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fviOiVs.Yi <r FA OM NA.MC - I C C AT ION--RNOKE i '_^E. R. B i l l e n , ^ S a u g e t , Illinois 2010 3ATi: SUBJECT REFERENCE ; January 24, 1979 F . -Basile P. Kirk D . Mayer *W. Springrose - A A 3 K T O *Glen Shoptaw AA3A G.O. Attached are two writeups on the Sturgeon incident. One by the field team and one of plant location involvement and communications. We'll discuss these and plant preparedness informally starting at 9:00 February 1 here at the plant. md a t t .* Earl Billen t C0 0 5 41 , ,/ Monsanto r 4 . rnoM ' N U H t-L O C kT iO N -P H O N tl F. J . B a s i l e , J r . , W. G. Krummrich P l a n t ( 2671) J a nu a ry 23, 1979 ORTHOCHLOROPHENOL TANKCAR SPILL AT STURGEON, MISSOURI TO : .E._R._,Bi 1len i D. T.- Mayer J . W. M o l l o y W. E. Scruggs A t t a c h e d i s o u r f i n a l r e p o r t on s u b j e c t i n c i d e n t . fjlX tm attachments 'ORTHOCHLOROPHENOL TANK CAR SPILL -- STURGEON, MISSOURI JANUARY TO, 1973___________ Page I 1/22/79 WGK ( S tat eme nt s/ Co mm en ts o f J . W o l f s b e r g e r , F. B a s i l e , J . S t a r z y k & P. K i r k , 1 / 1 8 / 7 9 ) EVENTS OF 1 / 1 1 / 7 9 BACKGROUND: A t l l : 3 0 ' p . m . , 1 / 1 0 / 7 9 , Don Womack, N i g h t S u p e r i n t e n d e n t , had c o n t a c t w i t h C h e mt re c . The m a t e r i a l was i d e n t i f i e d a t t h a t t i m e as C a r b o l i c A c i d . He (Womack) a d v i s e d ( Chemt rec) t h a t t h e e a s i e s t method o f c o n t r o l was t o c o v e r t h e c a r w i t h s a n d , and t o b u i l d d i k e s f o r t h e c o n t a i n m e n t o f any l i q u i d . A b ou t 12:30 am, 1 / 1 1 / 7 9 , D. Womack c a l l e d Don M a ye r . A t a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1:30 am, t h e m a t e r i a l was p o s i t i v e l y i d e n t i f i e d - as O r t h o c h l o r o p h e n o l (OCP). I t was e s t a b l i s h e d t h a t t h e tank car contained 20,000 gallons of m aterial. STARZYK: A t 2 : 3 0 a . m . , 1 / 1 1 / 7 9 , I was n o t i f i e d by t h e N i g h t S u p t . o f a l e a k i n g tank car in Sturgeon, M isso u ri, approximately 20-25 m iles n orth o f Columbia; population 787. At th a t time I c a lle d P hil K ir k , informed him o f t h e i n c i d e n t and t h a t I was l o o k i n g f o r someone t o g o - w i t h me. KIRK: I n o t i f i e d Dave M e t h e r d by t e l e p h o n e o f t h e i n c i d e n t a b o u t 15 m i n u t e s a f t e r Joe S t a r z y k c a l l e d me. I passed a l o n g t h e i n f o r m a t i o n and t o l d him Joe S t a r z y k and 1 w ould be l e a v i n g as q u i c k l y as p o s s i b l e . STARZYK: A t a p p r o x i m a t e l y 3 : 3 0 , we met a t t h e p l a n t and r e c e i v e d d i r e c t i o n s from th e N ig h t Supt. as t o the' l o c a t i o n o f th e d e r a i l m e n t / a c c i d e n t . Our d i r e c t i o n s were t o proc eed n o r t h on Route 63. The r a i l r o a d t r a c k s run a d j a c e n t t o Route 63 and we were t o l d we w o u l d be a b l e t o see t h e c a r upon a r r i v a l i n S t u r g e o n . We p r oc ee ded t o S t u r g e o n , b u t no c a r was v i s i b l e . We c o n t i n u e d d r i v i n g t o M o b e r l y , M o . , w h i c h i s a p p r o x i m a t e l y 15 m i l e s n o r t h o f S t ur g eO fl . -. .We t he n c a l l e d t h e M o b e r l y P o l i c e . They r esponded q u i c k l y by s e n d i n g someone f r o m t h e S h e r i f f ' s D e p a r t m e n t t o t a k e us t o S t u r g e o n . We w e nt t o t h e s i t e , w h e r e W e s t e r n E n v i r o n m e n t a l S e r v i c e s , i n c . (WES) was a l r e a d y on t h e scene on b e h a l f o f t h e N & W Railroad (6:00-- 6:30 a.m., 1 /1 1/79-) KIRK: At th a t p o i n t , Joe S ta rz y k and I went im m ediately t o the tan k car t o v e r i f y t h a t i t was o u r c a r , c o n t a i n i n g o u r p r o d u c t . Upon e n t e r i n g S t u r g e o n , we n o t i c e d a ` s t r o n g OCP o d o r . We d e t e r m i n e d t h e p r o d u c t was o u r s . We n o t i c e d the o d o r about a m i l e from the scene. Most o f the c o n t e n t s had leaked o u t The t r a i n had been head ing west on the n o r t h e r n t r a c k o f a t w o - t r a c k sys tem Joe S t a r z y k walked the t r a c k and found t h a t the s p i l l had covered one q ua rte r to o n e -h a lf m ile along the south side o f the tra c k , between the r a i l s and a p p r o x i m a t e l y 6 - 10 f e e t on t h e s o u t h s i d e o f t h e r a i l . T h e r e w er e no p o o l s o f m a t e r i a l v i s i b l e . T h er e was a s t r o n g o d o r Tn t h e a i r ( 8 : 0 0 - - 9 : 0 0 am, 1 / 1 1 / 7 9 . ) ORTHOCHLOROPHENOL TANK CAR S P IL L -- STURGEON, MISSOURI JANUARY 10, 1979___________ Page 2 1/22/79 WGK J A N .- II, 1979: STARZYK: A t t h i s t i m e WES was w o r k i n g t h e N&W R a i l r o a d t o d e t e r m i n e t h e b e s t means t o g e t new t r u c k s u nd er t h e c a r and c l e a r t h e r a i l l i n e . The hope was t o be a b l e t o reopen t h e l i n e as q u i c k l y as p o s s i b l e . In o u r o b s e r v a t i o n t h e r e was no a p p a r e n t damage t o t h e . r a i l s a t t h e p o i n t o f t h e i n i t i a l i n c i d e n t - - w h e r e i t f a i l e d . T h er e was no v i s i b l e b r e a k o r any o t h e r o b s t r u c t i o n on t h e t r a c k s . We c o u l d see n o t h i n g in d ic a tin g what caused the wheels o f the cars to f o ld under. At the a r e a , t h e t e m p e r a t u r e was a p p r o x i m a t e l y 5p F. Wind was f r o m t h e E a s t . There were 2 -6 in ch es o f snow on the gro un d . STARZYK: Upon l o o k i n g a t t h e c a r , t h e f r o n t ( o r w e s t ) d r a w - b a r was m i s s i n g . A l s o , the f r o n t t r u c k o f th e c a r was shoved e a s t toward the c e n t e r o f t h e c a r . One s e t o f w h e e l s was m i s s i n g . As I w a l k e d t h e t r a c k , t h e m issing set o f wheels and the. d raw -bar were found w i t h i n 50' o f the i n i t i a l s p i l l . A pp ro xim a te ly 6 ` from the west end o f t h e - c a r , the bottom o f t h e c a r b u b b le d upward and i t appeared t h a t t h e e x t e r n a l I n s u l a t e d s h e l l had been p un ctured a t the weld . T h is is where the c o n te n ts had poured o u t . KIRK: Dead c e n t e r on t h e b o t t o m o f t h e c a r , I o b s e r v e d w h at a p p e a r e d t o be a p u n c tu r e /r ip in the bottom outer s h e l l , apparently caused by a wheel or p a r t o f a t r u c k ( e x t e r n a l s h e l l . ) We d i d n o t see t h e f a i l u r e i n ' t h e in te rn a l, tank its e lf. KIRK: A t a p p r o x i m a t e l y 7-*00-- 8 : 0 0 a . m . f a f t e r t h e o b s e r v a t i o n on t h e s i t e , we p roc eeded back t o t h e Command C e n t e r a t t h e S t u r g e o n F i r e D e p a r t m e n t . Upon e n t e r i n g t h e Command C e n t e r , someone commented t h a t t h e t e c h n i c a l p eo p le were h e r e . A t t h i s t i m e 1 was approached by t h r e e o r f o u r p e o p le f r o m t he news m e d i a . T h e r e wer-*a_ f l u r r y o f q u e s t i o n s r a n g i n g f r o m wh at is the m aterial to what are the health hazards. I responsed inform ing them t he m a t e r i a l was OCR. They ask ed i f t he m a t e r i a l was s c a t t e r e d everywhere wh er e t h e m a t e r i a l was. I t o l d them t h e m a t e r i a l was c o n t a i n e d i n d i t c h e s a l o n g s i d e t h e t r a c k s , and t h a t i t was s t a b i l i z e d and not flow ing anywhere. BASILE: A t a p p r o x i m a t e l y 8 : 0 0 am on 1 / 1 1 , I t a l k e d w i t h Don M a y e r , h a v i n g h e a r d t h e r e p o r t on the r a d i o o f t h e c a r b o l i c a c i d s p i l l which had taken p l a c e n e a r S t u rg e o n . Th at is when 1 became aware t h a t i t ' w a s n o t c a r b o l i c a c i d and we needed t o g e t i n v o l v e d . My f i r s t c a l l was a t 8 : 1 7 a . m , .t o J e f f Waldbeser a t t h e Queeny P l a n t , f o r the purpose o f i d e n t i f y i n g M i s s o u r i Depart ment o f N a t u r a l Resources (DNR) c o n t a c t s , and t h e name I was g i v e n was R i c k R o b e r t s , S e c t i o n C h i e f f o r Hazardous Wast e, M i s s o u r i DNR. We brainstormed tha t a possible s ite fo r disposal of the cleanup m aterial m i g h t be t he ChemDyne ^ f a c i l i t y a t W r i g h t C i t y , M0. A t 8 : 2 3 a . m . , I t r i e d to c a l l R i c k R o b e r t s . He was n o t i n h i s o f f i c e . 1 spoke w i t h a n o t h e r f e l l o w by t h e name o f Rob P a t t e n f o r t . He t o l d me t h a t M0 DNR di-d n o t have t h e e x p e r t i s e t o t e c h n i c a l l y as ses s t h e s i t u a t i o n and r e f e r r e d me t o U . S. EPA ( Regi on V I l ) in Kansas C i t y , M0. C o n t a c t t h e r e was a Mr. S c o t t R i c h e y . At 8:55 a . m . , I c a l l e d Mr. Richey and spoke w i t h bot h he and a gentle ma n by t h e name o f H a r r y G i l m e r . 1 was a d v i s e d t h a t Region VI1 had d i s p a t c h e d t h r e e men t o t h e scene and t h a t t he e x t e n t o f t h e damage t h e y knew a t t h e t i m e was a \/k t o l / 2 " h o l e i n t he c a r and t h a t m a t e r i a l was on t h e g ro un d ORTHOCHLOROPHENOL TANK CAR S P IL L -- STURGEON, MISSOURI JANUARY 10, 1979____________ ^ Page 3 1/22/79 WGK JAN. 11, 1979: BASILE ( C o n t ' d ) and i n a d r y d i t c h . They s u g g e s t e d l a n d f i l l i n g t h e m a t e r i a l as i t was c l e a n e d up o r p o s s i b l y d i s p o s i n g i n p l a c e t h r o u g h some s o r t o f c h e m i c a l r e a c t i o n . H a r r y G i l m e r was d e s i g n a t e d t o me a t t h a t t i m e as b e i n g t h e key p e r s o n i n Region V I I EPA who w o u l d o v e r s e e t h e t o t a l e f f o r t . A t 9 : 1 5 1 c h ec k e d w i t h Hap H o r n e r , WGK C h i e f C h e m i s t , a b o u t t h e p o s s i b i l i t y f o r c h e m ic a l r e a c t i o n i n p l a c e u t i l i z i n g p o t a s s i u m per ma nga nte. I t was j u d g e d i m p o s s i b l e s i n c e an aqueous s o l u t i o n o f p o t a s s i u m per ma ng ana te would be r e q u i r e d * We p r o b a b l y w o u l d n o t g e t much r e a c t i o n and t h e s o l u t i o n m i g h t we' l l f r e e z e . At 9:25 a.m. I c a l l e d back to H a rry Gilm er and a d v is e d him t h a t I had ^ . j u s t l e a r n e d ( f r o m Don Mayer) t h a t t h e s p i l l was a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1 9, 000 + g a l l o n and o f o u r recommendation a g a in s t t r y i n g t o c h e m i c a l l y r e a c t u t i l i z i n g the potassium permanganate. Mr. Gilm er suggested th a t i f any o f th e m a t e r i a l needed to be t r a n s p o r t e d i t p r o b a b l y s h o u l d be drummed. A t 9 : 3 0 a * m . , 1 r e c e i v e d a c a 11 back f r o m S c o t t R i c h e y . He asked i f we c o n s i d e r e d m a t e r i a l r e c o v e r y . A t 9 : 5 0 a.m. I c a l l e d M i k e P T e r l e , MCI E n v i r o n m e n t a l , t o adv.ise him o f t h e s i t u a t i o n . A t t h e same t i m e Howard C u r t i s a d v i s e d me t h a t , t o t h e b e s t o f o u r k n o w l e d g e , a l l o f t h e m a t e r i a l had gone I n t o t h e ground and r e c o v e r y was n o t p o s s i b l e s i n c e we do n o t have the necessary equipment f o r handling contaminated s o i l , chat, e tc . ' A t 9 :5 5 I c a l l e d Mr. Richey and a d v i s e d him o f no r e c o v e r y o p t i o n a t o u r , location. A t 10: 20 I c a l l e d R i c k R o b er t s f r o m M0 DNR and r e i t e r a t e d t h a t t h e m a t e r i a l was 0CP. They were s t i l l c a l l i n g i t c a r b o l i c a c i d a t t h a t t i m e . I asked about the p o s s i b i l i t y o f ^ u t i l i z i n g the W right C ity l a n d f i l l lo c a tio n f o r d i s p o s a l and was a d v i s e d t h a t ' w e * w o u l d need t o c o m mu n i ca t e w i t h t h a t f a c i l i t y , and t h a t WES s h o u l d c o o r d i n a t e s u p p l e m e n t a l p e r m i t r e q u i r e m e n t s t h r o u g h Rob P a t t e n f o r t . In l i e u o f c o m p l e t i n g t h e w r i t t e n s u p p l e m e n t a l p e r m i t r e q u i r e m e n t s , v e r b a l a u t h o r i z a t i o n f r o m M0 DNR c o u l d be g i v e n . I t was a m a t t e r d e p e n d i n g on how f a s t t h e c l e a n u p p e o p l e f r o m WES w an te d t o proceed. At 10: 30 t h e r e was a m e e t i n g I n t h e P l a n t M a n a g e r ' s c o n f e r e n c e room. Phil K ir k c a lle d in sim u lta ne o usly from the scene and confirmed th a t a l l 20,000 g a l . was on the gr ound, t h e e n t i r e town had been e v a c u a t e d , he had a d v i s e d WES t o measure f o r TLV and t h a t t h e r e m i g h t be some p o s s i b i l i t y f o r n e u t r a liz a t io n w ith c a u s tic soda. F u rthe r d is c u s s io n in th a t meeting, caused Joe W o l f s b e r g e r and m y s e l f t o be put on a l e r t f o r t h e p o s s i b i l i t y t h a t i t m i g h t be n e c e s s a r y f o r us t o go t o t h e scene t o p r o v i d e a i r s a m p l i n g , and w a s t e d i s p o s a l e x p e r t i s e . A t a p p r o x i m a t e l y 11:00 a . m . , Joe and I we re a d v i s e d t h a t we were b e i n g s e n t by Mo nsant o. ORTHOCHLOROPHENOL TANK CAR SPILL -- STURGEON, MISSOURI JANUARY 10, 1979___________ - Page 4 1/22/79 WGK JAN. 11, 1979: KIRK: 10:30-- 11 :0 0 . Back a t t h e s c ene , Channel ^ news was t h e r e . 1 t a l k e d to L a r r y Conners and a d v is e d him t h a t a t the t i m e , I d i d n o t have a n y t h i n g t o r e l e a s e and t h a t we s h o u l d have someone t o t a l k w i t h him w i t h i n t h e h o u r . A t t h i s t i m e I knew Bob N e u n r e i t e r was en r o u t e t o t h e scene and I was awaiting h is a r r iv a l before making fu rth e r press releases. Immediately f o l l o w i n g , Channel 4 news made t h e i r h e l i c o p t e r a v a i l a b l e t o m y s e l f , t h e NW R a i l r o a d p e r s o n n e l , and WES. We w e nt up i n t h e h e l i c o p t e r t o s u r v e y t h e s p i l l s c e n e . From t h e a i r we c o u l d see w h e r e t h e s p i l l had s t a r t e d . a t t h e c r o s s i n g . We c o u l d see a s l i g h t o r ang e c a s t on t h e snow on t h e south side o f the tra c k s , fo r a distance o f approxim atley 1,000 yards. A f t e r l a n d i n g , I o b t a i n e d a 35 mm camera f r o m a news r e p o r t e r . A t t h a t t i m e we t o o k a p p r o x i m a t e l y 20 s h o t s o f t h e r a i l c a r and t h e e n t i r e s i t e . I t he n w e n t b ac k t o w a r d t h e Couniand C e n t e r and met Bob N e u n r e i t e r as he a r r i v e d , a p p r o x . 11 : 30-- 12: 00. I b r i e f e d him on a l l e v e n t s p r e c e e d i n g hi s a r r i v a l . A t a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1 1 : 0 0 a . m . , t h e WES o n - s c e n e r e p r e s e n t a t i v e , r e q u e s t e d t h a t M o ns an to send F r a n k and J o e . By t h e t i m e I passed :t h i s r e q u e s t on t o t h e p l a n t , F r a n k and' Joe w er e a l r e a d y on t h e i r way. I was a p p r o a c h e d by s e v e r a l p e o p l e f r o m t h e p r e s s . Bob N e u n r e i t e r , C o r p o r a t e P . R . , was n o t y e t on t h e scene and my comments t o t h e p r e s s i n c l u d e d ' w h at t h e m a t e r i a l was-- 0CP; t h a t t h e m a t e r i a l was c o n t a i n e d i n t h e d i t c h e s a l o n g s i d e t h e t r a c k s . 1 was as ked by WES a b o u t s a f e t y p r e c a u t i o n s f o r t h e i r p e o p l e and 1 t o l d them and the p r e s s , 't h a t the o n l y immediate s a f e t y hazard I saw was ' f o r p e r s o n n e l i n c o n t a c t w i t h t h e l i q u i d a t t h e s c e n e . 1 was ask ed q u e s t i o n s by t h e p r e s s r e l a t i n g t o h e a l t h h aza rd s i n t h e e v a c u a t e d a r e a . My comments were t h a t t he town was e v a c u a t e d by p e o p l e unknown t o me and i t was a s a f e t y p r e c a u t i o n . The EPA and N S W R.R1. w o u l d have t o make a d e c i s i o n on t h e re h a b ita tio n o f the town. At th a t time to avoid f u r t h e r que stio ns, I r e t u r n e d t o t h e scene o f t h e s p i l l w h i c h was a h a l f - m i l e f r o m t h e Command Center. STAR2YK: The NSW Foreman, ( t h e man who was g o i n g t o g e t t h e c a r bac k on t h e t r a c k s ) i n s p e c t e d the c a r and w h i l e d o i n g so, go t c h l o r o p h e n o l on h i s hand and s l e e v e and s u f f e r e d a s l i g h t b u r n . He was t o l d t o wash w i t h w a t e r and have a n u r s e o r p h y s i c i a n l o o k a t i t . We h ea r d t h r o u g h some s o u r c e t h a t i n a d d i t i o n t o t h e i n j u r e d man, two o t h e r p e o p l e ( f i r e m e n ) r e p o r t e d t o t h e h o s p i t a l f o r o b s e r v a t i o n , w i t h coughing and lung i r r i t a t i o n . To o u r know ledge they were not h o s p ita liz e d . W0LFSBERGER: A b ou t 11: 15 I c o n t a c t e d Bruce E l y o f DMEH and b r o u g h t him up t o d a t e on what was g o i n g on. 1 t o l d him w h at t he p e o p l e have been r e l a t i n g up t o now, and what we had a d v i s e d WES t o do. I asked him i f he had any o t h e r comments o r s u g g e s t i o n s . He s a i d "No11 and we l e t i t go a t t h a t . ORTHOCHLOROPHENOL TANK CAR SPILL -- STURGEON, MISSOURI JANUARY 10, 1973___________ Page 5 1/22/79 WGK Jan. 11, 1979: WOLFSBERGER: I g o t Ja ck G a r r e t t ' s home number i n c a s e we needed t o x i c o l o g i c a l i n f o r m a t i o n d u r i n g t h e n i g h t . F r a n k and I g a t h e r e d up t h e n e c e s s a r y e q u i p m e n t i n c l u d i n g s a m p l i n g pumps and c o l l e c t i o n t u b e s and p ro ce ed ed t o Lambert A i r p o r t wh er e we t o o k a c h a r t e r f l i g h t t o C o l u m b i a , MO. En r o u t e we c i r c l e d o v e r t h e S t u r g e o n a r e a i n an a t t e m p t t o g e t an o v e r v i e w o f t h e s i t e . A r r i v a l a t t h e Co lu m b ia A i r p o r t was a p p r o x i m a t e l y 3 p .m. A t t h a t t i m e we c o n t a c t e d Howard C u r t i s a d v i s i n g h i m o f o u r a r r i v a l , and what we had seen f r o m o u r f l i g h t o v e r t h e a r e a . A t t h i s p o i n t we had i d e n t i f i e d t h e l o c a t i o n w h e r e t h e c a r had been t a k e n . We t h e n r e n t e d a c a r and d r o v e t o t h e m o t e l t o c a l i b r a t e o u r pumps. We had decided to r e t a i n the p i l o t s t o f l y o u r samples back to the lab a f t e r .they had been c o l l e c t e d . The p i l o t s accompanied us t o t h e motel > wh e r e t h e y w a i t e d f o r t h e samples ( 3 : 0 0 -- 3 : 3 0 ) . A t a p p r o x i m a t e l y 4 : 1 5 pm, we l e f t t h e m o t e l f o r t h e a c c i d e n t s i t e . A r r i v a l was a r o u n d 4 : 5 0 . We checked in w ith the o th e r Monsanto personnel a t the s i t e and set out i m m e d i a t e l y t o l o c a t e pumps t o b e g i n s a m p l i n g . A f t e r s e t t i n g t h e f i r s t t h r e e pumps, Joe S t a r z y k , P h i l K i r k and 1 r e t u r n e d t o t h e motel t o pack up a d d i t i o n a l sa m p li n g equipme nt w h ic h had been l e f t e a r l i e r t o co m p le te battery charging. KIRK: At approx. 12:30-- 1:00 p .m ., 1/11, I c o n ta c te d .the p la n t and advised them t h a t Bob N e u n r e i t e r was on t h e scene and w o u l d be h a n d l i n g p r e s s r e l e a s e s . ' Bob had a r r i v e d a t a b o u t 1 0 : 3 0 a . m . I c o mmu ni cat ed w i t h Don Mayer and was t o l d t o r e f e r t e c h n i c a l q u e s t i o n s on n e u t r a l i z a t i o n t o Dan Lynch o f t h e WGK l a b . Dan Lynch was p u t on s t a n d - b y . I was g i v e n h i s , home phone number and I was t o c o n t a c t t h e WES C h e m i s t , Mr . S t e v e M e i t h and t e l l h im t o g e t i n c o n t a c t w i t h Dan Lynch a t t h e p l a n t t o d i s c u s s n e u t r a l i z a t i o n procedures. A t t h i s tim e I w a s ^ l s o advi.sed from the p la n t th a t Joe W o l f s b e r g e r and Fra n k B a s i l e s h o u ld be on t h e scene by a p p r o x i m a t e l y 3 : 3 0 - - 4 : 0 0 p.m. A t a b o u t 2 : 3 0 p.m. I was a g a i n i n c o n t a c t w i t h Don Mayer and a d v is e d t h a t- D a n Lynch and Mr. M e it h had had a c o n v e r s a t i o n , and d e c i d e d t h a t p ro c e d u re s s h o u l d be t o s c a t t e r c r u s h e d ^ ! i m e s t o n e o v e r t h e to p area o f the s p i l l and t h a t t h i s a c t i o n would h o jp e fu lly suppress th e o d o r s In t h e a r e a . 1 was a l s o a d v i s e d we w o u l d t a k e a i r samples a t t h e s i t e and a t t h i s t i m e , I p r o c ee d e d t o t a l k t o Mr . Denni s B e l l , U. S. EPA Rep. f o r . Region V I ! on t h e s i t e , f o r h i m t o g e t i n t o u c h w i t h h i s home o f f i c e and f i n d o u t i f o u r samples and la b a n a l y s i s i n f o r m a t i o n c o u l d be used by t he EPA t o d e t e r m i n e i f t h e town c o u l d be r e - o c c u p i e d . Lime s p re a d in g s t a r t e d ( a p p r o x im a t e ly ) between 3 : 3 0 - - 4 : 0 0 and c o n tin u e d through 11:00 p.m. WOLFSBERGER: 7 p.m. D i s c u s s e d w i t h t he Re gi on V I I EPA C h e m i s t , M r . R o b e r t K l o e p f e r , who was c o n d u c t i n g t h e i r s a m p l i n g , t o r e v i e w T L V ' s and s a m p l i n g t e c h n i q u e s . At t h a t t im e i t was i n d i c a t e d t h a t t h e o n l y c o n s t i t u e n t o f t h e m a t e r i a l f o r w h i c h t h e r e i s a TLV i s p h e n ol and t h a t t h e TLV i s 5 ppm. 'ORTHOCHLOROPHENOL TANK CAR SPILL -- STURGEON, MISSOURI JANUARY 10, 1979____________ . Page 6 1/22/79 WGK Jan. 11, 1979: WOLFSBERGER: A b o u t 7 : 1 5 p.m. we r e t u r n e d t o t h e s i t e and s e t a d d i t i o n a l pumps f o r a t o t a l o f e i g h t (8) s a m p l i n g pumps t h r o u g h o u t t h e t o w n. The w i n d was f r o m t he s o u t h e a s t . A l l samples w e r e s e t downwi nd o f t h e a c c i d e n t s i t e . A t t h i s t i m e t h e f i r s t s e t o f sample pumps w e r e c o l l e c t e d and t h e samples were p r e p a r e d f o r s h i p m e n t t o o u r l a b . A r o u n d 8 : ^ 5 p .m. we received a question from the F ire C hief regarding the removal o f liv e s to c k . One o f t h e l o c a l f a r m e r s had been a d v i s e d by a v e t e r i n a r i a n t o remove a l l b i s l i v e s t o c k ( c a t t l e and hogs) f r o m t h e e xp o s u re s i t u a t i o n . Our comment on t h i s was t h a t we d i d n o t have v e t e r i n a r i a n e x p e r t i s e and w o u l d n o t go a g a i n s t t h e a d v i s e o f a v e t e r i n a r i a n . We t h e n q u e s t i o n e d how l o n g t h e t r a n s f e r would r e q u i r e and a d v is e d t h a t i f i t w o u ld be l o n g e r than an h o u r , 1 p ro p e r r e s p i r a t o r y p r o t e c t i o n should be worn by personnel p e r fo rm in g the j o b . . We t h en b r o u g h t i n a case o f r e s p i r a t o r s and i n s t r u c t e d t h e F i r e C h ie f on th e p r o p e r method o f use and requested t h a t he p r o v i d e these r e s p i r a t o r s and i n s t r u c t i o n on use t o the f a r m e r a n d / o r h i s h e l p e r s . , A t 9 :0 0 p.m. t h e r e m a in in g samples were p ic k e d up and p re p a r e d f o r t r a n s p o rt to our lab. During th is time period re porters from the Columbia T r i b u n e i n t e r v i e w e d me r e g a r d i n g s a m p l i n g t e c h n i q u e s and a n a l y s i s . A t 9:30 p.m. the samples' were d riv e n t o the motel and t u r n e d o v e r to the w a i t i n g p i l o t s by K i r k / S t a r z y k / N e u n r e i t e r .- The p i l o t s were then d r iv e n to th e a i r p o r t where the y boarded the p la n e and f l e w t o B i - S t a t e A i r p o r t ` in Cahokia, IL. At about 10:30 p.m. the plane l e f t f o r B i- S ta te . ( K ir k , S tarzyk N e u n re ite r remained at the m o te l. Frank B a s ile and I remained a t t h e Command C e n t e r . ) EPA Region V I I t o o k a t o t a l o f t h r e e s a m p l e s : t wo a t t h e f e e d y a r d wh e re t he t a n k c a r came t o a s t o p and Qge_al ong Wa ll S t r e e t ( a l s o known as R a i l road S t r e e t ) a p p r o x i m a t e l y 100 f e e t f r o m t h e t r a c k s . A g a i n , a l l s a m p l es were downwind. They removed samples around 8 :0 0 p.m. fn the e v en in g and drove them to Kansas C i t y f o r a n a ly s is . (Refer to sampling diagram f o r e x a c t l o c a t i o n s o f EPA sampl es^ as w e l l as Monsant o s a m p l e s . ) ".-**' *-.4 Around 10:30 p.m. a re p o r te r from the Associated Press c a lle d concerning the s a m p li n g t e c h n i q u e p r o c e e d in g s . I n f o r m a t i o n was g i v e n on t h e t y p e o f samples t a k e n , and the p r o c e d u r e f o r g e t t i n g them back t o o u r l a b . f o r a n a l y s i s . The f a c t t h a t we d i d hav e an a c c r e d i t e d i n d u s t r i a l h y g i e n e l ab was c o m m u n i c a t e d . The r e p o r t e r was t h e n r e f e r r e d t o Bob N e u n r e i t e r f o r additional information. Between 10 and 1 2 : 0 0 p.m. t h e Command C e n t e r r e c e i v e d a s e r i e s o f phone c a l l s from the Mayor o f C la rk which is a nearby community a p p r o x im a te ly 5 m i l e s n o r t h w e s t o f S t u r g e o n ( d o w n w i n d . ) He r e p o r t e d o d o r c o m p l a i n t s f r o m a number o f p e o p l e i n h i s c o m mu n i t y . Around 1 1 : 0 0 pm F r a n k B a s i l e , a lo ca l fire m a n , and m ys e lf proceeded to the lo c a t i o n in C la r k where r e p o r ts o f odo rs had come. At the f i r s t two l o c a t i o n s none o f us c o u l d d e t e c t any unusual o d o r . A t the t h i r d l o c a t i o n a smell o f n a t u r a l , gas was i n t h e a i r . A t a p p r o x . 11: 15 pm, t he samples a r r i v e d a t B i - S t a t e A i r p o r t i n C a h o k i a , and were p i c k e d up by WGK p l a n t p e r s o n n e l and b r o u g h t t o t h e . l a b f o r a n a l y s i s . F r a n k B a s i l e apd Joe W o l f s b e r g e r l e f t t h e scene a t a b o u t 12: 00 p . m . ....... ....-- . ORTHOCHLOROPHENOL TANK CAR SPILL -- STURGEON, MISSOURI JANUARY 10, 1979____________ Page 7 1/22/79 WGK EVENTS OF 1 / 1 2 / 7 9 WOLFSBERGER: A t 1 2 : 3 0 a . m . , 1 / 1 2 / 7 9 , we r e c e i v e d a c a l l f r o m Howard C u r t i s t e l l i n g us th e samples had a r r i v e d and t h a t a n a ly s e s had begun. I requested t h a t th e f i r s t th r e e samples taken be a n a ly z e d f i r s t s in c e th e y wo uld be th e h i g h e s t expo su re samples. A t a p p r o x i m a t e l y 2 : 0 0 am, I r e c e i v e d a c a l l f r o m t h e EPA Lab g i v i n g t h e i r r e s u l t s . A t a p p r o x . 3 : 3 0 am, I r e c e i v e d a c a l l f r o m t h e WGK Lab (Ron McEntire) w ith the re su lts from the f i r s t three analyses. At approx. 7 : 3 0 am, I r e c e i v e d a c a l l f r o m H a r r y G i l m e r o f t h e EPA and d i s c u s s e d o u r p r e lim in a r y r e s u lts and t o l d him what o u r f i r s t s e t o f r e s u lts were. At 7 : ^ 5 am, I g o t t h e r e s t o f t h e r e s u l t s f r o m Ron M c E n t i r e . I c a l l e d Mr. G i l m e r back and gave him o u r r e s u l t s . He t a l k e d a b o u t a j o i n t s t a t e m e n t f r o m t h e EPA and Monsant o a b o u t r e - o c c u p y i n g t h e t o w n . I d i d n o t make a comment on t h i s b u t t o l d h i m o u r r e s u l t s a r e a v a i l a b l e f o r ' h i s use and t o do w i t h them as he saw f i t . 1 a l s o t a l k e d t o him a b o u t an e a r l i e r s t a t e ment t h e EPA had made t h a t t h e o d o r t h r e s h o l d o f t h e c h e m i c a l s was i n t h e P a r t s Per M i l l i o n (PPM) r a n g e . I t o l d him t h a t t h e a c t u a l o d o r t h r e s h o l d was i n t h e P a r t s Per B i l l i o n (PPB) range and t h a t we w6u1d p r o b a b l y have c o n t i n u e d p r o b l e m s u n l e s s t h i s m i s c o n c e p t i o n was c o r r e c t e d . A b o u t 7 : 0 0 - 8 : 0 0 am, I t a l k e d w i t h Bob N e u n r e i t e r and b r o u g h t h i m up t o d a t e on o u r r e s u l t s and w h a t had been g o i n g o n. Bob N e u n r e i t e r t h e n d e p a r t e d f o r S t u r g e o n . A t a b o u t 8 : 1 5 am, F r a n k B a s i l e and I l e f t f o r t h e s i t e . BASILE: ( 1 / 1 1 " -- a p p r o x i m a t e l y 5 -- 11: 00 pm) , I had s e v e r a l c o n v e r s a t i o n s w i t h Mr . H a r r y G i l m e r , M r . Rob R o b e r t s o n , C h i e f o f t he M0 DNR S o l i d Wa st e^ Pr og ra m and R i c k R o b e r t s ' b o s s , and Mr. Rol and M i l l e r o f WES, d i s c u s s i n g ' p o s s i b l e a l t e r n a t i v e s f o r d i s p o s a l o f t h e m a t e r i a l t o be c l e a n e d up. What t h e EPA f i n a l l y d e c i d e d ( R e g i o n V I l ) was t h a t a l l s o l i d m a t e r i a l c o u l d be d i s p o s e d o f by b u l k l a n d f i l l i n g a t t he W r i g h t C i t y , M0 s i t e . They w e r e v e r y s p e c i f i c as t o w h a t s o l i d m a t e r i a l was t o be d e f i n e d a s . S o l i d m a t e r i a l I n c l u d e d c h e m i c a l l y c o n t a m i n a t e d c h a t , d i r t , wood o r r a i l s w h i c h w o u l d be d i s p o s e d o f i n b u l k . A ll o th e r m a te r ia l, whether liq u i d or c r y s t a l l i z e d , in the snow, but not p e n e t r a t j n g t h r o u g h t o the ground would have t o be drummed. I t s u l t i m a t e d i s p o s a l w ould be d e te rm i n e d l a t e r . In one c o n v e r s a t i o n w i t h G ilm e r, he discussed the p o s s i b i l i t y o f r e c y c l i n g . He as ked me t o l o o k i n t o i t once a g a i n . I m e n t i o n e d t o h i m t h a t some d i s c u s s i o n had been g i v e n t o d i s p o s i n g o f t h e drummed m a t e r i a l by i n c i n e r a t i o n and t h a t I d i d n o t see any im m e d ia t e l y a c c e p t a b l e c o n t r a c t o r s a t t h i s t i m e . ORTHOCHLOROPHENOL TANK CAR SPILL -- STURGEON, MISSOURI JANUARY 10, 1979___________ Page 8 1/22/79 WGK Jan. 12, 1979 BASILE ( 1 / 1 2 -- 8 : 0 0 -- 8 : 3 0 am) ; The l i m i n g f o r o d o r c o n t r o l had resumed a nd WES was p r o b i n g t h e s p i l l a re a. I t had been d e te rm in e d t h a t t h e r e was, i n f a c t , p e n e t r a t i o n o f the chemical to the ground in approxim ately the la s t 75-100 yards o f the s p i l l . The f i r s t p o r t i o n o f the s p i l l , t h a t i s , a p p ro x im a te ly 900 y a rd s , had o n l y c o n t a m i n a t e d t h e snow and i c e . I t was f e l t by WES t h a t b y skimming t h i s m a t e r i a l , c le a n snow o r ic e c o u ld be uncovered beneath and l e f t in p l a c e . 8 : ^ 5 am -- J o e Wol f s b e r g e r and 1 a r r i v e d on t h e s i t e and d i s c u s s e d t h e a i r s a m p l i n g r e s u l t s w i t h t h e EPA o f f i c i a l on s i t e (D. B e l l . ) A t 9 : 3 0 am, a l l Mo n sa n to people on s i t e (5) met w i t h the M is s o u ri Dept, o f A g r i c u l t u r e o f f i c i a l s to d iscu ss the e f f e c t s o f th e chemical on a g r i c u l t u r e and l i v e s t o c k . We gave them o u r a i r c o n c e n t r a t i o n v a l u e s and g a v e them t h e c h e m i c a l a n a l y s i s o f - t h e m a t e r i a l . We t o l d them t h e EPA, R e g i o n - V I I had t h e t o x i c i t y i n f o r m a t i o n and t h e y , c o u l d g e t i t f r o m EPA a t Kansas C i t y . I_t was t h e n a p p r o x . 10 a . m . and I c a l l e d Howard C u r t i s and a s k e d h i m t o t a l k to our lab people about reconsidering the p o s s i b il it y o f re c y c lin g . KIRK: Joe S t a r z y k and I were back on the scene a t a p p r o x i m a t e l y 9 : 3 0 am, 1 /1 2 . The o n l y p e r t i n e n t c o n v e r s a t i o n was one w i t h C o u n t y Work o f f i c i a l s a b o u t possible contam ination o f road equipment being used a t the s i t e . I advised him o f p ro te c tiv e equipment necessary fo r h is workers which included f u l l r a i n s u i t , rubber iS o ts and g lo v e s , fa c e s h i e l d , and r e s p i r a t o r . He q u e s t i o n e d me a b o u t w h a t t o do w i t h c o n t a m i n a t e d e q u i p m e n t . 1 t o l d ' h i m the equipment c o u ld be cle a n e d w i t h hot w a t e r wash and t h a t i t was p o s s i b l e to d riv e the t ir e s o f contaminated equipment through the crushed lim e s to n e , and wash to n e u t r a l i z e . I als o, a d v i s e d him t h a t w a s h in g o f e q u i p ment c o n t a i n i n g l a r g e amount s o f t h e 0CP s h o u l d be a p p r o v e d by t h e EPA as t h e r u n o f f w a t e r w o u l d c o n t a i n some p h e n o l i c s . BASILE: A t a p ' p r o x i m a t e l y 1 1 : 3 0 am, I c a l l e d Howard C u r t i s and he a d v i s e d me t h a t r e c y c l i n g was p o s s i b l e b u t n o t g iv e n o u r p r e s e n t e qu ip m e nt c a p a b i l i t i e s and a r r a n g e m e n t -- i n o t h e r w o r d s , we d i d n o t h a v e t h e c a p a b i l i t y i n - h o u s e . I r e p e a t e d t o R e g i o n V I I EPA' s Rep. D. B e l l t h a t r e c y c l i n g was n o t p o s s i b l e f o r Mo ns an t o. A t a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1 1 :3 5 am, t h e EPA c a l l e d b a c k t o t h e i r people on s i t e . These people then d is c u s s e d w i t h the F i r e C h i e f th e EPA' s o p i n i o n t h a t r e - o c c u p a t i o n o f t h e t own c o u l d o c c u r . T h i s j u d g e m e n t was based on a Kansas U n i v e r s i t y p a t h o l o g i s t ' s d e c i s i o n . The t c w h F i r e C h i e f , S t e v e P a u l s e l l , made t h e a nn ouncement a t a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1 1 : 5 8 a . m . t h a t the town c o u l d be r e - o c c u p i e d and t h e r e - w a s no im m ed ia te a r e a o f danger t o h e a lt h and t h a t a l l tow nspeople s h o u ld s t a y away from the i mm ed i at e a r e a o f t h e s p i l l . WES was t o c o r d o n i t o f f . EPA o f f i c i a l s made n o t e t o Mo nsant o p e r s o n n e l , on t h e scene t h a t o u r t o x i c o l o g i s t had n o t r e t u r n e d t h e i r t o x i c o l o g i s t ' s phone c a l l . Joe W o l f s b e r g e r c a l l e d DMEH and a s ke d why o u r p e o p l e had n o t r e t u r n e d t h e c a l l . ORTHOCHLOROPHENOL TANK CAR S P IL L -- STURGEON, M ISSO URI JANUARY TO, 1979___________ Page 9 1/22/79 WGK Jan. 12, 1973: BASILE: (Continued) They s a i d t h e y had t a l k e d t o G i l m e r b u t n o t t o t h e EPA t o x i c o l o g i s t . Our t o x i c o l o g i s t had o n l y been in communication w i t h Mr. G ilm e r. At 12:00 noon, W o lf s b e r g e r , B a s i l e , N e u n r e i t e r l e f t the s i t e and t a l k e d w i t h Roland M i l l e r o f WES, r e t u r n e d t o C o l u m b i a , and d e p a r t e d f o r S t . Louis. KIRK: I t was i n t e r p r e t e d t h a t t h e i mm e d i a t e a r e a t o be c o r d o n e d o f f w o u l d be 200 y a rd s e i t h e r s id e o f the s p i l l . A l l announcements were f i l m e d . A second i n d i v i d u a l (name unknown) announced t h a t a l l c l o s e d , c o v e r e d f o o d would be no pro ble m and c o u l d be consumed and t h a t a l l f o o d s t u f f s l e f t i n t h e open a i r and u n c o ve r e d s h o u l d be d i s c a r d e d . He a l s o n o t e d t h i s ( was a s a f e t y p r e c a u t i o n ; t h a t t h e r e was no t r u e h a z a r d : 1:'30 p.m. -- Jo e S t a r z y k and I , S t e v e M e i t h and R o la nd M i l l e r , b o t h o f WES w e nt t o t h e l u m b e r y a r d where t h e t a n k c a r had s t o p p e d ( l a r g e s t c o n c e n t r a t i o n s o f t h e s p i l l . ) A t t h i s t i m e we p r o b e d t h e r a i l bed. A f t e r d i g g i n g a p p r o x i m a t e l y one f o o t , we c o u l d n o t r e a c h any u n co n ta m i ne d m a terial in the road bed. At the time o f our departure a t approxim ately 2 : 3 0 pm, Ro la nd M i l l e r was s e t t i n g up a m e e t i n g w i t h t h e NSW R a i l r o a d R e p r e s e n t a t i v e . He was t e n t a t i v e l y t o d i s c u s s w i t h h i m p l a n s t o c l o s e t h e r a i l r o a d f o r p o s s i b l e e x c a v a t i o n o f t h e road b e d s . We a l s o n o t e d a t the scene near the lumber yard th a t by d ig g in g a hole approxim ately one f o o t dee p, 6 i n c h e s i n . d i a m e t e r , t h e m a t e r i a l was s t i l l i n t h e ground i n a l i q u e f i e d s t a t e , and w i t h i n a p e r i o d o f a b o u t 10 m i n u t e s the m a t e r i a l flo w e d in and f i l l e d t h i s h o l d w i t h l i q u e f i e d m a t e r i a l . A t t h i s p o i n t Joe and I l e f t .the s c e n e . We were t h e l a s t o f t h e Monsanto r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s . We l e f t o u r phqae_ numbe rs . STARZYK: A t some p o i n t i n t i m e on 1 / 1 2 , t h e r e was a c a l l t h a t came i n t o t h e F i r e D e par tm en t f r o m a woman who had f i v e p r e g n a n c i e s and no c h i l d r e n , and who was p r e g n a n t a t t h i s t i m e . She asked i f she c o u l d s a f e l y r e t u r n t o t own. D en ni s B e l l , t h e EPA Rep, c o n f i r m e d t h a t i t was o k a y f o r t h e woman t o r e t u r n t o t h e t own. EVENTS OF 1 / 1 5 / 7 9 BASILE: A t a p p r o x i m a t e l y 9 am, 1 / 1 5 / 7 3 , I r e c e i v e d a c a l l f r o m Roland M i l l e r o f WES r e q u e s t i n g t h a t Monsant o r e t u r n t o S t u r g e o n f o r t h e p u r p o s e o f c o n d u c t in g a i r sampling in the v i c i n i t y w h e re ,cleanup o f the s p i l l had a l r e a d y o c c u r r e d . T h i s r e q u e s t was made s i n c e t h e U . S . EPA w o u l d r e q u i r e such d a t a b e f o r e a g r e e i n g t h a t t he c l e a n u p was c o m p l e t e . I c o n s u l t e d w i t h E a r l B i l l e n , Howard C u r t i s , and Don Mayer a b o u t s e n d i n g Joe W o l f s b e r g e r and m y s e l f back t o t h e s c e n e . We f e l t t h a t t h e US EPA s h o u l d be u n d e r t a k i n g t h i s e f f o r t s in c e i t is t h e i r u l t i m a t e d e c i s i o n to approve and d i s p r o v e cle a n u p . ORTHOCHLOROPHENOL TANK CAR SPILL -- STURGEON, MISSOURI JANUARY IQ, 1979___________ Page 10 1/22/79 WGK Jan. 15, 1979: BASILE ( C o n t ' d ) However, I f U. S. EPA was n o t a v a i l a b l e o r w i l l i n g t o do same, Monsanto w o u l d be w i l l i n g t o a s s i s t on a o n e - t i m e b a s i s u n t i l such t i m e as WES could find a suitable contractor fo r fu rth e r a ir sampling. I called Mr. M i l l e r back p r o m p t l y and communicated t h i s i n f o r m a t i o n t o him, and he t o l d me t h a t , i n f a c t , EPA d i d n o t i n t e n d t o s amp le a t t h i s t i m e and a g a i n , he r e q u e s t e d t h a t we r e t u r n t o t h e scene on a c o n t r a c t b a s i s , i f n e c e s s a r y . My r e s p o n s e t o h i m was t h a t we w o u l d come b a c k . I a d v i s e d him t h a t Joe W o l f s b e r g e r and 1 w o u ld be a r r i v i n g on 1/16 a t a p p r o x i m a t e l y 9 : 0 0 -- 10: 00 a .m. WES wa s, a t t h a t t i m e , t r y i n g t o l o c a t e a q u a l i f i e d contractor fo r conducting a ir sampling. EVENTS OF 1 / 1 6 / 7 9 WOLFSBERGER: On 1 / 1 6 / 7 9 , we a r r i v e d a t C o l u m b i a , M i s s o u r i a t a p p r o x i m a t e l y 10 a.m. and c a l i b r a t e d f i v e pumps. We t h e n l e f t C o l u m b i a ` f o r t h e s i t e a t a p p r o x . 1 0 : 3 0 a.m. A t 1 1 :0 0 am, we a r r i v e d a t t h e s i t e o f t h e 0CP t a n k c a r s p i l l and met w i t h R o la nd M i l l e r and S t e v e M i e t h o f WES t o d i s cuss l o c a t i o n o f sampling to be c a r r i e d o u t , and to e s t a b l i s h sampling p o i n t s in the v i c i n i t y o f th e t r a c k area whic h had been cleaned thus f a r , a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1000 f e e t f ro m where the s p i l l began in S tu r g e o n . A f t e r p u t t i n g o u t t h e f i r s t f i v e pumps, we r e t u r n e d t o t h e WES t r a i l e r , c a l i - - b ra te d f i v e a d d i t i o n a l pumps, and began sampling a d d i t i o n a l areas where the s p i l l had n o t y e t been cleaned up. In a d d i t i o n t o area samples, a p e r s o n a l ' s a m p l e was run oh one o f t h e WES w o r k e r s c l e a n i n g up t h e s p i l l . One o f t h e a r e a samples was p l a c e d i n t h e s c h o o l y a r d on t h e s o u t h s i t e o f the s p i l l s i t e . Sample r e s u l t s are a tt a c h e d . BASILE: A t a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1 2 : 3 0 -- 1 :0 0 pm^Vve met w i t h Mr. T a n n e r, S u p e r i n t e n d e n t f o r NSW R a i l r o a d and d i s c u s s e d o u r c o n c e r n s o v e r methods s u g g e s t e d t h u s f a r f o r r e a c t i n g - t h e m a t e r i a l in the v i c i n i t y o f the s p i l l and subsequent c l e a n u p o f same. We gave t h e r e co m me nd a ti on t h a t any r a i l r o a d t i e s w h i c h were c o n t a m in a te d w i t h m a t e r i a l s h o u ld be removed and the d i g g i n g s h o u ld be to the depth o f any c o n ta m in a tio n . WOLFSBERGER: We a d v i s e d Mr . T a n n e r t h a t we d i d n o t a n t i c i p a t e a h e a l t h p r o b l e m d u r i n g t h e wa r me r summer m o n t h s , b u t t h o u g h t b eca use o f t h e o d o r p r o b l e m an e m o t i o n a l i s s u e m i g h t a r i s e . T h i s o d o r p r o b l e m i s compounded by t h e f a c t t h a t , based on what EPA had t o l d t h e t o w n, t h e p e o p l e b e l i e v e t h a t i f you can s m e l l t h e c h e m i c a l , you a r e o v e r - e x p o s e d . EPA n e v e r c o r r e c t e d themselve s on t h e a c t u a l odo r t h r e s h o l d o f t h e c h e m ic a l w h ic h i s i n PPB, n o t PPM. BASILE: As o u r d i s c u s s i o n c o n t i n u e d , we e x p r e s s e d some c o n c e r n o v e r WES' i n t e n t i o n s to u t i l i z e a Calgon carbon treatm ent u n it s in c e , to us, th is is undemonstrated t e c h n o l o g y . Our recorrrnenda t i on was t h a t b e f o r e any such u n i t be b r o u g h t i n t o s e r v i c e a l a b o r a t o r y bench s c a l e t e s t be con ducte d t o p ro ve t h e method. The cle anup o c c u r r i n g a t t h i s tim e c o n s i s t e d o f removing a l l c o nta m in a te d ORTHOCHLOROPHENOL TANK CAR SPILL -- STURGEON, MISSOURI JANUARY IQ, 1979__________ Jan. 16, 1979 Page 11 1/22/79 WGK BASILE ( C o n t ' d ) snow a n d / o r c h a t and lo a d in g i t i n t o gondola r a i l r o a d c a rs . The d e c i s i o n f o r u l t i m a t e t r e a t m e n t a n d / o r d i s p o s a l had n o t y e t been f i r m e d . We expressed concern t h a t , even given ideal c o n d it io n s , the treatm e n t o f t h e s p i l l m a t e r i a l w i t h l i m e f o r t h e p ur p o s e s o f s a l t i n g o u t t h e OCP as O r t h o c h 1o r o p h e n a t e c o u l d n o t s u c c e s s f u l l y o c c u r . A t a p p r o x . 1 : 1 5 pm, we went t o l u n c h w i t h R o l a n d M i l l e r and S t e v e M i e t h f r o m WES. We e x p r e s s e d much t h e same c o n c e r n s t o them as we had communi-' c a t e d t o t h e N&W R a i l r o a d p e o p l e . A t a p p r o x . 2 pm we went bac k i n t o t h e f i e l d t o remove a l l a i r s a m p l i n g pumps. At- a p p r o x . 3 : 0 0 pm we d e p a r t e d f o r M o b e r l y , M i s s o u r i , f o r t h e p u r p o s e o f o b s e r v i n g t h e t a n k c a r . Upon a r r i v a l a t N&W's y a r d , we w e r e met by Mr. Ted M a r l o t t e , C l a i m s A g e n t f o r N&W, who r e q u e s t e d t h a t we s i g n l i a b i l i t y r e l e a s e f o r ms f o r o u r p r e s e n c e on t he p r e m i s e s . We d i d so and t h e n o b s e r v e d t h e t a n k c a r . The t a n k c a r was l y i n g on i t s s i d e such t h a t t h e p u n c t u r e f r o m w h i c h t h e l e a k o c c u r r e d was up in t h e a i r . The p u n c t u r e i t s e l f had been f i l l e d w i t h u r e t h a n e foam f o r o d o r c o n t a i n m e n t . We w e r e t o l d t h a t w h at m a t e r i a 1 ' r e m a i n i n g i n s i d e t h e c a r had s o l i d i f i e d . We d i d n o t v i s u a l l y i n s p e c t t h e i n s i d e o f t h e c a r t o d e t e r m i n e same. As o u r d i s c u s s i o n c o n t i n u e d w i t h Mr . M a r l o t t e , he e x p l a i n e d t o us t h a t the r a i l r o a d has, a t t h i s p o i n t , d e te rm in e d t h a t t h e r e was a y o ke a s s o c i a t e d w i t h t h e c o u p l e r mechanism w h i c h f r a c t u r e d , allow ing the coupler to proceed forward thus a llo w in g the connecting pin between the two to drop o u t . The t h e o r y Is t h a t t h i s is what u l t i m a t e l y led t o the i n c i d e n t . At f i r s t the r a i l r o a d had s e t o u t to re vie w the p o s s i b i l i t y t h a t t h i s c o n n e c ti n g ^ p jn had i t s e l f broken. They c o n s u lt e d w i t h a U n i v . o f Mo. Mech. E n g r . P r o f e s s o r whose s p e c i a l t y i s m e t a l l u r g y , and h i s j u d g e m e n t was t h a t t h e r e was no way t h a t t h i s p i n c o u l d have broken since . it is approx. 1 foot in length times 3 inches in diameter. Based on t h i s judgement the r a i l r o a d people went back and looked again and disco vere d the broken yoke. We t o o k some p h o t o g r a p h s o f t h e t a n k c a r i n p l a c e . A t t h a t t i m e we requested the ra ilro a d people to prepare six lengths of l i inch pipe f o r the purpose o f ta k in g s o i l core samples back a t the scene o f the s p i l l in the v i c i n i t y where cle anup has a l r e a d y o c c u r r e d . The purpose o f t h i s r e q u e s t was t o t r y t o a s s i s t WES i n a s c e r t a i n i n g t h a t t h e y have- e f f e c t i v e l y removed a l l o f t h e m a t e r i a l . A t a p p r o x i m a t e l y ^ : 30 we l e f t M o b e r l y t o r e t u r n t o S t u r g e o n . A t a p p r o x . 5 : 0 0 pm, we a r r i v e d i n S t u r g e o n and made t h e r e q u e s t o f WES t o u t i l i z e t h e pieces o f pipe f o r the purpose o f core sampling. Six core samples were tak e n in and around t h e areas a l r e a d y c le a n e d and were p re p a r e d f o r us t o t a k e back t o t h e p l a n t . We d e p a r t e d S t u r g e o n f o r Co lu mb ia a t a p p r o x . 6 : 3 0 pm. ORTHOCHLOROPHENOL TANK CAR SPILL -- STURGEON, MISSOURI JANUARY IQ, 1973___________ Page 12 1/22/79 WGK J a n. 16, 1979 WOLFSBERGER: Upon r e t u r n t o t h e m o t e l , t h e pumps w e r e r e - c a 1I b r a t e d and c o r r e c t e d volumes were c a lc u la te d . EVENTS OF 1 / 17 / 7 9 WOLFSBERGER: We l e f t C o lu mb i a a t 7 : 3 0 am, and a r r i v e d a t t h e p l a n t ajt a p p r o x . 1 0 : 0 0 am. A i r and s o i l samples w er e t u r n e d o v e r t o Ron M c E n t i r e f o r analys is. BASILE: A t a p p r o x . 1 : 0 0 pm, a v i s u a l i n s p e c t i o n o f t h e s o i l s a mp l es was made. Because o f t h e g r a n u l a r n a t u r e o f t h e s o i l 'sa mp le t a k 6 n , a good c o r e was n o t o b t a i n e d i n any o f t h e s a m p l e s . As a r e s u l t , a q u a l i t a t i v e a n a l y s i s o f t h e phenol c o n t e n t was run r a t h e r than a q u a n t i t a t i v e . . These q u a l i t a t i v e t e s t s i n d i c a t e d t h a t some c h l o r o p h e n o l d i d r e m a i n i n t h e s o i l on t wo o f the samples. WOLFSBERGER: A i r sample r e s u l t s i n d i c a t e d c h l o r o p h e n o l and p he nol c o n c e n t r a t i o n s i n t h e PPB r a ng e w i t h t h e h i g h e s t a r e a sample c o n c e n t r a t i o n o f 30 PPB. The personal sample taken showed h ig h e r r e s u l t s , b u t the t o t a l c h lo ro p h e n o l and phenol c o n c e n t r a t i o n was l e s s t h a n 1 PPM. The f i r s t f i v e r e s u l t s w e r e co mmu ni cat ed wo t h e WES o n - s i t e p e r s o n n e l a t a p p r o x i m a t e l y 3 : 3 0 pm. The re m a in in g f i v e samples were r e p o r te d on the morning o f 1 /1 8 /79 - BASILE: A t t h e same t i m e t h e f i n a l a i r sample r e s u l t s w e r e c o m m u n i c a t e d , we a sked WES f o r an u p d a t e on c l e a n u p p r o c e d u r e . They i n d i c a t e d t h e y have r e n t e d some l a b o r a t o r y space i nj^o.l.qmb i a , and i n f a c t , have bench s c a l e tested the procedure fo r converting the phenol to a phenate s a lt success f u l l y . Some o f t h e o r g a n i c s d i d n o t s a l t o u t , b u t t h e m a j o r p o r t i o n d i d . (A ll o f these actions are being undertaken w ith the jo i n t occurrence of U. S. EPA, Re gi on V I I , WES and t h e N&W R a i l r o a d . ) T h e i r i n t e n t a t t h i s t i m e is t o proceed t o d i g a pond on a p p r o x i m a t e l y one a c r e w o r t h o f r e a l e s t a t e w h i c h WES has l e a s e d i n t h e v i c i n i t y o f w h e r e t he t a n k c a r came t o r e s t . A l l s p i l l m a t e r i a l w i l l be t r e a t e d w i t h lim e in th e pond and a hot watej- supply is immediately a v a ila b le fo r the purpose o f making the r e a c t i o n o c c u r . WES a l s o has p o r t a b l e a g i t a t i o n e q u i p m e n t a v a i l a b l e f o r t h i s p r o c e s s . The w a t e r r e s u l t i n g f r o m t h e t r e a t m e n t p r o c e s s wi 11 be f i l t e r e d throu g h a diatomaceous e a r th f i l t e r , sampled, and i f s u i t a b l e , re le a se d t o the w a te r shed. Any re m a in in g u nrea cted o r g a n ic m a t e r i a l w i l l be drummed and i t s u l t i m a t e d e s t i n a t i o n w i l l p r o b a b l y be c o n t r a c t i n c i n e r a t i o n . I f t h e w a t e r i s f o un d t o be u n a c c e p t a b l e , i t t o o w i l l be drummed and sent f o r i n c i n e r a t i o n . A l l s o l i d c ontam inated m a t e r i a l such as c h a t f r o m the road bed, s o i l , r a i l r o a d t i e s and any s o l i d s w h ic h w i l l be c l e a n e d up f r o m t h e pond a r e a w i l l be s e n t f o r l a n d f i l l t o W r i g h t C i t y , M0. The g on d ol a c a r s w i l l be d e c o n ta m i n a t e d w i t h a c a u s t i c wash and t h u s wash w i l l a l s o be channeled through the ponding process f o r c le a n u p . WOLFSBERGER AND BASILE: W i t h t h i s , we advi s.ed Mr. M i l l e r tha_t o u r a c t i v e i n v o l v e m e n t i n t h e c l e a n u p w o u l d t e r m i n a t e and t h a t we w o u l d a p p r e c i a t e I t i f he w o u l d keep us i n f o r m e d o f t he c l e a n u p p r o c e d u r e . .We a l s o a d v i s e d him we w o u l d be a v a i l a b l e f o r f u r t h e r c o n s u l t a t i o n i f r e q u i r e d . i* i Monsanto DEPARTMENT OF M EDICINE AND ENVIRONMENT HEALTH ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI W INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE MONITORING DATA FORM ir r u V ^ E--------------------- o f - ^ 2 ---------- p a g e s '. JOB N0" 111^ REFERENCE JOB NO. i . - i -- i__ i__ r ^ C HEM ICALS H A N D L E D (POSSIBLE INTERFERENCES) T PL. IO. 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