Site Aerials

June 2020

Brownfield Site

Jaunary 2024 - Solidification Process

Jaunary 2024 - Solidification, Former Exhauster Building Area

December 2023 - Site from Southwest

November 2023 - Dust Control

October 2023 - Preparation of Production Area

February 2022 - Production Area

February 2022 - Testing for waste disposal parameters

February 2022 - North Side of Battery after successful removal of crossover pipes and collection mains

February 2022 - Inspection - East Collector Main after removal

February 2022 - East cross over pipe removal

February 2022 - Liquor line removal

February 2022 - Preparing crossover pipes for removal

February 2022 - Conveyance line installation northest of manifold

February 2022 - The groundwater manifold at the former maintenance building

February 2022 - Preparing Lime Still for recycling

February 2022 - Lime Still following removal and decontamination

February 2022 - Preparing Quench Pit for COG Pipe

December 2021 - The Site Crew

December 2021 - Water treatment equipment - Quench Sump

December 2021 - Wall removal - former Wastewater Tank

December 2021 - Decontamination - Muck Tank

December 2021 - Stabilized sample preparation

December 2021 - Sludge sampling inside Wastewater Treatment Tank

December 2021 - Decontaminated tank - Prepared for disposal as ACM

December 2021 - Safety zone around Boiler Bay removal

December 2021 - Separating Boilers - Boiler House

December 2021 - Demolition of Boiler House Cutting Connections between Bays

September 2021 - Debris removal from coal charging in preparation for demolition

September 2021 - Stabilized sediment from Settling Ponds

September 2021 - Preparation for cleaning Wastewater Treatment Tanks

September 2021 - Settling Basins, Site 109 and Surrounding Properties; Site 108 is tree covered property in background by Niagara River

September 2021 - Weir Plate repairs - North Settling Pond

September 2021 - Final cleaning - South Settling Pond

September 2021 - Supervisor inspecting cleaning of Lid Seal Tank

September 2021 - Secondary containment after oil tank removed

September 2021 - Removing contents of oil tank

September 2021 - Removal of acid storage tank area

September 2021 - Loading pipe for offsite disposal

September 2021 - Demolition of Boiler House

August 2021 - Native vegetation reclaiming Coal Yard

August 2021 - Repairing weir plates in North Pond before placing back in service

August 2021 - Cleaned North Settling Pond

August 2021 - Boiler House after Power House and Water Treatment Annexes were removed (looking Southeast)

August 2021 - Former Mansion, heavy equipment and instrument building location (looking East)

August 2021 - Saving a Curious Frog

August 2021 - Cleaning of North Settling Pond

August 2021 - Testing and evaluating Coke Oven Gas Pipe residuals

August 2021 - Sampling of Coke Oven Gas Pipe contents

August 2021 - Demolition of Power House

August 2021 - Demolition of Coke Conveyor Trestle

August 2021 - Demolition of Water Treatment Building at Boiler House

July 2021 - Dewatered North Pond

July 2021 - Installation of erosion and sediment control features before pond sediment management

July 2021 - Sampling of coal yard tunnel water

July 2021 - South wall of Power House during demolition

July 2021 - Demolition of west wall of Boiler House/water treatment area

July 2021 - West wall of Boiler and Power House at start of demolition

July 2021 - Routine maintenance of stormwater system

July 2021 - Demolition of the Pusher

July 2021 - Deconstruction of the Pusher

July 2021 - Materials to be cleaned and processed for recycling

July 2021 - Processing equipment from the Compressor Building for recycling

July 2021 - Processing pipe from Boiler House

July 2021 - Rail scale building demolition

July 2021 - Inspection of exterior surfaces of lime still - Boiler House

July 2021 - Pre-demolition instructions - Boiler House preparation

July 2021 - Sampling - Coal Yard Tunnel

July 2021 - Processing materials for recycling and disposal

June 2021 - Cutting large pipes to protect surface water system

June 2021 - Testing pipe at source of seepage

June 2021 - Finding a major source of seepage

June 2021 - Coal Handling/Breaker Building

June 2021 - Coal Handling/Breaker Building preparation

June 2021 - Sampling Ammonia Liquor Tank

June 2021 - Remedial investigation; logging samples

June 2021 - Box Culvert cleaned and sealed

June 2021 - Battery Stack on the ground

June 2021 - Stacks on their way down

June 2021 - Wrapping concrete stack to limit debris at explosives elevation

June 2021 - Drilling holes for dynamite in Battery Stack

June 2021 - Dawn of the last day for the Stacks

June 2021 - Coal Handling is down as well

May 2021 - Stack View

April 2021 - Water Treatment Area preparations for Stack Viewing event

April 2021 - Mansion preparations for demolition

April 2021 - Former Shower Building location

April 2021 - Shower Building

April 2021 - Preparation of Boiler House ductwork for removal

April 2021 - Vacuuming materials from north storm sewer

April 2021 - Breaker Building after Asbestos Containing Materials were removed

April 2021 - Decontamination of mixing pad with ice basting and garnet abrasive

April 2021 - Preparing mixing pad for decontamination

April 2021 - Power washing former Compressor Building debris

April 2021 - Compressor Building demolition

April 2021 - East Quench Tower demolition

March 2021 - Northeast stack inspection

March 2021 - Transferring cleaned debris from work area to stockpile

March 2021 - Washing asbestos from debris - compressor building

March 2021 - Controlled demolition - compressor building

March 2021 - Asbestos abatement - coal-handling building roof

March 2021 - Compaction of surface roads to limit dust and erosion

March 2021 - Asbestos abatement - coal-breaker building

March 2021 - Gas Holder location, after removal

March 2021 - Management of demolition debris from coke handling

March 2021 - Coke-handling building location, after structure is on ground

March 2021 - Gas Holder (aka Gas Ball) final above ground cutting

March 2021 - Cutting the Gas Holder to size for recycling

March 2021 - Railroad ties being loaded for offsite disposal

March 2021 - Asbestos abatement of overhead pipes along 'Broadway'

February 2021 - South Side of Coal Crusher building prepared for removal of Asbestos-Containing Materials; Breeze Crusher building and mezzanine removed

February 2021 - Treated storm water

February 2021 - Water management - pump inspection

February 2021 - Coke handling after material processing; demolition pending final removal of Asbestos-Containing Materials

February 2021 - Demolition - Coke-handling building (looking east); more than 50 percent removed

February 2021 - Air monitoring station during tank storage tank sampling

February 2021 - Section of boiler - Asbestos-Containing Materials free

February 2021 - Asbestos-Containing Materials abatement - Boiler House

February 2021 - Tank sampling - tar management area

February 2021 - Sampling rail car

February 2021 - Sampling waste oil tank

February 2021 - Coke-handling demolition (looking Northwest)

February 2021 - Coke-handling demolition

February 2021 - Processing metal from coke-handling building

February 2021 - Sorting recyclable materials from Breeze Crusher (aka Ball Mill) building

February 2021 - Breeze Crusher (aka Ball Mill) building demolition; creates access for abatement of Asbestos-Containing Materials of Coal Crusher building

February 2021 - Top removed from Gas Holder

February 2021 - Ladder removed from Gas Holder

February 2021 - Removing ladder and platform from Gas Holder

February 2021 - Preparing the Gas Holder (aka Gas Ball) for demolition

January 2021 - Cleaning Mansion sump

January 2021 - Stabilization of sediment from box culvert

January 2021 - Sediment removal - box culvert

January 2021 - Pre-demolition survey - Coke Handling building

January 2021 - Removing conveyors to allow Asbestos-Containing Materials abatement

January 2021 - Sample bottles for a single well sample

January 2021 - Southwest pipe rack and Mansion - asbestos free

January 2021 - Asbestos-Containing Materials abatement - Mansion

January 2021 - Former hot water tank - asbestos free

January 2021 - Southwest pipe rack - asbestos free

January 2021 - Removing Asbestos-Containing Materials west of Coke Rail Yard

January 2021 - Checking depth of liquid

December 2020 - Reconstructed South Ditch Road and regraded South Coal Yard

December 2020 - Staging area for Water Management Interim Remedial Measure

December 2020 - Stacks following asbestos abatement

December 2020 - South Ditch and reconstructed South Ditch Road

December 2020 - Asbestos abatement - overhead piping

December 2020 - Asbestos abatement - overhead pipe rack near electrical building

December 2020 - Filtered water discharge

December 2020 - Pump installation

November 2020 - Asbestos abatement - concrete stack at Boiler House

November 2020 - Sediment sampling - Stormwater Retention Basin

November 2020 - Drilling - west end of former Coke Rail Yard

November 2020 - Drilling to set well casing - west end of production area

November 2020 - Setting flagging for GPS positioning

November 2020 - Test trench - east end of Coal Yard

November 2020 - Test pit excavation - east of Battery

November 2020 - Regrading of South Coal Yard

November 2020 - Production area looking east

November 2020 - Removal of the coal conveyor and stacker-reclaimer

October 2020 - Typical fill

October 2020 - Initiation of drilling along west property line

October 2020 - Iron oxide pile protected from weather

October 2020 - Test trench - north property line abandoned water line IRM

October 2020 - Aeration of sedimentation ponds

October 2020 - Dewatering mixing pad in preparation for closure

October 2020 - South Coal Yard dewatered in preparation for regrading

Site 108

Site Preparation and Clearing

October 2019 - Site 108 - view looking northeast. Reconstruction of tank access ramp in preparation for loading of stabilized tar onto transport trucks.

October 2019 - Site 108 - view looking north. Completed expansion of the decontamination area; final compaction and grading ongoing.

October 2019 - View looking north. Access road to the soil piles completed to the first soil pile (soil 1 on the right side of the photo). Staff preparing to remove the cover to allow waste characterization sample collection.

September 2019 - View looking northeast. Decon Pad area construction. Excavator used to install new access roadway from the access ramp to the decon area.

September 2019 - View looking west. Aggregate placed over geogrid and geotextile fabric to construct the access road connection to the ramp and adjacent to the tanks. Wet area to the right of the access road caused by early morning rain event.

September 2019 - View looking southwest. Geogrid material combined with geotextile fabric shown in the photo for decon pad area. Aggregate placed on top in a 4-6-inch lift, graded and compacted.

September 2019 - View looking west. Support zone construction, geotextile fabric and aggregate installation.

September 2019 - View looking west. Pathway cleared for access to other site piping.

Air Monitoring

January 2020

September 2019 - View looking north. Typical air monitoring station setup. Covered soil pile in the background.

Support Zones and Decontamination Pad

December 2019 - View looking north: Decontamination of mats. The mats are decontaminated prior to placement in staging area.

$December 2019 - View looking south: On the extreme left, 4th frac tank is placed on the frac tank staging area.$

December 2019 - View looking south: On the extreme left, 4th frac tank is placed on the frac tank staging area.

December 2019 - View looking north: Decontamination of mats on the metal wash pad.

October 2019 - Site 108 - view looking northeast. Steel removed during tank demolition was stockpiled adjacent to Tank 3 within the berm area. Steel was picked up by the grapple and transferred to the decontamination pad for hot water high pressure cleaning.

October 2019 - Site 108 - view looking northwest. Steel decontamination pad with high pressure steam cleaner utilized to remove tar residuals from the tank steel.

October 2019 - Site 108 - view looking east. Durabase mats placed on top of nonwoven fabric.

October 2019 - Site 108 - view looking northwest. Decontamination area set up with nonwoven fabric and liner installed inside temporary construction fence.

October 2019 - Site 108 - view looking west. Setting up the pump and associated piping in preparation for discharge.

Tar Stabilization and Removal

October 2019 - Site 108 - view looking north. Stabilized tar in Tank 3.

October 2019 - Site 108 - view looking west. Mixing and stabilizing tar in Tank 3.

October 2019 - Site 108 - view looking northwest. Mixing and stabilizing tar in Tank 3.

October 2019 - Site 108 - view looking east. Initiating stabilization of tar in Tank 3.

Tank Demolition

June 2020

December 2019 - View looking north.

December 2019 - View looking north: Concrete in tank is broken up with the hydraulic hammer.

November 2019 - Site 108 - view looking northeast. Cutting and removal of Tank 2 sidewall.

November 2019 - Site 108 - view looking south. Tank 2 in the background; 60% of the sidewall panels have been removed.

October 2019 - Site 108 - view looking west. Dry run for tank cutting operation. The manlift was used for transport and to evaluate reach and access. Long reach excavator was used to bring the cut pieces down from the top and side of the tank.

October 2019 - Site 108 - view looking northwest. Shear used to size steel piping impacted by tar from Tank 3.

October 2019 - Site 108 - view looking east. Last stage of the tank demolition.

October 2019 - Site 108 - view looking northeast. Grapple can be seen holding the steel in place, while the shear attachment cuts the steel.

Transportation and Disposal

December 2019 - View looking north: Metal debris loaded into a sealed roll-off container for micro-encapsulation.

December 2019 - View looking north-east: Concrete from tank pad 1 and 2 is sent off the site for micro-encapsulation.

December 2019 - View looking West: Concrete loaded into trucks for transporting offsite.

December 2019 - View looking east: Fragmented concrete is sent off-site.

December 2019 - View looking North: Sheet steel is folded several times into manageable sections, then loaded into the roll-off containers. All steel is inspected by the EPA designee before loading into the container.

November 2019 - Site 108 - view looking south. Long stick excavator loading stabilized tar; manlift used to assist excavator operator in placing the load evenly in the bed of the trailer. Tank 3 is visible on the right side.

November 2019 - Site 108 - view looking west. Long stick excavator fitted with a smooth blade for loading stabilized tar into tractor trailers; Tank 2 is visible in the background.

November 2019 - Site 108 - view looking east. Truck loading area; Tank 3 is visible on the left side.

Asbestos Inspection and Removal

June 2020

December 2019 - View looking west: Drums filled with mixed waste (asbestos and K142) loaded for disposal transport.

December 2019 - View looking north: Subsurface asbestos removal from south side of pump house.

December 2019 - View looking southwest: Careful inspection is conducted by the certified asbestos contractor on every excavator bucket of soil to ensure asbestos has been removed.