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Fruitland Magnesium Fire
Emergency Response
and
Time-critical Removal Action
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Panda International Trading (PIT)
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PIT
• Scrap metal recycling facility
• Sorting and packaging for international
shipment
• Began operations in 2003
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PIT
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Sokorp
• Sokorp: tenant business performing
electronics recycling
– printed circuit board recycling (Au, Ag, Pt, Cu,
Sn/Pb).
– likely also performed precious metals recovery
from catalytic converters
• Began operations in January(?) 2016
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Sokorp
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Regulatory History: PIT
• 2006 CUPA NOV: HW disposal/storage, EPA ID
number, U-waste reporting, business plan, CUPA
permit.
• 2011 CUPA NOV: CUPA business permit, inventory,
training records.
• 2013 CUPA NOV: Improper hazardous waste storage
and disposal. These violations were related to dust
containing metals disposed into a roll-off bin and
scattered on the sidewalk in front of the facility.
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Regulatory History: PIT
• 11/2013: Los Angeles County filed criminal charges
against business owner including two counts of violating
Health & Safety Code 25189.5(D) (treatment and storage
of hazardous waste at unauthorized facility) and two
counts of violating Health & Safety Code 25189.5(B)
(knowing disposal of hazardous waste at unauthorized
facility) and one count of violating Penal Code 374.8(B)
(knowing disposal of hazardous substance to street).
• 9/2016: Business owner pled guilty to 5 felony counts
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Regulatory History: Sokorp
• June 6, 2016: CUPA investigators issued an NOV
issued for air release of acid mist originating from
Sokorp operations at the site.
• The NOV included hazardous waste disposal
violations for bags in the trash with residues of
caustic soda, improper hazardous waste storage, and
lack of a hazardous waste permit or EPA generator
ID number.
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Regulatory History: Sokorp
• June 14, 2016 (day of fire): CUPA NOV notes that
Sokorp had been using a mixture of nitric and
hydrochloric acids to extract precious metals from e-
waste circuit boards and neutralizing the resulting
solution with caustic soda. Sokorp statements to
CUPA investigators were the basis for the NOV
statement that Sokorp’s operations “resulted in
release/fire.”
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Fruitland Magnesium Fire 6/14/16
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Fruitland Magnesium Fire 6/14/16
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Fruitland Mg Fire Emergency Response
• Multiple agency response:
– LA County Fire
– LA County Fire Health Hazardous Materials
Division (HHMD)
– LA County Department of Public Health (DPH)
– South Coast AQMD
– DTSC ER
– EPA ER
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Fruitland Mg Fire Emergency Response
• Issues:
– Large quantity (~10K lbs.) of magnesium metal
involved in fire presented challenges for fire
fighters
– >300 persons evacuated from adjacent residential
neighborhood
– Large volumes of smoke/ash produced impacting
surrounding business and residents
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Fruitland Mg Fire Emergency Response
• Unified Command established:
– EPA, HHMD, and DPH Incident Commanders
– USCG Incident Management Assist Team
– LA County logistics support
– Assistance from cities of Maywood, Vernon
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Fruitland Mg Fire Emergency Response
• Response actions:
– Public relations/community involvement
– Shelter of evacuated residents
– Facility stabilization
– Clean-up of streets and cars
– Clean-up of residential exteriors
– Residential indoor air sampling
– Residential indoor clean-up
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Fruitland Mg Fire: Time-critical Removal Action
• PRP: ability to pay defense
• EPA Fund-lead removal action
• Cal Recycle partnership
• Community/elected official outreach
• DPH coordination
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Fruitland Mg Fire: Time-critical Removal Action
• Removal operations: 10/17 to 12/23 2016
– Debris curtain
– Debris segregation
– Dust control
– Air monitoring/sampling
– Roofing structure shoring
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Fruitland Mg Fire: Time-critical Removal Action
• Removal operations: 10/17 to 12/23 2016
– Business inventory
– Ground surface sampling
– PCB contamination: epoxy seal
– DTSC ER removal
• Removal operations: 02/14/17
– Lead contamination: slurry seal
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Site Profile/Slideshow
https://response.epa.gov/FruitlandMgFire
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Questions?
JASON MUSANTE
FEDERAL ON-SCENE COORDINATOR
U.S. EPA REGION IX
213.479.2120
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