Field Office Compliance - Assistance

Assistance ID - 72142
Northwood Ag. Products, Northwood - 311907005
2106 Central Avenue East Northwood, IA 50459
Worth County

FO 2

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8/11/2014 From: Miller, David [DNR] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2014 10:53 AM To: 'Steve Eastman' Cc: Vansteenburg, Jeff [DNR] Subject: RE: RE: Northwood fire Mr. Eastman: The rationale for sampling and analyzing potentially impacted soils, but not reviewing the results, is not clear to DNR. I will send you a letter recapping the specific requirements DNR has set forth regarding this matter, and I will cite the specific portion of the Iowa Administrative Code that obligates you to remedy a potentially hazardous condition or demonstrate that it is not a potentially hazardous condition. In the meantime, DNR recommends that you not construct a building over the area in question because if would complicate matters if contaminated soil excavation is required. DAVID MILLER Environmental Specialist Senior ******* From: Steve Eastman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2014 10:29 AM To: Miller, David [DNR]; Tamara Ashjian; Cleary, Dave Subject: Fwd: RE: Northwood fire David:please refer to the e'mail received from Tamara Asherton our environmental insurance group. the sampling was requested but not required in the insurance minds. we did engage Terra Con into sampling the site & put the samples through the LAB. we requested to not receive the analytical data. my understanding is that the results can be held for 7 years this way. as for the site as you referenced is free of all fire residue material. the material went thru incineration.i assume terracon will give you a final report on the disposal when they finish that up. as for the concrete it was demolished & processed to be used on the site for gravel. the site has grass growing all around the area. as for the trees we plan to remove all on site. plan is to grind them & haul away for compost. plans are to construct a 72wide by 208 building. with a 72x72 area engineered to the specs of the state of iowa for chemical storage. thanks steve eastman ********* From: Miller, David [DNR] Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 8:05 AM To: 'Cleary, Dave' Cc: Vansteenburg, Jeff [DNR] Subject: RE: Northwood Soil Sampling Mr. Cleary: This proposed soil sampling regimen will satisfy DNR’s request that the soil in the immediate vicinity of the fire be characterized to determine if any agricultural chemicals leaked during the incident. Please note that DNR reserves the right to request additional sampling to determine the extent of soil and/or ground-water contamination, if the results of this sampling effort suggest that there has been a material spill associated with the incident. We also reserve the right to request that Northwood Ag Products conduct sampling of nearby wells at some point in the future. DAVID MILLER Environmental Specialist Senior DAVID MILLER
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