FINAL SITE INSPECTION REPORT FORT HAMILTON BROOKLYN, NEW YORK MILITARY MUNITIONS RESPONSE PROGRAM November 2007 Prepared for: U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, BALTIMORE DISTRICT 10 South Howard Street Baltimore, Maryland 21203 Prepared by URS Group, Inc. 200 Orchard Ridge Drive, Suite 101 Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878 15298910 SITE INSPECTION REPORT NOVEMBER 2007 FORT HAMILTON, NEW YORK TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................ES-1 1. INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1. Purpose/Scope ................................................................................................... 1-1 1.2. Project Drivers................................................................................................... 1-2 1.3. Background........................................................................................................ 1-3 1.4. Report Organization........................................................................................... 1-4 2. SUMMARY OF PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT ................................................... 2-1 2.1. Installation Description and History................................................................... 2-1 2.2. Phase 3 CTT Range Inventory............................................................................ 2-3 2.3. MMRP Site Descriptions ................................................................................... 2-3 2.3.1. Hamilton Closed Complex (FTHM-001-R-01) ........................................... 2-4 2.3.2. Hamilton Parade Ground #1 (FTHM-002-R-01)......................................... 2-5 2.3.3. Hamilton Training Field (FTHM-003-R-01)............................................... 2-5 2.3.4. Hamilton Transferred Complex (FTHM-004-R-01).................................... 2-6 2.3.5. Hamilton Transferred-OW (FTHM-005-R-01) ........................................... 2-6 3. DATA COLLECTION AND DOCUMENT REVIEW PROCESS............................. 3-1 3.1. Data Collection Methods.................................................................................... 3-1 3.1.1. National and Regional Archives................................................................. 3-1 3.1.2. Web Search................................................................................................ 3-3 3.1.3. Site Visits................................................................................................... 3-3 3.2. Archival/Historical and Other Records Collected ............................................... 3-3 3.2.1. Documents/Reports.................................................................................... 3-4 3.2.2. Archival Records........................................................................................ 3-4 3.2.3. Maps/Drawings.......................................................................................... 3-5 3.2.4. Photographs/Aerial Photographs................................................................. 3-6 3.2.5. Interviews .................................................................................................. 3-7 3.2.6. CTT Range Inventory Summary................................................................. 3-8 3.3. Summary of Other Previous Investigations......................................................... 3-8 4. HISTORICAL RECORDS REVIEW FINDINGS...................................................... 4-1 4.1. Hamilton Closed Complex (FTHM-001-R-01)................................................... 4-1 4.1.1. Batteries..................................................................................................... 4-1 4.1.2. Parade Ground #2..................................................................................... 4-10 4.1.3. Training Field........................................................................................... 4-17 4.1.4. Summary for Hamilton Closed Complex.................................................. 4-18 4.2. Hamilton Parade Ground #1 (FTHM-002-R-01)............................................... 4-21 4.3. Hamilton Training Field (FTHM-003-R-01) .................................................... 4-22 4.4. Hamilton Transferred Complex (FTHM-004-R-01).......................................... 4-29 4.5. Hamilton Transferred Complex-OW (FTHM-005-R-01)...................................4-30 i SITE INSPECTION REPORT NOVEMBER 2007 FORT HAMILTON, NEW YORK 4.6. Other Areas of Interest......................................................................................4-39 4.7. Potential MEC and MC....................................................................................4-45 5. CONCEPTUAL SITE MODEL..................................................................................5-1 6. MRSPP SCORING SUMMARY................................................................................6-1 7. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ......................................................7-1 7.1. Hamilton Closed Complex (FTHM-001-R-01)) ..................................................7-2 7.2. Hamilton Parade Ground #1 (FTHM-002-R-01) .................................................7-3 7.3. Hamilton Training Field (FTHM-003-R-01) .......................................................7-3 7.4. Hamilton Transferred Complex (FTHM-004-R-01) ............................................7-3 7.5. Hamilton Transferred Complex-OW (FTHM-005-R-01).....................................7-4 8. REFERENCES...........................................................................................................8-1 LIST OF TABLES Table ES-1. MMRP Summary of SI Findings.................................................................. ES-2 Table ES-2. MMRP Summary of SI Recommendations................................................... ES-2 Table 2-1. CTT Range Inventory Report and Site Summary...............................................2-4 Table 3-1. Summary of Documents and Relevant Information............................................3-4 Table 3-2. Summary of Maps and Drawings.......................................................................3-5 Table 4-1. History of Guns at Fort Hamilton ......................................................................4-2 Table 4-2. Summary of Training Records, Fort Hamilton, NY .........................................4-38 Table 6-1: Summary of MRS and MRSPP Scores ..............................................................6-1 Table 7-1. MMRP Summary of SI Findings .......................................................................7-1 Table 7-2. MMRP Summary of SI Recommendations ........................................................7-1 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 2-1. Government Property and Installation Fenceline ..............................................2-7 Figure 2-2. CTT Range Inventory Sites..............................................................................2-9 Figure 4-1. CTT Boundary for Hamilton Closed Complex .................................................4-3 Figure 4-2. Fort Hamilton Batteries in 1892 .......................................................................4-5 Figure 4-3. Fort Hamilton Batteries in 1935 .......................................................................4-7 Figure 4-4. Fort Hamilton Aerial Photograph 1944...........................................................4-11 Figure 4-5. Fort Hamilton Aerial Photograph 1954...........................................................4-13 Figure 4-6. Fort Hamilton Aerial Photograph 1966...........................................................4-15 Figure 4-7. Training Field from 1930s Map......................................................................4-19 ii SITE INSPECTION REPORT NOVEMBER 2007 FORT HAMILTON, NEW YORK vii Figure 4-8. CTT Boundary Hamilton Parade Ground #1.................................................. 4-23 Figure 4-9. Hamilton Parade Ground #1, 1944 and 1966 ................................................. 4-25 Figure 4-10. CTT Boundary for Hamilton Training Field .................................................4-27 Figure 4-11. CTT Boundary for Hamilton Transferred Complex ..................................... 4-31 Figure 4-12. Area of Fill from 1892 Map......................................................................... 4-33 Figure 4-13. CTT Boundary for Hamilton Transferred Complex-OW.............................. 4-35 Figure 4-14. Battery Livingston Coverage WWII ............................................................ 4-41 Figure 4-15. Battery Griffin Coverage WWII .................................................................. 4-43 Figure 5-1. MEC Exposure Pathway Analysis, Hamilton Closed Complex: Batteries ........ 5-2 Figure 5-2. MC Exposure Pathway Analysis , Hamilton Closed Complex: Batteries.......... 5-3 Figure 5-3. Revised MRS Boundaries................................................................................ 5-5 Figure 7-1. Munitions Response Sites, Fort Hamilton, NY ............................................... 7-6 LIST OF APPENDICES Appendix A Archives Searched/Data Sources (available only as a compact disk) Appendix B Archive Documents (available only as a compact disk) Appendix C MRSPP Worksheets (hard copy and on compact disk) Appendix D Technical Project Planning (TPP) Meeting Minutes iii SITE INSPECTION REPORT NOVEMBER 2007 FORT HAMILTON, NEW YORK TABLE OF ACRONYMS Acronym Definition