FINAL REMEDIAL ACTION WORK PLAN FOR RICOCHET AREA MUNITIONS RESPONSE SITE IN STATE GAME LANDS 211, PENNSYLVANIA Contract No.: W912DR-09-D-0006 January 2014 Prepared for: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Army National Guard Directorate Baltimore District Arlington, VA 22204 Baltimore, MD 21203 and Pennsylvania Army National Guard Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Fort Indiantown Gap Military Reservation Annville, PA 17003 Prepared by: : ® Weston Solutions, Inc. West Chester, PA 19380 13P-0287-5 FINAL REMEDIAL ACTION WORK PLAN FOR RICOCHET AREA MUNITIONS RESPONSE SITE IN STATE GAME LANDS 211, PENNSYLVANIA CONTRACT NO.: W912DR-09-D-0006 DELIVERY ORDER NO. 0009 Prepared For: U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS ARMY NATIONAL GUARD BALTIMORE DISTRICT DIRECTORATE 10 South Howard Street 111 South George Mason Drive Baltimore, MD 21203 Arlington, VA 22204 and PENNSYLVANIA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Fort Indiantown Gap Military Reservation Annville, PA 17003 Prepared by: Weston Solutions, Inc. 1400 Weston Way West Chester, PA 19380 WESTON PROJECT NO.: 03886.551.009.3120 JANUARY 2014 FINAL REMEDIAL ACTION WORK PLAN FOR RICOCHET AREA MUNITIONS RESPONSE SITE IN STATE GAME LANDS 211, PENNSYLVANIA CONTRACT NO.: W912DR-09-D-0006 __________________________________________ 1/07/2014 John Gerhard Date Project Manager 1/07/2014 David Holland Date MEC Operations Manager 1/07/2014 Gregory Daloisio, PMP Date Program Manager Contract No: W912DR-09-D-0006, DO 0009 iii Revision 0 Project No.: 03886.551.009 1/7/2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Page 1. INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1 AUTHORIZATION ............................................................................................. 1-1 1.2 PURPOSE AND SCOPE ..................................................................................... 1-1 1.3 SITE DESCRIPTION .......................................................................................... 1-1 1.3.1 Site Location ......................................................................................... 1-1 1.3.2 Historical Information ........................................................................... 1-2 1.3.3 Munitions and Explosives of Concern .................................................. 1-2 1.4 SITE SETTING ................................................................................................... 1-2 1.4.1 Topography ........................................................................................... 1-2 1.4.2 Climate .................................................................................................. 1-3 1.4.3 Geological and Soil Conditions ............................................................ 1-3 1.4.4 Hydrology ............................................................................................. 1-3 1.4.5 Current and Future Site Use .................................................................. 1-3 1.5 WORK PLAN ORGANIZATION ...................................................................... 1-4 2. TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT PLAN ...................................................................... 2-1 2.1 TECHNICAL APPROACH OVERVIEW .......................................................... 2-1 2.1.1 Remedial Action Objective ................................................................... 2-1 2.1.2 Differing Site Conditions ...................................................................... 2-1 2.2 PROJECT ORGANIZATION ............................................................................. 2-2 2.2.1 Site Management .................................................................................. 2-2 2.2.2 UXO Teams .......................................................................................... 2-2 2.3 PROJECT COMMUNICATION AND REPORTING ........................................ 2-2 2.3.1 Monthly Status Reports......................................................................... 2-3 2.3.2 Daily and Weekly Status Reports ......................................................... 2-3 2.3.3 Phone Conferences/Informal Site Meetings ......................................... 2-3 2.3.4 Regulatory Coordination ....................................................................... 2-3 2.3.5 Administrative Record/Project Documents File ................................... 2-3 2.4 PROJECT SCHEDULE ....................................................................................... 2-3 2.5 PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT ................................................................................. 2-4 2.6 SUBCONTRACTOR MANAGEMENT ............................................................. 2-4 3. FIELD PLAN ................................................................................................................. 3-1 3.1 APPLICABLE GUIDANCE AND REGULATIONS ......................................... 3-1 3.2 ANTICIPATED MEC ......................................................................................... 3-1 3.3 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT ........................ 3-1 3.4 MOBILIZATION ................................................................................................ 3-1 3.4.1 Site Office Establishment ..................................................................... 3-2 Contract No: W912DR-09-D-0006, DO 0009 iv Revision 0 Project No.: 03886.551.009 1/6/2014 \\fsfed02\1494\FIG\CENAB-MAMMS_RicochetAreaRemoval\Remedial Action Work Plan\Final\Final_WP.docx TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) Section Page 3.4.2 Site Utilities .......................................................................................... 3-2 3.4.3 Grid Survey Activities and Removal Action Area Delineation ............ 3-2 3.4.4 Brush Clearing ...................................................................................... 3-4 3.5 GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATION PLAN ...................................................... 3-4 3.5.1 Geophysical Instrumentation ................................................................ 3-5 3.5.2 Geophysical System Verification ......................................................... 3-7 3.5.3 Site Utilities .......................................................................................... 3-9 3.5.4 Manmade Features Potentially Affecting Geophysical Operations .... 3-10 3.5.5 Overall Site Accessibility and Impediments ....................................... 3-10 3.5.6 Measurement Quality Objectives ........................................................ 3-10 3.5.7 Instrument Standardization ................................................................. 3-10 3.5.8 Records Management.......................................................................... 3-11 3.5.9 Digital Data Processing....................................................................... 3-12 3.6 GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SUBMITTALS ........ 3-15 3.6.1 Geographic Information System Incorporation .................................. 3-15 3.6.2 Plotting ................................................................................................ 3-16 3.6.3 Mapping .............................................................................................. 3-16 3.6.4 Electronic Submittal............................................................................ 3-16 3.7 SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE REMOVAL OPERATIONS ...................... 3-16 3.7.1 Accountability and Records Management for Munitions and Explosives of Concern ........................................................................ 3-16 3.7.2 UXO Personnel Qualifications ........................................................... 3-17 3.7.3 Removal Action Area Description ...................................................... 3-17 3.7.4 Removal Action Procedures ............................................................... 3-17 3.7.5 Munition with the Greatest Fragmentation Distance .......................... 3-19 3.7.6 Minimum Separation Distances .......................................................... 3-19 3.7.7 MEC Removal .................................................................................... 3-20 3.7.8 MEC Storage ....................................................................................... 3-21 3.7.9 MEC Demolition and Disposal ........................................................... 3-21 3.7.10 Material Potentially Presenting an Explosive Hazard ........................ 3-22 3.8 SITE RESTORATION ...................................................................................... 3-24 3.9 WORK SCHEDULE ......................................................................................... 3-24 4. QUALITY CONTROL PLAN ...................................................................................... 4-1 4.1 QUALITY MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE...................................................... 4-1 4.1.1 UXO Operations QC Manager.............................................................. 4-1 4.1.2 Project Manager .................................................................................... 4-1 4.1.3 Senior UXO Supervisor ........................................................................ 4-1 4.1.4 UXO Quality Control Specialists.......................................................... 4-1 4.1.5 Geophysics QC Manager ...................................................................... 4-2 Contract No: W912DR-09-D-0006, DO 0009 v Revision 0 Project No.: 03886.551.009