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Superfund Activities
SILVERTONE PLATING SITE, Ypsilanti Twp., Michigan
On June 3, 1996, work began at the Silvertone Plating Removal
Site in Ypsilanti, Michigan by EPA's office of emergency removal.
Site removal activities will include characterization and
disposal of plating wastes, hazardous debris and soil. Once
removal is completed, the building will be demolished by State or
local authorities.
Contact: Rose Ellison, (313-692-7689)
EDK IRON WORKS, Elyria, OH.
EPA's Superfund Division completed a removal action at the EDK
Iron Works site in Elyria, Ohio on June 18, 1996. The removal
action included removal of PCB-contaminated transformers and
capacitors and 200 drums of flammable and corrosive wastes. The
U.S. EPA Environmental Response Team (ERT) also assisted with an
underwater investigation of four flooded basements. ERT utilized
an underwater video camera to confirm that the flooded basements
did not contain additional drums or capicitors. The removal
action was initiated by U.S. EPA on May 20.
Contact: Steve Renninger (216) 522-7260
TOLEDO WORLD TERMINAL SPILL, Elyria, Ohio
On May 18, 1996 the Ohio EPA requested assistance with an oil
spill at the Toledo Port Authority (TPA) station in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio. The spill occurred as a result of two ruptures in
heating oil lines on an asphalt transfer system owned by the S.E.
Johnson Company. The heating oil from the ruptured line was
releasing into a storm Contact sewer line and threatened to
discharge into the Maumee River, a major tributary to Lake Erie.
U.S. EPA, U.S. Coast Guard, Ohio EPA, and S.E. Johnson Company
mobilized to respond to the situation. The contractor used
vacuum trucks to collect the spilled oil. Approximately 6,400
gallons were collected and transferred to S.E. Johnson Company's
oil storage facility. On May 19, a meeting was conducted between
the involved responders. S.E. Johnson agreed to continue
removing oil from the spill location until clean, repair the
ruptured line and excavate areas of contaminated soil. The Coast
Guard assumed the responsibility to monitor the PRP's cleanup.
Jason El-Zein, (313-692-7686)
FIELDS BROOK SUPERFUND SITE
Ashtabula, Ohio
August 1996 Approximate Schedule Overview
Background
The Fields Brook site is located in northeast Ohio, in
Ashtabula County, approximately 55 miles east of Cleveland, Ohio.
It is a multi-source site, and is geographically large; thus,
increased effort is required to address the wide variety of
issues with this site.
The Brook drains a 6 square mile watershed which includes an
industrial area where about 50 years of manufacturing activities
occurred ranging from metal-fabrication to chemicals production.
Sediments of Fields Brook and Ashtabula River are contaminated
with PCBs, chlorinated benzene compounds, chlorinated solvents,
hexachlorobutadiene, PAH's, arsenic, and other contaminants.
EPA's 9/30/86 Record of Decision (ROD) for Operable Unit 1
(OU1) required the following:
- Thermal treatment or solidification and disposal of sediment
from Fields Brook (depending on the contaminants present);
- A Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study to address any
ongoing sources of contamination to Fields Brook; and
- An investigation to address the nature and extent of
contamination in the Ashtabula River.
Approximate Schedule
1) First Area of Concern: Addresses cleanup of Brook/tributary
sediments; presently in Remedial Design (RD); involves offsite
thermal treatment, solidification, and landfilling.
- 30% RD: 7/95
- 60% RD: 2/96
- 90% RD: 12/96
- 100% RD: 6/97
2) Second Area of Concern: Addresses source control areas of
contamination; presently in Remedial Investigation/Feasibility
Study (RI/FS). There are 19 separate industrial facilities
within the Fields Brook Site, which required separate RI/FS's on
each property. Approximately twenty source areas of
contamination are planned to be addressed via separate Removal
AOCs with 6 of the facilities.
- 2/97; Final RI Report
- 2/97; Final FS Report
- ROD: 2/97
- Signed Removal AOC's: 5/97
3) Third Area of Concern: Addresses two miles of contaminated
sediments within Ashtabula River and various square miles within
the Harbor; presently in RI/FS. Public/Private partnership
efforts involving the State, City, Local groups, local
industries, the County, and the federal government are ongoing.
Separate Superfund RI/FS modeling to assess hdrodynamic scour and
sediment transport, and risk assessment studies, are ongoing.
- Finalize 2d Phase Modeling Report: 11/96
- Finalize RI Report: 2/97
- Final Risk Assessment Report: 2/97
- Final FS Report: 10/97
4) Fourth Area of Concern: Addresses Wetlands/Floodplains area of
Brook; presently undergoing Risk Assessments. Approx. 125 acres
of wetlands and floodplains being investigated. Final FS and
Human and ecological Risk Assessments presently being developed.
- Final Human Health Risk Assessment Report: 12/96
- Final Ecological Risk Assessment Report: 12/96
- Record of decision 12/96
- 60% RD: 12/96
- 90% RD: 4/97
- 100% RD: 6/97
EMERGENCY REMOVAL in Lake County, Ohio
An emergency removal action for oil removal in Lake County (Near
Mentor) was recently completed under the Oil Pollution Act.
200,000 gallons of oil that was leaking into the Mentor Marsh
(largest state protected wetland on Lake Erie) and eventually
Lake Erie were removed. The project was completed on July 23,
1996.
TRUE TEMPER SUPERFUND SITE, Geneva, Ohio
The True Temper Superfund Site, located in Geneva, Ohio involves
the removal of a potential source of PCBs from a location 6 miles
away from Lake Erie.
USEPA is currently addressing the threats posed by the site by a
series of time critical and non-time- critical removal actions.
An Action Memorandum was recently signed which selected
excavation and off-site disposal for all contaminated soils and
sludges on the Site which will cost approximately $5 million.
On August 2, 1996 Four Potentially Responsible Parties, were sent
a notice of their potential liability and invited to undertake
this cleanup.
WILLOW RUN LANDFILL SUPERFUND SITE, Ypsilanti, MI
The Willow Run Creek Site (Site) is located in Wayne/Washtenaw
Counties, Michigan and includes the Willow run sludge Lagoon,
Tyler Pond, and Edison Pond. The cleanup involves the removal of
PCB contaminated sludges and sediments and disposal of the
material in an on-Site landfill. The final design is currently
being prepared by the Willow Run Creek Site Potentially
Responsible Parties consistent with the Michigan Department of
Environmental Quality (MDEQ) approved Remedial Action Plan (RAP).
Last Update: October 25, 1996 |
