| INTRODUCTION
The U.S. Navy, as part of its Installation Restoration
Program, has prepared the Hunters Point Shipyard (HPS) Draft Final
Historical Radiological Assessment (HRA). This HRA fact sheet is
the sixth in a continuing series to update the community on radiological
matters at HPS.
The HRA documents past radiological activities and investigations
at HPS. The HRA provides:
- A baseline document for investigating the presence and extent
of residual radioactive materials,
- Assessment of past and continuing radiological investigations,
and
- Recommendations for future actions at each impacted site.
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This fact sheet also reports on activities
being conducted as part of the Navy's continuing radiological investigation
program. This issue focuses on investigation activities scheduled
for two sites located in Parcel E — the Metal Debris Reef
and the Metal Slag Area. The Metal Debris Reef is located in the
southeastern portion of a site called Installation Restoration (IR)-02.
The Metal Slag Area is located in the southwestern portion of a
site called IR-01/21 (see map page 2). Definitions are provided
on page 3.
HRA Update
HRA Finalization Schedule
— The Navy is committed to producing an accurate and comprehensive
HRA. After months of researching historical documents and conducting
in depth interviews, the Draft Final HRA was released for public
and regulatory review in February 2004. Comments can be mailed to
Mr. Keith forman to the address on the back page and postmarked
no later than April 27, 2004 to be considered. Comments may also
be sent in an e-mail to keith.s.forman@navy.mil as late as midnight
(PST) on April 27, 2004.
A formal Response to Comments document will be released within 45
days fo the closing of the comment period and made available at
the two Information Repository locations (see back page). The Final
HRA is scheduled for release in late summer 2004.
METAL DEBRIS REEF AND METAL
SLAG AREA
Radiological investigations at HPS focus on sites where radioactive
materials have been used, stored or disposed of in the past. During
radiological surface investigations conducted in 1991 and in 2001,
low-level radioactive materials were identified at two sites in
Parcel E, the Metla Debris Reef and the Metal Slag Area. The public
and the environmenta are sate from low-level radioactive materials
found at both sites.
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Metal Debris
Reef
The Metal Debris Reef, an area located in the southeast portion
of Parcel E, is about 28,000 square feet in size and with an average
thickness of five feet. The reef consists of concrete debris, metal
scrap and metal slag. the reef formed from materials that were burned
at the nearby Open Burn disposal Area and from materials that were
disposed of from the metal foundry (Building 241) and the smelter
(Building 408) when the shipyard was active. The Metal Debris Reef
is shown in the photograph at left. |
WHAT'S NEXT
After the Metal Debris Reef and Metal Slag Area have been characterized,
work plans for the cleanup action will be created by the navy and
presented to the regulatory agencies and the public for review and
comment.
The Navy will also continue to prioritize radiological surveys,
investigations and cleanup actions at HPS based on the information
provided in the HRA. Just like at the Metal Debris Reef and Metal
Slag Area, any site wehre radiological operations may have been
performed or radioactive materials may have been stored or disposed
of will be investigated.
The Navy will ensure that all work follows current health and safety
standards of radiological actions as information is available.
WHERE TO GET INFORMATION
The Draft Final HRA and Navy documents and reference materials about
HPS are available to the public at two different locations. The
Main Library in downtown San Francisco contains a nearly complete
record of all the documents related to the investigation and cleanup
actions under way at HPS. The Bayview / Anna E. Waden Branch Library
contains a smaller collection of documents and copies of current
investigation reports. It also holds historic documents related
to the HRA. The Draft Final HRA is also posted on the Navy's Hunters
Point Shipyard Web site.
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The Navy invites you to visit the libraries and
read the reports to gain a more complete understanding of the cleanup
activities. Addresses for the two Information Repository locations
are:
City of San Francisco Main
Library
Government Information Center, 5th floor
100 Larkin Street
San Francsico, CA 94102
(415) 557-4500
Bayview / Anna e. Waden
Branch Library
5075 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94124
(415) 715-4100
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Keith Forman
BRAC Environmental Coordinator
Southwest Division
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
BRAC Operations
1230 Columbia Street, Suite 1100
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: (415) 308-0993
Fax: (619) 532-0995
E-mail: keith.s.forman@navy.mil
Mr. Lee Saunders
Environmental Public Affairs Office
Phone: (619) 532-3100
Fax: (619) 532-1190
E-mail: lee.saunders@navy.mil |
