WVDEP and the facility’s contractor received analytical data from some of the samples they had taken.  The facility’s contractor obtained treatability and chemistry data from the intercept trench water.   During a meeting with the Charleston Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP), this data was presented to the WWTP and the WWTP seemed amenable to the possibility of attempting to accept the water for treatment.  They requested some additional data from the facility before they agreed to accept the water for treatment.

The RP’s contractor conducted 24-hour monitoring of the sumps and intercept trench.  Pumping operations from the sumps, both inside and outside the containment area and the intercept trench, occurred as needed.  All of the water that was collected was pumped into on-site tanks and will be tested and disposed of in accordance with applicable state and federal requirements.   

The facility obtained approval to ship the water stored at Poca Blending Facility (Poca) to Waste Management DSI (DSI) in Hurricane, WV for solidification.  However, when they began loading the first load, they were informed the WVDEP was not allowing the shipment.  The issues presented by the WVDEP were resolved and the facility was given approval to ship the waste water from Poca to DSI.  No shipments of waste water from Poca to DSI have occurred yet.  The facility planned to ship the first load on Monday 2/24/2014.

The facility’s contractor was able to excavate the culvert pipe inside the containment area.  Much of this excavation was done by hand due to additional pipes being discovered in the area of excavation.  The pipe was then cut and concrete was poured into the pipe, to keep water from flowing through the pipe and into the intercept trench.  The contractor began pumping most of the water in the containment area from this location. 

Excavation began along Barlow Road to clean out the drainage ditch to allow flow of the off-site water in the intended ditch and culvert built by WVDOH.  The contractor used the excavated soil to build the grade of the trench in the direction they wanted.  They did not have enough fill material from excavation to complete the grading necessary.  The contractor was looking for a source of additional fill material to correct the grade of the trench.  Roll offs were filled with soil and with used boom from the river.  They were staged on site for disposal.

The facility changed contractors for the boom maintenance.  The contractors changed on 2/19/2014.  The boom was removed from the river and replaced by the new contractor.  The WVAWC was informed the contractors were changing out the entire boom and that the facility did not anticipate any problems with the change.  The WVDEP ordered additional boom to be on standby in case there was a delay in the transition.  The change out was completed efficiently and in a timely manner.

The facility shipped a load of MCHM/PPH product from the Poca facility on 2/17/2014.  As of January 21, there was 100,233 gallons of MCHM/PPH stored at the Poca facility.  At the end of this reporting period, 20,577 gallons had been shipped from Poca.  They transferred 7,000 gallons of product to a permanent vertical storage tank at Poca on 2/19/2014, as agreed upon by the facility and the WVDEP.  As of the end of this reporting period, 77,836 gallons of product remain at the Poca location in Baker Tanks.

The CSB maintained a presence on site as they continued their investigation.  CSB hired a contractor to conduct 3D mapping of the facility.  They will return to site when the contractor has been approved to begin work.

• Divert the runoff water that is entering the containment area;
• Maintain/improve as necessary the intercept trench between the Site and the Elk River;
• Dismantle the MCHM tanks on Site and provide the necessary portions of the tanks to investigative entities;
• Remove the three MCHM tanks from the Site. 

• There is the possibility of an unknown amount of MCHM/PPH and potentially other chemical liquids may exist beneath the tank;
• There is an unknown amount of MCHM/PPH that has seeped into the soils/materials located along the river bank;
• There is a large amount of water (approximately 350,000 gallons [per the facility on 2/24/2014]), potentially contaminated with MCHM, stored in tanks on Site.