PB95-963819
EPA/ROD/R02-95/267
May 1996
EPA Superfund
Record of Decision:
Plattsburgh Air Force Base,
Site ST-020 (O.U. 9), Plattsburgh, NY
3/31/1995
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Site ST-020
Pesticide Storage Tank
RECORD OF DECISION
Plattsburgh Air Force Base
Installation Restoration
Program
United States Department of The Air Force
Plattsburgh Air Force Base
Plattsburgh, New York
Final
February 1995
copy no. 2
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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DECLARATION FOR THE RECORD OF DECISION ii-iii
RECORD OF DECISION:
1.0 Introduction 1
2.0 Statement of Basis and Purpose 1
3.0 Site Name, Location, and Description 1
4.0 Site History 3
5.0 Removal Action 5
6.0 Risk Assessment 5
7.0 Site Status 9
8.0 Statutory Determinations 9
9.0 State Role 9
10.0 Responsiveness Summary 9
TABLES:
Table 1 Summary of Analytes Detected in Wastewater 4
Table 2 Summary of Analytes Detected in Soil 6
FIGURES:
Figure 1 Vicinity Location Map 1
Figure 2 Sites Currently Under Investigation 2
Figure 3 Groundwater Contour Map 8
REFERENCES 11
GLOSSARY 12
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DECLARATION FOR THE RECORD OF DECISION
SITE NAME AND LOCATION
Pittsburgh Air Force Base (AFB)
Pesticide Storage Tank, ST-020
Pittsburgh AFB, New York
STATEMENT OF BASIS AND PURPOSE
This Record of Decision (ROD) presents the final remedial decision, no-further-action, for the
Pesticide Storage Tank, Site ST-020, on Pittsburgh AFB in Pittsburgh, New York. This ROD
was developed pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization
Act (SARA) of 1986, and the National Contingency Plan. This decision is based on the
Administrative Record for this site which is available for review at Plattsburgh AFB.
This decision has been selected by the United States Air Force in conjunction with the United
States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) with the concurrence of the New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) pursuant to the Federal Facilities
Agreement (FFA), Docket Number E-CERCLA-FFA-10201, which Plattsburgh AFB entered into
with the USEPA and NYSDEC under Section 120 of CERCLA.
DESCRIPTION OF DECISION
Site ST-020 was a 1,000-gallon storage tank that was used to store wastewater that contained
pesticides. In November 1992, Plattsburgh AFB conducted a removal action at this site. The tank
contents, the tank itself, and the surrounding soils were removed. Plattsburgh AFB transported the
soils and the tank to West Sand Lake Landfill in West Sand Lake, New York. The tank contents
(wastewater) were taken to CIBRO's wastewater treatment facility in Albany, New York. After
completion of the removal action, Plattsburgh AFB collected confirmatory soil samples. Results of
this sampling indicate that the removal action was fully effective in achieving protection of human
health and the environment..
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DECLARATION
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This no-further-action decision is consistent with the National Contingency Plan since there is no
additional risk to public health or the environment from hazardous substances on site.
JEANNE M. FOX Y
Regional Administtator, US
ALAN K. OLSEN
Director, Air Force Base Conversion Agency
Date
Date
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1.0 INTRODUCTION:
This Record of Decision (ROD) documents
Plattsburgh AFB's final decision, no-further-
action, for the Pesticide Storage Tank, Site
ST-020, at Plattsburgh Air Force Base
(AFB) in Plattsburgh, New York. This is the
United States Air Force's final remedial
action since no site contaminants remain at
Site ST-020.
This ROD is being published in accordance
with Section 117(a) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act (CERCLA). Its purpose is to
summarize the results and conclusions of
previous studies and summarize the
information that Plattsburgh AFB used in the
no-further-action decision. This decision has
been selected by the United States Air Force
in conjunction with the United States
Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)
with the concurrence of the New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation
(NYSDEC).
2.0 STATEMENT OF BASIS AND
PURPOSE:
This decision document states the basis for
the Plattsburgh AFB decision to end all
additional remedial actions, including
investigations, at ST-020, the Pesticide
Storage Tank Site. ST-020 is listed as an
area of environmental concern in Attachment
II of the Federal Facilities Agreement (FFA),
Docket Number II-CERCLA-FFA-10201,
which Plattsburgh AFB entered into with the
USEPA and NYSDEC under CERCLA
Section 120. This decision was made in
accordance with CERCLA as amended by
the Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act (SARA) and Section
300.430 of the National Contingency Plan
(NCP).
3.0 SITE NAME, LOCATION, AND
DESCRIPTION:
Plattsburgh A£B is located in Clinton
County in northeastern New York State
(Figure 1), bordered on the north by the City
of Plattsburgh and on the east by Lake
Champlain. It lies approximately 26 miles
south of the Canadian border and 167 miles
north of AJbany.
FIGURE 1
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Site ST-020, the Pesticide Storage Tank, is
located in an industrial area behind the Civil
Engineering building, Building 426, within a
fenced area on Plattsburgh AFB. Directly
east and hydrologically downgradient of the
ST-020 site are sites: SS-018 Auto Hobby
Shop, SS-019 CES Paint Shop, and SS-028
Building 508 Open Storage Area (Figure 2).
Approximately 600 feet to the east of the
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Pesticide Storage Tank Site is Lake
Champlain.
The storage tank was a standard 1,000-
gallon, below-grade, concrete storage tank
that received wastewater from the
Entomology Shop (that worked out of an
office located in the basement of Building
426) .through a floor drain and sink.
According to the design drawing, the tank
walls were two and one-half inches thick and
the floor and ceiling were four inches thick.
The tank was accessed through a top
manhole and had no other outlets. The
bottom of the tank was almost nine feet
below ground surface. (The design drawing
is included in the Removal Action
Memorandum which provided the basis for
removal of the tank in November 1992.)
4.0 SITE HISTORY:
A Records Search, conducted by E. C.
Jordan, reported that in October 1986, this
tank was found to be leaking (Reference 1).
According to this report, the tank was
installed in 1972 and received rinse water,
which typically contained dursban,
bendiocarb, bleach, ammonia, thoric acid,
and chlordane. The rinse water discharged to
the underground storage tank through a floor
drain inside the shop. The floor drain was
closed off in 1987. (According to the as-
built, the tank was installed in 1982 as
opposed to 1972, as reported by E. C.
Jordan. Pittsburgh AFB believes that the
1982 date is accurate.)
According to a pesticide program staff
member, rinse water containing dursban,
bendiocarb, pyrethin, bygon, boric acid,
malathion, and sevin dust had been
discharged to the tank. This staff member
has been working in the pesticide program
since 1983. The rinse water was^enerated
by cleaning the equipment used to apply the
pesticides and by cleaning the containers
used to store the pesticides. According to
this staff member, the tank was designed to
temporarily store the rinse water until
arrangements could be made for its disposal;
however, the fluid level never rose to the
point that the tank needed to be emptied. The
pesticide shop stopped using the tank in 1985
or 1986, and the sink was disconnected at the
same time.
On 27 April 1992, members of the
Plattsburgh AFB Installation Restoration
Program (IRP) obtained one sample of the
contents of the pesticide storage tank and the
sample was analyzed for the following seven
(7) pesticides: heptachlor epoxide, chlordane,
endrin, heptachlor, lindane, methoxychlor,
and toxaphene. The sample results (Table 1)
identified 4 parts per billion (ppb) of
methoxychlor in the contents of the tank.
This was the only pesticide identified in the
contents of the tank.
On 15 October 1992, Plattsburgh AFB
submitted an action memorandum to the
USEPA and NYSDEC pursuant to Section
X, paragraph D, of the FFA. This action
memorandum stated Plattsburgh AFB's basis
for conducting a time-critical removal action
at this site. The removal action described in
the action memorandum required Plattsburgh
AFB to properly dispose of the tank contents,
the tank itself, and approximately two feet of
soil surrounding the tank location.
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TABLE 1
SUMMARY OF ANALYTES DETECTED IN WASTEWATER
ST-020 SITE - RECORD OF DECISION
ANALYTE
Chlordane
Endrin
Heptachlor
Lindane
Methoxychlor
Toxaphehe
Heptachlor Epoxide
Bendocarb
Dursban
EPA METHODOLOGY
8080
8080
8080
8080
8080
8080
8080
632
8080
FREQUENCY OF
DETECTION
ND
ND
ND
ND
1/1
ND
ND
ND
1/1
RANGE OF DETECTED
CONCENTRATIONS
ND
ND
ND
ND
4.0 ug/L *
ND
ND
ND
0.7 ug/L **
Results are reported in ug/L (ppb)
ND - Not Detected
* - Sampled 27 April 1992
** - Sampled 17 Nov 1992
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5.0 REMOVAL ACTION:
In November 1992, Plattsburgh AFB
conducted the removal work at this site. The
tank contents, the tank itself, and the
surrounding soils were removed. Plattsburgh
AFB transported the soils and the tank to
West Sand Lake Landfill in West Sand Lake,
New York. The tank contents (wastewater)
was taken to CIBRO's wastewater treatment
facility in Albany, New York.
After the completion of the removal action,
Plattsburgh AFB collected five soil samples
from the bottom of the open excavation,
approximately three feet beneath the former
location of the tank floor, and backfilled the
open excavation with clean soils. Four of the
samples were analyzed for eighteen (18)
pesticides and seven (7) PCBs (Table 2). All
five soil samples were analyzed for dursban
and bendiocarb. The sample results did not
identify any of these constituents except for
dursban at a concentration of 134 parts per
billion (ppb) in one sample out of five,.
In addition to samples collected by
Plattsburgh AFB, the contractor, Jo-Ja
Construction, collected samples prior to
disposing of the tank and the tank contents.
Jo-Ja collected five samples from soils
remaining in the open excavation
approximately three feet beneath the former
location of the tank floor, one sample from
the tank contents (liquid), and one sample
from the soils that had been excavated.
Toxicity Characteristic Leachate Procedure
(TCLP) analyses were conducted on all six
soil samples. The analyses for pesticides
conducted on the six soil samples included
the seven pesticides initially tested for in the
sample taken from the tank contents by
Plattsburgh AFB staff in 1992. The tank
contents sample collected by Jo-Ja was
analyzed for dursban and bendiocarb. The
only contaminant identified in the seven
samples taken by Jo-Ja was dursban, at a
concentration of 0.7 ppb, from the liquid
tank contents sample.
Plattsburgh AFB does not believe there is a
need to install monitoring wells and collect
groundwater samples because«significant
contamination was not identified in the soils
underlying the tank or in the tank contents,
and because dursban is not water soluble.
Plattsburgh AFB believes that if a
contaminant migrated to the groundwater,
approximately 15 to 20 feet deep, that it
would also be detected in the migration path
to the groundwater. Furthermore,
groundwater downgradient of Site ST-020
(Figure 3) was investigated as part of the
Site Investigation (SI) at the Civil
Engineering Paint Shop (SS-019), the SI
performed at the Building 508 Open Storage
Area (SS-028), and the Remedial
Investigation (RI) performed at the Auto
Hobby Shop Site (Site SS-018). None of the
Target Compound List (TCL) pesticides
were detected in groundwater samples from
the monitoring wells installed at these sites.
6.0 RISK ASSESSMENT:
Dursban was the only chemical detected after
the removal action. It was detected in only
one of the five soil samples Plattsburgh AFB
collected from the excavation floor
(concentration 134 ppb). Dursban was
detected in the liquid tank contents sample
collected by the contractor at a
concentration of 0.7 ppb
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TABLE 2
SUMMARY OF ANALYTES DETECTED IN SOIL
ST-020 SITE - RECORD OF DECISION
ANALYTE
Arsenic
Aldrin
Barium
Bendiocarb
Benzene
aBHC
bBHC
gBHC
yBHC
Cadmium
Carbon Tetrachloride
Chlordane
Chlorobenzene
Chloroform
Chromium
Total Cresols
2,4-D
1 ,4-Dichlorobenzene
1 ,2-Dichloroethane
1,1 Dichloroethylene
2,4-Dinitrotoluene
DDD
DDE
Dieldrin
DDT
Dursban
Endosulfan I
Endosulfan II
Endosulfan Sulfate
Endrin
Endrin Aldehyde
Heptachlor
Heptachlor Epoxide
Hexacnlorobenzene
Hexachlorobutadiene
Hexachloroethane
Lead
Lindane
Mercury
EPA METHODOLOGY
7060
8080
7080
639
8240
8080
8080
8080
8080
7130
8240
8080
8240
8240
7190
8270
8150
8240
8240
8240
8270
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8080
8080
8080
8140
8080
8080
8080
8080
8080
8080
8080
8270
8270
8270
7420
8080
7470
FREQUENCY OF
DETECTION
4/6
0/5
6/6
0/5
0/6
0/5
0/5
0/5
0/5
0/6
0/6
0/11
0/6
0/6
0/6
0/6
0/6
0/6
0/6
0/6
0/6
0/5
0/5
0/5
0/5
1/5
0/5
0/5
0/5
0/11
0/5
0/11
0/11
0/6
0/6
0/6
2/6
0/6
0/6
RANGE OF DETECTED
CONCENTRATIONS
.0.002 mg/kg
ND
1.1 - 1.3 mg/kg
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND .
ND
ND
ND
0.134 mg/kg
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
0.3 mg/kg
ND
ND
Results are reported in mg/kg (pptn)
ND - Not Detected
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TABLE 2 (CONTINUED)
SUMMARY OF ANALYTES DETECTED IN SOIL
ST-020 SITE - RECORD OF DECISION
ANALYTE
Methoxychlor
Methyl Ethyl Ketone
Nitrobenzene
Pentachlorophenol
Pyridine
PCB-1016
PCB-1221
PCB-1232
PCB-1242
PCB-1248
PCB-1254
PCB-1260
Selenium
Silver
Tetrachloroethylene
Toxaphene
Trichloroethylene
2,4,5-Trichlorophenol
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol
2,4,5-TP
Vinyl Chloride
EPA METHODOLOGY
8080
8240
8270
8270
8270
8080
8080
8080
8080
8080
8080
8080
7740
7760
8240
8080
8240
8270
8040
8150
8010
FREQUENCY OF
DETECTION
0/6
0/6
0/6
0/6
0/6
0/5
0/5
0/5
0/5
0/5
0/5
0/5
6/6
4/6
0/6
0/11
0/6
0/6
0/6
0/6
0/6
RANGE OF DETECTED
CONCENTRATIONS
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
0.003 - 0.020 mg/kg
0.040 - 0.20 mg/kg
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
Results are reported in mg/kg (ppm)
ND - Not Detected
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The active ingredient in Dursban, known as
chlorpyrifos, is not a known or suspected
human carcinogen. The only known effect
from inhaling or ingesting chlorpyrifos is
temporary reduced cholinesterase levels in
plasma, red blood cells, and nerve endings.
The National Academy of Science has
recommended a 24-hour exposure guideline
for inhalation of chlorpyrifos of 10
micrograms per cubic meter of air for an
adult. This is equivalent to 200 micrograms
per day based on an average adult inhalation
rate of 20 cubic meters of air per day.
Published data with respect to No-
Observable-Effect Levels (NOELs) for
ingestion of chlorpyrifos were not available.
The level that dursban was detected at in the
remaining soils, however, is not expected to
have any significant adverse impact on
human health or the environment. The entire
excavation has been backfilled and is
protected by clean soil.
7.0 SITE STATUS:
Pittsburgh AFB was proposed for the
National Priorities List in July 1989 and was
promulgated on 21 November 1989. On 12
September 1991, Pittsburgh AFB entered
into the FFA with the USEPA and NYSDEC
pursuant to Section 120(e)(l) and (2) of
CERCLA; 42 U.S.C. Section 9620(e)(2),
Sections 3004(u) and (v), 3008(h) and 6001
of RCRA; 42 U.S.C. Sections 6924(u) and
(v), 6928(h) and 6961, Executive Order
12589, the National Environmental Policy
Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 4321; and the
Defense Environmental Restoration Program
(DERP), 10 U.S.C. Section 2701.
The purpose of the FFA is to ensure that
environmental impacts on public health,
welfare, and environment associated with
past and present activities at Plattsburgh
AFB are thoroughly investigated and
appropriate remedial or removal actions are
taken as necessary to protect the public
health, welfare, and environment. Site ST-
020 is one of many areas being investigated
under the FFA. Other areas are being
reported upon separately.
8.0 STATUTORY
DETERMINATIONS:
The lead agency, Plattsburgh AFB, has
determined that this no-further-action
decision is consistent with Section 300.430
of the National Oil and Hazardous
Substances Pollution Contingency Plan
(NCP). The removal action was considered
to be protective of human health and the
environment, compliant with federal and
state action, chemical, and location-specific
requirements that are legally applicable or
relevant and appropriate to the remedial
action (ARARs), and was cost effective.
The chosen remedial action for SS-020 is No
Further Action. This action does not differ
from the decision presented in the Proposed
Plan.
9.0 STATEROLE:
NYSDEC, on behalf of the State of New
York, has reviewed the confirmation sample
results from the viewpoint of environmental
risk. NYSDEC concurs with the no-further-
action decision. A copy of NYSDEC's
declaration of concurrence can be found in
Appendix A.
10.0 RESPONSIVENESS
SUMMARY
Plattsburgh AFB held a public comment
period from 27 August 1993 to 27
September 1993. The notice of the
public comment period was posted in the
Plattsburgh Press-Republican on 27
August 1993. No written comments on
the Proposed Plan were received during
the 30-day comment period.
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In addition to holding a public comment
period on the Proposed Plan, Plattsburgh
AFB held a public meeting on this Proposed
Plan on 7 September 1993. Representatives
from the NYSDEC, USEPA, and
Plattsburgh AFB were on hand to answer
questions on this Proposed Plan. At the
public meeting, one attendee asked why
Plattsburgh AFB analyzed the samples for
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).
Plattsburgh AFB's Project Manager
responded by saying that PCBs were part of
the pesticide analysis.
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SITE ST-020
REFERENCES
1.0 Phase ILTV Installation Restoration Program (RI/FS) at Pittsburgh AFB Status Report
Site Confirmation 5329-07; Prepared by ABB (Formerly E. C. Jordan); August 1988.
2.0 Action Memo - SS-020; Prepared by Pittsburgh AFB; 25 September 1992.
3.0 Sample Collected by Pittsburgh AFB; Analyzed by CTM Laboratories, LTD; 27 April
1992
4.0 Samples Collected by Pittsburgh AFB; Analyzed by Endyne, Inc; 17 November 1992.
5.0 Samples Collected by Jo-Ja Construction; Analyzed by Hudson Environmental Services;
17 November 1992.
6.0 95 Percent Completion Memo; Prepared by Tom LaBombard; 11 December 1992.
7.0 Contract Closeout Letter; Prepared by Tom LaBombard; 26 March 1993.
8.0 Nonhazardous Waste Manifests for West Sand Lake Landfill and CIBRO; Prepared by
Pittsburgh AFB; 2 March 1993.
9.0 Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund, Volume I, Human Health Evaluation Manual
(Part A); Prepared by USEPA, December 1989. (Available from the USEPA)
10.0 Chlorpyrifos Toxicity and Health Hazards and Studies on Human Exposure to
Chlorpyrifos; Prepared by Dow Elanco.
11.0 Proposed Plan; Prepared by Pittsburgh AFB; Final August 1993.
12.0 News Release Opening Public Comment Period; Prepared by Pittsburgh AFB; 25 August
1993.
13.0 Site Investigation Report Attachment II Sites (CES Paint Shop, Site SS-019); Prepared by
Malcolm Pimie, Inc.; Draft Final January 1994.
14.0 Remedial Investigation Report Attachment I Sites (Auto Hobby Shop, Site SS-018);
Prepared by Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.; Draft Final September 1994.
15.0 Sample Taken by Plattsburgh AFB (MW 28-002); Analyzed by CTM Laboratories, Inc.;
7 February 1995.
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GLOSSARY
AAFES Army and Air Force Exchange Service
AFB Air Force Base
AFBCA Air Force Base Conversion Agency
AFCEE Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence
AFGE American Federation of Government Employees
AFOSI Air Force Office of Special Investigation
AGE aerospace ground equipment
AGST aboveground storage tank
AMC Air Mobility Command
ANSC area of no suspected contamination
AOC Area of Concern
ARAR applicable or relevant and appropriate requirements
ARS Air Refueling Squadron
ARW/CC Air Refueling Wing Commander
BCP BRAC Cleanup Plan
BCRP Base Comprehensive Reuse Plan
BCT BRAC Cleanup Team
EEC Base Environmental Coordinator
BRAC Base Realignment and Closure
BRCA Base Realignment and Closure Act
BTEX benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene
BX Base Exchange
CAA Clean Air Act
CE Civil Engineering
CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
CES Civil Engineering Squadron
CEV Environmental Management Flight
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
COE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
CR Community Relations
CRP Community Relations Plan
CRQL Contract Required Quantitation Limit
CWA Clean Water Act
DC A 1,1 -dichloroethane
DCB dichlorobenzene
DCE dichloroethene
DD Decision Document
DDD dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane
DDE dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene
DDT dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
DERA Defense Environmental Restoration Account
DOD Department of Defense
DPM Defense Priority Model
DRMO Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office
DRP Disposal and Reuse Plan
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- DSMOA Defense-State Memorandum of Agreement
EBS Environmental Baseline Survey
ECL Environmental Conservation Law
EE/CA engineering evaluation/cost analysis
EIS Environmental Impact Statement
ENVEST Environmental Cost Engineering Model
EOD explosive ordnance disposal
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
EPC Environmental Protection Committee
FEMA Federal Engineering Management Agency
FFA Federal Facility Agreement
FOSL Finding of Suitability to Lease
POST Finding of Suitability to Transfer
FS feasibility study
FY fiscal year
HARM Hazards Assessment Ranking Method
HQ Headquarters
ILS instrument landing system
IRA interim remedial action
IRP Installation Restoration Program
LTM Long-Term Monitoring
LTO long-term operation
IRPIMS Installation Restoration Program Information Management System
MCL maximum contaminant level
mg/1 micrograms per liter
MOGAS leaded motor gasoline
NA not applicable
NCP National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan
NDI nondestructive inspection
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
NFA no further action
NFRAP No Further Response Action Planned
NOI Notice of Intent
NOX nitrous oxide
NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NPL National Priorities List
NRHP National Register of Historic Places
NTU normalized turbidity units
NYCRR New York Codes, Rules, and Regulations
NYSDEC New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
OL Operating Location
OU operable unit
OWS oil/water separator
PA preliminary assessment
PAH polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons
PA/SI preliminary assessment/site inspection
PCB polychlorinated biphenyl
PCE tetrachloroethylene
pCi/1 picocuries per liter
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PHC petroleum hydrocarbons
PIDC Pittsburgh Intercommunity Development Committee
PID photoionization detector
POI Points of Interest
POL petroleum, oil, and lubricants
POTW publicly owned treatment works
PP proposed plan
ppb parts per billion
ppm parts per million
ppt parts per trillion
RA remedial action
RAB Restoration Advisory Board
RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
RD remedial design
RI remedial investigation
RI/FS remedial investigation/feasibility study
ROD Record of Decision
RPM Remedial Project Manager
SAP Sampling and Analysis Plan
SB site background
SDWA Safe Drinking Water Act
SG/CC Support Group Commander
SHPO State Historic Preservation Officer
SI site investigation
SKIP Significant Industrial User's Permit
SOV soil organic vapor
SPDES State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
SVOC semivolatile organic compound
SWMU Solid Waste Management Unit
TACAN tactical air navigation
TBD to be determined
TCA trichloroethane
TCE trichloroethylene
TCLP Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure
TPM Technical Project Manager
TRC Technical Review Committee
TSCA Toxic Substances Control Act
USAF U. S. Air Force
VOC Volatile Organic Compounds
UST underground storage tank
WSA Weapons Storage Area
WIMS-ES Work Information Management System-Environmental Subsystem
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ROD FACT SHEET
SITE
Name : Plattsburgh Air Force Base
Location/State : Plattsburgh, New York
EPA Region : 2
HRS Score (date): 11/21/89
Site ID # : NY4571924774
ROD
Date Signed: 3/31/95
Remedies: tank removal, contents to offsite treatment plant; soil
excavation w/ landfill disposal
Operating Unit Number: OU-9
Capital cost: $ 330,000 (in 1992 dollars)
Construction Completion: November 1992
O & M in 1995: 0
1996: 0
1997: 0
1998: 0
Present worth: $330,000 (in 1992 dollars)
LEAD
Remdial/Enforcement: Remedial
EPA/State/PRP: PRP (Federal Facility)
Primary contact (phone): Robert Morse (212) 637-4331
Secondary contact (phone): Bob Wing (212) 637-4332
Main PRP(s): United States Air Force
PRP Contact (phone): Michael Sorel (518) 563-2871
WASTE
Type (metals, PCB, etc.): Pesticides
Medium (soil, g.w.,etc.): Soil, tank contents (liquid)
Origin: washing of storage containers
Est. quantity: 50 gal, 100 cu yd
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