PSARA Technologies, Inc. Project Memorandum Westinghouse Electric Corp. Fell Iron & Metal Site To: J. Patrick, Westinghouse D. Rohaus, Westinghouse D. Alke, Westinghouse D. Hopkins, EPA B. Bent, Earth Tech S. Chambers, Earth Tech C. Elders, WRS John Langley, Bloomington Utilities D. Williamson, Monroe County Health Department From: Mike Hessling Date: November 8, 1995 File: 30006.20 Subject: Weekly Project Status Report - Week of November 13-17, 1995 This memo and the accompanying attachments constitute the Fell Iron & Metal Weekly Project Status Report for the week of November 13-17, 1995. This report is intended to provide a weekly project update regarding the quantity of material loaded, air monitoring results, water treatment activity, soil sampling results, and any major developments at the site. Attachments to the report include the cumulative Perimeter Air Sampling Log, a Meteorological Data Report, and the results of personnel exposure sampling. If you have any questions or comments about the report, contact Dave Rohaus at (812) 335-0442 or Mike Hessling at (812) 335-0424. Project Developments Project Schedule The project is scheduled for a long week-end to observe Thanksgiving holiday November 22-27. No rail car loading will occur on Wednesday November 22 or Monday November 27. Loading will resume on Tuesday, November 28. Water Discharge After receiving verbal approval from the city, Westinghouse discharged approximately 5,800 gallons of water treated on site into the sanitary sewer on Friday, November 17 and Monday, November 20. Soil Sampling On Thursday, November 16, Westinghouse received written approval from EPA of the proposed modification to the sampling plan. >> The following data was extracted by COPA from the tables attached to the memos. The complete documents are available at the EPA information office. >>> Loading Summary: Cars Loaded to date: 235 Tons loaded to date: 21466.92 Air Monitoring Summary: Action Levels Exceeded: 1 to date Water Treatment Summary: Gallons treated to date: 2748 Air sampling data Maximum PCB Concentration in Perimeter Air Samplers Date High Temp (F) (Ng/m3) _____________________________________________________________ 09/14/95 31 09/15/95 22 09/18/95 23 09/19/95 156 09/20/95 319 09/21/95 117 09/22/95 55 09/25/95 166 09/26/95 233 09/27/95 87 09/28/95 88 10/04/95 68.1 19 10/05/95 71.1 13 10/06/95 69.7 22 10/09/95 75 294 10/10/95 81 625 10/11/95 81.7 892 10/12/95 82.9 897 10/13/95 82.9 1423 **exceeds action level of 1000 10/16/95 63.6 642 10/17/95 73.9 676 10/18/95 79.6 715 10/19/95 78.5 783 10/23/95 72.7 540 10/24/95 51.5 315 10/25/95 61.2 302 10/26/95 67.2 494 11/06/95 49.4 187 11/07/95 54.3 33 11/08/95 37.4 37 11/09/95 47.6 235 11/10/95 53.8 157 11/13/95 44.4 11/14/95 37.7 11/15/95 40.2 11/16/95 42.0 11/17/95 55.4 Soil Sampling Date Grid Number Media PCB Concentration (ppm) 09/28/95 1 soil 0.47 2 0.34 3 0.72 4 0.12 5 0.44 6 0.14 3, dup 0.80 trip blank sand <0.1 10/24/95 7 soil 0.60 8 0.35 9 0.90 10 0.20 11 0.23 11, dup 0.20 12 0.81 13 0.38 14 0.44 15 0.97 16 0.16 Trip blank sand <0.1 11/03/95 17 soil <0.1 18 0.60 19 4.70 20 <0.1 21 0.14 22 1.70 23 4.00 23, dup 1.50 25 1.00 26 0.80 19 berm 3.50 20 berm 0.14 23 berm 0.17 27 berm 0.89 Trip blank sand <0.1 11/08/95 24 soil 0.57 27 1.70 28 0.80 29 0.48 29, dup 0.47 31 0.19 33 <0.1 35 0.62 sump area 0.15 liner overlap 0.42 trip blank <0.1