Hazardous waste to be removed Of the 106 drums remaining onsite, 81 drums containing con-taining hazardous substances will be removed from a Layton salvage yard, beginning the first week of March, Mar-ch, and disposed of at an out-of-state incinerator, EPA officials announced. The substances have been stored in a secure area on the site while arrangements were made for disposal at a hazardous waste facility. The 25 drums not destined for the incinerator do not contain hazardous waste and will remain onsite for the owner to dispose of, recycle, or use. The disposal will conclude EPA's Emergency Response activities at the one acre salvage yard, located at 365 E. 2000 N. in Layton. Karen Mooar, EPA On-Scene On-Scene Coordinator, said while crews working on the site will be dressed in protective clothing and respirators, there is no threat to the surrounding area from disposal activities. EPA and the Utah Department of Environmental Quality were first alerted to the site last May after Layton zoning officials discovered four drums containing contain-ing ammonia perch 1 orate, a highly explosive chemical, during a routine inspection of the 30-year-old salvage yard. Residents from 53 homes in the surrounding neighborhood were evacuated while the explosives were removed from the area and detonated. EPA, UDEQ, Davis County Health, Layton Fire and Police, FAA, Red Cross and the Coast Guard coordinated the activity. In a follow-up investigation last summer, EPA identified iden-tified other hazardous and non-hazardous substances on the property. The substances were sorted and packed into 106 drums, then stored on the property while disposal arrangements were made. Monitoring wells were also installed on the site. Analytical results indicated in-dicated that ground water had not been contaminated. r i