Final Second Five-Year Review Report Fort Ord Superfund Site ...

4.0 FIVE-YEAR REVIEW PROCESS
This section summarizes the components of the Five-Year Review process, including administrative and
community involvement components; and data review, site inspection, land transfer, incidental military
munitions discoveries, and interview procedures.
4.1 Administrative Component
Members of the BRAC Cleanup Team (BCT) were notified of the initiation of the five-year review on
October 2006. The Fort Ord Five-Year Review team was led by Gail Youngblood, the BRAC
Environmental Coordinator, and the team included members from the United States Army Corps of
Engineers (USACE) staff and its contractors, with expertise in hydrogeology, geology, treatment system
operations and risk assessment.
4.2 Community Involvement
Activities to involve the community in the five-year review were initiated with an announcement that was
made available at the Community Involvement Workshop, Technical Review Committee meeting and on
the Fort Ord web page in January 2007.
4.3 Data Review
This second five-year review consisted of a review of relevant documents including operations and
maintenance (O&M) records and monitoring data; RODs; Explanation of Significant Differences (ESD)
to the RODs, where appropriate; confirmation reports; closure reports; applicable groundwater cleanup
standards; Preliminary Remediation Goals (PRGs); and others reports listed in Section 20.0 (References)
and referenced herein. Table 4 presents a summary of the status of all Fort Ord sites.
4.4 Site Inspections
Inspections at the sites were conducted between November 10, 2006, and February 28, 2007, for the
purpose of assessing the protectiveness of the remedies. The Army and its contractors conducted the site
inspections. OU 1; FAAF is routinely inspected as part of the groundwater treatment system operation
and was not included in the site inspection.
4.4.1 OU 2 Landfill
The landfill cells are maintained by the USACE and its contractors. The landfills have been capped and
the vegetation is well established.
The OU 2 groundwater treatment system, operated under a USACE contract, is regularly inspected and is
operating properly. No new uses of groundwater within the OU 2 plume area were observed.
4.4.2 RI Sites
Sites 2/12 – The excavation area at Lower Meadow at Site 12 was transferred to the City of Marina and
development of the area is underway. The 2/12 groundwater treatment system is operated under a
USACE contract, regularly inspected by the USACE and is operating properly. No new uses of
groundwater within the 2/12 plume area were observed.
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FORMER FT ORD 5YR REVIEW 2007_FINAL United States Department of the Army