NCD980602163_19960220_Warren County PCB Landfill_SERB C_Science Advisor Scope of Services-OCR

BF A Environmental Consultants
-= -Barnes, Ferland and Associates, Inc.
Mr. Bill Meyer
Division of Solid Waste Management
N.C. Dept. of Environmental Health
401 Oberlen Road, Ste. 150
llaleigh, N.C. 27605
February 20, 1996
SUBJECT: Science Advisor Scope of Services
Dear Mr. Meyer:
BFA #95-017
As we discussed Friday, BFA considers the fee presented to be an upset limit. Because several of
the tasks were undefined, it was necessary to assume a more comprehensive scope of activities.
Also, the cost for those tasks identified as joint is very difficult to approximate because of
different interpretations on the level of effort by Joel and myself As you can see Joel and I did
agree on who would lead joint tasks and an approximate split of work for those tasks. It is
generally 70/30 with the lead Science Advisor perfonning the majority of the work.
All of the dollar values identified should be considered allowances, and more appropriately used
to determine your project budgets. The actual cost for services will be based on the hourly cost
(see attached rate table) of implementing the activities approved by the Working Group.
It was also very difficult to detennine travel expenses for the project; therefore, it was assumed
based on similar projects that travel would be approximately 10% of the total project cost.
The text typed in bold represents additions which were made to the base scope of services. The
most substantial of these is to develop a ground water and surface water fate and transport flow
model for the landfill area. Such a model is highly recommended because it would aid in
detennining what the environmental impacts might look like if the system is leaking or docs leak
in the future. With adequate infonnation going into the model design it could be used to
dctennine at risk areas and where future samples should be collected.
It appears the most currently pressing issue is the development of an RFP to select contractors to
obtain soils for the landfill for detoxification pilot testing. Based on review of the draft RFP
package, the discussions we have had, attendance at the pre-bid meeting, I would like to suggest
that the State delay submittal of a final RFP by approximately one (I) month. Although the RFP
package prepared is very comprehensive for a proposal document, I believe that the
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