2003-06-12_REVISION - M1999034 (2)

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Endrin- and Isodrin; Army agent by-products like D'usopropylmethylphosphonate (DIIviP); and heavy metals, including Arsenic, Cadmium, Chromium, Lead, and Mercury. • Under the "Superfund" Act, the Army and Shell Oil Company, with oversight fiom the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region VIII, have been cleaning up the contamination through fourteen Interim Response Actions (IRA). The IRAs' allow for some cleanup to occur prior to the approval of the Final Cleanup Plan. These actions include: Groundwater intercept, treatment and boundary systems (onpost and offpost), the Submerged Quench Incinerator (to destroy over 10.5 million gallons of liquid from Basin F), dismantling a hydrazine (rocket fuel) blending and storage facility, closing old or unused wells, draining building 1727's sump, building a wastewater treatment facility onpost; fugitive dust control, sewer remediation, and asbestos removal. Some of the IRAs' listed have become final cleanup actions. in moving toward a fittal cleanup solution, the RMA is currently working on the Detailed Analysis of Alternatives (DAA). The DAA presems the onpost cleanup alternatives for consideration. The public is strongly encouraged and welcomed to comment on these proposed alternatives and any other Arsenal cleartttp activities. TRI-COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S ROLE AT THE ARSENAL The primary role of Tri-County Health Depanment at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal is to ensure that all cleanup decisions reflect the input and concerns of the citizens of Adams County, and that the cleanup results in long term protection of health and the environment. Tri-County Health Department first became involved with the Arsenal in 1954. The initial involvement was in responding to the numerous air and odor complaints the residents had regardin¢ the Arsenal's l ~t activities. Since that time, Tri-County Health Department ~ ~"h "ev° v has been actively involved with the Arsenal at many levels. [n 1959, our first major role began with a private offpost , ; ~~ private well sampling program called the "Rocky Mountain a°t` " Arsenal's J60 WeU Monitoring Program". 7ri-County's 7tatte 0.irer ` ~ `~_ i t_' staffidentified the private wells and collected ~( ~... ~~ ~~-= uarterl water sam les for the Arm Shell ` ~ ~ \~~ q y p y, AFMT OFF-7057 ~., and Colorado Department of Health sTUC- AREA ~ a~eend tees. laboratories. The 360 program was one of the r--~ \ \ j~ \ \.' . \~\~ .., first offpost sampling programs. This program ~ \ \\ ~\ ` \`. ~ _ continued until 1986. ,r . ~\•,•\ , ^€c~se~_. ~-'• - Since 1988, Tri-County Health has conducted an , ..', '• j% intensive door-to-door survey to identify every well ~ ~ awa and resident in the offpost study area. The oifpost ~- study area is bounded by 88th Avenue and the i arsenal perimeter on the south, the South C0'~=Y`E `•~,sn s~wo caeea HoMrseuo