REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION REPORT-VOLUME I - Volume 1 - Technical conclusions and findings

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Remedial Investigation Report – Volume I for the TNT-Red Star Express site (NYSDEC Site #704028) provides historical context and summarizes investigations supporting conclusions about groundwater and contaminant behavior. Findings identify at least two groundwater zones in site overburden, characterize PCE and TCA as principal contaminants, and evaluate source impacts on the uppermost versus lower groundwater zone. The report estimates PCE off-site migration, assesses limited degradation evidence, discusses TCA mineralization driven by TX&E, and recommends further feasibility studies and additional off-site source assessment.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages93

Reading Time3 h 54 min

AccessFree to download

Introduction

Background

Project Chronology

Site Location and Land Use

Previous and Ongoing Environmental Cleanups Within the Surrounding Area

Previous Site Investigations and Description of current Site Conditions

REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION REPORT-VOLUME I TNT-Red Star Express Site 97 Industrial Park Drive Town of Kirkwood, Broome County, New York NYSDEC Site \#704028 PREPARED FOR: USF RED STAR, Inc. 400 Delancy Street Newark, New Jersey PREPARED BY: LEADER ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. 640 Kreag Road, Suite 300 Pittsford, New York 14534 250.001 October 2000 This Remedial Investigation (“RI”) Report was completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements stipulated in the April 30, 1998 Order-On-Consent (Index \# B7-97-09) between USF Red Star, Inc. (“USF Red Star”) and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (“NYSDEC”) for the TNT-Red Star Express Site, Site Code \#704028, located in Kirkwood, Broome County, New York (hereafter referred to as “the Site”) . Leader Environmental, Inc. (“Leader”) prepared the RI Report for USF Red Star to convey the historical, hydrogeological, chemical and engineering data gathered during the RI, in general accordance with the NYSDEC approved November, 1998 Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study ("RI/FS") Work Plan. In 1991 a portion of the Site was rented by TNT-Red Star Express, Inc. from C&D Terminal Leasing. C&D Terminal Leasing also leased portions of the Site to Preston Trucking Company and Herlihy Trucking. TNT-Red Star Express, Inc. and the other renters used the Site as a trucking terminal where goods were transferred between trucks for distribution. The renters also had access and use to the maintenance garage including the oil/water separator and waste oil tank. On January 7, 1991 TNT-Red Star Express reported a spill of Perchloroethene (“PCE”) . The spill apparently occurred while moving drums of PCE into a truck trailer when a forklift punctured several drums releasing approximately 100 gallons of PCE into the trailer and eventually onto the asphalt pavement. On January 7, 1991, Allwash of Syracuse [now known as AAA Environmental, Inc. (“AAA”)] excavated asphalt and soil containing PCE as part of a spill response action completed under the direction of NYSDEC. Allwash of Syracuse removed approximately 120 tons of contaminated soil during the spill response; however, some PCE remained in the soil and further remediation was completed using soil vapor extraction techniques. The installation of monitoring wells later showed that PCE had impacted the uppermost groundwater zone. Based on the data collected during the RI, the following conclusions have been developed: 􀁸 There are at least two groundwater zones in the overburden beneath the Site. The uppermost groundwater zone is composed of silty sand and is underlain by either glacial till or a silt and clay. Groundwater flow in the uppermost groundwater zone flows to the south. The lower groundwater zone was penetrated by only one monitoring well (MW-3D) in the PCE source area. The lower groundwater zone consists of clay with silt, sand or gravel lenses. There is an upward, vertical flow gradient between the upper and lower groundwater zones which results in a potentiometric surface that rises approximately 5.4 feet above the potentiometric surface in the upper groundwater zone. 􀁸 Sampling of the soil and groundwater indicates that there are two principal contaminants on the Site; PCE and 1,1,1-Trichloroethane (“TCA”) . The PCE from the 1991 spill near the terminal building, and TCA and PCE from a release from either the Site’s oil/water separator or waste oil tank located on the south side of the maintenance garage. Neither source area appears to have soil contamination that requires remediation since the concentrations are lower than the NYSDEC’s soil clean up objectives for the protection of groundwater quality, See Table 1. 􀁸 Both PCE and TCA have impacted groundwater quality in the uppermost groundwater zone at concentrations greater than NYSDEC’s Class GA groundwater quality criteria. The lower groundwater zone, as monitored by monitoring well MW-3D, has not been impacted. 􀁸 PCE appears to b

FAQs

What contaminants are identified as the principal site chemicals in the report?

The report identifies PCE and 1,1,1-Trichloroethane (TCA) as the two principal contaminants on the site.

How many groundwater zones are described beneath the site, and which zone is impacted?

At least two groundwater zones are reported. The uppermost groundwater zone is impacted by PCE and TCA, while the lower zone monitored by MW-3D is not impacted.

What does the report conclude about PCE migration and degradation?

PCE is estimated to migrate off-site at about 0.02 feet per day, and the lack of degradation breakdown products suggests microbial mineralization is not occurring and that dilution explains low off-site concentrations.

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