PCB WAREHOUSE
EPA #: MPD980798318
State: NORTHERN MARIANAS()
County: Saipan Island
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Congressional District: 01
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Description and History
NPL Listing History
NPL Status: Deleted
Proposed Date: 12/30/1982
Final Date: 09/08/1983
Deleted Date: 03/07/1986
The PCB Warehouse site was a shelter in Saipan, a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, where drums of liquid tainted by polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from transformers were stored. The site contained 21 drums of oil contaminated with PCBs and three crates of sodium arsenite. The drums in the shelter were intact and the EPA found no evidence of spills or leaks on the site. The transformers from which the oil was drained were located at the Saipan Headquarters Building and at the Yard of the Department of Public Works. The EPA found no indication of spills or leaks near the transformers. The site was located approximately 1,000 feet upstream from the nearest freshwater intake.
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Contaminants and Risks
Contaminated Media:
Soil and Sludges
Three crates in the shelter contained sodium arsenite. Twenty-one drums of oil in the shelter contained PCBs from transformer liquid. The EPA was concerned that oils containing PCBs could be released in the event of a severe tropical storm, thereby threatening the health of people who ingest or come into direct contact with the contaminants.
Who is Involved
This site was addressed through Federal actions.
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Investigation and Cleanup Activities
Immediate Action: The EPA was concerned that a tropical storm could cause PCBs to leak into the Philippine Sea from the drums and crates in the shelter. In 1984, the EPA repacked the drums and crates and shipped them to the United States to a Federally-approved disposal facility. The EPA tested the site after removing the wastes and found that neither PCBs nor sodium arsenate contaminated the site and its surroundings during or before the cleanup action. The EPA finished cleaning up the site in 1984 and, with the concurrence of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, determined that no further cleanup actions were needed.
Cleanup Results to Date
The removal of the drums and crates has eliminated the potential for exposure to contaminants at the PCB Warehouse site. The site now is safe for nearby residents and the environment. The PCB Warehouse site has been deleted from the NPL.
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Potentially Responsible Parties
Potentially responsible parties (PRPs) refers to companies that are potentially responsible for generating, transporting, or disposing of the hazardous waste found at the site.
Online information about the PRPs for the site is not yet available.
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Public Information Repositories
The most complete collection of documents
is the official EPA site file, maintained at
the following location:
Superfund Records Center
Mail Stop SFD-7C
95 Hawthorne Street, Room 403
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 536-2000
Enter main lobby of 75 Hawthorne street,
go to 4th floor of South Wing Annex.
The public information repositories for
the site are at the following locations:
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Contacts
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| EPA Site Manager |
Christopher Lichens |
415-972-3149 |
Lichens.Christopher@epa.gov |
Mail Code SFD71
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105 |
EPA Community
Involvement Coordinator |
David Cooper |
415-972-3245
1-800-231-3075 |
Cooper.David@epa.gov |
Mail Code SFD63
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105 |
EPA Public Information
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415-947-8701 |
r9.info@epa.gov |
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After Hours
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US EPA |
(800) 424-8802 |
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