: EP‐W‐08‐062 Task Order 20
D.O. Number:      Action Memo Date: 9/8/2012
Response Authority: CERCLA    Response Type: Time-Critical
Response Lead: EPA    Incident Category: Removal Action
NPL Status: Non NPL    Operable Unit:
Mobilization Date: 10/19/2010    Start Date: 10/19/2010
Demob Date:      Completion Date:  
CERCLIS ID: MAD001197755    RCRIS ID:
ERNS No.:    State Notification: 3/11/09
FPN#:    Reimbursable Account #:


1.1.1 Incident Category

CERCLA Incident Category: Inactive Production Facility - Chromium plating facility


1.1.2 Site Description

See Polrep 1.

1.1.2.1 Location

See Polrep 1

1.1.2.2 Description of Threat

See Polrep 1.


1.1.3 Preliminary Removal Assessment/Removal Site Inspection Results

See Polrep 1.
2. Current Activities
  2.1 Operations Section
   

2.1.1 Narrative

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and their contractors mobilized to 78 North Avenue, Attleboro, Massachusetts in October 2010 to prepare the Site for the removal of hazardous materials.
EPA's contractors include:
  • the Emergency & Rapid Response Services (ERRS) contactors - Guardian Environmental Services (GES), and their subcontractors from Shaw Group; and
  • the Superfund Technical Assessment and Response Team (START) contractors - Weston Solutions.
Refer to Polrep 1 for initial Site preparation and set-up activities and Polrep 2 through Polrep 3 for activities since initial Site preparation.

ERRS Activities since the last Polrep included: removing of large debris and root-mass from the residential wetland / peat bog area as required by the soil stabilization technical specifications; constructing staging areas in preparation of soil stabilization work (including a suitable area to accommodate the bulk storage container that held the near-continuous deliveries  of Type I Portland cement); stabilizing of the soil in the area behind the residential properties abutting Bliss Brook using Type I Portland Cement as a reagent for soil mixing (completed August 10th); continuing soil stabilization support activities including the construction of swamp mat construction roads to support the load of the soil mixing equipment; grading of the soil stabilization area for preparation of engineered cap construction; and treating ground and surface water in the excavation area, as necessary.          

START activities since the last polrep included: deploying perimeter particulate monitors at 7 locations on- and off-Site; conducting Site visits and conference calls with engineers for the design of the residential removal activities planned for Summer and Fall 2012; overseeing licensed cadastral survey subcontractors as they installed property boundary markers in the residential properties;   collecting survey and GPS points for the Weston Solutions engineering designs;  overseeingand documenting the installation of well-couplets and piezometers used for hydraulic observation during soil stabilization construction; classifying and documenting soil samples taken from the completed soil stabilization areas; sampling and purging the well locations after installation; and documenting all Site activities.

2.1.2 Response Actions to Date

See above.

2.1.3 Enforcement Activities, Identity of Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs)

On-Scene Coordinator continues to coordinate work with an EPA Enforcement Coordinator and legal team.

2.1.4 Progress Metrics (see POLREPS 1 & 2 for previous waste stream T&D reporting)
 


Waste Stream

Medium

Quantity

Manifest #

Treatment

Disposal

RQ, NA3077, Hazardous waste, solid, n.o.s., (Chromium), 9, PHIII, (F008), ERG #171 Soil 64 Dump Trucks (approximate total of 2112 ton) 3203JJK - 3232JJK
3244JJK - 3249JJK
3310JJK - 3332JJK
3250JJK - 3253JJK
3250JJK (7/13/2011- 7/25/2011)		 None Wayne Disposal, INC Site 2 Landfill 49350 N I-95 Service Drive Belleville, MI 48111. EPA ID #: MID 048 090 633

Various Waste Flammables, Toxics, Paint Related Material, Caustic Alkali Liquids, non-RCRA, non-DOT Regulated Material, Polychlorinated biphenyls

Various sized containers.

 

008335711JJK, 008335728JJK, 008335710JJK, 008335709JJK

 

Various, see manifests for details.

Expired Fluorescent Light Bulbs, Expired Mercury Apparatus, Expired TV, and Expired Sodium Lamps for Recycle

 

 

Expired Fluorescent Light Bulbs, Expired Mercury Apparatus, Expired TV, and Expired Sodium Lamps for Recycle

 

Bill of Lading

None

Complete Recycling Solutions LLC, 1075 Airport Road, Fall River, MA 02720

Expired Refrigerators for Recycle, Propane 2.1 UN 1978, Acetylene, dissolved, 2.1 UN 1001

 

2 Refrigerators, 1x55 DF propane, 1x15DF Acetylene

Bill of Lading

None

Interstate Refrigerant Recovery INC., 12 Morse Place, Foxborough, MA 02035

RQ, NA3077, Hazardous waste, solid, n.o.s., (cyanide, chromium), 9, PGIII, (D007, F008), ERG #171

Solids

15 trailer dump trucks with a total of 342 tons of material

008234434JJK, 008234433JJK, 008234431JJK, 008234432JJK, 008234430JJK, 008234397JJK, 008234396JJK, 008234395JJK, 008234380JJK, 008234381JJK, 008234436JJK, 008234437JJK, 008234435JJK, 008234383JJK, 008234382JJK

None

Envirite of Pennsylvania, Inc., 730 Vogelsong Road, York, PA 17404

Propane 2.1 UN 1978

 

50 lb container

Bill of Lading

None

Interstate Refrigerant Recovery Inc. 12 Morse Place, Foxborough, MA 02035




 

 

 

 
  2.2 Planning Section
    2.2.1 Anticipated Activities  
  • Work with EPA Region 1’s Site Assessment and Remedial Programs and the MassDEP as they initiate the NPL listing process;
  • Work with the EPA Remedial program to determine the extent to which the Removal program can dispose of existing (and future) soil piles as well as perform any excavation work under the former plating facility;
  • Continue to construct the engineered cap in the residential area abutting Bliss Brook;
  • Restore the residential properties according to local, state, and federal requirements;
  • Work with the City of Attleboro to address the drainage issues on Paulette Lane and Deanville Road; and
  • Work with the EPA Remedial Project Manager (RPM) to transition the Site from the on-going Time-Critical Removal Action to the Superfund Remedial Action phase.

2.2.1.1 Planned Response Activities

See Above.

2.2.1.2 Next Steps

  • Continue to support the relocated residents who were voluntarily moved during the removal activities (due to safety and noise from the heavy construction traffic  adjacent to their homes);
  • Continue to support the abutting residents who were not relocated and help them maintain their quality of life during our construction activities;
  • Work with the City of Attleboro to address the Deanville Road flooding concerns;
  • Work with EPA’s Massachusetts Superfund RPM to develop transition plans from the removal program to the remedial program;
  • Construct the engineered cap in the residential area abutting Bliss Brook;  
  • Install and maintain erosion and sedimentation controls, as necessary; and
  • Restore all residential properties in accordance with local, state and federal requirements.

2.2.2 Issues

The soil stabilization activities were necessary due to a structurally weak organic peat bog that was discovered during the tree removal activities in July and August 2011.  After the soil was stabilized, using Type I Portland Cement as a reagent, a great deal of extra contaminated material was required to be excavated from the residential properties in order to install the engineered cap.  As a result, there are now more large soil piles that require transportation and disposal.

Deanville Road continues to flood during major storm events.  EPA OSCs met with the City of Attleboro’s Department of Public Works to discuss technical options to address this concern; final technical plans and financial strategies still require additional evaluation.

After the discovery contamination further south of the facility than initially expected, the EPA Emergency Response and Removal Program began working with the EPA Site Assessment Program to complete a Hazardous Ranking System (HRS) Evaluation package.  To date, the Site has preliminarily ranked as a potential National Priorities List (NPL) Site and a public meeting was held on April 30, 2012 to initiate the public participation in the NPL process.  The Site was proposed to the NPL on 18 September 2012.  A sixty day comment period follows this proposal.
  2.3 Logistics Section
   

Personnel:

  • EPA will maintain a Site presence with one or two Federal On-Scene Coordinators, depending on workload and schedule.
  • EPA will occassionally use U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Strike Team and OSCs from Region 2 from time-to-time to supplement oversight activities.
  • ERRS personnel are expected to remain constant throughout the next few operational periods (1 Removal Manager, 1-2 Equipment Operators, 0-1 truck driver/laborer, and 1 chemical technician). 
  • START personnel level of effort will remain at one.

Equipment & Supplies:

  • One to two swamp dumptrucks - used to transport clean fill during cap construction.
  • Three excavators - for use during excavation, cap construction and T&D load-out activities (one was demobilized in April).
  • One dump truck - for transporting material on public road between eastern and western division (demobilized in April).
  • One water truck - for decontamination activities and dust suppression.
  • One bobcat - for moving materials, maintaining roads, and general Site maintenance. 
  • A wastewater treatment system, two frac tanks, and a mud tank have been mobilized to the Site and will continue to treat water during excavation activities
  • One front end loader (stored on Site and can be utilized if necessary)
  • One mini-excavator (stored on Site and can be utilized if necessary)


  2.4 Finance Section
    No information available at this time.
  2.5 Other Command Staff
    2.5.1 Safety Officer
Safety Officer:  Elise Jakabhazy, US EPA

See POLREP 1

All-hands health and safety meetings are held daily prior to the commencement of work.

ERRS also conducts a hazard safety analysis with all employees during each new phase of construction.
2.6 Liaison Officer

EPA OSCs serve as liaison officers.

Liaison Officer (LNO) = Elise Jakabházy
Assistant Liaison Officer (ALNO) = Elsbeth Hearn

See Polrep 1 for information on previous liaison officer activities.



2.7 Information Officer

2.7.1 Public Information Officer
EPA personnel continue to provide face-to-face meetings with the residents to keep them informed of activities on-Site.

Since a Public meeting in May 2012 described the NPL Process, numerous film and newspaper reporters have contacted the OSCs and EPA Public Affairs Office.  Concerned citizens call or stop by the Command Post on a weekly basis. 


See previous Polreps for more information.
3. Participating Entities
  3.1 Unified Command
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) *

* MassDEP is listed as a Cooperating or Assisting Agency, since they are not providing funds for the Removal Action.  They are, however, listed as part of Unified Command while on-Site.  They are not directing contractors work, and they do not sign the Incident Action Plan.



3.2 Cooperating Agencies
  • Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP)
  • Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
  • Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MA DPH)
  • Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)


4. Personnel On Site
  Two (2) EPA OSCs

One (1) START Personnel - for Removal Action

Two - Thirteen (2-13)  ERRS Personnel [GES" Guardian Environmental Services (with Shaw Group, subcontractors to GES, and various other subcontractors including Envirocon and TMC)]
5. Definition of Terms
  EPA = U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
MassDEP = Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
MA DPH = Massachusetts Department of Public Health
START = Superfund Technical Assistance Response Team (EPA Contractor)
ERRS = Emergency & Rapid Response Services (EPA Contractor)
SVOCs = semi-volatile organic compounds
VOCs = volatile organic compounds



6. Additional sources of information
  6.1 Internet location of additional information/report
Go to www.epaosc.org/Walton_and_Lonsbury  for additional documentation and photographs. 


6.2 Reporting Schedule
The next POLREP will be submitted in late November.
7. Situational Reference Materials
  See documents section of the web site to find a copy of the Preliminary Assessment / Site Investigation, the Site Closure Memo and the Action Memo.