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Valley Drive Abandoned Slurry

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Image of Site received by EPA on July 14, 2022 from party who reported the incident to the NRC.<br />Date Taken: 7/14/2022<br />Category: *Initial Report<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Image of Site received by EPA on July 14, 2022 from party who reported the incident to the NRC.<br />Date Taken: 7/14/2022<br />Category: *Initial Report<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Image of Site received by EPA on July 14, 2022 from party who reported the incident to the NRC.<br />Date Taken: 7/14/2022<br />Category: *Initial Report<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Image of Site received by EPA on July 14, 2022 from party who reported the incident to the NRC.<br />Date Taken: 7/14/2022<br />Category: *Initial Report<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Image of Site received by EPA on July 14, 2022 from party who reported the incident to the NRC.<br />Date Taken: 7/14/2022<br />Category: *Initial Report<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Image of Site received by EPA on July 14, 2022 from party who reported the incident to the NRC.<br />Date Taken: 7/14/2022<br />Category: *Initial Report<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Image of Site received by EPA on July 14, 2022 from party who reported the incident to the NRC.<br />Date Taken: 7/14/2022<br />Category: *Initial Report<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Image of Site received by EPA on July 14, 2022 from party who reported the incident to the NRC.<br />Date Taken: 7/14/2022<br />Category: *Initial Report<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
View of the site facing North<br />Date Taken: 8/2/2022<br />Category: 00 Assessment<br />Latitude: 48.1921307111111<br />Longitude: -114.395788555556<br />Tags:
View of the site facing northest<br />Date Taken: 8/2/2022<br />Category: 00 Assessment<br />Latitude: 48.1922372055556<br />Longitude: -114.396014555556<br />Tags:
View of site facing north<br />Date Taken: 8/3/2022<br />Category: 00 Assessment<br />Latitude: 48.1922294444444<br />Longitude: -114.395782222222<br />Tags:
View of site facing northwest.<br />Date Taken: 8/3/2022<br />Category: 00 Assessment<br />Latitude: 48.1923347777778<br />Longitude: -114.395934444444<br />Tags:
View of tanks located on the northern portion of the site. Facing east<br />Date Taken: 8/2/2022<br />Category: 00 Assessment<br />Latitude: 48.1925963888889<br />Longitude: -114.396402222222<br />Tags:
View of the right a way drainage pathway along the southwest property line. Facing southeast<br />Date Taken: 8/2/2022<br />Category: 00 Assessment<br />Latitude: 48.1925821277778<br />Longitude: -114.396454722222<br />Tags:
View of the pathway that the hydrocarbon product that has been released or discharged from a tank into the right a way drainage pathway along West Valley Drive. Facing East<br />Date Taken: 8/2/2022<br />Category: 00 Assessment<br />Latitude: 48.1923773611111<br />Longitude: -114.396073611111<br />Tags:
Close up view of the hydrocarbon product that has been released or discharged from a tank into the right a way drainage pathway along West Valley Drive.<br />Date Taken: 8/2/2022<br />Category: 00 Assessment<br />Latitude: 48.1923831666667<br />Longitude: -114.396062055556<br />Tags:
View of the hydrocarbon product that has been released or discharged from a tank into the right a way drainage pathway along West Valley Drive.<br />Date Taken: 8/2/2022<br />Category: 00 Assessment<br />Latitude: 48.1923879583333<br />Longitude: -114.396068916667<br />Tags:
View of the tank on site that has released or discharged hyrdocarbon product into the right a way drainage pathway along West Valley Drive. Facing northeast<br />Date Taken: 8/3/2022<br />Category: 00 Assessment<br />Latitude: 48.1923925416667<br />Longitude: -114.396236972222<br />Tags:
View of site facing southeast<br />Date Taken: 8/3/2022<br />Category: 00 Assessment<br />Latitude: 48.1926404166667<br />Longitude: -114.396402194444<br />Tags:
View of discarded white goods located on the site. Facing southeast<br />Date Taken: 8/3/2022<br />Category: 00 Assessment<br />Latitude: 48.1926319444444<br />Longitude: -114.396375916667<br />Tags:

Image of Site received by EPA on July 14, 2022 from party who reported the incident to the NRC. Image of Site received by EPA on July 14, 2022 from party who reported the incident to the NRC. Image of Site received by EPA on July 14, 2022 from party who reported the incident to the NRC. Image of Site received by EPA on July 14, 2022 from party who reported the incident to the NRC. Image of Site received by EPA on July 14, 2022 from party who reported the incident to the NRC. Image of Site received by EPA on July 14, 2022 from party who reported the incident to the NRC. Image of Site received by EPA on July 14, 2022 from party who reported the incident to the NRC. Image of Site received by EPA on July 14, 2022 from party who reported the incident to the NRC. View of the site facing North View of the site facing northest View of site facing north View of site facing northwest. View of tanks located on the northern portion of the site. Facing east View of the right a way drainage pathway along the southwest property line. Facing southeast View of the pathway that the hydrocarbon product that has been released or discharged from a tank into the right a way drainage pathway along West Valley Drive. Facing East Close up view of the hydrocarbon product that has been released or discharged from a tank into the right a way drainage pathway along West Valley Drive. View of the hydrocarbon product that has been released or discharged from a tank into the right a way drainage pathway along West Valley Drive. View of the tank on site that has released or discharged hyrdocarbon product into the right a way drainage pathway along West Valley Drive. Facing northeast View of site facing southeast View of discarded white goods located on the site. Facing southeast A storage tank that has the upper portion removed is filled with a hydrocarbon waste product and located in the center of the site. Discarded empty plastic totes located throughout the central portion of the site. Discarded tire waste located on the northeast corner of the site. Discarded white goods located throughout the southern portion of the site. Discarded electronics, appliances, and debris located throughout the site. Dilapidated structure located on the southeast corner of the site. ERRS crew work to consolidate discarded debris Consolidated white goods and debris ERRS crew load remaining discarded white goods to be hauled to the landfill. ERRS crew begin clearing area for the solidification pit that will be used to solidify the hydrocarbon waste for disposal. ERRS crew work on clearing debris from the site ERRS crew loading out debris Tank #2 is placed adjacent to a trough which will drain to the solidification pit ERRS crew work on laying out sawdust in solidification pit ERRS crew empties the liquid portion of hydrocarbon waste from a 500-gallon tank (tank #1). ERRS crew work on draining semi-liquid tar from tank #1 ERRS crew work to empty hydrocarbon waste from tank #2 into the solidification pit. Hydrocarbon waste emptying into solidification pit from the tank #2 ERRS work on solidifying approximately 2,500-gallons of hydrocarbon waste ERRS crew manipulate a tank #2 to facilitate draining of the hydrocarbon waste into the solidification pit. Hydrocarbon waste residue on the inside of tank #2 prior to cleaning. ERRS crew begin emptying the liquid hydrocarbon waste of tank #3 into the solidification pit. ERRS crew use an oxy-acetylene torch to cut open the next section of tank #3. ERRS crew use the excavator to remove the cut section off the end of tank #3 ERRS crew conductes final scrape and ERRS crew mechanically cutting the top portion off of tank #4 ERRS crew begin loading first roll-off box of solidified hydrocarbon waste. The waste will be disposed at the Republic Serviced Landfill near Missoula, Montana. ERRS crew unloading hydrocarbon waste in tank #4 into the solidification pit. In the front left foreground, ERRS work on cutting the top portion of tank #4 into smaller pieces for removal. Loading out of the first roll-off bin containing stabilized waste for off-site disposal. ERRS crew begin loading first roll-off of steel to be sent off-site for recycling. Tank #5 pulled open with contents draining. The solidification pit has been moved over and bedded with sawdust. Hydrocarbon waste draining from Tank #5. ERRS Crew work on solidifying the contents of tank #5. A persistent leak continued from tank #6 until the tank was emptied Leak from the buried valves on tank #14. The leak was flowing to the west into the right-of-way along Valley Drive. ERRS crew constructed a small sump to contain the leak onsite. Leak from a weld seam on tank #7 ERRS crew cutting the end of tank #6 prior to opening ERRS crew work on loading roll-off box #4 with solidified hydrocarbon waste for off-site disposal ERRS crew work on stabilizing the hydrocarbon waste product with sawdust. ERRS crew work on draining hydrocarbon waste from tank #6. Personnel from MDEQ stop by the Site to get an overview of operations. ERRS continues to cut up tank #6 in background Site overview as of 1030 on 9/30/2022. Tanks #1-6 have been emptied and cut. Five loads of hydrocarbon waste have been shipped. The ERRS crew is prepping roll-off boxes 6 and 7 for loading. ERRS crew work on loading roll-off bin #6 with solidified hydrocarbon waste. ERRS crew removed a plug at the base of tank #7. A watery liquid drains from the tank ERRS crew work to build a second solidification pit that will be used to process tank # 7-14. Tank #7 drained of approximately 2/3 of its content into the second solidification pit. ERRS crew draining remaining contents out of tank #7. ERRS crew loading out steel from tank #6 and #7. Tank #8 draining into solidification pit. ERRS crew work to widen the opening on tank # 8. Tank #8 drained down about 30%. The draining content is now more opaque and viscous, but still flowing ERRS crew opening tank #9 to begin draining into the solidification pit. ERRS crew work on emptying the hydrocarbon waste out of tank #9 Hydrocarbon waste draining from tank #10 and last remaining waste from tank #9 ERRS crew work additional sawdust into solidification pit #2 to solidify the hydrocarbon waste Tank #11 drains top liquid layer into solidification pit #2 Roll-off bin #18 of solidified hydrocarbon waste departs site for offsite disposal. ERRS crew work on loading dump truck with solidified hydrocarbon waste for offsite disposal. ERRS crew continue to empty tank #11 into solidification pit #2. ERRS crew continue to work on cutting up tank #11 ERRS crew work on loading solidified hydrocarbon waste into roll-off bin #19 Tank #12 continues to drain into solidification pit #2 ERRS crew work on stabilizing the hydrocarbon waste with sawdust ERRS crew delivers 10 cubic yards of sawdust to be used to solidified the hydrocarbon waste ERRS crew lifts tank #12 to empty the remaining contents. ERRS crew work on double lining the dump truck prior to loading with solidified hydrocarbon waste for offsite disposal Local contractor delivers 40 cubic yards of sawdust ERRS crew work on cutting tank #13 Hydrocarbon waste from tank #13 drains in solidification pit #2 ERRS crew work on loading dump truck with solidified hydrocarbon waste from tank #13 Remnants of hydrocarbon waste continue to drain from tank #13 ERRS crew work on cutting tank #13, as the remaining hydrocarbon waste drains Republic Disposal Service is picking up a blue roll-off bin while ERRS crew processes the remnants of tank #13 Tank #13 being positioned for last bit of cutting ERRS crew is scrapping out the last of the waste in tank #13 ERRS crew begins drilling into tank #14 Tank #14 draining into the sawdust bedding in solidification pit #2 ERRS crew closing out solidification pit #1. Site overview, solidification pit #1 has been backfilled. Only tank #14 remains and continues to drain. The Errs crew is swapping out roll-off boxes for disposal at Republic Services. Tank #14 continues to drain into solidification pits #2 ERRS crew continue to cut tank #14 with a cutting torch and adds dirt for fire suppression ERRS crew continue to cut tank #14 ERRS crew load metal from tank #14 into roll-off bin to be hauled to Pacific Steel and Recycling. ERRS crew work on grading the Site to promote proper precipitation drainage Overview of final site conditions on 10/21/22. All 14 tanks containing hydrocarbon waste have been emptied and removed from the Site. Remaining equipment has been staged for demobilization. Facing north. Hydrocarbon waste that had flowed into the right of way along Valley Drive prior to removal activates has been removed. Overview of final site conditions on 10/21/22. All 14 tanks containing hydrocarbon waste have been emptied and removed from the Site. Remaining equipment has been staged for demobilization. Facing south Site conditions after the removal of heavy equipment and field trailer on October 25, 2022 Site conditions after the removal of heavy equipment and field trailer on October 25, 2022 Site conditions after the removal of heavy equipment and field trailer on October 25, 2022 Site conditions after the removal of heavy equipment and field trailer on October 25, 2022