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Central Eureka Mine

Superfund Site

Sutter Creek, California

Removal Action Administrative

Record Index

Released: 07/01/1996

SEMS-RM DOCID # 1164410

About the Administrative Record

This administrative record file contains the documents that the U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) is currently using to identify activities appropriate to the Central Eureka Mine

Superfund removal site, in Sutter Creek, California. It is presented in Compact Disk (CD)

format.

Please address questions on this administrative record to:

Christopher Reiner or: Janet Forst

On-Scene Coordinator Environmental Protection Assistant

U.S. EPA (SFD-9-4) U.S. EPA (SFD-9-4)

75 Hawthorne Street 75 Hawthorne Street

San Francisco, CA 94105-3901 San Francisco, CA 94105-3901

(415) 972-3414 (415) 972-3044 or (800) 231-3075

What is an Administrative Record?

An administrative record is a collection of documents which forms the basis for an agency's

decision, in this case the selection of a response action at a Superfund site.

Under section 113(K) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and

Liability Act (CERCLA), as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act

(SARA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required to establish an

administrative record for every Superfund response action and to make a copy of the

administrative record available at or near the site. The administrative record must be reasonably

available for public review during normal business hours.

How to obtain copies of administrative record documents:

Individuals may copy any documents contained in the administrative record file according to the

procedures at the local repository or request a copy of the CD by calling the Superfund Records

Center at (415) 536-2000.

Central Eureka Mine

Superfund Removal Site

Administrative Record

Acronyms and Abbreviations

ABBREVIATION MEANING

ARAR Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Restriction (or Requirement)

Assoc Associates

attch (s) Attachment (s)

CA California

CALTOX Name of model

Co Company

Dept Department

Dr Doctor

encl Enclosure

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

FOIA Freedom of Information Act

fr From

GI Gastrointestinal

HRS Hazard Ranking

Inc Incorporated

info Information

ltr Letter

memo Memorandum

mg/kg Milligram/Kilogram

MT Montana

N North

OU Operable Unit

pH Percentage of Hydrogen

pp Pages

ppm Parts Per Million

prelim Preliminary

PRG Preliminary Remediation Goals

re Regarding

rpt Report

rtg Routing

TL Transmittal Letter

Univ University

US United States

v Volume

w/ With

w/o Without

WA Washington

This administrative record is available for viewing at the Superfund Records Center in San

Francisco and the Sutter Creek Branch Library, 35 Main Street, Sutter Creek, CA 95685.

Central Eureka Mine Superfund Site


Removal Administrative Record, 07-01-1996

Final Indexin CHRONOLOGICAL order

Document ID Document Date Title Author Addressee

88222352 6/1/1931Article: Microscopic examination of ores & wall

rocks of Central Eureka Mines - thesis, w/o platesR09: Knaebel, Charles (Stanford Univ) R09: (Stanford Univ)

88223060 11/5/1938

Ltr: Central Tailing Co completed mill tailings

treatment which were deposited by Central Eureka

Mining Co, now want approval of storage,

w/marginalia

R09: Terretti, J (Lien Estate Co) R09: (CA Debris Commission)

88222353 5/1/1974Article: Arsenic & environment (Mineral Industries

Bulletin, v17, #3, 1-19)

R09: Whitacre, Wayne (Colorado School of

Mines Research Institute)

88222988 6/20/1985

Ltr: Public health concerns re tailings materials on

which proposed Gold Terrace mobile home

subdivision will be located

R09: Garamendi, Tom (Amador County - Health

Dept)

R09: Chisholm, Resident,

Michael (City of Sutter Creek)

88222345 11/12/1987

Memo: Mesa de Oro subdivision facts &

recommendation, w/exhibit A-conditions of

approval & marginalia

R09: (City of Sutter Creek) R09: (City of Sutter Creek)

88222978 3/6/1989(Redacted) Ltr: Public comment re damage to home

fr mudslide

R09: Mignani, Jon (CA Environmental Protection

Agency - Dept of Toxic Substances Control), R09:

Mignani, Ronda (CA Environmental Protection

Agency - Dept of Toxic Substances Control)

R09: (City of Sutter Creek)

88222975 11/2/1989Ltr: Toxicity results at site for past year, surface

drainage problem & site fence

R09: Messinger, James (Steel Building Systems,

Inc)

R09: Chisholm, Resident,

Michael (City of Sutter Creek)

88222987 12/27/1989

Ltr: Summary of info obtained fr Dr Burau of

University of CA, Davis campus re mobile home

park being built on old mine tailings & arsenic, w/o

attch

R09: Beale, Allison (Univ of California -

Cooperative Agricultural Extension)

R09: Scheidt, Willie (Amador

County - Health Dept)

88222359 5/1/1990

Public health evaluation, Mesa de Oro subdivision,

Sutter Creek, CA, w/addendum 1 re soil testing

results & marginalia

R09: Shull, Lee (Western Environmental Health

Assoc, Inc)

88222393 12/27/1990 Computer printout re arsenicR09: (National Library of Medicine - Toxnet

News Bulletin)

88222448 1/1/1991

Article: Biogeochemistry of arsenic in natural

waters - the importance of methylated species

(Environmental Science Technology, v25, #3, 420-

427)

R09: Anderson, Linda (Univ of California, Santa

Cruz)

Page 1 of 10






88223099 1/1/1991

Article: Effect of redox potential & pH on arsenic

speciation & solubility in contaminated soil

(Environmental Science Technology, v25, #8, 1414-

1419)

R09: Masscheleyn, Patrick (Louisiana State Univ)

88222986 5/25/1991

Ltr: Topics discussed at meeting 5/21/91 with

Amador County Health Dept re public health issues

& mine tailings (faxed 5/29/91)

R09: Shull, Lee (Western Environmental Health

Assoc, Inc)

R09: Messinger, James (Steel

Building Systems, Inc)

88222447 1/1/1992

Article: Bioavailability of arsenic & lead in soils fr

Butte, MT, mining district (Environmental Science

Technology, V26, #3, 461-468)

R09: Davis, Andy (P T I Environmental Services)

88222999 1/1/1992

Fr baseline risk assessment Ruston, N Tacoma OU

Commencement Bay Nearshare/Tideflats

Superfund Site w/TL to S Smucker fr R Lorenzara

(faxed 3/28/94)

R09: Glass, Gregory (Environmental Protection

Agency - Region 10)

R09: (Environmental

Protection Agency - Region

10)

88222998 7/15/1993Laboratory rpt, samples collected 7/14/93, &

sample analysis request

R09: Kimbrough, David (Southern California

Laboratory)

R09: Ziarkowski, Dan (CA

Environmental Protection

Agency - Dept of Toxic

Substances Control)

88222429 1/1/1994

Article: Sorption & redox transformation of arsenite

& arsenate in two flooded soils (Soil Science Society

American Journal: v58, 337-342)

R09: Mcgeehan, S (Univ of Idaho)

88222431 1/1/1994

Article: Speciation & fate of arsenic in 3 lakes of

Aberjona Watershed (Environmental Science

Technology, V28, #4, 577-585)

R09: Aurillo, Anna (Massachusetts Institute of

Technology - Ralph Parsons Laboratory)

88223098 3/1/1994

Article: New data for risk assessment - population

studies may help define risk fr arsenic (EPRI Journal,

34-35)

88222398 3/10/1994Article: Clark Fork position paper on bioavailability

of arsenicR09: Schiefer, Greg (Life Systems)

R09: Gross, Mike (Sverdrup

Environmental, Inc)

88222996 4/20/1994

Sampling & analysis data, 4/12/94, laboratory rpt,

quality assurance summary & sample analysis

request, Mesa de Oro subdivision

R09: De Guzman, Merlyn (CA Environmental

Protection Agency - Dept of Toxic Substances

Control)

Page 2 of 10






88222997 4/21/1994Laboratory rpt & sample analysis request, Mesa de

Oro subdivision

R09: Odion, Zenaida (CA Environmental


Control)

88222995 4/25/1994Laboratory rpt, w/TL to D Ziarkowski fr D Flynn

(faxed 4/27/94)R09: Johnston, Lauren (Health Science Assoc)

R09: Alexander, S (CA Dept of

Industrial Relations - Div of

Occupational Safety & Health)

88222357 5/19/1994

Sampling & analysis data, 5/11/94, quality

assurance summary & sample analysis requests,

Mesa de Oro subdivision



Control)

88222994 6/14/1994Sampling & analysis data, 5/11/94, & sample

analysis request, Mesa de Oro subdivision



Control)

88222358 6/23/1994

Sampling & analysis data re Mesa de Oro

subdivision, collected 4/29/94, sample analysis

request & map, w/marginalia



Control)

88222396 8/1/1994

Memo: Preliminary remediation goals - 2nd half

1994 & transmits PRG table, w/PRG table & related

information

R09: Smucker, Stan (Environmental Protection

Agency - Region 9)

88222356 9/7/1994

Sampling & analysis data, Mesa de Oro subdivision,

collected 8/24/94, quality assurance summary &

sample analysis request



Control)

88223106 9/30/1994

Memo: Transmits fact sheets re Mesa de Oro

subdivision investigation 9/94 & dust control in

home, & home cleaning recommendation, w/attchs

(faxed)

R09: Ziarkowski, Dan (CA Environmental


Control)

R09: Shipley, Brad

(Environmental Protection

Agency - Region 9)

88222360 10/7/1994

Memo: Transmits estimation of human health risk

using CALTOX, Mesa de Oro subdivision, w/attch &

TL to S Smucker fr D Ziarkowski & marginalia (faxed)

R09: Hathaway, T (CA Environmental Protection





Substances Control)

88222397 10/28/1994

Memo: Recommended outline for using EPA

preliminary remediation goals in screening risk

assessments at military facilities, w/appendices A-1

& A-2

R09: Wade, Michael (CA Environmental


Control)

R09: Smith, Ken (CA



Substances Control)

Page 3 of 10






88222375 11/2/1994 Site assessment rpt R09: Duncan, Will (Ecology & Environment, Inc)

R09: Lewis, William


Agency - Region 9)

2084857 11/10/1994

(Privileged) Summary scoresheet & rationale for

computing project hazard ranking system score

(Privileged document target only)

R09: Violich, Adam (Environmental Protection

Agency - Region 9)

2084856 11/11/1994

(Privileged) Ltr: Prepared HRS scoresheets using

readily available info provided by EPA, transmits

prelim scoresheets & rationale, w/attchs (Privileged

document target only)

R09: Walton, Catherine (Bechtel Environmental,

Inc)

R09: Barton, Dana


Agency - Region 9)

88222371 11/18/1994 Quality assurance workplan, w/o appendix B R09: Milam, Frank (Ecology & Environment, Inc)

88222400 12/1/1994Memo: Risk analysis of Mesa de Oro residential

housing subdivision


Agency - Region 9)

R09: Shipley, Brad


Agency - Region 9)

88222432 12/15/1994

Memo: Guidance on soil cleanup levels, w/attch &

interim guidance for remediation of petroleum

impacted sites-soil screening levels (tentative draft)

R09: Shane, Daniel (Environmental Protection

Agency - Region 9)

R09: (Environmental

Protection Agency - Region 9)

88222423 12/29/1994

Data validation rpt: #23009, memo #1, soil samples

for total metals, w/TL to B Shipley fr M May

(unvalidated)

R09: Molina, Lorena (I C F Kaiser Engineers, Inc)R09: (Environmental


88222420 1/6/1995

Data validation rpt: #23009, memo #s 2-9, soil &

water samples for total metals, 1/5/95-1/6/95,

w/TL to B Shipley fr M May (unvalidated)



88222422 1/6/1995

Data validation rpt: #23009, memo #10, soil

samples for total metals, w/TL to B Shipley fr M

May 1/9/95 (unvalidated)



88222421 1/13/1995

Data validation rpt: #23009, memo #11, soil

samples for total metals, w/TL to B Shipley fr M

May (unvalidated)



88223112 1/19/1995 Sampling & analysis data, collected 12/14/94 R09: Ilejay, Zaida (CA Dept of Health Services)

Page 4 of 10






88222418 1/24/1995

Sampling & analysis data, 12/2/94, 12/15/94,

12/19/94, 1/9/95, 1/11-12/95, 1/17-19/95, w/rtg

slip to D Ziarkowski fr Hazardous Materials

Laboratory



Control)

88222395 1/25/1995

Ltr: Arsenic info, advises new samples be collected,

transmits GI extraction procedure, dot maps,

sample extraction table of results, w/attchs (faxed)

R09: Borch, Resident, Robert (City of Vancouver,

WA)

R09: Milam, Frank (Ecology &

Environment, Inc)

88222406 1/25/1995

Data validation rpt: #23009, memo #1, 20 soil

samples for total metals, collected 11/30/94-

12/2/94, w/TL to B Shipley fr M Weiner 1/26/95

R09: Dooley, Mitzi (I C F Kaiser Engineers, Inc)R09: (Environmental


88222436 1/25/1995

Article: Development of in vitro gastrointestinal

extraction procedure to evaluate human health

risks posed by ingestion of contaminated soils

(faxed)

R09: Borch, Robert (Univ of California, Davis)

88223037 1/25/1995Ltr: Material concerning arsenic in mine tailings

(faxed)


WA)


Environment, Inc)

88223033 2/3/1995Prospectus - arsenic speciation & environmental

availability assessment (faxed)


WA)


Environment, Inc)

88222412 2/8/1995

Data validation rpt: #23117, memo #s 1-6, soil &

water samples for total metals, w/TL to B Shipley fr

M May (unvalidated)



88222426 2/9/1995



12/9/94, w/TL to B Shipley fr M Weiner 2/13/95 &

marginalia

R09: Mcintosh, Mike (I C F Kaiser Engineers, Inc)R09: (Environmental


88222419 2/10/1995



12/16/94, w/TL to B Shipley fr M Weiner &

marginalia

R09: Mckintosh, Mike (I C F Kaiser Engineers,

Inc)

R09: (Environmental


88222407 2/13/1995



12/3/94, w/TL to B Shipley fr M Weiner 2/14/95 &

marginalia



Page 5 of 10






88222424 2/13/1995



12/9/94, w/TL to B Shipley fr M Weiner



88222408 2/14/1995






88222425 2/14/1995




marginalia



88222410 2/15/1995

Data validation rpt: #23009, memo #5, 20 water





88222411 2/15/1995






88222416 2/15/1995






88222457 2/15/1995Memo: Electron microprobe speciation results for

site samples, w/attchR09: Milam, Frank (Ecology & Environment, Inc)

R09: Duncan, Will (Ecology &

Environment, Inc)

88222413 2/16/1995




R09: Mckintosh, Mike (I C F Kaiser Engineers,

Inc)

R09: (Environmental


88222417 2/16/1995






Page 6 of 10






88222405 2/20/1995

Data validation rpt: #23117, memo #5, 6 water



R09: David, Dina (I C F Kaiser Engineers, Inc)R09: (Environmental


88222415 2/20/1995






88222414 2/21/1995






88222450 2/22/1995Photos (34): 4-3/4 x 3-3/4 in black & white,

speciation, taken 1/18/95-1/23/95

R09: Shipley, Brad (Environmental Protection

Agency - Region 9)

88222409 2/24/1995



12/7/94, w/TL to B Shipley fr M Weiner (partial

validation)



88223072 3/1/1995

Memo: Notes fr meeting with CA EPA toxicologists

re preliminary remedial goal of 22 mg/kg arsenic in

soil


Agency - Region 9)

R09: Shipley, Brad


Agency - Region 9)

88223036 3/3/1995

Ltr: Identify problems with proper on site disposal

of mine tailings or soil contaminated with tailings &

transmits ARARs identified so far, w/attch


Agency - Region 9)




Substances Control)

88223071 3/3/1995Memo: Preliminary remediation goal of 22 ppm for

soil cleanup at site






Substances Control)

88222427 3/6/1995






88223120 3/15/1995Tentative list of CA ARARs, w/TL to B Shipley fr D

Ziarkowski (faxed)

R09: (CA Environmental Protection Agency -

Dept of Toxic Substances Control)

88222435 3/21/1995

Action memo: Request for approval of removal

action at site, w/appendix A & w/o enforcement

addendum


Agency - Region 9)

R09: Takata, Keith


Agency - Region 9)

Page 7 of 10






88223059 3/22/1995

Ltr: Comments on & transmits potential state

ARARs at site, w/encl & TL to B Shipley fr D

Ziarkowski 3/17/95

R09: Anderson, Frances (CA Environmental


Control)

R09: Shipley, Brad


Agency - Region 9)

88222434 3/23/1995Phase 2 site assessment, w/marginalia & attchs

except appendix KR09: Duncan, Will (Ecology & Environment, Inc)

R09: Lewis, William


Agency - Region 9)

88222462 3/27/1995




marginalia

R09: Mcintosh, Mike (I C F Technology, Inc)R09: (Environmental


88223054 4/9/1995 Memo: Site remediation (draft) R09: Loux, David (Gold Country Coalition)

R09: Shipley, Brad


Agency - Region 9)

88223058 4/18/1995Ltr: Response to action memo of 3/21/95, w/TL to B

Shipley fr D Ziarkowski 4/17/95

R09: Anderson, Frances (CA Environmental


Control)

R09: Shipley, Brad


Agency - Region 9)

88222461 5/1/1995 Mesa de Oro slope stability testing programR09: Flynn, Michael (Geotechnical Research &

Development)

R09: Nelson, Jayne (C E T

Environmental Services, Inc)

88222467 5/1/1995 Assessment rpt

R09: Williamson, Kenneth (Hazardous Substance

Research Center, Western Region - Technical

Outreach Services for Communities)

R09: (Gold Country Coalition)

88223128 5/5/1995Memo: Assessment rpt for Gold Country Coalition,

Sutter Creek, CA, w/o attch




R09: Shipley, Brad


Agency - Region 9)

88222455 5/9/1995Memo: Evaluation of recommended response

actions for site

R09: Hogan, Sean (Environmental Protection

Agency - Region 9)

R09: Shipley, Brad


Agency - Region 9)

88223114 5/10/1995

Ltr: Diagram of what feel is best detail for

containment of cobble or turf gutter maintenance

problem & hard to maintain grade (handwritten)

R09: Messinger, Jim (San Bernardino Steel)

R09: Shipley, Brad


Agency - Region 9)

Page 8 of 10






88223127 5/10/1995

Ltr: Recommendations for community's long-term

interests re Mesa de Oro tailing pile, residential

cleanup, mine head, stream bed, institutional

control




R09: Shipley, Brad


Agency - Region 9)

88223126 5/11/1995Map: Drainage control, planted irrigation

maintenance & possible buttresses, w/notesR09: Pulskamp, John (Gold Country Coalition)

2084855 5/15/1995

(Privileged) Memo: Bioavailability study & its

impact on scheduled yard remediation activities

(Privileged document target only)


Agency - Region 9)

R09: White, Donald


Agency - Region 9)

88223111 5/22/1995

Ltr: Summary of progress made since meeting

4/18/95 & discussion held during initial part of

meeting 5/11/95

R09: Rabbino, David (Environmental Protection

Agency - Region 9)

R09: Wilkinson, Kirk (Latham

& Watkins (Attorneys))

88223113 5/23/1995Memo: Proposed in vitro bioavailability testing,

Mesa de Oro subdivision






Substances Control)

88223130 5/30/1995Public notice: US EPA announces availability of

administrative record

R09: (Environmental Protection Agency - Region

9)

88222460 6/1/1995 Mesa de Oro Raney geotechnical direct shear dataR09: Flynn, Michael (Geotechnical Research &

Development)



88222465 6/1/1995 Mesa de Oro toe of slope soil testing informationR09: Flynn, Michael (Geotechnical Research &

Development)



88223123 6/1/1995 Article: Vital signs - poultice of time (Discover, v40)

R09: Weaver, Daniel (CA Environmental


Control)

88222454 6/9/1995

Ltr: Recommended response actions for slopes &

top of Mesa, Mesa de Oro site, w/figures, attchs &

marginalia

R09: Safford, Andrew (Erler & Kalinowski, Inc)

R09: Shipley, Brad


Agency - Region 9)

88223129 6/29/1995Memo: Other documents considered or relied upon

for administrative record

R09: Farber, Sandy (Environmental Protection

Agency - Region 9)

88223155 6/29/1995

List of US EPA guidance documents consulted

during development & selection of response action

for site


9)

Page 9 of 10






88223136 7/14/1995Public Notice: US EPA announces availability of

administrative record


9)

88223125 Undated Article: Pets linked to arsenic exposure (pp 6-7)R09: (US Dept of Health & Human Services -

Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry)

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