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Juan Somoano, Glenn Springs Holdings, Inc.

CAG Meeting

May 11, 2017

Passaic River Diamond Alkali Superfund Site –Lower 8.3 Miles Remedial Design Update

• Introduction

• Passaic River Diamond Alkali Superfund Site Background

• EPA Record of Decision and Remedial Design Statement of Work

– Project Management Plan

– Remedial Design Work Plan

• Schedule and Next Steps

Agenda

• Subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation and affiliate of

Occidental Chemical Corporation

• Organized to manage legacy remediation sites and assist operating

facilities with discontinued operations and demolition

• Incorporated in 1992; currently 40 employees nationwide

• Based in Houston, TX; establishing NJ office

• Broad base of technical and project management experience

• Common environmental management programs for Oxy

– lab program

– data management

– innovative technology

– project management tools

– common professional relationships and experience

Who’s Glenn Springs

• Protect human health and the environment

• Proactive engagement with neighbors, claimants and regulators

• Collaborate with stakeholders towards implementation of risk-based, cost effective and appropriate response actions

• Proactive remediation or resolution of Oxy’s potential liabilitiesfrom historical operations

Glenn Springs’ Mission

Active Locations – 147 Sites

NJ: 28

Niagara Area: 11

Tacoma Area: 7

Houston Area: 7

Permian Basin: 7

International: 3

6

New York –New JerseyHarborEstuary

7

DiamondAlkaliSuperfundSite Overview

River Mile10.9

Removal

Tierra Removal(Phase 1 and 2)

80-120 ListerAvenueFacility

(Operable Unit 1)

Newark BayStudy Area

RM 8.3

RM 17

RM 0

RM = River Mile

Lower PassaicRiver

Study Area(RM 0 - 17)

Lower 8.3Miles

(Operable Unit 2RM 0 – 8.3)

RM 10.9

• 2007 Initial Focused Feasibility Study draft issued by EPA for Interested

Party Review

– Public comments submitted

• 2014 Focused Feasibility Study / Proposed Plan issued by EPA

– Public comments submitted

• 2016 Record of Decision issued

– EPA approaches Maxus, Tierra, and Oxy

– Maxus/Tierra bankruptcy

• September 30, 2016 Settlement Agreement between EPA and Oxy

Operable Unit 2 (OU2) Record of Decision (ROD)

EPA Superfund Process and OU2 Current Status

PreliminaryAssessment

(PA)

RemovalAction

RemedialInvestigation

(RI)

FeasibilityStudy(FS)

Record ofDecision(ROD)

RemedialDesign(RD)

RemedialAction(RA)

Operation &Maintenance

(O&M)

RiskAssessment

(RA)

No Exposure Concerns

• Expedited, cost effective remedy consistent with the ROD objectives

– Reduce health hazards for people eating fish and crab by reducing theconcentrations of the chemicals in sediment

– Reduce the risks to ecological receptors by reducing the concentrations ofthe chemicals in sediment

– Reduce the migration of chemical-contaminated sediment to upstreamportions of the Lower Passaic River, Newark Bay, and the New York-NewJersey Harbor Estuary

OU2 Remedial Design Objectives

• Capping with dredging to prevent additional flooding in the lower 8.3

miles

• Deeper dredging in the lower 1.7 miles for navigational purposes

• Dredged materials to be disposed off-site

• Fish/crab consumption advisories remain in place

• Restrictions on dredging/anchoring to protect cap

ROD Remedy Summary

• Community involvement

• Remedial design

• Emergency response, off-site shipments and reporting

• Deliverables

– Project Management Plan and Remedial Design Work Plan identifiedas initial deliverables following selection of a Coordinating Contractor

• Schedules

• State participation

Remedial Design Statement of Work Components

• Description of the overall management strategy for performing the remedial

design

– Scope management

– Deliverables and reporting

– Management of documents, schedule, quality and other compliance

– Description of proposed approach to contracting

• Description of the responsibility for and authority of all organizations and key

personnel, and key communications strategy

– Agencies

– Settling Party

– Other stakeholder groups

– Technical work groups

• Baseline schedule for completion of the work

Project Management Plan Overview

Remedial Design Organization Chart

Glenn Springs Holdings,Inc.

EPA Contractors(USACE Contract)

• Louis Berger Group

• HDR, Inc.

• Battelle

EPA Region 2

CoordinatingContractor

• Tetra Tech

Other Agencies &Entities

• NJDEP

• NOAA

• USFWS

• USACE

• CPG

• CAG

Public

Data ManagementContractor

• GHD

• Description of plans/technical approaches for implementing

remedial design activities

– Pre-design activities

– Review of Performance Standards

– Sediment processing site selection and evaluation

– Treatability studies

• Design phasing and elements

• Engineering studies and design deliverables

• Remedial design schedule

Remedial Design Work Plan (RDWP) Overview

• Pre-design activities

– Geophysical and bathymetric surveys

– Detailed debris and utility survey

– Sediment core collection

– Pore water sampling

– Water column sampling

– Fish studies

– Habitat surveys

– Archeological and cultural survey

– Dredge and cap materials studies

• Identification of applicable permitting and regulatory requirements

RDWP Description of Pre-design Investigation

• Sediment processing site(s) evaluation and selection process

• Disposal site(s) screening and selection process

• Treatability studies for thin caps, beneficial reuse, and materials

management (dewatering)

• Requirement to obtain Congressional action to modify the depths and

de-authorize portions of the federally authorized navigation channel

• Incorporation of EPA Region 2’s Clean and Green Policy

RDWP Description of Additional Planning Processes

• Design criteria report for the sediment processing facility

• Basis of Design report

• Engineering studies

• Plan to address EPA engineering and quality of life performance

standards

• 30%, 60%, 95% and 100% design reports

– Drawings and specifications

– Transportation and off-site disposal plan

– Supporting design calculations and modeling runs

– Value engineering study

– Final remedial design

RDWP Description of Deliverables

• Health and Safety Plan

• Emergency Response Plan

• Construction Quality Assurance Plan

• Operation and Maintenance Plan

• Institutional Controls, Implementation and Assurance Plan

• Site Wide Monitoring Plan

RDWP Description of Supporting Deliverables to beDeveloped

First 90 Days

• Designation of Coordinator(s)and Contractors

• Obtain Historical Data• Preliminary Core ProgramDocuments• Project Management Plan• Remedial Design Work Plan• Emergency Response Plan

• EPA Performance StandardsReview

• Financial Assurance Placed

Within 90 DaysFollowing Core

Program Approvals

• Pre-Design Investigation (PDI)Work Plans• Sediment Core Colleciton• Pore Water Sampling• Geophysical and BathymetricSurveys

• Water Column SamplingProgram

• Dredge Elutriate Testing• Fish Studies• Borrow Site Screening• Habitat Surveys• Detailed Debris and UtilitySurvey

• Archeological Requirementsand Cultural Survey

• HASP, FSP, and QAPP• Site Selection and EvaluationWork Plan

• Sitewide Monitoring Plan

Subsequent Work

• Treatability Studies Work Plan• Field Implementation of RDTasks

• Remedial Design• Program Management

Initial Schedule

General Work Sequence

Pre-DesignInvestigation

ProcessingFacilityDesign

RemedyDesign

• Surveys• Sampling Programs• Treatability Studies

• Site Selection• Basis of Design

• Cap Design• Dredge Plan• Value Engineering Study

• Spring 2017 Geophysical, Bathymetric, Shoreline and Debris Survey

• Fall 2017 Sediment Coring Program

– Chemistry

– Geotechnical

– Waste characterization

• Fall-Winter 2017

– Assessment of potential dredging impacts on water quality

– Pore water sampling

• 2018 - 2019

– Additional pre-design activities and field studies

– Site wide baseline monitoring

Upcoming Field Work

Questions