Field Office Compliance - Assistance

Assistance ID - 63440
Environmental Reclamation & Recycling, Llc - 311528228
1422 E SCOTT AVENUE Des Moines, IA 50317
Polk County

FO 5

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9/24/2013 From: Gastineau, Janet [DNR] Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 7:28 AM To: McGuffin, Dave Subject: RE: FW: 08137064-Discharge Sample results ltr9-18-13.pdf The outlet is at the Harriet Street boat ramp. From: McGuffin, Dave mailto:dnmcguffin@dmgov.org Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 3:45 PM To: Gastineau, Janet [DNR] Subject: Re: FW: 08137064-Discharge Sample results ltr9-18-13.pdf Janet, the City is going to perform another sampling event today on basin 2 for semi VOCs. I would believe that the discharge water would go to the same drainage area and outlet as the fire water. Could you send me the location of the outlet to the Des Moines river that the IDNR observed, so I can confirm. On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Gastineau, Janet [DNR] Janet.Gastineau@dnr.iowa.gov wrote: Dave, where do the detention basins discharge? Is it the same storm sewer system with the outlet we observed at the Des Moines River during the fire? There seems to be a consensus that discharge is acceptable based on the results of analysis and the likelihood that recent rainfall diluting contaminants even further. At least one sampling event at the outlet of the storm sewer during discharge is also advised. From: Petersen, Ted [DNR] Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 9:00 AM To: Appelhons, Dennis [DNR]; Gastineau, Janet [DNR] Subject: FW: 08137064-Discharge Sample results ltr9-18-13.pdf If the analytical results are satisfactory then my only concern with the release as storm water would be odors/appearance. Do you think this is valid or has there been enough dilution and degradation that is no longer an issue? Can one of you get back to Dave today and provide some direction? Thanks JANET GASTINEAU
9/12/2013 09/12/2013 drove by and observed fence to have been erected around the site. JANET GASTINEAU
9/10/2013 From: Gastineau, Janet [DNR] Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2013 8:45 AM To: Petersen, Ted [DNR]; Moon, Alex [DNR]; Baskins, Kevin [DNR]; Sheets, Jerah [DNR]; Ehm, William [DNR]; Davidson, Amie [DNR]; Fitzsimmons, Catharine [DNR]; Wuehr, Tom [DNR]; Hutchins, Brian [DNR]; Tack, Jon [DNR]; Stobbe, Chad [DNR]; Lynch, Barbara [DNR] Cc: DNR FO5_Everyone Subject: RE: Round up of last night's ERR fire - local media coverage I talked with Cody Christensen, Deputy Building Official with the city of Des Moines, yesterday about the clean up. The site has proved to be a security issue (people wanting to scavenge) so there should be a fence around the perimeter of the property by the end of the week. Using the City’s public nuisance laws they plan to declare it a public nuisance, which will lead to a court action requiring the owner to clean it up and tear down the building. Fully expecting this won’t be done, the City plans to and will assess the cost to the property. They are hoping to expedite the process and have this all done by the end of the year. In the meantime it will remain as it is today. From what I have seen, the solid waste outside the building is mostly the processed wood product, C&D wood, styrofoam, plastic, brick, and metal. Please let me know if you want to see pictures from a visit I made to the site Tuesday, 9/3/13. There are a couple of detention ponds to the northeast on the north side of the railroad embankment that are associated with the SE connector project. Apparently some of the fire water must have gone through a culvert(s) under the RR ROW into at least one pond. These ponds are visible from the SE 14th viaduct. The city engineer for the SE connector project has been in touch with the FO about what to test for to determine the quality of this water. From the sample collected from the storm sewer outlet at the Des Moines River 8/30/13, we have only received results for BOD5 (9 mg/L), Chloride (110 mg/L), Oil & Grease/Hexane Extractable Material [HEM (<5.0 ppm), and pH (6.8 std. units). Several analytes are pending. JANET GASTINEAU
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