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Hermiston Lab
A defunct mining laboratory in Hermiston, Oregon, was identified by local authorities and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) as potentially posing a threat to a dairy distribution center located adjacent to the laboratory in the same building at 81156 N. Highway 395, Hermiston, Oregon. The Hermiston Fire Department (HFD) hazardous materials unit conducted a brief survey of the site and observed mercury, mercury oxide, sodium metal (immersed in oil in a plastic pitcher). Initial reports indicated the site also contained 800 pounds of potassium cyanide pellets in drums, eight 55-gallon drums of acid waste, sixteen 5-gallon buckets of acid sludge, twenty 1-gallon jugs of hydrochloric acid, thirty 1-gallon jugs of sulfuric acid, and hundreds of miscellaneous bottles each containing up to 2 pounds of chemicals.
Map of the site
Administrative Record Index
Removal Administrative Record - November 19, 2001
Fact Sheets
Hazardous Materials Cleaned Up At Lab Near Hermiston - October 2001
Hazardous Materials to be Removed from Lab Near Hermiston - July 2001
Request for Removal memo - July 2001
Pollution Reports
February 22, 2002
November 19, 2001
September 12, 2001
September 4, 2001
June 20, 2001
Photos
September 2001:
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bulking liquid wastes | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081110074707im_/http://yosemite.epa.gov/r10/cleanup.nsf/d67b5aa82151d9ae88256da6005fb54e/1d0a22cd49243ca388256a7700552f5f/Body/2.3A4E!OpenElement&FieldElemFormat=jpg)
drop box filled with contaminated debris | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081110074707im_/http://yosemite.epa.gov/r10/cleanup.nsf/d67b5aa82151d9ae88256da6005fb54e/1d0a22cd49243ca388256a7700552f5f/Body/3.18EC!OpenElement&FieldElemFormat=jpg)
nitric acid stored in camper |
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staged drums and containers for disposal | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081110074707im_/http://yosemite.epa.gov/r10/cleanup.nsf/d67b5aa82151d9ae88256da6005fb54e/1d0a22cd49243ca388256a7700552f5f/Body/3.4B5C!OpenElement&FieldElemFormat=jpg)
waste drop boxes ready for disposal | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081110074707im_/http://yosemite.epa.gov/r10/cleanup.nsf/d67b5aa82151d9ae88256da6005fb54e/1d0a22cd49243ca388256a7700552f5f/Body/4.1440!OpenElement&FieldElemFormat=jpg)
wastes containing arsenic compounds |
from September 2001:
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Removal of Debris | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081110074707im_/http://yosemite.epa.gov/r10/cleanup.nsf/d67b5aa82151d9ae88256da6005fb54e/1d0a22cd49243ca388256a7700552f5f/Body/7.4732!OpenElement&FieldElemFormat=jpg)
Staging of Drums and Containers |
Consolidate Waste Streams | Field Screen of Chemicals |
from July 2001
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One of the lockers of Sulfuric Acid. |
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55 gallon cans of chemical waste. | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081110074707im_/http://yosemite.epa.gov/r10/cleanup.nsf/d67b5aa82151d9ae88256da6005fb54e/1d0a22cd49243ca388256a7700552f5f/Body/13.1C1E!OpenElement&FieldElemFormat=jpg)
Front entrance to lab on right. Milk distribution in adjoining building. | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081110074707im_/http://yosemite.epa.gov/r10/cleanup.nsf/d67b5aa82151d9ae88256da6005fb54e/1d0a22cd49243ca388256a7700552f5f/Body/13.2AE6!OpenElement&FieldElemFormat=jpg)
Shed with containers of Nitric Acid. | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081110074707im_/http://yosemite.epa.gov/r10/cleanup.nsf/d67b5aa82151d9ae88256da6005fb54e/1d0a22cd49243ca388256a7700552f5f/Body/13.4304!OpenElement&FieldElemFormat=jpg)
Unknown chemicals in different sized containers. |
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Point of contact: Michael Sibley
E-Mail: sibley.michael@epa.gov
Phone Number: (206) 553-1886
Last Updated: 11/28/2007
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