United States Air Force Installation Restoration Program Final
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE INSTALLATION RESTORATION PROGRAM FINAL
CY 2007 Annual Report
Remedial Action – Operation (RA-O) Basewide Long-Term Monitoring and Monitored Natural Attenuation (LF-01, LF-02, LF-06, SS-34, WP-44, DP-60, WP-64) (Project No. PQWY 2000-0700-7) McChord Air Force Base, Washington
Prepared for: Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment Environmental Restoration Division Brooks City-Base, Texas
and
United States Air Force 62 CES/CEV McChord Air Force Base, Washington
Prepared by: Tetra Tech EC, Inc. Lakewood, Colorado
October 2008
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE INSTALLATION RESTORATION PROGRAM
Final
CY 2007 Annual Report
Remedial Action – Operation (RA-O) Basewide Long-Term Monitoring and Monitored Natural Attenuation (LF-01, LF-02, LF-06, SS-34, WP-44, DP-60, WP-64) (Project No. PQWY 2000-0700-7) McChord Air Force Base, Washington
Prepared for: Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment Environmental Restoration Division Brooks City-Base, Texas and U.S. Air Force 62 CES/CEV McChord Air Force Base, Washington
Prepared by:
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October 2008
NOTICE
This report was prepared for the United States Air Force (Air Force) by Tetra Tech EC, Inc. to guide the implementation of the Remedial Action-Operation (RA-O) of the Basewide Long-Term Monitoring (LTM) and Monitored Natural Attenuation (MNA) projects at McChord Air Force Base under the Air Force Installation Restoration Program (IRP). The limited objectives of this report and the ongoing nature of the IRP, along with the evolving knowledge of site conditions and chemical effects on the environment and health, must be considered when evaluating this report, because subsequent facts may become known that may make this report premature or inaccurate. Acceptance does not mean that the Air Force adopts the conclusions, recommendations, or other views expressed herein, which are those of the contractor only and do not necessarily reflect the official position of the Air Force.
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4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE 5. FUNDING NUMBERS CY 2007 Annual Report—Remedial Action-Operation (RA-O) F41624-03-D-8600 Basewide Long-Term Monitoring and Monitored Natural Delivery Order 0032 Attenuation (LF-01, LF-02, LF-06, SS-34, WP-44, DP-60, WP- 64) (Project No. PQWY 2000-0700-7), McChord Air Force Base, Washington 6. AUTHOR(S) Mr. Mark Ingersoll Mr. Rick Weingarz Mr. Morgan Omdal
7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND 8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER ADDRESS(ES) N/A Tetra Tech EC, Inc. 143 Union Blvd., Lakewood, CO 80228 9. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND 10. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY REPORT ADDRESS(ES) NUMBER Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment N/A Excellence, AFCEE/ERD, 3300 Sidney Brooks, Building 532, Brooks City-Base, TX 78235-5363 11. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES
12a. DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY STATEMENT 12.b DISTRIBUTION CODE AFCEE, McChord AFB, 62 CES/CEV
13. ABSTRACT 15. NUMBER OF PAGES The report summarizes the CY 2007 Environmental Restoration Approximately 94 (report body including figures) Long-Term Groundwater Monitoring and Monitored Natural 140 (appendices) Attenuation projects, excluding the RA-O projects at Area D/American Lake Garden Tract and Site SS-34N.
14. SUBJECT TERMS 16. PRICE CODE • McChord Air Force Base • Base Boundary Wells • NFRAP Sites • QA/QC • Groundwater Summary • Consent Decree Sites
17. SECURITY 18. SECURITY 19. SECURITY 20. LIMITATION OF CLASSIFICATION OF CLASSIFICATION OF THIS CLASSIFICATION OF ABSTRACT REPORT PAGE ABSTRACT UL Unclassified Unclassified Unclassified
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Contents
CONTENTS
Section Page
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...... ES-1
1. INTRODUCTION...... 1-1 1.1 Air Force Installation Restoration Program...... 1-1 1.2 Installation Description...... 1-1 1.2.1 Geology ...... 1-1 1.2.2 Groundwater Hydrology...... 1-2 1.3 Site Inventory...... 1-6 1.3.1 Base Boundary Wells...... 1-6 1.3.2 Consent Decree Sites...... 1-7 1.3.3 No Further Response Action Planned Sites ...... 1-9
2. PROJECT ACTIVITIES...... 2-1 2.1 Field Activities...... 2-1 2.1.1 Groundwater Sampling...... 2-1 2.1.2 Static Water Level Measurements...... 2-1 2.1.3 Field Quality Assurance/Quality Control ...... 2-1 2.2 Laboratory Analysis ...... 2-1 2.2.1 Analytical Program ...... 2-7 2.2.2 Quality Assurance/Quality Control Program...... 2-7 2.3 Data Evaluation...... 2-7 2.3.1 Methodology for Data Quality Assessment...... 2-7 2.3.2 Data Analysis and Interpretation...... 2-7 2.4 Monitored Natural Attenuation...... 2-12
3. SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS RESULTS...... 3-1 3.1 Field Parameters...... 3-1 3.2 Chemical Analytical Data...... 3-2 3.2.1 Base Boundary Wells...... 3-2 3.2.2 Consent Decree Sites LF-01 and LF-02...... 3-2 3.2.3 Consent Decree Site SS-34...... 3-2 3.2.4 Consent Decree Site WP-44...... 3-5 3.2.5 Consent Decree Site WP-64...... 3-5 3.2.6 NFRAP Site LF-06 ...... 3-5 3.2.7 NFRAP Site DP-60 ...... 3-6 3.3 Static Water Level Measurement Data...... 3-6 3.3.1 Basewide...... 3-6 3.3.2 Consent Decree Sites...... 3-9 3.3.3 NFRAP Sites ...... 3-9
4. CY 2007 CONCLUSIONS AND CY 2008 PLANNING ...... 4-1 4.1 CY 2007 Conclusions...... 4-1 4.1.1 Base Boundary Wells...... 4-1 4.1.2 Consent Decree Sites...... 4-1
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CONTENTS (Continued)
Section Page 4.1.3 NFRAP Sites ...... 4-9 4.2 CY 2008 Planning ...... 4-9 4.2.1 Compliance Sampling...... 4-12 4.2.2 Trend Analysis of Base Boundary Wells ...... 4-21 4.2.3 Air Force Preference ...... 4-21
5. REFERENCES...... 5-1
APPENDICES
Appendix A Key Project Personnel for CY 2007 Appendix B Field Data Appendix C Chain-of-Custody Forms Appendix D Laboratory Data QA/QC Review Appendix E Laboratory Analytical Data Sheets Appendix F Well Inventory
Plate 1. Resource Protection Wells for Sampling and Static Water Level Measurements
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LIST OF TABLES
Table Page Table ES-1. Summary of Field Activities ...... ES-1 Table 1-1. Geologic Units Reported Beneath McChord AFB...... 1-5 Table 2-1. Summary of Groundwater Sampling and Water Level Measurement Locations ...... 2-5 Table 2-2. Summary of Groundwater Sampling Analytical Program...... 2-6 Table 2-3. Summary of Groundwater Sample Quantities...... 2-7 Table 2-4. Reporting Limits for Volatile Organics by EPA Methods 8021B and 8260B ...... 2-8 Table 2-5. Reporting Limits for TPH by Methods NWTPH-Gx and NWTPH-Dx...... 2-10 Table 2-6. Reporting Limits for Intrinsic Remediation Parameters ...... 2-10 Table 2-7. Relative Percent Differences for Field Duplicates...... 2-11 Table 2-8. Summary of Intrinsic Bioremediation Parameters from CY 1995 to CY 2007...... 2-13 Table 3-1. Summary of Field Parameters ...... 3-1 Table 3-2. Summary of Field Parameters—March 2007...... 3-2 Table 3-3. Summary of Field Parameters—September 2007 ...... 3-2 Table 3-4. Summary of VOC Detections in Base Boundary Resource Protection Wells...... 3-3 Table 3-5. Summary of VOC Detections in Sites LF-01 and LF-02 Resource Protection Wells...... 3-3 Table 3-6. Summary of BTEX, TPH, and Lead Detections at Sites SS-34, WP-44, and DP-60 ...... 3-4 Table 3-7. Summary of Monitored Natural Attenuation Parameters at Sites SS-34, WP-44, and DP-60 ...... 3-5 Table 3-8. Summary of VOC Detections in Site LF-06 Resource Protection Wells ...... 3-5 Table 3-9. Summary of CY 2007 Static Water Level Elevations ...... 3-6 Table 4-1. Summary of VOCs in Shallow Groundwater Resource Protection Wells at MTCA Consent Decree Sites LF-01 and LF-02 from CY 1993 to CY 2007...... 4-2 Table 4-2. Summary of Total BTEX in Shallow Groundwater Resource Protection Wells at MTCA Consent Decree Site SS-34 from CY 1987 to CY 2007 ...... 4-3 Table 4-3. Summary of Total TPH-G and TPH-D in Shallow Groundwater Resource Protection Wells at MTCA Consent Decree Site SS-34 from CY 1993 to CY 2007...... 4-4 Table 4-4. Summary of Total BTEX in Shallow Groundwater Resource Protection Wells at MTCA Consent Decree Site WP-44 from CY 1993 to CY 2007...... 4-10 Table 4-5. Summary of Total TPH-G and TPH-D in Shallow Resource Protection Wells at MTCA Consent Decree Site WP-44 from CY 1993 to CY 2007...... 4-11
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LIST OF TABLES (Concluded)
Table Page Table 4-6. Summary of VOCs in Shallow Groundwater Resource Protection Well at NFRAP Site LF-06 from CY 1995 to CY 2007 ...... 4-17 Table 4-7. Comparison of NFRAP Site DP-60 Diesel-Range TPH Concentrations to RAOs ...... 4-17 Table 4-8. Proposed CY 2008 Sampling...... 4-18 Table 4-9. Summary of CY 1993 to CY 2007 Monitoring for the Base Boundary; MTCA Sites WP-34, WP-44, and WP-64; and NFRAP Site DP-60...... 4-19
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure Page Figure ES-1. Site Location Map ...... ES-3 Figure ES-2. Groundwater Sampling and Static Water Level Measurement Locations ...... ES-7 Figure ES-3. Basewide Qvr Water Table Elevations—March 2007...... ES-9 Figure 1-1. Site Location Map ...... 1-3 Figure 2-1. Groundwater Sampling and Static Water Level Measurement Locations ...... 2-3 Figure 3-1. Basewide Qvr Water Table Elevations—March 2007...... 3-7 Figure 4-1. Comparison of Total BTEX in Shallow Groundwater Resource Protection Wells at MTCA Consent Decree Site SS-34 from CY 1987 to CY 2007...... 4-5 Figure 4-2. Comparison of Total TPH-G and TPH-D in Shallow Groundwater Resource Protection Wells at MTCA Consent Decree Site SS-34 from CY 1993 to CY 2007...... 4-7 Figure 4-3. Comparison of Total BTEX in Shallow Groundwater Resource Protection Wells at MTCA Consent Decree Site WP-44 from CY 1993 to CY 2007 ...... 4-13 Figure 4-4. Comparison of Total TPH-G and TPH-D in Shallow Resource Protection Wells at MTCA Consent Decree Site WP-44 from CY 1993 to CY 2007 ...... 4-15 Figure 4-5. Comparison of TPH-D in Shallow Resource Protection Wells at NFRAP Site DP-60 from CY 1994 to CY 2007...... 4-23
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LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
AFB Air Force Base AFCEE Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment Air Force United States Air Force ALGT American Lake Garden Tract bgs below ground surface BS blank spike BSD blank spike duplicate BTEX Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes cis-1,2,-DCE cis-1,2-dichloroethene CES/CEV Civil Engineering Support/Environmental COC contaminant of concern CY calendar year °C degrees Celsius
DO dissolved oxygen
Ecology Washington State Department of Ecology EOD Explosive Ordnance Disposal EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10 ESD Explanation of Significant Differences
Fe++ ferrous iron FFA Federal Facility Agreement ft foot/feet FS feasibility study
HSL Hazardous Sites List
ID identification IRP Installation Restoration Program
LTM Long-Term Monitoring
MCL Maximum Contaminant Level µg/L micrograms per liter µmhos/cm micromhos per centimeter mg/L milligrams per liter MNA Monitored Natural Attenuation mV millivolt MS matrix spike MSD matrix spike duplicate MTCA Model Toxics Control Act
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LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS (Continued)
NAD North American Datum NFRAP No Further Response Action Planned NGVD National Geodetic Vertical Datum NPL National Priorities List NTU nephelometric turbidity unit NWTPH Northwest total petroleum hydrocarbon NWTPH-Dx Northwest total petroleum hydrocarbon-diesel extended NWTPH-Gx Northwest total petroleum hydrocarbon-gasoline extended
ORP oxidation-reduction potential
PARCC precision, accuracy, representativeness, completeness, and comparability PCB polychlorinated biphenyl PQL practical quantitation limit PP Priority Pollutant
QA quality assurance QC quality control QPP Quality Project Plans Qva Vashon Advance Outwash Qvr Vashon Recessional Outwash Qvs Steilacoom Gravel Qvt Vashon Till
RA Remedial Action RA-O Remedial Action-Operation RAO Remedial Action Objective RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act RD Remedial Design RI remedial investigation ROD Record of Decision RPD relative percent difference RPO Remedial Process Optimization
SAP Sampling and Analysis Plan SVOC semivolatile organic compound SWL static water level
TCE Trichloroethene TPH total petroleum hydrocarbon TtEC Tetra Tech EC, Inc.
VOC volatile organic compound
WTA Washrack/Treatment Area
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This report details the site history, setting, and work activities completed from January 1, 2007, through December 31, 2007, for the Remedial Action-Operation (RA-O) of the Basewide Long- Term Monitoring (LTM) and Monitored Natural Attenuation (MNA) projects at McChord Air Force Base (AFB), an active military installation comprising 4,639 acres, approximately 7 miles south of downtown Tacoma in Pierce County, Washington (Figure ES-1). This report does not include work conducted concurrently for the RA-O Area D/American Lake Garden Tract (ALGT) project and the RA-O Installation Restoration Program (IRP) Site SS-34N project.
The purpose of the RA-O LTM and MNA projects is to provide compliance monitoring of remedial activities at various locations at McChord AFB and early detection of unanticipated releases from currently benign locations, fulfilling the long-term monitoring requirements for McChord AFB as detailed in the Federal Facility Agreement, the Consent Decree, and the most recent Quality Project Plan scoping documents (Tetra Tech EC, Inc. 2007b).
The scope of the RA-O LTM and MNA project field activities in calendar year (CY) 2007 included: