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Moss Landing Trabajo en curso: ¿Cómo evitarán que la contaminación llegue fuera del sitio cuando llueve?
Volver a: Preguntas frecuentes El sitio cuenta con un sistema de drenaje y recolección de aguas pluviales ya existente. Este sistema recoge el agua que cae sobre el edificio Moss Landing 300 y en los alrededores. Además, Vistra construyó una superficie pavimentada para el área de manipulación de baterías, la…
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Moss Landing Trabajo en curso: ¿Cómo controlarán el polvo y las partículas durante las operaciones?
Volver a: Preguntas frecuentes Tenemos el compromiso de garantizar que todo el trabajo avance al ritmo de la seguridad. Esto significa tomar medidas que aseguren que las partículas finas (como el polvo) del trabajo de Vistra no planteen un riesgo para la comunidad de trabajadores. Le exigimos (pdf) a Vistra…
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Función de la EPA en Moss Landing: ¿Por qué solamente se realiza la supervisión de la extracción de las baterías en el sitio?
Volver a: Preguntas frecuentes El Estado de California solicitó el apoyo de la EPA para supervisar la extracción de las baterías en virtud de nuestra autoridad legal según la CERCLA. También estamos obligados por nuestra autoridad legal El estado nos solicitó lo siguiente: supervisar la extracción de las baterías; supervisar…
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EPA's Role at Moss Landing: What does the battery removal process involve?
Return to: Frequently Asked Questions EPA oversees Vistra to ensure Vistra properly handles and removes the batteries. Key activities: Remove batteries from the building for inspection and testing on site. De-energize and treat batteries for shipment. De-energizing involves reducing the charge in the batteries enough to prepare them to be…
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Other Testing or Sampling at Moss Landing: Did EPA take wipe samples on-site?
Return to: Frequently Asked Questions In emergency response situations, EPA focuses on understanding how a person could contact contamination (also called exposure). Inhalation was the main way someone could be exposed to contamination from Moss Landing. To understand the risk of inhalation, monitoring and measuring the air was done. It…
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Is Moss Landing a Superfund site?
Return to: Frequently Asked Questions No. "Superfund Site" typically refers to a long term, complex cleanup, (i.e. decades). The Moss Landing response is a short-term action referred to as a "Time Critical Removal Action" to address the potential threat from the impacted batteries to human health and the environment.
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Other Testing or Sampling at Moss Landing: Has the ash been sampled in the damaged building?
Return to: Frequently Asked Questions The damaged portion of Moss Landing 300 is unsafe to enter due to structural instability. We expect material in the building’s ash to include soot, debris, and burned battery material, as well as building materials. Ash, debris, and any other remaining material will be sampled…
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Moss Landing Ongoing Work: How did EPA and Vistra determine the truck routes to be used for transporting material off-site at Moss Landing? Why were other truck route options not selected?
Return to: Frequently Asked Questions The routes were selected to minimize the potential traffic impacts on the community. Vistra did a traffic study and the routes below were found to be the best options for trucks entering and leaving the site. See our to learn more.
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Función de la EPA en Moss Landing: ¿Bajo qué autoridad está supervisando la EPA este proyecto?
Volver a: Preguntas frecuentes Contamos con un programa de respuesta de emergencia y “extracción” (limpieza) bajo la Ley Integral de Respuesta, Compensación y Responsabilidad Civil Ambiental (CERCLA). Según la ley, la EPA puede exigir a los dueños y los operadores de propiedades que actúen de una manera que proteja al…
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Moss Landing Air: What air monitoring activities did you do during the January 2025 fire response?
Return to: Frequently Asked Questions On this page: What air monitoring activities did you do during the January 2025 fire response? What particulate sizes did EPA monitor during the initial response in January, 2025? What did you test for during the fire? What were the results of EPA's air monitoring…
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Moss Landing Trabajo en curso: ¿Se puede proteger el edificio mediante una cobertura o carpa?
Volver a: Preguntas frecuentes El edificio es estructuralmente inestable, por lo que no es posible cubrirlo con una carpa. La carpa presentaría riesgos de seguridad para los trabajadores. Como los trabajadores y la maquinaria pesada y de gran volumen deben entrar y salir del edificio, una carpa también bloquearía el…
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Moss Landing Ongoing Work: How will you prevent the contamination from moving off site when it rains?
Return to: Frequently Asked Questions The site has a pre-existing drainage and stormwater collection system. The system collects any water that falls on the Moss Landing 300 building and the surrounding area. Additionally, Vistra built a paved surface for the battery handling area, which drains to a lined water collection…
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San Francisco Bay Long Term Management Strategy for Dredging
The San Francisco Bay Long Term Management Strategy (LTMS) is a cooperative effort to develop a new approach to dredging and dredged material disposal in the San Francisco Bay area. The LTMS serves as the Regional Dredging Team for the San Francisco area.
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ESA and EFH Consultation Documents for Five Hawaii Ocean Disposal Sites
The final consultation package includes EPA’s analyses for ESA and EFH and the responses from the services.
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Hawaii Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Sites Monitoring Reports
Region 9 conducts oceanographic surveys to monitor the impacts of regulated dumping at the Hilo, HI and South Oahu, HI Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Sites.
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Annotations of Wetlands Reading List Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12
Wetlands Reading List Annotations
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Starting Out in Volunteer Water Monitoring Brochure
A brochure on starting out in volunteer water monitoring.
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EPA RCRA ID: MDD044147098
RCRA Corrective Action Site Factsheet for MDD044147098 WAYNE DIV DRESSER EQUIP GROUP, SALISBURY, MD 21804
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Managing Air Quality - Program Implementation
Describes elements for the set of activities to ensure that control strategies are put into effect and that air quality goals and standards are fulfilled, permitting programs, and additional resources related to implementation under the Clean Air Act.
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Fire Suppressant (“AFFF”) Spill
About the November 29, 2022, hazardous material release incident involving the release of Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) concentrate within the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility and in the surrounding environment.