EPA Superfund
Record of Decision:
PB98-964204
EPA 541-R98-164
March 1999
Rinchem Co., Inc.
Albuquerque, NM
9/30/1998
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Record of Decision
Old Rinchem, Incorporated Site
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
THE DECLARATION 1
Site Name and Location 1
Statement of Purpose and Basis 1
Description of Response Action 1
Declaration 2
Authorizing Signature 2
THE DECISION SUMMARY 3
Site Location and Description 3
Site History 3
Figure 1- Site Location Map 4
Figure 2-1984 Site Features 5
Site Geography and Climate 7
Site Geology and Hydrology 8
Previous Investigations 9
Remedial Investigation Results 11
Figure 3- Soil Boring Locations 12
Figure 4- Monitoring Well Locations 13
Table 1- Summary of Contamination — Soil 14
Table 2- Summary of Contamination — Ground Water 19
Summary of Site Risks 24
Statutory Determination 24
APPENDIX A: Responsiveness Summary
APPENDIX B: New Mexico Environment Department Approval
APPENDDC C: Administrative Record Index
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DECLARATION
OLD RINCHEM, INCORPORATED, SITE
RECORD OF DECISION
SITE NAME AND LOCATION
Old Rinchem, Incorporated, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County,
New Mexico
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
This decision document outlines the rationale that no
Federal action under Superfund is warranted at the Old Rinchem
site. This decision is in accordance with the requirements of
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended by the Superfund
Amendments and Reathorization Act of 1986 (SARA), and the
National Contingency Plan (40 CFR Part 300).
STATEMENT OF BASIS
This decision is based on the Administrative Record for the
Old Rinchem site. The attached record (Attachment C) identifies
the documents that comprise the Administrative Record. Based on
the findings in the Remedial Investigation for this site,
contamination in either subsurface soils or ground water does not
exceed concentrations that would trigger a Federal action. Based
on current data, there is no imminent threat of contamination of
drinking water supplies near this site. However, the ground
water in the area is protected as a future water supply under New
Mexico Water Quality Control Commission (NMWQCC) regulations.
Future actions at the site may be pursued by State and/or local
environmental authorities.
DESCRIPTION OF THE SELECTED RESPONSE ACTION
Based on Che results of the Remedial Investigation and
associated risk assessment, no Federal response actions are
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warranted for the Old Rinchem site. Long-term monitoring by the
Federal Superfund program is not required, but the ground water
wells, installed during previous investigations in the 1980's and
90'a, will not be abandoned at this time. These wells will be
abandoned when they are no longer needed by State and local
environmental authorities.
The EPA will not include the Rinchem site on the National
Priorities List (NPL). The EPA will pursue removing the site
from the list of sites proposed for the NPL.
DECLARATION
Consistent with the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 as amended by the
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, and the
National Contingency Plan, I have determined that this decision
will provide adequate protection of human health and the
environment. This decision attains Federal requirements that are
applicable, or relevant and appropriate. Because no site related
hazardous substances above Federal health based levels were
detected, Five-Year Reviews of the site will not be conducted by
the Federal Government.
The State of New Mexico has been consulted and supports this
decision for the Old Rinchem site.
Date
trator
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DECISION SUMMARY
OLD RINCHEM, INCORPORATED, SITE
RECORD OF DECISION
Site Location and Deacription
The Old Rinchem site (site) is located at 5001 Edith
Boulevard NE, immediately north of the Albuquerque city limits,
in Bernalillo County, New Mexico (Figure 1). The 2/3-acre site
is surrounded by mixed residential and industrial properties.
Rinchem leased and used this property as a chemical distribution
facility and hazardous waste transfer facility from May 1976
through December 1983. Operations consisted of transporting
hazardous wastes from generators to the site, repackaging or
accumulating the waste, and transporting the waste either back to
the generators or to an off-site disposal facility. Structures
associated with the Rinchem operation at this location included
an office and warehouse building, two 4,000-gallon steel storage
tanks, and two 950-gallon fiberglass storage tanks. These
facilities are shown in Figure 2.
Two residences are located within 100-feet north and south
of the facility; a school is located within one mile of the site.
Property east and west of the site is used for industrial
purposes. There are 28 municipal water supply wells and at least
17 private water supply wells within a four mile radius of the
site's boundary. The nearest water supply well is a domestic
well within one mile, and the nearest public water supply well is
less than two miles from the site. An irrigation channel, the
Alameda Lateral, flows along the facility's western boundary.
Site History
From the 1940's until May 1976, the Old Rinchem site was
occupied by an electronics assembly operation and a hydraulic
industrial facility, both of which may have used chlorinated
solvents in their industrial processes. Rinchem began operation
at the site in 1976 as a distributor of industrial solvents and
resins. In 1979 operations changed to allow for transportation
and storage of industrial wastes. The company's operation
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involved transporting hazardous wastes from a generator's
location, repackaging the waste and/or consolidating similar
types of waste from several sources, and transporting the waste
back to the generator for further use or to a hazardous waste
disposal facility.
According to information provided in the facility's Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Hazardous Waste Permit
Application (October 11, 1980), the Old Rinchem site was designed
to store 10,000 gallons of hazardous material in tanks and 10,000
gallons of material in drums. The facility was also designed to
treat 7,680 gallons of material per day. The estimated quantity
of material to be handled was listed as 110 tons in the permit
application. The types of hazardous substances stored at this
location included organic and inorganic chemicals, solvents,
he«vy metals, acids, and bases.
Drums were stored in three areas of the Old Rinchem site,
namely under a canopy in the southwest part of the covered
warehouse, on a concrete pad adjacent to the warehouse, and on
the non-vegetated ground along the southern fence line of the
property. Drummed hazardous wastes that required protection from
adverse weather were stored in the canopied portion of the
warehouse. In addition to the drum storage, two fiberglass tanks
were present on-site on the west side of the covered warehouse.
These tanks were used to contain reclaimed waste material spilled
during the drum loading/unloading process.
In September 1980, a citizen's complaint to the New Mexico
Environmental Improvement Division [NMEID, the predecessor agency
of the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) before July
1991], described the use of these tanks in the process of
unloading a tanker truck. In the complaint, an allegation was
made that liquids were collected in the tanks and were
subsequently dumped into a surface depression on the west side of
the Old Rinchem property. In October 1980, staff from the NMEID
visited the site and were given pictures showing a chemical
running into a standing pool of water at the back of the Rinchem
property. During the visit, workers from the facility outlined
plans to correct the problem of spillage and chemical handling.
These plans included a series of collection basins with
inspection points for spilled chemicals, feeder canals, and
earthwork dikes to prevent pools of standing water.
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In 1982, Rinchem notified the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) that it would not apply for a RCRA operating permit
for this location. Subsequently, in December 1983, Rinchem
closed the facility and moved the operation to a new facility
approximately one mile north of the old site. The Old Rinchem
site is currently owned and operated by Janco Sheet Metal which
operates a metal duct-work fabrication facility.
Site Geography
The former Rinchem property lies within the Albuquerque-
Helen basin and is bounded on the east by the Sandia, Manzano,
and Manzanita mountains and on the west by the mesas and high
lands of the Colorado Plateau. The site is located approximately
three miles east of the Rio Grande River at an elevation of 4,995
feet above mean sea level, or approximately 20 feet above river
level.
The ground surface at and near the site has a slope of two
percent to the north-northwest. The Alameda Lateral, located
adjacent to the west property line, has a two-foot high dike
separating the site from the waterway. Surface water on the Old
Rinchem site flowed west, then south, along the base of the dike,
and was then trapped in the southwest corner by the Lateral and a
railroad spur. Occasionally, water flowed into the Alameda
Lateral through breaches in the dike. Water in the lateral
eventually flows into the Rio Grande River.
Climate
The Albuquerque area has an arid, continental climate
characterized by low precipitation and low relative humidity.
Average annual precipitation is 8.65 inches, 47% of which comes
from thunderstorms in July, August, and September. Potential
evapotranspiration in the Albuquerque area is -30.9 inches.
Evapotranspiration exceeds precipitation from February through
October, reducing soil moisture. Soil moisture is recharged from
November through January, when evapotranspiration decreases.
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Geolocry
The Albuquerque-Belen basin has a history of subsidence and
is considered a basin/fill sedimentary accumulation. Presently,
the basin is a topographic depression bordered on the east by
mountains and the west by the Colorado Plateau. The basin is
filled by erosional sediment, derived from sedimentary deposits,
volcanic/basaltic material, and some pre-Cambrian igneous or
metamorphic rocks. The primary source of basin sediments comes
from the Upper Tertiary and Quaternary periods. Underlying this
basin are pre-Cambrian igneous and metamorphic rocks and
Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and possibly Lower Tertiary sedimentary
rocks.
Several monitoring wells or hand-augered borings from the
various site investigations show the subsurface lithology of the
sediments under the site. Top soils are generally sand and loam
underlain by a thin (8-24 inch) layer of clay and silty clay.
Below that, loose soil to a depth of about 54 feet is normally a
mixture of sand, gravel and clay in varying proportions. The
sand is medium to coarse grained and the gravel averages one to
two inches in diameter. Both seem to be composed of granitic
material. Next comes about 20 feet of gravel and sand. The
gravel is pebble to boulder sized and composed of silicic
volcanics, sedimentary, and metamorphic rock fragments.
Underlying this rock unit is a sequence of sand, gravel, clay,
and sandy clay. Thus the stratigraphic section at this site is
best described as an alternating series of sands, gravels,
boulders, silts, silty clays, and clays. These sediments are
generally unconsolidated but do have layers of weakly cemented
sandstone. The monitoring wells installed in 1988 by NMEID were
screened in the gravel-boulder section at approximately 75 feet
to 95 feet below the ground surface.
Hydrology
Sediments in the vicinity of the site are divided into the
Upper Tertiary and Quaternary basin fill and the underlying pre-
Tertiary zone. The different aged sediments and the varying
lithologic constituents of the soil are generally hydraulically
interconnected. Thus a single aquifer, called the Santa Fe, is
present in the Albuquerque Basin. The ground water in the
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overall aquifer is unconfined; the water table generally slopes
toward the south and west toward the Rio Grande River. All but
one of the monitoring wells, installed during the various site
investigations, were screened in the shallower portion of the
aquifer, but one well, screened at a depth of 180 feet, was set
in the lower portion of the aquifer.
At the Old Rinchem Site, however, the hydrology is affected
by pumping from nearby Albuquerque water supply wells. The draw-
down caused by well pumping creates an interruption of ground
water flow gradients in both the horizontal and vertical
directions near the site. The ground water flows to the
southeast near the site, rather than to the west, the regional
gradient direction. At this site the ground water gradient is
approximately 24 feet per mile.
The Santa Fe aquifer thickness in the Albuquerque Basin with
a low Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) concentration of less than
1,000 parts per million (ppm), exceeds 3,500-feet. The dissolved
solids concentration in the ground water under the former Rinchem
property was estimated to be 800 ppm in 1988. The TDS
concentration is one of the parameters used to judge the quality
of the water as a drinking water source.
There are six municipal well fields within three miles of
the site: the Candelaria (removed from service before 1988),
Duranes, Griegos, Leyendecker, Santa Barbara, and Volandia. The
transmissivities of these well fields are estimated to range from
68,000 gallons/day/foot to 512,500 galions/day/foot. The 1988
population estimated to be served by the wells was slightly over
100,000 people.
Previous Investigations
The Old Rinchem site was routinely inspected by the EPA
under its RCRA authority. In addition to these regular
inspections, the site was inspected on January 8, 1981,
February 4, 1982, and January 4, 1983, in response to a citizen's
complaint to NMEID. These inspections noted liquid pooled on the
facility grounds. As noted in the complaint, the liquid was
thought to have come, in part, from leaks during tank truck
unloading and leaks in the on-site storage tanks.
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The NMEID conducted an assessment of the Old Rinchem site in
late 1983-early 1984. This assessment included the collection of
on-site surface soil samples and water samples from an abandoned
water supply well located on the property. Volatile Organic
Chlorinated (VOC) solvents, including acetone, trichloroethylene
(TCE), and perchloroethylene (PCE), and methyl isobutyl ketone
(MIBK) were found in the soil samples. VOCs and ketones were
also found in ground water samples collected from the abandoned
well (Potential Hazardous Waste Site Inspection Report. Rinchem
Company. February 1985, NMEID).
A second investigation of the Old Rinchem site was conducted
by NMEID in 1988. Five ground water monitoring wells were
installed at a depth of approximately 100 feet. The screens were
set immediately below the water table. Samples collected from
down-gradient wells had higher concentrations of VOCs than
samples from the up-gradient wells. This situation usually
indicates a contaminant release to ground water. Based on this
information, EPA and NMEID determined that VOCs were released
from the Old Rinchem site. Three solvents- 1,1-dichloroethene
(1,1-DCE), 1,1,1-trichloroethane (1,1,1-TCA), and TCE- were
detected at concentrations exceeding State and/or Federal
drinking water standards. Eight soil borings were drilled to a
depth of ten feet to evaluate soil contamination on-site.
Acetone, PCE, 1,1,1-TCA, and TCE were detected in soil samples
taken from these borings (Site Follow-up Investigation. Rinchem
Company. NMEID, December 1988).
From data generated in the 1988 investigation, the NMEID
concluded that activities at the Rinchem property resulted in
soil contaminated with several volatile organic compounds
including acetone, TCE, and 1,1,1-TCA. In addition to these
compounds, 1,1-dichloroethane (1,1-DCA) was detected in ground
water samples taken from the upper portion of the aquifer in the
vicinity of the site. These data indicate that a release of
hazardous substances from the Rinchem operation to ground water
had occurred prior to 1988. Specifically, the conclusion in the
1988 investigation is based on this evidence:
1) hazardous wastes had been processed at the site;
2) chlorinated solvents and acetone had been found in soil
samples collected on-site; and,
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3) chlorinated solvents were found in ground water samples
collected on-site; higher contaminant concentrations were noted
to the south of the facility.
Based on these investigative conclusions, EPA proposed the
Old Rinchem site be included on the National Priorities List
(NPL) in October 1992. Because chemicals associated with
operations at this location were found in soil and ground water
samples, EPA and NMED concluded that a full Remedial
Investigation and risk assessment should be conducted to
determine whether any contaminated areas on-site or ground water
contamination would pose a risk to public health or the
environment.
EPA and NMED were particularly concerned that highly
concentrated Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids (DNAPL) might have
settled in the ground water as a free phase liquid. To
investigate this possibility, NMED drilled two ground water
monitoring wells in 1995 to evaluate a deeper part of the Santa
Pe aquifer beneath the site. In the deeper of the two wells, the
well screen was set at IBO-feet. This is the deepest monitoring
well at the Old Rinchem site and evaluates the possibility of a
DNAPL occurrence in this part of the aquifer.
Remedial Investigation Results
In addition to the earlier investigations, Rinchem, in 1992,
initiated a remedial investigation to acquire site specific data
needed to evaluate the vertical and horizontal distribution and
the magnitude of contamination from hazardous substances released
from the facility. Also sought was the potential threat to
human health or the environment from the release. This
investigation included drilling and sampling 28 soil borings,
installing eight new monitoring wells, and the sampling of the 13
wells at the site. In addition, the investigation included a
soil gas survey; additional soil samples were taken in areas with
higher soil gas survey contaminations. The location of the soil
borings and monitoring wells are shown on Figures 3 and 4,
respectively. The results of laboratory analyses from soil and
ground water samples taken from these locations are presented on
Tables 1 and 2.
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FIGURE 3
SOIL BORING LOCATIONS
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FIGURE 4
MONITORING WELL LOCATIONS
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11/14/04
11/14/04
11/14/04
11/14/04
11/14/04
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11/14/04
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TABLE 1 (CONT.)
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TABLE 2
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TABLE 2 (CONT.)
OHOANIC CONSTITUENTS DETECTED IN GROUND WATCH MONITORING WELt*
OLD MNCHEM SITE REMEDIAL MVE8TMAT1OM
ALBUQUERQUE. NEW MEXICO
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8/30/98
1/7/93
4/28/93
10/1/93
7/21/94
1 1/14/94
3/29/95
6/30/95
1/7/93
4/28/93
10/1/93
7/21/94
11/14/94
3/29/95
8/30/95
1/8/93
4/28/93
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11/14/94
3/29/96
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TABLE 2 (CONT.)
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The results of the 1992 soil investigation performed by
Rinchem, Inc., indicated that chlorinated solvents were not
detected in soil samples collected from the upper 27 feet of the
sedimentary section. This was in opposition to previous
investigations conducted by NMED/NMEID prior to 1992. In the
earlier investigations, TCE and PCE concentrations in soil
samples, collected at a depth of six feet, were reported as high
as 73 and 131 parts per billion (ppb), respectively. Thus,
results of the soil investigations indicate that the operations
at the Old Rinchem site resulted, at one time, in the release of
numerous VOC compounds, including acetone, trichloroethane, PCE,
and TCE to on-site soils. Over time, the concentration of VOC
compounds in the soil decreased through either volatilization
and/or leaching into the ground water beneath the site.
Currently, contaminant concentrations in all surface soil samples
are below Superfund soil screening levels, indicating that no
Federal Superfund action is warranted at the Old Rinchem site.
Metals were not detected at concentrations of concern to the
Federal Government in soil samples collected on-site.
Ground water sampling, conducted by Rinchem between 1992 and
1996, indicate that VOC concentrations above Federal drinking
water standards, as shown on Table 2, were present in several
wells, namely OR88-3A, OR88-4, OR88-5, OR92-1, OR92-2, and
OR92-3. All of these wells, except the OR88-3A, south of the
site, and OR92-3, north of the site, had minimal concentrations
of VOCs, were erratic in VOC presence, and showed no VOC
concentrations above Federal/State standards during 1995. Using
data through 1995, wells OR88-3A and OR92-1, although showing
VOCs slightly above standards, did not pose a risk based threat
to human health or the environment. A summary of the risk
process is discussed in the following section.
Subsequently in June 1998, NMED examined 15 ground water
monitoring wells at the site. Four wells, including the OR88-3A,
were dry. The other 11 wells, including the OR92-3, had no VOC
concentrations above drinking water standards. The concentration
of VOC solvents suggest that DNAPLs are not present in the
aquifer beneath the Rinchem site. Also, because concentrations
of VOCs at the Old Rinchem site are below Federal/State water
quality standards and the nearby Albuquerque water supply wells
are not threatened from a release at this site, it is improbable
that there is an imminent threat from past Rinchem releases under
or adjacent to the Old Rinchem site.
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Summary of Site Risks
The EPA conducted an evaluation of potential risk to human
health using conservative risk assessment guidelines outlined in
the EPA Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund. Part A. The
purpose of using conservative assumptions is to assure that the
estimated risk from exposure to site contaminants is not
underestimated. The risk assessment is not an absolute estimate
of risk to human health. Rather, it is a conservative analysis
indicating the potential for adverse impacts to human health from
a release of hazardous substances from the site.
The EPA compared the maximum soil concentrations of TCE and
PCE reported from the site with soil screening concentrations for
these chemicals. These screening concentrations (100 ppb for TCE
and 300 ppb for PCE) were set assuming that land use at the site
would remain commercial. Since the maximum concentrations
reported during the site investigations are lower than the EPA
screening concentrations, a Federal response action is not
warranted to address direct worker contact with soil
contamination at the site.
The EPA also used the maximum reported concentrations to
estimate the risk, based on the concentration of solvents that
could be expected in ground water due to leaching of TCE and PCE
from site soils. The excess cancer risk from ground water
contaminated by leachate from the site was estimated to be 9 in
1,000,000. This risk factor falls within the target risk range
set for the Federal Superfund program of 1 in 10,000 to 1 in
1,000,000.
Statutory Determination
The development of remedial alternatives to address
contamination at the Old Rinchem site was not warranted on the
following basis:
1. soil contamination detected in the several investigations
of the site did not exceed EPA soil screening concentrations
calculated for direct worker contact at the site;
2. in ground water samples collected by Rinchem in 1995, only
well OR92-3 indicated VOC concentrations above Federal drinking
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water standards; In a 1998 sampling event, contaminant levels
for the OR92-3 had dropped below standards;
3. based on the absence of free-phase VOCs and the maximum
concentrations of contaminants found in the ground water
monitoring wells on the Old Rinchem site, there are no DNAPLs
present in the aquifer beneath the site; and
4. the estimated risk from future exposure to contaminants in
ground water resulting from leaching of soil contaminants is
within the target risk range set for the Federal Superfund
program.
Because the results of all investigations of the Old Rinchem
site indicate that risks from the site are within or below the
Superfund target risk range, inclusion of the site on the NPL is
not warranted. Therefore, the EPA will begin the process of
removing the site from the list of sites proposed for the NPL.
Removal of the site from the proposed list does not preclude
future Superfund activities, should additional information become
available. The EPA suggests that ground water monitoring be
continued to ensure the continued quality of the ground water at
the site.
The State of New Mexico and the city of Albuquerque support
this decision. However, this decision applies solely to Federal
Superfund activity associated with the Old Rinchem site, and it
does not affect the ability of other Federal, State, and/or local
authorities to protect ground water resources in the area of the
site.
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CONCURRENCE PAGE
Herbert M. Gorrod
Remedial Project Manager
Donald H. Williams, Team Leader
New Mexico/Technical Support Team
* - Carl E. Edlund, Chief
Louisiana/New Mexico Branch
Keith E.I
Site Attorney
Mark A. Peycke/Chief
Litigation and Enforcement Branch
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Myron Knudson'P.E., Director
Superfund Division
David W. Gray, Erector
Office of External Affairs
ice Starfield, Regional Counsel
Ice of Regional Counsel
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APPENDIX A
RESPONSIVENESS SUMMARY
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RESPONSIVENESS SUMMARY
FORMER RINCHEM, INCORPORATED, PROPERTY
RECORD OF DECISION
April 1997
This Responsiveness Summary is divided into two sections.
The first section provides a history of community relations
activities during the site investigations conducted at the site.
The second section of the summary provides written responses to
comments received during the formal public comment period on
EPA's proposal to remove the site from consideration for further
Superfund action at this time.
Background of Community Involvement:
On January 20, 1993, EPA held an open house inviting
interested persons to discuss the proposal of the Old Rinchem
site to the National Priorities List. During the open house,
residents asked questions about another Superfund site in the
area, AT&SF Tie Treater. No questions were asked about the Old
Rinchem site.
On September 9 and 10, 1994, EPA conducted community
interviews to discuss the site activities. Very little interest
was generated from these interviews.
In Summer 1996, Rinchem, EPA, and NMED completed all Federal
remedial investigation work for the property. The results of
these investigations indicated that:
1. a release of hazardous substances from the property to the
ground water occurred during Rinchem1s operational period; and,
2. that the level of risk from exposure to contaminants from
the site does not trigger a Federal response action at this time.
Announcement of a Proposed Plan was postponed until NMED and
the city of Albuquerque could develop plans to address the
Rinchem property through State and local environmental
authorities.
A notice of a public comment period was published in the
Albuquerque Journal on August 11, 1997. A fact sheet outlining
EPA's proposal was mailed to all persons on the mailing list at
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the same time. The public comment period began on August 14,
1997, and ended on September 12, 1997. The EPA held a public
meeting on August 21, 1997, at the North Valley Senior Citizen
Center to discuss the results of EPA, NMED, and Rinchem's
investigations and EPA's proposed plan. Ten people attended the
meeting.
Summary of Comments Received During the Comment Period
No written comments were received by EPA during the public
comment period. However, a few comments were made during the
public meeting. The following is a discussion of comments made
during the meeting and EPA's responses to those comments:
Comment ftl: One commenter stated that the New Mexico
Environment Department had data indicating that area ground water
was contaminated prior to 1976, when Rinchem began operations at
the 5001 Edith Blvd. location.
EPA Response: The New Mexico Environment Department has no
record of area ground water sampling conducted prior to 1976. A
statement was made, either by the tenant occupying the property
prior to Rinchem or the property owner, that the ground water
quality was bad and shouldn't be used for drinking water.
Comment #2: Contaminant concentrations up gradient of the site
are worse than concentrations down gradient from the site.
EPA Response: The EPA believes that the statement is inaccurate
for the following reasons:
1. Data presented in the 1988 site investigation conducted by
NMEID indicated that a release of chlorinated solvents to the
ground water had occurred from the Rinchem property.
Concentrations of solvents in down gradient wells were higher
than in up gradient wells at the time.
2. Over time, the ground water gradient and elevations have
changed such that current conditions do not reflect the original
ground water elevations and velocity and flow direction.
3. There is limited information available to define the nature
of solvent migration since the releases occurred. It is possible
that past releases from the site have migrated down gradient and
that recent releases from other sources in the area were detected
during the 1992-1996 remedial investigations.
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APPENDIX B
LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THE DECISION
FROM THE
NEW MEXICO ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT
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GARY E. JOHNSON
GOVERNOR
June II, 1998
State of New Mexico
ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT
Ground Water Protection and Remediation Bureau
Harold Runnels Building
1190 St. Francis Drive, P.O. Box 26110
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502
(505) 827-2918
(505) 827-2965fax
MARKE WEIDLER
SECRETARY
Myron O. Knudson, P.E.
Director
Superfund Division
U.S. EPA, Region VI
1445 Ross Ave.
Dallas, Texas 75202-2733
03 "3
, <--j
: -o .
IRE: Proposed Plan For the Rinchem Site in Albuquerque, New Mexico
CERCLIS ID No.: NMD-08S-267-961
ro
Dear Mr. Knudson:
This letter provides the written concurrence you requested from the New Mexico Environment Department
(NMED) for the proposed plan for the Rinchem Site in Albuquerque, New Mexico. NMED has reviewed the
Draft Record of Decision (ROD) prepared by EPA in October 1997, and the revised draft dated May 28,
1998. NMED agrees that current site conditions do not warrant Federal action from the Superfund Program.
Furthermore, NMED agrees that the Rinchem Site should not be considered for inclusion on the National
Priorities List (NPL).
NMED understands that concurrence with the proposed actions does not preclude eligibility for subsequent
Fund-financed or Responsible Party actions should a threat to human health or the environment be discovered
at a later date.
NMED appreciates your efforts a; thii MC. SliouiJ you have any questions regarding this site, piease contact
me at (505) 827-2855 or Maura Harming of the Superfund Oversight Section at (505) 827-2922.
Sincerely,
Ed Kelley, Ph.D.
Director
Water and Waste Management Division
EK:mh
cc: Don Williams, USEPA
Maura Manning, NMED
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APPENDIX C
ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD INDEX
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ADMUnSTRATIVX RBOORD IHDKZ
PILE IHDKZ
8XTB HAMR: UBCtmf COMPAHY, ISC. SITK
NDMBBR: WOM)85267961
DATS: 08/11/97
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ADMZNZSTRATIVS RECORD INDEX
FILE INDEX
Sin HMO: RIHCHBM COMPANY, ISC. SITE
SITS BOMBER: MMD085267961
DOCUMENT NUMBER:
HH.VB!UIJ| DATE:
OF PAOES:
AOTBOR:
COMPABY/ASBNCY:
RECIPIENT:
DOCUMENT TYPE:
TITLE:
000001 • 000001
Undated
001
Office of Emergency Response and Removal Hazardous site
Evaluation Division
O.S. EPA Headquarters
Public
Rational Priorities List (NPL) Fact Sheet
Rinchea Company, Inc. ie being proposed for the NPL
AX-UBJUIT
BATE:
OF PACKS:
AlTIWJIt:
CCHPABT/AOEBCT:
RBCZPX0T:
TTPB:
OMBBT TITLE:
000002 - 000002
Undated
001
Betty Williamson, Superfund Management Branch
U.S. EPA Region 6
Rinchem company. Inc. Hailing List and O.S. EPA Region 6
Superfund Site Files
Fact Sheet
Rinchem Company, Inc. Superfund Site/Public Participation
DATE:
BOMBER OF PAGES:
ADTBOR:
COMPABY/AOEBCY :
RBCZPZEBT:
TYPE:
TITLE:
000003 • 000036
Ondated
034
Flour Daniel, Inc.
Fluor O&niel, Inc.
Olivia Rodriguez, Community Relations Section, U.S. EPA Region
e
Plan
Community Relations Plan, Remedial Investigation/Feasibility
Study (RZ/PS)
DOCOBBDIT
OOCQMBHT DATE:
OF PAGES:
ADTBOR:
COMPANY/ AOEHCT:
RECZPIEBT:
TYPE:
*T TITLE:
000037 - 000037
Oodated
001
Shawn Ohose, Remedial Project Manager (RPM)
U.S. EPA Region 6
Darren Padilla, Superfund Oversight Section, Oroundvater
Quality Bureau, New Mexico Environment Division (BMED)
Letter
Drilling of deep well
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ADXXHISTRATXVB RECORD INDEX
PILE IHDBX
SITE NAME: ROTCHBM COMPANY, INC. SITE
SITE NUMBER; NKD085267961
DOCDMEBT NUMBER:
DOCUMENT DATE:
BOMBER OF PAGES:
AUTHOR:
RECIPIENT:
TYPE:
DOCOMSHT
000038 - 000042
Undated
OOS
Unspecified
Onepecified
D.S. EPA Region 6 Superfund Site Piles
Wall Map*
l) Coot Mi nation Outline; 2) Domestic and Irrigation Welle
eurrounding Rincbem; 3) Schematic Horth • South Croae Section,
down gradient 'from Rincnen; and 4) Plate 3. Menu a 1
Hydrogeologie Section
DOCVMBOT BTOBBR:
ii\<^T Blktri OAR:
Or PAOES:
AIRBOR:
COKPANT /AOBHCT :
RBCXPIEHT:
TYPB:
TXTZJt :
000043 - 000053
oi/is/aa
Oil
Dnapecified
O.8. EPA Region £ Supertax! Site Filee
Work Plan
Proposed Site Inspection Follow-up
HDMBER:
OMEirr DATE:
HOBBR OP PAOBS:
ADXHOR:
COMPANTf/AOBHCV :
RECIPIEHT:
OOCOHEVT TTPB:
DOCDMBHT TITLE:
000054 - 000344
12/31/88
291
Randy Barker, Superfund Section
O.S. EPA Region 6 Superfund Site Filee
Report
Site Inspection Follow-up
DOCDMBUT TYPB:
DOCDMEWT TTTLB:
000345 - 000345
02/15/89
001
Brian Burgeea, Acting Chief. Superfund Site Aeeeaaaent Section
U.S. EPA Region 6
David Maiefski, Acting Chief, Arkaniai/Louieiana/Oklehona/Haw
Leo Section. U.S. BVA Region «
Resource Conservation Recovery Act involvement
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ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD INDEX
PILE IHDKX
SITE HAKE: RIHCHKM COMPANY, INC. SITE
SITS BOMBER: NMD085267961
DOCUMENT NQMBBR:
DOCUMENT DATS:
BOMBBR OP PAGES:
AcrraoR:
COMPANY/AOEBCY:
RECIPIENT:
DOCUMENT TYPE:
TXTLB:
000346 - 000368
10/07/91
023
Brenda Nixon Cook, Field Investigation Team Chemiet
Ecology end Environment, Inc.
Bart Cenellee, Region 6 NPL Coordinator, O.3. EPA Region 6
MeBoranduB w/Encloeuree
Analytical data review of State of New Mexico laboratory
quality assurance/quality control data for AT3P Tie Treater
and Btnchee; cites
IK.XIUHIff DATE:
OP PAGES:
OCMPAmr/AOSECY:
RECXPZI
TYPE:
000369 - 000373
10/30/93
005
Williea w. Moore, President
Rinchen Company, Inc.
Sam Becker, Chief, Superfund Enforcement Branch, U.S. SPA
Region €
Letter w/Bnclosure
Zeeuee about piecing eite on NPL
DATE:
NOMBER OP PAGES:
ADTBOR:
OOHPAHY/MZB9CY:
RECIPIENT:
TYPE:
000374 - 000374
12/07/93
001
Louis B. Saavedra, Mayor
City of Albuquerque, Hew Mexico
Docket Coordinator, CBRCLA. Docket Office, U.S. BPA
Headquarters
Letter w/o Enclosure
Letter protesting BPA's proposed listing of Rinchem Company.
Inc. for NPL
000375 - 0003B8
DATE: 12/10/92
OP PAOES: 014
ADTBOR: VilliaB W. Moore, President
COMPANY/AOBCY: Rinchea Coopany. Inc.
RECIPIENT: Docket Coordinator, CERCLA Docket Office, U.S. BPA
Headquarters
TYPE: Report
IT TITLE: CcBBwnt related to proposed listing of site to the NPL
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ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD INDEX
PILE INDEX
SITS HAMS: RXNCHSM COMPANY, INC. SITE
SITE NUMBER: NMD08S267961
DOCDM8HT NtMBBR: 000389 - 000389
DOCDMBNT DATS: 12/10/92
BOMBER OF PAGES: 001
ADTBOR: Victor M. Padilla, Vice Chairman, Busineaa Growth and
Development
COMPANY/AOSNCY: Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce
RBCZPXBHT: Docket Coordinator, CKRCLA Docket Office, U.S. EPA
Headquarters
DOODMKHT TTPB: Letter
UlfTBliBT TITLE: Reqeat for EPA to evaluate new data and conduct aite
inspection prior to adding cite to NPL
000390 - 000390
DATE: 12/11/92
Of PAGES: 001
ADTBOR: Charlea S. Lanier, Cnaii
COMPANY/AGENCY: Economic Porvn
RECIPIEHT: Docket Coordinator, O.S. EPA CERCLA Docket Office, D.S. EPA
Headquarter*
IKXIBHINT TYPE: Letter
DOCOHENT TXTLB: Propoaal to add site to NPL
000391 - 000403
DOCOMBHT DATE: 12/21/92
NOMBER OP PAGES: 013
ADTBOR: Steven Schiff, Congresi
COMPANY/AGENCY: .U.S. House of Representatives
RECIPIENT: William K. Reilly, Administrator, D.S. EPA Headquartera
TTPB: Cover Letter v/Enclosure
TXTLB: Requeet to review enclosed information from William W. Moore,
President, Rinches) Coopany, Inc. about resediation of solvent
contamination in Bernalillo County, New Mexico
1: 000404 • 000405
UUeUMJJTf DATK: 01/26/93
MMJBBB OP PAOES: 002
ADTflOR: Olivia Rodrigues, Cossunity Relations Section
COMPAWT/AOBBCT: U.S. BPA Region 6
RECIPIENT: Betty Williamson and Verne McParland, Comunity Relations
Seotion, U.S. BPA Region 6
UUCIMItHT TYPE: Trip Report w/Bnclosure
IK.K.1BHITr TITLE: Sussuucy of trip taken to conduct conmunity interviews, January
20 - 21, 1993 (Trip itinerary enclosed.)
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ADMXHISTRATXVE RECORD INDEX
FILE IHDEX
8ZTB NAME:
SZTB BOMBER:
RXRCHBM COMPACT, ISC.
KND08S267961
SITE
OOCDHBBT BOMBER:
DATS:
OP PAGES :
AUTHOR:
COMPAVY/AOEBCY:
RECXPIEBT:
TYPE:
T1TLB:
000406 - 000409
04/28/93
004
William V. Moore, President
Pine-ham Company, Inc.
Jo* 0. Winkle. Acting Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA Region
«
Letter w/Encloeure
Propoeing «ite to the HPL (EPA'c response to Mr. Moore's
letter is the enclosed dociaent. The enclosed letter is
undated.)
OOCOMEVT DATE:
KnefffB Of PIVOTS'
AUTHOR:
coMPJunr/j
RBCXPIBfT:
OCX.1JMUBJ.' TYPE:
TITUC:
000410 • 000410
05/19/93
001
KiB T. Hill
0.S. EPA Region 6
Robert Phillips, President. Los Alamo* neighborhood
Association
Record of CoBBJunication
Reeidancial veils located near the site
DATE:
OP PAGES:
AUTHOR:
OOMPAWr/AOBBCY:
RECIPXEBT:
IXXXUlEgr TYPE:
OOCXM0T TZIU:
000411 - 000487
06/29/93
077
William V. Moore. President
Rinchesi Company, Inc.
Saa Becker, Chief, Superfund Enforcement, U.S. EPA Region 6
Letter w/Enclosuree
Request to review Work Plan for RZ/PS
COMPAHY/AOBBCY:
RECIPIEBT:
UUOUMBITf TIVI:
TITLE:
000418 - 000515
07/09/93
028
Maura Banning, Sisperfund Section, Oroundwater Protection and
•aswdiation Bureau
Shawn Ohoee, RPM, U.S. EPA Region «
Utter v/Bnclosurtj
Contract Laboratory Prograe saopling result* t
1993, sampling event
April 28,
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ADKZVXSTRATZVB RECORD IHDBX
FILE INDEX
SXTB NAME: RZBCHBM COMPANY, INC. SITE
SITE DUMBER: RMD08S267961
DOCOMBHT BOMBER:
DATE:
BOMBER OF PAGES:
M7XHOR: _
CQMPAMY/AGSHCY:
RECXPXSBT:
DOCiBiEzrr TYPE:
DOCDMBBT TITLE:
000516 - 000518
07/13/93
003
Villiaa W. Moore, President
Riocbem Coocuuiy, Inc.
Shawn Ghoaa, RPM, U.S. EPA Region 6
Latter w/o Bncloauraa
Stapling and analyaia phase of ongoing RJ
DATE:
Or PAGES:
COMPAinr/AaEMCY:
RBCZPZEVT:
KULTMUffr TTPB:
UMEJfl' TITLE:
000519 - 000519
01/05/93
001
Nilliaa v. Moora, Praaidant
Blnchaai Coapaoy, Inc.
Allyn M. Daria, Diractor, Hazardoua Naace Hanagaawnt Diviaion,
U.S. EPA Ragloo 6
Lattar w/o Bncloaura
P-inchaai willing to partieipata in futura nagotiationa
addraaaing ranediatioo activieiea
DUCUWHIT
DOGOMEBT DATE:
BOMBER OP PAGES:
ADTBOR:
COMPABr/AGEBCT:
RECXPIEBT:.
^^^^^^•^K^i^i^MBA ^^^M£AOV
DOCOMEVr TxPBi
DUCUMEBT TITLE:
000520 - 000523
10/20/93
004
Maura Manning, Ground Water Protection and Remediation Bureau
Shawn Ghoae. RPM, O.S. EPA Region 6
Facsimile Cover Sheet w/Bncloaure
Propoaal for conaidaration of aite aa a Superfund aite
RKXPZEBT:
TTPEi
TITLE:
000524 • 000526
11/01/93
003
Shawn Ohoae, RPM
O.S. EPA Region «
O.S. EPA Region « Superfund Site Pilea
Guidance Document Information
"•valuation of the likelihood of Denae Ron-Aqpieoua Poroua
Liquida preaence at HPL Site*- (EPA 540-R-93-073, PB
93-963343)
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ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD INDEX
PILE INDEX .
SITE NAME:
SITE BOMBER:
DOCUMENT BOMBER:
.
VODER OF PAGES:
AUTHOR:
COMPJUnr/AQIHCT:
RECIPIENT:
TIPS:
TITliB:
^^^^^^•^fe^^^^^^M Mb A^H^M
DOCUMENT DAR:
NUMBER OF PAGES:
ADTBOR:
OMPANY/AOENCY:
RECIPIENT:
0009087 TYPE:
DOCmillff TITLE:
NUMBER:
DOCUMENT DATE:
OF PASES:
AUTHOR:
CCMPAHY/AOENCY:
RECIPIENT^
IT TYPE:
TITLE:
RIBCHBM COMPANY, INC. SITE
HMD085267961
000527 • 000560
06/02/94
034
Darren J. Padilla, Environmental Specialist, Superfund
Section, Oround water and Protection Bureau
COMPANY/J
RECIPIENT:
tt TYPB:
UMENT TITLE:
Shawn Oho«e, RPH, U.S. EPA Region 6
better v/Eaclocuree
Bncloflure of: 1) ground water flow nodele; 2) general
reference on geophysical aecbods; and 3) new analytical data
from Bonitor well at neighboring Koch Acphalt facility
000561 - 000565
06/30/94
005
Jane a. Saginaw, Regional Administrator
O.8. EPA Region 6
Pete V. Doaanici, United Statea Senate
Letter w/Incloiura
Reaponee to Senator Dcaenici'e 06/16/94 letter on behalf of
Lawrence Rael, Chief Adminietrative Officer, City of
Albuquerque, New Mexico, about placement of site on NPL.
000566 - 000567
Ot/01/94
002
Steven H. Schiff, Congressman
U.S. House of Representatives
Kartxa Chaves, Mayor, City of Albuquerque. New Mexico, et al.
Memorandum
Request from Los Alamos Neighborhood Association for
Congressman Schiff to facilitate meeting with representatives
from EPA, city, county, and state officials, and «>iT"-htTFi
representativee.
00056* - OOOS69
OS/03/94
002
Community Relations Section
U.S. EPA Region 6
Rinchnm Company, Inc. Mailing List and 0.S. EPA Region 6
Superfund Site Piles
Pact Sheet
Rinchem Co., Inc., Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico
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ADMXHISTRATXVB RECORD INDEX
FILE INDEX
SIT! HAMB:
SITE BOMBER:
COMPANY, IHC. SITE
HMDOBS267961
DOCOMBRT NUMBER:
DOCQXBHT DATE:
RCMBBR OP PAGES:
AUTHOR:
OOMPMnr/AODICT :
RECIPIENT:
000570 - 000571
08/12/94
002
Betty Williamson, Superfund Management Branch
0.3. SPA Ragion 6
Rinchesi CoatjMuay, In- Mailing List and D.S. BPA Region 6
Superfund Sit* File
Pact ShMt
Rinchaa CoBpany, Inc. Superfund Sita/Coomnity Involveaant
COMPAmr/AOBBCT:
RECIPXEBT:
TYPE:
MUrr TITLE:
000572 - 000618
08/18/94
047
Robert L. Edgar, Director of Health, Safety, Training and
Bnriroottntal Compliance
IHnrhem Company, Inc.
Shawn dhoee, RPM, U.S. BPA Region 6
Letter v/Raport
Analytical remits from the July 21, 1994, well
DOCOMXBT DATE:
MDHBER OF PAOES:
ARBOR:
RBCZPZBVT:
PI K.HMKItT TYPE:
TZTLB:
000619 - 000631
08/22/94
013
Steven Schlff, Congresoun
O.S. House of Representatives
0.8. BPA Region 6 Superfund Site Files
Meeting Minutes
Meeting between BPA and the citizens of Binchem site vicinity
(Meeting organised by Congressman Schiff's office.)
DOCIB40T OAR:
HOMEBR OF PA(BS:
A0SBOR:
OOMPAinr/ACBKY:
RBClPlEHT:
r^lllllB** TYPE:
uoaamrr TTTLB:
000(32 - 000633
Of/08/94
002
Steven Schiff, Congrei
U.S. House of Representatives
Shawn Ohose, RPM, O.S. BPA Region 6
Facsiaila Cover Sheet w/Bnclosure
site review Meting, August 22, 1994
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ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD INDEX
PILE INDEX
SITE NAME: RIBCHBH COMPANY, INC. SITE
SITE BOBBER: NMO085267961
NDMBSR:
DATS:
BOMBER OP PAOBS:
ADTBOR:
COMPANY/AGENCY:
RECIPIENT:
mUCmUHi' TTPB:
uooMurr TITLE:
000634 - 000636
09/12/94
003
Olivia Rodriguez, Connunity Relations Sactioo
Q.S. BPA Region £
Betty Williamson and Verne KcParlaod, Community Relations
StCtion, U.S. BPA Region 6
Travel Report
Summary of trip taken to conduct community interview!.
September 9 - 11, 1994 (Community interview questions ami list
of ccomnity interview participants are enclosed.)
TTPB:
T TITLE:
000637 - 000678
12/01/94
043
•im****" Coopany, inc.
Onspecified
0.8. BPA Region 6
Work Plea
RX
UMJUTl1 NDMBSR:
nSNT DATE:
OP PAGES:
ADTBOR:
COMPANY/M3EMCY:
RECIPIENT:
TTPB:
TITLE:
000679 - 000706
12/09/94
028
Rinchem Covpany, Inc.
Onspecified
U.S. BPA Region 6 Superfund Site Piles
Report
Saqple and Analysis Plan
DATS:
NOsBBR OP PAOT8:
ADTBOR:
CO»ANT/AOB»CT:
RCCIPIKBT:
""fP TTPB:
IT TITLE:
000707 - 000720
12/16/94
014
Bill Lindberg, Water Quality Scientist, Water Utility Division
(WDD)
City of Albuquerque, Mew Mexico
Shawn Ohoee, RPM. U.S. EPA Region 6
MesoranduB w/Bnclosures
Volitile Organic Chemical (VOC) Data fro* municipal wells near
•ite (Santa Barbara Well tl and Vol Andia Wells Is 1,2,3.4,5
and 6)
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ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD INDEX
PILE INDEX
SITE NAME:
SITS NUMBER:
RINCHEM COMPANY, INC. SITE
RMD085267961
DOCUMENT NUMBER:
DOCDHBNT DATS:
HDMBBR OP PAGES:
AOTKOR:
COMPANY/AGENCY:
RECIPIENT:
TYPE:
DOCUMENT TITLE:
000721 - 000726
12/19/94
006
Bill Lindberg, Water Quality Scientist, MOD
City of Albuquerque, Nev Mexico
Shawn Ghose, RPM, O.8. EPA Region 6
Memorandum w/Bncloeure
VOC Data Prom Candelaria Nell §3
DUCUHUTT
UMENT DATE:
KOMBER OP PAGES:
AUTHOR:
COMPANY/AGENCY:
RECIPIENT:
DOCOMBNT TYPE:
DOODUBNT TITLE:
000727 • 000729
01/26/95
003
Darren J. Padilla, Environmental Specialist, Ground Water
Protection and Remediation Bureau
Shawn Ohoae, RPM, O.3. EPA Region £
Letter w/Enclosure
Comments on EPA's outline of work to be performed during
drilling of 2 additional monitoring wells
DATE:
BOMBER OP PAGES:
AUTHOR:
COMPANY/AGENCY:
RECIPIENT:
TYPE:
TITLB:
000730 - 000734
01/30/95
005
Sam Becker, Chief, Superfund •enforcement Branch
U.S. EPA Region 6
William W. Moore, President, Rinchem Company, Inc.
Cover Letter v/Encloeure
Rinchem Company, Inc. may furnish EPA additional data about
the site to determine risk as of 1995.
RECIPIENT:
TITLE:
000735 - 000742
03/21/95
00*
Darren Padilla, Environmental Specialist.
Protection end Remediation Bureau
Ground Water
Shawn Ohoee, RPM, O.3. EPA Region 6
Facsimile Cover Sheet: v/Encloeure
Data on monitoring wells ORB8-1, OR88-2, OR88-3A, OBB8-4, and
OR88-5
10
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ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD INDEX
FILE INDEX
SITE NAME:
SITU RDMBBR:
BOMBER:
DOCUMENT DATS:
BOMBER OP PAGES:
AUTHOR:
COMPANY/AGENCY:
RECIPIENT:
in,*. i^idHT TYPE:
DOCUMENT TXTTJK:
RINCKEM COMPANY, INC. SITE
BD08S2C7961
000743 - 000812
04/10/95
070
Robert t. Edgar, Director", Health, Safety, Training and
BnvirocBBantal Compliance
Bj«»>.fr «• Coopany, Inc.
Ed Kelley, Director, Water and Waate Manageaent Division, RMED
Carver letter w/Manthly Report:
Monthly Report. March 1995
DOCUMENT DATE:
BOMBER OP PAGES:
A0IBOR:
RECIPIENT:
BMT TYPE:
IT TITLE:
000813 - 000819
04/17/95
007
Robert L. Edgar, Director of Health, Safety, Training, and
Enrironsantal Compliance
lUnrhem Company. Inc.
Sham Ohoee, RPM, U.S. EPA Region 6
Paceimile Cover Sheet «/Bnclo*uree
Graph* for Trichloroethene (TCE) and Trichloroethane (TCA)
concentrations found in nonitoring wells with highest
historical (and current) contamination.
DATE:
•OMBER OP PAOBS:
AOTBDR:
000820 - 000828
04/23/95
009
Robin Brown, Superfund Oversight.
Ground Water Quality Bureau
RECZPZEHT:
TYPE:
TITLE:
Shawn Ohose, RPM, O.S. EPA Region 6
Facsimile Cover Sheet w/Snclosures
Geological logs
HCICliUBT OKXI:
KMUR OP PAOES:
AOTBOR:
GQMPAMY/,
RBCZPZEOT:
T
TTTLB:
000829 - 000903
05/17/95
075
Robert L. Edgar, Director of Health, Safety, Training 6
Environmental Compliance
Rinchem Company, Inc.
Shawn Ohose. RPM, U.S. EPA Region 6
Letter w/Bnclosures
May Progress Report and RI Progress Report
11
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ADeHHISTRATXVB RECORD INDEX
FXLK INDEX
SITE NAME:
SITE BOMBER:
RJHCHBM COMPANY, ISC. SITE
RMD085267961
BOMBER:
DOCQMEHT DATE:
BOMBER OP PASES:
ADTBOR:
COMPAHY/AOBHCY:
RECIPIEHT:
TYPE:
DHBJfi TITLE:
000904 • 000912
06/06/95
009
Darren J. Padilla Environmental Specialiac, Superfund Section
Sham Ohose, RPM, U.S. EPA Ragioa 6
Letter w/Enclosures
Capias of analytical data of water sample* collected from 2
walls on April 21. 1995
DCCOMEBT DATE:
BOMBER OF PAOES:
AOTBOR:
COMPABT/AUIUCI;
RECXPZEBT:
DOCOMBBT TYPE:
000913 - 000915
06/07/95
003
Williaa «. Moor*. Pnaidaat
Hlnchaa Co^any, Inc.
Saai Becker, Chief, Superfuad Bnforc
Region 6
Letter
Piadinga of geological and hydrological evaluation of aite in
reapoaae to EPA1a request to install 2 monitoring walla
dawngradient and outside aite perioater
it Branch, U.S. IPX
DOCDMBBT BOMBER: 000916 - 000917
DOCOMBBT DATE: 06/16/95
BOMBER OF PAOES: . 002
AOTBOR: Darren J. Padilla, Bnvix
COMPAVT/AOBBCY: BMED
RECXPtEHT: Monica Chapa Smith, Superfund Enforcement, O.S. EPA Region 6
IT TIPS: Lettar
TITLE: Rationale for requiring installation of deep monitor wall
ital Specialist, Superfund Section
AOtBQR:
TIP*:
TXTLB:
00091* - 000927
06/20/95
010
Katharine Everett, Qrouod Water Bureau
Shawn Ohoee, RPM, O.S. IPX Region 6
Facsimile Cover Sheet w/Encloaures
taboracory results of aamplea received by OTBL Environmental
Laboratories, Inc.
12
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ADMUnSTOATXVB RECORD INDKZ
FILB INDEX
SITE NAME:
SITE BOMBER:
DOCOMBtr BOMBER:
OOCUMBBT DATE:
•^MBJH* OF PASES:
AUTHOR:
RECIPIENT:
DOCUMEBT TTPB:
DOCDMEHT TITUI:
RIHCHBM COMPANY, IHC. SITE
1085267961
000928 - 000930
07/03/95
003
Sum Becker, Chief Superfund Enforcement Branch and Ed Kelley,
Director Water fc Wait* Managenent Div.
O.8. EPA Region 6 & HMED
William W. Moore, President, Rinchaa CoBpany, Inc.
Letter
Response to 06/07/95 letter requeeting EPA and BaOD to provide
Rinrtieai with data objective* for drilling and aaepling of 2
•onitoring wella
DATE:
OP PAGES:
AUXHUtl:
OODMnr/AOBBCT:
RECZPIEVT:
IT TTPB:
DOCCMEHT TITLE:
000931 • 000933
08/16/95
003
Ed Xelley, Director Water t Waste ManageoMnt Division
Becker. Chief, Superfund Enforcement Branch, U.S. EPA
Region 6
Letter
Rinchem'a reaponee to July 3, 1995, latter about drilling and
•sapling of 2 Monitoring veils
DATE:
BIBBER OP PAGES:
AUTHOR:
OOHPAHT/AGEBCr:
RECIPIENT:
DOCOMBHT TTPB:
DOGOMEBT TITLE:
000934 - 001038
09/21/95
105
Canonia Environnental
Contractor for Rinchem Conpany, inc.
Rinchaat Coapany, Inc. and O.S. EPA Region 6 Superfund Site
Piles
Final Report
RZ
COMPACT/AQSHCT:
RECZPXnTs
DOCDMEMT TTPE:
3KEBT TITLE:
001039 - 001044
02/01/9C
OOC
Darren Padilla, BnvironaMiital Specialiat, Superfund Oversight
Section, Oroundwater Quality Bureau
Shawn Qhoee, RPM, U.S. EPA Region 6
tetter w/lnclosures
1996 ground water investigation
13
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PILE ZHDBX
SITE KANE: '
SITE BOMBER:
DOCUMENT BOMBER:
DOCUMENT DATE:
HOMBER OP PAGES:
ADTBOR:
COMPANY/AGENCY:
RECIPIENT:
DOCUMENT TTPB:
IT TITLE:
RINCHBM COMPANY, INC. SITE
NMD085267961
001045 • 001045
04/02/96
001
Southwest Geophysical Services, Inc.
Unspecified
U.S. EPA Region 6 Superfund Site Files
Well Log
Interpreted induction: Ganu-Neutron Log, Well 96D
DATEi
Off PAGES:
RECXPZEHT:
^k^^^^B^K^^^^^M^ ^^^MV^AA
DOCmSHT TTPB:
TITLE:
001046 - 001046
04/08/96
001
Ed Xelley, Director, Water and Waste turnjoemir Division
Robert Edgar. Project Coordinator, Rinchaa Cocpaay, Inc.
Letter
Drilling of 2 additional monitoring wella
n DATE:
HDsBER Or PAGES:
COHMMY/A0EBCT:
RECTPIEHT:
UUCTUJEHT TTPB:
TITLE:
001047 - 001047
06/03/96
001
Robert Edgar, Human Resources Manager
Rin-hea Conpany, Inc.
Ed Kelley, Director, water & Waste Management Division,
Letter
Drilling of 2 additional monitoring wells
man DATE:
Or PAOE8:
OOMPAmr/AOEBCT:
RBCZPZBHT:
nOtn* TITLE:
001048 - 001059
06/10/96
012
Douglas Lip)ca, Chief, Houston Bench, Mm*ym*\it Division
O.fl. EPA Region £ - Houston Branch
Carl Edlund, Chief, Louisiana/Bev Mexico Branch, Superfund
Division, D.8. EPA Region 6
smmoranduB w/Bncloeuree
notice of intent to dispose of samplee
14
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ADMZBXSTRATXVB RECORD IHDKX
PUB INDEX
3ITB RAMB:
3XTB RQMBBR:
DOCUHKNT NDMBBR:
DOCUKBHT DATS:
HOHBBR OP PAOBS:
AUTHOR:
COMPART/AOBBCT:
BBCXPXBffr:
DOCDMBHT TTPB:
DOCOMEBT TZTUI:
RIHCHEM COMPANY, IHC. SITE
HMD08S2C7961
001060 - 001062
09/11/96
003
Qhaaiaa Khoury, Toxicologiat, Superfund Branch
O.a. BPA Ragion C
Sbam Obo»», RPM, U.S. BPA Region 6
Mmrandua w/Bnclo«uroi
Bvaluatioo of soil data
DATS:
MBOBR OP PAOBS:
GOKPAHT/AOBKT:
RBCXPXBVT:
^^^^^••i^^^i^^^^^M ^^^^i^^^b
DOCDMBVT TTPBs
DOCOMBBT TZTUI:
001069 - 001063
03/25/97
001
flhaaaan Kboury, Toacicologist, Sup^rfund1 Branch
U.S. BPA Ragioo 6
Shawn ObOM, RPM, O.8. BPA Ragico 6
Soil •enaning lavala for TCB and TCA for groundvatar pathway
IS
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United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region 6
ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD FILE INDEX
for
RINCHEM COMPANY, INC. SUPERFUND SITE
NO ACTION RECORD OF DECISION
EPA ID No. NMDOSS267961
ESS VI
Work Assignment No. ESS8033
Shawn Ghose
Remedial Projection Manager
U.S. EPA Region 6
Prepared by
TechLaw, Inc.
750 N.St Paul, SaHe 600
Dallas, Texas 7S201
August 11,1997
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INTRODUCTION
Section 1 130X1) of the Comprehensive Environment!! Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. Section 9613QX1). provides that judicial review of any issues concerning
(he adequacy of a response action shall be limited to the administrative record compiled for the she.
CERCLA, as amended by the Superfimd Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), requires
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to compile documents that form the basis for the
selection of die remedial CERCLA and SARA response actions. These supporting documents form
an "administrative record" (AR), which die Agency must provide for public review. The ARs are
maintained at relevant EPA Regional Offices as well as "at or near die facility at issue."
The following Administrative Record Index was compiled in accordance with OSWER Directive
Number 9833.3 A-l, "Final Guidance on Administrative Records for Decision* on Selection of
CERCLA Response Actions* (December 3, 1990). Documents listed as bibliography sources in
respofise decision documents may not be listed in the AR Index. An index to die "Compendium of
CERCLA Response Selection Guidance Documents" is enclosed in the AR. The AR Index file is
compiled as documents related to die response action are being generated. All documents dial are
clearly relevant and nooprivOeged are placed m die record file, entered into die index, and made
available to die public as soon as possible. The documents included in die index are predominantly
nrrmnged in chronological order. EPA may send supplemental AR volumes and indexes to die
repository. These supplements should be placed with the initial record file.
The AR Index helps readers locate and retrieve documents in die file. It also provides an overview
of die response action history. The index includes die following information for each document:
» AR Page Ne. -The sequential numbers stamped on each page of die AR. The six digit
numbers are located in die upper right comer of each page.
» Document Date -The date die document was published and/or released. "Undated" means
no date was recorded.
« No. of Pages - Total number of printed pages in die docunient, inchiding attachments.
» Avtfcor- Name and tide of die originator.
» Compajiy/Af eaey - Originator's affiliation.
» Recipient - Name, tide, and affiliation of die recipient.
» DocsUMSit Type - General identification, e.g., correspondence. Remedial Investigation
Report, Record of Decision, etc.
« Docvouat Tide -Descriptive title or synopsis.
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PILB INDEX
SITS RMS: KOKOOt COMPANY, INC. SITE
SITS BOMBER: RMD085267961
IHOBX CATS: 08/11/97
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ADKENISTRATrVS RECORD INDEX
PILE INDEX
SITE NAME:
SITE NUMBER:
DOCUMENT NUMBER:
DOCUMENT DATE:
BOMBER OF PAOBS:
ADTHOR:
COMPANY/AGENCY:
RBCIPIEHT:
DOCQMUIT TTPB:
DOCuKKBT TZTLB:
RIHCHBM COMPANY, INC. SITE
NMD085267961
000001 - 000001
Undated
001
Office of Emergency Response and Removal HaB&rdoua Site
Evaluation Division
U.S. EPA Headquarters
Public
Rational Priorities List (NPL) Pact Sha*t
Rincham Company, Inc. is being proposed for the NPL
DOCOMEBT BOMBER:
DOCOMEBT DATE:
BOMBER OP PAOBS:
ADTHOR:
COMP AeY/AOBBCY:
RBCIPIEBT:
DOCOMEBT TTPB:
DOCUMBBT TZTLB:
000002 - 000002
Undated
001
Betty Williamson, Superfund Management Branch
U.S. EPA Region 6
Rincheii Company, inc. Mailing List and 0.S. EPA Region 6
Sup*rfund Sit* Pile*
Pact Sheet
Pinchem Company, Inc. Superfund Site/Public Participation
DATE:
BOMBER OP PAOES:
AOTHOR:
COU-ANY/AOBHCY:
RECXPZEVTi
T TYPE:
TITLE:
000003 • 000036
Undated
034
Plour Daniel, Inc.
Pluor Daniel, Inc.
Olivia Rodriguex, Community Relations Section, 0.8. EPA Region
6
Plan
Community Relations Plan, Remedial Investigation/Feasibility
Study (RI/FS)
DATE:
COMPAHT/AOBBCT:
RECIPIENT:
DOCOMBBT TYPE:
DOUUMUri' TZTLB:
000037 • 000037
or PAOBS> ooi
Sham OBaoee, name dial Project Manager (RPM)
U.S. EPA Region C
Darren Padilla, Superfund Oversight Section, Oroundvater
Quality Bureau, Vew Mexico Environment Division (RUED)
Letter
Drilling of deep veil
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PILE INDEX
SITE NAME: RINCHEM COMPANY, INC. SITE
SITE SOMBER: NMD085267961
DOCUMENT NUMBER:
DOCUMENT DATE:
NUMBER OF PAGES:
AUTHOR:
COMPANY/AGENCY:
RECIPIENT:
DOCUMENT TYPE:
DOCUMENT TITLE:
000036 • 000042
Undated
oos
Unspecified
Unspecified
U.S. EPA Region 6 Superfund Site Piles
Well Mop*
1) Contamination Outline; 2) Domestic and Irrigation Wells
surrounding Rinchen; 3) Schematic North - South Cross Section,
down gradient from Rinchem; and 4) Plate 3. Monual
Hydrogeologic Section
DOCUMENT NUMBER:
DOCUMENT DATE:
NUMBER OF PAGES:
AUTHOR:
COMPANY/AGENCY:
RECIPIENT:
DOCUMENT TYPE:
DOCUMENT TITLE:
000043 - 000053
01/15/88
Oil
Unspecified
NMED
U.S. EPA Region 6 Superfund Site Files
Work Plan
Proposed Site Inspection Follow-up
DOCUMENT NUMBER:
DOCUMENT DATS:
NUMBER OF PACKS:
AUTHOR:
COMPANY/A0EMCY:
RECIPIENT^
IXXAUUUffT TYPE:
DOCUMENT TITLE:
OOOOS4 • 000344
12/31/88
291
Randy Marker, Superfund Section
NMBD
U.S. EPA Region 6 Superfund Site Filee
Report
Site Inspection Pollow-up
MOT DKXV:
OF PAOMi
COMPAMY/AOSHCY:
RECIPIENT:
DOCUMENT TYPE:
DOCUMENT TITLE:
000345 - 000345
02/15/89
001
Brian Burgess, Acting Chief. Superfund Site Assessment Section
U.S. BPA Region C
David Maiefski, Acting Chief, Arkansas/Louisiaaa/Oklahona/New
Mexico Section, U.S. BPA Region 6
MsBorandun
Resource Conservation Recovery Act involvement
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ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD INDEX
FILE INDEX
SITE NAME: RINCHEM COMPANY, INC. SITS
SITE NUMBER: NMD085267961
DOCUMENT NUMBER:
DOCUMENT DATE:
NUMBER OF PAGES:
ADTKOR:
COMPANY/AGENCY:
RECIPIENT:
DOCDMENT TYPE:
DOCUMENT TITLE:
000346 - 000366
10/07/91
023
Brenda Nixon Cook, Field Investigation Team Chemist
Ecology and Environment, Inc.
Bart Canallas, Region 6 NPL Coordinator, U.S. EPA Region 6
Memorandum w/Enclosuree
Analytical data review of State of New Mexico laboratory
quality assurance/quality control data for ATSF Tie Treater
and Rincbem vitas
DOCDMENT NUMBER:
DATE:
HOHBBR OP PAGES:
COMPANY/AGENCY:
RECIPIENT:
DOCUMENT TYPE:
imC'iUUUtl! TITLE:
000369 • 000373
10/30/92
005
William W. Moor*, President
Rinchem Company, Inc.
8am Becker, Chief, Superfund Enforcement Branch, O.S. EPA
Region (
Letter w/Encloeure
leeuee about placing cite on NPL
uuuMHHfT DATE:
NUMBER OF PAGES:
AUTHOR:
COMPANY/AGENCY:
RECIPIENT:
DOCOMsDffT TTaTB*
DOnMntT TITLE:
000374 - 000374
12/07/92
001
Louie B. Saavedra, Mayor
City of Albuquerque, New Mexico
Docket Coordinator, CERCLA Docket Office, U.S. EPA
Headquarters
Letter w/o Enclosure
Letter protesting BPA'e proposed listing of Rinchem
Inc. for NPL
000375 • 00038B
12/10/92
014
William W. Moore, President
iHnchem Company, Inc.
Docket Coordinator, CBUCTJl Docket Office, O.S. BPA
Headquarters
DOCUMENT TYPE: Report
DOCUMENT TITLE: Comment related to proposed listing of site to the NPL
OP PAGES:
COMPAmr/AGEmCY:
RECIPIENT!
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FILE INDEX
SITE NAME:
. SITE NUMBER:
DOCUMENT NUMBER:
DOCUMENT DATE:
BOMBER OF PAGES:
AUTHOR:
COMPANY/AGENCY:
RECIPIENT:
DOCUMIUH1 TYPE:
DOCUMENT TITLE:
RIRCKEM COMPANY, INC. SITE
NMD0852C7961
000389 - 000389
12/10/92
001
Victor M. Padi.Ua, Vice Chairman, Business Growth and
Development
Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Cosnerce
Docket Coordinator, CERCLA Docket Office, D.S. EPA
Headquarter!
Latter
Reqeat for EPA to evaluate new data and conduct eite
inspection prior to adding site to NPL
DOCUMENT NUMBER:
DOCUMENT DATE:
•UMBER OF PA0E8:
AUTHOR:
COMPANY/AQSHCY:
RECIPIENT:
DOCUMENT TYPE:
000390 - 000390
12/11/92
001
Charles S. Lanier, Chairman
Economic Forum
Docket Coordinator, U.S. EPA CERCLA Docket Office, U.S. EPA
Headquarters
Letter
Proposal to add site to NPL
DOCUMENT NUMBER:
DATE:
BOMBER OP PAGES:
AUTHOR:
COMPANY/AGENCY:
RKdPIKBT:
IHXIMIIT TYPE:
DOCUMENT TITLE:
000391 • 000403
12/21/92
013
Steven Schiff, Congressman
U.S. House of Representatives
William K. Rsilly, Administrator, U.S. EPA Headquarters
Cover Letter w/Enclosure
Request to review enclosed information from William w. Moore,
President, Rinchem Company, inc. about remediation of solvent
contamination in Bernalillo County, New Mexico
DATE:
OF PAGESi
AUTHORt
OOmTAMY/AOEVCY:
RECIPIENT:
DOCUMENT TYPE:
DOCUMENT TITLE:
000404 • 000405
01/26/93
002
Olivia Rodriguez, Community Relations Section
O.8. SPA Region f
Betty Williamson and Verne McParland, Community Relation*
Section, O.S. EPA Region 6
Trip Report w/Enclosure
Summary of trip taken to conduct community interviews, January
20 • 21, 1993 (Trip itinerary enclosed.)
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FILE INDEX
SITE NAME: RIHCHBM COMPANY, INC. SITE
SITE NUMBER: NMD085267961
DOCDKENT NDMB8R:
twrnigwr DATS:
BOMBER OF PAOBS:
ADTHOR:
COMPANY/AGENCY:
RECIPIENT:
TYPE:
DOCUMENT TXTLB:
000406 - 000409
04/28/93
004
William w. Moore, President
Rlncham Company, Inc.
Jo* D. Winkle, Acting Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA Region
6
tetter w/Bncloeure
Proposing eite to the NPL (EPA1a response to Mr. Moore'•
letter im the enclosed document. Th« enclosed letter ie
undated.)
DOCOMEHT DATB:
NOMBXR OP PAGES:
AUTHOR:
COMPANY/AOESCY:
RBCIPIEBT:
DOCOMEBT TYPE:
UOOUMUfl' TITLE:
000410 • 000410
OS/19/93
001
KiB T. Hill
U.S. EPA Region 6
Robert Phillipe, President, Los Alamos Neighborhood
Association
Record of Commmication
Residential wells located near the site
iftjCUUkni DATB:
NUMBER OF PACTS:
AOTHOR:
COMPANY/AOEHCY:
RBCXPZ0T:
DOCtBIEVr TYPBt
TXTXiB:
000411 - 000487
06/29/93
077
Williaa w. Moore, President
Rinchen Coapany, Inc.
Sea Backer, Chief, Superfund Enforcement, O.8. EPA Region 6
Letter w/Enclosures
Request to review Work Plan for RI/F8
DATE:
07 PAGES:
ADTBOCtt
COMPAVY/AOEICY:
DOCDMEHT TYPE:
DOCOMBHT TITLE:
000488 • 000515
07/09/93
028
Maura Banning, Sxperfund Section, Oroundwater Protection and
Kes»diation Bureau
Staavn Ohose, RPM, U.S. BRA Region f
Letter v/Enclosure
Contract Laboratory Prograa •aspling results f:
1993, sampling sT»nt
April 28.
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FILE INDEX
SITE NAME:
SITE NUMBER:
DOCUMENT NUMBER:
DOCUMENT DATE:
NUMBER OF PAGES:
AUTHOR:
COMPANY/AGENCY:
RECIPIENT:
DOCUMENT TYPE:
DOCUMENT TITLE:
RINCKSM COMPANY, INC. SITE
NND085267961
000516 - 000518
07/13/93
003
Million W. Moore, President
Rinchem Company, Inc.
Shawn Chose, RPM, U.S. EPA Region 6
Letter w/o Enclosures
Sampling and analysis phase of ongoing RI
DOCUMENT NUMBER:
DOCUMENT DATE:
NUMBER OF PAGES:
AUTHOR:
COMPANY/AGENCY:
RECIPIENT:
DOCUMENT TYPE:
IT TITLE:
OOOS19 • 000519
08/05/93
001
William N. Moore, President
Rinchem Company, Inc.
Allyn M. Davis, Director, Hazardous Waste Management Division,
U.S. EPA Region 6
Letter w/o Enclosure
Rinchem willing to participate in future negotiations
addressing remediation activities
DOCUMENT NUMBER:
UOCUMJUn1 DATE:
nOMBBR OF PAGES:
AUTHOR:
COMPANY/AGENCY:
RECIPIENT:
DOCUMENT TYPE:
IT TITLE:
000520 - 000523
10/20/93
004
Maura Manning, Ground Water Protection and Remediation Bureau
Shawn Chose, RPM, U.S. EPA Region 6
Facsimile Cover Sheet w/Enclosure
Proposal for consideration of site as a Superfund site
DOCuSBZrT BUMHUft
DOCOM0T QKXX:
OF PAGES:
AUTHORt
COMPANY/AGENCY:
RECIPIENT:
DOCUMENT TYPE:
ixXTJMlUTI1 TITLE:
OOOS24 • 000526
11/01/93
001
Shawn Ghose, RPM
O.8. EPA Region 6
U.S. EPA Region 6 Superfund Site Piles
Guidance Document Information
••valuation of the likelihood of Dense Non-Aqueous Porous
Liquids presence at NPL Sites" (EPA 540-R-93-073, PB
93-963343)
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FILE INDEX
SITS NAME: RINCHKM COMPANY, INC. SITE
SITS NUMBER: NMD08S267961
DOCDMBNT NUMBER: 000527 - 000560
DOCUMENT DATE: 06/02/94
NUMBER OP PAOBS: 034
AUTHOR: Darren J. Padilla, Environmental Specialist, Superfund
Section, Ground Hater and Protection Bureau
COMPANY/AGENCY: NMBD
RECIPIENT: Shawn Ohose, RPM, U.S. EPA Region 6
DOCDMBNT TTPB: . letter w/Bnclosures
DOCOMBNT TITLE: Enclosure of: 1) ground water flow models,- 2) general
reference on geophysical methods; and 3) new analytical data
from monitor well at neighboring Koch Asphalt facility
DOCUMENT NUMBER: 000561 - 000565
DOCUMENT DATE: 06/30/94
NUMBER OP PAGES: 005
AOTUOR: Jane N. Saginaw, Regional Administrator
COMPANY/AOBWCY: O.8. EPA Region 6
RECIPIENT: Pete V. Domenici, United States Senate
DOCDMBNT TTPE: Letter w/Bnclosure
DOCUMENT TXTTJt: Ravponao to Senator- Domenici•• O6/1C/94 laeear- on behalf of
Lawrence Rael, Chief Administrative Officer, City of
Albuquerque, New Mexico, about placement of site on NPL.
DOCDMBNT NUMBER: 000566 - 000567
DOCDMBNT DATE: 08/01/94
BOMBER OP PAGES: 002
AUTHOR: Steven H. Schiff, Congressman
COMPANY/AGENCY: U.S. House of Representatives
RECIPIENT: Martin Chaves, Mayor, City of Albuquerque, New Mexico, et al.
DOCDMBNT TTPB: Memorandum
DOCDMBNT TITLE: Request from Los Alamos Neighborhood Association for
Congressman Schiff to facilitate meeting with representative
from BPA, city, county, and state officials, and Rinchem
representatives.
DOCDMBNT NUMBER: 000568 - 000569
DOCDMBNT DATB: 08/03/94
NDMBBR OP PAOBS: 002
AUTHOR: Community Relations Section
COMPANY/AGENCY: U.S. BPA Region 6
RECIPIENT: Rinchem Company, Inc. Mailing List and U.S. SPA Region 6
Superfund Site Piles
DOCOMBNT TYPE: Pact Sheet
DOCDMBNT TITLE: Rinchem Co., Inc., Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico
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SITE NAME: RINCHHM COMPANY, INC. SITE
SITE NUMBER: NMD085267961
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DOCUMENT TITLE:
000570 - 000571
08/12/94
002
Batty Williamson, Superfund Management Branch
U.S. EPA Region 6
Rincheo Company, Inc. Mailing Liat and U.S. EPA Region 6
Superfund Site File
Face Sheet
Rinchan Company, Inc. Superfund Site/Community Involvement
NUMBER:
IHKTDikrri DATE:
BOMBER OF PAOB8:
AUTHOR:
COMPANY/AGENCY:
RECIPIENT:
DOCUMENT TYPE:
UOCUMKHi" TITLE:
000572 • 000618
08/18/94
047
Robert L. Edgar, Director of Health, Safety, Training and
Bnvirooaental Compliance
Rinchem Company, Inc.
Shawn Ohose, RPM, O.S. SPA Region 6
Letter w/Raport
Analytical result! from the July 21, 1994, wall lampling
DOCDMBNT NUMBER:
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AUTHOR:
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RECIPIENT:
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DOCUMENT TITLE:
000619 - 000631
08/22/94
013
Steven Schiff, Congressman
U.S. House of Representatives
O.S. EPA Region 6 Superfund Site Piles
(ting Minutes
•ting between EPA and the citizen* of Rinchen cite vicinity
(Meeting organized by Congressman ScbifC's office.)
IXK.IJMilff DATE:
NUMBER OF PAOES:
AUTHOR:
COMPJUfY/AGENCY:
RBCXPXSHT:
DOCUMKHT TYPE:
DOCUMENT TITLE:
000632 - 000633
09/08/94
002
Steven 8chi£f, Congrei
O.S. House of Representatives
Shawn Ohose, RPM, O.S. SPA Region 6
Facsimile Cover Sheet w/Bnelosure
Rinrhem aite review meeting, August 22, 1994
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SITE NUMBER:
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AUTHOR:
COMPANY/AOEKCT:
RBCIPIBHT:
DOCDMBfT TTPB:
DCCOMENT TITLE:
RINCHEM COMPANY, INC. SITE
(00)085267961
000634 - 000636
09/12/94
003
Olivia Rodriguez, Coomunity Relations Section
D.S. EPA Region 6
Betty Williamson and Verne McParland, Connunity Relations
Section, U.S. BPA Region 6
Travel Report
Sunoary of trip taken to conduct conminity interviews,
September 9-11, 1994 (Coonunity interview questions and list
of conmunity interview participants are enclosed.)
rr DATE:
HDMBBR OP PAOBS:
AUTHOR:
COMPANY/AOBHCY:
RBCXPXnfT:
IXKTIMHHT TTP8:
DOCOMBHT TITLE:
000637 • 000678
12/01/94
042
Pinr'nm Coopany, Inc.
Unspecified
0.8. BPA Region 6
Work Plan
RI
DOCOMBHT BOMBER:
DOCOMBHT OATS:
HOMBER OP PAOBS:
AmwR :
COMPAHY/AOBBCY:
RBCZcIBHT:
~ ft TTPB:
IT TZTUI:
000679 • 000706
12/09/94
021
Rlnchen Company, Inc.
Unspecified
D.S. BPA Region 6 Superfund Site Piles
Report
Sasple and Analysis Plan
BONBBK OP PAOBS:
AUTHOR:
COMPAHT/AOBBCr:
RKCXPXEHT:
TM I Mil* I TTPB:
DOOOHBBT TITLB:
000707 • 000720
12/16/94
014
Bill Liodberg, Water Quality Scientist, Water Utility Oivision
(WOD)
City of Albuquerque, Hew Mexico
Shawn Onose, RPM, O.8. BPA Region f
Memorandum w/Bnolosures
Volitile Organic Cheetical (VOC) Data fro» sunicipal wells near
site (Santa Barbara Well §1 and Vol Andia Wells ts 1,2,3,4,5
6)
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DOCUMENT TITLE:
RINCHEM COMPANY, INC. SITE
NMD085267961
000721 - 000726
12/19/94
006
Bill Lindbarg, Water Quality Scientist,
City of Albuquerque, New Mexico
Shawn Ghose, RPM, U.S. EPA Region 6
Memorandum w/Bnclosure
VOC Data From Candelaria Well §3
WOD
DOCOMEI.. NUMBER:
DATE:
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AUTHOR:
COMPANY/AGENCY:
RECIPIENT:
DOCUMENT TYPE:
IT TITLE:
000727 • 000729
01/26/95
003
Darren J. Padilla, Environmental Specialist, Ground water
Protection and Remediation Bureau
Shawn Ghose, RPM, D.S. EPA Region 6
Letter w/Bnclosure
Comments on BPA's outline of work to be performed during
drilling of 2 additional monitoring wells
DOC
NOMBBR:
DOCUMENT DATS:
NUMBER OF PAGES :
AOTHOR:
COMPANY/AGENCY:
RECIPIENT:
TYPE:
UMUrr TITLE:
000730 • 000734
01/30/95
005
Sam Becker, Chief, Superfund Enforcement Branch
U.S. EPA Region 6
William W. Moore, President, Rinchem Company, Inc.
Cover Letter w/Enclosure
Binphem Company, Inc. nay furnish EPA additional data about
the site to determine risk as of 1995.
Or PAGES:
AUTHOR:
COMPANY/AGENCY:
RECIPIENT:
mMllmtlff TYPE:
l»mVU^m TITLE:
00073S - 000742
03/21/95
00«
Darren Padilla, Environmental Specialist, Ground Water
Protection and Remediation Bureau
Shawn Ghose, RPM, D.S. EPA Region 6
Facsimile Cover Sheet v/Encloaure
Data on monitoring wells ORaS-l, ORfiS-2, OR88-3A, OR88-4, and
OR8a-5
10
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DOCUMENT TITLE:
RIHCHRM COMPANY.
NMD085267961
INC. SITE
000743 • 000812
04/10/95
070
Robert L. Edgar, Director, Health, Safety, Training and
Environmental Compliance
Rinchea Company, Inc.
Ed Kelley, Director, Water and Waete Management Division,
Cover Letter w/Monthly Report
Monthly Report, March 1995
DOCUMENT NUMBER:
DOCUMENT DATE:
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RECIPIENT;
DOCUMENT TTPS:
tXW.^AianT TITLE:
000813 • 000819
04/17/95
007
Robert L. Edgar, Director of Health, Safety, Training, and
Bipchem Coopany, inc.
Shavn COioee, RPM, O.S. EPA Region 6
PaceiBile Cover Sheet w/Bncloeuree
Orapha for Trichloroethene (TCB) and Trichloroethane (TCA)
ooncentrationa found in monitoring welle with higheet
historical (and current) contamination.
DWCUOBRT
DOCOMBNT DATE:
NOMBER OP PAQES:
AOTKOR:
COMPANT/AOENCT:
RECIPIENT:^
DOCDMBVT TYPBt
DOCOMBNT TITLE:
000820 •
04/23/95
009
Robin Brown,
000828
Superfund Overeight, Ground Water Quality Bureau
Shawn Onoae, RPM, O.S. EPA Region
Paciiaile Cover Sheet w/Encloauree
Oeological loge
DAXIt
HOBBR OP PAOBS:
AUVHOR:
COMPANV/AOENCT:
RECIPIENT;
DOCOMENT TYPE:
DOCUMENT TITLE:
000829 - 000903
05/X7/95
07S
Robert L. Edgar, Director of Health. Safety* Training ft
EnvirooBental Compliance
p<«igh«» Coopany, Inc.
Shawn Ohose, RPM, O.S. EPA Region 6
Letter w/Encloeuree
May Progreae Report and RI Progreee Report
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SITE NAME: RINCHKM COMPANY, INC. SITE
SITE NOHBBR: NMD085267961
DOCUMENT NUMBER:
DOCUMENT DATE:
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RECIPIENT:
DO^X3KRKT TYPE *
DOCUMENT TITLE:
000904 - 000912
06/06/95
009
Darren J. Padilla Environmental Specialist. Superfund Section
Shawn Ghose, RPM, D.S. EPA Region 6
Latter w/Bnclosurei
Copies of analytical data of water samples collected from 2
wells on April 21. 1995
DOCDMBHT
l)OCUMh»ri' DATE:
NOBBER OF PAGES:
ADTHOR:
OOMPAHY/A0ENCY:
RECIPIENT:
TYPE:
DOCUMENT TITLE:
000913 - 00091S
06/07/95
003
William w. Moore, President
run^m^ conpany. Inc.
San Beckar, Chief, Superfund Enforcement Branch, U.S. EPA
Region 6
Latter
Findings of geological and hydrological evaluation of site in
response to BPA's request to install 2 monitoring wells
downgradient and outside site perimeter
DOCUMENT DATE:
BOMBER OF PACKS:
ADTHOR:
COMPANY/AOENCYi
UCXPXBNTi
DOCUMENT TTPE:
000916 - 000917
06/16/95
002
Darren J. Padilla, Environmental Specialist, Superfund Section
Monica Chapa Smith, Superfund Enforcement, 0.8. EPA Region 6
Letter
Rationale for requiring installation of deep monitor well
DOCMENT DATE:
HDssflUKeft ^MF* VMOsUB s
ADTHOfti
COMPANY/AUENCI:
RECIPIENT:
DOCOMBMT TYPE:
DOCCMEItr TITLE:
00091* - 000927
06/20/95
010
Katharine Everett, Ground Water Bureau
Shawn Ghose, RPM. O.S. EPA Region 6
Facsimile Cover Sheet w/Bnclosures
Laboratory results of samples received by OTEL Envi
Laboratories, Inc.
ital
12
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SZTB NAME: RINCHBM COMPANY, INC. SITE
SITS NUMBER: NMD08S267961
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RBCIPIBNT:
DOGQCuucr TYPE:
TZTZiB:
000928 - 000930
07/03/95
003
San Backer, Chief Superfund Enforcement Branch and Ed Kelley,
Director Water & Waste Management Div.
U.S. BPA Region 6 t NMBD
William w. Moore, President, Rinchen Company, Inc.
Letter
R**poo*e to 06/07/95 latter requesting BPA and HMKD to provide
Rinchem with data objective* for drilling and cabling of 2
monitoring walls
DOCUMENT HOMBBR:
DOCUMENT DATE:
MUMBBR OF PAOES:
AUTHOR:
COMPANY/AGENCY:
RBCIPXEBT:
OOCOMBNT TYPE ?
DOODHKNT TITLE:
000931 • 000933
08/16/95
003
Id Kelley, Director Water & Waste Management Division
Bmm Becker, Chief, Superfund Enforcement Branch, U.S. BPA
Region 6
Letter
Rinchen•• response to July 3, 1995, letter about drilling and
pling of 2 monitoring wells
DOCUMENT
DOCUMENT DATE:
BOMBER OF PAOES:
AUTHOR:
COMPANY/AOKBCY:
RECIPIENT:
DOCUMENT TYPE:
1ENT TITLE:
000934 - 001038
09/21/95
105
Canonie Bnvironmental
Contr>_:tor for Rinchen Company, inc.
Rinchea Company, Inc. and D.8. EPA Region 6 Superfund Site
riles
Final Report
RZ
UMIUfl' DAITE:
BDMBIR OF PA018:
AOTBOR:
COMPANY/AGENCY:
RECIPIENT:
DOCUMENT TYPE:
DOCUMENT TITLE:
001039 • 001044
02/01/96
006
Darren Padilla, Environmental Specialist, Superfund Oversight
Seotion, Qroundwater Quality Bureau
Shawn Ohoee, RPM, U.S. BPA Region 6
Letter w/Endosures
199« ground water investigation
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SITE NAME: ' RINCHEM COMPANY, IRC. SITE
SITE BOMBER: KMD08S267961
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DOCUMENT DATE:
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COMPART/AOBHCT:
RECIPIENT:
DOCUMENT TYPE:
DOCUMENT TITLE:
001045 - 001045
04/02/96
001
Southwest Geophysical Service*, Inc.
Unspecified
U.S. EPA Region 6 Superfund Site Files
Well Log
Interpreted induction: Gonna-Neutron Log, Nell 960
NUMBER OP PAGES:
AUTHOR:
CGNPAHT/ASBNCT:
RECIPIENT:
DOCUMENT TYPE:
DOCUMENT TITLE:
001046 - 001046
04/08/96
001
Ed Kalley, Director, Water and Waste Management Division
Robert Edgar, Project Coordinator, Rinchem Company, Inc.
Letter
Drilling of 2 additional monitoring wells
DOCUMENT NUMBER:
LXKMMkp* DATC:
NUMBER OP PAGES:
AUTHOR:
COMPANY/AOKNCr:
RECIPIENT:
DOCUMENT TTPB z
DOCUMENT TITLE:
00X047 - 001047
OS/03/96
001
Robert Edgar, Human Resources Manager
Rinchem Company, Inc.
Ed Kelley, Director.' Water t Waste Management Division, NnrfD
Letter
Drilling of 2 additional monitoring wells
n DATE:
OP PAGES:
AUTBDft:
COMPAVT/AOKNCY:
RECIPIENT:
DOCUMENT TTPE?
DOCUMENT TITLE:
001048 - 001059
06/18/96
oia
Douglas Lipka, Chief, Houston Branch, Management Division
U.S. EPA Region 6 - Houston Branch
Carl Edlund, Chief, Louisiana/New Mexico Branch, Superfund
Division, U.S. SPA Region 6
MssMrsnrtim w/Bnclosures
Notice of intent to dispose of samples
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DOCDMBHT TYPE:
DOCUMENT TITLE:
RXKCHEM COMPANY, INC. SITE
NMD085267961
001060 - 001062
09/11/96
003
OhaiBan Khoury, Toxicologiat, Suparfund Branch
O.S. EPA Region 6
Shawn Ghoae, RPM, U.S. EPA Region 6
Memorandum w/Enclosurea
Evaluation of soil data
HQKBBR:
DOCDMBBT OATS:
BIBBBK OF PA0BS:
AUTHOR:
COMPAHY/AOBHCY:
RBCZPIBVT:
POCIHUBT TYPB:
DOCDHEtrr TITLE:
001063 • 001063
03/25/97
001
Ohaaaan Khoury, Toxicologiat, Superfund Branch
0.8. EPA Region 6
Shawn OiCMie, RPM, U.S. EPA Region 6
Draft Meaorandum
Soil acreaning levels for TCB and TCA for groundwatec pathway
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