ey Yet Sig Deron of Inmet Comer 4 £2 Wol ova, Albay New York 1280. 7010 Cd ‘Tomas ©. Jontng Commissioner RESPONSIVENESS SUMHARY Gruman RI/FS ~ Public Corment ‘There were soveral significant issues raised during the December 4, 1990 public necting held at the Bethpage High School as well as in the letters the Department received subsaquent to the meeting. These issues include: 1 = off-site investigations I1_ = Tongth of the project schedule IIT = annauncanent of the public meeting IV. = miscellaneous issues ‘The Department's responses to these issues are presented in the following subsections. 1. Off-Site Investigations In a June 2, 1989 letter from the Departeent to Grumman, the Department: requested that a'base map be prepared on which the locations of all private wells within a three-wile radius of the site are shown. This was later amended fo an area two miles north to three miles south of the center of the site. As a esult of this raquest, Geraghty & Miller, Ine., on behalf of Grurman, developed Figure 2 and Tables 1-3 of the Work Plan. ‘the’ Feagod, for the“aforamentioned Department request was: that-the----— Department needed a base map to use as a guide for deteratning what off-site | ~ nuhork needed to be done. It has been the Oepartnent's position from the on-set EF tute project tae: ofPagieg bork wi apeiteawiedc:. nem. 8 ‘ihe unded Spates: Goviyteni sure) (USC8)” and’ thé WSdedu cout Health oepartnarthve inact 2, grounder tay (the viciniy of te Gran ang Reotor/MUgo gtees, "Ue nap seggnsted during he publ sea¥ing and Yo subaequen Teecers that "tae dad geedeiesdduring tas UsCsrstty Beuakd to deston an ettesite groundyater ronedva? (clean-ap) progran watch coularbe ‘api mented Smeectatelye "While 16 appears ahet the existing cata te extensive, fe 18 Mauttichenicte devetog'e nqeediat prosrap at thlp times reconIfa renedial program were Implemented at this time using the existing data set as the basis for the design of the progran, one of the following scenarios would occur: 1. A remedia? progran designed with the available data would not be Finely tuned to the plune(s) originating on the Gruman Site. The regional scale necessitated dy utiTizing regional. data would result. in an oversized design that would not efficiently treat contamination for which Gruman is responsible. Moreover, such a program may provide no benefit at all, and therefore, would be’a waste of time and money. In fact, such a program could provide a negative benefit. In other words, it could make matters worse. Por example, public. supply well which otherwise would not be impacted by the plume, could becone contaminated (4.er"="the plune could be deflected). In light of the above, it is the opinton of the Department that the risks outweigh the benefits in this matter. Therefore, in the opinion of the Departnent it would not be prudent to design and tnplenent a groundwater clean-up program at this tine. A concern was raised that the Bethpage Nater District (BND) Wells #4146, 8768 and 6078 which are located more than 1500 fest north and east of the site could be Impacted by the plune at the Gruman site. Ary contanination which may be found in these wells would be fron a unidentified source north of these wells, and not fron the Gruman site. ‘There are tro factors which lead the Department to this conclusion: First, the prevailing direction of groundwater flow in the area 1s to the south. Second, the great disparity in the quantity of water being pusped by tha” BWD ‘and Groenan (Grumman pumps approximately three tines more water per day than ‘the BWD does in the aforenentioned wells). Therefore, it is highly_unlikely. ‘that contamination would migrate north from Gruman and impact the BD's wells. In an agreement between Gruman and the 84D, an off-site well south of Gruman, N-3554, wich is located between the site and two BMD wells (Plant #5), WITT be’ sampled’ during the First phase of the RI/FS.. This well consists of 2od-foot Tong screen. Samples will be collected from three discrete zones which WIL be approximately ten feet in Tength with the use of packers. Packers ‘solate the water Flowing into these zones, thus allowing a sample to be collected which 1s representative of these zones, and which is not diluted with water from other zones along the screen. ‘ne letter-writer asked if a well at the Bethpage State Park which was losed'a few years ago was. tepacted by the pluse at the Grumman site. This ‘nell was impacted from a plune emanating fron a source north of the well, Bossfbly the Old Bethpage Landfill or the Nassau County Fire Training Center. Therefore, Gruman was fot responsible for contaminating this well.In conclusion, the Department requires that an off-site investigation be conducted. The scope of such an investigation has not yet been developed. As fa from the First phase of the investigation cones in, we will review It along with the existing data set and develop the the scope of work for the off-site ‘investigation II. Length of the Project Schedule Typically, a Remedial Invest igation/FoastbiTity Study (RI/FS) takes ‘twenty-four months to complete. An RI/FS ts considered to be compete when the Department issues the Record of Decision (ROO) for the site under investigation. At this time, the Department anticipates that the ROD for the Gruman site will be issued during the late sumer or early fall of 1993. This reflects Approximately a 3é-nonth schedule. When the size and scope of this project is taken into account, this 1s not unreasonable, ‘The Department and Gruman are developing a new project schedule in order to expedite the project. Avresult of the new schedule will be that the off-site Investigation will commence several months earlier than previously planned. The Departeent is continuously looking for other ways to expedite this project. Aneeting with representatives of the U.S. Navy has been scheduled. Tete hoped thatthe work the avy plans Yo do wiil help move this project a swifter conclusion. ‘Throughout the RI/FS process, the Department will be Tooking for source: hot spots, etc. which should be given immediate attention. Interim Renedial Measures (IRAs) would then be developed to address these areas. Resediation of sources, staal, Upon discovery wilt reduce the tine needed to Conduct the overall clean-up. TIL, Announcement of the Public Meeting Concerns have been raised regarding adequate public notification of the Deconber 4, 1980 public meeting. The best way for the public to be informed about future meetings and about. work at the site is to b6 on the public contact list. Those who were not Previously on the list and attended the 12/4/90 meeting or sent a comment letter fo the Departnent, will be added to this list. fnyone else who wishes to be included on this {ist should contact Mr. Joshua Epstein of the Departnent's Stony Brook Office at (516) 751-4078, ‘The upcoming citizen participation activities, which are designed to inform tthe public and to receive inforsation are spelled gut in the Gruman Citizen Participation Plan (CPP), whieh is attached to the Work Plan. A copy of the Work Plan can be found at the Bethpage Public Library.Anyone who hés any questions regarding this project shoud cal? Me. Epstein, or write to him at: wyspec SUNY = Bui }ding 40 Stony Brook, New York 11790 The public wes. informed of the Decenber 4, 1990 meeting via the local informational repository located at the Bethpage Public Library and announcements in local newspapers and in Newsday. A meeting announcenent/fact Sheet was mailed cut to an extensive public contact Tist. The Departaent has determined that this 1s the best vay to notify the public of informal meetings ‘such as the moetirg of Decenber 4. One comment at the meeting was the oti fleat fon had teen insufficient since no Formal legal notice was placed in he press. Forsal Tegal notices will be placed when the final remedial progran is announced in 1293. Moreover, additional inforeal meetings will be held between now and then. IV. MiscetTaneous Issue Grumman 1s presently using a stripping tower to remove contaminants from groundwater prior to using the water to cool equipnent. This ts being done so That when this water is discharged back into the ground it meets the Deparinant's regulatory Timits.. This ts being eonitored by the Department's Division of Mater, Air omissions at the site are monitored by the Department's Diviston of Air, ‘The primary contaninants of concern in the groundwater plume are trichlorethylene and perchlorethylene. Other known contaminants include vinyl chloride, trichloroethanes and dichloroethanes. These chentcals fall under a Clase of ‘compounds called volatile organic. compounds. During this investigation, a wide range of contaminants wil] be analyzed. These wil? include base neutral compounds (coal and oil-tar based compounds), metal fons, pesticides, PCB's and asbestos. During the course of this project, monthly reports will be placed in the document repositories. These reports will include data received that month. Te must be understood that non-val dated data must not be taken seriously unti1 it "Is validated. Laboratories do make mistakes and every effort will be nade ‘to ensure that ail analytical data generated 1s correct.