Team Successes at the Former Memphis Team Successes at the Former Memphis Depot, Memphis, TennesseeDepot, Memphis, Tennessee

Presented by:David D. Nelson, P.G. Thomas C. HolmesProject Manager, CH2M Hill Project Manager, MACTEC

Memphis DepotMemphis Depot

U.S. Army Engineeringand Support Center,Huntsville

Pathway to SuccessPathway to Success

Q: What does it take for a former military facility to return to local community use?

A: Teamwork, Open Communications, and Shared Goals

Regulatory BackgroundRegulatory Background RCRA Part B permit in 1990; FFA Agreement with

EPA Region IV and TDEC in 1995; Closure under BRAC 1995; Memphis Depot ceased operations in 1997

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) Process

Remedial Investigation (RI)Feasibility Study (FS)Proposed Plan (PP)Record of Decision (ROD)Remedial Design (RD) * Remedial Action (RA)

Key decision-making stages have been completed

Main InstallationMain Installation

Environmental Aspects ROD process completed September 2001 Two site, two electron donor Enhanced

Bioremediation Treatability Study as part of RD Completion of the MI Land Use Control

Implementation Plan (LUCIP) Finding of Suitability to Transfer #3 - Transfer of

~360 acres Currently: Remedial Action Work Plan in progress; Long

Term Monitoring for MNA begun in 2004

Main InstallationMain Installation

Community Aspects The former Main Installation is now the Memphis

Depot Business Park Percentage of “leasable” space that is leased:

73.5% 29 tenants 1,084 employees (same

as when the Depot was

operating)

Main Installation - Current ViewMain Installation - Current View

Memphis Depot Business Park - Major Memphis Depot Business Park - Major TenantsTenants

Memphis Depot Business ParkMemphis Depot Business Park

Dunn FieldDunn Field

Environmental Aspects Comprehensive CWM and OE removal pre-ROD ROD process completed April 2004 Excavation, Transport, and Disposal Remedial Action to be

completed by July 2004 Successful Field-Scale SVE and ZVI Injection Treatability

Studies completed as part of RD LUCIP in progress EE/CA completed for Small Arms Firing Range Non-Time

Critical Removal Action

Dunn FieldDunn Field

Environmental Aspects (cont.) Early Remedy Implementation for control of

groundwater plume Finding of Suitability to Transfer #4 - Transfer of ~41

acres Participation by the RAB in aspects of the decision-

making process Two Additional RDs in Progress towards 2006

completion– Source Areas: Soil Vapor Extraction (SVE), Zero-Valent Iron injection

(ZVI), Land Use Controls– Offsite Groundwater: Permeable Reactive Barrier (PRB) and Monitored

Natural Attenuation (MNA)

Dunn FieldDunn Field

Community Aspects Conversion of northern portion of Dunn

Field to a city park Southern half to be used for Memphis

transportation needs - either city bus terminal of light rail

Local Community InvolvementLocal Community Involvement

• Community Involvement Program started 1993• Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) created 1994• Community Involvement Plan updated in 2005

Current activities include: Two RAB meetings per year Public Briefings for remedial designs as needed Community Information Sessions as needed EnviroNews published two times per year Two Information Repositories Websites – Memphis Depot (www.ddc.dla/Memphis) and

Administrative Record (www.adminrec.com) Fact sheets and Media Releases as needed

The Memphis Depot TeamThe Memphis Depot Team

Defense Logistics AgencyUS Army Corps of Engineers -

Huntsville Center and Mobile District

Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence

CH2M HILLDept. of the Army - Southern

Regional Environmental OfficeMitreTek Systems

Environmental Protection Agency - Region IV

Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation

Depot Redevelopment CorporationMACTECFrontline CommunicationsMLGWCity of MemphisCitizens of Surrounding Community

Teamwork involves many players:

Team Successes at the Former Memphis Team Successes at the Former Memphis Depot, Memphis, TennesseeDepot, Memphis, Tennessee

Presented by:David D. Nelson, P.G. Thomas C. HolmesProject Manager, CH2M Hill Project Manager, MACTEC

Memphis DepotMemphis Depot

U.S. Army Engineeringand Support Center,Huntsville