Installation of initial cover soils and cap along the graded burn area began on June 10th and continues. Grade stakes have been placed along the graded face 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 26th, 18” of soil should be completed over the 3-acre targeted cover area and clay capping should begin on June 27^th.

Representatives from Union County, South Carolina Emergency Management Division visited the Site on June 23^rd for a site update and summary of future plans. Mayor Eileen Ashe of Lockhart, SC also visited the Site on Thursday, June 25^th with two local residents. No major concerns were voiced by the residents during the visit. The OSC contacted South Carolina Dept Health and Environmental Control (SC DHEC) to obtain any historical information from site inspections of the asbestos cell area which will be addressed in Phase 2 of the removal project.

OSC Huyser arranged for a drone overflight on Friday, June 26^th to conduct thermal imaging and high resolution imaging to assist in directing future operations.The OSC's continue to coordinate site activities with local, county and state officials. A public availability session is being coordinated and planned with EPA CIC Kerisa Coleman for July 9^th to keep local residents in Lockhart informed.

• 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 5-26: Continue grading and covering operations.
• June 16: Exhausted stockpile of cover soil at top center of Site
• June 26 Cover soil installation completed. Clay capping to begin June 27th

• 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
• Begin clay capping of 3 acre face area. 

EPA, SCDHEC, and ATSDR are currently planning to hold a public availability session which will allow an opportunity for members of the public to ask direct one-on-one questions with members of these agencies. The date and times of this public availability session will be adequately publicized.

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has reviewed chemical constituent and other sampling and monitoring data collected at the Bennett Landfill Fire Site as part of EPA's Removal Site Evaluation. A final version of at Health Consultation Letter and Fact Sheet were released on June 19, 2015. These materials are posted to the documents section of the epaosc.org/bennettlandfill webpage. ATSDR is currently in the finalization process of a Health Consultation Letter and Fact Sheet for particulate monitoring results. The data for the particulate monitors was released on June 11, 2015 and is also posted to the documents section of the epaosc.org/bennettlandfill webpage.

6.2 Reporting Schedule
New POLREPS will be issued weekly on Fridays for the duration of on-site activities.

Daily photos of site conditions and progress are being posted to the "Images" section of epaosc.org/bennettlandfill. These photos are collected from the same general locations each day.