Fifth Five-Year Review Report for Allied Plating, Inc Superfund Site
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FIFTH FIVE-YEAR REVIEW REPORT FOR ALLIED PLATING, INC. SUPERFUND SITE MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON PREPARED BY U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 Seattle, Washington Approved by: Date Ai @f#- Sheryl Bf:/:!;, Director r 1 Office of Environmental Cleanup Table of Contents LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS & ACRONYMS ........................................................................................................ 5 I. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................. 6 Site Background .................................................................................................................................................... 6 FIVE-YEAR REVIEW SUMMARY FORM ....................................................................................................... 9 IL RESPONSE ACTION SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................... 9 Basis for Taking Action ........................................................................................................................................ 9 Response Actions ................................................................................................................................................ 10 Status of hnplementation .................................................................................................................................... 11 Systems Operations/Operation & Maintenance .................................................................................................. 14 III. PROGRESS SINCE THE PREVIOUS REVIEW ............................................................................................. 14 IV. FIVE-YEAR REVIEW PROCESS ................................................................................................................... 14 Community Notification, Community Involvement and Site Interviews ............................................................ 14 Data Review ........................................................................................................................................................ 14 Site Inspection ..................................................................................................................................................... 14 V. TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT ........................................................................................................................... 15 QUESTION A: Is the remedy functioning as intended by the decision documents? ......................................... 15 QUESTION B: Are the exposure assumptions, toxicity data, cleanup levels and remedial action objectives (RAOs) used at the time of the remedy selection still valid? .............................................................................. 15 QUESTION C: Has any other information come to light that could call into question the protectiveness of the remedy? ............................................................................................................................................................... 16 VI. ISSUES/RECOMMENDATIONS .................................................................................................................... 17 VIL PROTECTIVENESS STATEMENT ............................................................................................................ , .. 17 VIII. NEXT REVIEW ............................................................................................................................................. 17 APPENDIX A- REFERENCE LIST ................................................................................................................... A-1 APPENDIX B - SITE CHRONOLOGY .............................................................................................................. B-1 APPENDIX C- SITE MAPS ................................................................................................................................ C-1 APPENDIX D-PRESS NOTICE ........................................................................................................................ D-1 APPENDIX E- INTERVIEW FORMS ................................................................................................................ E-1 APPENDIX F - SITE INSPECTION CHECKLIST .............................................................................................. F-1 APPENDIX G- SITE INSPECTION PHOTOS .................................................................................................. G-1 APPENDIX H - SCREENING-LEVEL RISK REVIEW ..................................................................................... H-1 Tables Table 1: hnpoundment Soil COC Cleanup Goals ................................................................................................... 10 Table 2: Summary of Planned and/or hnplemented Institutional Controls (!Cs) .................................................... 12 Table 3: Protectiveness Determinations/Statements from the 2013 FYR Report .................................................... 14 Table B-1: Site Chronology ................................................................................................................................... B-1 Table H-1: Industrial Risk Review - Cleanup Goals in hnpoundment Area ........................................................ H-1 Table H-2: Residential Risk Review - Cleanup Goals in Impoundment Area ...................................................... H-1 Table H-3: Residential Risk Review - Maximum Concentrations Post-Removal in hnpoundment Area ............ H-1 3 Table H-4: Maximum Metals Concentrations in the Layout Area ........................................................................ H-2 Figures Figure 1: Detailed Site Map ....................................................................................................................................... 8 Figure 2: Institutional Control Map ......................................................................................................................... 13 Figure C-1: Site Vicinity Map ............................................................................................................................... C-1 4 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS & ACRONYMS ARAR Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirement ATCM Airborne Toxics Control Measure CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act CFR Code of Federal Regulations coc Contaminant of Concern DEQ Department of Enviromnental Quality EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency FYR Five-Year Review HQ Hazard Quotient IC Institutional Control mg/kg Milligrams per Kilogram NA Not Available NCP National Contingency Plan NPL National Priorities List O&M Operation and Maintenance OU Operable Unit PFAS Perfluoroalkyl Sulfonate ppm Parts per million PRP Potentially Responsible Party RAO Remedial Action Objective RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act RI Remedial Investigation ROD Record of Decision RPM Remedial Project Manager RSL Regional Screening Level UU/UE Unlimited Use and Unrestricted Exposure 5 I. INTRODUCTION The purpose of a five-year review (FYR) is to evaluate the implementation and performance of a remedy to determine if the remedy is and will continue to be protective of human health and the enviromnent. The methods, findings and conclusions of reviews are documented in FYR reports such as this one. In addition, FYR reports identify issues found during the review, if any, and document recommendations to address them. The U.S. Enviromnental Protection Agency (The EPA) is preparing this FYR pursuant to the Comprehensive Enviromnental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Section 121, consistent with the National Contingency Plan (NCP) (40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 300.430(f)(4)(ii)), and considering EPA policy. This is the fifth FYR for the Allied Plating, Inc. Superfund site (the Site). The triggering action for this statutory review is the completion date of the previous FYR. The FYR has been prepared because hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants remain at the Site above levels that allow for unlimited use and unrestricted exposure (UU/UE). The Site consists of one operable unit (OU), which is the focus of this FYR. OU! addresses contaminated soil, sludge, surface water and groundwater. The EPA remedial project manager (RPM) Joe Wallace led the FYR. Participants included Sarah Miller from the Oregon Department of Enviromnental Quality (DEQ) and Sarah Alfano and Alison Cattani from Skeo (the EPA support contractor). The review began on 11/13/2017. Site Background The 12-acre Site is part of an industrial and commercial district in northeast Portland, Oregon (Figure C-1). Allied Plating operated a chrome-plating facility at the Site between 1957 and 1984. For over 25 years, the company discharged untreated wastes into an unlined impoundment on site. Plating activities and waste disposal practices contaminated groundwater, surface water, sludge and soil with heavy metals and other hazardous chemicals. The EPA proposed the Site for listing on the Superfund Program's National Priorities List (NPL) in January 1987 and listed the Site on the NPL in February 1990. There are three main areas that make up the Site: former administrative and storage buildings, the former layout area (the location of the former plating operations