WILLOW DRUMS REMOVAL UAO

THE SITE IS LOCATED ON A 15 ACRE TRACT IN A RURAL AREA NEAR NEW BOSTON, MICHIGAN. THE SITE WAS DISCOVERED IN AUGUST 1991 BY SUMPTER TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS BASED ON A REPORT FROM A CONCERNED CITIZEN WHO STATED THAT ILLEGAL DUMPING HAD OCCURRED AT THE SITE. A MAN-MADE BERM WAS DISCOVERED THAT CONTAINED DRUMS PROTUDING FROM THE GROUND. EPA WAS NOTIFIED BY MDNR IN SEPTEMBER 1991 AND ATTEMPTED TO INSPECT THE SITE BUT INITIALLY WAS UNABLE TO OBTAIN ACCESS TO THE SITE. ON OCTOBER 2, 1991 AN INSPECTION WAS MADE THAT LED TO AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACTION COMMENCING ON DECEMBER 6, 1991. SAMPLES FROM DRUMS INDICATED THE PRESENCE OF PCBS, METALS (LEAD, CHROMIUM, AND BARIUM), TOLUENE, ETHYLBENZENE, CHLOROBENZENE, AND XYLENE. THE SITE IS APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET SOUTH OF A BURNAP DRAIN WHICH IS A COLLECTION POINT FOR NEARBY SUFACE RUNOFF AND FIELD DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. THE DRAIN EMPTIES INTO SWAN CREEK WHICH IS A TRIBUTARY OF LAKE ERIE. EPA'S EMERGENCY REMOVAL ACTION WAS TO FOCUS (AS PHASE I) ON ESTABLISHING