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Smokey Mountain Smelters

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October 29, 2010 SESD Blimpcam image<br />Date Taken: 10/29/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
SESD & ESAT contractor moving Blimpcam to another location for launch.<br />Date Taken: 10/29/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
SESD crew reeling in the Blimpcam.<br />Date Taken: 10/29/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Look closely - Blimpcam over the tree line (about 10-degrees). Image taken off-site about a mile to the southeast.<br />Date Taken: 10/29/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Blimpcam viewed from inside the Main Building. Aluminum smelting waste pile in right foreground.<br />Date Taken: 10/29/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Blimpcam taking a "dive" to landing on the south-side of the Main Building.<br />Date Taken: 10/29/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Blimpcam over the site. Image taken by the main North Gate entrance<br />Date Taken: 10/29/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Picturesque launch on the north-side of the Main Building.<br />Date Taken: 10/29/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags: Nick Hymen, Don Norris
Camera operator Don Norris (left) and tether-man/navigator Nic Hymen (right).<br />Date Taken: 10/29/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Blimp is not on a collision course with airliner, but it's a good image of the Blimpcam'stether line.<br />Date Taken: 10/29/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Don Norris (SESD) showing image from the Blimpcam at altitude out the North Main Gate.<br />Date Taken: 10/29/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
March 2010 - approximately half of the building (left half) collapsed reported in February. Compare structure with October 29, 2009 images.<br />Date Taken: 3/15/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Site walk with US Public Health Service (USPHS) during their deployment exercise. Hosted by EPA and TDEC.<br />Date Taken: 3/16/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Apparently wind/snow from February 2010 storm collapsed the eastern half of the structure.<br />Date Taken: 3/16/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Another view of the building facing east and the remaining standing portion of the building.<br />Date Taken: 3/16/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Foaming downstream from leachate outfall (approx 50-feet).<br />Date Taken: 3/15/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Leachate outfall on the southwest nose of the site/waste piles.<br />Date Taken: 4/20/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
RPM Rusty Kestle (left) and Burl Maupin (TDEC) (right) tracing leachate outfall and drainage path off a contour map of the site and surrounding properties.<br />Date Taken: 3/15/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Several miles downstream of the SMS is the I.C. King Park (and lake). Flenniken Branch empties into this lake.<br />Date Taken: 3/15/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Crystalization on the bank of the tributary/drainage path away from leachate outfall.<br />Date Taken: 4/20/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:

October 29, 2010 SESD Blimpcam image SESD & ESAT contractor moving Blimpcam to another location for launch. SESD crew reeling in the Blimpcam. Look closely - Blimpcam over the tree line (about 10-degrees). Image taken off-site about a mile to the southeast. Blimpcam viewed from inside the Main Building. Aluminum smelting waste pile in right foreground. Blimpcam taking a Blimpcam over the site. Image taken by the main North Gate entrance Picturesque launch on the north-side of the Main Building. Camera operator Don Norris (left) and tether-man/navigator Nic Hymen (right). Blimp is not on a collision course with airliner, but it's a good image of the Blimpcam'stether line. Don Norris (SESD) showing image from the Blimpcam at altitude out the North Main Gate. March 2010 - approximately half of the building (left half) collapsed reported in February. Compare structure with October 29, 2009 images. Site walk with US Public Health Service (USPHS) during their deployment exercise. Hosted by EPA and TDEC. Apparently wind/snow from February 2010 storm collapsed the eastern half of the structure. Another view of the building facing east and the remaining standing portion of the building. Foaming downstream from leachate outfall (approx 50-feet). Leachate outfall on the southwest nose of the site/waste piles. RPM Rusty Kestle (left) and Burl Maupin (TDEC) (right) tracing leachate outfall and drainage path off a contour map of the site and surrounding properties. Several miles downstream of the SMS is the I.C. King Park (and lake). Flenniken Branch empties into this lake. Crystalization on the bank of the tributary/drainage path away from leachate outfall. Stockpiled drums near leachate outfall on the southwest nose of the waste piles. Building Demolition Building Demolition Building Demolition Building Demolition Smelter waste (formerly covered by the building) covered to prevent reaction and NH4 off-gas. Tires! Tires! Tires! As trenching waste-piles for analytical sampling took place, the discovery of landfilled material... Timber segregated from disposal stockpile. A northwestward view of the site as a thunderstorm rolls in from the northwest.... Landfilled discovered during exploratory excavation. View of the concrete footprint of the former Main Building. View to the southwest of the two primary aluminum smelter waste piles that were covered located within the main production building. START conducting radiological survey of the SEcorner of the site where elevated levels of beta have been detected and further evaluated by ERT. Tires stockpiled for disposal. Wide view to the northeast on the operational area. START taking radiological measurements of the firebrick from the smelter furnaces. ERRS reacting off the aluminum smelter waste (liberating ammonia with some ERT on site to conduct radiological survey of the site (on left) and SESD deploying the blimp-cam for a mid-removal aerial image. Blimpcam launch. SESD (Don Norris EPA/cameraman -foreground) and Nic Hymen (ESAT/Pilot) background. TDEC (Burl Maupin) checking out the drainage path below the leachate outfall. Crytalization on the floor of the former main production building. ERRS reacting-out aluminum smelter waste with water and turning over material. David Kappelman (ERT) on left and Terry Stilman EPA R4 on right tour the operations area discussing radiological issues at the site. ERT, SESD Blimpcam, personnel and equipment staged on the northside of the concrete pad where the former main building once stood and where the waste piles of aluminum smelter waste is being relocated. ERRS loading and trasnfering the piles of aluminum smelter waste from the south toe of the property to the concrete floor of the former main building. Loading aluminum smelter waste piles for transfer across the property. View to the northeast of the site. Southwest view across the floor of the former main building and where the aluminum smelter waste is being relocated from across the property. At the northeast corner of the foundation of the former building giving a perspective on the amount of material transfered. Avian oversite by a very enthusiastic and Load and haul operations on the southwest toe of the wastpile. Reduced angle and contour of the wastepile to minimize runoff and possibly mittigate the leachate impact on the runoff. Westernmost (leading edge) of the waste pile and adjusted contour. view to the south of the western edge Westward view down the slope of the waste pile and location of the leachate outfall point with erosion control in-place. Candid shot of TDEC Burl Maupin who's been involved in Smokey Mountain Smelter from it's discovery in the late 1990's. Discovery of a fuel oil tank on the west-side of the During recontouring operations of the waste pile a fuel-oil tank was uncovered containing product (approx 8,000 gallons of no. 4-ish fuel oil) Another view of the burried fuel oil tank and initial investigation did not discover a breech or release of product from the container. Comparison of Main Building from Oct '09 and March '10 (colapse in Feb '10) Timber recovered from building demolition. Image taken for POLREP No. 7 (Radiological Survey & Dross Evaluation) View of the AST Fuel Oil Tank partially uncovered and embedded in the saltcake.. Unloading aluminum process waste from transfer to the waste piles on the SW corner of the property to the concrete foundation of the former Main Building. Western view over the former footprint of the Main Building. Saltcake is being stockpiled on the concrete floor. On the westernmost toe of the waste pile. ERRS dressing the slope and removing grubbed trees and brush. ERRS making Hoe-ram busting concrete for rip-rap that will line the diversion trenches on the periphery of the waste pile. (from left to right): Jim McGuire, EPA Removal Section Chief; Barbara Scott, TDEC; Burl Maupin, TDEC; Rusty Kestle, EPA RPM; & Dennis Wilson, ERRS (Project Mgr). Site tour to discuss removal progress and future funding of the project. With a little frozen precipitation on the site, excavation at the westernmost toe of the waste pile and a tire stockpile forming. A view to the west of the dump-truck relay servicing the excavation at the western toe of the waste pile. The retaining wall on the north side of the former Main Building. Picture taken on the eastern end of the former Main Building and illustrates the angle of the wall and the volume of saltcake being stockpiled on the concrete pad. Westward view over the saltcake stockpile over the concrete foundation of the former Main Building. The wall on the right is the northern side of the former Main Building. Work on the western toe of the waste--pile and illustrating that under the saltcake waste pile is a former construction and demolition debris landfill. Western toe of waste pile and erosion Rip-rap installed in a diversion drainage ditch at the southern edge of the waste pile near the western toe. Tight shot of the debris excavated from the western toe of the waste pile. Pitctuesque view of snow cover and parked drum-trucks near the site trailer on the northern end of the site. Another view westard across the site through the fog and snowscape. Picturesque view to the east from the western edge of the footprint of the former Main Building. Eastern corner of the waste pile and diversion drain delineated by snow and ice. TDEC (Burl Maupin) examining a EPA OSC placing the ERRS adding Rodamine Dye into excavation for a drainage study on the eastern edge of the site near the southern perimeter diversion drain. At the mid-section of the southern rim of the site and diversion drain. Delineation of the saltcake edge and native clay. Western view of site from atop the waste stockpile. Scrap steel stockpile. From left to right: Dennis Wilson (ERRS PM); Burl Maupin (TDEC); Rusty Kestle (EPA RPM); & Greg Powell (ERT Hydrogeologist) discussing site drainage and possible subsurface springbeds under the site. Center of the picture is where a recent rodamine dye test was initiated. Southern rim of waste pile near the former Southern rim of waste pile and drainage ditch with a greatly reduced waste-pile slope. Excavation of the western toe of the waste pile to reflect the leachate stream (approximately 50-feet into the waste pile from it's former outfall). From left to right: Dennis Wilson (ERRS PM in yellow vest); Jorges Sanchez (START contractor); EPA RPM Rusty Kestle; and ERT Greg Powell. Western edge of the waste pile cleared-off on the Remmer property. Ice & snow melt-off and resulting mud.... Delivery of a poly-tank for oil/water transfer of the contents of the UST found under the waste pile. Relay of trucks delivering rip-rap to the diversion drainage ditches. Rip rap staged along the southern (east corner) rim diversion ditch. Clearing on the Remmer Brothers property at the west toe of the waste pile. View to the east of the western toe of the waste field with a rip-rapped diversion ditch on the right and leachate outfall (center picture shadowed). West view of leachate drainage ditch and rip-rap in the southern diversion drainage channel. Northwest view from the western tip ( Middle of the waste-field. Excavation reflecting aluminum smelter waste and monolithic chunks of smelter waste. Eastward view of the southern drainage channel and rip-rap ready for installation. Rip-rap with rebar tangled in the stockpile. Elevation stick (laying in foreground) used in surveying the southern drainage channel. Drum truck haul cycle from southern drainage channel excavation. Western view of excavation of the southern diversion drainage channel. View to the north into the leachate outfall where the southern toe was excavated ( RM Dennis Wilson posing by the southern diversion channel near the southern terminus and leachate outfall. View to the north about mid-site of the crown of the site. Rip-rap production. Grading the saltcake stockpile on the footprint of the former Main Building. The north and east corner of the site and diversion channel where rip-rap is being installed. In this picture, concrete is being extracted from the ground from a former concrete footing/foundation and transported across site to be hammered into smaller pieces. Excavation pit of the 20K-gallon AST (Fuel Oil Tank) Scrap metal stockpile. Southwest view on the southern side of the saltcake plateau. Southward view of the northern edge of the toe. View from the top and southward off the leachate outfall. Dewatering the excavation pit of the fuel-oil AST. AST sectioned for decontamination and scrapping. Silt-fence installation near the western toe of the waste pile. View to the east from the lower western edge (near the toe) of the waste pile. Loading material for the One of the last few piles of recycle-able metal. staging area for Torch cutting of the rebar off the concrete. Stakes used throughout the site used to Silt-fencing installed around leachate pond. Brush barrier near diversion channel on the SW edge of the waste pile. View to the east of the drainage channel and brush pile along the edge of the channel. Freshly insalled clay on the eastern side of the site. Middle of the site (waste-pile) and a this picture illustrates the first rise of clay installed. ERRS Project Manager directing track-hoe operator. Clay delivery (background) and articulating dump-truck (foreground) transporting brush to the western toe. Westward wide-view of leachate pond surrounded by concrete rip-rap & brush berm after clay cap installation. Eastern view across site after clay-cap installation. Saltcake Cycling dump-trucks of clay during the second 6-inch lift of clay. Eastward view below the leachate pond. Note silt-fence, concrete rip-rap and brush berm plus concrete stairs that will be utilized for sample collection from the pond. West view across the site from atop the salt-cake East view of the saltcake plateau after clay instalation. View of site from the easternmost corner facing west after clay cap installation over the site. Rededial Action Contract (RAC) conducting GeoProbe direct-push soil sampling at/near mid-section of the site. Lithography core sample being evaluated. Hydro-Seed being applied to the crown of the saltcake Lee Baron (TDEC) trying to make sense out of Rusty Kestle's (RPM) hand-gestures .... Tick found on the brim of the OSC's helmet !!! Close-up of the hydroseed mulch on the side of the saltcake plateau. 4-K gallon tanker used in hydro-seed application. Loading mulch, fertilizer & seed onto tanker truck. Inventory of mulch, seed and fertilizer for hydro-seed operation. Seed-mix for hydroseed operation. Downwind vier of hydroseed application. Hydroseed application to the site. RAC subcontractors and GeoProbe direct-push sample collection near mid-site. RAC collecting soil samples during remedial investigation. RAC entering sample information into SCRIBE database. Tractor arrived to pick-up office trailer. Wide view facing south over the site. Another wide view to the south over the south.