Attachment 3
Responses to SMB Selectmen Requests, April 17, 1996

 

Item No.

Subject

AF Response

Action

1

Funding for Professional Engineer consultant: $100K/year x 2 years. Architectural-Engineering (A-E) service to SMB is under contract (Foothill Engineering). Closed.

2

Funding for municipal water connections: ~$3-5M. The Air Force will continue to provide for alternate water supply connections, as has been done in the past for individual homeowners and neighborhoods when impacted by MMR contamination. The requirement for intermunicipal connections is being evaluated as part of the regional water supply study. Closed.

3

Funding for wellhead treatment, Coonamessett Well. The wellhead treatment system was operational at the Coonamessett Well on July 2, 1996. Closed.

4

Funding for Camp Edwards pump tests, and up to 5 new wells: $100K for pump tests; ~$6M for construction; $XXX for O&M. $100,000 has been requested from the Congress for the fifth well test. Replacement of the two Bourne wells will be accomplished. The AF will fund and participate in regional water supply study discussions as noted above in Item 2. Closed.

5

Funding for Human Health/Risk Assessment Professional: $XXX. A-E service to SMB is under contract. Closed.

6

Funding for performance test at CS-4: $250K. Field work (performance testing) was ongoing from September to November 1996, with a draft report submitted in November 1996. The final report will be published in June 1997 which, the consultant (CDM, Inc.) recommends that the extraction flowrate be increased from 150 GPM to 200 GPM to improve capture performance. Closed.

7

Funding for continued operation of hydrological and ecological risk TRETs: $XXX/year x 2 years. The Air Force will continue to fund its portion of the TRET and will continue to involve the TRET for the duration of the comprehensive plume response decision processes. The Air Force expects the other agencies involved in the TRET to fund their own salaries, travel/per diem, and management costs. Closed.

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