THIS IS A FEDERAL FACILITY INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT (FFA) WITH THE U.S. COAST GUARD (USCG) FOR THE CLEANUP OF THE COAST GUARD YARD ( YARD ) IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.
OU-04 This Record of Decision (ROD) is for Site 9 - the bilge spoils area. The ROD states that Land Use Controls are necessary to protect human health and the environment.
OU-4 Removal
SEDIMENT IN ARUNDEL COVE, ADJACENT TO SITE 9, BECAUSE CONTAMINATED WHEN THE BULKHEAD THAT SEPARATES SITE 9 FROM THE COVE WAS BREACHED. THIS BREACH IN THE BULKHEAD ALLOWED CONTAMINATED SOILS FROM SITE 9 TO SPILL INTO THE COVE. THIS REMOVAL ACTION WILL DREDGE SEDIMENTS CONTAMINATED WITH METALS AND PAHS ABOVE ACTION LEVEL THAT CURRENTLY POSE UNACCEPTABLE ECOLOGICAL RISKS IN THE COVE.
The Division Director for the SEMD signed the ESD on 11/06/2019 which documents the modifications to the Groundwater Cleanup Goal for vanadium. Due to revisions to the toxicity criteria used in the Record of Decision for OU2, the vanadium Groundwater Cleanup Goal increased from 15 to 86 ppb which is also the current USEPA tap water Regional Screening Level. Active remediation was completed in 2010.