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UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY REGION 4

Science and Ecosystem Support Division Enforcement and Investigations Branch

980 College Station Road Athens, Georgia 30605-2720

July 23, 2010

MEMORANDUM

SUBJECT: QAPP Transmittal, Barber Orchard Groundwater Sampling Investigation, Waynesville, Haywood County, North Carolina; SESD Project No. 10-0579

FROM:

THRU:

TO:

Donald Hunter, Regional Expert / T V V - ' - K ' ' ^ ^ / ^

Air and Superfund Section

Mike Bowden, Section Chief Air and Superfiind Section •|(vr Jon Bornholm, Remedial Project Manager Superfund Division

Please find attached the Quality Assurance Project Plan for the upcoming

groundwater sampling investigation at the Barber Orchard Superfund Site, scheduled for

the week of August 2, 2010. Please contact me at your earliest convenience ifyou have

any questions regarding this QAPP. I can be contacted at hunter.donfSlepa.gov or by

phone at (706) 355-8605.

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Athens, GA 30605

SESD Project ID # 10-0579 SESD Category 3 QAPP

SECTION A: Project Planning Elements

Al. Title {Project Name): Barber Orchard Groundwater Sampling

Project Location: Old Balsam Road, Waynesville, Haywood County, North Carolina

Project Requestor and Organization:

Jon Bornholm, RPM Superfund Remedial Section B Superfund Division Region 4 EPA Atlanta 61 Forsyth St SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960

Project Leader's Name, Position, and Organization:

Donald Hunter, Regional Expert Air and Superfund Section, Science and Ecosystem Support Division

/Jl^.jU/d<^ Project Leader's Signature: Date: 7 >y2 3//^ Technical Reviewer's Name and Position: Jonathan VaiL Regional Expert

-ryjnj Technical Reviewer's Signature: Date: n ] z ^ ] \o Secfion Chief/DAO's Name and Position:

M i ^ Bowden, Chief Aiyand Superfiind Section

O J A J ^ . — ^ I Date: g-] j z ^ Q Secfion Chief/DAO's Signature:

A2. Table of Contents N/A

A3. Distribution List Jon Bornholm

A4. Project Personnel (list below):

Organization (list below):

Responsibilities (list below):

Don Hunter Reg 4, SESD, Air and Superfund Sec. Project Leader, Sampler

Jon Vail Reg 4, SESD, Air and Superfund Sec. Sampler, SSO

Linda George Reg 4, SESD, Air and Superfund Sec. Sampler

Nick Heuman ILS (ESAT) Scribe, Custody, Shipping, Sampler

Mark Stanley ILS (ESAT) Sampling

A5. Problem Definition (Objectives) and Background:

The Barber Orchard Superfund Site is located approximately 3 miles west of Waynesville, Hajovood Coimty, North Carolina, and consists ofapproximately 500 acres. The property was used as a commercial apple orchard from 1903 until the mid-1980s, when a bank foreclosed on the owner's loan. In the late 1980s, some ofthe land was parceled

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A6. Project Description:

Decision(s) to be made based on data:

Applicable regulatory infomiation, action levels, etc.

Field Study Date:

Projected Lab Completion Date:

Projected Final Report Completion Date:

off and sold as residential, church and commercial or light industrial property. The majority ofthe remaining acreage is being developed into residential property. In 1999, elevated concentrations of arsenic, lead and organic pesticides were detected in the soil and in some ofthe drinking water wells at the site.

The Record of Decision (ROD) for dealing with the contaminated soils at the site was issued in September 2004. A ROD for the groundwater component ofthe site will be issued after sufficient groundwater data has been collected to support the decision-making process. Region 4 SESD began characterizing groundwater contamination at the site in 2004. It is anticipated that this round of sampling will complete the data collection effort for the groundwater characterization and will provide the basis for making a final decision regarding the groundwater ROD before the end ofthis fiscal year (2010).

Thirteen groundwater monitoring wells will be sampled for metals and organic pesticides according to EPA Methods 6010 and 200.8 (metals) and EPA Method 8270D (pesticides). Are any metals or organic pesticides present in groundwater at concentrafions that exceed applicable EPA groundwater action levels. If no analytes or compounds are present at levels of concem, based on a comparison to EPA action levels, a remedy of monitored natural attenuation will be implemented by a ROD to be issued prior to the end of FY 2010.

EPA National Primary Drinking Water Standards Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) for groundwater.

August 2 - 5 , 2010

September 9, 2010

September 23, 2010

A7. Quality Objectives and Criteria All samples/sample locafions meet the field investigafion objecfives and purposes summarized in Section A5 and A6 ofthis QAPP.


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AS. Special Training/Certifications N/A.

A9. Documents and Records For this project, SESD will implement the following procedures pertaining to Documents and Records: SESD Operating Procedure for Report Preparation and Distribution, SESDPROC-003-R3. SESD Operating Procedure for Logbooks, SESDPROC-010-R3. SESD Operating Procedure for Control of Records, SESDPROC-002-R4.

SECTION B: Data Generation and Acquisition

BL Sampling Design The following matrix lists the proposed numbers and types of samples to be collected. Sample locations are described in Section A6 ofthis (^APP. Table 1, attached, lists the wells to be sampled along with the assigned station IDs and sample IDs.

Media: Number of Samples: Analyses:

Groundwater 15 Metals, Pesticides

B2. Sampling Methods, General Procedures The following SESD field measurement and sampling procedures will be followed during this field study, as applicable: (List Below)

SESDPROC-202-R1, Management of Invesfigation Derived Waste SESDPROC-205-R1, Field Equipment Cleaning and Decontamination SESDPROC-301-R1, Groundwater Sampling SESDPROC-100-R2, Field pH Measurement SESDPROC-101-R2, Field Specific Conductance Measurement SESDPROC-102-R2, Field Temperattire Measurement SESDPROC-103-R2, Field Turbidity Measurement SESDPROC-105-Rl, Groundwater Level and Well Depth Measurement SESDPROC-203-R1, Pump Operafion SESDPROC-110-R2, Global Posifioning System


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B3. Sampling Handling and Custody All samples will be collected and handled according to the procedures listed in Section B2 ofthis QAPP. After collection, samples will managed according to the following:

SESD Analytical Support Branch Laboratory Operations and Quality Assurance Manual, January 2009.

SESD Operating Procedure for Sample and Evidence Management, SESDPROC-005-R1. SESD Operating Procedure for Packing, Labeling and Shipping of Environmental and Waste

Samples SES,DV'ROC-2Q9-m.

B4. Analytical Methods The following is a brief descripfion ofthe analytical methods for this field invesfigafion:

SESD:

CLP:

Samples will be analyzed in accordance with the SESD Analytical Support Branch Laboratory Operations and Quality Assurance Manual, January 2009.

Metals: EPA Methods 6010 and 200.8 Pesticides: EPA Method 8270D

N/A

B5. Quality Control The following is a brief description of field and laboratory quality control measures to be implemented during this field investigation:

Field:

Laboratory:

Field quality control measures will be in accordance with the SESD Operating Procedure for Field Sampling Quality Control, SESDPROC-011-R2, and 40 CFR Part 136, Table II-Required Containers, Preservations Techniques, and Holding Times, Revised as of July 1, 2007.

• Specifically, one field duplicate groundwater sample will be collected at a well to be determined in the field,

• In addifion, a preservative blank(s) will be collected after all monitoring well samples have been collected.

Specific laboratory quality control measures are specified in the SESD Analytical Support Branch Laboratory Operations and Quality Assurance Manual, January 2009.

• Specifically, one sample, to be determined in the field, will be designated on the sample chain-of-custody for use as the matrix spike/matrix spike duplicate sample


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B6. Instrument/Equipment Testing, Inspection and Maintenance All field measurement instmments and equipment will be maintained in accordance 'with the SESD Operating Procedure for Equipment Inventory and Management SESDPROC-108-R3.

B7. Instrument/Equipment Calibration and Frequency All field measurement instmments and equipment are calibrated according to the SESD Operating Procedure for Equipment Inventory and Management SESDPROC-108-R3 and according to specific procedures included within the defined operating procedures for each instrument (see specific field measurement procedures in Section B2 ofthis QAPP).

B8. Inspection/Acceptance for Supplies and Consumables All critical supplies and consumables for this field investigation are inspected and maintained in accordance with the follo^wing procedures:

SESD Operating Procedure for Purchasing of Services and Supplies, SESDPROC-015-R2. SESD Operating Procedure for Field Sampling Quality Control, SESDPROC-011-R2.

The SESD Field Quality Manager and the Branch Quality Assurance Officers are responsible for ensuring that these requirements are met.

B9. Non-direct Measurement'^ N/A for this category.

BIO. Data Management The field project leader will be responsible for ensuring that all requirements for data management are met. All data generated for this field investigation, whether hand-recorded or recorded and stored in an electronic data logger will be recorded, stored and managed according to the following procedures:

SESD Operating Procedure for Control of Records, SESDPROC-002-R4. SESD Operating Procedures for Logbooks, SESDPROC-010-R3.


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SECTION C: Assessment/Oversight and SECTION D: Data Validation/Usability

The SESD Field Branches Quality Management Plan (QMP) and the SESD Operating Procedures address the Assessment/Oversight and Data Validation/Usability elements as required. Please consult those documents for more detailed information conceming the SESD Field Branches Quality System.

**Footnotes: This Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) has been prepared and approved according to the EPA Requirements for Quality Assurance Project Plans (EPA QA/R5 EPA/240/B-01/003), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Infonnation, Washington, DC, March 2001(USEPA, 2001). This document will be usedto ensure that the environmental data collected for this project are ofthe type and quality for the intended purposes. This document is for SESD use only.


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Table 1 Sample Locations and Identification Groundwater Sampling Investigation Barber Orchard Superfund Site Waynesville, Haywood County, North Carolina

WelllD MWOl MW02 MW03 MW04 MW05 MW09 MWIO MW11 MW12 MWI 3 MW14 MWI 5

1 MWI 7

station ID MWOl MW02 MW03 MW04 MW05 MW09 MWIO MW11 MWI 2 MWI 3 MWI 4 MWI 5 MW17

Sample ID 1 MWOl 0810 MW020810 MW030810 MW040810 MW050810 MW090810 MWI 00810 MW110810 MWI 20810 MWI 30810 MW140810 MW150810 MWI 70810 1


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