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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNCD003200383_19990811_Koppers Co. Inc._FRBCERCLA RA_Proposed Remedial Action Groundwater Monitoring Program-OCR-.:,..::. ;,,/>.#~ 1. --·• . ~ AVA ... ,-,., ~ -. ~ ,_:,i< ' '.•HUNT·J, OR J.; ? ') , . . , EM £!i . 0 ; 0 & ' ,~ .. LLIAM L. MEYER q, • ,, ,11::' ECTOR OU"\A .i . r:::::' '-, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF WASTE MANAGEMENT August 11, 1999 Memorandum TO: FROM: RE: Mr. Jay Zimmerman Division of Water Quality David B. Mattison, CHMM@ Environmental Engineer Superfund Section Proposed Remedial Action Groundwater Monitoring Program Koppers Company, Inc. NPL Site Morrisville, Wake County ThermoRetec Consulting Corporation, on behalf of Beazer East, Inc., has completed the Proposed Remedial Action Groundwater Monitoring Program for the Koppers Company, Inc. National Priorities List (NPL) site. The document being reviewed is attached. Please distribute this document to the appropriate personnel and submit any comments to the NC Superfund Section. We would like to have the views and permitting requirements of the Groundwater Section by September I, I 999 in order to transmit any comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency in an expeditious manner. If you or your staff have any questions or comments, please feel free to call me at (919) 733-2801, extension 349. Attachment 401 OBERLIN ROAD, SUITE 150, RALEIGH, NC 27605 PHONE919-733-4996 FAX 919-715-360S AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/ AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER· 60% RECYCLE0/10% POST-CONSUMER PAPER I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 11 I 1 I II I I Smart Solutions. Positive Outcomes. Proposed Remedial Action Groundwater Monitoring Program Former Koppers Company, Inc. Superfund Site, Morrisville, North Carolina Prepared by: ThermoRetec Consulting Corporation 9 Damonmill Square, Suite 3A Concord, Massachusetts 01742 ThermoRetec Project No.: 4-3624 Prepared for: Beazer East, Inc. One Oxford Centre, Suite 3000 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 August 1999 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Proposed Remedial Action Groundwater Monitoring Program Former Koppers Company, Inc. Superfund Site, Morrisville, North Carolina Prepared by: ThermoRetec Consulting Corporation 9 Damon Mill Square, Suite 3A Concord, MA 01742 ThermoRetec Project No.: 4-3624 Prepared for: Beazer East, Inc. One Oxford Centre, Suite 3000 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Prepared by: ~~I\~ fj,b Lara Kelmar, ProJect Manager August 1999 G:IBEAZERIRALEIGH\1999\gw_mon_plan.wpd I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Table of Contents 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 2 Previous Analytical Findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 3 Groundwater Monitoring Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 List of Tables Table 2-1 Summary of Historical Groundwater Quality Data for Constituent of Interest, First Quarter 1990 through First Quarter 1 998 Table 2-2 PCDD/PCDF Analytical Results and Toxicity Equivalence Concentrations, January I 998 List of Figures Figure 2-1 Figure 2-2 Figure 2-3 Groundwater Elevation Contours Shallow Wells, January 21, 1998 Groundwater Elevation Contours Intermediate/Deep Wells, October 21, 1998 Monitoring Well Locations I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 1 Introduction Beazer East, Inc. (Beazer) has been operating a groundwater extraction and treatment system at this former wood treating facility since February 1997. The site, located approximately one mile north of Morrisville, North Carolina, was purchased by Koppers Company, Inc. in 1962 and ceased operations in September 1986. The Koppers Company was acquired by Beazer in 1988. During plant operation, two types of wood treatment activities were conducted, a lamination process and a wood preserving process called CELLON. The CELLON process used from approximately 1968 to 197 5 consisted of press- injecting pentachlorophenol in a liquified butane isopropyl ether solution into the wood. Excess pentachlorophenol salt was removed by steaming the wood. The wash solution from the steaming process was filtered to recover pentachlorophenol, then the solution was discharged into a fire pond on the site. The site was placed on the National Priorities List (NPL) by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in March of 1989. Remedial Action activities conducted at the site include: soil removal and off-site incineration; surface water treatment and discharge; and groundwater extraction, treatment, and discharge under authorization by the State of North Carolina. As noted in the Record of Decision (ROD), the groundwater treatment system is to continue to operate until the following cleanup standards are achieved: 30 pg!L for dioxins/furans, l µg!L for pentachlorophenol and 20 µg!L for 2,4-dichlorophenol. During the first year of full-scale groundwater extraction and treatment operations, groundwater was monitored on a quarterly basis in accordance with the Baseline Groundwater Data Summary Report (Fluor Daniel GTI, September 1996). The results of these monitoring activities were reported in the Six-Month Groundwater Remedial Action Monitoring Report (Fluor Daniel GTI, November 1997 and One-Year Groundwater Remedial Action Monitoring Report (Fluor Daniel GTI, June 1998). The Proposed Groundwater Monitoring Program presents a summary of the analytical findings reported in these two documents and a proposed groundwater monitoring plan to evaluate the continuing performance of the groundwater remediation system at the site. Introduction 1-1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I .I 2 Previous Analytical Findings As reported in the Six-Month and One-Year Groundwater Remedial Action Monitoring Reports (Fluor Daniel GTI, November, 1997 and June 1998), groundwater elevation data were collected during all four quarter's monitoring activities from on-site and near off-site monitoring wells. This information was used to develop potentiometric maps to assess the hydraulic influence of groundwater pumping at well PW-I for the shallow and bedrock monitoring intervals. Figures 2-1 and 2-2 present the results for the most recent monitoring event for the shallow and intermediate/deep monitoring wells. Figure 2-1 for the shallow monitoring interval indicates the continued presence of a potentiometric high in the north central-area of the site and an elongated area of depression originating from this potentiometric high area to the west of pumping well PW-1 that extends to the northwest. Groundwater samples were collected from fifteen monitoring wells (shown in Figure 2-3) and the groundwater pumping well PW-01 during the January 1998 monitoring event and were analyzed for pentachlorophenol and 2,4- dichlorophenol by EPA Method 8270B, using ion trap technology. This analytical method provides a detection limit of l µefl for pentachlorophenol and 0.2 µ'lfl for 2,4-dichlorophenol. Three of the fifteen samples were also analyzed for dioxins and furans (PCDD/PCDF) using EPA Method 8290. These samples for dioxins and furans were collected from the three wells where pentachlorophenol concentrations exceeded the cleanup standard of I µ'lfl during both the Baseline and Six-Month monitoring events. A summary of historical pentachlorophenol and 2,4-dichlorophenol groundwater data collected from the site since 1990 is presented in Table 2-1. This data includes the results from the July 1997 and January 1998 sampling events conducted after the initiation of full-scale groundwater extraction operations. As shown in Table 2-1, the following wells were found to have concentrations of pentachlorophenol and 2-4-dichlorophenol which meet the specified cleanup standards during the last two sampling events (at a minimum): • C-01B • C-09B • C-I0A • C-12A • C-13B • C-14A • C-15B Previous Analytical Findings 2-1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I :1 Proposed &medial Action Groundwater Monitoring Program • C-27A • C-27B • C-28A Additionally, monitoring well C-14B has reported 2,4-dichlorophenol concentrations which meet the required cleanup standards for the last two sampling events. Analytical results for the dioxin/furan analyses are reported in Table 2-2. The laboratory results for each PCDD/PCDF congener are multiplied by the Toxicity Equivalent Factor (TEF) relative to 2,3,7,8-TCDD. The TEC values are summed and compared to the cleanup standard of 30 pg/L for 2,3,7,8-TCDD. All samples were less than this cleanup standard. See the One-Year Groundwater Remedial Action Monitoring Report (Fluor Daniel GTI, June 1998) for a full discussion of the sampling and analytical results for the January 1998 sampling event. Previous Ana!Ytical Findings 2-2 I I I I I I I I I I I ,I I I I I I I I J Groundwater Monitoring Program The first year performance verification program demonstrated that concentrations of PCDD/PCDF are below the groundwater cleanup standards specified in the ROD in all wells. With the exception of wells C-I0B, C-1 lB, C-14B, C-29B, and M-04 (where insufficient water was present to sample during the January 1998 sampling event), the groundwater cleanup standards for pentachlorophenol and 2,4-dichlorophenol have been achieved also. As discussed during the July 29, 1999 site meeting between representatives of the USEPA, North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NCDENR), and Beazer, the next step of the groundwater monitoring program will foe.us ort demonstrating that the cleanup standards have been met in the site monitoring wells through a program of continued sampling and analysis. The proposed groundwater monitoring program begins with a one time round of groundwater sampling and analysis for pentachlorophenol and 2,4-dichlorophenol in the site wells shown in Figure 2-3. The results from this sampling and analysis event will be used to establish current groundwater conditions at the site and will be used in conjunction with the results of the January 1998 sampling event to determine which wells have been demonstrated to meet the specified groundwater cleanup standards. Wells that meet the cleanup standards in both of these monitoring events, will be placed onto an annual monitoring schedule. Following the initial sampling event, quarterly sampling of all wells with reported results above the specified cleanup levels will continue until four consecutive sampling events indicate that the concentrations of pentachlorophenol and 2,4- dichlorophenol meet the specified cleanup levels. As the cleanup goals are demonstrated in a well by the four consecutive analytical findings at or below the specified cleanup goals, that well will go to the annual sampling program. Because dioxins and furans are impurities of pentachlorophenol, there is the potential for PCDD/PCDF to be found where pentachlorophenol is detected. For this monitoring program, wells that have concentrations of pentachlorophenol at or above the specified cleanup level during any sampling event will be sampled and analyzed for PCDD/PCDF during the next quarterly sampling event. Wells that have detectable concentrations of pentachlorophenol in more than one quarter per calendar year will be sampled and analyzed for PCDD/PCDF semi- annually. When the findings for all wells meet the specified cleanup goals, a request will be submitted to shut down the extraction system and a long-term monitoring Groundwater Monitoring Program 3-1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Proposed Remedial Action Groundwater Monitoring Program system will be developed to monitor groundwater quality at the site. Thirty days following notification of the proposed system modification, the system will be shut down and the long-term monitoring system will continue until the next five year review period. During the quarterly sampling events, water level elevations will be taken at all wells at the site during each sampling event to continue to observe hydraulic conditions. All sampling activities will be conducted according to the Field Sampling and Analysis Plan developed in June 1993 as part of the Remedial Design. Groundwater Monitoring Program 3-2 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I '!~f~! ~, ....... ,_.-._.·•:-:,;,:-:,::::c::-·-=·-:=:"-.:::-.-.-·:,;".".::::., .. :::::-··::·::·:,:";:':·-•:,c::\t I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Table 2-1 Summary of Historical Groundwater Quality Data for Constituents of Interest First Quarter 1990 through First Quarter 1998 Former Koppers Superfund Site Morrisville, North Carolina Well Sampling Event Pentachlorophenol 2,4-Dichlorophenol (µg/L) (µg/L) C-018 Jul-90 4U 35.8 C-018 Oct-90 7.77 J 9.24 J C-018 Oct-93 10.0 U 10.0 U C-018 Mar-96 1 U 0.2 U C-018 Jan-98 1 U 0.2 U C-098 Jul-90 1 U 0.731 U C-098 Oct-90 1 U 0.5 U C-098 Nov-93 10.0 U 10.0 U C-098 Mar-96 1 U 0.2 U C-098 .lan-98 1 U 0.2 U C-10A Jun-90 3.82 0.5 U C-10A Oct-90 1 U 0.5 U C-10A Nov-93 10.0 U 10.0 U C-10A Mar-96 1 U 0.2 U C-10A Jan-98 1 U 0.2 U C-108 Oct-90 113 21.8 C-108 Jan-92 23.9 312 C-108 Nov-93 10.0 U 10.0 U C-108 Mar-96 2J 0.2 U C-108 Jul-97 11 1 C-108 Jan-98 1 U 0.2 U C-118 Jul-90 9.8 0.5 U C-118 Oct-90 12.6 0.5 C-118 Nov-93 10.0 U 10.0 U C-118 Mar-96 29 0.2 U C-11 B Dup. Mar-96 26 0.2 U C-118 Jul-97 1 U 1 C-118 Jan-98 2 0.2 U C-11 B Duo. Jan-98 1 0.2 U * Reproduced from Fluor Daniel GTI (June 1998) I I I I I I I I I I I I I •• I I I I I Table 2-1 Summary of Historical Groundwater Quality Data for Constituents of Interest First Quarter 1990 through First Quarter 1998 Former Koppers Superfund Site Morrisville, North Carolina Well Sampling Event Pentachlorophenol 2,4-Dichlorophenol (µg/L) (µg/L) C-12A Jun-90 1 U 0.5 U C-12A Oct-90 1 U 0.5 U C-12A Oct-93 10.0 UJ 10.0 UJ C-12A Mar-96 1 U 0.2 U C-12A Jan-98 1 U 0.2 U C-13B Jun-90 1 U 0.5 U C-13B Oct-90 1 U 0.5 U C-13B Jan-92 1 U 0.2 U C-13B Nov-93 10.0 U 10.0 U C-13B Mar-96 1 U 0.2 U C-13B Jan-98 1 U 0.2 U C-14A Jun-90 889 0.5 U C-14A Oct-90 2010 0.5 U C-14A Nov-93 1600 10.0 U C-14A Mar-96 3500 0.2 J C-14A Jul-97 0.08 U 0.2 U C-14A Jan-98 1 U 0.2 U C-14B Jun-90 499 0.5 U C-14B Oct-90 124 0.5 U C-14B Nov-93 10.0 U 10.0 U C-14B Mar-96 19 0.2 U C-14B Jul-97 14 0.2 U C-14B Jan-98 1 U 0.2 U C-15B Jul-90 1.60 0.5 U C-15B Oct-90 1 U 0.5 U C-15B Jan-92 0.5 U 0.5 U C-15B Nov-93 10.0 U 10.0 U C-15B Mar-96 1 U 0.2 U C-15B Jan-98 1 U 0.2 U * Reproduced from Fluor Daniel CTI (June 1998) I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Table 2-l Summary of Historical Groundwater Quality Data for Constituents of Interest First Quarter 1990 through First Quarter 1998 Former Koppers Superfund Site Morrisville, North Carolina Well Sampling Event Pentachlorophenol 2,4-Dichlorophenol (µg/L) (µg/L) C-27A May-90 1 UJ 0.5 UJ C-27A Oct-90 1 U 0.5 U C-27A Jan-92 48.4 J 0.5 U C-27A Nov-93 10.0 U 10.0 U C-27A Mar-96 1 U 0.2 U C-27A Jan-98 1 U 0.2 U C-278 Jun-90 4.23 0.5 U C-278 Oct-90 4.18 U 0.5 U C-278 Nov-93 10.0 U 10.0 U C-278 Mar-96 2J 0.2 UJ C-278 Jul-97 1 U 0.2 U C-278 Dup. Jul-97 1 U 0.2 U I" .?79 Jan-98 1 U 0.2 U C-28A May-90 1 U 0.5 U C-28A Oct-90 26 0.5 U C-28A Nov-93 10.0 U 10.0 U C-28A Mar-96 1 U 0.2 U C-28A Jan-98 . 1 U 0.2 U C-298 Jul-90 591 0.5 U C-298 Oct-90 968 0.5 U C-298 Nov-93 17 10.0 U C-298 Mar-96 1 U 0.3 C-298 Jan-98 170 0.2 U M-04 Jul-90 99.2 0.5 U M-04 Oct-90 69.1 0.5 U M-04 Mar-96 10 0.2 U M-04 Jul-97 0.08 U 0.2 U M-04 Jan-98 NS NS * Reproduced from Fluor Daniel GT! (June 1998) I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Table 2-1 Summary of Historical Groundwater Quality Data for Constituents of Interest First Quarter 1990 through First Quarter 1998 Former Koppers Superfund Site Morrisville, North Carolina Well Sampling Event Pentachlorophenol (µg/L) PW-01 Oct-93 120 PW-01 Dup. Oct-93 159 PW-01 Mar-96 29 PW-01 Jul-97 91 PW-01 Jan-98 6 Notes: 1 NS indicates that the well was not sampled. 2 U indicates that the compound was analyzed for by not detected. 3 J indicates an estimated value. * Reproduced from Fluor Daniel GT! (June 1998) F,\PROJECTS\4-3624\GW _MON\TAB2-1.WPD 2,4-Dichlorophenol (µg/L) 10.0 U 10.0 U 0.4 0.2 U 0.2 U I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I .I I I .I Table 2-2 PCDD/PCDF Analytical Results and Toxicity Equivalence Concentrations January 1998 Compound (pg/L) TEF DIOXIN 2,3,7,8-TCDD 1 1,2,3,7,8-PeCDO 0.5 1,2,3,4,7,S.HxCOD 0.1 1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCOD 0.1 1,2,3, 7 ,e.e.HxCDO 0.1 1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCOO 0.01 ocoo 0.001 Total TCODs Total PECDOs Total HxCDOs Total HpCOOs FURANS 2.3,7.8-TCOF 0.1 1.2.3,7,8-PeCOF 0.05 2,3,4.7,8-PeCOF 0.5 1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCOF 0.1 1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDF 0.1 2,3,4,6,7,8-HxCOF 0.1 1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDF 0.1 1.2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCOF 0.01 1,2,3,4,7 ,8,9-HpCDF 0.01 OCOF 0.001 Total TCDFs Total PeCOFs Total HxCDFs Total HpCDFs Total TEC (pgll) Notes: Fonner Koppers Superfund Site Morrisville, North Carolina C10B C-11B RNUtl TEC Result TEC 1.3 U NO 0.88U ND 1.4 U NO 0.54 U NO 2.6 0.26 1.3 U NO 7.6 0.76 1.2 U NO ◄.1 0.41 1.1 U NO 190 1.9 8.9 0.0089 2500 2.5 78 0.078 1.4 U . 0.88 U 1.4 U . 0.54 U . 42 1,3 U . 330 . 14 0.60 U NO 0.38 U NO , 1.2 U NO 0.55 U NO 1.1 u NO 0.47 U ND 1.6U NO 0.79 U NO 1.4 U NO 0,89 U NO 1.6 U NO 26 2.6 1.1 U NO 0.88 U NO 57 0.57 3.5 0.035 2.4 0.024 0.25 U NO 150 0.15 9.0 0.009 0.65 U . 0.38 U . 4.7 0.55 U . 37 26 . 150 . 8.2 6.6 2.8 C118 Oup. Reeult TEC 1.2 U NO 0.47 U ND 1.7 U ND 1.8 U ND 1.5 U NO 12 0.12 120 0.12 1.2 U 0.47 U 1.7 U 19 . 0.34 U ND 0.51 U NO 0.39 U NO 0.62 U NO 0.69 U NO 0.67 U NO 0.69 U NO 4.5 0.045 0.62 U ND 14 0.014 0.34 U 0.51 U . 1.1 11 0.3 PCDD/PCDF groundwater data from resampling event on February 11, 1998 TEF -Toxicity equivalence factor (I TEF/89 EPA, March 1989) TEC -Toxicity equivalence concentration (relative to 2,3,7,8-TCDD) ND -Not Detected U -Compau~~ was analyzed for by not detected • Reproduced from Fluor Daniel GT! (June 1998) PW01 Result 1.2 U 0.54 U a.nu 0.70 U 0.66 U 1.9 14U 1.2U 0.54 U a.nu 1.9 0.39 U 1.0U 0.83 U 0.27 U 0.30 U 0.29 U 0.29 U 0.53 U 0.50 U 2.0 0.39 U 1.1 U 0.03 U 0.53 U TEC NO ND ND NO NO 0.019 0.014 . . . ND NO ND ND NO NO NO NO NO 0.002 . . . . 0.035 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I r ·.' -~·_,,;:-"""'-'·:...,.=<=a-- ! 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