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US Environmental Protection Agency Federal On-Scene Coordinator

Report

Regional Response Team/Northwest Area Committee (RRT/NWAC) Meeting

Seattle, WA 98012February 13, 2013

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Recent EMERGENCY RESPONSES AND

REMOVAL ACTIONS

Recent Activities

WA Hahnlen Property – OSC A. Zavala

ID Lapwai School Dry Well – OSC G. Weigel Jack Waite Mine – OSC A. Zavala

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Hahnlen Property Time- Critical Removal Action

East side of Lake Roosevelt, Columbia River

Believed to have become contaminated when mine ore was transported through the Site to from the YAM and YAM Mill

Young America Mine (YAM) Operated 1897 – 1953, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold

COC= Lead Hahnlen Property is

between the YAM and YAM Mill

Covered with one foot of gravel

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Jack Waite Mine Site Removal Action

Located in Shoshone County, Idaho

Mostly federal lands under the jurisdiction of USFS and about (5%) private land

EPA and USFS coordinated their respective CERCLA authorities to conduct the removal

The Removal Action was signed on September 26, 2007 and the work and was concluded on October 2012

Lead contaminated material was consolidated in a repository (237,000 CY); the repository is about 11 acres

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Lapwai School District Removal Action

The Lapwai School District performs maintenance and repair of school buses and equipment at the Bus Transportation and Maintenance facility. The facility contains a building with two bus repair/equipment bays and an office.

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