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Action Memo Date: |
6/2/2016 |
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CERCLA |
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Time-Critical |
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EPA |
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Incident Category: |
Removal Action |
NPL Status: |
Non NPL |
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Mobilization Date: |
5/19/2016 |
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5/19/2016 |
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1.1.1 Incident Category
Removal action under an Action Memorandum.
1.1.2 Site Description
Former electroplating facility essentially abandoned in place
1.1.2.1 Location
4000 - 4008 E. Monument Street
Baltimore, MD 21205
1.1.2.2 Description of Threat
Potential release of plating acids and other materials into the environment
1.1.3 Preliminary Removal Assessment/Removal Site Inspection Results
After site visits on May 3, 2016 and May 18, 2016, the OSC issued a special bulletin on May 19, 2016 and initiated a cleanup at the site. This was amended on May 27, 2016 to increase the project ceiling. On June 2, 2016, an Action Memorandum was signed authorizing a removal action at this site. See the documents section of this website for the Special Bulletins and Action Memorandum.
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2.1.1 Narrative
Cleanup continues.
2.1.2 Response Actions to Date
The former electroplating lines in the building are being demolished. The vats that contained cyanide solutions are being cut up and disposed of as hazardous debris. Vats not containing cyanide are cleaned and will be left onsite if in good condition. The boardwalks between the electroplating vats, and the cinder blocks supporting them, are being cut up and disposed of as hazardous debris. There is also a layer of sludge underneath the former electroplating lines that is being scraped up and disposed of as hazardous debris.
On 8/8/16 and 8/18/16, rolloffs of nonhazardous debris (empty containers, used PPE, etc.) were shipped offsite for disposal. On 8/17/16 a rolloff of hazardous debris (vat liners, contaminated wood and cinder blocks, and other contaminated debris) was shipped offsite for proper disposal, and on 8/19/16 another rolloff of hazardous debris was shipped.
Between the dates of 8/10/16 and 8/12/16, three loads of pH neutral liquids (D006, D007, totaling 10,843 gallons) were shipped offsite for proper disposal.
Waste materials in the building continue to be staged with compatible wastes for bulking prior to disposal. Bulking operations continue, with the following wastes having been bulked in 250 gallon totes in preparation for offsite shipment and proper disposal: caustics 2,000 gallons; caustic cyanides 750 gallons; flammables 500 gallons; cyanide wastes (from electroplating vats) 1,000 gallons; ammonias 300 gallons; acids 1,750 gallons; chromic acids 1,250 gallons; and peroxides 1,000 gallons. Bulking of neutral solids from the building has begun. This is being done in two open top tanks (approximately 10 feet in diameter, four feet high) in the rear yard of the building. In addition, many of the miscellaneous wastes remaining in the building are being overpacked in salvage drums for offsite disposal.
All of the tanks in the former water treatment area have been emptied, removed from the platform, and cut up and placed in the hazardous debris rolloff.
Air monitoring is continually conducted throughout the building. Five air monitoring units are set up while work is ongoing: three inside the building and two outside. Volatile organic compounds, oxygen, lower explosive limit, carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide, and chlorine are monitored on a continuous basis No readings related to the work being done have been observed outside the building, and no excessive levels of contamination were identified in the building. However, all work in the building continues to be conducted with the use of respiratory protection (respirators or supplied air, depending on the nature of the work).
2.1.3 Enforcement Activities, Identity of Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs)
Research on PRPs is ongoing.
2.1.4 Progress Metrics
Waste Stream |
Medium |
Quantity |
Manifest # |
Treatment |
Disposal |
Sump water |
water |
4650 gal |
015275506JJK |
Stabilization |
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Sump water |
water |
4950 gal |
016033691JJK |
Stabilization |
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Hazardous Debris |
solids |
16 cy |
016033443JJK |
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Landfill
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Sump water |
water |
2700 gal |
016033690JJK |
Stabilization |
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Cyanide salts |
solids |
3,300 lbs |
015615183JJK |
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Incineration |
Lab pack wastes |
liquids and solids |
4,265 lbs |
013642488JJK
013642489JJK
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Incineration |
Sump water |
water |
4883 gal |
015275687JJK |
Stabilization |
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Neutral liquids |
liquid |
5244 gal |
009415944 |
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Neutral liquids |
liquid |
3225 gal |
009415945 |
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Neutral liquids |
liquid |
2375 gal |
009415946 |
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Hazardous debris |
solids |
30 cy |
016033559 |
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Hazardous debris |
solids |
30 cy |
016033560 |
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Non-haz debris |
solids |
150 cy |
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landfill |
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2.2.1 Anticipated Activities
Shipment of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes will continue throughout the project. Overpacking and/or bulking compatible waste streams in preparation for offsite disposal will continue. The remaining wastes include oxidizers, sludges from electroplating vats, and other miscellaneous wastes. Removal of the former electroplating lines will continue. Once the floors are cleared they will be pressure washed, and the resulting liquids will be containerized and shipped offsite for proper disposal. Piping in the building will be checked to ensure that no hazardous substances remain in them.
2.2.2 Issues
The building is in poor condition. There is no electricity in the building. Electricity is being provided through the use of generators with extension cords and lighting strings throughout the building. Heavy rains slow work in the building due to leaks in the roof and water flowing in from the yard.
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3.1 Unified Command
The EPA took the lead for the site on Thursday, June 2, 2016. Baltimore City Fire, Police, and Housing Departments and Office of Emergency Management, Maryland Department of the Environment, and EPA are continuing to coordinate on the response.
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