EPA has identified approximately 50 properties in the Birmingham communities of Fairmont, Harriman Park, and Collegeville that exhibit levels of soil contamination that dramatically exceed Region 4 residential removal management levels for arsenic, lead, and/or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. In addition to contamination deposited by airborne means over the previous 100 years, these properties likely received fill material from one or more of the local industrial businesses. For further discussion of background information, please refer to previous POLREPs for this Site.

• Continue excavations of the outparcel adjacent to HP0192;
• Backfill both parcels at HP0192;
• Prepare and commence excavation at HP0204;
• Prepare and begin excavations at CV0035 and CV0038.

 Issues:

• Frequent rains have hindered progress - additional work has been performed as necessary to prevent spread of contamination during removal operations; 
• Home owner sewer piping discovered during excavation is fragile and almost impossible not to damage.  EPA intends to meet with Jefferson County Environmental Services to determine most appropriate path forward. 

* The above accounting of expenditures is an estimate based on figures known to the OSC at the time this report was written. The OSC does not necessarily receive specific figures on final payments made to any contractor(s). Other financial data which the OSC must rely upon may not be entirely up-to-date. The cost accounting provided in this report does not necessarily represent an exact monetary figure which the government may include in any claim for cost recovery.