12/03/1979 Board of Public Works Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING FILING OF REPORT ON SOLUBLE OIL FACILITY The following report was submitted to the Board: "Gentlemen: DECEMBER 3, 1979 RE: Soluble Oil Facility In response to the petition Public Works by the Council and as a result of the requ this office has conducted a past and proposed operation located at the intersection Drive. submitted to the Board of Oaks Addition Civic Association, ast of the Board of Public Works, rather intensive survey of the of the Soluble Oil Facility of Riverside Drive and Boland WE At the request of this office, various organizations have made an inspection of the facility. Since the 19th of November, this facility has been reviewed by the following individuals: Battalion Chief Edward Szymkowiak of the Fire Department; State Fire Marshall Richard Polley; Ralph Petty of the Administrative Building Council; James Markle of the Building Department; David Wells of the Engineering Department; Mr. Paul Trost of the St. Joseph County Board of Health; Mr. Jim Hunt of the State Board of Health (Waste Division); Mr. Kent Kerny of the State Board of Health (Air Quality Division). As a result of these inspections, it has been determined by these agencies that the existing burner and storage facilities constructed by the City of South Bend and improved upon by the Prenco organization were found to be in proper working order and within compliance of all requirements of these agencies. It was established by the local Health Authorities that once the scrubber facility was installed and in operating order that the existing facility could be placed back into operation. The Health Department found that was the case on the 28th of November and that office gave Mr. John Brophy permission to restart the existing unit that afternoon. (The unit was restarted Thursday, November 29.) It was determined that allnew equipment and new facilities under construction by the Prenco organization must be submitted to the Administrative Building Council and the State Fire Marshall for their review and approval prior to the issuan.c.e of any permits with respect to these items. Contrary to suggestions made to the Board of Public Works, it was found that the State Board of Health, the local Health Agency, and the Region 5 Office of the Environmental Protection Agency have been monitoring the Prenco operation over the last year. The most recent inspection by the EPA was conducted in November of this year. At this most recent inspection, the EPA took back totheir Chicago office split samples of every load delivered to that date for the purpose of analyzing these samples. There have been no adverse reports written to date by the EPA with respect to Mr. Brophy's operation. With respect to the proposed future operation of these facilities, please be informed that the Health Department has prepared a license for Mr. Brophy which restricts his operation to the basic classification of wastes for which this facility was originally designed by the City of South Bend. Classifications of waste which are considered extremely hazardous in their handling or disposal have been restricted, such as PCB wastes; radioactive wastes, toname but two.