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Quality Assurance Project Plan Chicopee August 26, 2013 Rev. 1 Page 1 Quality Assurance Project Plan August 26, 2013 EPA RFA # Prepared For: City of Chicopee Office of Community Development 38 Center Street Chicopee, MA 01013 Prepared by: Smith & Wessel Associates, Inc. 188 Greenville Street, Spencer, MA 01562 Quality Assurance Project Plan Chicopee August 26, 2013 Rev. 0 Page 3 Introduction BETA and Smith and Wessel Associates, Inc. (SWA) have developed this Site Specific Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) in accordance with guidance provided by EPA Region 1 under its Brownfields program. This QAPP is based on such guidelines set forth in Generic Quality Assurance Project Plans, and Site-Specific QAPP Addenda, March 2009. This QAPP is intended for use for the project located at the former Uniroyal Complex at 154 Grove Street, Chicopee, Massachusetts. This site-specific QAPP has been prepared for and submitted to the EPA for review and approval. It is understood that no work will be performed at the Site until the QAPP has been approved and that all work will be conducted in accordance with QAPP. If any modifications or additions need to be made to the QAPP, they will be included in an Addendum or formal revision to this document. Quality Assurance Project Plan Chicopee August 26, 2013 Rev. 0 Page 4 Table of Contents SECTION A – PROJECT MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................... 2 SECTION B – PROJECT ORGANIZATION AND RESPONSIBILITY ............................................................... 5 SECTION C – PROBLEM DEFINITION ................................................................................................................... 6 SECTION D – PROJECT DESCRIPTION/PROJECT TIMELINE ......................................................................... 8 SECTION E – SAMPLING DESIGN AND SITE FIGURES ................................................................................... 8 SECTION F - SAMPLING AND ANALYTICAL METHODS REQUIREMENTS ........................................... 15 SECTION G – METHOD AND SOP REFERENCE TABLE ................................................................................. 13 SECTION H – FIELD EQUIPMENT CALIBRATION & CORRECTIVE ACTION ......................................... 14 SECTION I – LABORATORY EQUIPMENT CALIBRATION & CORRECTIVE ACTION .......................... 15 SECTION J – SAMPLE HANDLING AND CUSTODY REQUIREMENTS ..................................................... 15 SECTION K – ANALYTICAL SENSITIVITY AND PROJECT CRITERIA ...................................................... 16 SECTION L – FIELD QUALITY CONTROL ........................................................................................................... 17 SECTION M – LABORATORY QUALITY CONTROL ........................................................................................ 17 SECTION N – DATA MANAGEMENT & DOCUMENTATION ...................................................................... 19 SECTION O – ASSESSMENTS AND RESPONSE ACTIONS ............................................................................ 20 SECTION P – PROJECT REPORTS .......................................................................................................................... 20 SECTION Q – FIELD DATA EVALUATION ......................................................................................................... 21 SECTION R – LABORATORY DATA EVALUATION ......................................................................................... 21 SECTION S – DATA USABILITY AND PROJECT EVALUATION .................................................................. 22 FIGURES (Site-specific QAPP) 1 Locus Plan 2 Site Plan TABLE 1 CDW 2012 Hazardous Material Survey Summary Quality Assurance Project Plan Chicopee August 26, 2013 Rev. 0 Page 5 APPENDICES A Smith and Wessel Standard Operating Procedures B EMSL and Con-Test Standard Operating Procedures C EMSL and Con-Test Chain of Custodies D Smith and Wessel Sampling Log and Inspection Recording Forms Quality Assurance Project Plan Chicopee August 26, 2013 Rev. 0 Page 6 SECTION B – PROJECT ORGANIZATION AND RESPONSIBILITY Figure B-1 below illustrates the organization for the monitoring program. Figure B-1: Project Organization City of Chicopee, Office of EPA Project Manager Community Development Frank Gardner -- EPA Quality BETA Group, Inc. Assurance Officer Alan Hanscom Contracts Manager Smith and Wessel Associates Glenn Nelson, Operations Manager William Wessel, QA Officer Hazardous Materials Building Survey Environmental Laboratories ESML (Asbestos) Con-test (PCBs) CONSULTANT Alan Hanscom Contracts Manager Responsible for overall management BETA Group, Inc. of the Project Team Glenn Nelson Responsible for management of the Project Manager building materials sampling including the Smith and Wessel Associates coordination of laboratory subcontractors. Responsible for the preparation of sample bottles, collection and handling of samples, and delivery to laboratories. Quality Assurance Project Plan Chicopee August 26, 2013 Rev. 0 Page 7 William Wessel Oversees chain of custody documentation, Quality Assurance Manager record keeping and implementation of the field Smith and Wessel Associates quality assurance plan. Responsible for the establishment and maintaining quality assurance (QA) guidelines for field sampling activities and sample analyses; reviews results of quality control (QC) sample analyses . Responsible for maintaining the official, approved QAPP. Field Staff The SWA field staff will be responsible for implementing and documenting the field program in accordance with the protocols established in the QAPP and under the supervision of the Hazardous Building Materials Project Manager and QA Manager/Officer. Lower Tier Subcontractor(s) ESML will be responsible for the following activities: Analysis of bulk samples for asbestos content Analysis of air samples for total fiber concentration using Phase Contrast Microscopy (PCM) and for asbestos content using Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Con-test Laboratory Analytical (Con-test) will be responsible for the following activities: Analysis of bulk samples for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) content SECTION C – PROBLEM DEFINITION Site Background The Site property is approximately 17.8 acres and consists of fifteen buildings numbered: 7, 14, 8, 15, 33, 28S, 28N, 28N Extension, 29, 27, 42, 26, 25, and 43. The Site was formerly owned by Uniroyal, Inc. (previously The United States Rubber Company) beginning in 1940. Uniroyal manufactured automobile tires at the Site until the plant was permanently closed in 1980. The Site was purchased by Facemate in 1981. Facemate filed for bankruptcy in 2003 and the property was transferred to the City of Chicopee in 2009. The buildings on the site are presently abandoned and in a state of disrepair. Several of the buildings have been deemed structurally deficient. The City of Chicopee, Office of Community Development, is planning to raze the existing Uniroyal Site buildings as part of its planned property re-development activities. Prior to demolition, the identification of hazardous building materials is necessary and required by a variety of state, federal, and local regulations. Inspection for hazardous building materials will include the identification of potential asbestos containing building materials (ACBM), lead based paint (LBP), PCBs, and mercury containing components. This will allow for the abatement of hazardous materials and segregation of hazardous and recyclable materials prior to building demolition. Quality Assurance Project Plan Chicopee August 26, 2013 Rev. 1 Page 8 Historic Investigations Smith and Wessel, 2011 Smith and Wessel Associates (SWA) completed an inspection in 2011 for buildings 28, 28N, 28N extension, and 33. The report identified the following regulated building materials: friable and non-friable ACM lead based paint (LBP) coated metal, wood, brick, and concrete surfaces; PCB containing ballasts; and Fluorescent light bulbs. CDW, 2012 In May 2012, a Site Specific QAPP was submitted to the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) by CDW Consultants, Inc., of Framingham, Massachusetts under SARSS V Task Assignment Document No. 101577. The purpose of CDW’s 2012 QAPP was to, “identify hazardous materials within the subject buildings that may require abatement and/or special handling and disposal prior to demolition and support beneficial use determinations (BUD) for the waste from demolition.” The hazardous materials survey completed by CDW included the sampling of suspect asbestos materials, suspect LBP, suspect PCB materials, and an inventory of various quantities of oil and/or hazardous materials (OHM) present in the site buildings. A summary of activities and findings, as presented in CDW’s October 2012 Hazardous Material Summary report, is below. Buildings 7, 8, 14, 15, 27, 29, 28 Ext, 42, 43 and 45-pump house were included as part of the CDW survey. The survey of buildings 28N, 28S, 28N ext, and 33 were limited to PCBs only and due to unsafe conditions and structural concerns, only an exterior survey of buildings 7, 8, 14, and 15 was conducted. From June 15, 2012 to July 3, 2012, CDW conducted a visual inspection of the accessible areas of the site buildings in accordance with USEPA, Title 40 CFR part 1, “NESHAP”. During this assessment, 252 samples were collected and submitted to Phoenix Environmental for asbestos analysis