Appendix M: Installation Narrative Summaries - denix

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Naval Station Roosevelt Roads (NSRR) was established in
1943 as a Naval Operations Base to provide training and
support to Atlantic Fleet operations in the Caribbean. Since the
early 1960s, NSRR's major mission has been to support the
Atlantic Fleet Weapons Training Facility's (AFWTF's) training
missions on Vieques Island, located approximately 7.5 miles
east of NSRR. The Naval Training Range on Vieques was
transferred to the Department of the Interior on May 1, 2003,
and all AFWTF training activities have since ceased. In
response to this action, NSRR was closed on March 31, 2004.
The real estate disposal/transfer is to be carried out in
accordance with procedures outlined in BRAC 1990. In FY04,
the Navy established Naval Activity Puerto Rico (NAPR) to
serve as the caretaker of the real property associated with the
former NSRR and to assist in the transfer of the property. Prior
to 1993, environmental activities, having to do with past
suspected releases of hazardous constituents, were conducted
in accordance with CERCLA regulations under the Department
of the Navy's Installation Restoration Program (IRP). The Navy
completed the initial assessment study (IAS) in FY84. The
study identified sites that showed the potential for releasing
hazardous constituents. EPA completed a RCRA facility
assessment (RFA) in FY88 and a follow-up visual site
inspection (VSI) in FY93, which identified the IAS sites and a
number of additional solid waste management units (SWMUs)
and areas of concern (AOCs).
To date, the Navy has identified 76 SWMUs, 5 AOCs, and 8
monitored natural attenuation sites. In FY94, NSRR received a
RCRA Part B Permit, which included corrective action
requirements for SWMUs identified during the FY88 RFA and
FY93 VSI. In total, the permit contained 52 SWMUs and 4
AOCs. Two additional sites were identified by the Navy and
added to the RCRA Corrective Action Program in FY00. These
included SWMUs 53 and 54. Also, EPA created a new site
SWMU 55 by splitting a trichloroethylene (TCE) plume
previously attached to SWMU 7/8 (petroleum hydrocarbon
plume) into a separate SWMU. The cleanup progress at NAPR
for FY04 and FY05 are detailed below.
In FY04, following the closure of NSRR and establishment of
NAPR, the Navy performed an environmental condition of
property investigation to evaluate both the historic and recent
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operations at NSRR as relating to compliance with
environmental programs. The investigation identified 21
additional SWMUs and 1 AOC.
In FY05, NAPR completed a corrective measures study final
report for SWMUs 7/8, 54, and 55, and initiated ecological risk
assessment projects for SWMUs 1, 2, 9, and 45. The
installation initiated a RCRA facility investigation (RFI) study for
SWMU 14 and a corrective measures implementation (CMI) for
SWMUs 13, 46, 53, and AOC C. The installation initiated an
RFI for Pineros and Cabeza de Perro Islands under the Military
Munitions Response Program (MMRP).
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NAPR initiated an RFI study for SWMUs 14, 16, and AOC A.
The installation performed ecological risk assessment projects
for SWMUs 1, 2, 9, and 45. The installation also completed an
RFI study for SWMU 14. The Navy completed CMIs for
SWMUs 46, 53, and AOC C.
The discovery of additional soil contamination delayed the CMI
at SWMUs 9 and 13.
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The installation performed an RFI for Pineros and Cabeza de
Perro Islands. Additionally, the Navy completed a blow-in-place
of munitions and explosives of concern discovered during the
Phase I RFI.
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Plan of action items for Naval Activity Puerto Rico are grouped
below according to program category.
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0 Sign RCRA 7003 Order in FY07.
0 Establish the NAPR Restoration Advisory Board
in FY07.
0 Complete CMI at SWMUs 9 and 13 in FY07.
0 Close landfill and initiate post-closure
groundwater monitoring in FY07.
0 Transfer economic development conveyence and
performance-based contract parcels to the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in FY07 and
transfer sale parcels to successful bidders
in FY08.
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0 Complete Phase I and implement RFI at Pineros
Island in FY07.
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