E.P.A. Looks for Input on Decision Documents for Camp Edwards Cleanups
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Category: Hazardous WasteType: News
Source: EPA
Date: Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
(Boston, Massachusetts - June 17, 2009) - Public review periods begin this week on decision documents for 2 sites addressed as part of the Impact Area Groundwater Study Program's (IAGWSP) cleanup at Camp Edwards on the Massachusetts Military Reservation.
The 30-day informal public review periods for EPA's "Draft Demolition Area one Decision Document Addendum" to the "Decision Document Demolition Area one Groundwater Operable Unit" and the "Draft BA-4 Disposal Area No Further Action Decision Document" will end on Friday, July 17, 2009.
The Demolition Area one Addendum suggests modifying the Decision Document for the response action taken to address groundwater contamination emanating from the Demolition Area one location to include response actions already taken to remove the source of that contamination. The Addendum reflects EPA's decision that no further remedial action for the Demolition Area one source are is necessary based on the previous removal of contaminated soil, munitions and explosives that might have posed a threat to the aquifer. It also cites that the continued operation of the existing groundwater treatment system will effectively address any residual source area contamination.
The Demolition Area one groundwater decision document was signed in November 2006 to expedite groundwater cleanup. The comprehensive treatment system, which expanded an interim groundwater system, was completed in June 2007 and is expected to restore groundwater to risk-based levels by 2018.
The source removal action at Demolition Area one began in 2005 and included the removal of metallic items, including munitions, and in excess of 27,000 tons of soil. The soil was treated using thermal desorption, a process that uses heat to burn contaminants off soil and destroy them.
Response actions also have been completed at the BA-4 Disposal Area site. The disposal area is a two-acre area located at the intersection of 4 larger training areas that are still under investigation. The response actions removed a 55-gallon drum used for burning, 312 expended jet starter cartridges and 96 tons of soil containing dioxin or lead from the 2 areas where those items were discovered. There are no indications of any groundwater contamination connected to the BA-4 site. These previous response actions have removed the contaminants from BA-4 that might have posed a threat to the aquifer. The BA-4 Decision Document reflects EPA's decision that no further action is necessary at BA-4 to protect human health and the environment.
Both suggested Decision Documents, along with information on how to submit comments regarding them are accessible online at the E.P.A. website: www.epa.gov/ne/mmr as well as on the IAGWSP website: groundwaterprogram.army.mil and at the public libraries in Bourne, Falmouth and Sandwich. Other documents related to the Demolition Area one and BA-4 investigations and response actions are also accessible on both websites and at the local libraries.
More information:
- Suggested clean up project and how to review are found at EPA's MMR Web location (www.epa.gov/ne/mmr/)
- The Decision Documents also may be obtained by calling the IAGWSP office at (508) 968-5626
Comments can be submitted
- by e-mail to: murphy.jim@epa.gov;
- by fax to: 617-918-0028;
- by mail to: Jim Murphy, US EPA, One Congress Street, 11th Floor, (Mailcode: ORA), Boston, Massachusetts 02114.
Additional contact information:
Jim Murphy, U.S. E.P.A. - (617) 918-1028
Ellie Grillo, MassDEP - (508) 946-2866
Kristina Curley, IAGWSP, (508) 968-5626
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