Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutAscon Landfill Site Current Status and Interim Removal Measu Asc®n Landfill Site: Current Status and Interim Removal Measure Ascon Landfill Site, Huntington Beach, California a Presentation to City of Huntington Beach City Council by: Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) PCR Services Ascon Landfill Site Responsible Parties October 5, 2009 Interim Removal Measure (IRM) © Removal and recycling and/or disposal of tarry materials from t , ' `> NORTH Lagoons 1 and 2 (southwest , u . area of Site) , • Removal necessary to assess : ° size and condition of materials under the tars to prepare for final remedy • Independent consultant retained to prepare Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) at the direction of DTSC x • IRM will be conducted in compliance with CEQA as an action requiring a MND Ascon Landfill Site October 5,2009 aw 2AA �L)/j or r'j � / IRM Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration The Initial Study/Draft MND available to public on October 22, 2009 for review and comment will include: ■ Project Description ■ Evaluation of potential project impacts • Proposed mitigation measures to mitigate impacts ■ Rationale for DTSC determination • Supporting documents ■ Workplan for IRM activities,with Health and Safety Plan,Air Monitoring Plan, and Transportation Plan • Traffic Impact Study • Air Quality Impact Study • Health Risk Assessment ■ Noise Monitoring Evaluation Ascon Landfill Site October 5,2009 Interim Removal Measure Metrics • Removal and recycling/disposal of up to 50,000 cubic yards of tarry materials from Lagoons 1 and 2 ■ Drying additives for tarry materials may require up to 610 truck loads delivered to Site ■ Removal could require up to 4,250 truck loads if materials require mixing (70,000 cubic yards total) • If recycled,tarry materials will be taken to a Southern California recycling facility • If disposed, materials will l be disposed at a central r California landfill , - Lag 3 Ascon Landfill Site October 5,2009 Air Monitoring and Odor Control ■ DTSC-approved Air Monitoring Plan (included with materials for public review) , • Weather station monitors wind speed and (u , wind direction - • Direct-readings at multiple perimeter 4 locations Hr' ■ Odor, dust,VOC monitoring and mitigation • Mitigation actions are initiated at DTSC- approved thresholds ■ AQMD permit i 4 Ai Ascon Landfill Site October 5,2009 Public Participation • DTSC-sponsored public Open House at Edison High School 6 p.m., on Wednesday, October 14, 2009,to discuss IRM • 30-day public review and comment period for IRM Initial Study and proposed MND from October 22 ,2009 through November 23,2009 • Fact Sheet with information about IRM, open house,and public comment opportunity will be direct mailed and available online at: www.EnviroStor.dtsc.ca,gov • Legal notice of Draft MND will be posted in local papers ■ Initial Study/Draft MND and supporting documentation will be available for review at Central Park Main Library and Banning Branch Library, DTSC's Cypress office, and online at www.EnviroStor.dtsc.ca.gov or www.ascon-hb.com • Comments submitted by agencies and the public will be responded to by DTSC • IRM work will commence only after DTSC's approval of a final project and workplan Ascon Landfill Site October 5,2009 IRM Transportation • IRM will involve up to 70 truck loads per day '. ■ IRM truck traffic will start at 7:00 am and typically V conclude in early afternoon PUNTING TON BEACH ' • Planned truck route will be approved by City of , a Huntington Beach, and will be over%mile from v Edison High School and Eader Elementary School t 1 • Flagmen at Site truck entrance and exit `� � Outgoing and Incoming Transponation Route �4 Incoming(Unloaded Truck)Route Outgoing(Loaded Trucks)Route Ascon Landfill Site October 5,2009 IRM Schedule • Public comment period--October 22 through November 23,2009 • Anticipated DTSC approval of project-- 1 st Half of 2010 • Commence field work-- 1st Half of 2010 • Anticipated project completion—41h Quarter 2010/1 s'Quarter 2011 (approximate 8 month duration) Ascon Landfill Site October 5,2009 Ascon Landfill Site IRM Open Discussion/Q&A Ascon Landfill Site October 5,2009 State of California `a1 Department of Toxic Substances Control Attn: Stacey Lear 5796 Corporate Avenue 4e MEW af Cypress, CA 90630 su"..—CwFA% 44 r 'n PUBLIC COMMENT FORM AND MAILING COUPON NOTICE OF 30-DAB' PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR DRAFT INTERIM REMOVAL MEASURE WORKPLAN AND DRAFT MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR THE ASCON LANDFILL SITE,MAGNOLIA STREET & HAMILTON AVENUE HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA You may use this form to send in your written public comments on the draft Interim Removal Measure (IRM) Workplan and draft Mitigated Negative Declaration(MND) during the public comment period that begins October 22°a and ends November 23, 2009. You may also use this form to ask to be added or deleted from the Ascon Landfill site mailing list. If you know of any persons or organization that would like to be on the mailing list, use this form to notify us. Please address all mailings to Mr. Safouh Sayed, Department of Toxic Substances Control, 5796 Corporate Avenue, Cypress, CA 90630. Reminder: All public comments on either draft Interim Removal Measure (IRM) Workplan or draft Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) must be postmarked or e-mailed by November 23, 2009. Name: Agency or Organization(if applicable): Address: Telephone#: Please add me to the Ascon Landfill site mailing list. Please delete me from the Ascon Landfill site mailing list. Comments: DTSC mailings are solely for the purpose of keeping persons informed ofDTSC activities. Mailing lists are not routinely released to outside parties. However, they are considered public records and, if requested, may be subject to release. Fact Sheet #10, October 2009 BM,— Ascon Landfill Draft Interim Removal Leasure Workplan and Litigated Negative Declaration Available for xit Public Comment I 9 i IGI - A proposed interim cleanup plan to remove and dispose, or, if feasible, recycle tarry and oily waste at the Ascon Landfill Site will soon be available for public review and comment. The proposed interim cleanup plan, called the draft Interim Removal Measure (IRM)Workplan was developed specifically for the 38-acre site located at I the southwest corner of Magnolia Street and Hamilton Avenue in Huntington Beach. Under the California Environmental Quality Act(CEQA), a draft Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) has been prepared because the proposed removal activities will not have an adverse environmental impact. This fact sheet provides information on: • Why Cleanup Is Necessary & Site Overview - - • Cleanup Orders &the 2005 Emergency Action Taken E • Studies Conducted at the Site • Interim Removal Measure Workplan Proposed for 2010 ° • California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) • Regulatory Agencies With Oversight Roles & How You Can Participate . • Next Steps &Who to Contact for More Information • Where To Find Project Documents OPEN HOUSE ANNOUNCEMENT - OCTOBER 14, 2009 — 6:00 PM Edison High School Multi Purpose Room ;t 7; 21400 Magnolia Street, Huntington Beach, CA 92646-6306 You are encouraged to attend our informal Open House to discuss site information, proposed IRM Workplan and the draft MND. This is an opportunity to review proposed activities before the formal public comment period begins (see below). DTSC staff and other representatives will be available to meet and discuss site concerns with you. Please join us to learn more about this project in your community. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR DRAFT IRM WORKPLAN & MND b OCTOBER 22 THROUGH NOVEMBER 23, 2009 Beginning October 22nd, the draft IRM Workplan, draft MND and other related project documents will be available for public review at the Information � Repository locations listed on page 4. We will consider and respond to all ;. public comments received during the public comment period before implementing field work. Public comments must be postmarked or e-mailed no later than November 23, 2009, and sent to: Mr. Safouh Sayed, DTSC Project Manager, Department of Toxic Substances Control, 5796 Corporate - s Avenue, Cypress, CA 90630-4732, E-mail: ssayed@dtsc.ca.gov. I� � Hamilton Avenue and buried lagoons (ponds). There are five visible lagoons (referred to as Lagoons 1 through a 5) covering about 30% of the site, one covered pit(referred to as Pit F), and seven former pits that are no longer visible (three in the northwest corner and four in the southeast corner of the site). 47, For safety and security, the perimeter of the site 3 � ' is fenced. Also, the surface pits and lagoons with � 9 liquid or semi-liquid materials have fencing, synthetic covers, and/or wildlife deterrent °! � f apparatus. There are regular field and security inspections as part of the site's current maintenance. The site has undergone several as�o„ta�al�s��e ; - = 1� [ changes of ownership and environmental p investigations since 1984. In 2003, DTSC and _4 $Ma Why Cleanup Treatment Is Necessary some of the Ascon Landfill site Responsible Al ' The Ascon Landfill site poses no immediate Parties (RPs) entered into a Consent Order for r 5 health risk to the public because there are no the site's cleanup (see Cleanup Orders below). offsite exposures to site contaminants. However, n the Department of Toxic Substances Control Cleanup Orders (DTSC) has determined there are a number of As part of the cleanup process, DTSC conducted chemicals present from past operations at the a search of historical records to identify ij site that are above DTSC's protective standards. businesses or parties that used the landfill during Thus, DTSC requires that an overall cleanup its 46-year operation. A number of the Ian be developed and implemented for the P P P companies identified by the State of California as entire site to ensure long-term public health and among those having used the site are safety. cooperating with DTSC for the remediation of the , site. These companies are referred to as the RPs DTSC has previously investigated and overseen and are funding the site's cleanup, under a State '. . E several specific response actions at the site. To Consent Order signed in 2003. In addition, DTSC 0 further investigate the nature and extent of issued a parallel unilateral order against other contamination at the site, DTSC is currently RPs. No public money is being used for the proposing the removal of tarry and oily waste cleanup. from the site as an interim removal measure. This removal will also help determine an 2005 Emergency Action Taken appropriate long-term site-wide cleanup. DTSC In 2005, the site's earthen berms were over 40- will continue to oversee cleanupactions and years old and not professionally engineered ensure work is performed in a manner that does when constructed by earlier owners. At that time, ,N not harm people or the environment DTSC required an Emergency Action to , strengthen the northern earthen berm and to Site Overview mitigate potential seepage in the event of heavy r _ The site was owned by the Garrish Brothers from rains, such as the record-breaking rains that 1938 to 1950 and by the Steverson Brothers occurred during the winter of 2004-2005. In KIM from 1950 to 1984, and was operating as a addition to making the site and neighborhood permitted landfill during that time. In its earliest safer, the hands-on experience from the work years, Huntington Beach had not yet developed performed during the 2005 Emergency Action in the southeast district of the city, and this area will be applied to future work(e.g., odor control, was comprised primarily of agricultural and oil p p Y 9 excavation and trucking procedures). production uses. Industrial and oil field wastes were disposed at the landfill from 1938 to 1971. Studies Conducted at the Site After 1971, construction debris was disposed at A Feasibility Study was approved by DTSC in ti the landfill until it was closed in 1984. 2001. After study, it was determined that additional information was needed. Further i The site contains various types of liquid and solid investigations were implemented by the RPs, ',. waste in buried pits, surface piles of concrete, including recent groundwater studies and rebar, and other construction debris and open information from the 2005 Emergency Action. IRM field work is anticipated to begin in the first DTSC approved a Revised Feasibility Study half of 2010 and continue for about 8 months. (RFS) in 2007. The RFS reflects additional Work is expected to occur Mondays through information collected since 2003. The RFS Saturdays, 6:00 am to 6:00 pm. Truck trips will includes groundwater in addition to soil/waste as be limited to entering and leaving the site studied media and evaluates technically feasible between 7:00 am and 5:00 pm and trucks will not remedial alternatives that meet the goal of be allowed to line up or park on nearby city protecting public health and the environment. streets. Hauling activities for the exporting of � -' tarry materials will be limited to Mondays through r_ Interim Removal Measure Workplan Fridays, with the majority of trucks departing the Proposed for 2010 site prior to noon. The haul route on municipal The proposed Interim Removal Measure (IRM) streets will be approved by the City of Huntington - planned for 2010 at the Ascon Landfill site Beach. includes removal and disposal, or, if feasible, recycling of the tarry materials from two interior California Environmental Quality Act lagoons in the southwest zone of the Ascon site DTSC is required by CEQA to review that received oil production waste during the environmental activities for the possibility of landfill's operation. The purpose of this action is impacts, before approving the project. DTSC has to enable assessment of the materials prepared a M N D for the proposed IRM. Under underneath the tarry materials in Lagoons 1 and CEQA, the MND evaluates potential impacts of 2 (see figure). As a result of the Landfill's history the planned remedial action and proposes of receiving asphalt, concrete and other mitigation measures. The draft IRM Workplan construction debris after it stopped receiving oil includes a transportation plan, air monitoring production waste, it is expected there are plan, and a health and safety plan to further materials of unknown size and composition in protect health and safety. and under the lagoons. A more complete = assessment of Lagoons 1 and 2 will allow for an Regulatory Agencies With informed remedial construction effort during the Oversight Roles final remedy in a manner that is protective of DTSC is the lead agency for direction and public health-and safety and.the environment. oversight for the Ascon Landfill site. In addition to DTSC's lead, a number of regulatory and The maximum volume of material to be removed government agencies provide input and is 70,000 cubic yards, inclusive of any additives oversight. Besides DTSC's lead role, other needed to dry the tarry materials for transport. agencies that provide ongoing input or permitting The daily maximum number of trucks visiting the for the project are: site for export of materials and import of drying additives, if needed, is 70 trucks per day. This is . California Coastal Commission similar to the truck activity that occurred in the . South Coast Air Quality Management 2005 Emergency Action. It is estimated that a District total of approximately 5,000 import and export . Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Board truck trips would be needed to complete the IRM. . City of Huntington Beach Trucks will be lined, loaded, covered, brushed clean (without water)and visually inspected DTSC has previously contacted environmental before leaving the site. The exit area will be health agencies and local elected officials to staffed with a flagman to ensure traffic safety. share public health concerns that have been communicated to the DTSC. DTSC encourages It is expected there may be periodic odor from those with specific public health concerns to the oil production waste, although this is not a contact the Orange County Health Care Agency health risk. Air quality, dust and odor will be directly at(714)834-4722 or at closely monitored during the work. Dust and odor www.ochealthinfo.com for information and suppressants will be applied as needed. Air assistance. monitoring stations will be placed around the perimeter of the site. Additionally, air quality How You Can Participate ~ technicians with hand-held monitors will take A 30=day public comment period for the draft readings directly in the work areas. IRM Workplan and draft MND will begin October 22, 2009 and end November 23, 2009. the following Information Repositories: You may provide your comments on either M document during this period. All public comments Huntington Beach Central Park Main Library y 7111 Talbert Avenue must be postmarked or e-mailed by N Huntington Beach,CA 92648 1232 November 23, 2009 and sent to: (714)842-4481 ed, Project Manager Mon—1:00 pm—9:00 pm Safouh Sa Y 1 9 Tues/Wed/Thurs—9:00 am—9:00 pm Department of Toxic Substances Control Fri/Sat—9:00 am—5:00 pm - 5796 Corporate Avenue Sun—1:00 pm—5:00 pm Cypress,CA 90630-4732 E-mail: ssaved(a-)dtsc.ca.gov Banning Branch Library 9281 Banning Avenue To learn more about the Ascon Landfill site Huntington Beach,CA 92646-8302 r project in advance of the public comment period, (714)375-5005 DTSC is hosting an informal Open House on Mon—ClosedTues/Wed/Thurs—12:00 pm—9:00 pm F Wednesday, October 14, 2009, to discuss site Fri-10:00-7:00 pm activities. DTSC staff and other representatives Sat-9:00 am-5:00 pm will be available to meet and discuss site Sun—Closed concerns with you. Your participation is encoura ed see front a e for location and Department of Toxic Substances Control g ( p g 5796 Corporate Avenue hours). Cypress,CA 90630-4732 "= (714)484-5337 Next Steps Mon—Fri 8:OOAM—5:OOPM Please contact Ms.Julie Johnson at the number above _ DTSC will consider and respond in writing to all to make an appointment. public comments received during the public comment period on the draft IRM Workplan and For more information about the Ascon Landfill site visit draft MND. If approved, IRM field work will begin www•EnviroStor.dtsaca.00vor www.ascon-hb.com. For 4i the first half of 2010. The IRM is an interim action more information about our department,please visit our and is not the final remedy for the site. DTSC will website at www.dtsc.ca.00v. continue development of the final remedy, called Alert OC Hotline a draft Remedial Action Plan (RAP), for the Ascon Landfill site. The draft RAP will be Although it is expected that the remediation of the Ascon Landfill can be implemented in a safe available for public review and comment along manner, protective of the public and the w with a draft Environmental Impact Report. DTSC environment, in the event of a serious anticipates these documents to be available for emergency at the Ascon Landfill site, the Alert ` public review and comment in 2011. OC system may be activated.Alert OC is a mass notification system designed to keep residents Who to Contact at DTSC for Information and businesses informed of emergencies and For more information about the Ascon Landfill certain community events. Time sensitive voice site, please contact: messages may be sent to your home, cell or business phone. Text messages may also be Safouh Sayed, Project Manager sent to cell phones, e-mail accounts and hearing h, Department of Toxic Substances Control impaired receiving devices. Please ensure you 5796 Corporate Avenue are registered with Alert OC at Cypress,CA 90630-4732 www.AlertOC.com or www.surfcity-hb.org. (714)484-5478 E-mail:ssaved()dtsc.ca.gov Notice to Hearing Impaired u Stacey Lear, Public Participation Specialist TDD users can contact the California Relay Service at I Department of Toxic Substances Control 1-888-877-5378 to reach Stacey Lear, DTSC Public 5796 Corporate Avenue Participation Specialist at(714)484-5354 or toll-free ,i Cypress,CA 90630-4732 1-866-495-5651. k � (714)484-5354 or toll free 1-866-495-5651 =,F µ E-mail:slear(a�dtsc.ca.gov For Media Inquiries Ms.Sandra Friedman Where To Find Project Documents Public Information officer Beginning October 22nd, copies of the draft IRM Department of Toxic Substances Control - Workplan and draft MND and other site project 5796 corporate Avenue documents will be available or public review at cypress, CA 90630 4732 d f �.. p (714)484-5383 a ' E-mail:sfriedma(a_dtsc.ca.gov