NCD980602163_19820817_Warren County PCB Landfill_SERB C_Replacement groundwater monitoring wells-OCR

North Carolina Department of
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512 N. Salisbury Street P. 0. Box 27687 Raleigh 27611-7687 [phone]
James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor August 17, 1982 Heman R. Clark, Secretary
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Mr. Charles R. Jeter
Regional Administrator
EPA, Region IV
345 Courtland St., NE
Atlanta, GA 30365
Attn: James H. Scarbrough
Re: N.C. Superfund Project -PCB Landfill
Dear Mr. Jeter:
The installation of four replacement groundwater monitoring wells
as requested by my letter of July 2, 1982 is currently being completed.
On the morning of August 6 the well driller discovered the open hole
that extended into the groundwater and was to replace monitoring well
#2 had been vandalized. The vandalism consisted of the placement of
dried cement, creosote treated lumber, and other foreign matter into
the open hole and the saturated zone. Efforts to retrieve these
materials were unsuccessful and the well driller relocated in close
proximity to the original well as required in condition #1 of the July 2
request.
On August 10 Tom Karnoski of the Solid and Hazardous Waste
Management Branch, North Carolina Department of Human Resources con-
tacted Don Hunter of your staff to determine if this vandalized hole
could affect the sampling integrity of monitoring well #2. It was Mr.
Hunter's opinion that the backfilling of the hole with cement to t he
ground surface would minimize any impact on the replacement well . This
remedial action would also satisfy North Carolina Regulations concern i ng
abandonment of wells. Instructions have been given to the well driller
to close the hole.
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Mr. Jeter
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August 17, 1982
We would appreciate a written reply to this situation so that
the integrity of the PCB landfill future groundwater monitoring pro-
gram will not be in question.
If further information is needed, please let me know .
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