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East Renton Drum

All POL/SITREP's for this site East Renton Drum
Renton, WA - EPA Region X
POLREP #1
Initial
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U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
POLLUTION/SITUATION REPORT
East Renton Drum - Removal Polrep
Initial Removal Polrep

EPA Emergency Response

UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Region X

Subject: POLREP #1
Initial
East Renton Drum
WAN001003111
Renton, WA
Latitude: 47.3956320 Longitude: -122.0869450


To:
From: Andrew Smith, On-Scene Coordinator
Date: 7/1/2013
Reporting Period: 6/28/13 - 6/30/13

1. Introduction
  1.1 Background
   
Site Number:      Contract Number:  
D.O. Number:      Action Memo Date:  
Response Authority: CERCLA    Response Type: Emergency
Response Lead: EPA    Incident Category: Removal Action
NPL Status: Non NPL    Operable Unit:
Mobilization Date: 6/28/2013    Start Date: 7/1/2013
Demob Date:      Completion Date:  
CERCLIS ID: WAN001003111    RCRIS ID:
ERNS No.:    State Notification:
FPN#:    Reimbursable Account #:

1.1.1 Incident Category
Emergency Response. 
1.1.2 Site Description
Private abandoned residence  in countryside on about 5 acres.  House has been occupied by squatters.  A lot of debris/trash and tires along with the 44 55-gallon drums of concern.

A former propane tank that has been converted into a container for what appears to be some type of oil product.
1.1.2.1 Location
23019 192nd Ave. SE; Renton, WA
1.1.2.2 Description of Threat
Containers are in poor condition, out in the open on the soil, some appeared to be leaking.
1.1.3 Preliminary Removal Assessment/Removal Site Inspection Results
An investigation by another EPA division discovered hazardous characteristic waste with 4 drums containing low pH waste, one drum with high pH waste, and 4 drums containing fluoride (all around 90,000 mg/L).

2. Current Activities
  2.1 Operations Section
    2.1.1 Narrative
Saturday OSC Smith got a signed access agreement from daughter of property owner who has power of attorney.

2.1.2 Response Actions to Date
ERRS, START, and EPA met on site at 0800 July 1, 2013 to conduct a walk-through of the site.  Afterwards they agreed on an operations plan and the HASP.

START sampled drums.  Drums were overpacked.  Field analytical work was done on drum samples.

Sample was pulled from propane tank.

2.1.3 Enforcement Activities, Identity of Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs)
Grechen Schmidt and Cliff Villa were on site at 1000 to meet with daughter of property owner. 

2.1.4 Progress Metrics

Waste Stream Medium Quantity Manifest # Treatment Disposal
           
           
           


  2.2 Planning Section
    2.2.1 Anticipated Activities
There's an assortment of small containers and household hazardous waste that has been found by sweeping the property.  Tuesday we will collect samples from those small containers in order to do field analysis for profile  to ship off site.

Wednesday will be mostly an ERRS presence to prepare material for shipping off site.

2.2.1.1 Planned Response Activities

2.2.1.2 Next Steps

2.2.2 Issues
None.

  2.3 Logistics Section
    No information available at this time.

  2.4 Finance Section
    No information available at this time.

  2.5 Other Command Staff
    No information available at this time.

3. Participating Entities
  3.1 Unified Command

3.2 Cooperating Agencies

A courtesy call and E-mail was sent to Ecology Northwest Regional Office to inform them of our activities.

4. Personnel On Site
  3 - EPA (1 FOSC, 2 from ORC visiting in the morning)
4 - START
5 - ERRS

5. Definition of Terms
  No information available at this time.

6. Additional sources of information
  No information available at this time.

7. Situational Reference Materials
  No information available at this time.