BILL RICHARDSON 

Governor 

DIANE DENISH 

Lieutenant Governor 

NEW MEXICO 

ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT 

Water and Waste Management Division 

Harold Runnels Building 

1190 St. Francis Drive, P.O. Box 5469 

Santa Fe, NM 87502-5469 

Phone (505) 827-2918 Fax (505) 827-2965 

www.nmenv.state.nm.us 

RON CURRY 

Secretary 

JON GOLDSTEIN 

Deputy Secretary 

January 29, 2009 

Jim L. Sizemore 

Manager, Water Resource Allocation Program 

Office of the State Engineer 

POB 25102 

Santa Fe, NM 87504 

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Re: Implementation of a Temporary Well Drilling Moratorium Associated With the 

Remedial Action at the AT&SF Albuquerque Superfund Site (EPA ID: 

NMD980622864), in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico 

Dear Mr. Sizemore: 

The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) in cooperation with the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the City of Albuquerque is overseeing 

remediation at the AT&SF Albuquerque Superfund Site (Site) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Ground water contaminants from this Site include polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), 

benzene, and zinc. PAHs in the ground water occur both in dissolved phase plumes, and as 

free-phase dense nonaqueous-phase liquids (DNAPL). Contaminants originate from railroad 

tie-treating activities that occurred on the Site between 1907 and 1972. 

NMED requests that the Office of the State Engineer issue an order to restrict the permitting of 

new wells within the area surrounding the contaminated ground water at the site as shown on 

the attached figure in order to protect human health and prevent interference with the ground 

water remediation. We request that this order to restrict permitting of wells continue until the 

Site has met remediation goals, which may take more than 30 years. 

The figure attached to this letter displays the known composited boundary of the contaminated 

ground water plumes at the Site, and a polygon denoting the area for the proposed moratorium. 

The X-Y (i.e., longitude-latitude) coordinates of the boundary polygon annotated on this figure 

are listed below in a clockwise direction. 

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Mr. Sizemore 

January 29, 2009 

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latitude: 35.0339 

longitude: -106.6582 

latitude: 35.0349 

longitude: -106.6526 

latitude: 35.0331 

longitude: -106.6538 

latitude: 35.0328 

longitude: -106.6584 

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latitude: 35.0340 

longitude: -106.6567 

latitude: 35.0345 

longitude: -106.6521 

latitude: 35.0322 

longitude: -106.6547 

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latitude: 35.0349 

longitude: -106.6558 

latitude: 35.0340 

longitude: -106.6521 

latitude: 35.0321 

longitude: -106.6553 

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latitude: 35.0352 

longitude: -106.6549 

latitude: 35.0331 

longitude: -106.6530 

latitude: 35.0327 

longitude: -106.6566 

The proposed well drilling moratorium would be applicable to any proposed water supply 

wells within the indicated area. Please note that the moratorium should exclude permit 

applications that are submitted by or on behalf of Burlington Northem Santa Fe Railroad (the 

Potentially Responsible Party for Site remediation) for the installation of monitor or wells 

associated with the EPA-mandated ground water remedial action. 

We look forward to your response at your earliest convenience and thank you in advance for 

your cooperation and assistance with this matter. If you have any questions or require any 

additional information please contact me at (505) 827-1758, Dana Bahar, Manager Superfund 

Oversight Section at (505) 827-2908, or David L. Mayerson, Project Manager at (505) 476-

3777. 

Sincerely, 

Marcy Leavitt 

Director 

Water and Waste Management Division 

Enclosure 

cc: Katrina Higgins-Coltrain, Remedial Project Manager, US EPA Region 6 

Dave Clark, BNSF Director of Environmental Remediation 

George Clarke, Office of the State Engineer 

Dana Bahar, Manager, Superfund Oversight Section 

David Mayerson, Project Manager, Superfund Oversight Section 

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^ MONITOR WELL - SHALLOW 

A MONITOR WELL - INTERMEDIATE 

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^TITUDE: 35.0349 

LONGITUDE:-106.6526 i r,# 

•LATITUDE: 35.0345 

ILONGITUDE: -106.6521 i 

•LATITUDE: 35.0340 

ILONGITUDE:-106.6521 I 

ILATITUDE: 35.0331 

ILONGITUDE: -106.6530 I 

ILATITUDE: 35.0331 

LONGITUDE:-106.6538 I 

LATITUDE: 35.0322 

ILONGITUDE: -106.6547 I 

4. MONITOR WELL - PLUGGED & ABANDONED 

B MONITOR WELL - DNAPL 

X OBSERVATION WELL 

• POTENTIAL EXTRACTION / INJECTION WELL 

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BUFFER ZONE 

NOTES: 

1. WELL LOCATIONS SURVEYED IN NEW 

MEXICO STATE PLANE COORDINATE 

SYSTEM, CENTRAL ZONE, NAD 1927, FEET. 

0 100 300 

SCALE IN FEET 

1" = 300'-0" 

600 

IRRIGATION WELL BUFFER ZONE 

ALBUQUERQUE SUPERFUND SITE 

ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO 

PROJECT NO.: 25634 DATE: 11/19/08 

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2313 W. SAM HOUSTON PARKWAY N. 

STE. 107 

HOUSTON, TEXAS 77043 

713-821-7000 

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