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Home My WebLink AboutAscon Landfill Site - Community Update by The Department of Department of Toxic Substances Control August 2019 COMMUNITY The mission of DTSC is to protect California's people and environment from harmful effects of toxic substances by restoring contaminated resources, enforcing hazardous waste laws,reducing hazardous waste generation,and encouraging the manufacture of chemically safer products. ASCON LANDFILL SITE: 21641 MAGNOLIA STREET SITE ACTIVITY UPDATE, NOTICE OF UPCOMING SITE ENHANCEMENT ACTIVITIES Dear Community Members: The Department of Toxic Substances Control is What's Happening at Ascon? updating you on additional protective measures now in place and upcoming activities at the Ascon Landfill Site (Ascon) located at 21641 Magnolia Street (corner Odor/Dust Containment — A clay crust is in of Magnolia Street and Hamilton Avenue) in Huntington Beach. The additional place over contaminated soil in excavated protective measures and upcoming activities are being implemented in an zones to better contain odor and dust. abundance of caution. th Air Monitoring — Conducted 24/7 as of June DTSC Ordered Temporary Suspension of Work Activities: On June 6 , 2019, DTSC 3rd. temporarily suspended remedial work activities to enhance measures to reduce odors and continue to mitigate dust during the remainder of the final site cleanup. Fence Installation —A 16-foot tall fence will Below is the progress of the measures directed by DTSC: be installed on Hamilton Avenue and 1) Cover for Contaminated Soil: Multiple products were tested for their Magnolia streets. You will see minimal earth effectiveness to contain odor and dust. One of the products used is a blend of disturbance in preparation for fence clay, reinforcing fibers, and polymers applied as a slurry, that dries as a durable installation. stucco layer,which was proven effective. Air quality monitoring results do not indicate 2) Air Monitoring: As of June 3td, 2019, continuous air monitoring is being a threat to public health. conducted on the Ascon Site 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The air monitoring Edison High School and Eader Elementary network will be expanded to include off-site monitoring locations at Edison School continue to be e saf High School, Eader Elementary School, Edison Park and neighborhood locations for students, faculty and staff. by the end of September 2019. 3) Asbestos Testing of On-Site Concrete: On-site concrete was tested for asbestos by the Ascon team and independently by the South Coast Air Quality Management District.Asbestos was not detected. *Community Meeting Announcement* 4) 16-Foot High Barrier Fence Installation: The City of Huntington Beach is working DTSC is planning and will publicly announce with the Ascon team on the permits required to install a taller barrier fence a community meeting in the near future to along Hamilton Avenue and Magnolia Street. Once the permits are obtained the update the community on site enhancement following minimal earth disturbance and construction activities will occur: activities before cleanup activities resume. a. Fence Preparation Work — minimal grading/earthwork will take place less than a foot deep in top-soil on-site, mostly at the west section of Hamilton and the south section of Magnolia, leveling out area for k-rail placement. Public Hotline, (714) 388-1825, has been b. Northeast Corner Fencing—Will be installed at a later date with temporary established for this work by the Responsible shielding, because this work requires excavation of soil to provide adequate Parties to ensure questions or concerns from setback.from.the intersection signal. Fence installation will be 70 to 80 the public can be addressed promptly. This is percent.,�omplete at this phase. not an emergency number. Calls received by c. Tree Removal''rn Southeast Corner — includes raking out fallen leaves and the Ascon project team and their responses branckes usinkheavy equipment. are documented and shared with DTSC. d. bust oibdorlssue Not Anticipated—control measures will be in place. Air Emergency calls should be directed to 911. wualitV7 r'onitoring continues 24 hours a day. e. Vtlhatu Might Notice— large equipment such as a crane moving around. TempcLqry lane closures will occur during installation. wcalcpaxa.gov www.dtsc.ca.gov www.ca.gov HEARING IMPAIRED INDIVIDUALS may use the California Relay Service at 711 or 800-855-7100 CFYY). 5) Weed Abatement: To prevent a fire hazard, weed abatement Banning Branch Library was conducted the week of July 1, 2019. The Huntington 9281 Banning Avenue Beach Fire Department conducted an inspection and Huntington Beach, CA 92646-8302 confirmed that the weed abatement was complete on July 2, (714)375-5005 2019. Tues.,Wed.,Thurs.:9 am—6 pm 6) Pit F: There is no soil excavation or other cleanup work being Fri.,Sat.:9 am—5 pmSun., Mon.: Closed conducted during this temporary suspension of work activities. However, there is preparation work being Department of Toxic Substances Control conducted for future Pit F work, including: 5796 Corporate Avenue a. Air treatment unit installation Cypress,CA 90630-4732 b. Electrical service installation; and (714)484-5300 c. Tent enclosure maintenance (louver installation and Mon.—Fri.:8 am—5 pm manlift for patch work). Please contact Jone Barrio at the number above to make d. Hydrant installation. Upon the city's approval of a permit, an appointment. in the next few weeks there will be excavation for water line placement and hydrant installation. All excavation is Who to Contact at DTSC for More Information: For off-site on Magnolia Street and you will see temporary questions about the Ascon Landfill Site, please contact the lane closure. Soil within the fence will not be disturbed. following DTSC staff: Air monitoring will be conducted to ensure protectiveness. Scarlett Xihong Zhai, DTSC Project Manager 5796 Corporate Avenue 7) Third Party Technical Advisor: A third party technical advisor Cypress,CA 90630-4732 for the community will be selected and managed by the City of E-mail:Xihong.Zhai@dtsc.ca.gov Huntington Beach, to help the community understand the (714)484-5316 Ascon cleanup work and related data. Stacey Lear, DTSC Public Participation Specialist Site Vandalism: On June 7th or 81h, 2019, stainless steel SUMMA 5796 Corporate Avenue canisters used for air quality sampling of volatile organic Cypress,CA 90630-4732 compounds were vandalized and damaged or broken in two E-mail:Stacey.Lear@dtsc.ca.gov locations inside the Ascon site, one near Magnolia Street and the (714)484-5354 other near the intersection with Hamilton Avenue. The vandalism resulted in a data gap in the air monitoring report for this period.A Media Inquiries police report was filed and the Ascon project continues to maintain Gamaliel Ortiz, Public Information Officer on-site security. Please call 911 if you see trespassing or Department of Toxic Substances Control destructive activity. P.O. Box 806,Sacramento,CA 95812-0806 E-mail: Gamaliel.Ortiz@dtsc.ca.gov Public Health Concerns: Air quality monitoring results do not (916) 327-4383 indicate a threat to public health. DTSC continues to work collectively with the Huntington Beach Union High School District, Additional Information Sources: Site documents are also Huntington Beach City School District, South Coast Air Quality available for electronic review on DTSC's EnviroStor website Management District, mayor's office, and the California at www.EnviroStor.dtsc.ca.gov. Enter "Huntington Beach" Department of Public Health, to listen to public health concerns as the City and select "Ascon Landfill" in the list of projects that are communicated to DTSC. within the scroll-down menu. Then click on "Ascon Landfill" again on the map (pop-up window). Then, click on the Information Repository Locations:Site documents are available "activities" and "Community Involvement" tabs for a list of for public review electronically at www.EnviroStor.dtsc.ca.gov, and documents available for review. at the following Information Repositories: To Receive DTSC E-mail Alerts: If you would like DTSC to notify you via e-mail when new EnviroStor documents, such Huntington Beach Central Library as workplans and reports, are available online for the Site, 7111 Talbert Avenue visit www.dtsc.ca.gov, in the search bar, enter "Ascon Huntington Beach,CA 92648-1232 Landfill", press enter, click on "Ascon Landfill Site", click on (714)842-4481 "Sign Up for Email Alerts for this Site", and complete the Monday: 1 pm—9 pm Tues., Wed.,Thurs.:9 am—9 pm sign-up form. Fri.,Sat.:9 am—5 pm eo4ww w ..calepa.ca.gov mw.dt,c.ca.gov www.ca.gov HEARING IMPAIRED INDIVIDUALS may use the California Relay Service at 711 or 800-855-7100(TYY)