Superfund Checklist for Reporting the 

Sitewide Ready for Anticipated Use GPRA Measure 

Note: Upon issuance of the Guidance for Documenting and Reporting Performance in 

Achieving Land Revitalization (March 1,2007), the Sitewide Ready-for-Reuse measure 

was renamed "Sitewide Ready for Anticipated Use" (SWRAU). 

SEPA 

United States 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

Washington, DC 20460 

SUPERFUND CHECKLIST FOR REPORTING THE 

SITEWIDE READY FOR ANTICIPATED USE GPRA MEASURE 

Office of Snperfund Remediation & Technology Innovation and Federal Facilities Restoration & Rense Office 

PART A - GENERAL SITE INFORMATION 

1. Site Name 

Redwing Carriers, Inc. (Saraland) 

2. EPA ID 

ALD980844385 

3. Site ID 0400417 4. RPM Shelby Johnston 

5. Street Address 527 U.S. Highway 43 

6. City Saraland 7. State Alabama 8. Zip Code 36571 

9. Sitewide Ready for Anticipated Use Determination Requirements (all must be met for the entire construction 

complete site) 

[Zl All cleanup goals in the Record(s) of Decision or other remedy decision document(s) have been 

achieved for any media that may affect current and reasonably anticipated future land uses, so that 

there are no unacceptable risks. 

[7] All institutional or other controls required in the Record(s) of Decision or other remedy decision 

document(s) have been put in place. 

PART B - SIGNATURE (Branch Chief or above should sign) 

NOTE; The outcome of this Checklist does not have any legally binding effect and does not expressly or implicitly create, expand, or limit any legal 

rights, obligations, responsibilities, expectations, or ben^ts of any party. EPA assumes no responsibility for reuse activities and/or any potential harm 

that migfit result from reuse activities. EPA retains any and all rights and authorities It has, including but not limited to legal, equitable, or 

administrative rights. EPA specifically retains any and all rights and authorities' it has to conduct, direct, oversee, and/or require environmental 

response actions In connection with the site, including but not limited to instances when new or additional information has been discovered regarding 

the contamination or conditions at the site that indicates that the response and/or the conditions at the site are no longer protective of human health or 

the environment. 

iO. Name 

Derek Matoty 

11. Tftle/Organization 

Acting Chief, Superfund Remedial Branch 

12. Signature 

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13. Date 

EPA Fonn 9100^ (9-2004) 

10985000 
August 27, 2014 

ROUTING AND TRANSMITTAL SLIP 

TO: 

Johnston, Shelby, Remedial Project Manager 

Initials 

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Scully, Pam, Acting Section Chief 

Lodin, Marianne, GEA 

Harbin, David, GEA (DC^ 9/z/i^ 

Jones, Yvonne, SRSEB ?/?/// 

Denman, William, SRB hi / r 1)3))^ 

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Matory, Derek, Acting Branch Chief n/'i 

ACTION REQUESTED: 

Signature of Sitewide Ready for Anticipated Use (S WRAU) by the Division 

Checklist for Redwing Carrier, Inc. Superfund site in Saraland, Mobile County, 

Alabama. 

REMARKS: 

All cleanup goals at the Site have been achieved and no ICs are required to ensure continued 

protection of human health and the environment. The 2014 Remedial Action Report contains the 

supporting documentation indicating that contaminated site soil was removed and disposed of at 

an approved facility and the groundwater was monitored until which time when the sampling 

results indicated that the site had met the requirements of the remedial documents. 

The ROD was signed in 1992 and an AROD was signed in 1999. The AROD allowed for the 

demolition of site pavement and structures for full remediation of the site and delayed the 

implementation of the ground water treatment until an evaluation of the ground water post soil 

removal action could be evaluated. In September 2007 EPA issued an ESD to update the site's 

hydrogeology and the effective depth to groundwater based on findings during the 1996 

Removal Action. The ground water monitoring results indicated that the 1992 ROD ground 

water treatment would not be necessary to meet the remedial goals. These findings determined 

that four of the subsurface soil cleanup levels required updating. The remedial objectives 

remained unchanged. 

The Redwing Carriers, Inc. Superfund site meets the SWRAU criteria. 

FROM: Shelby Johnston, RPM 

SRB, ext. 28287 

EPA Region IV Routing and Transmittal Slip Form 
1 INewFields 

Rentokil Initial Environmental Services, inc. 

Final Remedial Action Report 

Saraland Superfund Site 

Saraland, Alabama 

July 2014 
List of Acronyms 

ACBM Asbestos Containing Building Materials 

ADEM Alabama Department of Environmental Management 

AOC Administrative Order of Consent 

ARARs Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirements 

ATC ATC Environmental Inc. 

bis Below Land Surface 

BRA Baseline Risk Assessment 

C&D Construction and Debris 

CD Consent Decree 

CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 

Liability Act 

CHSP Construction Health & Safety Contingency Plan 

COCs Chemicals of Concem 

COPCs Chemicals of Potential Concern 

CQAP Construction Quality Assurance Plan 

DA Design Analysis 

EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency 

ERCS Emergency Response Clean-up Services 

ESD Explanation of Significant Differences 

FSAP Field Sampling and Analysis Plan 

GIS Geographical Information System 

GMP Groundwater Monitoring Plan 

H&S Health and Safety 

HSP Health and Safety Plan 

HUD United States Department of Housing and Urtan Development 

IDW Investigation Derived Waste 

MDLs Method Detection Limits 

NPL National Priorities List 

O&M Operation and Maintenance 

OAR Owner's Authorized Representative 

OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration 

PCBs Polychlorinated Biphenyls 

PID Photo Ionization Detector 

PPE Personal Protective Equipment 

PRP Potentially Responsible Party 

QA/QC Quality Assurance/Quality Control 

QAPP Quality Assurance Project Plan 

RA Remedial Action 

RAWP Remedial Action Work Plan 

RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 

RDWP Remedial Design Work Plan 

Ri Remedial Investigation 

RI/FS Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study 

RIES LLC Rentokil Initial Environmental Services, LLC 

ROD Record of Decision 

RSL Regional Screening Level 

SA Site Assessment 

SARA Superfund Amendments Reauthorization Act 

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SOW Statement of Work 

SSD Site-Specific Demonstration 

SSL Soil Screening Level 

START Superfund Technical Assessment and Response Team 

SVOCs Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds 

TAL Target Ahalyte List 

TAT Technical Assistance Team 

TCL Target Compounds List 

TCLP Toxicicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure 

TLM Tar Like Material 

TOC Total Organic Carbon 

TSDF Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility 

UAO Unilateral Administrative Order 

UCL Upper Confidence Limit 

USACE United States Army Corps of Engineers 

VOCs Volatile Organic Compounds 

WCM WCM Group, Inc. 

List of Tables 

Table 2-1 - Historical Groundwater Measurements 

Table 2-2 - Constituents of Concern Performance Standards 

Table 4-1 - Off-Site Disposal Chronology 

Table 4-2 - Backfill Chronology 

Table 4-3 - Individual Depth 90% UCL Data and Calculations 

Table 4-4 - Bottom of Cell 90% UCL Data and Calculations 

Table 4-5 - Stormwater Data 

Table 4-6 - Soil Pile Data for Off-Site Disposal 

Table 4-7 - Soil Pile Data for Backfill 

Table 6-1 - Post Remediation Groundwater Data 

Table 6-2 - Vernolate Groundwater Data for MW-16 

List of Figures 

Figure 1-1 - Site Location Map 

Figure 2-1 - Site Map 

Figure 2-2 - Historic Site Features Map 

Figure 2-3 - Novemt>er 2009 Groundwater Elevations 

Figure 2-4 - ROD Areas of Concern 

Figure 2-5 - 1996 Removal Action 

Figure 4-1 - Monitoring Wells Abandoned During Building Demolition 

Figure 4-2 - Design Excavation Plan 

Figure 4-3 - Soil Remedial Action Support Facilities 

Figure 4-4 - Relocated Trailer Configuration 

Figure 4-5 - Erosion and Sediment Control during Soil Remedial Action 

Figure 4-6 - Soil Staging Areas 

Figure 4-7 - Final Excavation Depths 

Figure 4-8 - Northern Boundary 

Figure 4-9 - Monitoring Wells Abandoned After Soil Remedial Action 

Figure 4-10 - Soil Constituent Concentrations at Final Excavation Cutlines 

Figure 4-11 - New Site Monitoring Wells Installed Post-Excavation 
Within (8) eight weeks of seeding, a robust stand of grass and other species was present on the 

' property, providing effective erosion protection to the final grade surface. 

4.4.6 Monitoring Well Abandonment 

At the completion of the RA, the contractor abandoned all existing monitoring wells on the Site 

in accordance with the ADEM regulations, with the exception of the two (2) deep wells on the 

eastern boundary of the Site (Figure 4-9). The abandonment of the wells followed the general 

guidelines including: 

• Casing pulled and the borehole sealed up to grade with concrete; and 

• Debris generated from the well abandonment procedure disposed of off-site. 

4.4.7 Demobilization 

The contractor removed all pumps, holding tanks, trailers, and other equipment from the site 

and all Site equipment and other facilities. Site roadways and public access features were 

restored to their original condition. Perimeter fencing was repaired as needed. 

The Site was restored to as natural condition as much as possible to blend in with the 

surrounding properties. All Site documentation was provided to the OAR for records retainage. 

Site demobilization was completed on June 27, 2008, 

4.4.8 Compliance with the ROD 

The RA at the Saraland Superfund Site is compliant with the ROD and the associated Scope of 

Services for soils. Specifically, the RA is compliant with the ROD as follows: 

Objective 1 - Prevent or mitigate the release of pollutants and contaminants to the surficial 

water-bearing unit beneath the Site. 

The Site was excavated. The excavation bottoms were analyzed and the 90% UCL 

concentrations, for all constituents, are below the ROD and ESD clean-up standards. 

Objective 2 - Reduce the concentrations of pollutants and contaminants in the surficial 

groundwater at the Site to the cleanup levels specified in the ROD. 

As of August 2012, the groundwater at the site has attenuated to and Is compliant with 

the ROD groundwater protection standards. Also, 4 years of off-site monitoring has 

shown no detectable contamination off of the site property. 

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Objective 3 - Prevent on-site exposure via direct contact with surface soils at concentrations that 

pose an unacceptable risk to human or environmental receptors under a residential scenario. 

The surface soils at the Site now consist of clean backfill. Therefore, there is no 

exposure risk to site constituents in surface soils. 

Objective 4 - Prevent on-site exposure via direct contact with subsurface soils at concentrations 

that pose an unacceptable risk to human receptors under construction or subsurface utility 

worker scenarios. 

Elevated concentrations of subsurface soil (above ROD and ESQ standards) no longer 

exist at the Site property and no subsurface soils are exposed. Therefore, there is no 

exposure risk to site constituents in subsurface soils. 

Objective 5 - Remove TLM to prevent nuisance exposure at the ground surface. 

All TLM and TLM soils were removed from the Site except for a small subsurface area 

remaining around the main natural gas line on the northern property boundary. 

Additional Objective - Remove all existing buildings from the site. 

The demolition program described earlier in this report provided for compliance with the 

demolition requirements of the ROD. All Site buildings, features, pavement and 

subsurface piping that were located during demolition were removed from the Site. 

v 4.4.8.1 Surface Soils 

The entire surface of the Site has been backfilled and graded with clean fill from either off-site or 

on-site locations. No surface soil exposure risk remains on Site. 

4.4.8.2 Subsurface Soils 

Figure 4-10 (multiple figures) shows the final excavation soil depths with the chemical 

concentrations of each constituent at that depth. These figures also indicate the 90% UCL 

concentrations remaining at depth over the site, demonstrating that the remaining constituents 

in soil at the bottom of the excavation are below the ROD standards for subsurface soil for that 

constituent 

4.4.8.3 Groundwater 

After completion of the excavation and Site restoration aspects of the RA, a new monitoring well 

network was installed consisting of six (6) new monitoring wells (August 2008 - Figure 4-11) 

and two (2) existing wells on the Site property. Sampling results for this new monitoring well 

network indicated that the only significant exceedance of the ROD groundwater standards is in 

one well (MW-16) for one constituent (Vernolate). These results are consistent with data 

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collected from the prior monitoring well network before the soil excavation, although the 

Vernolate concentration in MW-16 was considerably lower than previously measured. 

Because of the detection of Vernolate in MW-16 (on the northern portion of the property), the 

EPA requested that three (3) additional monitoring wells be installed on the down-gradient 

property north of the Site (March 2009). During the initial sampling event, Vernolate was not 

delected in any of the off-site wells. In December 2010, ajl of the monitoring wells except for 

MW-16 and the off-site wells were abandoned in place in accordance with the previously 

mentioned Alabama requirements. In August 2012, the last groundwater monitoring event was 

conducted for MW-16 and the three off-site monitoring wells with all wells noh-detect for 

Vemolate. More details are provided regarding the groundwater monitoring program in Section 

6.0. 

4.4.9 Government Oversite 

The EPA retained TechLaw of Atlanta GA to provide government field oversite for the TLM soils 

excavatioh portion of the RA. The TechLaw representative worked closely with the OAR and 

the contractor to facilitate timely quality assurance and field decisions for excavation, backfill, 

and off-site disposal. TechLaw was the main liaison between the field and the EPA and also 

reviewed and provided comments on the RAWP. 

4.4.10 Quality Assurance 

Contractor Quality Assurance and Management were provided by NewFields of Atlanta, 

Georgia. NewFields, as the OAR, maintained a presence on the Site during the RA from 

mobilization until demobilization was completed. 

4.4.10.1 Construction Inspection 

NewFields inspected and directed all aspects of the work including excavation location and 

extent, staging locations and soil pile maintenance/covering, off-site disposal direction and 

approval coordination, backfill coordination and approval. Site restoration and other activities 

leading to the successful completion of the excavation program. 

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