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. Generators are subcontracting companies 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 over packing of an old drum containing water reactive sodium metal. An inventory is currently being conducted.
Personnel On-Scene:
3/02/07 EPA-1, START-1, URS-5, Pratt Whitney-2, Heritage Environmental-1, Other-1, Security-1 (24hr)
Weather:
3/02/07 Partly cloudy, Temperatures in the mid to upper 40s, Winds from SW at 20 mph.
START attended the morning safety meeting held by URS, Meridian’s subcontractor.
OSC met Dominic Guite of Pratt Whitney Canada, Teresa Makirs of Pratt Whitney Engine Services West Virginia and Amy Conley of Heritage Environmental on site. After a brief meeting, OSC escorted the representatives around the site to identify their product.
START consolidated field notes from inventory activities.
ERRS arraigned a subcontractor, Mayberry Sand & Gravel, to deliver gravel to the site for repairing the roadway in front of Building 2. Mayberry Sand & Gravel delivered a total of 47.32 tons of gravel this date.
Meridian anticipates the repackaging of product from supersacks to 55 gallon drums.
Meridian anticipates loading out one truck of product during the week of 3/5/07.
The OSC anticipates Pratt Whitney preparing for and arraigning for the removal of their product from site.
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