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2.1.1 Narrative
Activities for reporting period beginning August 8, 2015 through March 4, 2016 included the following:
On February 4, 2016, EPA issued a technical direction
document to its Superfund Technical Assessment and Response Team (START) contractor,
Weston Solutions, Inc., to provide technical assistance to EPA during the
assessment of the Site. The objective of
the assessment is to evaluate whether VI is occurring at the facilities, and,
if so, whether VOCs are present at concentrations that may pose an unacceptable
risk to worker health.
On February 23, 2016, the EPA OSC and EPA RPM and a
representative of EPA’s START contractor toured the Rex Heat Treat
facility along with a facility representative to identify potential sampling
locations. START conducted air
monitoring for the presence of VOCs throughout the facility.
On March 2, 2016, EPA returned to the Rex Heat Treat
facility to install sub-slab ports to allow for sub-slab vapor sampling. EPA OSC Chase oversaw the installation of
sub-slab sampling ports by the START contractor. A facility representative was on-site to
oversee activities. A total of 5
sub-slab ports were installed throughout the facility. START conducted air monitoring for the
presence of VOCs.
On March 3, 2016, EPA and START returned to the facility to set
up Summa canisters to collect sub-slab vapor, indoor air and ambient (outdoor)
air samples over an 8-hour period of time.
Samples were collected in the front administrative office area,
the plant processing areas, plant operator offices and from outside. A total of 20 Summa canisters,
including one duplicate quality assurance/quality control sample, were deployed
to collect samples. The samples are being transported to EPA’s Laboratory in Fort Meade, Maryland to be analyzed for the
presence of VOCs. In addition, START collected a water sample from a sump inside
the facility. The water sample will be
analyzed for the presence of VOCs at a EPA approved lab.
Activities for the reporting period beginning March 5, 2016 through July 22, 2016 included the following:
EPA reviewed the results of the sampling conducted at the Rex Heat Treat Facility and provided those results to ATSDR.
START contractor prepared a final trip report which included a detailed summary of the March 2016 sampling activities and the final validated analytical results. EPA provided a copy of the final trip report to the property owner.
While elevated concentrations
of chlorinated VOCs were detected in the sub-slab vapor under portions of the plant, EPA did not
identify VOCs at concentrations in indoor air that present a health concern to
facility workers.
Activities for the reporting period beginning July 23, 2016 through June 28, 2018 included the following:
Discussions with the property owners of the Westside Industries facility and the EPA RPM regarding the need for additional sampling continued. To, date, access has not been granted. No further removal assessment activities were conducted during this reporting period.
2.1.2 Response Actions to Date
No response actions have been conducted pursuant to this Removal Assessment.
2.1.3 Enforcement Activities, Identity of Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs)
2.1.4 Progress Metrics
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