The whole story thus far:
5/9/13:SAC TELECON ECO JIM ROGERS - NYSDEC LAW ENFORCEMENT. ECO ROGERS INSPECTED SITE AND FOUND WHAT APPEARED TO BE STAINING FROM CUTTING OIL SPILLS AND NUMEROUS DRUMS WITHOUT TOPS AND OUTSIDE, SO RAINWATER ENTERS THE DRUMS AND CAUSES THEM TO OVERFLOW AND SPILL. THERE ARE ALSO PLASTIC TOTES INSIDE METAL CAGES THAT HE WAS TOLD ALSO CONTAINED CUTTING OIL. DURING HIS INSPECTION, JBI PERSONNEL SAID THEY'VE HAD CONTACT W/EFRAT FORGETTE - NYSDEC DIV OF MANAGED MATERIALS. THEREFORE, HE WILL CONTACT HER TO BE PART OF A JOINT INSPECTION.
5/14/13:JOINT INSPECTION SET UP FOR 5/17.
5/17/13:JIM ROGERS, SAC INSPECT SITE. MET W/AL LIBERATORE - JBI SECURITY AND RANCE HARRIS -JBI. STAINED AREAS FROM: 1)LEAKING CONTAINERS, OLD EQUIPMENT, TRANSFER OF CUTTING OIL INTO 15,000 GALLON TANKS BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE DIKE. ALSO, DRUMS AND TOTES OF OIL, MISLABELED DRUMS AND DRUMS W/HAZARDOUS LABELS BUT WITH THE CONTENTS THAT MAY BE DIFFERENT. SAC TO FOLLOW UP W/DEC-MATERIALS MANAGEMENT AND DEC-DER/RCRA REGARDING INSPECTION.
SAC SPOKE TO DENNIS WEISS, DEC-DER/RCRA. MR. WEISS RECOMMENDED DISCUSSING SITE W/DEC INSPECTORS NEXT WEEK.
SAC SPOKE TO AES REGARDING PBS ISSUES. SHOWED HER INSPECTION PHOTOS. SHE WILL FOLLOW UP ON PBS VIOLATIONS.
5/23/13:EFRAT FORGETTE, NELSON SCHNABEL, AES, SAC INSPECT SITE. MET W/JOHN BORDYNUIK AND TOM WILSON. STAINED AREAS ON SITE HAVE BEEN REMOVED AND SOIL HAS BEEN PLACED IN PLASTIC TOTES. THEY ARE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING OUT THE CONTAINMENT DIKES AROUND THE TANKS. THE PRODUCT WATER MIXTURE IS BEING PUMPED BACK INTO THE TANKS.
5/31/13:SAC TELECON HAL PIERCE - ISLE CHEM. MR. PIERCE SAID CONTAMINATED SOIL WILL BE DISPOSED.
6/5/13:SAC INSPECT SITE. MET W/JOHN BORDYNUIK. CLEAN UP OF CONTAINMENT DIKES HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED. MR. BORDYNUIK SAID IT SHOULD BE DONE BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
6/12/13:SAC TELECON HAL PIERCE. MR. PIERCE REQUESTED INSPECTION. CLEAN UP HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
ARRANGED INSPECTION ON 6/14.
6/21/13:SAC INSPECT SITE. INSPECTION SCHEDULED FOR LAST WEEK HAD TO BE CANCELED. MET W/HAL PIERCE, DANIEL RIORDAN AND JOHN BORDYNUIK. SPILL IN BOTH CONTAINMENT DIKES STILL HAVE NOT BEEN CLEAN UP SUFFICIENTLY. THEY HAVE TRIED TO USE DE-GREASERS. THERE PLASTIC DIKE HAS MANY FOLDS AND IT APPEARS IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED PROPERLY. THEY WILL RESEARCH AND SEND IN A LETTER FOR A SOLUTION/WORK PLAN. MR. BORDYNUIK IS LOOKING INTO POSSIBLY REPLACING DIKE W/A CONCRETE SYSTEM. CONTAMINATED SOIL THAT WAS REMOVED AND PLACED IN TOTES REMAINS ON-SITE. IT WILL BE SAMPLED FOR WASTE CHARACTERIZATION FOR DISPOSAL.
7/10/13:RECEIVED LETTER FROM DANIEL RIORDAN. JBI PLANS TO REPLACE THE CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS W/ROOF SINGLE WALL CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS AND DISPOSE OF THE FORMER SYSTEMS. THEY WILL ALSO HAVE PLANS FOR A CONCRETE CONTAINMENT LOADING AREA.
7/18/13:SAC TELECON DANIEL RIORDAN. SAC REQUESTED SCHEDULE FOR THE CONTAINMENT AREA WORK AND HOW THEY WILL ADDRESS AND DISPOSE OF THE CONTAINMENT WHERE THE SPILLS OCCURRED. MR. RIORDAN SAID HE IS NOT THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE WORK BUT WILL FIND OUT AND GET BACK TO SAC. HE ALSO SAID THEY HAVE BEEN STRETCHING AND SMOOTHING OUT THE CONTAINMENT PLASTIC WITHIN THE STEEL FRAME TO ALLOW BETTER ACCESS AND THEN USING A SHOP VAC TO REMOVE THE CUTTING OIL.
8/1/13:SAC TELECON DANIEL RIORDAN. MR. RIORDAN SAID HE IS SENDING A LETTER WHICH SAC SHOULD RECEIVE EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH THE SCHEDULE AND DRAWINGS FOR THE CONTAINMENT SYSTEM. THEY HAVE RECEIVED THE METAL AND WILL BE CONSTRUCTING THE CONTAINMENT WITH JBI PERSONNEL.
8/5/13:RECEIVED LETTER FROM DANIEL RIORDAN REGARDING CONTAINMENT CONSTRUCTION AND SCHEDULE.
9/4/13:SENT DISPOSAL OPTION LETTER AND REQUEST FOR SCHEDULE OF WORK W/ANTICIPATED DATES OF COMPLETION.
9/20/13:SAC TELECON DANIEL RIORDAN. MR. RIORDAN SAID THAT HE HAS SENT LETTER REGARDING SCHEDULE. HE WANTED TO NOTE AN ERROR IN THE LETTER THAT INSTEAD OF HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE, IT SHOULD READ LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE.
9/23/13:RECEIVED LETTER FROM DANIEL RIORDAN, STEEL FOR CONTAINMENT WILL BE RECEIVED SEPT. 30TH. CONSTRUCTION SHOULD TAKE PLACE IN 4 WEEKS. 1ST CONTAINMENT SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY END OF OCTOBER. POLYETHYLENE LINER WILL BE REMOVED AND ONCE NEW CONTAINMENT CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED. LINER WILL THEN BE USED IN ON-SITE PROCESS. ISLE CHEM IS SCHEDULING SAMPLING DATE FOR THE CONTAMINATED MATERIAL THAT WILL BE DISPOSED AT AN OFF-SITE FACILITY.
11/26/13:SENT LETTER TO RP REQUESTING DISPOSAL RECEIPTS BY 12/31/13.
1/22/14:SAC SPOKE TO HAL PIERCE. MR. PIERCE SAID CONTAMINATED MATERIAL DISPOSAL WAS COMPLETED RECENTLY. HE WILL SEND IN DISPOSAL DOCUMENTATION IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
2/18/14:STIP SENT OUT FOR CLEAN UP OF CONTAINMENT AREAS AND DISPOSAL DOCUMENTATION.
2/27/14:RECEIVED DISPOSAL DOCUMENTATION. BASED ON e-MAIL COVER MESSAGE FROM HAL PIERCE, DOCUMENTATION WAS FOR SPILL NUMBER 1302657. DISPOSAL DOCUMENTATION IS DATED 2/26/14.
2/28/14:SAC SENT e-MAIL TO HAL PIERCE REQUESTING CLARIFICATION ON DISPOSAL DOCUMENTATION. SAC TELECON HAL PIERCE. MR. PIERCE WILL TALK TO JOHN BORDYNUIK REGARDING SAC QUESTION ON DISPOSAL DOCUMENTATION.
3/4/14:SAC TELECON HAL PIERCE. MR. PIERCE SPOKE TO JOHN BORDYNUIK. BASED ON CONVERSATION W/MR. BORDYNUIK, DISPOSAL DOCUMENTATION WERE FOR TOTES GENERATED AS A RESULT OF THE CLEAN UP FOR SPILL NUMBER 1301719. THEREFORE, TOTES WERE NOT DISPOSED LAST MONTH. ALSO, ALTHOUGH THE SPILLED MATERIAL WAS REPORTED AS CUTTING OIL AND THE DOCUMENTATION INDICATED IT WAS FUEL OIL, THIS DISPOSAL MANIFEST WAS FOR SPILL NUMBER 1301719. HE SAID THEY HAD TO CHECK DANIEL RIORDAN NOTES FOR SPILL NUMBER 1302657 DISPOSAL DOCUMENTATION. MR. RIORDAN IS NO LONGER WITH JBI. MR. PIERCE SAID THAT AT LEAST A DRUM OF MATERIAL WAS GENERATED. THEY BELIEVE DRUM OR DRUMS HAVE NOT BEEN DISPOSED. THEY WILL ATTEMPT TO LOCATE THIS MATERIAL AND DISPOSE OF IT.
3/7/14:RECEIVED LETTER FROM HAL PIERCE RESPONDING TO SAC e-MAIL FOR CLARIFICATION OF DISPOSAL DOCUMENTATION. DISPOSAL MANIFEST WAS ATTACHED WITH LETTER.
3/21/14:RECEIVED LETTER FROM HAL PIERCE AND ATTACHMENT OF THE DISPOSAL RECEIPT FOR SPILL NUMBER 1302657.
3/27/14:GAVE COPY OF LETTER AND DISPOSAL RECEIPT FROM HAL PIERCE FOR SPILL NUMBER 1302657 TO RJJ FOR HIS FILE.
9/4/14;RECEIVED LETTER FROM RICHARD HEDDLE - JBI THAT THEY HAVE BEGUN THE PROCESS OF DECOMMISSIONING THE TANKS.
10/2/14:SAC INSPECT SITE. MET W/ED MALKIEWICZ - JBI. CONTAINMENT DIKES HAVE BEEN REMOVED ALONG WITH ANY CONTAMINATED SOIL. MR. MALKIEWICZ SAID WORST AREA WAS UNDER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE PLASTIC WHICH IS PROBABLY CONTAMINATION CAUSED BY PRODUCT FROM SPILL NUMBER 1400991 WHICH WENT UNDER THE CONTAINMENT. SAND WAS FOUND AROUND TANKS. MR. MALKIEWICZ SAID SAND WAS PLACED DOWN UNDER THE PLASTIC WHEN CONTAINMENT WAS INSTALLED. ALL 3 ASTs REMAIN IN PLACE. THERE IS STILL PLASTIC UNDERNEATH THE ASTS. WATER AND PRODUCT WAS OBSERVED ON THE REMAINING PLASTIC FOR AT LEAST ONE OF THE TANKS. CONTAMINATED MATERIAL WAS PLACED IN TOTES AND IS STILL ON-SITE INSIDE ONE OF THE BUILDINGS. MR. MALKIEWICZ SAID HE DOES NOT KNOW OF ANY SCHEDULED WORK TO CLEAN AND CLOSE THE TANKS, AT PRESENT.
10/28/14:RECEIVED COPY OF LETTER FROM TERRI MUCHA - DEC OGC TO RICHARD HEDDLE REQUESTING UPDATE ON WORK REQUIRED IN STIPULATION. MS. MUCHA REQUESTED RESPONSE BY 11/14/14.
11/14/14:RECEIVED LETTER FROM RICHARD HEDDLE - JBI WITH SITE STATUS UPDATE. TANKS HAVE BEEN DECOMMISSIONED AND MOVED TO SURPLUS PARTS YARD. OIL WAS PLACED IN OIL/WATER SEPARATOR. REMAINING PLASTIC WAS CUT UP AND PLACED INTO TOTES. WASTE PROFILE APPROVAL WAS COMPLETED ON 11/12/14. ROLLOFF WAS DELIVERED ON 11/13 BUT NOT ALL TOTES COULD FIT INTO ROLLOFF. ROLLOFF WAS TRANSPORTED TO DISPOSAL FACILITY AND THEN RETURNED FOR THE REMAINING TOTES. THEY ANTICIPATE DISPOSAL TO BE COMPLETED NEXT WEEK. ATTACHED COPY OF MANIFEST THAT WAS SIGNED BY THE TRANSPORTER BUT NOT THE DISPOSAL FACILITY.
11/17/14:SAC INSPECT SITE. MET W/ED MALKIEWICZ. TANKS ES-5, ES-6, & ES-7 WERE REMOVED FROM THEIR PREVIOUS LOCATIONS. SHEEN AND ODORS OBSERVED IN THE SAND AT FORMER LOCATION OF TANKS ES-6 & ES-7. MR. MALKIEWICZ SAID THAT THE FACILITY SKID STEER IS BEING REPAIRED AND WILL BE OUT OF SERVICE FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. ONCE THE SKID STEER IS REPAIRED HE WILL CLEAN UP THE CONTAMINATED SAND/SOIL. MR. MALKIEWICZ SAID THE TANKS ARE NO LONGER ON-SITE AT THIS FACILITY AND HE DOES NOT KNOW WHERE THEY WERE TAKEN. MR. MALKIEWICZ SAID THAT JBI PERSONNEL EMPTIED TANKS BY PUMPING CONTENTS INTO TANKER TRUCKS. SAC ASKED IF SLUDGE WAS REMOVED FROM THE TANKS AND PROPERLY CLEANED. MR. MALKIEWICZ SAID JBI PERSONNEL DID NOT DO THIS WORK. HE BELIEVED IT MAY HAVE BEEN EITHER GREEN ENVIRONMENT SPECIALISTS OR NATIONAL VACUUM WHO DID THE WORK. 2ND ROLLOFF IS ON-SITE AND TOTES W/CONTAMINATED MATERIAL ARE BEING LOADED INTO THIS ROLLOFF. ONCE THIS HAS BEEN COMPLETED, THERE WILL BE 3 MORE TOTES TO BE REMOVED FROM THE SITE IN A THRIRD ROLLOFF WHEN DELIVERED.
SAC TELECON CHARLES LITTEN - GREEN ENVIRONMENT SPECIALISTS. SAC ASKED MR. LITTEN IF GREEN ENVIRONMENT WAS HIRED TO CLEAN OUT THE 3 ABOVEGROUND TANKS IN THE PAST MONTH AND HALF. MR. LITTEN SAID THEY WERE NOT HIRED TO DO THIS WORK AND HAVE NOT BEEN TO THE SITE SINCE HE RESPONDED TO THE SPILL CLEAN UP BACK IN JULY.
SAC TELECON TIM MCINERNEY - NATIONAL VACUUM. SAC ASKED MR. MCINERNEY IF NATIONAL VACUUM HAD BEEN HIRED TO CLEAN OUT AND REMOVE THE SLUDGE FOR THE 3 ABOVEGROUND TANKS. MR. MCINERNEY SAID THEY WERE NOT HIRED TO DO THIS WORK AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN TO THE SITE IN PAST HALF YEAR.
11/18/14:RECEIVED DISPOSAL RECEIPTS FOR THE 2ND AND 3RD ROLLOFFS FOR THE TOTES USED TO DISPOSE OF THE PLASTIC CONTAINMENT AND THE CONTAMINATED SOIL REMOVED FROM THE SPILL NUMBER 1400991 CLEAN UP.
12/1/14:RECEIVED COPY OF LETTER FROM TERESA MUCHA TO RICHARD HEDDLE REQUESTING DISPOSAL RECEIPTS FOR TANK CLOSURES BY 12/12/14 AND CLEAN UP OF SPILL AND DISPOSAL RECEIPTS BY 12/31/14.
12/12/14:RECEIVED COPY OF LETTER FROM RICHARD HEDDLE TO TERESA MUCHA STATING TANKS WERE AT THEIR SURPLUS PARTS YARD. THEY DID NOT CUT THE TANKS UP. THE TANKS WERE SOLD TO AND WILL BE USED BY SUIT-KOTE, INC. THE 20,000 GALLON TANK WILL BE PICKED UP NEXT WEEK AND TRANSPORTED TO SUIT-KOTE IN CHEEKTOWAGA. THE OTHER 2 TANKS WILL BE PICKED UP AT A LATER DATE.
12/30/14:RECEIVED COPY OF LETTER FROM RICHARD HEDDLE TO TERESA MUCHA. CONTAMINATED SAND THAT WAS OBSERVED IN 11/17/14 INSPECTION HAS BEEN REMOVED AND LOADED INTO DRUMS. DRUMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR DISPOSAL YESTERDAY AT REPUBLIC WASTE. THEY ARE AWAITING PICKUP BY REPUBLIC WASTE. DISPOSAL RECEIPTS WILL BE SENT TO DEC ONCE AVAILABLE.
12/31/14:SAC INSPECT SITE. MET W/GIL JUDD - JBI AND ED MALKIEWICZ. SAND WAS FROZEN. NO SHEEN OR STAINED SAND OBSERVED. 4 TO 5 DRUMS OF STAINED SAND WERE STAGED INSIDE A QUONSET HUT ON-SITE.
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