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Record of Decision EPA/ROD/R09-04/649 2004 EPA Superfund Record of Decision: LAVA CAP MINE EPA ID: CAD983618893 OU 01 NEVADA CITY, CA 09/28/2004 RECORD OF DECISION LAVA CAP MINE SUPERFUND SITE MINE AREA OPERABLE UNIT (OU1) NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA September 2004 United States Environmental Protection Agency Region IX - San Francisco, California Contents Part I - Declaration......................................................... 1-1 1.1 Site Name and Location.......................................... 1-1 1.2 Statement of Basis and Purpose.................................. 1-1 1.3 Assessment of the Site.......................................... 1-1 1.4 Description of the Selected Remedy.............................. 1-1 1.5 Statutory Determinations........................................ 1-2 1.6 ROD Data Certification Checklist................................ 1-2 Part II - Decision Summary................................................... II-l 1 Site Name, Location and Description................................... II-l 2 Site History and Enforcement Activities............................... II-3 3 Community Participation............................................... II-6 4 Scope and Role of Operable Units...................................... II-7 5 Site Characteristics.................................................. II-11 5.1 Background Levels of Contamination............................. II-14 5.2 Mine Area Residences........................................... II-15 5.3 Mine Buildings, Tailings, Waste Rock and Mine Drainage......... II-18 5.4 Little Clipper Creek Downstream of the Mine and Upstream of Greenhorn Road..................................... II-20 5.5 Conclusions and Conceptual Site Model.......................... II-21 5.6 Data Quality................................................... II-23 6 Current and Potential Future Land and Resource Uses................... II-24 6.1 Existing Land Use................................................. II-24 6.2 Future Land Use................................................... II-25 7 Summary of Site Risks................................................. II-28 7.1 Summary of Human Health Risk Assessment........................ II-29 7.1.1 Identification of Chemicals of Concern................... II-29 7.1.2 Exposure Assessment...................................... II-30 7.1.3 Toxicity Assessment...................................... II-31 7.1.4 Risk Characterization.........................................II-33 7.1.5 HHRA Results..................................................II-36 7.2 Summary of Ecological Risk Assessment........................... II-36 8 Remedial Action Objectives............................................. II-40 9 Description of Alternatives............................................ II-42 9.1 Mine Area Residences Alternatives............................... II-42 9.1.1 Alternative 1-1 - No Action............................... II-42 9.1.2 Alternative 1-2 - Institutional Controls.................. II-42 9.1.3 Alternative 1-3 - Capping Around Residences............... II-43 9.1.4 Alternative 1-4 - Excavation Around Residences............ II-43 CONTENTS LAVA CAP MINE SITE - MINE AREA (OU1) ROD Page 9.2 Mine Buildings, Tailings, Waste Rock and Mine Drainage Alternatives..................................................... II-44 9.2.1 Alternative 2-1 - No Action............................... II-44 9.2.2 Alternative 2-2 - Surface Soil Control, Buttress Construction and Water Treatment.......................... II-44 9.2.3 Alternative 2-3 - Capping and Buttress Construction........ II-47 9.2.4 Alternative 2-4 - Capping, Stabilization and Buttress Construction...................................... II-48 9.2.5 Alternative 2-5 - Excavation and Onsite Disposal........... II-48 9.2.6 Alternative 2-6 - Excavation and Offsite Disposal.......... II-50 9.3 Little Clipper Creek Alternatives................................ II-51 9.3.1 Alternative 3-1 - No Action................................ II-51 9.3.2 Alternative 3-2 - Institutional Controls................... II-51 9.3.3 Alternative 3-3 - Capping and Channelization............... II-52 9.3.4 Alternative 3-4 - Excavation............................... II-52 10 Comparative Analysis of Alternatives.................................... II-53 10.1 Overall Protection of Human Health and the Environment........... II-54 10.1.1 Mine Area Residences Alternatives......................... II-54 10.1.2 Mine Buildings, Tailings, Waste Rock and Mine Discharge Alternatives.............................................. II-54 10.1.3 Little Clipper Creek Alternatives......................... II-65 10.2 Compliance with ARARs............................................ II-66 10.2.1 Mine Area Residences Alternatives......................... II-66 10.2.2 Mine Buildings, Tailings, Waste Rock and Mine Discharge Alternatives.............................................. II-66 10.2.3 Little Clipper Creek Alternatives......................... II-66 10.3 Long-Term Effectiveness.......................................... II-66 10.3.1 Mine Area Residences Alternatives......................... II-67 10.3.2 Mine Buildings, Tailings, Waste Rock and Mine Discharge Alternatives.............................................. II-67 10.3.3 Little Clipper Creek Alternatives II-68 10.4 Reduction of Toxicity, Mobility, and Volume Through Treatment.... II-68 10.4.1 Mine Area Residences Alternatives......................... II-68 10.4.2 Mine Buildings, Tailings, Waste Rock and Mine Discharge Alternatives.............................................. II-69 10.4.3 Little Clipper Creek Alternatives......................... II-69 10.5 Short-Term Effectiveness......................................... II-69 10.5.1 Mine Area Residences Alternatives......................... II-69 10.5.2 Mine Buildings, Tailings, Waste Rock and Mine Discharge Alternatives.............................................. II-70 10.5.3 Little Clipper Creek Alternatives......................... II-70 10.6 Implementability................................................. II-71 10.6.1 Mine Area Residences Alternatives......................... II-71 10.6.2 Mine Buildings, Tailings, Waste Rock and Mine Discharge Alternatives.............................................. II-71 10.6.3 Little Clipper Creek Alternatives......................... II-72 10.7 Cost............................................................ II-73 10.7.1 Mine Area Residences Alternatives........................ II-73 10.7.2 Mine Buildings, Tailings, Waste Rock and Mine Discharge Alternatives............................................. II-73 CONTENTS LAVA CAP MINE SITE- MINE AREA (OU1) ROD Page 10.7.3 Little Clipper Creek Alternatives........................ II-76 10.8 State Acceptance................................................ II-76 10.9 Community Acceptance............................................ II-76 11 Principal Threat Wastes................................................ II-78 12 Selected Remedy........................................................ II-79 12.1 Summary of Rationale for the Selected Remedy.................... II-79 12.2 Description of the Selected Remedy.............................. II-82 12.2.1 Mine Area Residences Cleanup Criteria.................... II-86 12.2.2 Mine Buildings, Tailings, Waste Rock and Mine Drainage Design and Cleanup Criteria..................... II-87 12.2.3 Little Clipper Creek Cleanup Criteria.................... II-94 12.3 Summary of Estimated Remedy Costs............................... II-94 12.4 Expected Outcomes of the Selected Remedy........................ II-97 13 Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirements (ARARs)............ II-98 13.1 Chemical-Specific ARARs......................................... II-99 13.2 Location-specific ARARs......................................... II-106 13.3 Action-specific ARARs........................................... II-108 13.4 ARARs Waivers................................................... II-110 14 Statutory Determinations............................................... II-111 14.1 Protection of Human Health and the Environment.................. II-lll 14.2 Compliance with ARARs........................................... II-lll 14.3 Cost-Effectiveness.............................................. II-lll 14.4 Utilization of Permanent Solutions and Alternative Treatment Technologies to the Maximum Extent Practicable........ II-l12 14.5 Preference for Treatment as a Principal Element................. II-l12 14.6 Five-Year Reviews............................................... II-l13 15 Documentation of Significant Changes................................... II-114 References.................................................................... R-l Part III - Responsiveness Summary............................................. III-l 1 Responses to Written Comments.................................... III-l-l 2 Responses to Oral Comments....................................... III-2-1 3 Written Comments Received 4 Transcript of Proposed Plan Public Meetings Tables 1 Background Levels of Arsenic in Various Media.......................... II-14 2 Contaminants of Concern in Soil and Sediment........................... II-17 3 Contaminants of Concern in Surface Water............................... II-21 4 Contaminants of Concern and Exposure Point Concentrations.............. II-30 5 Cancer and Non-Cancer Toxicity Data Summary............................ II-32 6 Risk Characterization Summary - Carcinogenic and Noncarcinogenic......
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