SWMU 39 – Building 3158/Former Battery Drain Area

This unit consisted of a small building with an attached, open-sided, roofed pad where, according to the 1988 VSI, discarded batteries were opened and their fluids drained into a tank. The tank had a curbed, concrete pad under it, which was cracked and stained. The 1993 follow up inspection found that this building was no longer used for draining and storing discarded batteries, and now contained assorted small cans of miscellaneous hydraulic fluids. In addition, the roofed pad was gone. No evidence of releases was observed during the 1993 follow up inspection. However, the open-air, battery drain tank’s curb was cracked and stained. A first phase RFI was required in the permit for surface soils surrounding the building.

Status

• RFI work plans were approved in 1995.
• Investigations were performed at this unit in accordance with the EPA approved RFI work plans.
• No significant evidence of a release was detected.
• The RCRA 7003 Administrative Order on Consent recommends a Determination of Corrective Action Complete With Controls for SWMU 37.
• Corrective Action Complete with Controls determination was approved in the January 29, 2007 RCRA § 7003 Administrative Order on Consent.
• Navy issued a Land Use Control letter on July 2, 2007 prohibiting residential land use of the SWMU 39 area.