US Environmental Protection Agency
Federal On-Scene Coordinator
Report
Regional Response Team/Northwest Area
Committee (RRT/NWAC) Meeting
Seattle, WA 98012
February 13, 2013
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Recent
EMERGENCY RESPONSES AND
REMOVAL ACTIONS
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Recent Activities
WA
 Hahnlen Property – OSC A. Zavala
ID
 Lapwai School Dry Well – OSC G. Weigel
 Jack Waite Mine – OSC A. Zavala
Hahnlen Property Time- Critical
Removal Action
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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
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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
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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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QUESTIONS?
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