Appendix M: Installation Narrative Summaries - denix
Appendix M: Installation Narrative Summaries - denix
Appendix M: Installation Narrative Summaries - denix
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In July 1991, the BRAC Commission recommended that Fort<br />
Devens close and establish a Reserve enclave. In FY96, the<br />
Army closed Fort Devens, replacing it with the Devens Reserve<br />
Forces Training Area, which assumed the remaining Army<br />
mission. EPA placed the installation on the NPL in 1989. The<br />
Army and EPA signed an interagency agreement (IAG) in<br />
November 1991. In 2005, the BRAC Commission<br />
recommended Fort Devens for realignment. Identified sites<br />
include landfills, vehicle and equipment maintenance and<br />
storage yards, the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office<br />
scrap yard, motor pools, and underground storage tanks<br />
(USTs). Investigations revealed soil and groundwater<br />
contamination. In FY94 and FY95, the Army investigated the<br />
training areas and ranges for possible unexploded ordnance<br />
(UXO) and completed all UXO removal actions. In FY94, the<br />
installation formed a Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) and a<br />
BRAC cleanup team (BCT). Beginning in FY95, the installation<br />
conducted several interim actions, including removal of USTs<br />
and installation of a soil vapor extraction system. The Army<br />
signed an environmental services cooperative agreement with<br />
the local redevelopment authority in FY01 for demolition of the<br />
former military housing areas and removal of<br />
pesticide-contaminated soil underneath the housing units. Fort<br />
Devens completed 5-year reviews in FY01 and FY05.<br />
Past environmental investigations identified 77 sites with 324<br />
BRAC areas of concern (AOCs). The Army and EPA have<br />
signed 21 Records of Decision (RODs) to date. In addition, the<br />
Army approved 81 no further action (NFA) decision documents<br />
(DDs) and 32 NFA DDs Area Requiring Environmental<br />
Evaluation (AREE). In FY96, the Army conveyed 2,354 acres to<br />
the Local Redevelopment Authority. From FY97 through FY99,<br />
the Army conveyed 22 acres to the U.S. Department of Labor;<br />
222 acres to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons; and 836 acres to the<br />
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The cleanup progress at Fort<br />
Devens for FY02 through FY05 is detailed below.<br />
In FY02, the Army completed excavation and transport of soil to<br />
a permanent landfill at AOCs 9, 11, 40, 41, and Study Areas 12<br />
and 13. The Army initiated an inventory of closed, transferred,<br />
and transferring (CTT) ranges and sites with UXO, discarded<br />
military munitions, or munitions constituents. The RAB instituted<br />
a program of multiple community co-chairs to allow<br />
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representation from the four contiguous towns and the<br />
community located on former Fort Devens property. The BCT<br />
addressed regulatory issues, concerns, and comments for all<br />
remaining sites undergoing environmental restoration.<br />
In FY03, the installation completed the final feasibility study<br />
(FS) and draft ROD for AOC 50. The installation completed<br />
removal of pesticide-contaminated soil underneath demolished<br />
military housing. The installation completed construction at the<br />
Fort Devens consolidated landfill and obtained approval of<br />
closeout reports. The Army completed the BRAC portion of the<br />
CTT range and site inventory and initiated the active sites<br />
portion of the inventory. The Army identified 11 Military<br />
Munitions Response Program (MMRP) sites.<br />
In FY04, the installation completed remedial actions (RAs)<br />
along with the Final Interim Closeout Report for AOC 57. The<br />
Army approved the AOC 50 ROD and the 100 percent remedial<br />
design for remedy implementation, and the installation<br />
implemented the remedy. The installation obtained approval for<br />
the NFA DD for AREE 69 AE, North Post oil spill. The<br />
installation also transferred leased parcel A 1C and Lot 9.<br />
In FY05, the installation implemented the groundwater<br />
contingency remedy for Shepley's Hill Landfill (SHL) and<br />
awarded a performance-based contract (PBC) for a<br />
comprehensive site assessment (CSA) on the landfill. The<br />
installation completed the preliminary assessment, site<br />
investigation, and polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) remediation<br />
at the Grant, Locust, and Cavite (GLC) Army Family Housing<br />
Areas. Additionally, Fort Devens reached remedy in place and<br />
completed the RA workplan and land use control (LUC) plan for<br />
AOC 50. The installation sampled for perchlorate in the<br />
groundwater monitoring wells on the South Post Impact Area.<br />
In addition, the Army completed a 5-year review and transferred<br />
lease parcels A 4, A 2A, and A 8.<br />
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Fort Devens initiated a PBC for ongoing long-term groundwater<br />
monitoring and optimization at six AOCs. The installation<br />
completed the CSA workplans and continued the SHL remedy<br />
operation and remedy optimization. The Army awarded a PBC<br />
for the remediation of pesticide contaminated soils at the<br />
remaining former Army housing units. The installation<br />
completed the preliminary assessment/site investigation (SI),<br />
supplementary SI for the GLC housing areas and initiated a<br />
process for development of LUCs associated with a former<br />
range within the Grant Housing Area. In addition, the<br />
installation completed a time-critical removal action involving<br />
the remediation of lead contaminated soils at a former small<br />
arms firing range. The Army transferred leased parcel A 16 and<br />
completed the operating properly and successfully (OP&S)<br />
approval and finding of suitability to transfer for Parcel A 15.<br />
Regulatory issues delayed the EPA certification for OP&S for<br />
AOCs 50 and 57. Contracting and funding issues delayed the<br />
pesticide soil remediation at the Shirley Housing Area.<br />
Regulatory and technical issues delayed the transfer of all<br />
properties leased in furtherance of conveyance.<br />
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The Army awarded a PBC and initiated planning phase<br />
activities for performing an SI on sites identified in the CTT<br />
inventory report for the Devens Reserve Forces Training Area.<br />
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Plan of action items for Fort Devens are grouped below<br />
according to program category.<br />
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0 Obtain EPA certification for OP&S for AOCs 50<br />
and 57 in FY07.<br />
0 Complete pesticide remediation at the former<br />
Buena Vista Army Housing Area in FY07.<br />
0 Complete property transfer for Parcels A 15,<br />
A 6 A and A 5 in FY07.<br />
0 Complete FS and ROD for the LUCs associated<br />
with Grant Housing Area in FY07.<br />
0 Complete remaining pesticide soil remediation<br />
activities at former Army housing areas in<br />
FY08.<br />
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0 Complete MMRP SI work plan and report for the<br />
Reserve enclave in FY07-FY08.<br />
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