In 1993, EPA Region II, the Department of the Army, and the State of New York entered into a Federal Facilities Agreement (FFA) concerning the Seneca Army Depot, a 10,587-acre military facility located in Seneca County near Romulus, New York, which is closing under the Base Realignment and Closure program. Under the FFA, the Army has produced, is producing, and will continue to produce Records of Decision (RODs) in conjunction with EPA Region II for the myriad subsites within this Federal Facility. On March 31, 2009, EPA signed a ROD for the AOCs denominated as SEAD-59 (The Fill Area West of Building 135) and SEAD-71 (The Alleged Paint Disposal Area) providing for land use and groundwater restriction controls for those AOCs that will prohibit residential housing, elementary and secondary schools, childcare facilities, and playgrounds at those AOCs, and that will also prohibit access to, and use of, groundwater at those AOCs.
On May 6, 2009 EPA signed a ROD for the AOCs denominated as: SEAD-1 (Hazardous Waste Container Storage Facility) where the ROD provides for Land Use Controls (LUCs) to i) prohibit residential housing, elementary and secondary schools, childcare facilities and playgrounds; and ii) prohibit access to, and use of, groundwater at the AOCs; SEAD-2 (PCB Transformer Storage Facility) where the ROD provides for the same LUCs as for SEAD-1; SEAD-5 (Sewage Sludge Waste Piles) where the ROD provides for placement of soil cover over certain contaminated soils in