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Environmental Cleanup Project 1206 West 14 th Street, Eureka May 30, 2018
Environmental Cleanup Project1206 West 14th Street, Eureka
May 30, 2018
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Site Location
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• Manufactured gas plants operated from the mid-1800s to early 1900s• Used coal and oil to produce gas for lighting, heating, and cooking • Closed down with the arrival of natural gas in the 1930s• Common practice to leave byproducts on-site
Manufactured Gas Plants (MGPs)
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• Eureka gas plant operated from the early 1900’s to the 1940’s
• Residues from gas plant - coal tar and lampblack
• Chemicals polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and
some metals and petroleum products
• Site did not present a health-risk but was part of a voluntary program to remediate sites in
accordance with today’s regulatory requirements
Former Eureka Gas Plant
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Cleanup – June to December 2017
• On-site treatment of 32,000 tons of soil to immobilize chemical residues
• Excavation and off-site disposal of 4,000 tons of soil
• Disposal and/or recycling of 2,500 tons of wood and concrete debris
• Soil and asphalt cover
• Post-remediation inspection and ongoing groundwater monitoring
• Local spend - $3,014,968
• 2,336 tons material recycled: asphalt, concrete, steel
• Reduction in greenhouse gas 619 MTe
Agency Oversight
• North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board
• North Coast Unified Air Quality Management District
• City of Eureka
Site Remediation
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Site Remediation Photos
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Site Remediation Photos
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Site Remediation Photos
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Site Remediation Photos
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Site Remediation Photos
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Site Remediation Photos
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Site Remediation Photos
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Site Remediation Photos
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• Communication
• Air monitoring
• Work site and perimeter
• Dust and odor control
• Majority of work tented
• Limit excavation sizes
• Use water, foam, plastic tarps
• Noise and vibration monitoring
• Noise and vibration monitoring
• Inspect, clean and cover trucks before
leaving the site
• Traffic management
Community Protection
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Thank you
Alison Talbott, PG&E Public Affairs
(707) 502-5769
Tracy Craig, Community Relations Consultant
(510) 334-4866
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• On average, 20 to 30 trucks per week will travel to and from the site
• Flaggers to manage truck traffic as enter/exit site
Truck Route
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