BIL L RICHARDSO

N Governo r DIAN E DENISH Lieutenan t Governo r NE WMEXIC O

ENVIRONMEN T DEPARTMEN T 

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Divisio n Harol dRunnel s Buildin g 119 0 St . Franci s Drive , P.O . Bo x 546 9 Sant aFe , N M 87502-546 9 Phon e (505 ) 827-291 8 Fa x (505 ) 827-296 5

www.nmenv.state.nm.u s RO N CURR Y Secretary JO N GOLDSTEI

N Deputy Secretary

Januar y 29 , 200 9
Ji mL . Sizemor e Manager , Wate r

Resourc e Allocatio n Progra m Offic e o f th e Stat e Enginee r PO B 2510 2 Sant aFe , N M 8750 4 r o ',.• ; r :^:: '
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fro 1 C O < 7 Re : Implementatio n of

aTemporary Wel l Drillin g Moratoriu mAssociate dWithth e Remedia l Actio n a

t th e AT&S FAlbuquerqu e Superfun dSit e (EP A ID : NMD980622864) , i n Albuquerque , Bernalill o County , Ne w Mexic o Dear Mr . Sizemore : Th e Ne w Mexic o Environmen t Departmen t

(NMED ) i n cooperatio n withth e Unite dState s Environmenta l Protectio n Agenc y (EPA ) an dth e City of Albuquerqu e i s overseein g remediatio n a

t th e AT&S FAlbuquerqu e Superfun dSit e (Site ) i n Albuquerque , Ne w Mexico . Groun dwate r

contaminant s fro mthi s Sit e includ e polycycli c aromati c hydrocarbon s (PAHs) , benzene , an dzinc . PAH s i n th e groun dwate r occu r bot hi n dissolve dphas e plumes , an da s free-phas e dens e nonaqueous-phas e liquid s (DNAPL) . Contaminant s originat e fro mrailroa d tie-treatin g activitie s that

occurre do n th e Sit e betwee n 190 7 an d1972 . NME D request s that

th e Offic e o f

th e Stat e Enginee r

issu e a n orde r t o restric t th e permittin g of ne w well s withi n th e are asurroundin g th e contaminate dgroun dwate r a t th e sit e a s show n o n th e attache dfigure i n orde r

t o protec t huma n healthan dpreven t

interferenc e withth e groun d wate r remediation . W e reques t

that thi s orde r t o restric t permittin g o f

well s continu e unti l th e Sit e ha s me t

remediatio n goals , whic h ma y tak e mor e tha n 3 0 years . Th e figure attache dt o thi s lette r display s th e know n composite dboundar y o f th e contaminate d groun dwate r

plume s a t th e Site , an dapolygo n denotin g th e are afor th e propose dmoratorium . Th e X- Y (i.e. , longitude-latitude ) coordinate s of th e boundar y polygo n annotate do n thi s figure are liste dbelo w i n aclockwis e direction . 86104 6Mr . Sizemor e

January 29 , 200 9 Pag e 2 o f 2

1 5 9 1 3 latitude : 35.0339 longitude : -106.658 2 latitude : 35.034 9 longitude : -106.652 6 latitude : 35.033 1 longitude : -106.653 8 latitude : 35.032 8 longitude : -106.658 4 2

6 1 0 latitude : 35.034 0 longitude : -106.656 7 latitude : 35.034 5 longitude : -106.652 1 latitude : 35.032 2 longitude : -106.654 7 3

7 1 1 latitude : 35.0349 longitude : -106.655 8 latitude : 35.034 0 longitude : -106.652 1 latitude : 35.032 1 longitude : -106.655 3 4

8 1 2 latitude : 35.035 2 longitude : -106.654 9 latitude : 35.033 1 longitude : -106.653 0 latitude : 35.032 7 longitude : -106.656 6

Th e propose dwel l drillin g moratoriu mwoul db e applicabl e t o an y propose dwate r suppl y well s withi n th e indicate darea . Pleas e not e that th e moratoriu mshoul dexclud e permi t application s that

ar e submitte db y o r

o n behal f of Burlingto n Northe mSant aF e Railroa d(th e Potentiall y Responsibl e Party for Sit e remediation ) for

th e installatio n of

monito r o r well s associate dwith th e EPA-mandate dgroun dwate r remedia l action . W e loo k forwardt o you r

respons e a

t you r earlies t convenienc e an dthan k

yo u i n advanc e for you r cooperatio n an dassistanc e with thi s matter . I f yo u hav e an y question s o r

requir e an y additiona l informatio n pleas e contac t m e at (505 ) 827-1758 , Dan aBahar , Manage r Superfun d Oversigh t Sectio n a t (505 ) 827-2908 , o r

Davi dL . Mayerson , Projec t Manager a t (505 ) 476
- 3777 . Sincerely ,
Marc y Leavitt Directo r Wate r an dWast e Managemen t

Divisio n Enclosur e cc : Katrin aHiggins-Coltrain , Remedia l Projec t Manager , U S EP A Regio n 6 Dav e Clark , BNS FDirecto r

of Environmenta l Remediatio n Georg e Clarke , Offic e of

th e Stat e Enginee r Dan aBahar , Manager , Superfun dOversigh t Sectio n Davi dMayerson , Projec t

Manager , Superfun dOversigh t Sectio n SO S Rea dFil e^ MONITO R WEL L - SHALLO W A MONITO R WEL L - INTERMEDIAT E ( L - LOWER ) ^ MONITO R WEL L - DEE P ( U - UPPER )

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ILATITUDE : 35.033 1 LONGITUDE:-106.653 8 I

LATITUDE : 35.032 2 ILONGITUDE : -106.654 7 I 4 . MONITO R WEL L - PLUGGE D & ABANDONE D B MONITO R WEL L - DNAP L X OBSERVATIO N WEL L

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IRRIGATIO N WEL L BUFFE R ZON E ALBUQUERQU E SUPERFUN D SIT E ALBUQUERQUE , NE W MEXIC O PROJEC T NO. : 2563

4 DATE : 11/19/0 8 

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