Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 10): Northwest Transformer-Mission Pole, Whatcom County, WA. (First remedial action), (Amendment), September 1991

Technical Report · Mon Sep 30 04:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:5001094

The 1.6-acre Northwest Transformer - Mission Pole site, is former transformer storage and salvage facility, is 2 miles south of Everson in Whatcom County, Washington. The site is bordered by low-density residential areas to the north and east, and farmland to the south. Storage and salvage operations were conducted in an onsite barn where PCB-contaminated dielectric fluid was drained from the transformers prior to dismantling. A 1989 Record of Decision (ROD) addressed remediation through excavation, consolidation, and onsite treatment using in-situ vitrification. The ROD amends the 1989 ROD and provides a change in the remedy for soil due to excessive cost. The primary contaminant of concern affecting the soil is PCB, an organic. The selected amended remedial action for the ROD includes incincerating approximately 70 cubic yards of soil contaminated with PCBs at levels greater than or equal to 50 mg/kg at a TSCA-approved facility and landfilling approximately 1,500 cubic yards of soil contaminated with PCBs at levels greater than or equal to 1 mg/kg and less than 50 mg/kg offsite at a TSCA-approved facility.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
• OSTI ID: 5001094
• Report Number(s): PB-92-964602/XAB; EPA/ROD/R--10-91/031
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540250* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (1990-)
AROMATICS
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
CLEANING
COVERINGS
DECONTAMINATION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
FEDERAL REGION X
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
IN-SITU PROCESSING
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
LAND POLLUTION
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
PROCESSING
REMEDIAL ACTION
SOILS
US SUPERFUND
USA
VITRIFICATION
WASHINGTON
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES