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TAIIJ( IIAHPLIIIG PLAII

F. O'COIDIOR BITE

AUGUSTA, MAilE

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SHALLOII SOILS

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TAIIK SAHPLIIIG PLAN

F . O' COINOR SITE

. AUGUSTA, MAillE

Pr-epared by

ACIIERON ENGINEERING SERVICES

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J , K. RICHARD ASSOCIA1'ES

March. 1985

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The f . O'Connor ~ite- 1: l oC'l.t!d on P.cute 1"' !n Au~ustJ. ,

lbine. The sit! 1:; .1pprc x!m.1tely f i 'le .J.cres i n :J i=e .1nd i:J

bvunj,~l.! b7 Riggi'S erook t;:, the E.l.:st .1nd Ea.sterr. :\venue : F:t . l"'l

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Lon;itude.

Previous investiq.ation~ by the H.11ne DEP J.nd EPA .l.re -;Jell

docuaented in report!3 .J.nd co rrespondenc!' b:: the . EPA and C·EF

·..:ritten since 1972. !here ha·te been p.ut i3.1 in '/ .~ntc r i~e o:

tank:J .l.nd. druzu performed in the pa:st .1nd. :soils ha·:~ been sao

pled on three :separate occasion:s.

The Environmental Protection Ac;rency has h:sued ~n order

requiring th&t the !lte be 3.dequa.te:1 secured. With th.1t or:.~r.

the EP.\ has a.ho requested. that the !.rea out!ide tb.e proposed

!ence be lnvestiq.1ted for the presence of PCB ' :s in the :;ells and

thl.t the contents of .11 1 t anK:s J.nd d:'~m:s at tho! site be .l :!cer

tained. Tl\i:s ...-ork ph.n outlineJ t•o samplinc;r program.3 wht.:r. are

desic;rned to address th~ EPA · :s concern:3. The t.1nk and drum s.J.m

plinq progr3.m ~.Ntll tXol.llline 3-nd u.mple each pot~nth.l repoJitor7

for -.~.bove qround ~.;aste 3-t the Q Connor site. The :shs.ll ·'JW so il:s

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Vn F!Cruar y .!l. 1985 , a d.et.a il~>i !ite r-!conna is:sanc:e '.Ja s

perf·J rmed bi" per:sonne l fr om Acheron Enqineerinq .1nd J .K. Ri chard

A:n ociate:s. Durinc;r t he site reconnaiss.1nce. i t was no t ed t ha t

:soma oi the tank:s and drums l ocated 1t t he :site had b!en number

~d. in .1n attempt t o i.r.•Jentory t he conta.in~r z locate-d e n the

prOFtt' t :J . ~e·;eral t.l.nk:!l an~ dru;ns !,.;ere di3C O\"-!r ~d '.Jhich iad. :'ICt

played was continued tor the- tank:s and e.1ch of the "55 qa.ll cn"

druae located .1t the site- ~as .1lso m zmber'!d . Photoqr.J.ph:s ~·ere-

ta.ken oi each t.1.nk. Each of the t.1nks ~..1.1:s autasured .1:1d note:s

-,..u·~ •a.'ie on the con~ition of each ta.nk. The :ll'!J.03 c f .l.•: ce :J :s t c

the tank:s •o~as noted for t' ·.Jture :samplinq .

fiqure 1 indicates the loc.s.tion. nuaber . oize and content :s

o! the twenty :steel tank~ and. te-n 55 q-.s. llon d r ul\s l oc.1ted on the

s ite . ss of February 21 . 1985 . Tanks 1 t ht·ough 6, loca.ted near

Pend No . 1 have a. combined capa.city oi 1::!,3::!5 qa llons . 87 vi::sua.l

in:s pecti?n it was possibl e to d.eteimi ne that t.1.n k.s 1. :::. 3.

and 6 con t.s.i n liquid 111.1.terial and t ot $lud.qe. There '.lere no

11.e.s.ns .1va.ih.ble to •Jisually in:spect tank 5. but it 13 su3pected

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0 ' •:-onnor~ confirmed t h.H t hese t J.n k3 J. r e 3Cn,p m.lter!.J.l

purch.1.zed. ove t· .1 period of m.1ny j"e.u:J a.nd. hJ.·; e ne·;~ t· =-~ ·:m t.Jzed

b:; the O' Connor:J for .l.Oi' purpo:Je. The t.J.nk3

:ii:3po33.l m~.1ns i z d~·:~loped.

;.., ·1.llillJ.:L.e• c ;· T~nk §.l.mplin~

The object1·1e of the tank ~.nrplinq progn.m h to

.uceru.in the quantity .1.nd chemi cal chau.cte-rhtic3 of the

content3 of each taniC at the :site. The da t.s. collecte-d from

the tJ.nk sa:nplinq proqn.m will be used to de-velop a ph.n

Cor the removal .:t.nd /o r dispo3al of the t.lnk cont~nt :s .

.:\c~:ordinq to informatiC::"' :supplie·:i b:r the ·.:- · ·: onr.or:3 and

:crresponde-nce in the ~· 11e:s of the Maine DEP . t.lnk3

throuqh. 6 were used to receive a.nd :store o;..;oater and floa.tinq

oils !roa Containaent Pond No. L Thh liquid aa.terial was

puapecl into these tank at 'l&rious t1111.es fro111. 1978 to 1980.

It is likely that the liquid in t.1nks l t hrouqh b conai:JC3

of contaainated. \l&ter and dielectric fluids fro• the trans·

foraers diaasseabled a.t the site.

B. Scope of Work

The 3cope of the samplinq proqram will include the

followinq t

l. Review the result3 of .s.ll previous testinq per

formed on u.mples colll!cted from tt\e tanks.

2. Revill!\~ and confirftl.l.tion of the tank inventory

performed in February. 1985. Plans are unden:ay to

have the site flo~m in April of l~SS for the prep.s.ra

tion o! 1 topo•Jr.5.phic map of the .5.rea. TI-.e!e photos

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Ci!d dur1n1 the !i t e reconnJ. i :J~ance.

3. f. e inapect!On Of each t a.nic. 00 the :;;ite t.J .l!3Ut''!

t h.s. t t J.nk! l tht·ouqb. .!0 .1 re empt 7. ApfrOFri.J.te t.JC l :!.

l.1dder 3 o~nd ! .s.f ety equ i pment '..1'111 be •Jtil i=ed .1t th i 3

.time t o q.1.in access to the tank3 that -;.Jere not .1c ces

31ble . Glass or PVC rod3 -;.Jil l be u:sed t o probe t.s.nkz ·

7 through 20 to .usur e they a.re et~~pt y. The same pro

cedure -.,111 be t o llowed t o reins p~: t the dru:n:L The

'!mpt:t drums ..,ill be lllO'Je-i int o the b.un f o r :Jafe :tor

~. Sa~~plinq- of t.J.nks l throuqh 6 in accordance with

the procedures described in Section C.

5 . Del1•1ery of t.1nk samples to the de:siqna.ted labor

.1tory for chemic:.1.l analysh.

6. Preparation of a. report d.et.J.ilinq the results of

sa.aplinq and chemical analysis of both. the t.J.nk

content:s and shallow soils.

C. TAnk Sampling Procedyre:! and Equipment

Sa•pltts will be co llec ted f or chemi c.J. l .1na.ly~ h f r om

a l l t .J.nks •.¥hich con t .J.in liquid. The site rec9nn.1i u a.nce

.1nd tank inven tory which has already been completed indi

c:s. t es th.s t the t.1.nks in question c1.n be accessed through

existing ports in the tops or eides. S.1mples will be

collected throu9"h these poru .

ti isu3.i in:spection indicates th.lt each of the six t.:s.nks

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or if the tank. cont o!nt:s .lt'e stratified. .;3.r.~plin-1 pr~ =~ -

1 . Pepcnn.al frot•ction

With respect to personnel safetj'. the f. ;;. Con:"'oJr

site 1s considered to be ·' Modified Level C" . Thi:s d.e·

3iqnat1on is documented in the Hea l th and Safety Plan.

For all but the .1ctu.1.l :samplinq of the tank:s. Level C

clothing .1nd respiratory protection -:.·ill be utilized .

Level B r e:3pir .J.tory protection : S'CBA ::11 ...-111 b~ util·

i:ed. by per:sonnel durinq .s.ctual tanK :samplinq.

Oependinq upon the condition of the materiah

beinq sampled. samples will be taken using either

hollow qla.sa rods or glass co:'lt.s.iners .

Hhere sufficient d.epth of liquid and direct .J.c·

::eas h available . a. l/4 inch di.J.IIeter hollow ql.s.ss

rod will be c.uefull7 lowered into the tank so as not

to disturb any :stratification which may exi:st . The

rod will then be used as a Mthie!" and an undiaturbed

column of tank contents remo•1ed . The column will be

visually checked to determine whether the tank con·

t ents .s.re :stratified and if multiple samples will

therefore be required.

Should there exist .s.ny t.l.nks in which access or

m.J.teri.J.l volu;ne prevent:l the use of the hollow qla.ss

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I n .£ll casee. the equ ipmen t used t.:> 3amp:!.e the

tank will be dedicated to a specific tank and ..,ill be

broken and left in the tank upon · .completion of the

sam.plinq program . Thi3 will elimina te c ros3 contamin

ation of sa~a.ples and reduce huun exposure ha :a.rd3

which would be present durinq clea.ninq of the 3&mpling

appau.tus. Samples will b.:- ph.ced in 4(• ml VOA 'liJ.h.

J. Oocuacncatioq of T,),nk (,?,.. a tioos

Tank locations will be located by field survey

durinq developaent of the site baae map . Locations.

lizea UJd orientation of ports used for :suplinq on

each tank ':.l'ill be documented.

4 . £gyipacot Qccontuination Procedures

Whereas samplinq devices will be dedicated to.

a.nd left in specific tanks. there will be no need to

decontuinate t he equip•ent . So•e support equipment

such as VOA via.l ra.cks . exte rnal surfaces of VOA vials

and protec tive qloves may become contaminated a nd -.Jill

require deconta.~r~ination. In these tnstarices. the

equipment will be decontaminated usinq the followi ng

procedure :

Wipe surface ~;.:ith paper towel t o remove mo3t of the ru.tecia.l. Discard the. paper to'.le ls in a. su1t.1.ble . identified, plastic t n .sh baq .

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~l.uh ::surf3. ·:~ with lilui·ncox dete r 7ent: ::cl·.Jtion fo llor,.;ed by 3. di:Hili-!d ...,ac e r r i n::se.

Ri:"l3P. contaminated !!Surface ·,.;ith metr.anol f:·ll owed b j' 3. 3ec cr:'! •ihtilleC. .,...at~l· rin:3e.

l. Samr:J• Handlin~

Samples will be placed. in 3epa.t."at~ numbered and

labeled 40 ml VOA vials. Split 3amples will be taken ,

one of which will be delive red to the desiqn.s.ted

l&borat ory Cor ana.lysi::s . The second split ';./'111 be

ret.s.ined under refriqeration in · the e vent that the

first sample is net u:sa.ble for .107 reason. All

samples for thi:s proj~ct will be kept cool prio r to

analysis.

Acceu to t he saaples will be controlled .s.t all

tiaes . It not in the .J.ctw.l possession of the :samp

lers or support personnel. !aaples ...,ill be kept und~r

lock and key to prevent .1cces:s by unauthorized per

:sons .

At the end of each clay, .1ppropriate 3.111lplinq

sheets will be prepared documentinq the number. type

.uld designation of each sample. Copies of these sheets

•o~ill be forwarded to EPA. Region 1. and copies will be

placed on file with Acheron Engineering and J .K. Rich

ard Assc.ciates. In addition. a copy will be forwo1rded

to the designated labor.story with. th.e samples so th..s.t

the lab can verify that all of the samples were re

ceived..

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J.ur1ng t:u.t d3.}' .....111 be pi3.ced. in .1pp rr: pdat~ -:ontain

era ! o r !hipmen t to t he de!iqnated labor.ltcry.

Samples will be pr otected to pt·e·1ent breakage l.nd

the :shipping- container r..rill be :se.1.led 'J ith " no-tampe~ ··

tape to in:su~e that the samples ~each the lab in t act.

A copy of the daily sample sheets will be pl3.ced in

the containe~ .1.s an .tdditiona.l ::safequ.ud.

At this time it i ::s antic ipated that samples wil l

be shipped to the designated labo~at o~y •Jh. ove rnight

delivery service or deli vered to t he labor.l to r:r by a

meaber of the saaplinq team . Appropr iate la.bels will

be fix~ to the exterior of the saaple conta.iner to

d.enote the contents.

Each tillle that S&lllples are tn.n:!ferred to the

custody of addition.tl persons . chain of cu::stody docu

mentation will be completed . A t ypical scen.uio ~ould

require that chain of cu::stod.y !orm:s be completed when

samples are relea::sed to the c.urie r by the shipper and

when the samples are received by the laboratory. A

return receipt will be included ~ith each cont.1.iner .

addressed to the shipper. to be forw.uded by the

laboratory upon ~eceipt of the samples.

C. Chemical Analyses

It 1:5 anticipated that tanks 1 through 6 contain

conh.minated Y"ol.ter o1nd dielectri c fluids puoped from the

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ccnt.iinment pond3 at the :31te. Quantit3ti·te laboratory

::malyses will b'! Ferfo rmed to .s.sc~ctain the ch~m icJ.l .:on

stituent of the :uterial in t he t.tnk3 ·l.nd in the ~at~r

sample s. The followinq t.5.ble lists the testing protocol

fo r a ll t.l.nk samples . however. the h .bor.J.toqr •.,ill =e instructed to report any 1nd .111 con3tituent th3t l.re :11:3

covered during the laboratory testinq.

AHALYTICAL ~

Total Orq.l.nic Carbon

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:tnd lower i.:..g-ocnJ, J.nd. c:·,.;- low area t •:. r.h-!' North ..:f the la.·.::r ·:.on~

I sampling location will be staked "'"d or flagged prior ~ to actually conducting the sampli ng pr ·:ll~·ram. These

loc.1tions will be surveyed d uring preparation of th~

site b.1se map.

3. Samples of shallow soils will be collected f rom

.s.pproximately 40 locations as s hown on figure 2.

Samples will be co~posited. from the upper '("" of . sou1 to create a ainqh sample for analysis of PCB' s,

Additional samples will be collected from depthJ of

12" and 18" 1! they &re determined to be necessary.

4 . Samples will be delivered to the desiqna~ed

laboratory !or chemical &nalysi:J .

5 . Reaulta of aaaplinq and cheaical ana.lysis will be

included in a ainqle report deta.ilinq the overall tank

and shallow soils sa.aplinq proqraa.

C. Soil S;a,aplinq Proscdyres ,).Dd Egyipaent

Suplea will be collected uainq a hand. auqer o3.nd. a

atainleas ateel collectinq scoop . Observations u.de d.urinq

two site visits indicated the area. to be saapled conshtl5

of qla.cia.l till or marine silte . In many areas. the soil /

is very thin or non- exit .

It ia anticipated that this sampling proqram will

involve three do3.ys of site work. A two-man sampling team

will collect samples usinq a hand auger . One team member

wlll be primarily responsible for sample collection a.nd

handling- while the second will provide assistance and

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health .:md 3J.i" ety monitoring. /

.~ppro::. ( t y v>Jlurne 1 of 3am::le ".Jill

be placed in l? o-:. bro~Tt qla:HI , :3emi-·:o l atile 'J t" 9'l.nic

s.smple ,.u·. 1. Fer;;onnel protecti ~n

A comprehensive health and safety plan h.1s been

prepared for the O'ConnOr Si te. All :site work will be

11a.naged under the guidelines of thi3 ph.n . Shallow

soils sampling will be conducted with the sampling

team usinq Level C Protecti'.re equipcent and observing

L!tvel C decont.smina.tion procedures.

2 . Egyipment pecontyination Procedyrot s

Protective clothinq such .ss Tyvek coverall:s and

Latex inner qloves will be discarded as per the He.s.lth

and Safety Plan quidelines and will therefore not

require decontamination. Saaplin~ .1.ppar.stus and 3Up

port equipaent such as the outsi~e surfaces of sample

containers. rubber boot3 and outer protective gloves

uy becoae contaainated and will therefore require

decontamination. In these in3tances , the equipment

will be decontaminated U3inq the following procedure :

> Hipe surface with paper towel to remove most of the material 1 Discard the paper towels in a suitable, identified, plastic tra3h baq.

> Wash :Jurface with liqui-nox detergent solution followed by a distilled water rinse.

> Rinse contaminated surface with methanol followed by a second distilled. water rinse.

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S:l.mple Han!llJ.n..g:

Following c~llecticn ~f each ::!!Oil .:::!3-mple, th~

3ample containee' will be well marked a:s to locaticn,

depth, and manner collected. Each sample will be

assiqned an identification number which will be

utilized in all repoe'ting document:s. The outside o(

each 3ample container will be cleaned and

decontaminated as necessanr with liqui-nox and

methanol rinses.

Prior to being removed from the site , all 3ample

containers will be sealed with "no-tam.pec " t.s.pe to

in:sure the .integrity of each :sample. Samples will be

carefully packed in appropriated shippinq containers

to prevent breakage in transit. Each shipping

container will be sealed and secured with "no-tamper "

h.pe.

At the end of each sa•plinq day. sa•ple data .

sheet• will be completed, doc:UIIIentinq which m.etho

doloqy. :sa.•plinq locations and depths, and sample

types . Copies of these daily reportinq sheets will be

forwarded to EPA offich.ls at the end of each work

day . A copy will also be placed inside each shipping

container.

D. Shipment Procedures

Samples will be shipped to the designated laboratory

via Fed.eral Express or a. similar parcel service . Samples

will be pack:e4 and prepared in conformance with ·;ruidelines

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be complet~d. A t:.rpi.::.J.l :sn•nario ';.O'Culd req •;ir~ th~tt ct,.:-.in

of custody f vrrn:s be comphted •..rhcn 3.1mplcs are relea3ed to

the Carrier by the :ship~er >nd when the sam~le3 >re

received by the laboratory. A return r~ ::eipt will be

included with each container. addressed to the shipper . to

be forwarded by the ' h . .boratory upon receipt of the :samples.

All :soil :5ampl es wil l be :s l:!;)Mitted for analy31s for

PCBs . The two FIT studies i ndi cated that PCBs •Je re t he

only priority pollutsnts present in a concentration •...thich

could cause long n.nqe environllent.J.l da.maqe and nec~ssita.te

quick re111.edial action.

I V. Qtsiqnattd Laboratory

Four laboratories f ro• throuqhout the New Enqland area were

intervieued to perfor m the chemi c.1l an.1lyses on samples to be

collected from the O'Connor :site. Peck L.1boratories of

Kennebunk Maine. h.J.s been tentatively selected to provide these

ser·Jices subject to the approval of EPA. based upon their:

1> capability to provide the required services

2> availability of time to perform the analyses in coordination with the anticipated samplinq schedule

3) pas t perfora.1nce on samples of this t ype

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·5 J co~t per 3ample

The time required to accomplhh the tank in3pection and

sampling is anticipated to be ·2 working days at the 3ite . The

ta.nk sampling is to be coordinated with the soil samplinq

program.

Every effort will be made to adhere to the schedule

outlined in .a. letter to the F. 0' Connor Company · s Counsel from

EPA o1ttorne~· Charles Bering dated March ll. 1985. Ho•.:ever.

l.lbora.tory turnaround i3 an eleaent beyond our control. Delay:s

in receivinq laboratory results could unavoidably delay

':) co•Pletion of this plan. The appropriate EPA personnel •,.till be

.1.dvised. if this delay should ma.teri.l.li::e.

It is a.nticipated that the soil and tank samplinq program

can be atarted within three to four weeks of .spproval of this

plan by EPA. auuainq reasonable availability of special safety

and sampling equipment. The soil samplinq proqram will be

started as :soon as the spring Nmud sea.son" is over (expected to

be in late April or ea.rly Hay I. The total time anticipated for

the soil and tank !Sampling is 10 workinq' days . Labor.J.tory

· analyses are expected to require to 5 weeks . Preparation of

reports will require an additional 4 weeks .

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