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3-EPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Research and Development
National Exposure Research Laboratory
Environmental Sciences Division
P. 0. Box 93478
Las Vegas, NV 89193-3478
June 2001
National Exposure Research Laboratory
Environmental Sciences Division
Superfund Technology
Support Project
Technology Support Center
for Monitoring and Site
Characterization FY01
Third Quarter Report
April - June 2001
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region VII
Inlorrnation Resource Center
90i N. 5th Street
Kansas City, KS 66101
echnology
EPA-ORD-NERL-FY01(3Q)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(Indexed by Site Name)
REGION 1 1
Military Reservation (Massachusetts) S. F. Site 1
Ottati and Goss/Kingston Steel Drum S. F. Site 2
Savage Well Municipal Water Supply OU-2 S. F. Site 2
REGION 2 4
Diamond Alkali S. F. Site 4
Diamond Head Oil Refinery 4
Emmell's Septic Landfill S. F. Site 5
Billiards Creek S. F. Site 5
Hooker Chemical/Ruco Polymer S. F. Site 6
Hudson Technologies S. F. Site 7
Liberty Industrial S. F. Site 8
Quanta Resources Corporation S. F. Site 9
Reich Farms S. F. Site 9
Route 561 Dump S. F. Site 10
Stanton Cleaners S. F. Site 11
United States Avenue Burn S. F. Site 12
Vieques Puerto Rico S. F. Site 12
White Chemical Company S. F. Site 13
REGION 3 13
Abex Corporation S. F. Site 13
Chem Solve Inc. S. F. Site 14
Crossley Farms S. F. Site 15
Langley AFB S. F. Site 15
Letterkenny Army Depot S. F. Site 16
Maryland Sand, Gravel and Stone S. F. Site 17
Palmerton Zinc Pile S. F. Site 18
Sharon Steel (Farrell Works) S. F. Site 18
REGION 4 19
Ashley Phosphate S. F. Site 19
Distler Brickyard S. F. Site 20
Distler Farm S. F. Site 21
Roanoke River Study S. F. Site 22
Shuron Inc. S. F. Site 23
Tower Chemical Company S. F. Site 24
Wingate Road Municipal Incinerator Dump S. F. Site 24
REGION 5 25
Joliet Army Ammunition Plant S. F. Site 25
Marina Cliffs/Northwest Barrel S. F. Site 26
Wayne Disposal S. F. Site 26
REGION 6 27
ASARCO Smelter (El Paso, Texas) S. F. Site 27
RSR Corporation S. F. Site 28
Sol Lynn/Industrial Transformers S.F. Site 28
South Cavalcade S. F. Site
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REGION 7 30
Alcoa Davenport Works S. F. Site 30
Asarco Omaha Facility S. F. Site , 30
Big River Mine Tailing S. F. Site 31
Cherokee S. F. Site 33
Iowa Army Ammunition Plant S. F. Site 33
Oronogo-Duenweg Mining Belt S. F. Site 34
Schilling AFB S. F. Site 35
REGION 8 35
Eureka Mills S. F. Site 35
Lowry Landfill S. F. Site 36
Ogden Rail Yard S. F. Site 37
REGION 9 37
Aerojet General Corp. S. F. Site 37
Anaconda Copper Mine S. F. Site 38
Casmalia Disposal S. F. Site 39
City of Phoenix 19th Avenue Landfill S. F. Site 39
Fort Ord S. F. Site 40
MGM Brakes S. F. Site 41
Modesto Groundwater Contamination S. F. Site 42
Motorola Inc. S. F. Site 43
North Island Naval Air Station S. F. Site 45
San Fernando S. F. Site 46
Sierra Army Depot S. F. Site 46
Yavapai-Prescott Wood Treating S. F. Site 47
Yuma (MCASY) S. F. Site 47
REGION 10 48
Adak Naval Air Station S. F. Site 48
Bunker Hill Mining S. F. Site 49
Camp Bonneville S. F. Site 49
Laguna Pueblo Aerial Bombing Target S. F. Site 50
SUPERFUND SHORT-TERM REQUESTS 51
SUPERFUND REMOTE SENSING SHORT TERM REQUESTS 55
ISSUE PAPER/ISSUES 56
General Battery Corporation 56
Methamphetamine Multi Laboratory 57
Miami Dade 57
BROWNFIELDS 59
SUPERFUND COORDINATION 60
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER 61
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SUPERFUND
REGION 1
• Project Name: Camp Edwards (Otis AFB)
Site: Military Reservation (Massachusetts) S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Mike Jasinski (617) 918-1352, Paul Marchessault (617) 918-1388 T. Borci (617) 918-1358
Lead Scientist: Bob Starr (208) 526-0174, Lance Peterson (208) 526-9738, Ron Arnett (208) 526-8005
Start Date: July 1998
Expected Completion Date: April 1999
Revised Completion Date: January 2002
Estimated Budget: $40,000
Revised Budget: $89,000
Major Contaminants: Organics
Total Exps:$79,652 PC&B:$3,000
Total FY01 Exps:$15,769 PC&B:$1,600
Total 3rd Qtr. Exps $6,685 PC&B:$0
The Regional RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in evaluating the feasibility of
implementing natural attenuation as the remedial remedy for groundwater contamination at this site.
The Otis Air National Guard Base (NGB) and Camp Edwards covers approximately 3,900 acres on a 22,000-
acre parcel of land, today known as the Massachusetts Military Reservation (MMR).
In 1984, the U. S. Geological Survey detected contaminants in the monitoring wells downgradient of the plant.
In 1983 and 1984, the Air Force detected volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in on-site monitoring wells near
the Base Landfill and Current Fire Training Area. Monitoring by the Air National Guard and the State
Department of Environmental Quality has detected VOCs in more than 200 private wells.
TSC reviewed the Focused Feasibility Study for Landfill-1 (draft) to address several issues including evaluating
the evidence that: natural attenuation of chlorinated ethenes was occurring in the aquifer downgradient of
Landfill-1, natural attenuation would be sufficient as a sole remedy for managing the plume of contaminated
groundwater emanating from Landfill-1, active remedial measures (such as pump-and-treat) would inhibit
biodegradation of chlorinated ethenes, decreasing concentration trends are the result of installation of a landfill
cap instead of natural attenuation, and finally, reviewed the cost estimates of various remedial alternatives. In
spite of the extremely short review period, the TSC (INEEL) participated in two meetings at the site with
regulators and the Air Force, as well as numerous tele-conferences in which natural attenuation and other
remedial alternatives were discussed. At the request of Region I, a series of documents was provided that
describe a groundwater remediation program at the INEEL Test Area North facility. The TSC reviewed the
addendum to the focused feasability study for Landfill-1 and participated in a number of
tele-conferences and attended a meeting to discuss TSC comments and suggestions. The RPM provided the
TSC with extraction/treatment system data for review. The TSC received a request to assist in the
establishment of conservative soil concentration for explosive residues and other contaminants based on
leaching to groundwater. An evaluation of the SESOIL Model was completed. In addition, a data report titled
"Soil Action Levels for Massachusetts Military Reserve Northern Impact Area" was provided to the Region.
The TSC was requested to review DoD's site specific fate and transport measurement Task 2000. The TSC
completed a review of the modeling portion of the RI for the chemical spill-19 (CS-19) area. The TSC
calculated some additional soil screening concentrations that were provided to the Region. TSC reviewed
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"Contaminant of Concern Identification Demolition Area 1" and the "Draft Modeling Strategy for the Camp
Edwards Impact Area Groundwater Quality Study. The TSC responded to a request dealing with a fate and
transport model and attenuation factors and provided the report titled "Contaminant of Concern Identification
for Demolition Area 1 Soil Operable Unit of the Camp Edwards Impact Area, Massachusetts Military
Reservation, Cape Cod, MA."
Project Name: Ottati
Site: Ottati and Goss/Kingston Steel Drum S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Dick Goehlert (617) 918-1335
Lead Scientist: Kent Snyder (360) 546-0687
Start Date: August 1999
Expected Completion Date: March 2000
Revised Completion Date: October 2001
Estimated Budget: $ 12,000 Total Expenditures:$5,793
Revised Budgets Total FY01 Exps: $1,592
Major Contaminants: PCB's Total 3rd Qtr. Exps:$492
The RPM requested that the ESD, TSC provide assistance in designing and identifying sampling methodologies
for sampling hummocks.
The Ottati & Goss/Kingston Steel Drum site in Kingston, N.H. is situated on 35 acres, contains a 1-acre parcel
in the southwest portion that was leased and known as the Ottati & Goss (O&G) site and a 6-acre Great Lakes
Container Corporation (GLCC) site consisting of a rectangular parcel bordered on the east by Route 125. From
the late 1950s through 1967, Conway Barrel & Drum Company (CBD) owned the site and performed drum
reconditioning operations on the parcel of land later owned by the Great Lakes Container Corporation. The
reconditioning operations included caustic rinsing of drums and disposal of the rinse water in a dry well nearby.
The groundwater, surface water, and soils are contaminated with volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The on-
site soil also contains polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), metal, and acids and base/neutral compounds.
The TSC participated in a conference call and provided comments and recommendations pertaining to a
proposed sampling plan. The TSC reviewed and provided comments pertaining to the sampling plan and
quality control sections of the 90% design contract specifications. In addition, a report titled "Assessment of
Arsenic Distribution in Ottati and Goss Soils" was completed and provided to the Region.
The TSC reviewed the sampling quality control and wetland restoration sectors of the 100% design contract
specifications document. A number of letter reports on this review was provided to the Region. Also, several
issues, including the arsenic report, were discussed with the RPM. The TSC reviewed and provided comments
to the RPM on the "Compendium of Quality Assurance Project Plan Requirements and Guidance." The TSC
participated with the Region and USAGE in discussions on the "Sampling Procedures and Laboratory Services"
of the Ottati & Goss 100% design document. The "100% Design Document" was reviewed by the TSC. The
report titled "Review of Ottati and Gas Soil Remediation 100% Design" was provided to the Region.
Additional support is anticipated.
Project Name: Savage Well
Site: Savage Well Municipal Water Supply OU-2 S. F. Site
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Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Richard Goehlert (617) 918-1335
Lead Scientist: Lance Peterson (208) 526-9738 Bob Starr (208) 526-0174
Start Date: May 1999
Expected Completion Date: December 1999
Revised Completion Date: January 2002
Estimated Budget: $20,000 Total Expenditures:$26,057
Revised Budget: $30,000 Total FY01 Expenditures:$4,616
Major Contaminants: Organics Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$4,006
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in reviewing aquifer models that are and/or will
be used to determine appropriate remedial approaches.
The Savage Well site covers about 30 acres west of the center of Milford, NH and consists of a municipal well.
The underlying aquifer, the water-bearing layer of rock and gravel from which the Town of Milford gets its
water. The Savage Municipal Well site operated form 1960 to 1983, during which time it supplied 40% to 45%
of Milford's water. The remainder of the water came from the Keyes and Kokko Wells. During Savage's years
of operation, several metal industries opened plants near the well along the Souhegan River. Investigations at
the site identified the source of contaminants, which also were present in water samples taken at the nearby
industries.
The groundwater is contaminated with VOCs, including TCE and vinyl chloride and heavy metals, including
lead, chromium, and mercury. The soil is contaminated with VOCs. The stream on site is contaminated with
VOCs and lead. As previously identified the TSC has been involved at OU-1 with the "Surfactant-Enhances
Aquifer Remediation of PCE at Neutral Buoyancy" Project."
The PRPs have modeled the Savage Well aquifer and evaluated several remedial scenarios. They have come to
the conclusion that monitored natural attenuation remedy will result in a clean aquifer in about the same time as
an engineered remedy. This does not seem to make sense given the complexity of the aquifer and the broad
extent of contamination in OU-2. OU-1 is a fund lead slurry wall, with pump and treatment system, SVE air
sparging, and air stripping. OU-2 is a dissolved plume downgradient from the OU-1 area.
Numerous reports were received on hydrologic modeling of Savage Well OU-2 site. The hydrologic site
conceptual model review and a numerical model review were completed. Questions and comments were
formulated. The TSC has performed an initial review on the QST Draft Modeling report and the Remedial
Design Report. The modeling review was completed and the report titled "Comments Regarding Modeling and
Interpretations on the OU-2 Savage Well Site" was provided to the Region. The TSC received the 1999 USGS
groundwater modeling report. The report was reviewed and was considered satisfactory. Discussion with the
RPM pertaining to the transport models "ModFlow" and ModFlow/MTSD occurred.
The TSC reviewed the document "An Evaluation of June and August 2000 Sampling Results: Biotic
Transformation of Chlorinated Organic Compounds Within the Extended Plume, Savage Well ESE." A
number of conference calls pertaining to modeling questions were held with the RPM. Following a review of
an ES&E Nov. 2000 Draft Report, the TSC provided the Region with the report titled "Draft Evaluation of June
and August 2000 Sampling Results: Biotic Transformations of Chlorinated Organic Compounds Within the
Extended Plume."
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REGION 2
• Project Name: Diamond
Site: Diamond Alkali S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Marian Olsen (212)637-4313
Lead Scientist: Anita Singh (702) 897-3234
Start Date: March 2001
Expected Completion Date: June 2001
Revised Completion Date: November 2001
Estimated Budget: $12,000 Total Exps:$48,940 PC&B:$1,200
Revised Budget: $ Total FYO1 Exps:$7,505 PC&B:$1,200
Major Contaminants: Organics Total 3rd Qtr.Exps:$7,205 PC&B:$400
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in reviewing a suggested Creel/Angler survey.
The Diamond Alkali Company site covers 3-acres in Newark, New Jersey adjacent to the Passaic River. The
site has been used for chemical manufacturing by numerous companies for more than 100 years. The mid-
1940s marked the beginning of the manufacturing operations related to the current site conditions, including the
production of DDT and phenoxy herbicides. The Diamond Sheetrock Company acquired the property in 1951
and produced various chemicals and pesticides until 1969, when it was shut down.
Dioxin has been detected in on-site monitoring wells. Other contaminants detected in groundwater included
volatile organic compounds (VOCs) including benzene, acetone, and toluene and herbicides. Individuals
accidentally ingesting contaminated soil or surface water may be at risk, as may those using contaminated
groundwater for other uses. The Passaic River and fish and shellfish from the river may be threatened by
runoff from the site. Following the review of statistical approaches used in a creel angler survey the TSC
provided the Region with the report titled "Review of the Revised Creel/Angler Survey Plan for the Passaic
River Study Area Diamond Alkali Superfund Site".
The TSC is currently reviewing provided site information and documents.
• Project Name:Diamond Head
Site: Diamond Head Oil Refinery
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Marian Olsen, Toxicologist, (212) 637-4313
Lead Scientist: Anita Singh (702) 897-3234
Start Date: June 2001
Expected Completion Date: November 2001
Revised Completion Date:
Estimated Budget: $ 15,000 Total Expenditures:$0
Revised Budget: Total FY01 Expenditures:$0
Major Contaminants: Inorganics Total 3rd Qtr. Expendirures:$0
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The RPM requested that the ESD-TSC provide assistance in designing a oil sampling/monitoring approach to
characterize soil and subsurface contaminants.
The Diamond Head Oil Refinery site is located in Kearney, Hudson County, New Jersey. Currently, the site is
inactive and consists of approximately 15 acres of undeveloped land. The site is comprised of wetland areas
and drainage ditches, a small wetland/pond, a vegetated landfill area along the western border of the site, and
the remnants of the former Diamond Head Oil Refinery on the eastern portion of the site. The abandoned
refinery portion of the site contains various construction debris, including foundations of the former on-site
building and two former aboveground storage tanks. The site is currently owned by the Hudson Meadows
Urban Development Corporation (HMURDC). During facility operations, two aboveground storage tanks and
possible underground pits were used to store oily wastes. These wastes were intermittently discharged directly
to adjacent properties, including the wetland area to the south of the site, creating an oil lake.
The TSC is currently reviewing provided data. Following the data review a sampling/monitoring plan will be
provided to the Region.
Project Name: EmmeH's
Site: Emmell's Septic Landfill S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Joe Gowers (212) 637-4413
Lead Scientist: Russell Plumb (702) 897-3265
Start Date: April 2001
Expected Completion Date: September 2001
Revised Completion Date:
Estimated Budget:$12,000 Total Expenditures:$3,561 PC&B:$500
Revised Budget:$ Total FY01 Exps:$3,561 PC&B:$500
Major Contaminants: Inorganics/Organics Total 3rd Qtr. Exps:$3,561 PC&B:$500
The Regional RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in identifying the source of drummed
waste.
The Emmell's Landfill Superfund site is a 38 acre site located in Galloway Township, Atlantic County, New
Jersey. The site accepted septic and sewage sludge that was ponded in trenches and lagoons from 1967 to
1979. In addition, solid and chemical wastes believed to contain paint sludges, gas cylinders, household
garbage, and debris were disposed of at the landfill. Following a Removal Site Evaluation in September 1998,
it was concluded that a release of hazardous substances had occurred. The site was listed on the National
Priorities List on July 22, 1999.
After receiving the data it was divided into three subsets: inorganics, organic compounds and tentatively
identified compounds. Each data set was then used to create a normalized chemical distribution pattern that
was analyzed by regression analysis. Following the analysis, the report titled "Fingerprint Analysis of
Emmell's Landfill Drum Analysis" was provided to the Region.
Project Name: Hilliards
Site: Hilliards Creek S. F. Site
Site ID:
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Type-Lead:
Requested By: Emmet Keveney (212) 637-3916
Lead Scientist: A. K. Singh (702) 895-1439
Start Date: May 2001
Expected Completion Date: October 2001
Revised Completion Date:
Estimated Budget: $6,000 Total Expenditures:$l,200
Revised Budget: $ Total FYO1 Expenditures^ 1,200
Major Contaminants: Lead . Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures^ 1,200
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in evaluating the geostatistical approaches that
are being used by the PRP's.
The Milliard's Creek site is a vacant, unfenced site in the Borough of Gibbsboro, Camden County, New Jersey,
including the stream channel, watershed and wetland areas along Milliard's Creek. Milliard's Creek is a small
stream that runs in a southwesterly direction for approximately 1-mile where it joins the Cooper River.
The TSC reviewed the Roy F. Weston document titled "Technical Memorandum Derivation of Sample Grid
Spacing" and provided the Region with comments and suggestions pertaining to the geostatistical approaches
being suggested.
Project Name: Hooker
Site: Hooker Chemical/Ruco Polymer S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type-Lead:
Requested By: Syed Quadri (212) 637-4233
Lead Scientist: Kent Sorenson (208) 526-9597
Start Date: February 1999
Expected Completion Date: September 1999
Revised Completion Date: November 2001
Estimated Budget: $ 35,000 Total Expenditures:$32,101
Revised Budget: $50,000 Total FY01 Expenditures^ 1,831
Major Contaminants: Organics Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$700
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in reviewing a number of site documents i.e.,
treatability study work plan, Remedial Investigation Report for Operable Unit 3 and the Feasibility Study
Report for Operable Unit 3.
The site is located on a 14-acre tract of land in Hicksville, New York. The site includes two main production
plants, a pilot plant located between these plants, a warehouse building, an administration and laboratory
building, numerous above-ground chemical storage tanks and associated pipping, and several recharge basins.
Since 1946, the facility was used for the production of various polymers, including polyvinyl chloride (PCV),
styrene/butadiene latex, vinyl chloride/vinyl acetate copolymer, and polyurethane, as well as ester plasticizers.
The facility is currently active, and manufactures such products as polyester, polyols and powder coating
resins. During site operations, industrial wastewater from the facility was discharged to six (6) on-site recharge
basins or sumps. The wastewater contained, among other things, vinyl chloride, trichloroethylene, barium anH
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cadmium soap. Vinyl acetate, organic acids, and styrene condensate as a result of these releases, groundwater
downgradient from the site has been contaminated.
The TSC reviewed the Predesign Work Plan for Operable Unit I with a specific focus on the Treatabiliry Study
Work Plan (Appendix C). Comments were provided within two days of receipt of the document. Significant
deficiencies were noted in the Treatability Study Work Plan. Recommendations for resolution of the
deficiencies were made in the review comments and discussed on a conference call with EPA Region II and the
PRPs. An additional review was completed on the Remedial Investigation Report Operable Unit-3. The report
summarized existing data and the reviewers agreed with recommendations for additional monitoring of wells.
The reviewers did not agree with the conclusion that the existing data was adequate for a section of a final
remedy and recommendations were made for additional data needs to fully evaluate remediation alternatives.
The TSC reviewed and provided comments pertaining to the report "Feasibility Study for Operable Unit-3
Vinyl Chloride Sub-Plume in the Vicinity of MW-S2 Hicksville, New York-KS-0599 and LMP-05-99". The
TSC supplied comments to the RPM on an Interim Remedial Measures plan that calls for additional
characterizing and preliminary tests to support biosparging at the Hooker/Ruco site. This work would be
performed concurrently with fmalization of the RI/FS and drafting of the ROD. A review of the comment
responses provided by OXY for the Hooker/Ruco site RI and FS reports was completed and provided. At the
request of Mr. Quadri the groundwater treatability study report was reviewed and the TSC completed a review
of the comment responses on the RI and FS reports provided to the EPA by OXY for the Hooker/Ruco site.
TSC transmitted written comments on the Groundwater Treatability Study Report and the In Situ Chemical
Oxidation Work Plan as well as a summary of the reviews of comment responses on the RI/FS documents. A
number of conference calls between the TSC scientists, the RPM and the PRP's were completed. The TSC
provided input into the sampling methods that will be performed during installation of wells for the pre-design
activities associated with OU-3. The TSC reviewed and provided comments to the RPM on the remedial
investigation report OU-3. Following the PRP's revision of the "Feasibility Study Document for OU-3" the
TSC reviewed the revised version and provided some additional recommendations.
The TSC was requested to review public comments and Northrop Grumman responses. The following two
reports were provided to the Region: "Responses to Public Comments on the Proposed Plan for the Vinyl
Chloride Sub-plume at the Hooker Chemical/Ruco Polymer Plant in Hicksville, New York" dated September
13, 2000, and "Proposed Response to Northrop Grumman Corporation Comments dated August 28, 2000 on
the Operable Unit-3 Proposed Remedial Action Plan for the Hooker/Ruco Site, Hicksville, New York" dated
September 18, 2000. A number of conversations with the RPM occurred pertaining to TSC comments and
suggestions. A workshop on fractured rock was attended by a TSC representative. The TSC provided
comments and suggestions on the OU-3 proposed remedial action plan. The TSC participated in a number of
conference calls with the RPM. Additional support is anticipated.
• Project Name: Hudson
Site: Hudson Technologies S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Dean Maraldo (212) 637-4271
Lead Scientist: Tim Ehli (702) 897-3264 Marti Minnich (360) 546-0687
Start Date: June 2000
Expected Completion Date: November 2000
Revised Completion Date: September 2001
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Estimated Budget: $ 14,000 Total Expenditures:$9,994
Revised Budget: $ Total FYO1 Expenditures: $ 1,023
Major Contaminants: Freon 11 Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$0
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in identifying the fate and transport of Freon 11
in subsurface (i.e., soil and groundwater) environments and to review the sampling/sample handling and
analytical methods that will be used by the PRP's to characterize Freon 11 at this site.
The Hudson Technologies Inc. (HTI) site is an active freon recycling facility located at 25 Torne Valley Road
in Hillburn, Rockland County, New York. Activities conducted by HTI at the facility include purifying spent
refrigerant and returning it to customers. HTI began operations at the site in June 1994. The site property is
approximately 3.01 acres in size.
On April 1, 1999, a failed connection hose to one of HTI's outdoor storage tanks resulted in a spill of
approximately 7,797 pounds of Freon 11 to the ground surface. HTI immediately commenced excavation of
soil impacted by the spill. Over a 10 day period, approximately 400 to 500 cubic yards of contaminated soil
were excavated from the area. Analytical results from soil samples collected from the excavation on April 2
and April 7, 1999, indicated the presence of Freon 11 at elevated concentrations. Freon has also been detected
in a number of wells in the area. The TSC reviewed available information pertaining to the fate and transport
of Freon. The TSC completed a literature review and provided the following:
Sample Preservation Techniques for VOC's (Freon 11)
Screening Criteria for Freon 11
Public Health Goal for Trichlorofluormethane (FC-11) in drinking water
Ground-water Screening Criteria for Trichlorofluoromethane (Freon 11) and,
Bio Trichlorofluoromethane Freon 11).
Additional support is anticipated.
Project Name: Liberty
Site: Liberty Industrial S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type-Lead:
Requested By: Damian Duda (212) 637-4269, Lorenzo Thantu (212) 637-4240
Lead Scientist: Robert Starr (208) 526-0184
Start Date: July 2000
Expected Completion Date: January 2001
Revised Completion Date: January 2002
Estimated Budget:$40,000 Total Expenditures:$28,053
Revised Budget:$75,000 Total FY01 Expenditures:$7,046
Major Contaminants: Volatile Organics Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$ 1,524
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in the measurement of chlorinated organic
isotopes in groundwater to determine possible sources of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC's) in the
groundwater system.
Liberty Industrial Finishing site located in Farmingdale, NY is an abandoned site covering less than an acre on
a 7 'A-acre tract of land in an industrial park. From 1948 to 1978, the company carried out electroplating.
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dyeing, and painting operations at the site. The contaminated areas consist of three acid vats, a sludge drying
lagoon, two leaching basins, a number of finishing vats, and a basin for holding storm water. In 1977, the State
found Liberty in violation of the discharge limits of its permit. Liberty was ordered to clean up the site in 1978;
but did not do so. As an initial action, the company, under State supervision, removed contaminated soils and
sledges from the leaching basins, the storm water basin, and the sludge lagoon. Groundwater and soils are
contaminated with heavy metals including cadmium and chromium. People who drink water from
contaminated wells may be at risk.
Following a number of conference calls with the RPM the TSC provided information on "isotopic signatures"
via the document titled "Literature Review: Stable Isotopic Signatures for Chloroethane Source and Progress
Identification." The TSC also arranged with the Environmental Isotope Laboratory at the University of
Waterloo to analyze site samples. The TSC prepared the QAPjP which was provided to the Region for review.
The TSC is currently responding to Regional comments pertaining to the QAPjP.
• Project Name: Quanta
Site: Quanta Resources Corporation S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Richard Ho (212) 637-4372
Lead Scientist: Bill Cole (702) 897-3255
Start Date: April 2001
Expected Completion Date: October 2001
Revised Completion Date:
Estimated Budgets 10,000 Total Expenditures:$3,052
Revised Budget: $ Total FY01 Expenditures:$3,052
Major Contaminants: Organics Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$3,052
The Regional RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in assessing site data and designing a
sampling/monitoring program to characterize cool tar contaminants in a daycare center and on a nearby
children's play area.
The Quanta Resources Corporation (QRC) site is located in Edgewater, New Jersey. The site covers
approximately 8 acres. The site property is bordered to the north by the Celotex Industrial Park, to the south by
the former Spencer-Kellogg Industrial Park, to the west by River Road, and to the east by the Hudson River.
From approximately 1930 to 1981 the site had been used as an oil and tar storage and reclamation facility. The
site had 61 above ground storage tanks (AST's) with a total capacity of over 9 million gallons, along with an
unknown number of underground storage tanks (UST's) and numerous underground pipes. These tanks were
used to store oil, tar, asphalt, sludge, process water and other unknown liquids.
In 1981, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) forced the closing of the Quanta
Resources facility when it was discovered that the storage tanks contained large quantities of oil with
polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) concentrations as high as 260 part per million (ppm). Because of the close
proximity of this site to the EPA's ERT, the TSC and the Region requested that the ERT provide air monitoring
assistance. The TSC provided the Region with a suggested approach for sampling the playground area.
• Project Name: Reich Farms
Site: Reich Farms S. F. Site
Site ID:
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Type Lead:
Requested by: Jon Gorin (212) 637-4361
Lead Scientist: A. K. Singh (702) 895-0364
Start Date: June 2000
Expected Completion Date: October 2000
Revised Completion Date: December 2002
Estimated Budget: $15,000
Revised Budget: $85,000
Major Contaminants: Organics
Total Expenditures:$86,515 PC&B:$ 1,200
Total FY01Exps:$29,292 PC&B:$1,200
Total 3rd Qtr. Exps:$22,220 PC&B:$800
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in determining the numbers and locations of
sampling locations that are necessary to characterize site contaminants. Previous support by the TSP included
special analytical analysis of site samples.
The Reich Farm site is an open, relatively flat, sandy area covering approximately 3 acres in Dover Township,
New Jersey. The site is surrounded by commercial facilities and wooded area. During a 5 month period, the
site was leased from the Reich Farm owners by an independent waste hauler and used illegally for the disposal
of drums containing organic solvents, still bottoms, and residues from the manufacturing of organic chemicals,
plastics and resins. In December 1971, the owners of the property discovered approximately 4,500 drums
containing wastes on a portion of land that they had rented out. These drums bore labels indicating that they
belonged to the Union Carbide Corporation. The TSC has been requested to assist in developing a sampling
plan for soils using "Punch Technology."
The TSC completed a review of site reports and held a conference call with the RPM to clarify the specific
goals of the soil sampling effort. The RPM stated that he wanted a sampling plan that would generate the
appropriate data to determine if the concentrations of "SAN trimer" in the soil column were low enough to
delist the soil at the site. The TSC provided the Region with a document titled "Draft Reich Farm Sample
Design Scenarios". A number of discussions about the "Design Scenarios" with the RPM occurred. The TSC
is finalizing a report that will identify the final sampling/monitoring design.
• Project Name: Route
Site: Route 561 Dump S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Emmet Keveney (212) 637-3916
Lead Scientist: A. K. Singh (702) 895-1439
Start Date: May 2001
Expected Completion Date: October 2001
Revised Completion Date:
Estimated Budget:$6,000
Revised Budget: $
Major Contaminants: Lead
Total Expenditures^ 1,300
Total FY01 Expenditures: $1,3 00
Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures^ 1,300
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in evaluating the geostatistical approaches that
are being proposed by the PRP's.
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Route 561 Dump is located on a vacant 2.9 acre parcel in a suburban area of Gibbsboro, New Jersey. The
property is bounded by a strip mall to the north, Clement Lake to the east, Route 561 to the west, and vacant
land .to the south. The White Sand Branch (and its associated wetlands), which originated at the outlet of
Clement Lake, flows south through the site property. The site was previously used as a paint waste dump.
Operations of the plant, which was not located on the site property, included the manufacturing of varnishes,
lacquers, and paints, including dry colors, paste paints, ad linseed oil liquid paints. In August 1995, the EPA
collected surface and subsurface soils samples from the site property as well as sediment samples from the
White Sand Branch. Analysis of these samples indicated the presence of inorganic contaminants in the on-site
soil and downstream sediment samples.
The TSC reviewed the Roy F. Weston document titled "Technical Memorandum Derivation of Sample Grid
Spacing" and provided the Region with comments and suggestions pertaining to the geostatistical approaches
being suggested.
Project Name: Stanton
Site: Stanton Cleaners S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type-Lead:
Requested By: Damian Duda (212) 637-4269, Lou DiGuardia (732) 906-6927
Lead Scientist: Robert Starr (208) 526-0174
Start Date: July 2000
Expected Completion Date: January 2001
Revised Completion Date: January 2002
Estimated Budget: $45,000 Total Expenditures:$30,267
Revised Budget:$ Total FY01 Expenditures:$9,261
Major Contaminants: Volatile Organics Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$ 1,502
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in the measurement of chlorinated organic
compounds (VOC's) in the groundwater system.
The Stanton Cleaners area groundwater contamination site is located in the area of Stanton Cleaners, which is
an active dry cleaning facility located at 110 Cutter Mill Road in a commercial area of Great Neck, Nassau
County, New York. The facility is bordered to the west by Cutter Mill Road, to the north and east by indoor
tennis courts, and to the south by a gasoline station. Due to elevated groundwater levels of PCE, NCDH
ordered Stanton Cleaners to conduct a subsurface soil and groundwater investigation at the site. The site was
referred to NYSDEC in January 1984. As a result of the subsequent investigations conducted at the site, a
plume of contaminated groundwater, consisting primarily of PCE, had been documented to be migrating from
the site. PCE was detected in groundwater samples at concentration exceeding the State and Federal maximum
contaminant level (MCL) of 5 micrograms per liter (ug/L).
Following a number of conference calls with the RPM the TSC provided information on "isotopic signatures"
via the document titled "Literature Review: Stable Isotopic Signatures for Chloroethane Source and Progress
Identification." The TSC also arranged with the Environmental Isotope Laboratory at the University of
Waterloo to analyze site samples. The TSC prepared the QAPjP for the analysis and the data assessment
protocol. The QAPjP's was provided to the Region for review. The TSC is currently responding to Regional
comments pertaining to the QAPjP.
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Project Name: United States
Site: United States Avenue Burn S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Emmet Keveney (212) 637-3916
Lead Scientist: A. K. Singh (702) 895-1439
Start Date: May 2001
Expected Completion Date: October 2001
Revised Completion Date:
Estimated Budget:$7,000
Revised Budget: $
Major Contaminants: Lead
Total Expenditures:$ 1,289
Total FY01 Expenditures:$l,289
Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$ 1,289
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance hi evaluating the geostatistical approaches that
are being proposed by the PRP's.
This site, located in Gibbsboro, New Jersey, is contaminated with paint wastes that pose a potential threat to
public health through direct contact with the materials and also endanger the environment. From the mid
1800's to 1967, John Lucas and Company operated a paint manufacturing facility at a separate location in
Gibbsboro. The Lucas manufacturing operations were acquired by the Sherwin-Williams Company in 1967,
which operated the facility until its closure in 1977. The Burn Area was used as disposal and burn site for paint
wastes, municipal waste and the storage of sludge generated from the former paint manufacturing facility's
wastewater treatment plant.
The TSC reviewed the Roy F. Weston document titled "Technical Memorandum Derivation of Sample Grid
Spacing" and provided the Region with comments and suggestions pertaining to the geostatistical approaches
being suggested.
Project Name: Vieques
Site: Vieques Puerto Rico S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Marian Olsen (212) 637-4313
Lead Scientist: Robert Gerlach (702) 897-3293 Anita Singh (702) 897-3234
Start Date: February 2001
Expected Completion Date: July 2001
Revised Completion Date: January 2002
Estimated Budget: $8,000
Revised Budget: $
Major Contaminants: Inorganics/metals
Total Exps:$2,737
Total FY01 Exps:S2,737
Total 3rd Qtr Exps:$894
PC&B:$500
PC&B:$500
PC&B:S200
The Region II Risk Assessor requested the ESD-LV provide assistance in reviewing the data assessment and
statistical procedures that will be utilized for assessing site data. The specific goal of the sampling effort at
NASD is to establish background concentrations of metals in surface and subsurface soil, groundwater, surface
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water, and sediment The background analyses will be statistically evaluated to determine the range in
concentrations of naturally metals and to statistically compare the data to site contaminants.
Following a review of site data the TSC provided the Region the report titled "Comments on Vieques, Puerto
Rico, Background Study and Statistical Analysis". Additional support is anticipated. The TSC is currently
reviewing a background investigation report.
• Project Name: White
Site: White Chemical Company S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type-Lead:
Requested By: Ellen Belk (212) 637-4427, Mike Sivak (212) 637-4310
Lead Scientist: Anita Singh (702) 897-3234
Start Date: September 2000
Expected Completion Date: October 2001
Revised Completion Date:
Estimated Budgets 10,000 Total Expenditures:$13,726
Revised Budget:$ 18,000 Total FY01 Expenditures^ 13,726
Major Contaminants: Organics/Inorganics Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$l,565
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in conducting risk assessments. The White
Chemical Company is a former manufacturer of acid chlorides and flame retardant compounds in a heavily
populated and industrial section of Newark, NJ. The site contains over 9,000 55-gallon drums, several hundred
cylinders, tanks and vats, carboys, boxes and two laboratories containing thousands of lab pack size materials.
Since serious conditions still existed at the site, and the operations facility ceased in July 1990, the NJDEP
requested the USEPA to conduct an emergency surface removal of drums. The funds for this action were
approved by USEPA in September 1990. Since the conditions at the site continue to pose a serious health
threat and the company is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, the site was placed on the National Priorities
List in September 1991.
The TSC has participated in a number of conference calls and completed a statistical assessment of provided
data and provided the Region with the report titled "Computation of 95% Upper Confidence Limit of
Population Mean for Contaminants of Potential Concern at the White Chemical Corporation Superfund Site."
The TSC was requested to calculate the 95% UCL for total dioxin. The TSC completed the computation of the
EPC term for total dioxin.
REGION 3
• Project Name: Abex
Site: Abex Corporation S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Randi Sturgeon (215) 814-3227 Monica Jones (410) 305-2747
Lead Scientist: Anita Singh (702) 897-3234
Start Date: June 2000
Expected Completion Date: December 2000
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Revised Completion Date: August 2001
Estimated Budget: $15,000 Total Expenditures:$3,794
Revised BudgetS Total FY01 Exps:$3,414
Major Contaminants: Inorganics Total 3rd Qtr. Exps:S600
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in determining if lead contamination found in a
residential area (i.e., 2020 Chestnut Street site) can be from emissions from the Abex site and/or the nearby
industrial sites.
The Abex Corp. site covers 2 acres in Portsmouth, Virginia. The company operated a brass and bronze foundry
from 1928 to 1978. Abex produced parts such as brake shoes and ball bearings for railroad cars, The EPA
estimates that the lead was released into the air at a rate of 10 pounds per day from a 1 -acre process area and
that 3,500 cubic yards of lead-laden furnace sands were dumped into an adjoining 1-acre area. In 1984, the
EPA identified elevated levels of lead in the fill area and in residential lots next to the fill area. Abex has found
significant soil contamination around both the landfill and the old process areas. Approximately 10,000 people
live or work within 1 mile of the site. A number of those residents live either on or immediately adjacent to the
lead-contaminated soils. The site also is adjacent to an elementary school.
The document titled "Statistical analysis 2020 Chestnut Street Site Portsmouth, Virginia" dated
March 29, 2000 was received by the TSC. Following the review the TSC provided comments and suggestions
to the Region in the report titled "Review of the Statistical Analysis for 2020 Chestnut Street Site Portsmouth,
Virginia, March 2000." Following a review of the statistical analysis performed on the confirmatory lead data
collected from OU-1, the TSC provided comments and recommendations in the report titled "Review of the
Statistical Data Analysis for Abex NPL Site Operable Unit 1 Data, Portsmouth, Virginia". The TSC
participated in a number of conference calls with the Region pertaining to TSC suggestions and
recommendations. Additional support is anticipated.
Project Name: Chem Solve
Site: Chem Solve Inc. S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Debra Rossi
Lead Scientist: A. K. Singh (702) 895-1439
Start Date: February 1999
Expected Completion Date: August 2001
Revised Completion Date:
Estimated Budget: $10,000 Total Exps: $9,200 PC&B:$800
Revised Budget: $ Total FYO1 Exps:$3,900 PC&B:$800
Major Contaminants: Organics Total 3rd Qtr. $ 1,700 PC&B:$300
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV provide assistance in assessing the attainment of cleanup goals for a
number of organic contaminants in site groundwater.
This site located in Dover, Delaware served as a solvent distillation facility beginning in 1982. The facility
recycled waste solvents by placing a drum on an electric coil heater, which distilled the solvents into a second
drum. The contents of the second drum were filtered into a third drum, and the distilled residues stored on-site.
In 1984, an explosion and fire at the site destroyed the entire distillation facility. The groundwater, soil, and
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one residential well is contaminated with VOCs from site waste disposal practices. The primary threat to
human health is drinking the contaminated groundwater.
After receiving the data the TSC completed initial data assessment calculations and provided the Region with a
report addressing the attainment of cleanup goals. The TSC completed additional statistical assessments of site
data. A letter report identifying the statistical approaches and results obtained was provided to the RPM. The
TSC was asked to review and respond to some data assessment approaches that will be implemented. The TSC
reviewed the suggested approaches and provided comments and suggestions to the RPM. A number of
conference calls pertaining to statistical, tests were completed and explanations pertaining to trend analysis was
provided to the RPM. The TSC received a request for statistical information from the State of Delaware. The
TSC provided the requested information.
• Project Name: Crossley
Site: Crossley Farms S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Nancy Rios-Jafolla (215) 814-3324
Lead Scientist: Anita Singh (702) 798-3234
Start Date: April 2000
Expected Completion Date: January 2001
Revised Completion Date: October 2001
Estimated Budget: $10,000 Total Expenditures:$4,261
Revised Budgets Total FY01 Expenditures:$892
Major Contaminants: Organics Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$500
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in the statistical assessment of site data for risk
assessment purposes.
The Crossley Farm site covers approximately 24 acres along Huffs Church Road in Hereford Township in a
rural part of Berks County, Pennsylvania. The site is on top of Blackhead Hill and consists of several
excavations. Between the mid-1960s and the mid-1970s, an estimated 300 drums (possibly more) containing
mostly liquid waste were obtained from the local plant of Bally Case and Cooler Co. and were disposed in a pit
on the Crossley Farm property. In response to citizens complaints, EPA conducted sampling that confirmed
contamination in the spring of 1987, identified a large plume of TCE-contaminated groundwater, with the
source near the crest of Blackhead Hill. The plume continues to spread and affect more private wells.
A number of suggestions such as the computation of the 95% UCL and the use of the "Chebychev Inequality"
was provided to the Region. Additional comments and suggestions pertaining to statistical data assessment
approaches that could be implemented at this site was provided to the RPM. Additional support pertaining to
lognormal distribution data was provided to the Region.
• Project Name: Langley
Site: Langley AFB S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Stacie Dnscoll (215) 814-3368 Kathy Davies (215) 814-3315
Lead Scientist: Robert Gerlach (702) 897-3293
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Start Date: November 2000
Expected Completion Date: March 2001
Revised Completion Date: October 2001
Estimated Budget: $10,000
Revised Budgets 18,000
Major Contaminants:Organics
Total Expenditures^ 13,822
Total FY01 Expenditures:$13,822
Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$3,596
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in reviewing a regression analysis that was
completed by the PRP's contractor for determining the relationship between contaminant concentrations in site
surface waters and sediments.
Langley AFB (LAFB) located in Hampton, VA has been an airfield and aeronautical research center since 1917
and is the home base for the First Tactical Fighter Wing. NASA Langley us a research facility that conducts
270 operations in 191 buildings and operated 40 wind tunnels. Wastes generated at LAFB and NASA Langley
include waste oild, solvents, paint wastes, pesticide containers and rinse waters, photographic wastes, scrap
metals, used batteries and printed circuit board plating wastes. PCBs and polychlorinated terphenyls (PCT)
were used in hydraulic systems, electrical equipment, compressors, and casting operations.
Following the review of available data the TSC provided the RPM a report titled "Review of Regression
Analysis for Surface Water vs Sediment Contaminants and Human Health Risk Assessment for Langley Air
Force Base IRP Site OT-56 Arsenic and Old Waste. The TSC reviewed a conceptual work plan and provided
the Region with the report titled "Review Comments on Conceptual Work Plan for the Evaluation of
Groundwater Data, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia." The TSC received comments from the PRP's pertaining
to the TSC's review of the "Conceptual Work Plan." The TSC is currently reviewing the PRP's comments.
Project Name: Letterkenny
Site: Letterkenny Army Depot S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Nancy Rios-JaFolla (215) 814-3324
Lead Scientist: Anita Singh (702) 798-3234
Start Date: August 1999
Expected Completion Date: February 2000
Revised Completion: October 2001
Estimated Budget: $10,000
Revised Budget:$ 19,000
Major Contaminants:Organics
Total Expenditures^ 17,440
Total FY01 Expenditures:$7,246
Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$513
The RPM requested that the BSD, TSC provide assistance in statistical data assessment.
The Letterkenny Army Depot site, near Chambersburg, PA, covers 250 acres. From 1947 to the present,
operations at the site have included the maintenance, overhaul, and rebuilding of wheeled and tracked vehicles
and missiles. These operations have involved the use of large quantities of chlorinated organic solvents and
cleaning agents. Some wastes from these operations have been stored and disposed of in the property Disposal
Office Area (PDO) by land filling and spreading wastes on open ground areas. Other areas of suspected
contamination are the drum storage area, oil burn pit, trash burning pits on the site, and possible adjacent
landfills. An estimated 17,000 people reside within 5 miles of the site.
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Groundwater beneath the PDO area and surface water, including Rocky Spring Lake, are contaminated with
chlorinated organic chemicals including chloroform and trichloroethylene (TCE), according to tests conducted
by the Army. Soils have been contaminated by xylene, heavy metals, chloroform, and organic compounds.
The Region had four questions pertaining to the proper use of the W-Test, T-Test and the Mann-Whitney Test.
The TSC provided recommendations as to the appropriate use for each of the statistical test procedures for
assessing site data. The PRP's have responded to comments on the Draft RI and RA report for SE OU8. The
TSC reviewed these comments and participated in a conference call with the Region and PRP's. The TSC
provided a statistical review of a proposal to use the UCL for risk assessment purposes. The TSC also provided
guidance on how the 95% UCL of the mean should be calculated. The TSC responded to a number of
statistical questions and provided the report titled "Computation of the Screening Levels for Letterkenny Army
Depot, Chambersburg, PA." The following procedures and comments were provided to the Region:
Computation of an UCL for Screening Purposes dated July 21, 2000, and
A Much Simplified Procedure to Compute an UCL of Authentic Means dated July 26, 2000.
A number of conference calls with the Region were conducted to address questions pertaining to TSC
suggestions and recommendations. The TSC received, and reviewed, a focused feasibility study and supporting
documentation pertaining to enhanced biodegradation. The report titled "Review of Letterkenny Army Deport
Southeastern Area Southeast Operable Unit Number 10 (On-Post Groundwater) Southeast Industrial Area Draft
Focused Feasibility Study" was provided to the Region. The Region participated in a conference call and
provided comments on the "Geospatial Averaging Approach Proposed for the Oil Burn Pit." The TSC
provided clarification to the Region on "electron donor" and the use of dyes and ionic tracers.
Project Name: Maryland
Site: Maryland Sand, Gravel and Stone S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Debra Rossi (215) 814-3228
Lead Scientist: Kent Snyder (360) 546-0687
Start Date: March 2000
Expected Completion Date: September 2000
Revised Completion Date: October 2001
Estimated Budget: $19,000 Total Expenditures:$33,979
Revised Budget:$45,000 Total FYO1 Expenditures.^ 10,588
Major Contaminants: Organics/Inorganics Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$3,615
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in determining if the site has been adequately
characterized. For example, Is the combination of soil sampling conducted for past operable units (OU1 and
OU2) and the combination of site characterization techniques for the current operable unit (OU3), e.g., surface
geophysical methods, soil gas surveys, soil boring program, chemical analysis of surface and subsurface soils,
sufficient to conclude that: 1) portions of the so-called Eastern Excavation Area are uncontaminated (suitable
for unlimited use and unrestricted access); 2) all so-called "principal threat" areas, or hot spots, have been
identified (and their volumes appropriately estimated).
The site is located in Elkton, Cecil County, Maryland. The site consists of approximately 200 acres and is
bounded to the south by a telephone transmission line right-of-way, to the north and west by Marley Road, and
to the east by a property line approximately parallel to Ephrarta Lane. The site was previously operated -.:
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sand and gravel quarry. According to the Record of Decision (ROD) for OU2 at the site (i.e., the deeper water-
bearing units below the shallow, Upper Sand Unit), about three acres in the Eastern Excavated Area of the site
were reportedly used for the disposal of waste processing water, still bottoms, sludge and drums of solid and
semi-solid waste between 1969 and 1974.
The TSC reviewed available site data and reports and provided comments on the following: "Soil
Investigation", "Supplemental Soil Delineation and Treatability", "Focused Feasibility Study", and "Cost
Estimates for the Revised Draft Feasibility Study." A number of conversations with the RPM pertaining to
TSC recommendations were completed. Following a review of provided documents the TSC delivered the
report titled "Review of Maryland, Sand, Gravel and Stone Site Work Plan for Chemical Oxidation Technology
Study." The TSC provided the Region comments and suggestions in a report titled "Review of Maryland
Sand, Gravel and Stone Site Remediation Technology Screening Investigation-February 2001." The TSC
received and reviewed a revised "Focused Feasibility Study", and provided comments to the Region. The TSC
received a "Remediation Technical Memorandum" for review. Following the review, the TSC provided the
report titled "Review Comments Maryland Sand, Gravel and Stone Site Remediation Technology Screening
Technical Memorandum June 14, 2001." .
• Project Name: Palmerton
Site: Palmerton Zinc Pile S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Dawn loven (215) 814-3320
Lead Scientist:
Start Date: March 2001
Expected Completion Date: August 2001
Revised Completion Date:
Estimated Budget: $18,000 Total Exps:$8,566 PC&B:$800
Revised Budget: $25,000: Total FY01 Exps:$8,566 PC&B:$800
Major Contaminants: Inorganics Total 3rd Qtr. Exps:$970 PC&B:$400
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in reviewing available soil and house dust data
and then conducting statistical tests that could correlate the relationship between outdoor soil metal levels and
interior house dust metal levels (i.e. track in rates) for the purpose of establishing remediation goals.
The Palmerton Zinc site in Palmerton, Pennsylvania is composed of two locations. Smelting operations have
been conducted at two locations, a west smelter and an east smelter. Smelting operations were conducted in the
west plant from 1911 to present. Primary smelting of concentrated zinc sulfide ores, conducted until December
1980, resulted in the emission of large quantities of zinc, cadmium, and sulfur dioxide. This air pollution
caused defoliation of over 2,000 acres of vegetation in the vicinity of the east smelter.
Following the review of site data and completing a number of statistical tests the TSC provided the Region with
the reports titled "General Comments Lead Isotopic and Chalcophile Element Composition in the Environment
Near a Zinc Recovery Facility, Palmerton, PA." , "Review of Regression Models and Track-in-Rates
Palmerton Superfund Site" and "Computation of Dust to Soil Concentration Ratios Palmerton Superfund Site."
The TSC also participated in a number of conference calls with the Region. Additional support is anticipated.
• Project Name: Sharon
Site: Sharon Steel (Farrell Works) S. F. Site
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Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Rashi Mathur (215) 814-5234 Jennifer Hubbard (215) 814-3328
Lead Scientist: Anita Singh (702) 897-3234
Start Date: June 2000
Expected Completion Date: September 2000
Revised Completion Date: October 2001
Estimated Budget: $20,000 Total Expenditures.^ 122,732
Revised Budget: $130,000 Total FY01 Expenditures:$75,499
Major Contaminants: Organics Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$42,644
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in providing a systematic and standardized
approach for computing the UCL-concentration term for risk assessments.
The Sharon Steel Corporation Farrell Works Disposal Area (the "site") is an area of about 400 acres located in
Mercer County in Western Pennsylvania, within a few hundred feet of the Ohio/Pennsylvania border. The site
is southwest of the former Sharon Steel Corporation Farrell Works, and is bordered on the east by the Shenango
River. The Sharon Steel Corporation used the area to dispose of blast furnace slag, electric arc furnace slag,
basic oxygen furnace slag, and sludge beginning about 1900. From 1949 to 1981, millions of gallons of spent
pickle liquor acid were dumped over the slag. It was thought that the acid would partially evaporate and then
be neutralized by the carbonates in the slag. In actuality, ground water contamination resulted. The site is
located in the flood plain of the Shenango River, and there are several wetland areas on site.
This on-going effort involves the updating of the PROUCL program such as:
• including test of normal and lognormality
• Small samples - Shapiro Wilk's test/normal probability plot
• Large sample - Kolmogrov-Smirnov's test/normal probability plot, and
• for lognormally distributed data sets, include a 99% Chebychev inequality based upon minimum variance
unbiased estimates. This program plus the "User's Guide Program PROUCL", "Background and a Brief
Description of the Program PROUCL", and the "Installation Guide Program PROUCL" were provided to the
Region.
The TSC sent CD ROM's and copies of the documents to selected individuals for review. A number of
reviewers comments were received by the TSC. The TSC addressed a number of questions by the reviewers
and made the necessary changes. ProUCL Version 2.0 was finalized and is currently available to users.
REGION 4
• Project Name: Ashley
Site: Ashley Phosphate S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Craig Zeller (404) 562-8827
Lead Scientist: A. K. Singh (702) 895-0364
Start Date: May 2001
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Expected Completion Date: September 2001
Revised Completion Date:
Estimated Budget:$5,000. Total Expenditures:$1,800
Revised Budget: $ Total FYO1 Expenditures :$ 1,800
Major Contaminants: Inorganics Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$1,800
The Regional RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in conducting statistical tests on site
data.
The Ashley Phosphate Mining site is a 66 parcel situated along the Ashley River in North Charleston, SC.
From the end of the Civil War to the early 1900's, it is believed that phosphate ore mining and sulfuric acid
manufacturing were conducted on this site. Sulfuric aid was produced by burning iron pyrite (FeS2) to produce
sulfur trioxide gas (S03). Sulfuric trioxide gas was reacted with water mist tp produce sulfuric acid (H2SO4).
Sulphuric acid was stored in lead-lined chambers and added to phosphate rock to produce the more soluble
phosphoric acid. Phosphoric acid was the building block of agricultural fertilizers, and was mixed with other
sources of nitrogen and potassium to make a balanced N-P-K fertilizer. Environmental impacts associated with
these types of operations include elevated levels of lead and arsenic, and acidic PH conditions in soils,
sediments, surface water and shallow groundwater in close proximity to the former acid chambers.
The TSC conducted a number of statistical tests on site data and provided the Region with the results.
Project Name: Distler
Site: Distler Brickyard S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Femi Akindele (404) 562-8809
Lead Scientist: Lance Peterson (208) 526-9738 Jennifer Martin (208) 526-1888
Start Date: April 1999
Expected Completion Date: December 1999
Revised Completion: January 2002
Estimated Budget: $25,000 Total Exps:$72,216 PC&B:$3,300
Revved Budget:$80,000 Total FYO 1 Exps:$23,800 PC&B:$1,100
Major Contaminants: Organics/Heavy Metals Total 3rd Qtr. Exps:$2,914 PC&B:$600
The Regional Remedial Project Manager (RPM) requested that the Environmental Sciences Division (ESD-Las
Vegas (ESD-LV) Technology Support Center (TSC) provide assistance in reviewing the PRP's suggested
hydrogeological groundwater remediation approaches.
The 3-acre Distler Brickyard site in West Point, Kentucky is located on a 70-acre abandoned brick
manufacturing plant property that operated from the late 1800s until the mid-1970s. In 1976 the property was
leased by Kentucky Liquid Recycling Inc., which began transporting waste to the brickyard property. Waste
disposal was contained at the site until 1979. There were approximately 2,300 drums on the site, 1,550 of
which contained various liquids, sludges, and solids. Spillage from the deteriorated drums killed grass, trees,
and birds on the site. A contaminated groundwater plume is located beneath the site and could threaten the city
drinking water wells and the Ohio River.
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Specific contaminants detected in groundwater and on-site soils include various volatile organic compounds
(VOCs) and heavy metals including lead from waste disposal activities. Potential health threats include direct
contact with, or accidental ingestion of, contaminated soils and groundwater.
The TSC received, and reviewed, three documents pertaining to groundwater remediation. Comments and
recommendations were provided to the RPM. The lead scientist participated in a technical meeting with the
RPM, USGS, and Kentucky State personnel in June. It was agreed at the meeting that additional field data are
required to fully evaluate potential biodegradation at the site. The TSC is to prepare the FSP, and die USGS
will lead the collection of additional field data. TSC will interpret the new field data and make a
recommendation for further remedial action at the site. Distler Brickyard support is expected to continue into
FY 2000 and may include a cooperative effort with USGS, EPA, State of Kentucky for design, construction and
operation of an "enhancement" to the existing remedy. Several conferences calls were conducted with USGS
and the Region to iron out the details of a schedule for the sampling event. Sampling activities at the Distler
site to be conducted by the USGS are scheduled for October 18-22 and will include 11 wells. Samples will be
sent to the EPA Water Quality Laboratory in Athens, Georgia for analysis. Data analysis will be performed by
TSC staff.
The TSC and USGS completed the draft "Field Sampling Plan for the Distler Brickyard". TSC and USGS
prepared a status update on field activities for the RPM. The update discusses the sampling activities
conducted, problems encountered in the field, recommendations for improving site conditions, and a
preliminary schedule for completion of the final report. A conference call was held to finalize this report with
Femi Akindele. The TSC completed and delivered the report titled "October 1999 Groundwater Sampling and
Data Analysis Distler's Brickyard, Hardin County, Kentucky".
The TSC provided the following documents to the Region: "Final Field Sampling Plan" and "Proposed
Activities for Fine Grained Alluvium (FGA) Sampling." Following the collection and analysis of site samples
and data the TSC provided the report titled "Summary of Groundwater and Soil Gas Collected June-August,
2000 Distler Brickyard Superfund Site, Kentucky." A meeting with the RPM occurred on October 11, 2000 at
the Regional Office and at this meeting presented the results obtained from groundwater and soil gas sampling
activities conducted at the site June-August 2000. Possible final remedial response actions were presented to
EPA, however, a final decision for the site was deferred pending completion of the final report.
The report titled "June-August 2000 Groundwater and Soil Gas Data Analysis, Distler Brickyard Site,
Hardin County, Kentucky" was completed on November 30, 2000. This report recommended the investigation
of an innovative enhanced bio-remediation technology for remediation of remaining chloroethene
contamination at the site. Conference calls were conducted in January and March 2001 with USGS, EPA, and
the State of Kentucky to discuss TSC recommendations. A proposal to use polymeric organic materials to
enhance anaerobic reductive dechlorination at the site was written and submitted to the N.S.F. for
consideration.
Project Name: Distler
Site: Distler Farm S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Femi Akindele (404) 562-8809
Lead Scientist: Lance Peterson (208) 526-9738
Start Date: March 2001
Expected Completion Date: August 2001
Revised Completion Date:
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Estimated Budget: $18,000
Revised Budget: $
Major Contaminants: Volatiles - TCE and PCE
Total Exps:$ 1,577
Total FY01 Exps:$l,577
Total 3rd Qtr. Exps:$777
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV provide assistance in identifying and implementing appropriate remedial
measures to remove groundwater contaminants. This effort will involve evaluating sire data and
recommending an improved remedial strategy.
The 9-acre Distler Farm site in Louisville, Kentucky was discovered in 1977 when the EPA launched a search
for sites previously used to store industrial wastes. In 1978, flood waters scattered drums of industrial waste
stored at the site along the flood plain of Stump Gap Creek. In an emergency cleanup action, the EPA
recovered and repacked 832 drums containing chemicals characteristic of the paint and varnish industry and
then moved them to higher ground. The primary contaminants of concern affecting groundwater and soils are
VOCs including TCE and PCE, metals and inorganics. The TSC is currently reviewing site documents and
data.
Project Name: Roanoke River
Site: Roanoke River Study S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Beth Walden (404) 562-8814
Lead Scientist: John Zimmerman (702) 897-3379
Start Date: February 2001
Expected Completion Date: December 2001
Revised Completion Date:
Estimated Budget:S15,000
Revised Budget:$35,000
Major Contaminants: Organics
Project Name: Roanoke
Site: Weyerhaeuser OU2
Site ID:
Project Name: Roanoke
Site: Georgia Pacific
Site ID:
Total Expenditures:$25,664
Total FY01 Exps:S25,664
Total 3rd Qtr Exps:$24,806
Total Expenditures:$7,796
Total FY01 Expenditures:$7,796
Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$7,396
Total Expenditures:$17,868
Total FY01 Expenditures^ 17,868
Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures^ 17,410
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in reviewing site analytical data and provide the
following:
• Identify tentatively unidentified compounds TIC's
• Determine and/or identify detection limits for Phenols and PAH's and
• Perform dioxin fingerprint analysis.
The Georgia-Pacific Hardwood Sawmill site is defined as the 24-acre area located on Plywood Drive within the
city limits of Plymouth, North Carolina. Contaminants consisting primarily of diozins/furans, polynuclear
aromatic hydrocarbons, pentachlorophenol, pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls, and a few heavy metals
released into the environment during past sawmill wood treating operations. Having been placed on the
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National Priorities List in 1999, a remedial investigation and feasibility study of the Georgia-Pacific site is
required. Analysis of soil and water samples collected indicate extensive contamination by dioxin/furans,
polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, and inorganics, arsenic, lead and zinc. After
reviewing site data, the TSC provided the Region with the following reports: "Fingerprinting Dioxin-Furan
Compounds in the Lower Roanoke River," and "Dioxin Furan Fingerprinting Analysis in the Lower Roanoke
River Basin."
Project Name: Shuron
Site: Shuron Inc. S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Ralph Howard (404) 562-8829
Lead Scientist: Lance Peterson (208) 526-9738 Heidi Bullock (208) 526-1278
Start Date: March 2000
Expected Completion Date: April 2000
Revised Completion Date: July 2001
Estimated Budget: $18,000 Total Expenditures:? 13,353
Revised Budget: Total FY01 Expendirures:$7,860
Major Contaminants: Organics Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$3,388
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance by providing an oversight of the remedial
design/remedial action activities that are being planned for the site. The following three tasks were identified
by the RPM in which the TSC would participate:
1. Review of the initial groundwater data and the groundwater monitoring plan.
2. Review of the PRPs's proposal for MNA and
3. Review groundwater data reports.
The Shuron Inc. Superfund Site is located in Bamwell County, South Carolina. The site property consists of 85
acres, and slopes slightly from north to the southeast. The main building, from which lens manufacturing
operations were conducted, is situated on a 34-acre portion of the site property. Approximately fifty-one
additional acres, designated primarily as wetlands, lie to the east and southeast of the main building. The site
was used by Textron, Inc. (from 1960 until 1985) and Shuron, Inc. (1995 until 1991) as an ocular lens
manufacturing facility.
Wastewater generated from manufacturing processes conducted on the site contained volatile organic
compounds (VOCs), semivolatile organic compounds (SVOCs) and metals. Wastewater was discharged from
the main building to the wastewater settling lagoons, which lie east of the building. Wastewater from the
settling lagoons was discharged to the northern drainage ditch, which drained to the wetland, east of the main
building. Sediment from the lagoons was transferred to the solids ponds located south of the settling lagoons.
At the request of the RPM, two TSC scientists met at the site in April 2000. The TSC reviewed the RI report,
the ROD, and the baseline groundwater report and provided comments in the letter report titled "Review of the
Groundwater Sampling Plan for the Shuron Superfund Site, Barnwell, South Carolina." The TSC received, and
reviewed, the document titled "Arsenic Source Characterization Plan Southern Wetlands Remediation Area,
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Shuron S. F. Site." Recommendations to support the implementation of monitoring natural attenuation at the
Shuron site was provided to the Region.
Project Name: Tower
Site: Tower Chemical Company S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Galo Jackson (404) 562-8937
Lead Scientist: John Zimmerman (702) 897-3379
Start Date: March 2001
Expected Completion Date: August 2001
Revised Completion Date:
Estimated Budget: $ 12,000 Total Expenditures:$6,023
Revised Budget: $ Total FY01 Expenditures:$6,023
Major Contaminants: Volatiles/Semi-Volatiles Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$5,623
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV provide assistance in identifying and determining the concentration of
unknown volatile and semi-volatile compounds (TICs) in ground water samples.
The 30-acre Tower Chemical Company site located in Clermont, Florida is an abandoned chemical
manufacturing facility. During its operation, TCC owned and used two separate parcels of land; a main facility
and an irrigation field. From 1957 to 1981, TCC manufactured, produced, and stored various pesticides. TCC
discharged acidic waste waters produced in the main facility into a Vi-acre, unlined percolation/evaporation
pond where contaminants were solidified. TCC burned and buried die waste on a 1 Vi- acre plot located at the
main facility. In 1980, the waste eater pond at the main facility overflowed into an adjacent swamp and entered
an unnamed stream north of the site.
After reviewing the provided data, the TSC provided the Region with the report titled "Tower Chemical
Evaluation and Identification of Tentatively Identified Compounds and Unknowns."
Project Name: Wingate Road
Site: Wingate Road Municipal Incinerator Dump S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Pam Scully (404) 562-8935
Lead Scientist: Dick Smith (208) 526-9896
Start Date: January 1999
Expected Completion Date: June 1999
Revised Completion Date: October 2001
Estimated Budget: $12,000 Total Expenditures:$40,933
Revised Budget: $60,000 Total FY01 Expenditures:$13,801
Major Contaminants: Organics Total 3rd Qtr. Exps:$ 1,300
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in identifying geophysical techniques that could
be used to identify the location and magnitude of buried drums in a landfill.
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The Wingate Road Municipal Incinerator Dump covers 61 acres in Fort Lauderdale. The site includes an
incinerator, office, and a 40-acre disposal area, all owned and operated by the City of Fort Lauderdale. The
incinerator and disposal areas were used from 1955 to 1978. Residential waste, commercial waste, and
incinerator residue were disposed of at the dump. The facility received 480 tons of waste a day and operated 7
days a week. The soil and subsurface soil are contaminated with pesticides including DDT, aldrin, and
chlordane from former waste disposal practices at the site. Direct contact with, or accidental ingestion of the
contaminated soil from the area of the hazardous substances could pose a potential health threat.
Following an assessment of provided site data the TSC prepared the report titled "Recommendations for Non-
Invasive Investigation to Search for Buried Drums". The PRP's have settled all issues at the Wingate site and
are now ready to begin closure of the landfill. The TSC provided additional recommendations for a non-
invasive drum search involving geophysics. A site visit by the TSC was completed. The geophysical survey
was conducted by Glen Carpenter of Sage Earth Sciences Corporation. A geophysical report titled "Magnetic
Field Survey Wingate Landfill Fort Lauderdale, Florida" was prepared and provided to the Region. Additional
support is anticipated.
REGION 5
• Project Name: Joliet
Site: Joliet Army Ammunition Plant S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Diana Mally (312) 886-7275
Lead Scientist: Cory Radke (208) 526-5186 Dave Dobb (360) 871-8750
Start Date: December 2000
Expected Completion Date: April 2001
Revised Completion Date:October 2001
Estimated Budget: $15,000 Total Expenditures^ 11,477
Revised Budget: Total FY01 Expenditures:$11,477
Major Contaminants: Explosives Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$l,300
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in reviewing a proposed modification to SW-846
Method 8330 for explosives analysis.
The Joliet Army Ammunition Plant covers 14 square miles of an inactive munitions facility in Joliet, IL. The
site consists of two areas: the manufacturing area that produced constituent chemicals and explosive materials,
and the Load-Assembly-Packing Area, which is listed as a separate site on the National Priorities List. More
than 4 billion pounds of explosives were produced in the manufacturing area from the early 1940's until 1977.
During the manufacturing process, contaminated process waters and chemical spills were routinely discharged
without treatment into constructed drainage ditches, where they flowed into Jackson Creek and Grant Creek.
Unlined piles of incinerator ash and a leak in the liner of one of several wastewater lagoons have also
contributed to contamination of groundwater and surface water.
The TSC reviewed the proposed modification and supporting laboratory data and provided the Region with the
reports titled "Review and Recommendations for Proposed Modifications to Method 8330," and "Review of
Modified SOP for Explosives Analysis, Joliet Army Ammunition Plant." Additional support is anticipated."
• Project Name: Marina
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Site:Marina Cliffs/Northwest Barrel S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Mike Ribordy (312) 886-4592
Lead Scientist: Kent Snyder (360) 546-0687
Start Date: March 2000
Expected Completion Date: September 2000
Revised Completion Date: September 2001
Estimated Budget: $21,000
Revised Budget:
Major Contaminants: Organics
Total Expenditures^ 14,099
Total FY01 Expenditures: $400
Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures.^ 100
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in designing a sampling/monitoring plan for a
residential area near the site.
This 13-acre site(formerly known as Northwestern Barrel) is located in South Milwaukee, Milwaukee County,
Wisconsin. The site is a former drum recycling facility which operated from 1941 to 1964. While in operation,
residual wastes from the drum cleaning operation were placed in disposal pits on the eastern portion of the
property. These wastes included paints, oils, grease, dyes, and other chemicals. The lake bluff on the eastern
side of the property and the ravine on the northern side of the property were also impacted during drum
cleaning activities.
In late 1964, U.S. EPA conducted a site assessment which revealed the presence of metals, polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCBs), and the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) on the site. In 1955, U.S. EPA issued an order
to numerous companies suspected of sending drums to the site and to Towne Realty, as the owner of the site.
The order required the removal of the contents in the on-site disposal pits and additional testing.
Following the review of site data and documents the TSC provided the Region with a sampling/monitoring
design for the site. Following a review of the "Sampling/Monitoring Design" report by the RPM, the TSC
provided the Region with a revised approach titled "Sampling Approach for Residential Properties Associated
with the Marina Cliffs/Northwest Barrel Site." The TSC participated in a number of conference calls with the
Region pertaining to TSC comments and suggestions. Additional support is anticipated.
Project Name: PCB Landfill Belleville
Site: Wayne Disposal S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Mike Milulka (312) 886-6750 Joe Dlugosz (218) 529-5215
Lead Scientist: Bob Smith (208) 526-9345
Start Date: December 2000
Expected Completion Date: May 2001
Revised Completion Date: September 2001
Estimated Budget: $ 18,000
Revised Budget:
Major Contaminants: Organics/Inorganics
Total Expendirures:$9,930
Total FY01 Expenditures:$9,930
Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures^ 1,311
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The RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in reviewing a request by the PRP's to expand the
capacity of the chemical waste landfill.
The Wayne Disposal site in Wayne County, MI. has been accepting wastes for a number of years. The
currently operating disposal cell contains both a leak detection and leachate removal system as well as primary
and secondary barriers/liners. The cell is constructed within a clay pan (glacial till) formation. Underlying the
clay pan is a silt aquitard which is underlain by a sand aquifer of considerable extent.
During the permit application process, questions arose relating to the site hydrology. Specifically, questions
arose regarding the role of an underlying clay layer in the hydrologic isolation of the disposal unit in question,
and whether the area around the disposal site constitutes a ground-water recharge zone.
The TSC previously participated in a technical peer review panel to address various issues. The TSC received a
number of documents to review. The review of provided data and information was completed. The TSC
provided the Region with the report titled "Assessment of the Natural Clay Beneath Master Cell V and the
Campsite Liner System for the Proposed Expansion of Master Cell VI." Additional support is anticipated.
REGION 6
• Project Name:ASARCO
Site: ASARCO Smelter (El Paso, Texas) S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by:Lon Biasco (214) 665-6673
Lead Scientist: Anita Singh (702) 897-3234
Start Date: June 2001
Expected Completion Date: November 2001
Revised Completion Date:
Estimated Budget: $18,000 Total Expenditures:$4,684
Revised Budget: Total FY01 Expenditures:$4,684
Major Contaminants: Lead/ Arsenic Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$4,684
The RPM requested that the ESD-TSC provide assistance in identifying the geographical extent of lead and
arsenic on, and in the vicinity of, the ASARCO Smelter.
Currently Region VI is doing confirmation sampling at the ASARCO smelter site in El Paso, Texas. The
sampling plan is to confirm samples collected by an independent study by the University of Texas El Paso
(UTEP). There will be 100 sample locations with samples collected from the surface (0 to 2 cm) and (0 to 6in).
The samples will not be collected on a grid but rather on public access areas scattered in a 3 mile radius of the
site.
The TSC was provided previously collected data from the UTEP independent study. The TSC completed a
geostatistical analysis on this data and provided the Region with the report titled "Kriging Analysis on
ASARCO Data".
• Project Name: RSR Dallas Lead
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Site: RSR Corporation S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Carlos Sanchez (214) 655-8507
Lead Scientist: Anita Singh (702) 897-3234
Start Date: October 2000
Expected Completion Date: April 2001
Revised Completion Date: October 2001
Estimated Budget:$ 10,000
Revised Budget: $
Major Contaminants: Lead
Total Expenditures:$4,746
Total FY01 Expenditures:$4,746
Total 3rd Qrr. Expenditures :$0
The Regional RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in identifying a statistical approach for
determining the number of homes that should be sampled in a given manner.
The RSR Corporation site is on the west side of Dallas in Dallas County, Texas. The site consists of areas of
contaminated soil located south of the Trinity River, between Norwich and Hampton Roads, and north of the
Missouri Pacific Railroad tracks. RSR's secondary lead smelter, located on West Mockingbird Street at the
corner of Westmoreland Road and Singleton Boulevard, emitted lead into the atmosphere.
Utilizing residential RSR soil lead data, the TSC is computing a number of sample size (i.e., number of homes)
scenarios that could be implemented by the Region. The sample size scenarios will be calculated as a function
of error rates and soil lead concentration action levels. The statistical approaches and the suggested sample size
scenarios were provided to the Region, A number of conference calls with the RPM explaining sample size
computations were held.
Project Name: Sol Lynn
Site: Sol Lynn/Industrial Transformers S.F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Ernest Franke (214) 665-8521
Lead Scientist: Lance Peterson (208)526-9738, R. Arnett (208) 526-8005, B. Starr (208) 526-0174
Start Date: October 1999
Expected Completion Date: July 2000
Revised Completion Date: January 2002
Estimated Budget:$38,000
Revised Budget:$60,000
Major Contaminants: Organics
Total Exps:$54,090
Total FY01 Exps:$27,783
Total 3rd Qtr. Exps:$8,458
PC&B:$3,400
PC&B:$1,900
PC&B:$800
The RPM requested that the BSD, TSC provide assistance in reviewing site documents and possible modeling
subsurface contaminants.
The area around this 0.75-acre site, located in Houston, Texas, is a mix of residential, commercial, and light
industrial facilities. Approximately 2,000 residents and 100,000 other people move within a one-mile radius of
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the site on a daily basis due to recreational activities associated with the area. The site operated as an electrical
transformer salvage and recycling company between 1971 and 1978, and as a chemical recycling and supply
company from 1979 through 1980. The first documented investigation of this site took place during the fall of
1971 when the City of Houston Water Pollution Control Division noted that the workers at Industrial
Transformers poured oil out of electrical transformers onto the ground during transformer dismantling.
A technical assessment of the site, commencing in January 1986, indicated the presence of PCB contamination
has been confined to the top two feet of soil. The highest concentrations of PCBs were found in the middle of
the site. TCE has migrated deeper than the PCBs and away from the site. Residual TCE remaining in the
surface soil will be remediated along with the PCB contaminated soils.
The TSC reviewed a number of documents and provided initial comments and recommendations to the RPM.
TSC personnel met with the RPM, and the State of Texas staff in Houston, TX for a site visit and a more
definitive discussion as to what assistance the TSC will provide. Following the site visit, the TSC provided a
list of technologies that may be useful at the Sol Lynn site and provided information about dissolved oxygen
(DO) measurements. The TSC reviewed and provided comments on the amended work plan in particular to the
fate and transport modeling issues. The TSC reviewed and provided comments and suggestions pertaining to
the "Supplemental RI/FS Study" and provided information on the required groundwater modeling parameters.
In addition, the TSC received, and reviewed, the "Field Sampling and the Data Management Plans." The TSC
is currently doing the sub-surface modeling for the Region. Additional data (i.e., well survey and water level
data) was received by the TSC and is being used to update the preliminary groundwater flow model. The TSC
received reviewed and provided comments pertaining to the amended work.
Project Name: South Cavalcade
Site: South Cavalcade S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Camille Hueni (214) 665-2231
Lead Scientist: Robert Starr (208) 526-0174, John Keck (208) 526-5458
Start Date: March 2000
Expected Completion Date: August 2000
Revised Completion Date: August 2001
Estimated Budget: $10,000 Total Expenditures^ 10,007
Revised Budget: Total FY01 Expenditures:$5,507
Major Contaminants: Organics Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$800
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in reviewing a natural attenuation report.
This 66-acre site located in Houston, Texas is a mixture of residential, commercial, and industrial properties.
The site was used as a wood preserving and coal tar distillation facility from 1910 to 1962. The wood
preserving facility consisted of an operation area, a drip track, and treated and untreated wood storage areas.
The operation area included wood-treating cylinders, chemical storage tanks, and a waste water lagoon.
Creosote and metallic salts were used in the operation.
The primary contaminants of concern affecting the groundwater, soil and sediment are VOCs including
benzene, toluene, and xylene, other organics including PAHs; and metals including arsenic, chromium and lead.
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The TSC received, and reviewed, the report "Verification of Groundwater Fate and Transport Evaluation" dated
July 2000. The TSC also reviewed comments by Roger Lee on the "verification" report. In November the TSC
provided the Region with a report titled "Review of Verification of Groundwater Fate and Transport
Evaluation-South Cavalcade Superfund Site, Houston, Texas." In summary, source control or removal is
usually a prerequisite for selection of MNA. Creosote present as a DNAPL at this site would be expected to
persist for decades or longer. Therefore, the plans for removal or long term management of this material are an
important part of a remedy, but are not addressed in this document. The TSC participated in a number of
conference calls with the Region pertaining to TSC comments and recommendations.
REGION 7
• Project Name: Alcoa
Site: Alcoa Davenport Works S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Mike Beringer (913) 551-7351 Jim Colbert (913) 551-7489
Lead Scientist: Anita Singh (702) 897-3234
Start Date: January 2001
Expected Completion Date: June 2001
Revised Completion Date: August 2001
Estimated Budget: $10,000 Total Expenditures:$3,044
Revised Budget: $ Total FY01 Expenditures:$3,044
Major Contaminants: Metals/Organics Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$0
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in reviewing the data assessment and statistical
procedures that are being proposed to assess site data for remedial and risk assessment objectives.
The Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa)-Davenport Works (Alcoa site) is located in Riverdale, Iowa,
which is near the Quad Cities and adjacent to Mississippi River Pool #15 (MPR15 site). The MPR15 and Alcoa
sites are interrelated. The Alcoa facility has been in operation since 1948, producing rolled aluminum plate,
sheet, and foil. As a result of past operations and disposal practices, groundwater, soils and sediments contain
elevated concentrations of PCBs, chlorinated solvents, PAHs, and metals.
Following the review of site documents, the TSC provided the Region with the report titled "Review of
Statistical Procedures for Evaluating Data Sets Used in Risk Assessments for Alcoa Sites." The TSC received
and is currently reviewing the PRP's response to the above identified report.
• Project Name: Asarco
Site: Asarco Omaha Facility S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Don Bahnke (913) 551-7747
Lead Scientist: Mike Abbott (208) 526-8596 A. K. Singh (702) 895-0364 Bill Cole (702) 897-3255
Start Date: September 1998
Expected Completion Date: February 1999
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Revised Completion Date: December 2001
Estimated Budget: $18,000
Revised Budget:$60,000
Major Contaminants: Lead
Total Exps:$55,046 PC&B:$300
Total FY01 Exps:S 16,533 PC&B:$300
Total 3rd Qtr. Exps:$5,097 PC&B:$0
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in modeling ground deposition rates relative to
air contaminant concentrations.
The Asarco Omaha facility refined lead bullion and lead drosses. Refinement was achieved using traditional
pyrometallurgical processes including addition of metallic and non-metallic compounds to molten lead to
remove impurities. The Omaha plant produces refined lead and speciality metal by-products including
antimony-rich lead, bismuth, dore' (silver-rich material) and antimony oxide. Although fundamentally
classified as a primary lead refinery (not lead smelter), the Omaha plant is the only facility in the United States,
and one of only a few such facilities in the world, designed to process lead bullion containing recoverable
amounts of several different metals. As a result, the facility employs a complex array of both traditional and
unique pyrometallurgical processes which are carried out as batch operations. This facility was constructed in
the early 1870s and is currently closed.
The TSC review of site and metallurgical data deposition was completed. Following this review an initial
model was completed. This model included plots of relative annual wet and dry deposition rates from the 180'
"Black Stack" covering the periods 1984 through 1990. Deposition modeling runs have been completed for the
180' stack. A 310' stack is soon to be evaluated. Once all the modeling is completed, a report will be written
and provided to the Region. The final report "Dispersion Modeling of Atmospheric Deposition Patters Around
the Asarco Omaha Lead Refinery" was completed and sent to the RPM. This report details the methods and
results of lead fallout modeling for both the 180-ft. Black Stack and an old 310-ft. Stack. There was some
follow-up work completed comparing the modeling results with a map of actual soil concentrations. Comments
pertaining to the comparison of soil concentration with the modeling results were provided to the RPM. The
TSC was requested to provide geostatistical support by kriging soil lead concentrations on and in the vicinity of
the smelter. The TSC completed the kriging and provided maps and associated overlays. In addition, the TSC
provided recommendations for additional sampling locations that would improve the kriged results. Based on
these maps the RPM requested assistance in identifying specific sampling locations. The TSC provided the
Region an "all properties kriged map identifying six locations where additional samples should be collected."
The TSC provided the Region with a table identifying properties on and near the site that exceeded 400 mg/kg
of soil lead at one mile increments. Also provided were figures and tables delineating the percentage of
properties exceeding 400 mg/kg of lead on 4 cardinal directions in 1-mile increments.
Project Name: Big River
Site: Big River Mine Tailing S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Bruce Morrison (913) 551-7755
Lead Scientist: Mike Abbott (208) 526-8596
Start Date: April 1997
Expected Completion Date: October 1997
Revised Completion Date: September 2001
Estimated Budget: $30,000
Total Expenditures^ 100,057
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Revised Budgets 100,000 Total FY01 Expenditures:$3,560
Major Contaminants: Inorganics Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$.760
The Big River Mine Tailings site in Desolge, St. Francois County, Missouri, was used for disposal of lead mine
tailings during 1929-58. The site a former mining region about 70 miles south of St. Louis is often referred to
as the "Old Lead Belt". The region (approximately 110 square miles) contains numerous tailings ponds and
piles.
St. Joe Minerals Corporation operated the site. There is disposed lead, cadmium, and zinc rich mine tailings
over approximately 600 acres in rural areas bordered on three sides by Big River. In 1972, the company
donated 502 acres of the land to St. Francois County, which then leased the land to St. Francois County
Environmental Corp. (SFCEC). Since 1973, SFCEC has operated a sanitary landfill on approximately 60 acres
of the southern section of the tailings pile.
EPA learned of the site in 1977, when an estimated 50,000 cubic yards of tailings slumped into the Big River
during a heavy rain storm. After the collapse, the Missouri Department of Conservation detected elevated lead
levels in bottom-feeding fish and advised local residents.
The RPM requested the TSC to evaluate and identify air deposition of lead-containing particulates in the
vicinity of mine waste piles. The deposition of particulates were modeled to determine if additional sampling is
required to characterize lead contamination. In addition, samples from this site will be analyzed to determine
the amount of total and bioavailable lead for risk assessment purposes.
Source emission modeling was completed for 34 chat pile and tailings flat sources utilizing over six years of
hourly wind data. These emission rates accounted for source-specific particle size, surface roughness, pile
height, and lead concentration. Air dispersion modeling using the Fugitive Dust Model has been completed for
all sources over a coarse receptor grid of the entire 225 km 2 region. All deposition modeling has been
completed and the report "Air Dispersion Modeling of Mine Waste in the Southeast Missouri Old Lead Belt"
was given to the Region. The report was reviewed by the Region and the Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry. The report was finalized and developed into an external report and a journal manuscript. The
final publications will include a comparison of the modeling results with surface soil sampling data recently
obtained. Initial examination of these sampling results indicate very good agreement with model predictions.
Finalization of the modeling report was completed, after receiving review comments from the RPM. Review
comments were received. The report was finalized. The RPM requested that the TSC provide assistance as
needed to the PRP sub-contractor (TRC, Inc.) in using modeling results for the PRP's current site assessment.
This benefits EPA by promoting consistency and coordination between the PRP and EPA's site assessment
methods and assumptions. On September 29*, Gayle Hoffnagle of TRC Inc., was sent a zipped file containing
the six 1-year St. Louis FDM met files that were used in the Big River site modeling and an Excel file
containing Desloge air monitoring (lead only) data that was built from hard copies of Shell monitoring reports.
The TSC Task Lead and the TRC Inc. personnel have had a number of discussions pertaining to a number of
modeling issues.
The TSC received a request to review a Deposition Sampling Protocol developed by the PRP subcontractor,
TRC. That protocol proposed that downwind deposition of wind suspended lead be measured using oil-coated
filters in samplers located downwind of two tailing sites. The TSC completed the review of the deposition
sampling protocol and provided comments to the Region. In December the TSC was requested to review a
new air sampling plan submitted by TRC. The plan was reviewed with comments and suggestions provided to
the Region. The TSC completed some lead/soil analysis and provided the Region with the report titled "Big
River Superfund Site In Vitro Soil Extraction." The TSC completed some data assessment analysis pertaining
to the distribution of lead from the source.
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Project Name: Cherokee County Kansas
Site: Cherokee S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type-Lead: Fund
Requested by: Dave Drake (913) 551-7626
Lead Scientist: John Zimmerman (702) 897-3379
Start Date: July 1995
Expected Completion Date: March 1996
Revised Completion Date: May 2001
Estimated Budget: $10,000 Total Expenditures:S106,149
Revised Budget: $120,000 Total FY01 Expenditures:$14,751
Major Contaminants: Heavy Metals Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$0
The Cherokee County site is a mining area covering about 110 square miles. It is part of a larger area
sometimes called the Tri-State Mining District, which encompasses Cherokee County in Kansas, Jaspar County
in Missouri, and Ottawa County in Oklahoma. One hundred years of widespread lead and zinc mining created
piles of mine tailings, covering 4000 acres in southeastern Cherokee County alone. The mine tailings
containing lead, zinc, and cadmium, have leached into the shallow groundwater. Runoff from the waste piles
also has moved contaminants into nearby streams. The Regional OSC requested the use of BSD TSC's X-Ray
Fluorescence technology and equipment to measure site contaminants. The BSD TSC supported this effort.
The RPM requested special analytical support. The TSC analyzed a number of samples collected from this site
to determine the amount of total and bioavailable lead for risk assessment purposes. A data report was
provided to the RPM.
The TSC also reviewed the "In Vitro Analytical Method" and provided comments to the Region. The TSC
participated in the "Vitro Bioaccessibility Method Validation Study". The analytical results of this effort were
provided to the Region. In addition, the report titled "In-Vitro Test Method -Addendum Level IV Report" was
finalized. The TSC prepared for the second round of "In-Vitro Analysis" which consisted of approximately 80
samples. Following sample preparation, the sample extracts were submitted for laboratory analysis. The
samples were analyzed. The resultant data was evaluated for data quality and provided to the RPM and Ms.
Goldade of ISSI. The TSC is waiting for the final report. The TSC was requested to extract and analyze some
additional samples. The samples were extracted and sent to a laboratory for analysis. Laboratory analysis was
completed and the results were provided to the Region in the report "Big River Superfund Site In Vitro Soil
Extractions." Additional support is anticipated.
Project Name: Iowa
Site: Iowa Army Ammunition Plant S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Bob Mournighan (913) 551-7913, Scott Marquess (913) 551-7063
Lead Scientist: Tim Ehli (702) 897-3264
Start Date: May 2001
Expected Completion Date: October 2001
Revised Completion Date:
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Estimated Budget: $10,000
Revised Budget:
Major Contaminants: Depleted Uranium
Total Expenditures^ 1,740
Total FY01 Expenditures^ 1,740
Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures^ 1,740
The RPM requested that the BSD, TSC provide assistance in reviewing a proposed aerial radiation technology
and determine if this technology could be implemented at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant (LAAP) site for
contaminant characterization purposes.
Located in Middleton, Iowa the 19,127-acre IAAP site's primary business since 1941 has been to load,
assemble, and pack a variety of conventional ammunition and fusing systems. Wastes currently produced at
IAAP consists of various explosive-laden sludges, wastewater, and solids; lead-contaminated sludges; ashes
from incineration and open burning and explosives; and waste solvents from industrial and laboratory
operations. Past operations also generated waste pesticides, radioactive wastes and incendiaries.
The TSC is currently trying to obtain the results of a number of previously conducted aerial surveys.
Evaluating the results of these surveys will enable the TSC to better evaluate the efficiency of this technology
and its application at the IAAP site.
Project Name: Oronogo-Duenweg
Site: Oronogo-Duenweg Mining Belt S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Mark Doolan (913) 551-7196 Jay Cornish (406) 494-7329
Lead Scientist: John Zimmerman (702) 897-3379
Start Date: December 1999
Expected Completion Date: July 2000
Revised Completion Date: September 2001
Estimated Budget: $27,000
Revised Budget:
Major Contaminants: Lead
Total Expenditures:$ 17,292
Total FY01 Expenditures:$8,224
Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$4,292
The RPM requested that the BSD, TSC provide assistance in the in-vitro analysis of soil samples that are part of
a treatability study being conducted by the Region.
The Oronog-Duenweg Mining Belt site, which covers 6,400 acres, is considered part of the Tri-State Mining
District of Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Two other sites in the district, Cherokee County in Kansas and
Tar Creek in Oklahoma, were placed on the NPL in 1983. Lead and zinc ores, as well as some cadmium ores,
were mined from 1948, to the late 1960's, with the greatest activity occurring in an area between Oronogo and
Duenweg northeast of Joplin.
Mining efforts were originally performed by independent operations that, in later years, were organized by
several area mining companies. The site is honeycombed with underground workings, pits, shafts (open,
closed, and collapsed), mine tailings, waste piles, and ponds holding tailing waters, An estimated 10 million
tons of wastes or tailings are on the site.
Tests conducted in 1977 by the U. S. Geological Survey found On-site groundwater and surface water to be
contaminated with heavy metals including lead, zinc, and cadmium from the mining operations. Potential risks
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may exist through drinking contaminated surface water and groundwater or coming into direct contact with
contaminated water.
The TSC received and reviewed the work plan titled "Phosphate Stabilization of Heavy Metals-Contaminated
Mine Waste Yard Soils, Joplin, Missouri NPL Site". Comments were provided to the RPM. The analytical
QAPjP was reviewed. Comments were provided to the RPM. The samples for this in-vitro analysis were
provided to the TSC. The samples are currently being prepared for extraction and analysis.
• Project Name: Schilling
Site: Schilling AFB S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Diana Bailey (913) 552-7717
Lead Scientist: John Zimmerman (702) 897-3379
Start Date: April 2000
Expected Completion Date: September 2000
Revised Completion Date: September 2001
Estimated Budget :$ 14,000 Total Expenditures:$6,189
Revised Budget:$ Total FYO1 Expenditures :$300
Major Contaminants: Organics Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$0
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in reviewing a QAPjP that will be utilized by
DoD for characterizing site contaminants.
The Schilling (SAFE) site is located in Salina, Kansas and is the former location of a military air base that
encompassed over 4,000 acres and operated from 1942 to 1967. Previous analyses of surface soil, subsurface
soil, ground water, surface water and sediment samples have shown elevated concentrations of various
contaminants, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs), semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs), and
metals at numerous locations throughout the former SAFB. Results of past investigations indicate that the
greatest threat to human health and the environment is posed by VOC contamination in ground water. An on-
going remedial investigation (RI) by the Unites States Army Corps of Engineers (USAGE) is focused primarily
on an extensive trichloroethyene (TSE) plume that appears to be situated in the northeastern portion of the
former base property.
The TSC completed the review of the QAPjP and provided the Region comments and recommendations in the
report titled "Review of the Draft Quality Assurance Project Plan for Expanded Site Inspection at the Schilling
(EX) Air Force Base Site." The TSC participated in a number of conference calls related to TSC comments and
recommendations on the QAPjP.
REGION 8
• Project Name: Eureka
Site: Eureka Mills S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Paula Schmittdiel (303) 312-6861, Mary Goldade (303) 312-7024
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Lead Scientist: Bill Cole (702) 897-3255
Start Date: May 2001
Expected Completion Date: November 2001
Revised Completion Date:
Estimated Budget: $12,000 Total Expenditures:$7,165
Revised Budget: Total FYO1 Expenditures:$7,165
Major Contaminants: Metals Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:S7,165
The RPM requested that the BSD, TSC provide assistance in utilizing XRF technologies for characterizing soils
contaminated with lead and arsenic.
The Eureka Mills site located in Utah is contaminated with heavy metals. This contamination apparently
occurred during the mining and milling operations.
The TSC provided the Region with the draft report titled "Wavelength and Energy Dispersive X-Ray
Fluorescence - A Brief Technology Comparison."
Project Name: Lowry
Site: Lowry Landfill S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Gwendolyn Hooten (303) 312-6646
Lead Scientist: Ken Moor (208) 524-8810
Start Date: March 2000
Expected Completion Date: September 2000
Revised Completion Date: October 2001
Estimated Budget: $21,000 Total Expenditures:$23,318
Revised Budget: Total FY01 Expenditures:$3,076
Major Contaminants: Radionuclides Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$ 1,600
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in plutonium and americium performance
evaluation standards.
This site is located about 20 miles southeast of downtown Denver, Colorado, in unincorporated Arapahoe
County. From the mid-1960s until 1980, the site was operated as an industrial liquid waste and municipal solid
waste landfill. Liquid wastes disposed of at the site included hazardous substances such as VOCs and heavy
metals. In 1980, waste disposal was restricted to municipal solid waste. In 1984, the site was placed on the
National Priorities List (NPL). From 1984 to 1993, studies were performed to define the nature and extent of
contamination, to estimate potential health and environmental risks, and to evaluate cleanup alternatives for the
site.
The TSC reviewed site data and the proposed sampling/analysis plan. Information concerning descriptive
laboratory detection levels were also received and reviewed. The TSC discussed the proposed PE sampling
plan with the RPM. The analytical labs sent sample bottles. The TSC spiked the bottles with AM-241 and
plutonium -238 and -239. The spiked samples were sent to the Colorado State laboratory. The TSC responded
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to a number of questions from the Region pertaining to the prepared P. E. samples. The TSC is currently
assisting the RPM in obtaining geophysical expertise.
• Project Name: Ogden
Site: Ogden Rail Yard S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Mario Robles (303) 312-6160, Mary Goldade (303) 312-7024
Lead Scientist: Bill Cole (702) 897 3255
Start Date: May 2001
Expected Completion Date: October 2001
Revised Completion Date:
Estimated Budget:S13,000
Revised Budget: $
Major Contaminants:Organics
Total Expenditures:$993
Total FY01 Expenditures:$993
Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$993
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in assessing site date and conducting some
hydrocarbon fingerprinting.
This site, located in Ogden, Utah, consists of an approximate 10 acre of sludgy surface extrusions and
contaminated soil. It appears that waste sludge may have been buried over a very large area at this location and
the sludge is beginning to surface. The quantity is unknown but appears to be large. The sludge is very greasy
and oily, there is a possibility that transformer oil may have been mixed with the sludge, thus the suspected
PCB's. The concentrations of contaminants present may constitute a threat to human health or the
environment.
The TSC is currently waiting for site data.
REGION 9
• Project Name: Aerojet
Site: Aerojet General Corp. S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Steve Remaley (415) 744-1496 Charles Berrey (415) 744-2223
Lead Scientist: Tim Ehli (702) 897-3359
Start Date: May 1999
Expected Completion Date: October 1999
Revised Completion Date: October 2001
Estimated Budget: $19,000
Revised Budget: $85,000
Major Contaminants: Organics
Total Expenditures:$56,443
Total FY01 Expenditures:$20,560
Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$906
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The Regional TPO requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in auditing GC and GC/MS laboratory
data, and to provide analytical protocol assessments.
The Aerojet General Corp. covers 8,500 acres near Rancho Cordova, 15 miles east of Sacramento. Since 1953,
Aerojet and its subsidiaries have manufactured liquid and solid propellant rocket engines for military and
commercial applications and have formulated a number of chemicals, including rocket propellant agents,
agricultural, pharmaceutical, and other industrial chemicals. In addition, the Cordova Chemical Company
operated a chemical manufacturing facility on the Aerojet complex from 1973 to 1979. Both companies
disposed of unknown quantities of hazardous waste chemicals, including TCE and other chemicals associated
with rocket propellants, as well as various chemical processing wastes.
The initial effort by the TSC was to identify the contents of the provided tapes and disks. Following an
assessment of the tapes and disks a letter report describing the contents was provided to the Region. Due to
missing data the data audit was discontinued. The TPO then requested the TSC to provide available
information pertaining to hydrazine in water. The TSC provided the Region with a report titled
"Considerations on the Handling and Storage of Aqueous Samples to be Analyzed for Hydrazine." Additional
assessment of Aerojet analytical protocols was accomplished. A report providing an assessment of perchlorate,
hydrazine, and NDMA analytical protocols was provided to the Region. The TSC provided the RPM an
assessment of 49 analytical SOPs that are being used to analyze samples. The TSC reviewed a revised SOP for
hydrazine to identify inadequacies, determine if appropriate methods are being used, and to verify consistency
with EPA and state guidance. Following the finalization of all SOP's by the PRP, the RPM requested the TSC
to review them and identify any deficiencies. The TSC completed the review and provided comments and
suggestions to the Region. The TSC received, reviewed, and provided the Region comments and suggestions
pertaining to the analytical protocol titled "Determination of Base/Neutrals and Acids Revision 3." The TSC
responded to a number of inquiries dealing with "NDMA" and provided the Region with the report titled
"NDMA Detection Levels for the Aerojet Superfund Site". The TSC is currently reviewing eight revised and
one new laboratory analytical method.
Project Name: Anaconda
Site: Anaconda Copper Mine S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Bonnie Arthur (415) 744-2368
Lead Scientist: Mike Abbott (208) 526-8596
Start Date: October 2000
Expected Completion Date: May 2001
Revised Completion Date: October 2001
Estimated Budget: $18,000 Total Expenditures:$6,775
Revised BudgefS Total FY01 Expenditures:$6,775
Major Contaminants: Inorganics Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:S5,575
The Regional RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in evaluating and identifying
appropriate air sampling methods that could be implemented that would provide data to determine the exposure
of contaminants to off-site residents.
The site, located in Yenngton, NV, was undeveloped before 1951. Mining operations started at the site in
1953. In 1978, Anaconda (owned by ARCO) closed down the mining and milling operation. In 1978, portions
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of the site were sold to Unison, a transformer salvaging company. In 1988 the entire property was sold to
Arimetco Inc. who operated at the site until early 1999.
During a conference call with the RPM the TSC described potential modeling approaches and described similar
modeling work done for a Superfund site in Region VII (Desloge, Old Lead Belt, Missouri). The TSC provided
background document references to the RPM and mailed a copy of the INEEL report on Old Lead Belt
Modeling. The TSC also provided information pertaining to sampling to determine whether a particle size
analysis (mode of the aggregate size distribution) of existing soil samples from the site would be useful for
determining modeling input (threshold friction velocity for particle suspension.) The TSC has had a number of
discussions with the RPM pertaining to available data, maps and laboratory analytical methods. TSC personnel
visited the site and collected data pertaining to tailings particle size. Following the site visit the TSC provided
some recommendation to the Region in the report titled "Air Pathway Contaminant Transport Potential from
Mine Tailings/Waste at the Yerrington Mine, Nevada Initial Observations from the April 25, 2001 Site Visit."
Casmalia
Site: Casmalia Disposal S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Craig Cooper (415) 744-2370
Lead Scientist: Jeff Sondrup (208) 526-8396 Bob Starr (208) 526-0174
Start Date: November 2000
Expected Completion Date: May 2001
Revised Completion Date: September 2001
Estimated Budget: $20,000
Revised Budget:
Major Contaminants: Organics
Total Expenditures^ 1,800
Total FY01 Expenditures^ 1,800
Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures: $1,100
The Regional RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in determining flow paths of
contaminated groundwater on and near the Casmalia site.
The Casmalia Disposal Site is a 252-acre inactive commercial hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal
facility located in Santa Barbara County, California, 10 miles southwest of the City of Santa Maria and four
miles from the pacific Ocean. Between 1973 and 1989, the site accepted approximately 4.5 billion pounds of
waste. Facing multiple enforcement actions, the site's owners and operators stopped taking shipments of waste
material in 1989. In the early 1990s. The owners and operators abandoned efforts to properly close and clean
up the site. Conditions at the site presented imminent and substantial endangerment to human health and
environment.
The TSC had a conference call with the RPM and sent information to the Region pertaining to the qualifications
of the INEEL staff that will participate on this project. Additional support is anticipated when the RI/FS
workplan is received from the RPM.
Project Name: City of Phoenix
Site: City of Phoenix 19th Avenue Landfill S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
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Requested by: Nadia Hollan (415) 744-2363
Lead Scientist: Mike Abbott (208) 526-8596
Start Date: May 2000
Expected Completion Date: November 2000
Revised Completion Date: November 2001
Estimated Budget: $18,000 Total Expenditures:S21,821
Revised Budget: $30,000 Total FY01 Expenditures:$15,618
Major Contaminants: Organics Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$l,300
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in reviewing ambient air monitoring and
monitoring plans.
This 213-acre site operated as a landfill between 1957 and 1979, during which about 9 million cubic yards of
municipal refuse, solid and liquid industrial wastes, and some medical wastes were deposited. However, the
site was closed in 1979 due to the threat of flooding from the Salt River Channel. This remedial action is
designed to mitigate threats resulting from flooding. The primary contaminants of concern in the soil/refuse
include VOCs such as toluene and xylenes.
The TSC received three documents for review: The Ambient Air Monitoring Plan and two Ambient Air
Monitoring reports. Following the review it was felt that the four landfill air sampling tests were well
conducted and that the results showed differential concentrations that were well below levels of concern.
However, the number of samples (total of 8 events per cell) was not adequate to draw the conclusion that long-
term VOC emissions from the landfill are of no concern. The sampling experimental design (discrete 4-hour
upwind/downwind samples) has two inherent and compounding limitations that cannot be overcome with a
limited number of samples: 1) the inability to distinguish source emissions from the relatively high background
concentrations in the area and 2) the dilution of source emissions to below instrument detection limits because
of air transport/dispersion to the downwind samplers. Some additional sampling was recommended.
The TSC received a request from the RPM in early August for information on Open Path Fourier Transform
Infrared Spectrometry (FTR), and whether it could be a useful tool at the landfill. The TSC responded on
August 17 with some background information on the technology and some experience at the INEEL using this
technology. The TSC believes that this technology would be a useful tool to address the landfill issues. The
TSC received volumes 1 and 2 of the Ambient Air Monitoring Program Report and the Ambient Air
Monitoring Plan for review. The review of these documents was completed and the report titled "INEEL
Review Comments on the Ambient Air Monitoring Program Report for Nineteenth (19th) Avenue Landfill-
Phase II." A number of conference calls with the RPM were completed. The TSC received information
pertaining to the Region's review of the Phase II Ambient Air Report. The TSC is currently reviewing these
comments.
Project Name: Fort Ord
Site: Fort Ord S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type-Lead:
Requested By: John Chestnut (415) 744-2324
Lead Scientist: Anita Singh (702) 798-3234
Start Date: September 2000
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Expected Completion Date: March 2001
Revised Completion Date: July 2001
Estimated Budget:$35,000 Total Expenditures:$22,353
Revised Budget:$ Total FY01 Expenditures:$21,000
Major Contaminants: UXO Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures^ 1,000
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in reviewing the Unexploded Ordnance (UXO)
Statistical Sampling (SiteStats/GridStats) and Risk Assessment (OECert) Methodology. These programs were
developed for conducting engineering evaluation/cost analysis (EE/CA), and UXO investigation for various
ordnance and explosives (OE) located on Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS). Three statisticians, Dr's Max
Engelhardt, Ashok K. Singh, and Anita Singh, were asked by the TSC to review and assess provided document
and computer programs.
The Fort Ord site, located in Marina, CA., was established by the U. S. Army as a maneuver area and field
artillery target zone. Chemicals and hazardous wastes are stored at on-site facilities before they are transported
and disposed of off-site. There are several areas of contamination on sites. One of these areas includes three
inactive landfills that once were used to dispose of residential and commercial waste, In addition to UXO the
facility has leaking hazardous waste tanks, containers of waste oil and various automotive chemicals and
chemical storage areas.
The primary focus of this evaluation will be to conduct an assessment of "SiteStats/GridStats" and OECert that
are used to characterize sites contaminated with UXO. There are questions pertaining to the proper use and
application of the mathematical and statistical approaches that have been incorporated in these programs. The
data for this assessment was provided by the USAGE in Huntsville, Alabama. The TSC completed a report
titled "UXO Sampling and Characterization Using Indicator Kriging an Alternative Approach for Estimating
Probabilities of Finding UXO Item." This report provided to the Region utilized Fort Ord and Buckley Field
data. The TSC also provided the Region with the document titled "Review of the ORNL/TM-13588 Report."
Following additional reviews the TSC provided the following two reports: "Summary of Recent Results on Site
Stats Evaluation Performed After the August 9-10, 2000, Partnership Meeting Between USAGE and EPA
NERL Las Vegas" and "UXO Sampling and Characterization Using Indicator Kriging an Alternative Approach
for Estimating Probabilities of Finding UXO Items." Additional support is anticipated.
Project Name: MGM
Site: MGM Brakes S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Steve Remaley (415) 744-1496 Akemi Wayne (415) 744-2454
Lead Scientist: Tim Ehli (702) 897-3359
Start Date: July 1999
Expected Completion Date: February 2000
Revised Completion Date: November 2001
Estimated Budget: $18,000 Total Expenditures:$75,947
Revised Budget:$80,000 Total FY01 Expenditures:$28,019
Major Contaminants: Organics Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$4,762
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The Regional Technical Project Officer (TPO) requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in auditing
laboratory data.
Located in Cloverdale, California this 5-acre site includes an automotive brake casting plant, a paved area
surrounding the plant, and an open field. Land use in the area is mixed residential/agricultural/industrial. From
1965 to 1972, wastewater containing PCBs was discharged on the site property. Wastewater containing
ethylene glycol was disposed of on-site from 1972 to 1981. The ethylene glycol acted as a co-solvent with
water, and facilitated the transport of PCBs in the soil. About 13,510 cubic yards of soil is contaminated with
PCBs at concentrations up to 4500ppm. VOCs have also been detected in groundwater; however, the source of
this contamination is unknown. The primary contaminants of concern affected soil, sediments, and surface
water are VOCs including TCE and benzene. The primary contaminants affecting groundwater are PCBs.
The TSC received from the Region and Regional IG's office a number of CD-ROMs's and diskettes containing
laboratory data. The TSC has reviewed a number of these data files for questionable manual integrations. A
number of memorandums documenting these suspect files have been provided to the Region. The TSC
developed a method file for auditing laboratory analytical data and responded to questions about types and
numbers of files that were reviewed in order to match missing file requests to specific laboratories. The TSC
also received two additional CD's of data which were not included in the original data package. The TSC
completed an initial assessment of the two CD's. The status of this assessment was provided to the Region.
Completing this data audit required "target" software. All data received (i.e. CD's) was sent to Region VI
because the TSC did not have the "Target" software. Region VI failed to complete the audit so the data was
sent back to the TSC. The TSC purchased the "Target" software and was trained on the use of this software.
The TSC conducted data audits and provided the Region with the reports titled "Assessment of Electronic Data
from Sequoia Analytical Laboratory Inc.", "Evaluation of Target Software Files for Sequoia Analytical
Laboratory MGM Brakes S. F. Site" and "Expanded Assessment of Electronic Data from North Creek
Analytical Laboratory Inc." The TSC had a number of technical discussions with the Region. Following these
discussions the TSC clarified a number of issues that were in previously identified reports. The TSC has been
requested to provide expert witness support.
Project Name: Modesto
Site: Modesto Groundwater Contamination S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Steve Remaley (415) 744-1496
Lead Scientist: John Zimmerman (702) 897-3379
Start Date: November 2000
Expected Completion Date: March 2001
Revised Completion Date: July 2001
Estimated Budget: $ 12,000 Total Expenditures:$3,635
Revised Budget: Total FY01 Expenditures:$3,635
Major Contaminants: Organics/Inorganics Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$0
The Regional RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in reviewing a laboratory's Quality
Assurance Manual (QAM). The manual and the identified guidance will be used for analyzing site samples.
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The City of Modesto began monitoring groundwater at this site in 1984 and found that 12 of .the 24 wells tested
were contaminated. Municipal Well #11 was found to be contaminated with tetrachloroethylene (PCE) and was
taken out of service. Well #11 is one of 35 municipal wells in the city of Modesto and contributes to the city's
municipal water service.
The TSC reviewed the QAM and associated quality assurance/quality control procedures and requirements, and
provided the Region with the report titled "Review of the EMAX Laboratories, Inc. Quality Assurance
Manual." The TSC participated in a number of conference calls with the Region pertaining ro TSC comments
and suggestions. Additional support is anticipated.
Project Name: Motorola
Site: Motorola Inc. S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Nadia Hollan (415) 744-2363
Lead Scientist: Lance Peterson (208) 526-9738 Kent Sorenson (208) 526-9597 Bob Starr (208) 526-1170
Start Date: January 1999
Expected Completion Date: August 1999
Revised Completion Date: January 2002
Estimated Budget: $25,000
Revised Budget: $65,000
Major Contaminants: Organics
Project Name: Motorola
Site: OU-1
Site ID: SSID #48
Project Name: Motorola-Honeywell
Site: OU-2
Site ID: SSID #BE
Project Name: Motorola-Canon
Site: OU-2
Site ID:
Project Name: Motorola
Site: OU-3
Site ID: SSID #BF
Total Expenditures:$5S,509
Total FY01 Expenditures:$20,719
Total 3rd Qtr. Exp:$9,212
Total Expenditures:$7,830
Total FY01 Expenditures:$2,452
Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$0
Total Expenditures:$23,731
Total FY01 Expenditures:$9,021
Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$685
Total Expenditures:$2,986
Total FY01 Expenditures^ 19$
Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$0
Total Expenditures:$ 15,475
Total FY01 Expenditures:$9,027
Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$8,527
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in evaluating a soil gas monitoring effort by the
PRP's and assistance in characterizing site organic contaminants. The RPM has requested that costs per OU-1,
OU-2 and OU3 be documented. As shown above total cost and cost per OU are identified.
This Phoenix, Arizona site is located in a mixed residential/commercial area, and is used as a manufacturing
facility. The manufacturing operations required the use of solvents. Underground storage tanks were
discovered to be leaking, which resulted in groundwater and soil contamination both on-and off-site. The
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selected remedy for this operable unit addresses groundwater contamination. The primary contaminant of
concern is TCA.
Operable Unit Two is an area of contaminated groundwater down gradient of Operable Unit One. The selected
remedy is an interim remedy designed to address groundwater that is contaminated with volatile organic
compounds (VOCs). The major components of this remedy consist of extraction of groundwater in the vicinity
of Interstate 10 and Van Buren Street, treatment of extracted water near extraction locations by either air
stripping with off-gas treatment by synthetic resin adsorption, or advanced oxidation based on final design
considerations, and injection of treated water back into the aquifer in locations allowing additional control of
the contaminant plume. The TSC reviewed a number of site documents and provided comments.
The existing data presented in site reports were of high quality but several significant data gaps were identified.
Recommendations were made for installation of at least two new groundwater monitoring wells with soil gas
ports. A peer reviewed paper Design, Installation, and Uses of Combination Ground Water and Gas Sampling
Wells (Hubble, Wood , and Higgs, 1998) published by INEEL scientists was provided as a recommendation to
assist in collection of soil gas data with installation of new groundwater wells.
The TSC provided review comments on The Soil Vapor Extraction System Evaluation Report. The
Environmental Restoration Directorate Sample Management Office reviewed the L&V reports supplied as
Appendix B-H. While some discrepancies were noted in laboratory technique, the data were validated for use
in evaluating the effectiveness of the Soil Vapor Extraction System (SVE). An independent technical
memorandum produced by Golder Associates (GA) was also reviewed. The GA evaluation methodology was
appropriate and the conclusion that the SVE system achieved the goals of the project was confirmed. It was
noted however that the confirmation sampling was conducted just a few days after shutdown of the extraction
system which did not allow sufficient time for contaminant concentration rebound. The recommendation was
to conduct additional sampling to confirm the initial results.
The TSC provided the Region with comments and recommendations pertaining to the 53rd Street soil gas data
analysis. The TSC received a CD Rom of scanned site documents related to soil investigations and hard copies
of related items. The purpose of the document review is to provide assistance in determining the sufficiency of
site characterization at the site and beyond the CY and SWPL areas, and whether it is likely that further soils or
groundwater cleanup will be necessary. The TSC is currently reviewing the site documents and will identify
gaps as they are encountered. The TSC received the document titled "Characterization of Inorganic
Constituents in Groundwater, 53rd Street Superfund Site for Motorola, Inc. dated July 1999 for review.
Two modeling reports were received. The first report entitled "Preliminary Review of Groundwater Flow
Models at the Motorola 53rd Street Superfund Site" and the second report titled "Summary of Preliminary
Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport Simulations." Those reports were both prepared by the
Hydrodynamic Group (HG) and present reviews of previous modeling efforts plus a description of a new model
that HG prepared to help answer some questions on the potential effectiveness of a proposed pump and treat
remedy. There were some valuable discussions, recommendations, and insights in the reports, but there were
also some shortcomings and issues that need to be resolved. The TSC briefly outlines an approach for
correcting major deficiencies and resolving problems. Ron Arnett provided written review comments in a
report entitled "Review of Two Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport Model Reports for Motorola
53rd Street Superfund Site, Phoenix, Arizona," which was transmitted to Nadia Hollan.
The TSC received six additional documents for review. A review of these documents was completed. The
TSC also participated in a conference call with the RPM and the Arizona State Attorney Generals Office. The
TSC reviewed ADEQ calculations pertaining to soil vapor extraction mass removal analysis and provided some
recalculations. The TSC also provided the following documents to the RPM: "Review of Summary of
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Preliminary C\Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport Simulations Reports for OU-2 System Phoenix,
AZ. Draft Version 2.0," dated August 2000 and "Review of Revised Groundwater Modeling Report on the
Motorola/Honeywell OU-2 System Superfund Site" dated August 2000. The TSC also participated in a number
of conference calls and meetings in San Francisco and Phoenix, AZ. TSC representatives attended a Honeywell
site review 20-24 October. The review included an on-site tour of the Honeywell facility with a focus on the
highest probability source area (LACC, oil chip yards, engine test cells, and return well.) An additional day
included consultation on review of the Honeywell Conceptual Site Model and a meeting with the technical
consultants for Honeywell. On November 6, 2000 the technical consultants presented their interpretation of the
geology and hydrology and the flow and transport model supporting Motorola's interpretatio of historical
plume development. Meetings with both parties have demonstrated that significant effort has been expended
on collection and interpretation of site-specific data, and progress is being made on development of a site
conceptual model.
The TSC participated in an on-site technical working group. The report titled "Review of Potential Source
Areas Investigation Work Plan Honeywell International, Inc. 34th Street Facility" was provided to the Region.
A number of site documents were received in June and are currently being reviewed by the TSC.
Project Name: NAS
Site: North Island Naval Air Station S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Steve Remaley (415) 744-1496
Lead Scientist: Tim Ehli (702) 879-3264, John Zimmerman (702) 897-3379
Start Date: January 2001
Expected Completion Date: June 2001
Revised Completion Date: September 2001
Estimated Budget: $19,000 Total Exps:S7,923 PC&B:$200
Revised Budget: $ Total FYO1 Exps:$7,923 PC&B:$200
Major Contaminants: Dioxin Total 3rd Qtr.Exps:$l,591 PC&B:$0
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in reviewing the Quality Assurance manual
(QAM) and the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's) of a laboratory (i.e., Columbia Analytical Services) that
will be analyzing samples from this site.
The U.S. Navy is planning to perform a Time-Critical Removal Action as part of the Installation Restoration
Program (IR) at the Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado, California. Under the IR Program the Navy is
investigating and cleaning up sites contaminated as a result of past waste, operations and disposal practices.
The IR Program Site involved is Site 5, the Golf Course Garbage Disposal Area, Unit 2. Site 5 was operated as
a landfill from the mid-1940s until 1965. After closing in 1965, the site was operated until 1983 as a transfer
station where solid waste was stored and prepared for off-site disposal. Between 1983 and 1984, the site was
converted to a golf course and is still in use today. Site 5, Unit 2 is an area south of the putting greens where
volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and petroleum hydrocarbons have impacted soil and groundwater.
The TSC completed an on-site audit of the laboratory and provided the Region with the report titled "Columbia
Analytical Services, Inc. Laboratory Audit Report." The QAM and SOPs were also reviewed with comments
provided to the Region. The TSC participated in a number of conference calls pertaining to TSC suggestions
and recommendations.
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Project Name: San Fernando
Site: San Fernando S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Steve Remaley (415) 744-1496
Lead Scientist: John Zimmerman (702) 897-3379
Start Date: November 2000
Expected Completion Date: March 2001
Revised Completion Date: September 2001
Estimated Budget: $7,000 Total Expenditures^ 19,424
Revised Budget: Total FY01 Expenditures^ 19,424
Major Contaminants: Inorganics Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures^ 14,470
The Regional RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in reviewing SOP's that are going to be
utilized by an analytical laboratory for analyzing site samples.
The San Fernando Valley site is an area of contaminated groundwater covering approximately 9,336 acres in
the vicinity of the North Hollywood section of the City of Los Angeles. This area is part of the San Fernando
Valley basin, a natural underground reservoir. Groundwater contaminated with volatile organic compounds
(VOC's) was discovered hi 1980. Some groundwater contaminants currently affecting the Basin's water supply
can be traced back to a period between 1940 and the 1960's, when the disposal of large chemical wastes was
unregulated throughout the valley.
Following a review of the available SOP's the TSC provided the Region with a report titled "Review of the
EMAX Laboratory Quality Assurance Manual and Standard Operating Procedures Prepared for the EPA
Region 9 Regional Environmental Analytical Procurement Contract."
Project Name: Sierra
Site: Sierra Army Depot S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Kevin Wong (415) 744-2041
Lead Scientist: Paul Ritter (208) 526-6686
Start Date: June 2001
Expected Completion Date: November 2001
Revised Completion Date:
Estimated Budget: $19,000 Total Expenditures: $900
Revised Budget: Total FYO1 Expenditures:$900
Major Contaminants:Inorganics/Organics Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$900
The Project Officer requested that the ESD-TSC provide assistance by participating in a work group which will
assess the feasibility of conducting air plume testing for open burn/open detection (OB/OD) operations.
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The Sierra Army Depot located near Herlong, CA is a government owned and operated installation under the
jurisdiction of the U. S. Army Operations Support Command (OSC), Rock Island, Illinois. The depot conducts
business 10 hours a day, Monday through Thursday, although mission operations are usually underway five or
sixdays a week.
The TSC is currently waiting for information pertaining to work group meeting times and places.
• Project Name: Yavapai
Site: Yavapai-Prescott Wood Treating S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by:Harry Allen (732) 321-6747
Lead Scientist: Anita Singh (702) 897-3234
Start Date: April 2001
Expected Completion Date: September 2001
Revised Completion Date:
Estimated Budget:$8,000 Total Expenditures:$4,321
Revised Budget: $ Total FY01 Expenditures:$4,321
Major Contaminants: Arsenic Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$4,321
The Regional RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in determining the background levels
for arsenic in soils collected from the vicinity of this site.
After receiving and assessing site data the TSC provided the Project Officer with the report titled "Computation
of Background Level Arsenic Concentration Yavapai Superfund Site, Prescott, Arizona."
• Project Name: Yuma
Site: Yuma (MCASY) S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Steve Remaley (415) 744-1496
Lead Scientist: John Zimmerman (702) 897-3379
Start Date: June 2000
Expected Completion Date: September 2000
Revised Completion Date: November 2001
Estimated Budget: $10,000 Total Expenditures^ 18,066
Revised Budget:$ 18,000 Total FY01 Expenditures^ 15,003
Major Contaminants: Organics Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$5,173
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in reviewing SOP's and QAPjP's that will be
utilized to analyze and characterize site contaminants.
Since the mid-1950s, large volumes of waste fuels and solvents from refueling and servicing of airplanes have
been disposed of directly onto the ground or into unlined pits at the 3,000-acre Yuma Marine Corps Air Station-
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site. In addition, combustible materials such as fuel oil and organic solvents have been deposited on the ground
and burned during fire training exercises. The Navy has identified volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in soil
at the site.
The TSC reviewed the SOP's and QAPjP's and provided the Region with the report titled "Review of Standard
Operating Procedures (SOP's) for HP Labs Mobile Laboratories, Solana Beach Facility" dated July 26, 2000.
Additional protocols and SOP's were received and reviewed by TSC representatives. Following the review, the
TSC provided the Region with the report titled "Review of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's) for HP Labs
Mobile Laboratories Solana Beach Facility" dated November 2, 2000. The PRP's revised the SOP's as per
TSC comments and suggestions. Following the receipt of the revised SOP's the TSC received and reviewed the
revisions and provided the Region with the report titled "Review of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's) for
HP Laboratories Solana Beach Facility" dated March 5, 2001. The TSC reviewed additional SOP's. Following
these reviews the TSC provided the Region with "Review of SOP's for HP Labs Mobile Laboratories Solona
Beach Facility" dated May 2, 2001 and "Ongoing Review and Revisions of HP Labs SOP's for Mobile
Laboratories and the Solana Beach Facility" dated June 12, 2001.
REGION 10
• Project Name: Adak
Site: Adak Naval Air Station S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type-Lead:
Requested by: Kevin Gates (907) 271-3424
Lead Scientist: Anita Singh (702) 798-3234
Start Date: September 2000
Expected Completion Date: January 2001
Revised Completion Date: September 2001
Estimated Budget:$30,000 Total Expenditures:$35,145
Revised Budget:$45,000 Total FY01 Expenditures^ 17,928
Major Contaminants:UXO Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$1,100
The Region X RPM has requested that the TSC evaluate statistical tests and approaches that have been used to
characterize UXO.
The Naval Air Station (NASON) Adak, Alaska covers approximately 64,00 acres in Alaska on Adak Island.
Near the western end of the Aleutian Islands. Adak Island became a military base in 1942, and in 1950, the
Navy took control of all defense facilities on the island. The island is characterized by high winds and frequent
storms. The southern half of the island is a Federal designated wilderness area, and the entire island is part of
the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.
The primary focus of this evaluation will be to conduct an assessment of the UXO calculator that is used to
characterize sites contaminated with UXO. There are questions pertaining to the proper use and application of
the mathematical and statistical approaches that have been incorporated in this program.
Under the Base Realignment and Closure Act (BRAC) the Navy is required to identify and remediate all
hazardous materials including UXO. The identification and removal of hazardous materials must be completed
prior to the transfer of these properties to the private sector. In 1966, the Navy completed an initial assessment
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study that identified 32 areas that potentially received hazardous substances, including chlorinated solvents,
batteries, and transformer oils containing PCBs, over a 40 year period. These areas include spill sites, and pits
for waste oil and fire-fighting training.
After reviewing site data the TSC performed a number of statistical tests and assessments. These tests and their
results plus a summary of a homogenity and an outlier test will be presented in a final report. The report was
prepared titled "Summary of Recent Results on Site Stats Evaluation Performed After the August 9-10 2000
Partnership Meeting Between USAGE and EPA Las Vegas" and provided to the Region. Additional support is
anticipated.
Project Name: Bunker Hill
Site: Bunker Hill Mining S. F. Site
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Earl Liverman (208) 664-4858 Cami Grandinetti (206) 553-8696
Lead Scientist: Anita Singh (702) 897-3234
Start Date: July 2000
Expected Completion Date: March 2001
Revised Completion Date: August 2001
Estimated Budget: $30,000
Revised Budget: $50,000
Major Contaminants: Inorganics
Total Expenditures:$41,648
Total FY01 Expendirures:$.25,855
Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$8,148
The Region X RPM has requested the ESD-L V TSC to provide assistance in the identification of innovative
approaches for conducting vadose zone characterization, emerging fracture filling or compensation grouting
technologies, and manipulating the geochemical environment to precipitate toxic metals. The Bunker Hill
Mining District is located within the Coeur d'Alene River Basin in the eastern portion of the panhandle of
northern Idaho. Historic ore mining, milling, and smelting practices have resulted in widespread mining-related
contamination of the basin. In 1992, a ROD was signed for the non-populated areas of the Bunker Hill
Superfund Site (BHSS), and implementation began in 1995. In 1998, EPA initiated an RI/FS of mining-related
contamination in the Coeur d'Alene River Basin.
The TSC participated in a on-site visit. The purposes of the visit were to: 1) meet with Idaho State DEQ and
Silver Valley Trustees regarding provision of technical assistance for the Success Mine pilot in which the TSC
would develop a protocol for predicting the adsorptive capacity of materials useful in the passive treatment of
Acid Mine Drainage (AMD); and (2) meet with EPA officials regarding request for technical assistance in
solving problems associated with characterization of the Bunker Hill CERCLA site.
A Scope of Work (SOW) was prepared and sent to the Region during November 2000. The SOW details the
tasks for evaluating the feasibility of determining recharge areas that are contributing to the metals load in the
mine drainage at the Bunker Hill mine. Following a review of appropriate geologic and hydrogeologic
information the determination that a tracer test would yield the desired information was made. These
suggestions and recommendations were provided to the Region in the report titled "Review of Bunker Hill
Mine Hydrolgeologic Data and Tracer Test Evaluation" dated May 7, 2001.
Project Name: Bonneville
Site: Camp Bonneville S. F. Site
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Site ID:
Type-Lead:
Requested by: Harry Craig (503) 326-3689
Lead Scientist: Anita Singh (702) 798-3234, A. K. Singh (702) 895-0364
Start Date: November 1999
Expected Completion Date: August 2000
Revised Completion Date: October 2001
Estimated Budget: $25,000 Total Exp:$ 108,909 PC&B:$3,100
Revised Budgets 112,000 Total FY01 Exp:$20,802 PC&B:$900
Major Contaminants: UXO Total 3rd Qtr. Exp:$ 1,628 PC&B:$0
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in reviewing the Unexploded Ordnance (UXO)
Statistical Sampling (SiteStats/Grid Stats) and Risk Assessment (OECert) Methodology. These programs were
developed for conducting engineering evaluation/cost analysis (EE/CA), and UXO investigations for various
ordnance and explosives (OE) located on Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS). Three statisticians, Dr's Max
Englehardt, Ashok K. Singh, and Anita Singh, were asked by the TSC to review and assess provided documents
and computer programs.
Camp Bonneville is a 3,839-acre site located in southwestern Washington State that has been utilized by the
Department of the Army and others for training exercises for approximately 85 years. Large residential
developments, densely forested lands, and small farms bound the property on all sides. Two areas within Camp
Bonneville, totaling 820 acres, are currently leased from the Washington Department of Natural Resources.
The Department of the Army used Camp Bonneville for live fire of small arms, assault weapons, artillery, and
field and air defense artillery between 1910 and 1995. Since 1947, Camp Bonneville has also provided training
for a variety of military and non-military units from the National Guard, Reserves, and U.S. Air Force to
federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. In July of 1995, Camp Bonneville was selected for closure
under the 1995 Base Realignment and closure (BRAC) process.
The TSC reviewed provided site documents and data. Following this review a data base wa.s developed. A
number of simulations for assessing USAGE models (i.e., UXO calculator) were completed. The report titled
"Interim Evaluation of U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Statistical UXO Sampling and Characterization
Methodologies" was completed and sent to the Region and the OSWER Program Office. The draft report titled
"Evaluation of U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Statistical UXO Sampling and Characterization Methodologies"
dated July 2000 was prepared and distributed for comments. TSC "personnel" met with the USAGE in Las
Vegas for discussions pertaining to the USAGE developed UXO programs. The TSC participated at a SERDP
presentation and meeting pertaining to improving UXO Characterization approaches. The TSC also completed
a number of statistical tests pertaining to characterizing UXO. The results of these tests are presented on the
following two reports: "Summary of Recent Results on Site Stats Evaluation Performed After the August 9-10
Partnership Meeting Between USAGE and EPA NERL Las Vegas," and "UXO Samples and Characterization
Using Indicator Kriging-An Alternative Approach for Estimating Probabilities of Finding UXO Items."
Additional support is anticipated.
Project Name: Laguna
Site: Laguna Pueblo Aerial Bombing Target S. F. Site
Site ID:
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Type Lead:
Requested by: Harry Craig (503) 326-3689
Lead Scientist: Anita Singh (702) 897-3234
Start Date: December 2000
Expected Completion Date: March 2001
Revised Completion Date: September 2001
Estimated Budget: $ 15,000 Total Expenditures:$7,904
Revised Budget: Total FY01 Expenditures:$7,904
Major Contaminants: UXO Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$800
The Regional RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in assessing a visual inspection for
homogeneity versus conducting statistical test(s), utilizing the Hopkins and the Chisquare statistics.
The Laguna Pueblo site comprises an area of about 415,000 acres near Albuquerque and Grant, New Mexico.
The site was utilized by the U.S. DoD for a bombing target and contains Unexploded Ordnance (UXO).
The TSC conducted a number of statistical tests and provided the Region with the report titled "Naval Research
Lab's Magnetometer Survey Data Bombing Target N-10, Laguna Pueblo, N.M." This report compared the
homogeneity test results obtained using the Hopkins and the Chisquare tests. The report titled "UXO Sampling
and Characterization Using Indicator Kriging - An Alternative Approach for Estimating Probability of Finding
UXO Items" was prepared utilizing Laguna data and provided to the Region. Additional support is anticipated.
SUPERFUND SHORT-TERM REQUESTS
• Project Name: Short Term Requests
Site: Short Term Requests
Site ID:
Type-Lead:
Requested by: See Below
Lead Scientist: TSC/ESD Staff Scientists
Start Date: October 2000
Expected Completion Date: September 2001
Revised Completion Date:
Estimated Budget: $40,000 Total Exps:$3,500 PC&B:$3,600
Revised Budget: $65,000 Total FY01 Exps:$3,500 PC&B:$3,600
Major Contaminants: Variable Ttl 3rd Qtr. Exps:$l,100 PC&B:$1,200
TSC requests that can be completed within a 60-hour period. The BSD is requested to provide quick-turn-
around support. Projects may include:
• Emergency Response - on-site field measurements, such as geophysics, soil gas, and XRF.
• Emergency Response - Laboratory support, such as the analysis of chemical and radiological contaminants.
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• Review of reports and work plans, sampling/monitoring protocols, and analytical protocols and
approaches.
• Review of techniques and methods used on site assessment.
• Providing expert testimony and/or contributing to the validity and authenticity of data used in cost recovery
cases.
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SUMMARY OF SUPERFUND SHORT TERM REQUESTS
REGION/
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SITE
Hillard's Creek
IAAP
Methamphetamine
T. Gas Line
Tower Chemical
ASARCO
US Avenue Burn
Exide
ASARCO El Paso
T. Gas Line
Eureka Mills
Hillard's Creek
Bunker Hill
MSG&S
T. Gas Line
IAAP
Ogden Railroad
Yavapai Wood
Ogden Railroad
Bunker Hill
REQUESTOR
J. Hubbard
J. Michaud
E. Keveney
B. Mournighan
J. Facey
J. Kelley
G. Jackson
A. Singh
E. Keveney
Khai Dao
L. Biasco
J. Kelley
S. Fyre
M. Manning
W. Brooks
M. Goldade
P. Evangelista
K. Moor
D. Rossi
N. Kulujian
S. Marquess
J.Dunn
H. Allen
M. Robles
J. Barich
TELEPHONE
NUMBER
(215) 814-3328
(301)589-5318
(212) 637-3916
(913)551-7913
(913)551-7934
(215)814-4112
(404) 562-8939
(702) 897-3234
(212)637-3916
(215)814-5467
(214)665-6673
(215)353-3934
(703) 603-8971
(850)681-6994
(775)831-3141
(303)312-7024
(212)637-4403
(208) 526-8810
(215)814-3328
(215)814-3130
(913)551-7131
(303)312-6573
(732)321-6689
(303)312-6160
(206) 553-8562
NATURE OF
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Bkg. Document
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Geostatistics
Tech Support
RATS Call
Soil Gas
TIC's
Maps
Geostatistics
Tech Support
Tech Support
Data Assessment
Money
Tech Support
Tech Support
Tech Support
Geostatistics
Testing
Data Assessment
Tech Support
Rad. Support
Tech Support
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Yuma
Roanoke River
Roanoke River
Distler Farm
Orongo-Duenweg
Aberdeen
Diamond Head
Roanoke River
Detroit Arsenal
Anaconda
Bunker Hill
UST
Shuron
1 9th Ave. Landfill
Sierra Army Depot
Sierra Army Depot
Brownfields
Diamond Alkali
UXO
Sharon Steel
S. Remaley
K. Lauckner
B. Walden
N. Turner
F. Akindele
E. Hanlon
P. Harish
N. Smith
John Baker
J. Cornish
T. Tacone
J. Himmerman
S. Hirsch
M. Olsen
T. St. Clair
F. Barnett
J. Sondrup
D. Stralka
D. Jones
J. Keck
M. Gill
R. Howard
M. Abbott
P. Ritter
K. Wong
A. Glazer
M. Olden
H. Craig
J. Hubbard
S. Mangion
(415)744-1496
(702) 895-1423
(404)562-8814
(404) 562-8650
(404) 562-8809
(202)260-1581
(617)556-1118
(617)918-1436
(208) 332-8608
(406) 494-7329
(212)639-4281
(703)603-7191
(215)814-3352
(212)637-4313
(208)526-1961
(404) 562-8659
(208)526-1678
(415)744-2310
(775) 687-4670
(208) 526-1409
(415)744-2385
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SUPERFUND REMOTE SENSING SHORT TERM REQUESTS
Project Name: Remote Sensing
Site: Superfund Short Term Remote Sensing Technical Support
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: See below
Lead Scientist: TSC Staff Scientists
Start Date: October 2000
Expected Completion Date: September 2001
Revised Completion Date:
Estimated Budget: $5,000
Revised Budget: $
Major Contaminants:
Total Expenditures^ 1,498
Total FY01 Expenditures^ 1,498
Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$498
TSC Remote Sensing requests that can be completed within a 60 hour period. The ESD TSC is requested
to provide Remote Sensing support that requires a quick-turn-around-time. Projects that may be addressed
within this 60 hour time frame include:
• The use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for site characterization.
• Providing plots of geostatistical related data for site characterization.
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Review of RJ/FS reports and work plans, pertaining to the use of multi-spectral scanner, remote
sensing and GIS technologies.
Review of identification and technological techniques and methods used in remote sensing site
assessment.
Providing expert testimony, coordinating and/or contributing to the validity and authenticity of
"remote sensing" data used in cost recovery cases.
REGION
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June
April
April
SITE
ASARCO/Omaha
ASARCO/E1 Paso
Spring Valley
Dallas Lead
REQUESTOR
D. Bahnke
L.Biasco
P. Leonard
E, England
TELEPHONE
NUMBER
(913)551-7747
(214)665-6673
(214)814-3350
(702) 798-2248
NATURE OF
REQUEST
Photos
Photos
GIS
Kriging Photos
ISSUE PAPER/ISSUES
ISSUES
Project Name: Exide
Site: General Battery Corporation
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Khai Dao (215) 814-5467
Lead Scientist: A. K. Singh (702) 895-1439
Start Date: February 2001
Expected Completion Date: July 2001
Revised Completion Date:
Estimated Budget: $8,000
Revised Budget: $
Major Contaminants: Lead
Total Expenditures:$3,300
Total FY01 Expenditures:$3,300
Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures: $2,000
The Project Officer requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide assistance in reviewing the proposed
approach that is being suggested to "Krig" soil lead concentrations.
Exide operates a secondary lead smelter and batter manufacturing/distribution facility in Berks County,
Pennsylvania. Since 1991, several studies have been performed on soil, sediment and groundwater in areas
adjacent to and in the vicinity of the facility to investigate the occurrence of lead, arsenic, selenium and
cadmium that may be attributable to past facility operations. The Study Area covers approximately a one-
square mile area centered around the facility. The Study Area includes portions of Laureldale Borough and
Muhlenburg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, and is situated less that one mile north of the Ci^'
Reading. The investigations conducted to date in the Study Area include the following-
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• Soil sampling performed during 1992 (now referred to as Phase I investigation);
• Soil sampling performed between completion of Phase I investigation and July 2, 1993,
designated as the Phase II investigation;
• Soil, sediment and groundwater sampling performed under the Phase III investigation in 1994:
and
• The Phase IV soil and sediment sampling (1996).
Following a review of the geostatistical issues, the TSC provided some comments and suggestions for the
improvement of the suggested approaches. In June the TSC received the document titled "Summary of the
Supplemental Geostatistical Analysis" for review. The Review is in process.
Project Name: Meth
Site: Methamphetamine Multi Laboratory
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Judy Facey (913) 551-7934
Lead Scientist: A. K. Singh (702) 895-1439
Start Date: January 2001
Expected Completion Date: September 2001
Revised Completion Date:
Estimated Budget: $
Revised Budget: $
Major Contaminants:
Total Exps:$l,899 PC&B:$1,000
Total FY01Exp:$ 1,899 PC&B:$ 1,000
Total 3rd Qtr. $699 PC&B:$600
The Region VII Toxicologist requested that the ESD-LV provide assistance in investigating the exposure
of children living in methamphetamine clandestine homes being used to manufacture methamphetamine.
The Anti-Abuse Act of 1988 established a Joint Federal Task Force on illegal drug laboratories. The Task
Force consisted of representatives of the U. S. DBA and the USEPA and representatives of the USCG.
Congress directed the Task Force to formulate a program for cleaning up and disposing of hazardous
wastes produced by clandestine drug laboratories.
The TSC met with the Toxicologist and discussed a number of exposure model(s) and data requirements
necessary for running the model(s). The TSC will participate in model assessment(s) and conducting
Monte Carlo data simulations. The TSC participated in a number of calls and discussions pertaining to
data assessment simulations and modeling efforts.
Project Name: Miami Dade
Site: Miami Dade
Site ID:
Type Lead:
Requested by: Lee Thomas (404) 562-9786
Lead Scientist: Bob Starr (208) 526-0174
Start Date: June 1999
Expected Completion Date: February 2001
Revised Completion Date: July 2001
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Estimated Budget: $22,000 Total Expenditures:$38,495
Revised Budget: $40,000 Total FY01 Exps:$ 19,800
Major Contaminants: Total 3rd Qtr. Exps:$0
The RPM requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide asistance in reviewing a hydrogeolocical program.
Note: this is not a Superfund related project. As such, the Region has provided the resources.
Region IV is involved with a major facility that injects municipal effluent into the subsurface in Florida via
a Class 1 underground injection well. At the time the well was permitted it was believed that the injection
zone by the state, a highly permeable cavernous zone, would contain all the waste even though no
traditional confining zones (i.e., dense, thick shales) exist between the injection zone and the lowest
underground sources of drinking water (USDW.) The regulations for Class 1 injections wills prohibit fluid
movement out of the injection zone. Unfortunately, some of the monitoring wells located between the
injection zone and the lowest USDW have shown contamination related to the injectate including conform
and nitrate. Because of the geology of the site it is difficult to complete monitoring wells that do not leak.
After a couple of years of negotiations. An Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) was negotiated to
design a study to resolve whether fluids from this facility have moved through formations away from the
injection zone and toward the USDW. The AOC required that the facility design a study involving ground
water tracers to assess this issue.
Specifically, the TSC will address the following: 1) assist in the evaluation and selection of the tracer(s) to
be used, 2) to determine if there might be some better way to address this issue, and 3) to assist in the
evaluation of the actual tracer study when it is conducted.
A preliminary screen of the available documents has been completed and data gaps identified. In response
to the identification of data gaps, additional documentation was received from the RPM in August. The
review is expected to be completed in October. The report titled "Evaluation of Confining Layer Integrity
Beneath the South District Wastewater Treatment Plant, Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department, Dade
County, Florida (Draft)" dated 12/13/99. Following Regional review, the TSC will finalize this report.
On December 20, 2000, INEEL received the Miami-Dade Injection Well report from the Region with a
request to provide review comments. In general, the purpose of the review was to determine whether the
existing data sets, pertaining to geologic, hydrogeologic, and geochemical data, were sufficient to attribute
the observed contamination above the zone of injection to either (1) movement only through inadequately
sealed sells of (2) widespread movement through the confining layer. Specifically, the TSC was requested
by Region IV to review the data sets provided to evaluate the following issues.
1. Whether the existing data are sufficient to either prove or disprove the presence of a confining
layer above the zone of injection and, if it is present, whether it is capable of preventing
movement of injected fluids from the zone of injection into the overlying monitoring zones.
2. Whether the data sets support the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department's contention that all
of the observed contamination of the monitoring zone could have resulted from vertical flow
through unsealed bore holes
3. If the data are not sufficient to evaluate points 1 and 2, identify the additional data that should be
collected to provide definitive answers.
A TSC project team evaluated the information provided by EPA, Region IV relative to the three issues. A
report presenting the findings of the evaluation entitled "Evaluation of Confining Layer Integrity Beneath
the South District Wastewater Treatment Plant, Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Der?rtrr.r:'.;. -aae County,
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Florida" was sent out for Peer Review. Following the evaluation of additional data and reviewing Peer
Review comments the TSC prepared and distributed the final report (see title above.)
BROWNFffiLDS
There were no Brownfields projects this quarter.
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SUPERFUND COORDINATION
Project Name: Superfund Coordination
Site: Superfund Coordination
Site ID:
Type-Lead:
Requested by: Ken Brown
Lead Scientist: Tim Ehli (702) 897-3264, Ken Moor (208) 526-8810
Start Date: October 2000
Expected Completion Date: September 2001
Revised Completion Date:
Estimated Budget: $25,000 Total Expenditures:$7,600
Revised Budget: $ Total FY01 Expenditures:$7,600
Major Contaminants: N/A Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$800
This project provides for Superfund coordination and management of requests received by the Technology
Support Center and implemented when assigned to the off-site contractor. Activities include preparation of
reports, tracking of projects, and documenting costs.
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TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
Project Name: Superfund Technology Transfer
Site: Superfund Technology Transfer
Site ID:
Type-Lead:
Requested by: Director TSC
Lead Scientist: Ken Moor (208) 526-8810, Tim Ehli (702) 897-3264
Start Date: October 2000
Expected Completion Date: September 2001
Revised Completion Date:
Estimated Budget: $35,000
Revised Budget: $
Major Contaminants:
Total Expenditures:$1,700
Total FY01 Expenditures.^ 1,700
Total 3rd Qtr. Expenditures:$600
One of the objectives of the TSC is to identify and make available ESD measurement technologies that are
applicable for characterizing contaminants. Documenting the adequacy of these technologies, the
application and their identity requires the development of case studies, fact sheets, demonstrations and
workshops. All ESD fact sheets have been updated.
The Superfund Program Office requested that the ESD-LV TSC provide information and documentation
pertaining to the operation and utilization of a vacuum distillation/gas chromatography/mass spectrometry
instrument. The purpose of this effort is to adequately describe this instrument and provide written
guidance that will enable Regional chemists to measure hazardous waste contaminants. The following
information shall be addressed in this SOP:
General introduction: including brief overviews of the concepts of and needs for vacuum extraction, gas
chromatography, and mass spectrometry.
Instrumentation: including sources of all instrument parts, suggestions about equipment parts (if
appropriate), reagent sources (including gases), and glassware.
Operating parameters: including step by step directions on installation and use.
Data processing: to include a description of the software currently bing completed for use in a Windows
NT environment and including use of spread sheet(s) for surrogate-matrices corrections.
Trouble shooting: including what-to-do section for predictable problems such as vacuum leaks,
contamination, and instrument down time.
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