Beazer SDMS DocID 2009080

BEAZER EAST, INC. C/O THREE RIVERS MANAGEMENT, INC.ONE OXFORD CENTRE, SUITE 3000, PITTSBURGH, PA 15219-6401

Transmitted Via Email

January 29, 2003

Matthew MellonU.S. Environmental Protection AgencyRegion III1650 Arch StreetMail code: 3HS23Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029

Re: Contractor NotificationAdministrative Order on Consent, Docket No. III-91-16-DCFormer Koppers Company, Inc. Newport Site, Newport, DE

Dear Mr. Mellon:

In accordance with Section VIII of the referenced Administrative Order on Consent, this letterprovides notification that Haley & Aldrich has been selected to provide Blasland, Bouck, & Lee,Inc. (BBL) support for the Feasibility Study for the Former Koppers Company Inc., Newport Site.Resumes of Dr. Michael Basel and Mr. Denis Conley, the key Haley & Aldrich project personnel,are attached.

Haley and Aldrich's address and contact information, is as follows:

Haley & Aldrich8700 Monrovia, Suite 310-ADLenexa, KS 66215913-599-5802Web: www. halevaldrich. com

If you have any questions, please call me at 412-208-8813

Sincerely,

Jane M.PatarcityManagerEnvironmental and Technical Services

Attachment

Cc: S. Messur K. JaglalM. Nicholson M. BaselD. Lipson D. Conley

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Michael D. Basel, Ph.D., P.E

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MICHAEL D. BASEL, Ph.D., P.E.Vice President

'Remedial Technology Development . . . •

Education

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1991Thesis: Two-Dimensional Propagation of Steam through Partially Saturated Porous Media

M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1989B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Kansas State University, 1985

Professional Registration

Registered Professional Engineer in the State of California: Registration No. M 028802Certified Environmental Manager in the State of Nevada: Certification No. EM 1530Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Iowa: Certificate No. 16829Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Kansas, Certificate No. 15947

Summary of Qualifications

Dr. Basel is Vice President of Remedial Technology Development with Haley & Aldrich'sIndustrial Environmental group. His technical specialties include analytical evaluations ofcontaminant fate and transport and the evaluation/implementation of remedial technologies. Dr.Basel has assisted with the development of many remedial technologies, including naturalattenuation, in-situ chemical oxidation, thermal remediation technologies, dual phase extraction,soil vapor extraction, product skimming, vacuum-enhanced product recovery, air sparging, andgroundwater extraction. He also serves as an "adjunct" member of several clients environmentalprograms and multi-firm Superfund teams, lending insight and consistency to their evaluation andimplementation of remediation technologies at global sites.

Selected Relevant Project Experience >, t A , I ' 4l i^

Steam-Enhanced Extraction Pilot Test, Guadalupe, CA. Assisting Unocal with theperformance of a steam injection pilot test to remediate free phase diluent at the former GuadalupeOil Field. Activities have included bench test, best practices project with steam vendors, fieldwork plan, fate and transport assessment, and ongoing consultation. Dr. Basel participates withthe expert panel (Professors David Huntley, Paul Johnson, and Kent Udell) on Unocal's behalf tofacilitate equitable evaluation of potential remedial alternatives. Dr. Basel is also facilitating theevaluation of biosparging for enhancement of aerobic biodegradation.

CCI Superfund Site, Ola the, Kansas. RI/FS being conducted at location of former solventrecycling facility. Constituents include chlorinated hydrocarbons and metals in soil andgroundwater (including DNAPL). Pilot tests conducted to evaluate dual phase extraction,hydraulic fracturing, and in situ chemical oxidation using potassium permanganate. Naturalattenuation also being evaluated as component of remedial strategy; steam injection avoided byusing fate and transport analysis. Project team includes Drs. John Cherry and Beth Parker of theUniversity of Waterloo.

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Pools Prairie Superfund Site, Neosho, Missouri. . Investigation and remedial evaluationconducted at a former engine components testing facility. Removal actions included a stormwatefdrainage system and an interim groundwater pump-and-treat system to address concentrations ofTCE in groundwater exceeding 500,000 ug/L.. Also contracted to provide independent review ofengineering evaluations being performed at other source areas. Successes have included theremoval of steam injection as the selected remedy in the draft EE/CA for one source area andavoidance of a $1 Million pilot test of Terra-Therm technology at another source area.

Bowers Site, Santa Clara, CA. Electronics manufacturing site with chlorinated VOCs insubsurface was investigated and remediated. Vacuum-enhanced groundwater extraction was usedto accelerate remediation of the source area and natural attenuation was successfully demonstratedfor the site, allowing shutdown pump-and-treat system. Project costs were reduced by 50 percentcompared to budget.

Former Ralston Superfund Site, Cedar Rapids, IA. Project Manager for the feasibility study,remediation plan, and natural attenuation monitoring for a chlorinated solvent site. Negotiatedapproval of shutdown of dual-phase vapor extraction system and approval of natural attenuationfor site-wide remediation even though TCE levels in groundwater exceeded 40,000 ug/L.

Boeing Former Rocket Engine Testing Facility, NV. Remedial actions were evaluated forchlorinated hydrocarbons in soil and groundwater. Further active remediation avoided bysuccessful demonstration of natural attenuation for the site, which was subsequently approved asthe primary component of the long-term remedy, saving $15 million compared to the anticipatedremediation budget.

SVE at Former ACS Landfill, Indiana. Technical Manager for design and installation of anSVE/AS system for former landfill (NPL Site) in Indiana. An SVE system was successfullynegotiated and designed for chlorinated solvents at the active manufacturing facility that avoidedan exhaustive and costly pilot study program and reduced costs by over $7 Million for the originalremedy specified in the ROD.

Fenton's Reagent In-Situ Injection Project, Tulsa, OK. Petroleum hydrocarbons remediatedat an airplane maintenance facility using in-situ chemical oxidation. Fenton's reagent was appliedfull-scale in the field to address vadose zone constituents and a closure letter was received fromthe State of Oklahoma. Remediation was performed using innovative technology for 40 percentless than remediation budget.

In-Situ Chemical Oxidation Project, UNISON Site, Kansas City, KS. Full-scale applicationin progress as result of pilot tests conducted to test catalysts and delivery mechanisms for in-situchemical oxidation via Fenton's Reagent at the UNISON Site for Dow. Pilot testing demonstratedthe efficacy of trisodium citrate and citric acid as agents to control formation of hydroxyl radicals.

Boeing C-l In-Situ Pilot Test for Hexavalent Chromium Reduction, Long Beach, CA. Actingas Site Technical Manager on behalf of Boeing for reduction of hexavalent chromium using aninorganic reductant (calcium polysulfide). During pilot testing, concentrations were decreasedbelow 1 mg/L within a 20-ft radius. Dr. Basel is directing the full-scale in-situ appb'cation.

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Whiteman Air Force Base, Knob Noster, MO. Site investigations and feasibility studies werecompleted for various areas of Whiteman Air Force Base. Pilot test of dual-phase extraction wasevaluated and remedial actions were recommended for various sites that included aspects of naturalattenuation, vapor extraction, source removal, and injection of carbon sources (HRC and/or vegoil) for biodegradation of chlorinated VOCs.

Free Product Recovery at Tosco Avon Refinery, Martinez, CA. Recovery system was designedand installed at a major Bay Area refinery for free phase petroleum hydrocarbons. Projectincluded 32 product recovery wells, hazard and operability study, construction management ofsystem installation. O&M training, optimization study, remedial strategy, and field evaluation ofvacuum-enhanced product recovery system. An analytical relationship was developed thatdemonstrated that existing systems were providing appropriate effectiveness to CaliforniaDepartment of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC).

AS/SVE at Asti Manufacturing Facility, Italy. AS/SVE system was designed and installed atan automobile components manufacturing facility in Asti, Italy. The system was constructed usinga design/build approach and operating parameters have been within 10% of the design parameters.Further fate and transport analysis was performed to demonstrate the benefits of natural

attenuation, and facilitate approval of NA as a "polishing" technology by the authorities.

ARE Sites in Massachusetts and Georgia. Remedial evaluations conducted for multiple sites atWestover ARB (MA) and Dobbins ARB (GA). Evaluated existing technologies such asbioventing, SVE, and P&T systems and developed cost-reducing remedial strategies. Aspects ofnatural attenuation implemented for selected sites and remedial systems optimized.

Corporate Environmental Training, Whirlpool. A 2-day environmental training course wasdeveloped for global Whirlpool European personnel to raise awareness of economic impacts offacility environmental decisions. The costs and effectiveness of various remedial technologies wasone emphasis: the overriding lesson was that the best remedial technology is prevention ofreleases. Training course included modules with summaries and group exercises.

AFB in Maine and New Hampshire. Technical advisor for remedial evaluations conductedconcurrent with O&M activities for AS, SVE, bioventing, and P&T systems at Loring AFB (ME)and Pease AFB (NH). Recommended system enhancements that are largely being funded withoperational savings. u f • . '

Electronic Manufacturing Facility, Mississippi. Technical advisor for a fate and transportevaluation and review of existing AS/SVE system. Pilot test conducted using Hydrogen ReleaseCompounds (HRCs) to enhance biodegradation without accelerating offsite migration.

Appliances Manufacturing Facility, Milwaukee, WI. Performed remedial evaluation and usedfate and transport analysis to support natural attenuation demonstration. Remedial action plandeveloped to address source area and subsequent closure of haz waste unit.

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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS: . : . - x • -

Natural Attenuation of Freons and TCE in Fractured Rock (with L. Lehmicke). Presented at theThird International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds,Monterey, CA. May 2002.

Bench Tests for Thermally-Enhanced Extraction: Results with a Constant-Temperature Oven (withP. Lundegard). ). Presented at the Third International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinatedand Recalcitrant Compounds, Monterey, CA. May 2002.

Site Closure Using Monitored Natural Attenuation as Follow up to an Active Source RemediationIn Italy (with G. Longoni, M. Meregaglia, S. Bluestone, R. Dixon, and B. Lang), Presented at theInternational Workshop on Investigation, Management and Remediation of Contaminated Aquifers,Alicante, Spain, October 2001.

Air Sparging/SVE in Italy. Suspense Replaces Expense. Presented at the Sixth International In-Situand On-Site Bioremediation Symposium, San Diego, CA. June 2001.

Overview of In-Situ Chemical Oxidation: Status and Lessons Learned. Presented at the SecondInternational Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, Monterey,CA. May 2000.

Monitored Natural Attenuation Completes Remediation at Santa Clara Valley Site. Presented atFifth International In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation Symposium, San Diego, CA. April 1999.Battelle Press.

Field Evidence for Intrinsic Bioremediation of Trichloroethene in a Carbonate Aquifer (with KeithSchilling and Jack Sheldon). Presented at First International Conference on Remediation ofChlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, Monterey, CA. May 18-21, 1998.

Hydraulic Containment in Low Permeability Soils Using Vacuum-Enhanced GroundwaterExtraction (with Jay Clare and Bob Mihalovich). Presented at 1994 Petroleum HydrocarbonsConference. Nov. 2 to 4, 1994.

Application of Dual Phase Extraction for Remediation of Low Permeability Formations (with JayClare and Bob Mihalovich). Environmental Remediation in California, Institute of Business Law.Presented at 2nd Annual Conference in San Francisco. April 1994.

Two-Dimensional Propagation of Steam Through Partially Saturated Porous Media. Universityof California Ph.D. Dissertation, 1991.

Effect of Heterogeneities on the Shape of Condensation Fronts in Porous Media (with K.S. Udell). Heat Transfer in Geophysical Media ASME-HTD 172. Presented as a poster atNational Heat Transfer Conference. Minneapolis. July 1991.

Two-Dimensional Study of Steam Injection into Porous Media (with K. S. Udell). MultiphaseTransport in Porous Media ASME HTD-127. Presented at ASME Winter Annual Meeting. San

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Francisco. December 1989. . . ' • - • • •

The Effects of Gravity on Steam Propagation in Porous Media (with L. D. Stewart and K.S. Udell). Multiphase Transport in Porous Media ASME HTD-91. 1987.

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Denis M. Conley

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DENIS M. CONLEY .Project Manager / Senior Scientist

Summary of Qualifications

Mr. Conley serves as a Project Manager within the Remediation Technology Group at Haley &Aldrich's Rochester, NY office. He has more than 19 years of diversified experience in theevaluation, deployment, and operation of numerous remediation technologies including enhancedbioremediation, multi-phase extraction, radio frequency heating, and In-situ Thermal Desorption(ISTD). Mr. Conley has conducted and managed projects throughout the continental US, WesternEurope. Great Britain, the Mediterranean Coast, and in the South Pacific. Projects have rangedfrom innovative technology evaluations conducted for State and Federal Agencies to full-scaleimplementation of remedial technologies under Voluntary Action Programs (VAPs), and Superfundremedial action orders for industrial and public agency clients.

Relevant Project Experience

In Situ Thermal Desorption (ISTD) Technology Development. Mr. Conley served as theCorporate Quality Assurance Officer for TerraTherm Environmental Services, Inc. during theimplementation of the ISTD process at sites throughout the United States and on the island ofSaipan. Contaminants successfully treated "in-situ" included chlorinated solvents, heavy dieselfuel, PCBs, and dioxins/furans.

Missouri Electric Works, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Mr. Conley served as the project scientistresponsible for providing quality assurance/quality control services, data validation, and oversightof stack testing programs at this National Priority Listing (NPL) site. Demonstration Testing wasconducted using the TerraTherm In-Situ Thermal Desorption (ISTD) process for remediation ofPCBs from overburden soils for the USEPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT).

Former Hazardous Waste Disposal Site, Commercial Client, Sulphur, LA. ProjectManager of a multi-year remedial program at a former hazardous waste impoundment insouthwestern Louisiana. Tasks include the development of a Groundwater Management Planfor numerous areas of investigation, evaluation of intrinsic bioremediation mechanisms, anddevelopment of a risk based corrective action strategy under current and proposed State ofLouisiana regulations.

Commercial Refinery, Lake Charles, LA. Project Scientist for the installation andshakedown of a groundwater pump-and-treat system for the recovery of ethylene dichloride(EDC) as free phase product for re-use at an active industrial facility in Lake Charles,Louisiana. The recovery system utilizes carbonaceous and polymeric resins to adsorb EDC.Free phase is recovered through regeneration using plant steam. Mr. Conley performed proofof concept testing with a pre-designed pilot unit and assisted in the design of the full-scalesystem.

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Faculty Decontamination and Restoration, Israel Electric Corporation, Ashdod, Israel. Mr.Conley provided Quality Assurance oversight for insurance representatives during a facilitydecontamination and restoration following a PCB transformer fire. The facility was a 200,000 sq.ft. oil fired electric power generation station located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.Decontamination was performed in accordance with protocols established by the USEPA Officeof Pollution Prevention and Toxics and promulgated under 40 CFR Part 761.

Missouri Electric Works, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Mr. Conley served as the Project Scientistresponsible for quality assurance/quality control services, and oversight of stack testing programsat a National Priority Listing (NPL) site. Demonstration Testing was conducted using theTerraTherm In-Situ Thermal Desorption (ISTD) process for remediation of PCBs from overburdensoils without the need of excavation. . .-I .

General Motors Corporation Facilities, She Investigations, Continental US and Mexico. Mr.Conley prepared SAPs, QAPjPs, and assisted in the implementation of work plans developed withGM-Environmental Systems and Services staff at former Delco Division facilities. Mr. Conleyalso conducted detailed evaluations of site data representing the environmental conditions at eachfacility.

Xerox Corporation, Numerous Sites, Continental U.S. and Europe. Mr. Conley providestechnical oversight and management of in-situ remediation of soils and groundwater using thepatented 2-PHASE Extraction technology, The in-situ remediation systems are operated by plantpersonnel with oversight by Haley & Aldrich to optimize the rate of removal of subsurfacecontaminants.

Eastman Kodak Company, Facility Reference Document, Rochester, New York. Mr. Conleydeveloped a site wide Quality Assurance Plan for the Kodak Park facility. The QAPjP is utilizedas a guidance document for preparation of environmental sampling and analysis work plansconducted at the facility. The document encompasses each element required to achieve DataQuality Objectives (DQOs) for interim remedial measures (IRMs), RCRA Facility Investigations(RFI), and CERCLA Remedial Investigations/Feasibility Studies (RI/FS).

United Technologies Corporation, Remediation Pilot Study. Superfund Site, Central Maine.Mr. Conley performed an evaluation of a pilot study conducted with a UV oxidation remediationsystem at a federal Superfund Site in the State of Maine.

Atlantic Richfield Company, Remediation System Audit. Western New York. Mr. Conleyperformed a remediation system audit of soil and groundwater treatment systems installed at anoperating manufacturing facility in western New York. The extraction and treatment system wasevaluated to optimize the removal of spent chlorinated solvents present in overburden soils, andthe combined bedrock and overburden aquifer.

Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) Program Demonstration, New BedfordHarbor, Mass. Mr. Conley assisted the USEPA SITE Program in the evaluation of a SuperCritical Fluid Extraction (SCFE) process. SCFE was applied to PCB contaminated estuarine andoceanic sediments dredged from New Bedford (MA) Harbor. The findings were published withinEPA document #540/G-90/007.

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Education .- . • - . ' • . - - - . . •

University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine, B.A. BiologyUniversity of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine, B.S. Applied Chemistry

CertificationState of Maine, Certified Bacteriologist 1989

Additional Training

8 Hr. Refresher (29 CFR 1910.120), 1992-2002Comprehensive Industrial Hygiene, University of Michigan, 1995OSHA Site Supervisor Training, 1994OSHA 40 Hr. (29 CFR 1910.120). 1991

Recent Publications

Conley, Denis M., 2000, "Field Scale Implementation of Thermal Well Technology. NavalFacility Centervilje Beach, Ferndale.J^aliforrnV1, presented at the 2nd International Conferenceon the Remediation of Recalcitrant and Chlorinated Compounds, Battelle Memorial Institute,Monterey CA, May 22, 2000.

Conley. Denis M., K.S. Hansen, G.L. Stegemeier, "In Situ Thermal Desorption of RefinedPetroleum Hydrocarbons from Saturated Soils" presented at the 2nd International Conference onthe Remediation of Recalcitrant and Chlorinated Compounds, Battelle Memorial Institute.Monterey CA. May 22, 2000.

Baker, Ralph S., D. M. Conley, J. Galligan, D. Gregory. P. Patton, S. Hall, "1STD TreatabilitvStudy at Rocky Mountain Arsenal Hex Pit", proceedings of the 2°" International Conference onthe Remediation of Recalcitrant and Chlorinated Compounds, Battelle Memorial Institute,Monterey CA, May 22, 2000.

Conley, Denis M., 1999, "Application of ISTD Thermal Well Technology- Case Study".presented at the 1s1 International Environmental Exposition. Interstate Technology RegulatoryCooperation (TTRC) Workgroup. Atlantic City. NJ. April 21. 1999.

Hansen. Kirk S.. D. M Conley. H. J. Vinegar, G. L Stegemeier, 1998, "In Situ ThermalDesorption of Coal Tar", proceedings from the 11* International Symposium, Institute of GasTechnology, Orlando, FL., December 6-9 1998.

Conley, Denis M.. K. Jenkins, 1998, "Application of ISTD to Remediate PCBs from Soil at theFormer Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA.". presented at the 3"* Annual Tri-ServiceConference, San Diego. CA., August 15-17, 1998.

Vinegar, Harold J., G. L Slegemeier, J. M Hirsch, D. M. Conley, et al, 1997, "In Situ ThermalDesorption of PCBs", proceedings of the Superfund XVIII Conference, Washington, DC,December 2, 1997.

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Conley, Denis M..-and J. E. Loney, 1996, " Applied Groundwater Treatment using UV OxidationTechnologies", presented at the 28* Mid-Atlantic Industrial and Hazardous Waste Conference,Buffalo, NY, July 14-17 1996.

Edwards, David A., D. M. Conley, and M. G. Biekirch, 1996, "Surfactant Applications inEnvironmental Restoration," proceedings of the 28* Mid-Atlantic Industrial and Hazardous WasteConference, Buffalo, NY, July 14-17 1996.

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