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

current and former underground storage tanks (UST). The cleanup of this site is complete. The Interim
Action Confirmation Report, Site 21 - 4400/4500 Motor Pool, East Block, Fort Ord, California
(HLA, 1996e) was submitted in 1996 and received concurrence from the regulatory agencies in 2006.
Site 30 – Driver Training Area
Site 30, the Driver Training Area, is a partially developed parcel in the East Garrison. Former facilities at
the site representing potential areas of concern included a former grease rack with stained surface soils, a
former gasoline station with two USTs, and an abandoned wash rack. The site cleanup is complete. The
Confirmation Report, Site 30 - Driver Training Area, Fort Ord, California (HLA, 1996b) was submitted
in 1996 and received concurrence from the regulatory agencies in 2002.
Site 32 – East Garrison Sewage Treatment Plant
Site 32, the EG Sewage Treatment Plant in the northern portion of the East Garrison consists of sludge
beds, a percolation pond, and Dotton-sedimentation tanks. Potential contaminants include TPH as
gasoline, TPHd, VOCs, metals, fecal coliform bacteria, and nitrogen. The contaminated soils at this site
were excavated and the cleanup is complete. The Interim Action Confirmation Report, Site 32 - East
Garrison Sewage Treatment Plant, Fort Ord, California (HLA, 1998a) was submitted in 1998 and
received concurrence from the regulatory agencies in 2002.
Site 34 – Fritzsche Army Airfield (FAAF) Fueling Facility
Site 34 includes the former FAAF Fueling Facility and developed areas. Potential areas of concern
included: four helicopter wash aprons, one vehicle wash rack, and associated oil/water separators at
various locations. Helicopters were cleaned at the wash aprons using solvent solutions, and vehicles were
cleaned at the wash rack using soap and water. Each wash apron or wash rack is a relatively large, 12inch-thick
concrete pad where helicopters or vehicles were washed. Each pad either sloped inward
toward a central drain or sloped uniformly in the direction of a perimeter drain adjacent to an associated
oil/water separator. The contaminated soil was excavated in accordance with the remedy outlined in the
IAROD, and additional soil contamination resulting from former USTs was removed. The USTs and
contaminated soil has been removed and the cleanup is complete. The Interim Action Confirmation
Report, Site 34, Fritzsche Army Airfield Fueling Facility, Fort Ord, California (Uribe, 1998) was
submitted in 1998 and received concurrence from the regulatory agencies in 2002.
Site 39A – East Garrison Ranges
The EG Ranges are on the west side of the East Garrison. The ranges included three small-bore shooting
ranges (EG-1, EG-2, and EG-3), a skeet range, and a target area that appears to have been part of a
decommissioned moving target range. Weapons use was limited to pistols (.45 caliber or less) at Ranges
EG-1 and EG-2, and to small-bore (.22 caliber) rifles at Range EG-3. Bullets were fired at targets 25 or
50 meters away and became embedded in the hillsides at the back of the range. The skeet range was
primarily a recreational shooting range for trap and skeet. Potential contaminants were arsenic, antimony,
copper, and lead associated with spent ammunition, and polyaromatic hydrocarbons from clay pigeons
that contain 32 percent petroleum pitch (asphalt). Soil was excavated and the cleanup of this area is
complete. The Interim Action Confirmation Report, Site 39A - East Garrison Ranges, Former Fort Ord,
California (HLA, 1998d) was submitted in 1998 and received concurrence from the regulatory agencies
in 2005.
Site 39B – Inter-Garrison Training Area
Site 39B is located east of the Main Garrison, south of Inter-Garrison Road between Eighth Avenue and
Abrams Drive. In 1994, when an unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearance crew found a small container
while excavating a site, two crewmembers became dizzy and nauseated. The crew also noted metal
debris and odors at a second location within 50 feet of the containers. An emergency response action was
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