Navy Co-Chair Updates
Restoration Advisory Board
Former NAS Moffett Field
November 12, 2009
Kathryn Stewart, PE
BRAC Environmental Coordinator
BRAC Program Management Office West
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Hangar 1 Update
• Background
– Initial planned award date for removal action: 31 July 2009
– Delay of contract award and discussions between Navy and NASA leadership
– Decision to request Office of Management and Budget arbitration
• Since last RAB Meeting:
– Provision of information to OMB
– Award of contract to AMEC Earth and Environmental, Inc.
• 25 September 2009
• $22,363,463
• Communication:
– Congresswoman Eshoo letter dated 22 September 2009
– SecNav letter dated 2 October 2009
– Congresswoman Eshoo letter dated 7 October 2009
• Decision on residing has not occurred
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Site 27 Update
• Evaluation complete
• Technical Memorandum dated 5 October 2009
– Soil
– Geotextile fabric/rock
– Combination
• Recommendation: Combination
– Gain advantages of both
– Ditch can continue to function as a moving corridor for turtles
– Provides limited burrowing substrate for overwintering pond turtles
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Site 28
• West Side Aquifers Treatment System
• Power Requirements
• 119,000 kWh/year
– Advanced Oxidation Process system
– 9 extraction wells and associated controls
– all other pumps, controls and instrumentation
– Continuous operation
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Five Year Review
• Basewide Five Year Review
– Site 1: Runway Landfill
– Site 22: Golf Course Landfill
– Site 26: East Side Aquifers Treatment System (EATS)
– Site 28: West Side Aquifers Treatment System (WATS)
• Purpose: Evaluate implementation and performance of selected remedies
and whether remain protective
• Schedule
– Draft Issued 15 October 2009
– Comments due 14 December 2009
– Final Feb 2010
• Draft indicates all sites currently protective of human health and the
environment
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Contact Information
Kathy Stewart
BRAC Environmental Coordinator
BRAC Program Management Office West
Navy Caretaker Site Office
1 Avenue of the Palms, Suite 161
Treasure Island
San Francisco, CA 94130-1807
Phone: (415)743-4715
Fax: (415)743-4700
E-mail: Kathryn.Stewart@navy.mil
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