Appendix M: Installation Narrative Summaries - denix

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New Hanover County Airport served as a World War II bomber
command and Vietnam-era air defense command installation.
In FY87, a preliminary assessment and a site inspection
identified groundwater contamination caused by past fire
training activities. These activities involved burning of jet fuel,
gasoline, fuel oil, and kerosene. The property included a burn
pit, a mockup of an aircraft, and a 10,000-gallon aboveground
storage tank that supplied fuel to the burn areas. Other fire
training stations at the property included a fire smokehouse, a
railroad tanker car, and several automobiles. These fire-training
activities contaminated groundwater with benzene. EPA
identified DoD, New Hanover County, Cape Fear Community
College, and the City of Wilmington as potentially responsible
parties (PRPs) for the property and placed the property on the
NPL in March 1989.
To date, the PRPs have signed a Record of Decision for
property cleanup. The installation will close out the project after
settlement negotiations between PRPs and Department of
Justice (DOJ) are complete. The cleanup progress at New
Hanover County Airport for FY02 through FY05 is detailed
below.
In FY02, the 90 percent and final air sparging (AS) remedial
design (RD) documents were both approved. U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers (USACE) conducted a public comment meeting.
In FY03, a contractor installed the AS system on behalf of the
PRP group.
In FY04 and FY05, the Army reported no progress because
regulatory issues caused delays.
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The DOD and DOJ completed the final settlement with the
PRPs. FUDS liability has been resolved and there are no
known future FUDS physical restoration activities required. This
is the last installation narrative for this property.
Regulatory issues delayed project closeout.
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USACE has identified no Military Munitions Response Program
(MMRP) sites at this property.
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Plan of action items for New Hanover County Airport are
grouped below according to program category.
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0 Complete project closeout in FY07.
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There are no MMRP actions scheduled for FY07 or
FY08.
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