adem.alabama.gov Alabama Tier II Update Jimbo Carlson Chief, Facilities Engineering Section Governmental Hazardous Waste Branch Land Division Key Topics My Perspective on Partnering Partnering in Alabama The Redstone Challenge Other Hot Topics in Alabama Alabama Tier II Perspective Partnering Roles Partner vs Regulator Partner vs Mission Trust Partnering in Alabama Alabama Teams Fort Rucker Anniston Army Depot Fort McClellan Maxwell Air Force Base Marshall Space Flight Center Redstone Arsenal Partnering in Alabama cont.. State Challenges Lack of Experienced Personnel 7 of 12 Tier I Members < 2.5 Years Experience Training Ground No Risk Assessors The Redstone Challenge Site Complexity New Faces/Members Lack of Trust Solutions Site Complexity 356 Total Sites (RCRA & Restoration) 13 Commingled Groundwater Plumes RODs Proposed for the coming years Year RODs New Faces/Members ADEM has four RPMs Plus 2 Hydrogeologist ADEM also has Contract Support Risk Assessors and UXO Expertise EPA has 2 RPMs along with 1 additional FTEs Also has Contract Support Lack of Trust No Actual Partnering Taking Place Technical Oversight Significant Arguing at the Table Tier II Not Welcome Solutions Personnel Changes EPA and ADEM Back to Basics Tier I tasked by Tier II to determine type of training/facilitation needed Redstone Tier II representative procured training funds Tier I Chose Facilitator Federal Facility Agreement FFA Background Current Status Groundwater IROD RSA 99 (Abandoned Plating Shop) Two Party ROD signed in 2004 ADEM Position Tier II tasked Tier I to develop a Groundwater Interim Record of Decision Other Hot Topics Anniston Chemical Demilitarization Facility ANCDF Finished GB Campaign in March 06 VX Campaign started in July 06 All VX M55 Rockets destroyed as of March 07 Eliminated 97% of Risk to Community Recently began destroying 155mm Projectiles 140, mm & 44,000 Mines Left Mustard Campaign scheduled to begin in September 2010, finishing in August 2013 106 Ton Containers & 430, Mortars M55 Rocket (VX) Camp Sibert Site 8 Former Toxic Munitions Impact Area 6870 Anomalies Dug 23% Hot Soil 27% Cultural Debris 40% Munitions Debris 0.3% UXO 18 4.2 Mortars with a Liquid Fill Sites 17 &18 Former Japanese Pill Boxes To date: 1 Conventional 4.2 Mortar and 3 Liquid Filled 4.2 Mortars Site 19 Conventional Impact Mortar Range Area 1 Livens Projectile (Liquid Filled) Camp Sibert Site 8 4.2 Liquid Filled Mortar 4.2 Liquid Filled Mortar Interim Holding Facility Blast Containment 4.2 Conventional Mortar Post Destruction Questions ? Jimbo Carlson - ADEM (334)