Installation of initial cover soils and cap along the graded burn area began on June 10^th. Throughout the week of June 29^th, ERRs contractors concentrated on applying a 6 inch lift of compactable clay on the 3 acre landfill face. Clay is being excavated from a large lens of clay 60 yards from the southeast corner of the landfill. 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.

On Thursday, July 2^nd, the OSC had ERRs contractors place three additional gas monitoring wells on the targeted landfill face; two along the eastern face slope and one near the crest of the face to monitor for carbon monoxide and temperature over the next few weeks. The wells were placed 18 feet deep and aligned along the eastern edge of the landfill. Initial readings from the monitoring wells noted elevated carbon monoxide levels (63 ppm) near the crest of the landfill face at monitoring well No. 2 with a temperature of 85*F while the background well location had a carbon monoxide level of 3 ppm. Temperatures at monitoring wells No. 3 and 4 were 108*F and 115*F during well installation. This initial data suggets that the landfill continues to "bake" in an oxygen depleted environment along the landfill face, east of the original burn area. Data from these monitoring wells will be collected over the next few weeks to assist the OSC's in placement of a fire trench.

Chester County, South Carolina Emergency Managements Ed Murphy and Ed Darby visited the Site on July 1st for a site update and summary of future plans. Murphy and Darby were appreciative of EPA's efforts to date and will routinely visit the site for updates. 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 continues to plan a public availability session with EPA CIC Kerisa Coleman for Thursday, July 9^th to keep local residents in Lockhart informed. Representatives from ATSDR will be attending to address health related concerns. The OSC's continue to coordinate site activities with Lockhart Mayor Eileen Ashe as well as other local, county and state officials.
 

2.1.2 Response Actions to Date

• 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.
• June 29 Initial six inches of clay cap begun. Completed on July 3rd.
• July 2nd Three additional gas monitoring wells installed to monitor landfill carbon monoxide and temperatures near former burn area.

• 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
• Continue clay capping of 3 acre face area
• Continue monitoring carbon monoxide and temperature at 4 monitoring well locations 

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.