ML20034F003

Requests Addl Info in Response to Licensee Request for Approval to Conduct Interim Measures Action at Former Watertown Arsenal,Gsa Property,Located in Watertown,Ma

ML20034F003
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Issue date:	02/22/1993
From:	Kinneman J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Reardon R ARMY, DEPT. OF, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
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FEB 221993 Department of the Army New England Division Corps of Engineers j

ATrN: Richard D. Reardon, Director of Engineering 424 Trapelo Road Waltham, Massachusetts 02254-9149

Subject:

Scope of Work, GSA Property, Watertown, MA.

This is in response to your request for approval to conduct an Interim Measures Action at the Forrner Watenown Arsenal, GSA Propeny, located in Watenown, Massachusetts as detailed in -

your Scope of Work (SOW), dated October 20, 1992. We.need the following additional information to complete our review of this request:

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Part 3.1.3.4, Section 01411 of the Corps of Engineers (COE) Specifications attached ~

to the SOW states that confirmatory sampling will be perfonned on areas excavated -

during remediation with composite soil samples collected from the upper six inches of soil. Confirm that you will clean the hole of loose soil before you collect the samples'-

to assure that samples are not taken of loose soil that has fallen during excavation.

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Part 2.4 of the SOW states that ground. water encountered during excavation will be sampled for radioactive contamination and treated or disposed of accordingly. Please specify the sampling and testing procedures and the disposal criteria for the water. If-water is discharged to the environment it must meet the criteria in 10 CFR 20.106.

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Pan 2.9 of the SOW states that areas excavated will be backfilled. Please confirm that excavated areas will not be backfilled until NRC has been offered an opportunity to perform a confirmatory survey and provides the COE with approval to backfill.

4 In Section 11C, Page 150 of the Comprehensive Site Assessment, GSA. Federal Property Resources Center, Watertown,- Massachusetts, dated October 1990 (CNSI~

report) Chem-Nuclear Systems, Inc. recommends that the concrete structure at the bottom of the burn pit be removed. The SOW does not address the removal of the concrete structum or the investigation of its purpose and possible contamination. Please

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The SOW does not provide a plan for surveying Building 235 where the 41 drums of radiologically contaminated waste were stored. Please provide a plan for a close-out survey of the storage area in Building 235.

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Confirm that all work will be conducted in compliance with 10 CFR 19 and 20.

We are continuing our review of the CNSI report; the Formerly Utilized MED/AEC Sites Remedial Action Progmm, Radiological Survey of the Former Watertown Arsenal Property, GSA Site, Watertown, Massachusetts, dated October 1983; and additional historical documents to determine the adequacy of the site characterization of the GSA pmpetty including the buildings, the geohydrology, and the groundwater monitoring program. We will notify you upon the completion of our review.

We will continue our review of the SOW upon receipt of this information. Please reply in-duplicate to my attention a the Region I office. If you have any technical questions regarding this deficiency letter please call Mark R. Bouwens at (215) 337-6910.

Your cooperation with us is appreciated, Sincerely,

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John D. Kinneman John D. Kinneman, Chief Research, Development, and Decommissioning Section Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards cc:

Department of the Army Materials Technology Laboratory SLCMT-DDM(5-10c)

ATTN: James T. Naughton Lieutenant Colonel, OD i

Commander 405 Arsenal Street

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Department of the Army Materials Technology Laboratory ATTN: Peter Cornetta Radiation Pmtection Officer 405 Arsenal Street Watertown, Massachusetts 02172-0001 U.S. Army Materiel Command ATTN: AMCSF-P (Mr. John Manfre) 5001 Eisenhower Avenue Alexandria, Virginia 22333-0001 Commander Department of the Army Corps of Engineers, New England Division ATTN: CENED-PD-L (Mr. Dennis Waskiewicz) 424 Trapelo Road Waltham, Massachusetts 02254-9149 Commander U.S. Army Toxic and Hazardous Materials Agency ATrN: CETHA-BC (Mr. Salvatore Torrisi)

Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21010-5401 Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Health ATrN: Robert Hallisey Director Radiation Control Program 150 Tremont Stmet Boston, Massachusetts 02111 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ATTN: Ms. Anne Fenn JFK Federal Building (PAS)

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Waste Site Clean-Up ATTN: Ms. Anne Malewicz 1 Winter Street, Fifth Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02108 U.S. Army Research Laboratory Army Research Laboratory ATTN: AMSRL-OP-RK-S (M. Borisky) 2800 Powder Mill Road Adelphi, Maryland 20783 Watertown Main Library ATrN: Reference Department 123 Main Street Watertown, MA 02172 Public Document Room bec:

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