The THORCO Transformer Time-Critical Removal Site is not listed on the National Priorities List.
The Idaho State Communication Center (�State Comms�) forwarded a spill/release call to the EPA Region 10 duty officer on March 21, 2003. The call informed EPA of a spill and/or release of oil from electrical transformers, possibly containing polychlorinated biphenyls (�PCBs�), on a vacant lot owned by THORCO, Incorporated, which is an electrical construction company located at 4929 Industrial Avenue, in Coeur d�Alene, Kootenai County, Idaho 83814. State Comms indicated that a conference call occurred around 1745 hours on March 21, 2003 after Brian Kitchen, Idaho State Patrol (�ISP�), was informed of the illegal burn/spill site on Industrial Avenue West. Idaho State Department of Environmental Quality (�IDEQ�), Bureau of Hazardous Materials, District Public Health Region 1, and the Panhandle Regional Response Team were involved in the conference call. ISP documented the scene and collected soil samples from the area around the transformer and samples from a �burn barrel� drum located on site. Mr. James (Jim) Thorpe, president of THORCO, was identified as an owner of the transformers and the property where the spill/release had occurred. The Health District stated that the location was 190 feet from a local aquifer�s saturation zone. ISP and Bureau of Hazardous Materials informed the owner that he had one hour to �render the site safe�. The