Emergency Waste Management in the Bunker Hill Superfund Site Bruce Schuld – Program Manager Idaho Department of Environmental Quality Kellogg Bunker Hill Superfund Office

Weston. Roy F Federal On-Scene Coordinators Report, Bunker Hill Initial removal Action, Kellogg Idaho U.S. EPA Region X Bunker Hill Superfund Task Force The Bunker Hill Superfund Project – Successes and Frustrations Bennett. Earl H A History of the Bunker Hill Superfund Site, Kellogg, Idaho.

Historical dates of Interest Bunker Hill Mining Complex First mill built Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining Co. incorporated Present mill constructed Lead smelter went on line Froth flotation installed at mill First sulfuric acid plant added to zinc plant Phosphoric Acid & Fertilizer plant constructed Central Impoundment Area started receiving mine drainage water

Severe fire in main baghouse dividing dike constructed across CIA to provide separate area for gypsum discharge foot stack added to smelter, & 600-ft stack added to zinc plant Smelter and Mill Complex were closed by Gulf Resources & Chemical Cleanup efforts started and hazardous materials shipped offsite Bunker Hill Site added to Superfund National Priority List - Third lead health/environmental study EPA proposed a Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) for lead Lead Health Intervention began in earnest as yards removals

We have at least three locations (Repositories) where emergency response waste can be temporarily laid down, pending testing and treatment We have equipment that is available to handle and contain most ER wastes Between May 1 and November 1 But the costs of special handling and disposal will be borne by the RP, and must be agreed to in and Voluntary Consent Order with IDEQ