Jet Grout Containment Barrier Completed! Focus Shifts to
Operable Unit 2
Operable Unit 1 (40 Willow Avenue)
Field activities to monitor and study the potential for removing Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid (DNAPL) from within the barrier were initiated in December 2009. Pilot wells were placed within the holder foundation to evaluate soils just below the bottom of the foundation and within the deeper soils located below the holder but still within the barrier. A short-term recoverability test has been completed and National Grid is currently conducting longer term NAPL recovery at OU-1. The following bullet points detail ongoing and future anticipated activities on the OU-1 site.
On-going activities:
- Continue recovery testing and measurement of three (3) NAPL recovery wells within the barrier as part of the NYSDEC-approved NAPL recovery pilot test.
- Continue maintenance and inspection of the OU-1 concrete cover.
- Continue monthly groundwater sampling within the 53 Lynhurst Avenue buffer zone as required by NYSDEC and New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH).
Recently Completed Activities:
- Abandoned two groundwater piezometers in the Lynhurst Avenue right-of-way (ROW).
- Submitted the Interim NAPL Recovery Pilot Test Findings to the NYSDEC and NYSDOH. The NYSDEC approved the interim results as well as additional NAPL Recovery Pilot Monitoring events to further evaluate the long term NAPL recovery at OU-1..
- Collected groundwater level measurements at OU-1 and vicinity.
- Submitted a Draft of the Construction Completion Report for OU-1 to the NYSDEC and NYSDOH.
Future near-term activities:
- Continue collection and evaluation of the NAPL recovery pilot test findings.
- Continue maintenance and inspection of the OU-1 concrete cover.
- Continue site restoration activities on the National Grid OU-1 property.
- Develop a work plan to enhance subsurface oxygen levels to assist the natural degradation of concentrations in groundwater on a small portion of a private property.
Operable Unit 2 (25 Willow Avenue)
With the completion of the OU-1 barrier installation, focus has shifted to the remedial design investigation and remedial construction of OU-2. OU-2 is the site of the former manufactured gas plant that previously operated at 25 Willow Avenue and was closed in 1957. There also are two off-site areas with MGP residuals that are located adjacent to OU-2 at 89 Willow Avenue and across Bay Street at 1 Edgewater Street. The remedial activities at OU-2 have progressed with the approval of the final Remedial Design Work Plan by NYSDEC and NYSDOH, including activities to be conducted during the Preliminary Design Investigation (PDI). The PDI activities are conducted to provide additional design related data. PDI activities were initiated in December 2009 and consist of utility preclearance, geophysical and land surveys, drilling, test pit excavation, and groundwater sample collection throughout the OU-2 properties
Ongoing activities:
- Conducted monitoring well inspections and bail-down testing to determine groundwater flow.
Recently Completed Activities:
- Completed fence repair activities.
- Completed land survey for offsite areas.
- Submitted a site management plan for the management of soils and groundwater at 1 Edgewater Street property. This plan was approved by NYSDEC/NYSDOH.
- Submitted a supplemental remedial investigation work plan to evaluate conditions in the Front Street ROW to the north of the 1 Edgewater Street property.
Future near-term activities:
- Install fence around 89 Willow Avenue
- Conduct soil drilling activities on the offsite areas.
- Conduct groundwater sampling activities as a part of the PDI field activities
Community Air Monitoring Plan Summary
Operable Unit 1 (40 Willow Avenue)
A Community Air Monitoring Plan (CAMP) is implemented when intrusive activities are performed at Operable Unit 1. There were no exceedances of the CAMP levels during the removal of the two piezometers within Lynhurst Avenue during June. There were no intrusive activities at OU-1 during the month of July that required CAMP monitoring. Copies of previous weekly CAMP reports and other site documents for OU-1 are stored at the two public document repositories for the project.
Operable Unit 2 (25 Willow Avenue)
A Community Air Monitoring Plan (CAMP) is implemented in support of the PDI activities at the OU-2 properties during intrusive work . The CAMP consists of portable monitors placed upwind and downwind of the work area. There were no intrusive activities at OU-1 during the months of June and July that required CAMP monitoring.
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