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 magnesium turnings and scrap, many of which are in poor storage conditions. Generators are using subcontractors 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 activities have included video documentation of all products on site to assist in inventory. The OSC has been in communication with Pratt & Whitney as well as Intermet on the removal of drums from the Remacor site.
Personnel On-Scene:
3/19/07 EPA-1, START-2, Meridian-5, Spartan-2, American Iron & Metal-1, Other-4, Security-1 (24hr)
Weather:
3/19/07 Snow, sleet, rain, temperature low 24 degrees F, high 36degrees F, wind north at 10-15 mph, conditions overcast.
START attended the morning safety meeting held by URS, Meridian’s subcontractor.
URS continues to repackage product from super sacks to drums/mag totes. URS loaded one truckload of material. Autumn Trucking departed the site enroute to Magpro located in Camden, TN. The truckload consisted of 20-mag totes and 36-pallets at an approximate weight of 41,600 pounds. Meridian subcontracted Autumn Trucking and Mapro for their services.
START attended the morning safety meeting held by Labor Ready, a subcontractor for Spartan Light Metal Products. Labor Ready prepared the grinder building, PMC #4 for staging and repackaging drums.
Mathieu Germain of American Iron & Metal Inc. on behalf of Pratt & Whitney Canada arrived on site to survey drum conditions for possible repackaging and transport off site.
Progressive Doors, subcontracted by ERRS, replaced the overhead door in the corridor between Buildings #7 and #9. The door was replaced to limit site access to the facility.
START conducted PRP oversight and provided written and photographic documentation.
OSC anticipates that Pratt & Whitney will mobilize to the site on by March 26, 2007 to repackage and remove drums of product from site.
OSC anticipates Rolls Royce Corporation will mobilize to the site by March 27, 2007 for repackaging and removal of product.
The OSC anticipates Pratt Whitney developing work plan/health and safety plan before beginning work on site.
The OSC also anticipates Rolls Royce will submit a work plan/health and safety plan on March 27, 2007.
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