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Removal Assessment |
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1.1.1 Incident Category
EPA is initiating a removal assessment at this site. For the northwest offshore area, EPA will be evaluating assessment work prepared by a contractor for the Sparrows Point Environmental Trust. Based on the results of that assessment, EPA will determine if a removal action is needed. EPA is currently working on an Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis for the north west area. For the Southeast offshore area, EPA is conducting a removal assessment to determine if a removal action is needed
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1.1.2 Site Description
The Sparrows Point Facility (SPF) is located on an approximately 3,100 acre peninsula reaching into Baltimore Harbor. More than 100 years of steelmaking and related activities has resulted in SPF and some offshore areas being contaminated. In 1997, EPA and the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) entered into a Consent Decree (CD) under inter alia, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and state law with then owner, Bethlehem Steel Corporation (BSC). The CD required, among other things, a Site Wide Investigation; implementation of interim measures; and a Corrective Measure Study. However, Bethlehem Steel filed for bankruptcy, and the property went through a succession of owners. During that time a court ruled that a successive owner was not liable for the offshore contamination. Although the EPA RCRA program is overseeing the cleanup of the onshore facility, the offshore portion of the work has been deferred to the Superfund program. Therefore, the Removal program is assessing the offshore sediments at the site to determine if a removal action is needed.
1.1.2.1 Location
Sparrows Point, Baltimore, MD
1.1.2.2 Description of Threat
Contaminants being evaluated include oil and grease, metals, PAHs, and PCBs.
1.1.3 Preliminary Removal Assessment/Removal Site Inspection Results
There is an area at the mouth of the Tin Mill Canal that does contain elevated levels of a number of contaminants, including metals, oil and grease, and PCBs. For the south east area, one round of sampling has been conducted. Much lower levels of metals were noted in this area, and no PCB or oil and grease contamination was identified.
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