State Painting is an inoperative industrial painting company that had a contract to scour municipal water tanks using a blast media. As part of this work, the spent blast media was transported to a mixed residential/agricultural property and spread across the property. This material is being blown into nearby residential properties and potentially being washed into an adjacent wetland. There are also several hundred abandoned drums and other containers containing hazardous substances on the property.
The State of Utah Department of Environmental Quality (UDEQ) has collected samples and performed several Site inspections. The UDEQ sample results indicate that the spent blast material contains total chromium as well as hexavalent chromium. The state has been has been unable to facilitate remediation of the property and contacted EPA’s Emergency Response Program (EPA) for assistance. EPA dispatched a Federal On-Scene Coordinator (FOSC) to the Site on May 2, 2018, and initiated response activities.