1.1.1 Incident Category     
Time Critical Removal Action - PRP Oversight

1.1.2 Site Description
See PolRep #1

1.1.2.1 Location
See PolRep #1

1.1.2.2 Description of Threat

See PolRep #1

1.1.3 Preliminary Removal Assessment/Removal Site Inspection Results

2.1.1 Narrative

Land clearing, grading and road building activities continue in BRSAs 3, 4, 6 & 9 in preparation for the anticipated start of dredging operations in late March.  BRSAs 3 & 4 are located immediately downstream of the Lincoln Road (M-89) bridge. BRSAs 6 & 9 are located near the Pine Creek dam.

2.1.2 Response Actions During Reporting Period

The following activities took place during the reporting period:

- Land clearing, grading & access road construction in BRSAs 3 (complete), 4 (underway), 6 (complete) & 9 (underway);
- Placement of road safety signage along Lincoln Road (M-89) to alert drivers of trucks entering highway;
- Construction of staging area to support a staging / loadout pad & wastewater treatment operations in BRSA 3 (underway);
- Surveying and bathymetric surveys in BRSAs 7 & 8 and downstream of temporary WCS;
- Permits were obtained from Allegan County & Michigan DOT for work in or along rights-of-way for remaining BRSAs; and
- Monitoring & maintenance of temporary WCS and ice boom (ongoing).

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

See PolRep #1

2.1.4 Progress Metrics

No waste materials were managed during the reporting period. Totals to date are included in the table.

2.2.1 Anticipated Activities
During the next reporting period, the following activities are expected to occur:

- Completion of staging area and crew parking area in BRSA 3;
- Mobilization and construction of staging pad and water treatment plant in BRSA 3;
- Continued construction of access & staging areas in BRSAs 4, 6 & 9; and
- Maintenance / monitoring of the temporary WCS.

2.2.1.1 Planned Response Activities

See Sections 2.2.1 & 2.2.1.2

2.2.1.2 Next Steps
- AMEC-FW will submit a draft Technical Memorandum for dredging operations in BRSAs 4, 6 & 9 to EPA on February 24 for review and comment.

2.2.2 Issues
N/A

2.4.1 Narrative

See PolReps #3 and #7

* 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.

3.1 Unified Command

3.2 Cooperating Agencies

See PolRep #1

On average, the following personnel were present on site during the reporting period: 

US EPA - 1
Michigan DNR - 1
Envirocon: 15
Toad Tree Services: 3
AMEC-FW: 2
Spicer Group: 2

TOTAL: 24

AMEC-FW         AMEC Foster Wheeler

BRSA                Bank Removal and Stabilization Area

mg/kg                milligrams per kilogram

Michigan DEQ  Michigan Department of Environmental Quality

Michigan DNR  Michigan Department of Natural Resources     

Michigan DOT  Michigan Department of Transportation

OSC                  On Scene Coordinator

PCBs                Poly-chlorinated biphenyls     

PolRep              Pollution Report

ppm                   parts per million

PRP                  Potentially Responsible Party     

US EPA             United States Environmental Protection Agency

WCS                  Water Control Structure

6.1 Internet location of additional information/report

http://www.epaosc.org/otsegodam

www.epa.gov/superfund/allied-paper-kalamazoo

6.2 Reporting Schedule
The next PolRep will be generated on March 24.