CONTAMINATED CLOTHING LAUNDRY

SITE DESCRIPTION

This site is not eligible for ER,A funds because of the years of use.

The installation laundry washes coveralls, underwear and towels used by production and maintenance workers. A minute amount of explosives may be present on coveralls worn by workers in areas where explosives are present. The laundry is located in building 500-125 north of the Main Heating Plant and west of Line 6 on Plant Road A. Laundry operations have occurred from the 1940’s through the present. Wastewater is discharged to a sump and then into the sanitary sewer. Construction of a new filtering facility was completed in 1998 and begun operation in 2003. The sump will continue to be used as a holding area prior to the waste being sent to the filtration unit for pretreatment and subsequently discharged into the sanitary sewer.

The PA/SI was completed in 1991 and the analytical did not include testing for explosives-contaminated soils, the soil was subsequently sampled in July 97 and revealed RDX contamination near an adjacent explosives water sump. The RI work was completed in May 1996.

This site was transferred to the Compliance Cleanup Program and is considered Response Complete by the IRP.