NCD980602163_19830316_Warren County PCB Landfill_SERB C_Construction specifications of the four existing groundwater monitor wells-OCR

North Carolina Department of Natural
Resources &Community Development
James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor Joseph W. Grimsley, Secretary
Mr. Tom Karnoski
NCDHR-D.H.S.
Solid & Hazardous Waste Branch
P.O. Box 2091
Raleigh, NC 27602
Dear Tom:
GROUNDWATER SECTION
16 March, 1983
DIVISION OF
ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT
Robert F. Helms
Director
Telephone [phone]
During our meeting several weeks ago, re the PCB landfill, you indicated
that your files did not contain any data on the actual construction specifica-
tions of the four existing groundwater monitor wells.
Ed Berry, the Regional Hydrologist responsible for Warren County, has
obtained that data.
are attached.
Attachments
cc: Ed Berry
Copies of that information, plus pertinent communications,
Sincei::-ely,
25~~
Bob Cheek
POLLUTION PREVENTION PAYS
P. 0. Box 27687 Raleigh, N. C. 27611 -7687
An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer
MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD
FROM : Daniel H. Biechler
DATE: March 7, 1983
SUBJECT: Events Occurring March 3rd and March 4, 1983
at PCB Landfill Construction Site as observed
by the writer
THURSDAY -MARCH 3, 1983
I arrived a t the construction site at approxjmately 10:00 a.m. on
Thursday morning and found several cars parked at the intersection of
the landfill road and SR 1604, and about 15 to 20 protes ters posted at
the chained access gate about halfway up the landfill road. The
protesters had a small tent pitched in the middle of the road and
apparently intended to stop anyone from entering the site. I did not
attenpt to enter the site, not wanting to force an issue. I left and
drove to the phone booth at a nearby gas station. On my way out I met
Tom Karnoski of Solid and Hazardous Waste who was accompanied by an
engineer from his depattment, Sara Alston, and Kathy Neal who works for
the State Department of Public Relations. I told him about the
situation at the site. They drove out to see for themselves, and then
met me at the phone booth. On their way out they met Jim Lineberger who
wa s accompanied by one employee and he followed them. We all met at the
phone booth and Tom Karnoski called Bill Phillips of Crime Control and
Public Safety and informed him of the situation. Tom tolds us that
Phillips would get the Sheriffs Department and the Highway Patrol
Depart ment to clear the road. We all returned to the site and waited
outside the chained gate for the police to clear the road. It was
approxi mately 2 :00 p.m. before highway patrol forces came and arrested
the protesters. After the road was cleared we found that the protesters
had jammed wood in the keyholes of the locks on the chain and Jim
Lineberger had to cut the chain to gain entrance.
Jim Lineberger and his employee along with Ernest Bolton, a w ;;.,; . ~water
e11gineer from NC Department of Transportation who had j oL1eJ c ·· that
afternoon, began the installation of the system to pump and fi:. · ,c the
wa ter in the upper leachate collection system. Tom Karnoski sho¼~J his
two associates around the site and waited for Joe Lennon of the local
health department. They met around 3:30 p.m. and left about 4:30 p.m.
Work cuntinued until nearly dark, but was not completed. I informed a
highway patrolman that we would have to come back and finish on Friday
and that we would be on site at approximately 8:30 a.m. We all left for
the evening. Jim Lineberger tied the chain back together with a piece
of twine.
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FRIDAY -MARCH 4, 1983
I arrived at the site simultaneously with Ken Ferrucio and two other
protesters shortly after 8:00 a.m. Assuming that they intended to bar
entrance to the site, I let them post themselves at the gate and I
waited outside of the site. Jim Linebeiger came up about 8:30 a.m., and
told me he intended to try to enter the site while they were still only
3 protesters and asked me to follow him in. He pulled up on the left
side of the road and the three protesters laid down in front of his
truck, at which time Jim stopped. Since the right side of the road was
clear, I drove through onto the site. The protesters all left
Lineberger's truck and started to run after me. Jim then drove up the
road and joined me. At no time did either of us intensionally or
accidently in any way jeopardize the safety of the protesters. The three
protesters stopped and regrouped at the chain and were joined by a
fourth person. The four then walked up the road to the outside of the
silt fence and began shouting at us. I informed them that they were
trespassing. Lineberger's employee arrived with a tractor and trailer
he had borrowed from a local farmer, and they let him pass without
incident. As the equipment was being loaded onto the trailer t0 take
over to the filter system, the four protesters started to take the
diaphragm pump off the tra iler. Jim Lineberger and I immediately
grabbed it and tried to prevent them from taking this pump, but not
wanting trouble I said to Jim, "let them have it". They took the pump
and carried it back down the road to the chained gate.
Jim Lineberger and I left his employee with the rest of the equipment
and went to call Bill Phillips, and to try to get police reinforcement
as soon as possible. Jim Lineberger told Phillips the situation and
informed him that we felt like he had grounds to charge them with grand
theft. Jim Lineberger also called his office and advised them of the
situation. They concurred with pressing charges and we went back to the
site. We waited for a while and no po l ice showed up. We returned to
the phone and called Bill Phillips b&ck to tell him that Lineberger's
employee was on site, the proteste rs '.""la d the pump and would not let us
on the site. By the time we returned f r om the phone again, sheriff and
highway patrol officers were on site. They cleared the protesters out
of our way without arrests and we entered the site with the police
escort.
Jim Lineberger and I were then asked to follow the sheriff downtown to
swear out a warrant for Ken Ferrucio's arrest for theft of the pump. We
left the site again and followed the sheriff and deputy downtown where
Jim Lineberger pressed charges against Ferrucio, but not the others,
because we did not know their names. We returned to the site and were
stopped by protesters. Highway patrol cars then escorted us in. Ernest
Bolton had arrived with a helper and all of us returned to work on the
system without the stolen pump. Meanwhile, the sheriff returned with
the warrant and Ferrucio and other protesters were arrested, but I did
not witness this.
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Sometime around noon Jim Lineberger and I were ask to return downtown to
identify the other protesters involved in the theft. On the way out
Sergeant Bailey of the Highway Patrol Department told us we could pick
up the pump which had been left at the gate. When we did, we found that
the starter cord had been cut off. We put it in the truck and went
downtown. After identifying two other protesters, we got a new starter
cord and returned to the site. We continued working on the system for
the rest of the day and finally started pumping the water out of the
upper leachate collection system about 3:30 p.m. Jim Lineberger turned
the pump over to Ernest Bolton, and we all left the site about 5:00 p.m.
Daniel H. Biechler
cc: W.W. Phillips
Tom Karnoski
Jim Lineberger Grading & Paving, Inc.