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Team Successes at the Former Memphis Depot, Memphis, Tennessee

Team Successes at the Former Memphis Depot, Memphis, Tennessee. Memphis Depot. Presented by: David D. Nelson, P.G. Thomas C. Holmes Project Manager, CH2M Hill Project Manager, MACTEC. Pathway to Success. Q: What does it take for a former military facility to return to local community use?

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Team Successes at the Former Memphis Depot, Memphis, Tennessee

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  1. Team Successes at the Former Memphis Depot, Memphis, Tennessee Memphis Depot Presented by: David D. Nelson, P.G. Thomas C. Holmes Project Manager, CH2M Hill Project Manager, MACTEC

  2. Pathway to Success Q: What does it take for a former military facility to return to local community use? A: Teamwork, Open Communications, and Shared Goals

  3. Regulatory Background • RCRA Part B permit in 1990; FFA Agreement with EPA Region IV and TDEC in 1995; Closure under BRAC 1995; Memphis Depot ceased operations in 1997 • Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) Process Remedial Investigation (RI)Feasibility Study (FS)Proposed Plan (PP)Record of Decision (ROD)Remedial Design (RD) * Remedial Action (RA) Key decision-making stages have been completed

  4. Main Installation Environmental Aspects • ROD process completed September 2001 • Two site, two electron donor Enhanced Bioremediation Treatability Study as part of RD • Completion of the MI Land Use Control Implementation Plan (LUCIP) • Finding of Suitability to Transfer #3 - Transfer of ~360 acres • Currently: Remedial Action Work Plan in progress; Long Term Monitoring for MNA begun in 2004

  5. Main Installation Community Aspects • The former Main Installation is now the Memphis Depot Business Park • Percentage of “leasable” space that is leased: 73.5% • 29 tenants • 1,084 employees (same as when the Depot was operating)

  6. Main Installation - Current View

  7. Memphis Depot Business Park - Major Tenants

  8. Memphis Depot Business Park

  9. Dunn Field Environmental Aspects • Comprehensive CWM and OE removal pre-ROD • ROD process completed April 2004 • Excavation, Transport, and Disposal Remedial Action to be completed by July 2004 • Successful Field-Scale SVE and ZVI Injection Treatability Studies completed as part of RD • LUCIP in progress • EE/CA completed for Small Arms Firing Range Non-Time Critical Removal Action

  10. Dunn Field Environmental Aspects (cont.) • Early Remedy Implementation for control of groundwater plume • Finding of Suitability to Transfer #4 - Transfer of ~41 acres • Participation by the RAB in aspects of the decision-making process • Two Additional RDs in Progress towards 2006 completion • Source Areas: Soil Vapor Extraction (SVE), Zero-Valent Iron injection (ZVI), Land Use Controls • Offsite Groundwater: Permeable Reactive Barrier (PRB) and Monitored Natural Attenuation (MNA)

  11. Dunn Field Community Aspects • Conversion of northern portion of Dunn Field to a city park • Southern half to be used for Memphis transportation needs - either city bus terminal of light rail

  12. Local Community Involvement • Community Involvement Program started 1993 • Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) created 1994 • Community Involvement Plan updated in 2005 Current activities include: • Two RAB meetings per year • Public Briefings for remedial designs as needed • Community Information Sessions as needed • EnviroNews published two times per year • Two Information Repositories • Websites – Memphis Depot (www.ddc.dla/Memphis) and Administrative Record (www.adminrec.com) • Fact sheets and Media Releases as needed

  13. Defense Logistics Agency US Army Corps of Engineers - Huntsville Center and Mobile District Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence CH2M HILL Dept. of the Army - Southern Regional Environmental Office MitreTek Systems Environmental Protection Agency - Region IV Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Depot Redevelopment Corporation MACTEC Frontline Communications MLGW City of Memphis Citizens of Surrounding Community The Memphis Depot Team Teamwork involves many players:

  14. Team Successes at the Former Memphis Depot, Memphis, Tennessee Memphis Depot Presented by: David D. Nelson, P.G. Thomas C. Holmes Project Manager, CH2M Hill Project Manager, MACTEC

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