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� s � <br />M. Contamination - Assessment Report - Virogroup Proposal <br />The Board reviewed memo from Superintendent of Buildings & <br />Grounds Lynn Williams dated August 30, 1993: <br />TO: JAMES CHANDLER <br />COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR <br />THRU: H.T. "SONNY" DEAN, DIRECTO <br />DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVI <br />FROM: LYNN WILLIAMS-, SUPT. <br />SUPERINTENDENT OF BUIL GS & OUNDS <br />DATE: AUGUST 30, 1993 <br />SUBJECT: CONTAMINATION - ASSESSMENT REPORT <br />VIROGROUP PROPOSAL <br />CONSENT AGENDA <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS: <br />THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING IS EQUIPPED WITH A 10,000 <br />GALLON UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK WHICH SERVED UNTIL EARLIER THIS <br />YEAR THE EMER ENCY GENERATOR AND HEATING BOILER PLANT. AS A <br />PROJECT FOR THrSkYEARS REPLACEMENT OF THE GENERATOR AND ABANDONMENT <br />OF THE FUEL TANK WERE BUDGETED. THE TANK PREDATES.OUR PURCHASE AND <br />RENOVATION OF THIS BUILDING THUS THE ACTUAL AGE WAS/IS UNKNOWN. <br />COMPLETION OF THE GENERATOR REPLACEMENT WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN <br />MARCH OF THIS YEAR. WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THE TANKS AGE AND <br />SUSPECT CONDITION DICTATED REMOVAL, STAFF CONTACTED VIROGROUP <br />MISSIMER DIVISION FOR A PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF THE OPTIONS <br />CONCERNING ABANDONMENT. THE LOCATION OF THE TANK WITH*CLOSE <br />PROXIMITY TO THE BUILDING AND POSSIBLE CONFLICTS WITH EXISTING <br />MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS RAISED CONCERNS THAT ABANDONMENT <br />IN PLACE MAY BE NECESSARY INSTEAD OF REMOVAL. <br />AFTER INITIAL DISCUSSIONS WITH VIROGROUP, IT WAS DISCOVERED <br />THAT FUEL WAS PRESENT IN AT LEAST ONE OF THE EXISTING MONITORING <br />WELLS. VIROGROUP WAS CONTRACTED TO PERFORM A PRELIMINARY <br />INVESTIGATION OF THE CONTAMINATION AND TO RECOMMEND EITHER <br />ABANDONMENT AND IN-PLACE OR REMOVAL. FROM THE PRELIMINARY WORK, <br />CONTAMINATION DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE WIDE SPREAD. NOTICE OF "FREE <br />PRODUCT" WAS MADE TO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH IN A LETTER DATED <br />APRIL 20, 1993. A SIX (6) MONTH PERIOD FOR COMPLETION OF A <br />CONTAMINATION ASSESSMENT REPORT BEGAN ON THAT DATE. <br />DURING THE INTERIM, ALL REMAINING FUEL HAS BEEN REMOVED. THE <br />TANK HAS BEEN UNCOVERED TO REVEAL THAT ABANDONMENT IN-PLACE IS THE <br />,ONLY OPTION FOR DEALING WITH THIS TANK. FOUR (4) CONTRACTORS WERE <br />CONTACTED FOR POSSIBLE REMOVAL, ALL AGREED THAT REMOVAL WAS NOT AN <br />OPTION. <br />THIS PORTION OF THE INVESTIGATION DELAYED OBTAINING PROPOSALS <br />FOR THE CONTAMINATION ASSESSMENT REPORT. VIROGROUP PROVIDED THE <br />INITIAL ASSESSMENT AND HAS PROVIDEDA PROPOSAL FOR SEVENTEEN <br />THOUSAND, NINE HUMDRED SEVENTY SIX DOLLARS ($17,976) TO <br />COMPLETE ALL RELATED ACTIVITIES IN THE CLOSURE OF THE SITE. <br />19 <br />SEP 7 1993 BOOK 90 <br />