Report on Final Remedial Action at the Wade Site Chester, PA Volume I
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rI*-— PENNSYLVANIA COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES 1977' Report on Final Remedial Action at the Wade Site Chester, PA Volume I June 1988 flROOI27! REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OP FINAL REMEDIAL ACTIONS AT THE HADE SITE IN CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA Robert W. Pease, Jr. Project Manager .'Lewi Project Director Prepared for: J ^=- Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources Prepared by: : Roy F. Weston, Inc. West Chester, Pennsylvania H.O. No. 0739-26-03 June 1988 AROOI27I0U PROJECT PARTICIPANTS The following individuals participated in the preparation of this report: • Stephen G. Lewis, Project Director • Robert W. Pease, Jr., Project Manager • Michael H. Corbin, P.E., Technical Advisor • John E. Claypool, Jr., Site Representative, Project Engineer Additionally, the following personnel participated in or provided specialized expertise in support of HESTON's activities during remedial actions at the Hade site: • Thomas M. Legal, P.E., Project Engineer • David Pohl, Associate Project Engineer • Steven J. Egnaczyk, Associate Project Engineer, Acting Site Representative • John Pauling, P.E., Acting Site Representative, Project Engineer • David Martin, Project Engineer, Acting Site Representative • Joseph F. Martino, Associate Project Engineer, Acting Site Representative • Quinton Todd, Project Engineer, Acting Site Representative • George M. Crawford, Corporate Health and Safety Director • Paul J. Price, Air Quality Specialist • Joseph Tordone, Field Technician • Emily c. Carfioli, HESTON Analytics Project Manager ii AROQI272 Nt -*. TABLE OF CONTENTS page VOLUME I SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION 1-1 1.1 Purpose 1-1 1.2 Site History and Initial Status 1-3 1.3 Current Site status 1-8 1.4 Quantity Summary 1-8 SECTION 2 DESCRIPTION OF LUMP SUM WORK 2-1 2.1 Phased Approach 2-1 2.1.1 Phase l - Mobilization 2-1 2.1.2 Phase 2 - Non-hazardous Debris Disposal 2-1 2.1.3 Phase 3 - Disposal of Hazardous Haste 2-1 in Surface Piles 2.1.4 Phase 4 - Excavation and Disposal of 2-2 Hazardous Haste Soils 2.1.5 Phase 5 - Demolition and Rough Grading 2-2 2.1.6 Phase 6 - Final Grading 2-3 2.1.7 Phase 7 - Demobilization 2-3 •^ 2.2 Schedule 2-4 2.2.1 Proposed Schedule 2-4 2.2.2 Actual Progress 2-6 2.3 Contractor Performance 2-6 2.3.1 Phase l - Mobilization 2-6 2.3.2 Phase 2 - Non-hazardous Debris Disposal 2-12 2.3.3 Phase 3 - Disposal of Hazardous. Waste 2-12 in Surface Piles 2.3.4 Phase 4 - Excavation and Disposal of 2-17 Hazardous Haste Soils 2.3.5 Phase 5 - Demolition and Rough Grading 2-17 2.3.6 Phase 6 - Final Grading 2-24 2.3.7 Phase 7 - Demobilization 2-24 2.4 Reports 2-24 2.4.1 Meeting Minutes 2-26 2.4.2 Bi-monthly Progress Reports 2-26 2.4.3 Phase completion Reports 2-26 2.4.4 Phase Out Report 2-27 2.4.5 Oversight Reports 2-27 2.4.6 Comptroller's Audit Report 2-27 ^Hflr iii RROQI273 -^ TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) Page 2.5 Payment 2-28 2,5.1 Phase completion Checklists 2-28 2.5.2 Payment 2-28 SECTION 3 DESCRIPTION OF OUT-OF-SCOPE WORK 3-1 3.1 Overview 3-1 3.2 Change Order Nos. 1 and 2 3-1 3.3 Change Order No. 3 3-11 3.4 Change Order No. 4 3-13 3.5 Contract Amendments 3-14 SECTION 4 OTHER ISSUES 4-1 4.1 Sanitary Discharge permitting 4-1 4.2 Alternate Subcontractors 4-2 4.3 Activities on DRPA Property 4-3 4.4 Disposal Site Difficulties 4-4 4.5 Hork Involving Asbestos-Suspect Materials 4-5 4.6 Field Modifications 4-7 " 4.6.1 Revised Demolition Approach 4-8 4.6.2 Excavation Depths 4-9 4.6.3 Drainage Swale Redesign 4-10 4.6.4 Removal of Concrete Pedestals 4-12 4.6.5 Monitoring Well Modifications 4-15 4.6.6 Compaction Difficulties 4-16 4.7, Verification of Topographic Survey and Grades 4-19 SECTION 5 HEALTH AND SAFETV 5-1 5.1 Phase Specific Safety Plans 5-1 5.2 Hork Zones 5-2 5.3 Personnel Protection 5-4 5.4 Decontamination 5-4 5.5 Air Monitoring 5-6 5.5.1 Time Weighted Monitoring 5-6 5.5.2 Real Time Air Monitoring 5-8 iv AROOI27L» U• .K /: I TABLE OF CONTENTS (concluded) Page 5.6 Health and Safety Issues 5-12 5.6.1 Establishment of Work Zones 5-12 5.6.2 Provision of Health and Safety 5-12 Technician Support 5.6.3 Health and Safety Incidents 5-13 5.6.4 Hot Work Control 5-13 SECTION 6 OTHER INFORMATION 6-1 6.1 WESTON Level of Effort 6-1 6.2 Items Transmitted to the DER 6-2 VOLUME II APPENDICES Appendix A Record of Decision Appendix B Contract Documents Appendix C Schedules and Requests for Progressive Sequencing Appendix D Daily Reports Appendix E Invoices and Payment Documents Appendix F Correspondence Relative to RES' Requests for Change Order Nos. 1 and 2 Appendix G Correspondence Relative to RES' Request for Change order No. 3 Appendix H Documents concerning Sanitary Waste- water Disposal Appendix I Documents Regarding Disposal Facilities and Alternate Subcontractors Appendix J Correspondence with Local Authorities Appendix K Correspondence Regarding Consent Order B7-SW Appendix L Documents Regarding Asbestos Work Appendix M Documents Regarding PCB Analyses Appendix N Correspondence Relative to Rough Grade Modifications Appendix 0 Backfill Documentation and Correspondence Regarding Compaction Difficulties Appendix P Health and Safety Documents Appendix Q Meeting Minutes Appendix R Contractor Progress Reports Appendix S Comptroller's Audit Report Nflf y ftRQQl27'5 LIST OF TABLES AND ILLUSTRATIONS Table No. Title Page 1-1 Chronology of Previous Contracts 1-6 1-2 overall Waste Disposal Summary 1-9 2-1 Payment Summary 2-29 3-1 Summary of Change Order Requests 3-2 5-1 Levels of Personnel Protective Equipment 5-5 Figure No. Title page 1-1 Historical Photos (Circa 1977) 1-5 1-2 Existing Site Features 1-7 2-1 Project Schedule 2-5 2-2 Actual Progress 2-7 2-3 On-site Facilities 2-9 2-4 Perimeter Air Monitoring station 2-10 2-5 Installation of Septic Waste System 2-11 2-6 Temporary Water Tanks in Former 2-13 Office Building (-"• 2-7 Truck Decontamination and Weighing 2-15 2-8 Tire Shredding and Decontamination 2-16 2-9 Transferring Oily Sludge Into Drums 2-18 2-10 Pressure Washing Interior of Under- 2-19 ground storage Tank 2-11 Excavated Soil Stockpile 2-20 2-12 Demolition of Pipe Tunnel 2-21 2-13 Removal of Grinding Machinery 2-22 2-14 Dismantling of the Rubber storage 2-23 Silos 2-15 Sediment Barrier in Western Drainage 2-25 Swale 3-1 Cutting Tanker Sidewalls 3-5 3-2 Crushed Tanker Loaded for Off-Site 3-6 Transport 4-1 Drainage Swale Along PECO Fenceline 4-13 4-2 Machinery Pedestal No. l 4-14 4-3 Improved Monitor Well Installation 4-17 vi AROOI276 LIST OF TABLES AND ILLUSTRATIONS (concluded) Figure No. Title 5-1 Work Zones 5-3 5-2 Perimeter Air Monitoring Stations 5-7 5-3 Particulate Data for Wade Site Perimeter 5-9 Monitoring - Upwind 5-4 Particulate Data for Wade Site Perimeter 5-10 Monitoring - Downwind Samples 5-5 Total Hydrocarbon Data for Wade Site 5-11 Perimeter Monitoring Stations vi i SROOI277 Section 1 AROOI278 H/T" tr SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Purpose The purpose of this report is to describe and document HESTON's activities in monitoring the performance of the Contractor selected for implementation of remedial actions specified for the Wade site in the Superfund Record of Decision (ROD) issued by the U.S. EPA on August 30, 1984 (see Appendix A) . The prime contractor selected by the DER for this project was Rollins Environmental Services (FS), Inc. (hereinafter RES), of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. RES' activities, conducted pursuant to Contract ME-86311 dated December 22, 1986 (see Appendix B) , took place between January 8 and July 9, 1987, The selection of the Contractor is described in a previous WESTON report to the DER en- titled, "Evaluation of Proposals for Cleanup of the Hade Property", January 1987. In addition, HESTON's previous activities relative to the Wade site are described in the following reports: • "Hazardous Haste site cleanup: Hade Property in Chester, Pennsylvania, Volume l: Project Organization and Procurement of Contractors", January 1982. • "Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup: Hade Property in Chester, Pennsylvania, Volume 2: Imple- mentation of Initial Cleanup", August 1982. • "Results of Soil Analysis and Cost Estimates for Selected Remedial Activities Regarding the Wade Hazardous Waste Site in Chester, Pennsyl- vania", Draft Report, November 1983. • "Site Characterization Activities on the Hade Property, Chester, Pennsylvania", Draft Report, November 1983, The DER's contract with RES and the Request for Qualif- ications and Proposals (RFQ/P) issued by the DER in July 1986, called for a seven-phased approach. The work associ- ated with each phase is summarized below: Phase l - mobilization; 1-1 AROOI279 F • Phase 2 - removal and disposal of seven empty tankers, one stationary tank, and several surface piles of non-hazar- dous scrap metal and wood; • Phase 3 - removal and disposal of surface piles of crushed drums, tires, shredded rubber, and contaminated soil. • Phase 4 - excavation, removal, and disposal of contaminated soil beneath the surface of the site; • Phase 5 - demolition of all site structures (including buildings, storage silos, machinery, etc.) and placement of backfill to achieve rough grade elevations; • Phase 6 - final grading including placement of select fill and topsoil followed by seeding; and • Phase 7 - demobilization and project closeout.