Appendix M: Installation Narrative Summaries - denix

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In July 1995, the BRAC Commission recommended closing
most Fort McClellan facilities. The Army retained the minimum
essential land and facilities for a Reserve component enclave
and essential facilities for auxiliary support of the chemical
demilitarization operation at Anniston Army Depot. Studies
since FY90 have identified the following site types at Fort
McClellan: maintenance facility areas; training and range areas;
underground storage tanks; landfills; incinerators; storage
handling areas for toxic and hazardous materials; and chemical
agent and radioactive substance training, storage, and disposal
areas. The main contaminants of concern are chlorinated
volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in groundwater and lead in
soils. In FY95, EPA concluded that environmental conditions at
Fort McClellan did not warrant its placement on the NPL.
During FY95, the Army established information repositories at
three locations, and the community formed a local
redevelopment authority (LRA). In FY96, the installation formed
a BRAC cleanup team (BCT) and a Restoration Advisory Board
(RAB). The installation completed its environmental baseline
survey and BRAC cleanup plan version I in FY98. The Army
provided technical assistance for public participation (TAPP)
contracts for the RAB in FY02, FY03, FY04, and FY05.
The Army has identified 140 sites at the installation and
transferred 18,129 acres. The Army has completed 95 decision
documents (DDs), 6 action memoranda, and a Record of
Decision. The cleanup progress at Fort McClellan for FY02
through FY05 is detailed below.
In FY02, the BCT reviewed three finding of suitability to
transfers (FOSTs) and the Army transferred 3,030 acres. The
BCT reviewed the engineering evaluation and cost analyses
(EE/CAs) for M1 01 Parcel, 33 chemical warfare material
(CWM) sites, and 11 fill areas. The Army completed the M1 01
Parcel and M3 miscellaneous property EE/CA, and removal
reports for the M2 Parcel and the Eastern Bypass construction
support surface clearance. The Army also completed a CWM
EE/CA for 33 sites; no CWM was found. The RAB received a
TAPP contract for technical evaluation and training.
In FY03, the BCT reviewed 3 FOSTs, an environmental
condition of property report and a finding of suitability for early
transfer, and the Army transferred 12,992 acres. The LRA
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assumed responsibility for characterization/remediation for a
portion of the early transfer parcels as specified in the
environmental services cooperative agreement (ESCA)
between the Army and the LRA. The installation completed the
EE/CA for 11 fill areas, decommissioning activities at Rideout
Field burial mound and field work for site inspections at the
historical ranges. The Army completed the closed, transfered,
and transferring ranges and sites inventory report that identified
12 Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP) sites. Under
the MMRP, the installation completed the Alpha Area EE/CA
and the M1 01 Parcel final removal report, and continued
EE/CAs for the Bravo and Charlie Areas. The RAB received
another TAPP contract for technical evaluation and training.
In FY04, the installation completed CWM 3X scrap removal
field activities at Training Areas T 38 and T 24 A and a FOST
for Highway 21. The BCT reviewed a FOST and the Army
transferred 158 acres to the Alabama Department of
Transportation. Under the MMRP, the installation completed the
Eastern Bypass final removal report for 282 acres of land.
Additionally, the Army completed fieldwork activities for an
interim removal action (IRA) on 60 acres of the "Y" Area
Junction of the Eastern Bypass in the Bravo Area. The
installation also completed fieldwork activities for a time-critical
removal action on two acres at the dog kennels in the Bravo
Area. The Army completed fieldwork activities for additional
IRAs, including a clearance to depth on 19 acres at 3 water
tank sites in the Bravo Area and a clearance to depth on roads,
firebreaks, and high-use areas in the Mountain Longleaf Pine
National Wildlife Refuge. The Army extended the TAPP
contract for the RAB.
In FY05, the Army transferred five acres and completed a
modification to the ESCA to comply with a new two year
funding restriction. The Army also completed negotiations for a
second modification to the ESCA technical specification and
requirements statement to include additional early transfer
parcels and Army continuing responsibility sites. The Army
completed a removal action for lead contaminated soils in a
portion of the Iron Mountain Road Ranges that extended into
the Eastern Bypass. No further action DDs were also
completed for several small arms firing ranges. The installation
completed a clearance to depth within the construction debris
area of the Eastern Bypass. The Army extended the TAPP
contract for the RAB. The BCT held facilitated meetings.
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Fort McClellan completed X-ray fluorescence surveys at the
Snap Lane and Bains Gap Road Tank Sites, and erosion
control measures at Iron Mountain Road Ranges. The BCT
completed the Problem Formulation and Study Design for Baby
Bains Gap Road Ranges. The cost of completing environmental
restoration has changed significantly due to technical issues.
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Fort McClellan completed a clearance to depth on 19 acres
located in the Charlie Area and signed Statements of Clearance
for the Eastern Bypass, the Water Tank Sites, and the Bains
Gap Road.
The installation also completed the draft final version of the
Bravo Area EE/CA and submitted it to the LRA; regulatory
issues delayed its completion.
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Plan of action items for Fort McClellan are grouped below
according to program category.
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0 Complete fieldwork for the Baby Bains Gap
Road Baseline Ecological Risk Assessment in
FY07.
0 Complete the Problem Formulation and Study
Design for Training Area T 24 A in FY07.
0 Conduct 5-year review for the Government
Services Administration Warehouse Area in
FY07.
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0 Sign the Statement of Clearance for the Bravo
Y Area in FY07.
0 Complete the Charlie Area EE/CA in FY08.
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