EPA continues to provide 24-hour security and coordinate the activities of PRP generators who supplied Remacor, Inc. with secondary magnesium scrap including turnings, shavings, chips and other finely divided cuttings. In all, 29 generators have been identified and issued 104e letters. Several of the companies are in the process of voluntarily removing their materials from the Site under the oversight of EPA and PADEP who control access to the Site. The 45-acre property contains thousands of drums, sacks, boxes and other containers of this flammable solid, many of which are in poor storage conditions. Some generators are subcontracting former Remacor, Inc. employees to assist them with identifying, moving, re-packaging, and loading their materials for transportation to other facilities for proper storage, recycling, or disposal.
Other recent site activities have centered around the discovery, assessment, and overpacking of an old drum containing water reactive sodium metal. In addition, EPA is assessing and preparing for cleanup of an on-site laboratory that contains acids, bases, solvents and other hazardous compounds. An inventory is currently being conducted on site.
Personnel On-Scene:
2/28/07 EPA-2, START-3, Meridian-9, Black & Decker-3, Other-1, Security-1 (24hr)
Weather:
2/28/07 Partly overcast, precip 0.00”, wind N 4 mph, High-40, Low 23 oF
EPA (Downie, Easton) and START mobilized to the Site to continue oversight of PRP removal operations. EPA and START attended morning safety meeting held by Meridian subcontractors.
Meridian subcontractors continued preparing and cleaning the area where repacking of product from super sacks to 55-gallon drums will take place.
START completed field inventory of Building No. 2 this date.
Meridian anticipates finishing the preparation of the designated area for repackaging product from super sacks to 55-gallon drums. They also anticipate starting the process of repackaging.
START will continue to conduct an inventory of the materials on site and provice oversight of PRP activities.
The OSC anticipates Meridian will provide a HASP and plan of action for their materials.
The OSC anticipates that the chemicals found in the laboratory will be inventoried and lab packed in the near future using ERRS.
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