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1. Introduction
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1.1 Background
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Removal Assessment |
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1.1.1 Incident Category
EPA is initiating a removal assessment at this site. For the northwest offshore area, EPA will be evaluating assessment work prepared by a contractor for the Sparrows Point Environmental Trust. Based on the results of that assessment, EPA will determine if a removal action is needed. For the Southeast offshore area, EPA will be initiating a removal assessment to determine if a removal action is needed
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1.1.2 Site Description
The Sparrows Point Facility (SPF) is located on an approximately 3,100 acre peninsula reaching into Baltimore Harbor. More than 100 years of steelmaking and related activities has resulted in SPF and some offshore areas being contaminated. In 1997, EPA and the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) entered into a Consent Decree (CD) under inter alia, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and state law with then owner, Bethlehem Steel Corporation (BSC). The CD required, among other things, a Site Wide Investigation; implementation of interim measures; and a Corrective Measure Study. However, Bethlehem Steel filed for bankruptcy, and the property went through a succession of owners. During that time a court ruled that a successive owner was not liable for the offshore contamination. Although the EPA RCRA program is overseeing the cleanup of the onshore facility, the offshore portion of the work has been deferred to the Superfund program. Therefore, the Removal program will be assessing the offshore sediments at the site to determine if a removal action is needed.
1.1.2.1 Location
Sparrows Point, Baltimore, MD
1.1.2.2 Description of Threat
Contaminants being evaluated include oil and grease, metals, PAHs, and PCBs.
1.1.3 Preliminary Removal Assessment/Removal Site Inspection Results
To be determined.
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2. Current Activities
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2.1 Operations Section
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2.1.1 Narrative
Work is ongoing in the Northwest area, and will begin soon in the Southeast area.
2.1.2 Response Actions to Date
EPA has given direction to the contractor working for the Trust to assess the sediment contamination in the Northwest offshore area. A final report will be completed in the Fall of 2015.
2.1.3 Enforcement Activities, Identity of Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs)
2.1.4 Progress Metrics
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2.2 Planning Section
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2.2.1 Anticipated Activities
For the Northwest area, review of the final report and if needed, completion of an Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis to provide a basis for selection of a removal action.
For the Southeast area, initiation of an assessment of sediment contamination.
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2.3 Logistics Section
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No information available at this time.
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2.4 Finance Section
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2.5 Other Command Staff
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3. Participating Entities
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3.1 Unified Command
EPA and the Maryland Department of the Environment are working jointly on this project.
3.2 Cooperating Agencies
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4. Personnel On Site
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5. Definition of Terms
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6. Additional sources of information
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6.1 Internet location of additional information/report
www.epaosc.org/SparrowsPointOffshore
6.2 Reporting Schedule
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7. Situational Reference Materials
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