1(Note: transcript includes a small number of minor changes to correct single misspelled or misheard words.)23456789 FORT GREELY10 INSTALLATION RESTORATION ADVISORY BOARD11 PUBLIC MEETING12Taken April 20, 201113 Commencing at 6:15 p.m.14 Volume I - Pages 1 - 37, inclusive1516Taken at17 Delta Junction City HallDelta Junction, Alaska18192021Reported by:22 Mary A. Vavrik, RMR232425MIDNIGHT SUN COURT REPORTERS (907) 258-710021 A-P-P-E-A-R-A-N-C-E-S2 Members present:3 Mr. Stephen Hammond, Community Co-ChairMs. Flower Cole, Community Member4 Ms. Melody Debenham, Alaska Department ofEnvironmental Conservation5 Mr. Derek Dan Miller, Fort Greely Commander'sDesignated Representative6 Mr. Mike Murphy, Community Member7 Guests present:8 Mr. Bill Burke, AECOMMr. Brad Chastain, Sivuniq9 Mr. Jon Jones, Integrated Environmental

Ms. Renee LaFata, Senior Environmental10 Scientist, ASTSMs. Kristin Miller, Sivuniq11 Mr. Glen Shonkwiler, U.S. Army Space andMissile Defense Command12 Mr. Norman Straub, SivuniqMr. Ed Vaughn, ASTS, RAB Support Subcontractor13 Ms. Mary Vavrik, Registered Merit ReporterMr. Fred Vreeman, Alaska Department of Environmental14 ConservationMs. Deborah Ward, Fort Greely Public Affairs15 Ms. Tara White, Fort Greely ResidentMr. Tom York, Kaya16Members absent:17Mr. Dick Anderson, Community Member18 Mr. Pete Hallgren, Community MemberMs. Mary Leith-Dowling, Community Member19 Mr. Steve Fields, Community MemberMs. Carol Stock, Community Member20Taken by: Mary A. Vavrik, RMR2122 BE IT KNOWN that the proceedings were taken at the time23 and place duly noted on the title page, before Mary A.24 Vavrik, Registered Merit Reporter and Notary Public within25 and for the State of Alaska.MIDNIGHT SUN COURT REPORTERS (907) 258-710031 P-R-O-C-E-E-D-I-N-G-S2 MR. HAMMOND: Welcome, everybody. This is3 the April 20 Restoration Advisory Board meeting. And the4 purpose of the RAB is to communicate progress on the5 environmental efforts out on Fort Greely and to allow the6 community to provide any questions or comments associated7 with that work or to just facilitate the flow of8 information from the environmental efforts out on Fort9 Greely to the community.10 Everybody has got a copy of the agenda. Any11 comments or additions to the agenda from the group here at12 the table?13 MS. COLE: What date -- it says approval14 of minutes from November 11, but then it said the meeting15 was November 10th, and I'm easily confused as it is.

16 MR. HAMMOND: Uh-huh. So they should --17 the dates should match. You are correct on that.18 MR. SHONKWILER: It was November 10th.19 MR. VAUGHN: Where did we go wrong?20 MR. HAMMOND: The agenda has the 11th on21 it, and it was the 10th. It was the 10th of November.22 MR. VAUGHN: It was the 10th. Okay. I23 apologize.24 MR. HAMMOND: So there is one change to25 the agenda. Good comment. Somebody is reading theMIDNIGHT SUN COURT REPORTERS (907) 258-710041 agenda. Any other comments or additions? Everybody want2 to move forward with the agenda?3 MS. COLE: I make a motion we approve the4 agenda as presented.5 MR. MURPHY: Second.6 MR. HAMMOND: All in favor, say aye.7 (Unanimous aye vote.)8 MR. HAMMOND: I did forget to introduce9 the -- I think everybody is somewhat familiar. There may10 be a new face or two. But why don't we go around the11 table. We will start with the preparer.12 MS. COLE: Flower Cole.13 MS. DEBENHAM: I'm Melody Debenham with14 Department of Environmental Conservation.15 MR. MURPHY: I'm Mike Murphy. I'm a member16 of this group.17 MR. HAMMOND: Stephen Hammond, community18 co-chair.19 MR. SHONKWILER: I'm Glen Shonkwiler. I'm20 the Army's restoration project manager.21 MR. MILLER: Dan Miller. I'm the Fort22 Greely environmental chief.23 MR. HAMMOND: You want to get the people24 in the audience?25 MR. VREEMAN: Fred Vreeman, Department ofMIDNIGHT SUN COURT REPORTERS (907) 258-710051 Environmental Conservation.2 MS. WARD: Deborah Ward, Public Affairs,3 Fort Greely.4 MS. LAFATA: Renee LaFata, ASTS, or5 Sivuniq.6 MS. MILLER: Kristin Miller, ASTS/Sivuniq.

7 MR. JONES: Jon Jones, Integrated8 Environmental.9 MR. VAUGHN: Ed Vaughn, RAB support10 contractor.11 MR. STRAUB: Norm Straub.12 MS. VAVRIK: Mary Vavrik, court reporter.13 MR. HAMMOND: All right. So I didn't hear14 anybody from the community out there, so it's a focused15 group for us tonight, Glen.16 As amended, the approval of the minutes from the17 10 November 2010 meeting. Has everybody had a chance to18 look at the minutes, and are there any comments?19 MR. MURPHY: Or corrections?20 MR. HAMMOND: Or corrections.21 MR. MURPHY: Yes.22 MR. HAMMOND: Absolutely. Good.23 MR. MURPHY: Line 505 way in back, I don't24 know what that relates to, actually.25 MR. HAMMOND: Is there a 505?MIDNIGHT SUN COURT REPORTERS (907) 258-710061 MS. DEBENHAM: Mine stops at 504.2 MS. COLE: Mine stops with a sentence,3 502.4 MR. HAMMOND: Well, that's the correction.5 There should be a 505.6 MR. MURPHY: If you can find the section7 called new business, it's two paragraphs up from there.8 "Mr. Murphy said he also had a concern regarding Building9 320, BRAC site 72. He asked whether it made any10 difference to anyone that the contamination that remains11 there is from the waste oil UST, but from a fuel spill in12 the building." You need to insert a "not."13 MR. SHONKWILER: Not from the waste oil?14 MR. MURPHY: Not from the waste oil UST,15 so it makes sense.16 MR. HAMMOND: I agree. Kind of17 contradicting itself as it reads.18 MR. MURPHY: And line 529, which you are19 not going to have either, but it's in the new business.20 MR. VAUGHN: Why are you not going to have21 lines --22 MR. HAMMOND: Evidently, they are23 different formattings or different versions that we're24 reading.

25 MR. VAUGHN: They are not off by more thanMIDNIGHT SUN COURT REPORTERS (907) 258-710071 four lines, so go ahead. Just use the number you have2 got.3 MR. MURPHY: Okay. Then the one, two --4 fourth paragraph, the second sentence says, "He said the5 effort and energy that went into documenting it was6 appreciated and that actually having the tour was7 beneficial." I think maybe Steve said that, but I'm not8 sure.9 MR. HAMMOND: I believe I did.10 MS. COLE: I thought it didn't sound like11 something you might --12 MR. MURPHY: Not me.13 MS. COLE: I read that earlier. I'm,14 like, whoa, but that's not my --15 MR. MURPHY: Not my style.16 MR. HAMMOND: Any others?17 MR. MURPHY: Probably, but I didn't see18 them.19 MR. HAMMOND: Flower?20 MS. COLE: No.21 MR. HAMMOND: Not from me.22 MS. DEBENHAM: No.23 MR. HAMMOND: Do we have a motion to --24 MS. COLE: I make a motion we approve the25 minutes from November 10, 2010 meeting.MIDNIGHT SUN COURT REPORTERS (907) 258-710081 MR. MURPHY: As amended.2 MS. COLE: As amended.3 MR. MURPHY: Second.4 MR. HAMMOND: All those in favor, say aye.5 (Unanimous aye vote.)6 MR. HAMMOND: All right. Then public7 comments and/or questions. Are there any public comments8 or questions at this time? All right.9 MR. VAUGHN: Regardless of your10 affiliations, you are public. So if you have any comments11 or questions, you, too.12 MR. HAMMOND: Glen. Oh, agency reports.13 Sorry. Go ahead. Any information from the ADEC?14 MS. DEBENHAM: No, I don't really -- Glen15 is going to cover most of what we have going on. I did

16 look into comparing some of the old USTs that we thought17 might have been closed before the BRAC process.18 I couldn't find a comprehensive list to compare19 both of them easily, but I went through the ones that we20 have been doing additional work on through the BRAC21 process and compared them. And in most cases there was22 some sort of data gap that we were trying to find and23 complete to close it.24 So in the cases where we -- in the cases that we25 have been working on those USTs, there has been some pieceMIDNIGHT SUN COURT REPORTERS (907) 258-710091 of missing information that we have been able to track2 down, so --3 MR. HAMMOND: Okay. Anything else?4 MS. DEBENHAM: Nope, that's it.5 MS. HAMMOND: Is this your boss?6 MS. DEBENHAM: It is.7 MR. HAMMOND: We are happy to have her on8 board. All right. Now I think it's your turn.9 MR. SHONKWILER: I'm Glen Shonkwiler. I'm10 the restoration project manager for Fort Greely, and I've11 got a brief presentation tonight just to give a little bit12 of an update on the things that we have been working on13 since the last RAB meeting in November.14 Primary effort that has been ongoing is15 preparing documents documenting our efforts last summer16 and then also wrapping up some of the documents that17 were initialized in 2009, but with comments from ADEC we18 were revising and finalizing. So there has been a large19 number of documents put on the RAB website, including work20 plans for both BRAC site 94 and the South Tank Farm in21 situ oxidation systems.22 We also have the draft South Tank Farm surface23 soils corrective action report that we put on the website,24 and that's a report summarizing three years of activity25 from 2006 to 2008 where we bioremediated about 22,000MIDNIGHT SUN COURT REPORTERS (907) 258-7100101 cubic yards of soil at the South Tank Farm.2 And then we also have our annual groundwater3 monitoring report for 2009 that we finalized, along with4 the treatability study report for the BRAC site 94 in situ5 oxidation system. And then we have also got the final6 2009 Installation Restoration Program sites annual report

7 and the draft 2010 report.8 So encourage anyone to take a look at any draft9 reports that are on the website and provide comments as10 you see fit to me or to Fort Greely as we finalize those11 documents.12 The 2010 IRP sites annual report is quite large.13 We did quite a bit of work last summer, and that has just14 been sent to Alaska Department of Environmental15 Conservation for their review. So welcome any comments on16 that report from the public, as well.17 We are also working on a series of other reports18 to be on the RAB website in the very near future. They19 include the characterization reports for both the BRAC20 site 94 and the South Tank Farm in situ oxidation systems.21 Also includes a -- the 2010 groundwater monitoring annual22 report and addenda for work that we plan to do to -- or23 work plan addenda for work we plan to do on BRAC site 9424 and the South Tank Farm for the 2011 field season.25 We're also working on an Installation111 Restoration Program work plan, and that will be up on the2 RAB website in the next month or so.3 One of the bigger efforts that we are working on4 for later this year is a draft proposed plan, and what5 will follow from that is a Record of Decision that will6 close out or propose the final remedy actions at over 407 of the Installation Restoration Program sites. So we are8 getting down to the point where we are trying to close out9 a large number of the remaining sites. So that's some of10 the documents that are on the RAB website.11 I had a more comprehensive review of the work12 that we completed in 2010 at last RAB meeting in November,13 so tonight just like to give just a quick overview of some14 of the things we did last summer. A lot of our work15 focused on removing petroleum contaminated soil at a16 number of sites, especially in the old post or airfield17 area. And these -- these include that list of sites that18 include BRAC site 72, 76, 92, 98, 99, 100 and 118.19 We removed approximately 1,300 cubic yards of20 petroleum contaminated soil from these sites, and we will21 be treating those soils this summer either with a22 bioremediation land farming type process or something23 that's more economical. We are still looking at the24 process we are going to use.25 One of our bigger efforts last summer was the

MIDNIGHT SUN COURT REPORTERS (907) 258-7100121 removal of the MOGAS diesel fuel line that still remained2 in the Old Post area. As part of that we removed3 approximately 2,000 feet of pipeline which still contained4 over 700 gallons of fuel, and we removed about 300 cubic5 yards of petroleum contaminated soil from that pipeline6 area.7 We also had investigations and minor removals8 completed at 17 other sites to prepare these sites for9 closure, and most of these will be included in that10 proposed plan that I mentioned earlier.11 And then our largest project by far is the in12 situ oxidation systems. One is going in -- or one went in13 at BRAC site 94, which is near the airfield. And we plan14 to put a second one in at South Tank Farm this summer.15 So this is the BRAC site 94 in situ oxidation16 system. We have got a -- we have got actually both17 injection trailers currently mobilized to this site, and18 one will be moving to the South Tank Farm later this year.19 But both are currently on the site at BRAC site 94. We20 have a well field of 12 or 13 injection wells where we are21 injecting ozone into the Vadose zone, which is the22 unsaturated soils right above the groundwater table. And23 we are trying to remediate the petroleum contamination24 that is feeding the groundwater. And we have a benzene25 plume that extends downgradient from this site.MIDNIGHT SUN COURT REPORTERS (907) 258-7100131 So we are trying to cut off that source of2 petroleum to the groundwater so that groundwater can3 essentially clean itself up through either dilution or4 dispersion and other natural processes and return the5 aquifer to a drinking water condition.6 This is an early picture of the two trailers set7 up as they were being put in. Both the trailers are8 essentially a series of chillers, oxygen generation9 systems, and then ozone generation systems. And then the10 ozone is injected into the well field.11 This is the MOGAS pipeline removal that I12 mentioned earlier.13 And then this is the North Delta Tank Farm where14 we completed a groundwater investigation over the last15 couple of years. We have confirmed that petroleum soil16 contamination at this site has not impacted the

17 groundwater and we will be proposing this site for closure18 in that proposed plan.19 So our 2011 plans include removals and20 investigations on six sites, and they include the21 Evergreen Road fuel spill. We are collecting some22 additional data to help us with our hydrocarbon risk23 calculator calculations to allow us to close this site24 without further remediation.25 We are doing a similar effort at BRAC site 116,MIDNIGHT SUN COURT REPORTERS (907) 258-7100141 which was a former power plant, and we also have a -- we2 have planned a surface removal at that site to remediate3 surface petroleum contaminated soil. And then we are also4 collecting data for that hydrocarbon risk calculator at5 BRAC site 134. So those are just a few borings to collect6 additional data to allow us to close those sites without7 remediation.8 MR. MURPHY: How deep are the borings9 going to be on BRAC site 134?10 MR. SHONKWILER: BRAC site 134 is going --11 the borings are scheduled to go down to 100 feet below12 ground surface or -- or as soon as we get below the13 contamination. So it will be dependent on site -- site14 readings of instrumentations to determine when we have15 gotten below the contamination.16 MR. MURPHY: Okay. I think there was clay17 in there about 50 feet.18 MR. SHONKWILER: There is a silt layer19 there where the --20 MR. MURPHY: Silt. There is no clay.21 MR. SHONKWILER: The contamination spread22 out at the silt layer, but it goes below that as well.23 We also have a couple of buildings where we are24 going to be performing investigations of former dry wells25 and either removing them or collecting enough data toMIDNIGHT SUN COURT REPORTERS (907) 258-7100151 close those sites out.2 And then we have got a couple of sites that are3 in our Munitions Response Program that we are going to be4 preparing anomaly investigation work plans. These are5 sites where subsurface geophysical surveys have identified6 possible UXO or other metal debris below ground surface,7 and we need to determine if it's actually UXO or -- back

8 it up?9 MR. MURPHY: 501, what's the dry well?10 MR. SHONKWILER: 501, the dry well is the11 septic system.12 MR. MURPHY: That's functional?13 MR. SHONKWILER: It is functional.14 MR. MURPHY: It doesn't use it because15 it's a contingency.16 MR. SHONKWILER: But it's -- it's17 considered a dry well that --18 MR. MURPHY: By EPA.19 MR. SHONKWILER: By EPA.20 MR. MURPHY: I read through that stuff,21 and that doesn't make any sense, but that's okay.22 MR. SHONKWILER: The post has determined23 it no longer has a use, so we are closing it out as a dry24 well system.25 MR. HAMMOND: Since we are stopped aMIDNIGHT SUN COURT REPORTERS (907) 258-7100161 second, I've actually -- back on the MOGAS removal, the2 lines on Old Post, 1,800 lineal feet, now, is this the3 MOGAS line that ran out to the North Delta Tank Farm?4 MR. SHONKWILER: No. This is the pipeline5 that ran from the underground tank farm at Building 163,6 which we are now calling BRAC site 94, and then ran7 throughout the Old Post facilities and terminated at the8 steam plant, Building 101. So it fed USTs and buildings9 all along that route through the Old Post area.10 MR. HAMMOND: Okay. So you have got11 Building 94. You have got the North Delta Tank Farm12 that's been closed. You've got the site that you closed13 out the other tank farm.14 MR. SHONKWILER: Ultimately they are all15 in a connected system. The pipeline ran from North Delta16 Tank Farm down to South Tank Farm and then back up through17 the post to BRAC site 94 and then throughout the Old Post18 area.19 MR. HAMMOND: My question is, the line20 between the South and the North Delta Tank Farm, has that21 ever been closed out? Has that ever been -- I remember22 when they put in that fiberoptic line and they were23 pushing pipelines out of the way to get the fiber in. Is24 anything -- I know it's kind of on post, but not really.25 That may be more to the ADEC. Has that ever --

MIDNIGHT SUN COURT REPORTERS (907) 258-7100171 MR. MURPHY: Public Works pulled that out2 of the ground. A lot of it was on the ground.3 MR. HAMMOND: Exactly.4 MR. MURPHY: But they lifted it up and5 took it out to the landfill and used it for years building6 fences and gates and stuff.7 MR. SHONKWILER: I know large portions of8 it --9 MR. HAMMOND: That's where the fence came10 from over -- all right.11 MR. SHONKWILER: Large portions were12 removed in the '80s. Whether it was a complete --13 MR. HAMMOND: I guess my point is, you are14 closing up everything on post that you can. We have got15 the North Delta Tank Farm closed. Do we have that other16 line --17 MS. DEBENHAM: I will go back and take a18 look at our files and see what we have on that. But19 that's a good thing to note and a good thing to follow up20 on. Yeah.21 MR. HAMMOND: Sorry, Glen.22 MR. SHONKWILER: No problem. Some of the23 other plans we have for this summer include determining24 the point to put a remediation system at the South Tank25 Farm. We had been focusing on the valve pits in the SouthMIDNIGHT SUN COURT REPORTERS (907) 258-7100181 Tank Farm in the past, but our investigations last summer2 could not really find significant contamination all the3 way to groundwater at the valve pit, so we're actually now4 looking at the northeast berm of the South Tank Farm as5 the point where contamination reaches all the way to the6 groundwater. We are going to be doing some additional7 investigation at the South Tank Farm between the northeast8 berm and the valve pit to define the area where9 remediation would be warranted.10 We'll also be continuing the remediation system11 at BRAC site 94 and will be performing that land farming12 or other bioremediation of the soils that we dug up last13 summer.14 One of the bigger, I guess, news events is that15 the Corps of Engineers finally has some funds to initiate16 their all hazards assessment of the former reactor complex

17 and all facilities that were related to the operation of18 the reactor. So later this year they will be putting19 together a work plan to initiate that final process of20 complete decommissioning of the reactor complex.21 MR. MURPHY: You might suggest to them to22 look for a site for disposal of anything they come up with23 because that turned into a crisis situation during BRAC,24 and it cost a lot more money than it should have. They25 should spend some of the money, the seed money they have,MIDNIGHT SUN COURT REPORTERS (907) 258-7100191 for doing the study to find a place to put the stuff.2 MR. SHONKWILER: And there were a few3 sites in the Lower 48 states identified already, one in4 Idaho and one in Utah, that I know they have been using5 for other work. So if things are going to go off site, I6 imagine it's one of those sites that is going to be --7 MR. HAMMOND: Those are low level8 radioactive --9 MR. SHONKWILER: Those are low level,10 yeah.11 MR. HAMMOND: Have to go to Hanford for12 the higher level. We had one connex with a sticker on it.13 That was it.14 I wanted to go back just a second. You are in15 parenthesis -- not parenthesis, but in your -- or find16 economical off-site disposal alternative on your soil17 farming. Does that mean to say that you are not obtaining18 your treatment goals with land farming?19 MR. SHONKWILER: We are obtaining them.20 It's just taking longer than -- than expected. So one of21 the things we have actually been talking about with the22 State today is possibly modifying the landfill permit to23 allow the use of the petroleum contaminated soil.24 MR. HAMMOND: On Fort Greely or Delta25 Junction or --MIDNIGHT SUN COURT REPORTERS (907) 258-7100201 MR. SHONKWILER: Fort Greely's landfill.2 MR. HAMMOND: Fort Greely's landfill, to3 accept low level -- is it like DRO range stuff you are4 doing with the heavy ends?5 MR. SHONKWILER: Yes.6 MR. HAMMOND: And are you reaching a7 point -- I mean, from a scientific point, are you just

8 reaching a point of no return; it's just kind of -- you9 got the volatile stuff and then you hit the heavy ends,10 and it's just not land farming out? Nutrients,11 temperature? What's the driver on it?12 MR. SHONKWILER: It is the heavier chains,13 the less volatile and, as you said, it's just taking14 longer to add more nutrients and more bioremediation to15 get to the cleanup criteria for the DRO. So it becomes16 more of a labor intensive and a little more costly process17 to get to that closure criteria.18 MR. MURPHY: Did the standards change that19 much over the last ten years? We used to be able to clean20 it up -- clean up DRO contaminated soils by turning it21 about four or five times and just let it evaporate or22 transferate [sic], or whatever it does.23 MR. SHONKWILER: The DRO criteria used to24 be a lot higher. Fred, you might be able to tell us what25 the criteria used to be.MIDNIGHT SUN COURT REPORTERS (907) 258-7100211 MR. VREEMAN: The standards right now for2 unrestricted use are basically your migration to3 groundwater standards, which are very low and very4 attainable, but very difficult to attain by5 bioremediation. So my suggestion is always an alternative6 use that does not require the migration of groundwater,7 which means you have got to assure that it's not going to8 be in a location where it could leach. And usually9 landfills are good targets for that, and they need the10 soil for daily cover anyway.11 So that's what we are doing at other sites. Our12 sites where they need to clean up all the way to migration13 of groundwater, North Slope sites, other sites, almost14 always we have to establish an alternative standard and a15 site to put it.16 MR. HAMMOND: Is the Fort Greely landfill17 lined?18 MR. MILLER: No.19 MR. HAMMOND: I didn't think so.20 MR. VREEMAN: That's why you have to do a21 leaching assessment.22 MR. SHONKWILER: We would have to prove23 that it wouldn't leach to the groundwater at that24 location.25 MR. HAMMOND: Okay.

MIDNIGHT SUN COURT REPORTERS (907) 258-7100221 MR. MURPHY: You said you had 22,000 yards2 already land farmed from the South Tank Farm. Where did3 that go?4 MR. SHONKWILER: That's actually spread5 out at the South Tank Farm. We met the criteria after6 three years of bioremediation.7 MR. MURPHY: Okay.8 MR. SHONKWILER: So we are looking for9 something a little more expedient than the three-year10 process, but it's -- it's always a fallback.11 MR. HAMMOND: Now you have got to look at12 the price of diesel. Burn it. All right.13 MR. MURPHY: No. That's a sin.14 MR. SHONKWILER: So we are currently15 working on the work plan for this year's activities. It's16 undergoing internal review right now, and I expect to have17 it to the State and up on the RAB website by mid May. And18 I'll put a notice out to the RAB when that is available19 for review and comment.20 Just to cover some of the other areas besides21 the Installation Restoration Program, the Military22 Munitions Response Program, I mentioned briefly earlier23 that we would get two sites that we would want to do24 anomaly investigations on. One is a World War II former25 bivouac and probably also a Korean War bivouac area thatMIDNIGHT SUN COURT REPORTERS (907) 258-7100231 we have found a UXO item or actually a discarded military2 munition that was a 4.5-inch rocket round in 2008.3 We did a subsurface investigation following up4 that find and found a lot more anomalies that we want to5 make sure are not more discarded munitions.6 So we will be putting together a work plan for7 that and putting it through the Department of Defense8 Explosive Safety Board for approval of that investigation.9 And that approval process through the Department of10 Defense Explosive Safety Board could be a long process.11 It could be not until next summer that we are actually12 performing the investigation.13 And similar for the anomaly that we know about14 in Jarvis Creek that is approximately in the site where15 munitions were found in the -- eroding out of the creek16 bank in the '70s.

17 MR. HAMMOND: Wasn't site 112 next to18 where they proposed to put a hotel?19 MR. SHONKWILER: Yes. Site 112, we were20 involved in that planning process for the hotel and the21 lease -- enhanced use lease area. And we were making sure22 that they avoided site 112 and that we would fence that23 off to make sure there was no -- no access to the -- to24 that site as part of that development project.25 MR. HAMMOND: What did it say about theMIDNIGHT SUN COURT REPORTERS (907) 258-7100241 boundary line?2 MR. SHONKWILER: Boundary line was an3 issue with the Jarvis Creek munitions burial site because4 the boundary was not firmly established. It was basically5 defined as the --6 MR. HAMMOND: Didn't we go through that7 with BRAC?8 MR. MURPHY: Boundary line was a 19729 aerial photo, and the creek shifted, but the photo didn't.10 I don't want to go there.11 MR. SHONKWILER: Similar -- similar battle12 that we had a year or so ago where the boundary was13 defined as the west bank of the creek, and the creek has14 moved, so --15 MR. MURPHY: Same thing.16 MR. SHONKWILER: Yeah. So I mentioned17 earlier that the Corps does have funds this year and is18 starting their work on a work plan for their all hazards19 assessment, and this will start the final decommissioning20 for the reactor. And they are going to look at all known21 contamination remaining from the operation of the reactor22 during the '60s and the '70s.23 MR. HAMMOND: Now, is that the Army24 reactor office or the Corps that's doing that assessment?25 MR. SHONKWILER: It's the Corps for theMIDNIGHT SUN COURT REPORTERS (907) 258-7100251 Army Reactor Office, the Corps of Engineers working for2 the Army Reactor Office. And I've actually worked with3 this office of the Corps of Engineers at other radioactive4 waste sites.5 MR. HAMMOND: David Hayes?6 MR. SHONKWILER: David Hayes, Brian7 Hearty.

8 MR. HAMMOND: Brian Hearty? Are they9 still players, or --10 MR. SHONKWILER: David not so much. Brian11 Hearty is still a player. Hans Honerlah out of Baltimore12 District is going to be leading up the field team. Those13 are people that I've worked with on other sites.14 MR. MURPHY: They do this once every 2015 years and get the same results.16 MR. HAMMOND: Out there about ten years17 ago.18 MR. SHONKWILER: Here is our rough19 schedule for the year with work plan currently under20 development. We hope to be in the field in July/August21 time frame performing the investigations and the22 remediation we had planned. We have just completed23 another budget review cycle. Every year we go through a24 process of updating our cost-to-complete estimates for25 each site to program and budget for the funding that weMIDNIGHT SUN COURT REPORTERS (907) 258-7100261 need to complete the site investigations and restorations.2 So we just completed our annual update of that. That's3 pretty much it for that schedule.4 MS. WHITE: I'm a resident of Fort Greely,5 and I've just become aware of the contamination from the6 reactor and from the diesel and gas --7 MR. HAMMOND: If you could hold on, we are8 going to let him finish. There is a public comment period9 when we absolutely would welcome your comments on that and10 address your questions.11 MR. SHONKWILER: This is my last slide.12 It just gives some information on the RAB website that we13 have set up. It contains a lot of the documents of the14 historical investigations and cleanup actions at the post.15 It includes all the information about the RAB, minutes and16 agenda, advertisements. I encourage anyone to take a look17 at the RAB website, provide comments on not only the18 documents that are on there, but things you would like to19 see or things you would like to see done better. And we20 use this as our information repository for the21 decisionmaking on site at Fort Greely.22 With that, I'll either open it up for comments23 and questions, or however you would like to proceed,24 Steve.25 MR. HAMMOND: Okay. Is there any comments

MIDNIGHT SUN COURT REPORTERS (907) 258-7100271 from the group here? All right. Thank you, Glen. You2 are just coming right up. Is there any new business from3 the board here?4 All right. It's your turn, then. If you could5 state your name for the record and absolutely bring any6 questions or concerns that you have to the group here.7 MS. WHITE: My name is Tara White,8 T-A-R-A. And I literally just became aware of all this9 just today and happened across your website and found it10 very easy to navigate. But I was curious about11 specifically the reactor contamination that you all12 already know about and how the average person can get13 ahold of prior reports of what was contaminated, how it14 was handled and cleaned up and how we might be able to get15 ahold of the information from this new all hazards16 assessment that the Corps is going to be doing.17 MR. HAMMOND: I'll let Glen give you just18 kind of a snapshot status, if you would like to, Glen.19 But I would say that if you have been on the RAB website,20 that the information is there. Maybe when you kind of21 give an update to her, you can tell her where to find it22 on the website.23 MR. SHONKWILER: On the RAB website there24 is a documents page. And on the documents page, the first25 link on the page is called administrative recordMIDNIGHT SUN COURT REPORTERS (907) 258-7100281 documents. And that will take you to a list of -- I think2 there is like 110 different documents in that list, but3 they are categorized by what they are associated with.4 And all of the documents related to the reactor have an5 SM-1A designation in the column summarizing what they are6 related to. And I can -- if I can get -- if I can get on7 line after the meeting, I can show you and show you where8 some of those documents are.9 So on the RAB website are some of the histories10 of the operation of the reactor from 1962, when it was11 installed, to '73, when they decided to decommission it.12 It was partially decommissioned in '73 where they -- they13 removed the fuel rods and all the most heavily14 contaminated items and sent it down to the Lower 48 for15 disposal.16 What remained on site were some things that were

17 large volume materials, like contaminated soil that was18 pulled out of the reactor complex and also the structure19 of the reactor itself that they couldn't easily cut apart20 and ship down to the Lower 48.21 So they took all that and they put it inside the22 reactor dome itself into the shell, and they sealed it up23 with a lot of grout, lead plating, and various other24 shielding to partially decommission it in place. And then25 they put up a -- essentially a surveillance system whereMIDNIGHT SUN COURT REPORTERS (907) 258-7100291 we perform surveillance every year to determine if there2 is any unacceptable risks emanating from that sealed dome.3 And so on the RAB website are the annual4 surveillance reports showing the dosimeters that are5 analyzed every year to confirm that there is no6 unacceptable risks to not only the workforce that's7 working right there at the diesel power plant, but the8 rest of the public living on Fort Greely or in the Delta9 Junction area.10 MS. WHITE: Is it only an airborne11 dosimeter or does it also check ground samples around the12 area?13 MR. SHONKWILER: The surveillance includes14 dosimeters that are posted around the complex. So that is15 radiation in any form that those dosimeters would absorb.16 There is also soil samples collected beneath the reactor17 dome annually to confirm that there is no migration of18 contamination downward that could get into the19 groundwater. Historically we have done groundwater20 monitoring around the downgradient of the reactor complex,21 and we have never seen anything, so that is no longer22 performed.23 MS. WHITE: When was that stopped?24 Because I was looking at the groundwater specifically25 because we are told to filter our drinking water and we

301 were never told why from the housing office, so I was2 curious.3 MR. SHONKWILER: The filter requirement is4 from a lead standpoint, lead solder in your copper pipes5 and other lead fittings and the old -- older distribution6 system of the drinking water. That's the reason for the7 filter requirement.

8 The groundwater monitoring, I believe the last9 for radioactive constituents was in 2003 or '4. A lot of10 groundwater monitoring was done after the radioactive11 wastewater pipeline was removed in 1999. There used to be12 a wastewater pipeline that went from the reactor to Jarvis13 Creek, and that was removed in '99, and we did -- the14 Corps of Engineers did -- did some evaluation of some of15 the wells that were used as part of the reactor complex to16 determine if there was any residual radioactivity that17 would pose an unacceptable risk, and nothing was seen in18 several years of groundwater monitoring.19 MS. WHITE: What kind of radioactivity20 were they monitoring for, like what compound?21 MR. HAMMOND: Cesium 137, strontium 90,22 and they did tritium testing on the injection wells.23 MR. SHONKWILER: And then they also did24 more broad testimg, total alpha, total beta.25 MR. HAMMOND: They did.MIDNIGHT SUN COURT REPORTERS (907) 258-7100311 MR. SHONKWILER: And that would catch any2 radioactive compound, regardless of what it is. So you3 don't have to specifically look for a particular one.4 They did that wide-range screening.5 MS. WHITE: All those reports are on the6 website?7 MR. SHONKWILER: I believe -- there are a8 large number of reports on the website. They might not9 all be there. If there is any one that you find a10 reference to that's not on the RAB website, we will11 definitely try to find it and get it up there.12 MS. WHITE: Okay.13 MR. SHONKWILER: There is nothing --14 nothing that the post is trying to hide on the operation15 of the reactor, so anything that -- anything that is16 referenced in there that is not there we will try to find17 and get up on the RAB website.18 MS. WHITE: The only other concern I had19 was with the new building, the new housing up there is20 whether or not they are going to hit any old pipes or new21 soil contamination in the new areas when they start moving22 us around. So --23 MR. HAMMOND: Well, this is a military24 base.25 MR. MURPHY: This is a military base.

MIDNIGHT SUN COURT REPORTERS (907) 258-7100321 MR. HAMMOND: There is no guarantee2 they're not going to hit something.3 MR. SHONKWILER: It's possible, but we4 have done some advance activities to make sure we have5 clean and safe places to construct new facilities, so it's6 still possible. And we are ready to respond if anything7 is found during construction.8 MS. WHITE: I kind of hope they do it9 before they do the construction instead of doing it after10 the fact, kind of cleanup offense. I mean, is there any11 proactive effort to --12 MR. SHONKWILER: There is -- the whole13 Installation Restoration Program is proactive in14 identifying sites that we know about that had operations15 that could have contaminated the environment. So from16 that regards, we would -- we have developed a pretty good17 understanding of the history of that area that they are18 building in and know what prior operations were there.19 And we don't have any reason to suspect that there was20 contamination in that area. There is no prior operations21 that should have -- that would have contaminated that22 area.23 MS. WHITE: Thank you. I appreciate it.24 MR. HAMMOND: Thank you for your25 questions. And actually, this is why we are here. ThisMIDNIGHT SUN COURT REPORTERS (907) 258-7100331 is a group of community members, a group of, you know,2 Army personnel, Army contractors. And the reason we are3 here is to transfer this information to the public. So we4 thank you for coming. And spread the word that if anybody5 else has questions or concerns similar to what you just6 asked, that's absolutely why we are here.7 MS. WHITE: Thank you.8 MR. HAMMOND: Okay. Any other public9 comments or questions?10 MR. VREEMAN: I just have one follow-up.11 Fred Vreeman, ADEC. And there are several contractors in12 here that have been involved in the BRAC 94 and South Tank13 Farm sites. I know Glen went through that. I'm the14 primary DEC project manager on those sites. And as Glen15 said, that was probably the largest contract this last16 year.

17 And I guess this is just a note of commendation.18 The team formed what we call a triad approach in order to19 tackle what was kind of a moving target, especially at the20 South Tank Farm; we didn't know exactly where the21 contamination was. It's, you know, over 200 feet down to22 groundwater, a very difficult and expensive process. And23 I just wanted to commend the team for the job they did in24 keeping us informed, ADEC, being protective of both team25 members and contractors and so forth working there, andMIDNIGHT SUN COURT REPORTERS (907) 258-7100341 doing a very credible job from an environmental2 investigation perspective.3 And then the second commendation goes to Jon4 Jones and his crew over there getting those ozone5 generators in there. Again, a very forward-thinking and6 innovative process that they followed, and we are really7 looking forward to seeing that thing work. ADEC is proud8 of the job that Greely is doing on those two sites9 particularly.10 And just one final follow-up. I'm real excited11 to see a decision document coming out on potentially 4012 plus sites. That's what we are here for. We don't want13 to be belaboring those old sites forever and ever and14 rediscovering them again and again. I think it's been a15 very good investigation, and I'd just like to say, from16 ADEC's perspective, we are real happy with the way things17 are going at that site; not that there aren't some18 problems and issues, but you can be proud of the job these19 folks are doing out there.20 MR. HAMMOND: Great input. Thank you.21 Atta boy. Okay. Any other -- last chance. Last call.22 All right.23 Establish the next meeting date. When are you24 going to think you will have some input on what your25 summer program was like?MIDNIGHT SUN COURT REPORTERS (907) 258-7100351 MR. SHONKWILER: We are probably talking2 late October, early November, again, that we would have3 laboratory results back from our field activities and be4 able to report on the full scope of the 2011 activities.5 MR. MURPHY: First week of November?6 MR. HAMMOND: First week in November? Any7 other suggestions or -- sound good. Sounds as good as any

8 other time for me. What's the first Wednesday in9 November?10 MS. COLE: Wednesday, November 2nd. 2nd11 of November.12 MR. HAMMOND: 2nd. All right. 2nd of13 November, 6:00 p.m. All right. Any other comments or14 suggestions from the group here?15 MR. MURPHY: How many more BRAC sites are16 left to be resolved besides 94? That will go forever.17 MR. SHONKWILER: 94. 116 is the old power18 plant that we are going to be doing some activities this19 summer. Hopefully, it's just a little bit of surface soil20 that we have to remediate, and we can use the hydrocarbon21 risk calculator to close out the site with administrative22 controls.23 You know, most -- the vast majority of the BRAC24 sites are in that list of sites in the proposed plan that25 we will be trying to close out. So I think we areMIDNIGHT SUN COURT REPORTERS (907) 258-7100361 wrapping it up.2 MR. HAMMOND: You know why he's asking,3 right?4 MR. MURPHY: That's the end of my5 commitment. I committed to do that, and that's it.6 MR. HAMMOND: I know why you are asking,7 Mike.8 MR. SHONKWILER: I'd say other than 94,9 the majority are going to be closed out with this proposed10 plan, and even 94 we can propose the final remedy with11 this proposed plan.12 MR. VREEMAN: And some will be closed.13 Contamination is still under a building, and whenever they14 take the building away, then the contamination will go.15 But yeah, it's a big, long list, and it's going to be a16 very short list when we are done with this process.17 MR. HAMMOND: That would be good to see.18 MR. MURPHY: That's wonderful.19 MR. HAMMOND: All right. Well, let's20 adjourn, then. Thank you, everybody.21 (Proceedings adjourned at 7:03 p.m.)22232425

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