environmental restoration program poster
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If you have any questions regarding these program please
contact Fort Buchanan Directorate of Public Works
Environmental Division at (787) 707-3573/3575
Introduction: The United States Army (Army) has an environmental policy that has made a commitment for the continual improvement of environmental
and safety management practices. The Fort Buchanan installation is among hundreds of installations that are taking on the responsibility of
contamination caused by past practices and restoring the affected areas for a safe environment. The Fort Buchanan Environmental Restoration Program
is centrally funded by the United States Army Environmental Command (USAEC). The clean-up program is responsible to restore former contaminated
sites to remove land use restrictions and improve land use options. The Army works together with Federal and State regulators to meet clean up goals.
RESTORATION PROGRAM: Includes Installation Restoration Program (IRP), Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP) and
Compliance Restoration (CR) Program.
Highlights:
• Cleaned up 19 of 21 physical sites; 15 sites require No Further Action (NFA); 6 sites require internal Land Use Control (LUCs).
• Cleanup techniques used : Source Removal, in-situ Chemical Oxidation; Air Sparging/ Vapor Extraction; Activated carbon; Bioremediation.
• Removed Non Hazardous(Fuel impacted) Waste from Fort Buchanan: 1,570 yd3; 189-55 gallon capacity drums; 8,750 gallons of fuel impacted water.
• Community Outreach and Awareness:
- Provided educational awareness for Munitions Explosives of Concern (MEC) through meetings with contractors, tenants and general community.
- Provided fact sheets and Community Involvement Plan (CIP) on the Environmental Restoration Program.
- Held Public Meetings for Proposed Plans with IRP and CR projects; and solicited for Restoration Advisory Boards (RAB) 2009, 2011, and 2013.
- Participated in Fort Buchanan Army Earth Day; conduct field trips; participate in Army intern program.
Installation Restoration Program (IRP):. Identify, investigate and clean up hazardous substances/waste, pollutants and contaminants at active Army installations. Sites include
Northwest Boundary Area (TCE) and the Site wide Investigation that includes 14 sites.
Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP): Addresses non-operational range lands that are suspected or known to contain MEC :unexploded ordnance (UXO), discarded
military munitions (DMM) or Munitions Constituent (MC) contamination. Fort Buchanan has one (1) Munitions Response Site (MRS) known as Camp Buchanan Training Area. It is
located in the western half of the golf course, Maxi Williams baseball field, 1300 building area and the “Mogote hill”. It was used as a small arms firing range 1920s – 1940s.
Environmental Restoration : Investigation and cleanup was performed between 1997-2013.
Figure above. Collecting groundwater samples at the TCE site
to analyze in the laboratory to determine concentrations of the
contamination in groundwater.
Figures Above. Chlorinated solvent Trichloroethylene (TCE) was
discovered in 2005. A monitoring well (48 wells) network was
installed to identify areas of the contamination. Figure 2-5 shows
area of contamination in 2009; Figure 3-4 shows concentrations in
June 2016.
Figure Above : Dated 1937 Camp
Buchanan was a small arms firing range
that operated between 1923 until the
1940’s.
Figure above. Geophysical Investigation of the
Camp Buchanan Training Site in 2010 during the
Remedial Investigation Feasibility Study.
Compliance Restoration (CR)Program : Acquired in FY10 compliance related projects such as leaking Underground Storage Tanks; or recent projects at active Army installations.
Some of the CR site locations include: Bldgs. 376, 390; Former Bldgs. at 380, 517, 556, 746 and un permitted dump site.
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Photos above: Soil and groundwater impacted at Former Underground Storage
Tank(UST) Site at Building 376 . In-situ Chemical Oxidation method was used.
Chemical Oxidation was also used at Bldg. 380 Area.
Figure above: Shows contractor representative
conducting a geophysical survey of the Camp Buchanan
Training site. This area is currently located at the western
part of the golf site.
Figure 5-2. In-situ Enhanced Bioremediation –
Reductive De-chlorination, Monitor Natural
Attenuation – MNA (Breakdown) for the TCE
site.
Figure above. Adding food and
bacteria to the aquifer to breakdown
the contamination in the TCE site.
Photos above: Soil and groundwater impacted at Former Underground Storage
Tank(UST) Site at former Building 380 /former AAFES Fuel Point and former Building
746 Area. Source removal is the easiest and most cost affective method. Upper right
shows In-situ bioremediation using activated carbon (PlumeStop) and Oxygen
Releasing Compound (ORC).
Figure above. Is taken from the MEC educational
awareness pamphlet. Indicates some of the
munitions pieces found or could be found at Fort
Buchanan.
Photos above: Soil and groundwater impacted at
Former Underground Storage Tank(UST) Site at
Building 390 . In-situ Air Sparging/ Soil Vapor
Extraction was used to remove remaining
contamination that was near vital utility lines.