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Oscreptbac Page 13 personnel and equipment were demobed from the site . This completed the EPA-funded removal action. The State-funded remedial action was scheduled to commence in October, 1996 . October 4 , 1996 CIWMB submitted a draft remediation design and workplan (appendix 1) . The workplan was subsequently approved by EPA. October 17 - October 21, 1996 The CIWMB and their contractors mobilized to the site . Heavy earth moving equipment included DC-9 and DC-11 catepillar dozers and several water tenders . They set up a command post trailer, a decontamination site and prepared the roads for site action. October 22 - October 26 , 1996 O/S Personnel : 1-CIWMB, 4-Sukut Construction, 1-S . P. Environmental Industrial Hygienst The contractors began moving and consolidating the ash residue from the top and the sides of the canyon to the bottom of the canyon. Water tenders were used to suppress dust emissions . October 28 - November 2 , 1996 The consolidation of ash residue from the tops and sides of the canyon continued until a rain storm halted the work. November 4 - November 9, 1996 The amount of contaminated ash and soil had exceeded the original estimates . It was estimated that an additional week of work would be needed to properly clean the slopes and to move and consolidate the material from the bottom of the canyon to the upper end. Cleanup confirmation samples were collected from the completed areas of the canyon and submitted for laboratory analysis . November 11 - November 16, 1996 Movement and consolidation of contaminated ash residue and soil by the State contractors from the sides and bottom of the canyon continued through the week. START arrived on site to assist the State in the collection and analysis of cleanup confirmation samples . The sampling was conducted on an approximate 200 foot grid over areas where burn ash had been scraped away from the slopes and the base of the lower canyon. The samples were analyzed by START using the field portable X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer (XRF) . Both field screening and laboratory analysis indicated zinc levels at close to background.