AFCEE IRP MONTHLY SUMMARY
For
MASSACHUSETTS MILITARY RESERVATION
June 2002
1.0 TREATMENT SYSTEMS
CS-10/ SD-5 Sandwich Road ETR System Operations
and Maintenance
- The Sandwich Road treatment facility operated at an average flow
rate of 1134 gallons per minute (gpm).
Coonamessett Wellhead Treatment System Operations
and Maintenance
- The wellhead operated at a flow rate of 675 gpm.
Fuel Spill-1 and Fuel Spill-28 Treatment System
Upgrades
(This section is being reported for the first time.)
- Awarded contract for treatment system upgrades.
- Scheduled field work for system upgrades to begin mid-July 2002.
Fuel Spill-12 ETR Operations and Maintenance
- The extraction, treatment and reinjection (ETR) system operated at
an average flow rate of 748 gpm.
Fuel Spill-28 Time Critical Treatment System/Coonamessett
Bog
- The FS-28 treatment system operated at an average flow rate of 711
gpm.
2.0 STUDIES AND INVESTIGATIONS
Ashumet Pond Trophic Health Technical Memorandum
- Preparing the Final Ashumet Pond Trophic Health Technical
Memorandum.
Bourne Upgradient Groundwater Monitoring
- Completed the monthly and quarterly sampling events.
- Submitted to EPA/DEP the Bourne Upgradient Groundwater Monitoring
May 2002 Monthly Results.
Chemical Spill-4 Groundwater Monitoring
- Submitted to EPA/DEP the Chemical Spill-4 Long-Term Monitoring
Data Transmittal April 2002 Results.
Chemical Spill-8 Coast Guard Abandoned Radio Cabinet
Area Site Investigation
- Concluded the public comment period for the Final Chemical
Spill-8 (Coast Guard) Radio Cabinet Area Engineering Evaluation/Cost
Analysis; no public comments were received.
- Preparing the Draft Chemical Spill-8 (Coast Guard) Radio Cabinet
Area Action Memorandum.
Chemical Spill-10 Remedial Investigation/Feasibility
Study
- Submitted to EPA/DEP the responses to comments letter on the Draft
Chemical Spill -10 Groundwater Feasibility Study Report.
Chemical Spill-18 Engineering Evaluation/Cost
Analysis (EE/CA)
- The EE/CA report is temporarily on hold pending results of
additional soil sampling. Activity is anticipated to resume in October
2002.
- Completed unexploded ordnance (UXO) contractor bid solicitation for
avoidance survey of 15 sampling locations.
Chemical Spill-18 Supplemental Site Investigation
- Initiated re-evaluation of risk screening using information provided
by the EPA on surrogate screening values for specific compounds.
Chemical Spill-19 Remedial Investigation/Feasibility
Study
- Feasibility study is temporarily on hold pending completion of
comment resolution on the Draft Final CS-19 Remedial Investigation
Report.
Chemical Spill-19 Supplemental Remedial Investigation
- Held comment resolution meeting on Draft Final Chemical Spill-19
Remedial Investigation Report with the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental
Protection.
Comprehensive Long-Term Monitoring Plan
- Submitted to EPA/DEP the Comprehensive Long-Term Monitoring Plan,
Version 3.0.
Southwest Operable Unit (SWOU) Pre-Design Data Gap
Investigation
- Continued Phase I model testing of conceptual wellfield design
scenarios for the CS-21, FS-29, CS-4 and CS-20 plumes.
- Conducted meetings with NSTAR (electric company) and Ballymeade
Country Club concerning the upcoming pump test and future construction
of remedial systems.
- Continued site preparation and restoration activities for Phase II
drilling locations.
- Completed drilling 81MW0017, 80MW0013, and 69MW1704.
- Began drilling 69MW1705.
- Completed development of four monitoring wells.
- Began the Phase II groundwater sampling event.
3.0 SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AND ECOLOGICAL IMPACT MONITORING
Ashumet Valley SPEIM
- Preparing the Draft Ashumet Valley Axial 2001 Annual System
Performance and Ecological Impact Monitoring Report.
Chemical Spill-10 SPEIM
- Completed the monthly direct impact monitoring for the CS-10
treatment systems.
- Submitted to EPA/DEP the Final Combined Storm Drain-5 and
Chemical Spill-10 2001 Annual System Performance and Ecological Impact
Monitoring Report.
- Began the CS-10 system-wide hydraulic shutdown event.
Fuel Spill-1 SPEIM
- Continued hourly temperature and dissolved oxygen measurements for
FS-1 SPEIM.
- Completed quarterly surface water and groundwater sampling events.
- Completed monthly water level monitoring of piezometers 36PZ44235
(vernal pool south of EW7) and 36PZ4236 (wetland north of Grafton
Pocknet Road).
- Completed installation of piezometer 36PZ4237 in the wetland east of
the K1 bog.
Fuel Spill-12 SPEIM
- Submitted to EPA/DEP the Draft Fuel Spill-12 2001 Annual System
Performance and Ecological Impact Monitoring Report.
- Continued biweekly drive point sampling in Snake Pond.
- Presented the FS-12 1st quarter data transmittal to the regulators.
Fuel Spill-28 SPEIM
- Continued evaluating the FS-28 treatment system hydraulic evaluation
data.
- Continued preparing the draft FS-28 2002 annual SPEIM report.
- Continued hourly temperature and dissolved oxygen measurements for
FS-28 SPEIM.
- Completed the monthly surface water sampling event.
- Completed Coonamessett Water Supply Well monitoring.
- Submitted to EPA/DEP the Data Transmittal of Monthly Monitoring
Analytical Results Coonamessett Wellhead Treatment May 2002.
- Submitted to EPA/DEP the Data Transmittal of Monthly Monitoring
Analytical Results Coonamessett Wellhead Treatment June 2002.
Landfill-1 SPEIM
- Mowed the Landfill-1 cover system.
Storm Drain-5 SPEIM
- Completed the monthly direct impact monitoring for the SD-5
treatment systems.
- Completed the fourth quarter sampling event.
- Submitted to EPA/DEP the Final Combined Storm Drain-5 and
Chemical Spill-10 2001 Annual System Performance and Ecological Impact
Monitoring Report.
Western Aquafarm and Eastern Briarwood Monitoring
Program
- Completed the semiannual sampling event.
4.0 SOURCE AREAS
Fire Training Area 2 (FTA-2)
- The FTA-2 SVE system is operating normally. Air sampling was
conducted at the system and the well field.
- O&M manual will be issued for review.
PFSA
- Trenching and connecting the wells for the PFSA system is complete.
The SVE is complete except for the ORENDA well sites.
- The O&M manual has been put on hold until the system is
completed.
Chemical Spill 4 (CS-4)
- Drilling completed for seven scheduled well sites.
- Sampling completed at CS-4A.
Chemical Spill 10 (CS-10)
- Comments received from EPA on the Draft Ecological Risk
Assessment CS-10F Technical Memorandum and the Draft Ecological
Risk Assessment CS-10F Technical Memorandum.
- EPA/DEP comments received on the Draft Wetlands/Wildlife
Characterization Tech Memo for CS-10F and the Draft
Wetlands/Wildlife Characterization Tech Memo for CS-10F.
- The CS-10C SVE system is operating normally. A liner will be placed
for recovery enhancement following a respiration test. Piping for the
area will begin after the liner is installed.
Chemical Spill 22 (CS-22)
- The northern area of CS-22 has been marked utilizing GPS and the
site mapped.
- Three southern excavations were completed. The asphalt pile has been
removed and soil samples were taken.
Fuel Spill 9 (FS-9)
- Comments were received from the regulatory agencies on the Draft
Remedial Action Report Area Of Contamination for FS-9. An
additional appendix will be added with analytical information and
results.
Storm Drain 2 (SD-2)
- Excavation of detail A and B scheduled to start after July 1st.
Storm Drain 3 (SD-3)
- SD-3B has been planted and seeded. A site walk with the Mashpee
Conservation Committee will be scheduled.
Storm Drain 4 (SD-4)
- Received comments from the EPA on the Draft Ecological Risk
Assessment Technical Memorandum for SD-4.
Storm Drain 5 (SD-5)
- Comments were received from EPA/DEP on the Letter Work Plan for
SD-5 detail A.
- The well was installed at SD-5 detail A.