Steps in the Cleanup Process

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Steps in the Cleanup Process
Guide to the Shipyards Cleanup
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INVESTIGATION PLANNING
STEP ONE
STEP THREE
STEP TWO
PROPOSED PLAN
FEDERAL FACILITIES AGREEMENT
Remedial Investigation
Presentation of the Proposed Strategy for Cleanup
Sets Timelines Goals
Full Toxicological Hazardous Waste
Investigation Some Radiological
RECORD OF DECISION
Preliminary Investigation
Contract between Polluter Regulators
Memorializing Agreement on Cleanup
Historical Record Search Interviews
Feasibility Studies (FS)
Site Inspection
Presentation of Cleanup Options and Preferred
Strategies
Visual Survey of Site w/ possible initial sampling
Remedial Design (RD)
Implements Agreement in Record of Decision
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EXCEPTIONS COMMENTS
REMOVAL ACTIONS By-pass the normal cleanup
process, including public comment requirements,
and can take place at point. They must address
immediate hazards to human health or the
environment, take less than six months to
complete and cost less than 6 million.
REMOVAL ACTIONS
PUBLIC COMMENT Is solicited through each stage of
cleanup investigation planning but only during
the review of the PROPOSED PLAN does the law
require the polluter to record public comments as
part of the legal record of the decision-making
process.
Public Comment
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STEPS IN PROPERTY TRANSFER
Land Use Control Implementation Plan LUCIP
FINDING OF SUITABILITY TO TRANSFER (FOST)
When the only solution to the pollution of a site
is to restrict its use, a Land Use Control Plan
is created.
Deed/Other Transfer Docs
Deeds Other Transfer Documents provide the
legal notification to the future owner of any
restriction on land-use.
Certifies that the Polluter has met the
requirement of the ROD releasing property for
sale or transfer.
Soil and Groundwater Management Plan (SGMP)
Transfer
Conformity Review With Conveyance Agreement
SGMPs are a component of the LUCIP
SFDPH Implements SGMP
City review of FOST to ensure Parcel Meets
property conditions outlined in Conveyance
Agreement.
Operation Maintenance
Article 31 of the City Health Code provides the
SFDPH with authority to oversee SGMPs.
OM address the continuing needs of the LUCIP
SGMP.
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Hunters Point Shipyard Cleanup Federal/ City
Property Transfer Process
Data Gaps
FEDERAL FACILITIES AGREEMENT
Preliminary Investigation
Site Inspection
Remedial Investigation
Feasibility Studies (FS)
Removal Actions
Removal Actions
New Information
Data Gaps
Revised Proposed Plan
Draft Record of Decision (ROD)
Revised Feasibility Study
PROPOSED PLAN
Public Comment
New Information
RECORD OF DECISION
Remedial Design (RD)
FINDING OF SUITABILITY TO TRANSFER (FOST)
Deed/Other Transfer Docs
Changes to RD
Remedial Action
Revised FOST
Post ROD Significant Changes
New Information
OM
Transfer
Soil and Groundwater Management Plan (SGMP)
ROD Amendment
Land Use Control Implementation Plan
SFDPH Implements SGMP
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Hunters Point Shipyard 2006 Cleanup Timeline
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• SFRA Transfers Parcel
• A to Lennar 4-05
• Lennar Parcel A Building
• Deconstruction,
• Demolition, Lead
• Asbestos Abatement in
• Buildings 6-10/ 05
• Lead in Soil Abatement
• 12/-05 1/06
• Hilltop side grading
• 2-5/06 

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PARCEL A
The cleanest area of the Hunters Point Shipyard,
this 75 acre parcel was primarily used for
housing and recreational activities. In October
2004, Federal and State regulatory agencies
overseeing the Shipyard cleanup concurred that
Parcel A has been safely cleared of hazardous
materials and was safe for transfer. Industrial
activities on Parcel A included a pesticide
mixing shed and some radiological laboratories.
Parcel A is believed to have been contaminated
mostly by lead and asbestos in and around the
residential buildings. Buildings on Parcel A
identified for further radiological examination
were withdrawn from the transfer process.
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Revised FS Technical Memoranda In Support of a
Record of Decision Amendment (TSMRA)
3/06-6/06 Rad Addenda to TSMRA
5/06-8/06 TPH CAP Addenda
2/06-10/06 Public Meeting for Scoping Proposed
Plan 5/06 Proposed Plan 5/06-12/06 Sewer
Removal (Rad) 4/06-12/06 ROD amendment
2/07-8/07 FOST 5/09-11/09
PARCEL B
Parcel B is the northern section of the Hunters
Point Shipyard. Approximately 63 acres, it is
built primarily on fill originating from the hill
above (now known as Parcel A). An industrial
area Parcel B included submarine maintenance pens
and dry-docks, a battery manufacturing and
maintenance facility, and a chemical tank farm.
Parcel B and is contaminated with heavy metals,
solvents, petroleum products and PCBs.
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• TPH CAP Addenda
• 4/06-7/06
• Feasibility Study (FS)
• 9/06-3/07

PARCEL C
Parcel C, is the northeast quadrant of the
Shipyard, approximately 77 acres in size and
built almost entirely on fill. The historic
Supervisor of Ship Repair Area, Parcel C contains
all three of the Shipyards major dry docks.
Highly polluted, Parcel C is contaminated by
vinyl chloride, solvents, petroleum products,
PCBs, and heavy metals.
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• Draft Final Feasibility Study (FS)
• 6/06-10/06
• Radiation Addenda to FS
• 5/06-11/06
• TPH CAP Addenda
• 6/06-12/06
• Sewer Removal (Rad)
• 7/06-12/06
• Public Meeting for Scoping
• Proposed Plan
• 8/06
• Proposed Plan
• 8/06-3/07

PARCEL D
Located in the southeast quadrant of the
Shipyard, Parcel D is approximately 100 acres in
size and built entirely on fill. A heavy
industrial area, Parcel D is where the bulk of
off-vessel ship repair and maintenance work was
done. A number of radiological laboratories,
machine shops, foundries, the metal pickling
plating yard, and a large petroleum tank farm
were located there. Parcel D is known to be
contaminated with heavy metals, solvents, PCBs,
and petroleum products.
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• TPH CAP Addenda
• 1/06-7/06
• Remedial Investigation
• 8/06-1/07
• TPH Field Work
• 7/06-3/07
• Radiation Addenda to FS
• 1/06-9/07
• Feasibility Study (FS)
• 9/06-10/07

PARCEL E
Parcels E and E2 were used primarily as disposal
sites. Several buildings and sites used by the
Naval Radiological Affairs Support Office also
located on Parcels E and E2. Together, the two
parcels cover approximately 160 acres and are
made up entirely of fill material. They are
considered the most contaminated of the dry land
parcels. Contaminants include solvents, metals,
radium, petroleum products, and PCBs. 
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• Remedial Investigation/ Feasibility Study (RI/FS)
• 5/06-12/06
• Radiation Addenda to FS
• 5/06-10/06
• Public Meeting for Scoping Proposed Plan
• 11/06

E2
PARCEL E2
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Parcel E2 is the - Industrial Landfill - and
surrounding areas. In 2000, a below-ground fire
began in the Industrial Landfill, releasing toxic
gases. In 2004, the Navy and regulators agreed to
separate this seismically sensitive area from the
rest of Parcel E to speed the cleanup. The total
contents of the Industrial Landfill are unknown
however known contaminants include metals, PCBs,
pesticides, volatile and semi-volatile organic
compounds, petroleum hydrocarbons, and chlorine
gas.
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• Feasibility Study (FS)
• 5/06-10/07

PARCEL F
Parcel F encompasses approximately 433 acres of
the submerged San Francisco Bay lands immediately
surrounding the Shipyard. It is the largest
Shipyard parcel. Very little is known about
Parcel F. Suspected contaminants include metals,
petroleum products, radiological contamination,
pesticides, and PCBs.