1.1.1 Incident Category

 Time Critical Removal Action

1.1.2 Site Description

The Site occupies nine adjacent parcels covering approximately 30 acres, bounded by East Marietta Street to the north, North Jasper Street to the west, and Norfolk Southern rail lines to the south and east.  A residential neighborhood is located immediately north of the facility. 

See PolRep 1 for additional Site Description information.

1.1.2.1 Location

The Site is located on 9 separate land parcels in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois. The Site’s geographical coordinates are 39° 50’ 56.7” north latitude and 88° 56’ 20.4” west longitude.  The Site occupies nine adjacent parcels covering approximately 30 acres, bounded by East Marietta Street to the north, North Jasper Street to the west, and Norfolk Southern rail lines to the south and east.  A residential neighborhood is located immediately north of the Site, and some of the homes in that neighborhood are within 100 feet of the Site.

1.1.2.2 Description of Threat

See PolRep 1.

1.1.3 Preliminary Removal Assessment/Removal Site Inspection Results

2.1.3 Enforcement Activities, Identity of Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs)

2.1.4 Progress Metrics

 Through this reporting period, a cumulative total of approximately 2,900 cubic yards of ACM  debris has been shipped off-site for disposal.

See Section 2.2.1.1, below.

2.2.1.1 Planned Response Activities

Develop and implement a Site-specific Health and Safety Plan, including an Air Monitoring Plan, and a Site Emergency Contingency Plan;

1. Characterize, remove, transport and dispose of all characterized or identified hazardous waste, special wastes and associated debris located at the Site;
2. A structural Engineer assessed the former office building on site and determine it did not need to be demolished to safely conduct asbestos abatement.  A licensed abatement contractor will be retained to conduct this work.
3. Dispose of or recycle non-hazardous waste, as appropriate;
4. Decontaminate floors of Site buildings, as needed;
5. Remove capacitors from current storage area.

2.2.1.2 Next Steps

1. ERRS completed segregation of hazardous and non-hazardous waste streams, and staged hazardous materials inside the waste storage building;  Waste profiles will be developed, and disposal/recycling facilities will be identified.
2. ERRS will continue disposal of asbestos-containing debris.  PCB-containing capacitors have be sent for recycling; some non-PCB capacitors still need to be shipped for recycling..
3. START will  continue conducting perimeter air monitoring, and conduct additional characterization and confirmation sampling as needed.

2.2.2 Issues

2.4.1 Narrative

U.S. EPA is funding a time critical removal action for the Site. An action memo has been approved with a total project ceiling of $2,185,819.00.  Of that amount an estimated $1,946,059.00 may be used for cleanup contractor costs.  Currently $550,000.00 has been budgeted for the ERRS contract and $50,000.00 has been budgeted for START.  Additional funding will obtained as necessary.

* The above accounting of expenditures is an estimate based on figures known to the OSC at the time this report was written. The OSC does not necessarily receive specific figures on final payments made to any contractor(s). Other financial data which the OSC must rely upon may not be entirely up-to-date. The cost accounting provided in this report does not necessarily represent an exact monetary figure which the government may include in any claim for cost recovery.

2.5.1 Safety Officer
OSC Thomas

2.5.2 Liaison Officer

2.5.3 Information Officer

3.1 Unified Command

3.2 Cooperating Agencies

Illinois EPA

Decatur Fire Department

City of Decatur

EPA =     1

ERRS =   8          

START = 1

Total personnel on site during this reporting period = 10

ACM: Asbestos Containing Material

CERCLA: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

CFR: Code of Federal Regulations

ERRS: Emergency and Rapid Response Services contractor

Illinois EPA: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

NCP:  National Contingency Plan

OSC: On-Scene Coordinator

PCB: Polychlorinated Biphenyl

POLREP: Pollution Report

START: Superfund Technical Assessment and Response Team contractor

US EPA: United States Environmental Protection Agency

6.1 Internet location of additional information/report

 The public website for the Intermet/Wagner Castings site can be found at:

www.epa.gov/superfund/intermet-wagner-castings

    

6.2 Reporting Schedule

     Approximately every 2 weeks.