Installation of initial cover soils along the graded burn area began on June 10 and continued through June 19. The first layer of cover soil was being taken from an existing stockpile at the top elevation and center of the Site which was exhausted by afternoon of June 15. The next borrow area for cover soil will be a berm (“Hilltop Borrow Zone”) near the northeast side of the Site on which the landfill operator formerly staged equipment. Grade stakes have been installed along the slope to monitor fill depth. The stakes are marked with tape for visual identification by the operators and are recorded with high accuracy GPS to document changing elevation. By June 19, a cover layer of 12-18” has been placed on just less than 30% of the 3-acre targeted cover area. An additional layer of 6-12” has been placed on an additional 40% of the 3-acre targeted cover area.

An area of high quality clay has been identified between the waste zone and the sediment pond. This area will be referred to as “Bottom Hill Borrow Zone” and is being excavated to stage materials at the top of the hill to be used as final cover.

A small amount of soil dug out of an older stock pile of cover soil which is staged on the south border of the Site and is undisturbed in several old aerial images. The soil appears to be consistent with cover material found elsewhere on the Site and will be utilized when it becomes convenient.

By June 13, a path was cleared around the west and south property line borders. The ridge located at the west border of the Site between the asbestos cell and the property line will likely be utilized for borrow soil. This ridge will be re-graded which will provide a shallower contour and will also redirect storm water from the Site, some of which is currently washing out across the western border, down to the sedimentation pond.

Monitoring Wells were sampled on June 15 and 16. All four existing monitoring wells yielded little water and a full sample collection was not possible. Total volumes obtained from each well were generally less than 2 liters. 

Representatives from Chester County Emergency Management Division visited the Site on June 16. On-Scene Coordinator, Matthew Huyser, visited the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control field office in Lancaster, South Carolina on June 16 to provide a Site status update. Community Involvement Coordinator, Kerisa Coleman, was at the Site on June 18. CIC Coleman and OSC Huyser met with the Lockhart Mayor to discuss Site conditions and current plans for a community availability session on July 9. CIC Coleman additionally visited representatives from Lockhart Power on June 18.

The OSC continues to coordinate site activities with local and county officials as well as South Carolina Dept Health and Environmental Control. 

• May 25-29: ERRS mobilization, site preparation  (access roads, entrance, trailer, work zones)
• June 1-2: Grading and wetting burned area
• June 3: First record of no morning smoke observed
• June 3-5: Continue grading and wetting burned area. Moved cover soils from borrow area to burned area
• June 5-19: Continue grading and covering operations.
• June 16: Exhausted stockpile of cover soil at top center of Site

• Isolation of burning material by removal and relocation of available fuel path and installation of earthen cover; (ONGOING)
• Isolation of designated asbestos disposal cell through the installation of earthen cover;
• Re-grading waste materials and native soils for purpose of cover installation; (ONGOING)
• Installation of temporary measures to prevent off-site migration of dust or contaminants as removal operations are conducted; and, (ONGOING)
• Continue sampling and monitoring, as needed, for site safety purposes and to further delineate or identify contaminants. (ONGOING)

• Continue landfill slope grading and cover operations
• Finalize landfill design plans
• Begin evaluating extent of asbestos cell for covering operations