^GERAGHTY '& MILLER, INC. Environmental Services Ground Water Engineering Hydrocarbon Remediation Education December 20, 1993 Caroline Kwan Project Manager U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region n 26 federal Plaza, Room 737 New York, New York 10278 Re: Phase n Remedial Investigation Work Plan, Tutu Wells Site, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Dear Ms. Kwan: On behalf of Ana Gloria Ramos, Designated Coordinator of the Tutu Environmental Investigation Committee (TEIC), Geraghty & Miller, Inc. is submitting three copies of the two- volume Phase II Remedial Investigation (RI) Work Plan Tutu Wells Site for your review. We understand you will forward one of these copies to CDM Federal Programs. This work nJan has been reviewed by the members of the newly formed Tutu Potentially Responsible Party (PRP) Committee prior to submittal to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). Additional copies of this work plan have been shipped directly to the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning and^Natural Resources (DPNR) and USEPA personnel in Puerto Rico as indicated in the copy list below. Members of the Tutu PRP Committee will also be receiving copies of this work plan. TUT O05 OO33 201 W:st Rassaic Street, 3rd Floor • Rochelle Park, New Jersey 07662-(201) 909-0700 • FAX (201) 909-0567/0568 *64545* 64545 GERAGHTY & MILLER. INC 2 We hope this Phase n RI Work Plan addresses the USEPA's concerns. If you have any questions, please contact Ana Gloria Ramos at (809) 749-8943. Sincerely, GERAGHTY & MILLER, INC. Marie F. McDonnell Project Scientist V. f Thomas V. Danahy Senior Scientist/Project Manager Daniel A. Nachman Vice President/Project Officer Enclosures c: Andrew Prashak, Esq. - USEPA (PR office) Jose Font - USEPA (PR office) Leonard Reed - DPNR (2 copies) Clifford Crooke - DPNR Ana Gloria Ramos - Tutu Environmental Investigation Committee Paul Ryan - Texaco, Inc. DANinr PR0013. •••-WP1/122093 .hr TUT OO5 OO34 PHASE n REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION WORK PLAN TUTU WELLS SITE ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS VOLUME 1 OF 2 December 1993 Prepared for Tutu Envkonmental Investigation Committee Prepared by Geraghty & Miller, Inc. 201 West Passaic Street Rochelle Park, New Jersey 07662 (201) 909-0700 TUT GO 5 00^5 GERAGHTY & MILLER, INC. "" PHASE H REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION WORK PLAN TUTU WELLS SITE ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS December 20, 1993 Geraghty & Miller, Inc. is submitting this work plan to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on behalf of the Tutu Environmental Investigation Committee for work proposed at the Tutu Wells Site in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The work plan was prepared in conformance with Geraghty & Miller's strict quality assurance/quality control procedures to ensure that the work plan meets industry standards in terms of the methods used and the information presented. If you have any questions or comments concerning this work plan, please contact one of the individuals listed below. Respectfully submitted, GERAGHTY & MILLER, INC. Marie F. McDonnell Project Scientist Thomas V. Danahy ior-Scientist/Pt Daniel A. Nachman Vice President/Project Officer TUT O05 OO::',6 GERAGHTY & MILLER. INC. ' CONTENTS Page 1.0 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 2.0 BACKGROUND ....................................... .2-1 3.0 DATA REVIEW PROCEDURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 3.1 TASK 1: DATA COMPILATION AND BIBLIOGRAPHY PREPARATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-2 3.2 TASK 2: DATABASE DESIGN AND DATA INPUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 3.3 TASK 3: EXTENSION OF AREA BASE MAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 3.4 TASK 4: WELL INVENTORY REVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 3.5 TASK 5: GEOLOGIC LOG COMPILATION AND CROSS SECTION PREPARATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-5 3.6 TASK 6: PUMPING TEST DATA EVALUATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5 3.7 TASK 7: DATA ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF SCOPE OF WORK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-5 3.8 TASK 8: PHASE H RI WORK PLAN PREPARATION . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6 4.0 DATA ASSESSMENT AND DATA GAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1 4.1 HISTORICAL OPERATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1 4.1.1 VfflA (Former Tropical Motors) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 4.1.2 Curriculum Center (Former LAGA Facility) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3 4.1.3 Ramsay Motor Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4 4.1.4 Antilles Auto Parts (Former Gassett Auto Parts and Former Consolidated Auto Parts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4 4.1.5 Tutu Texaco Service Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 4.1.6 Old Tutu Wastewater Treatment Plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6 4.1.7 Fellowship Church (Former Storage Facilities, Inc. and Former West Indies Enterprises, Inc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7 4.1.8 Four Winds Plaza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-7 4.1.9 Tillett, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-8 4.1.10 Western Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-9 4.1.11 Overseas Steel Fabrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10 4.1.12 Tracy Dodd Used Car Lot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10 4.1.13 Tutu Esso Service Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10 4.1.14 Classic Printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11 4.1.15 A Property of Unknown Ownership (Southeast of Classic Printers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11 4.1.16 Archies Welding & Auto Body Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12 4.1.17 O'Henry Cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12 TUT On 5 OO^y GERAGHTY & MILLER, INC. 11 CONTENTS (Continued) Page 4.1.18 Rodriguez Esso Service Station (Former Shell Oil) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13 4.1.19 Kentucky Fried Chicken (Former Home Petroleum, Inc. and Former Caribbean Gas Corporation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13 4.1.20 Former Fort Mylner Coin-Op Laundry and Drycleaners, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14 4.2 CONCEPTUAL HYDROGEOLOGIC MODEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14 4.2.1 Geology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14 4.2.2 Hydrogeology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15 4.2.3 Contaminant Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17 4.2.4 Aquifer Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18 4.3 HYDROGEOLOGIC DATA GAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21 4.4 CHEMISTRY DATA ASSESSMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22 4.4.1 Soil Sampling Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23 4.4.1.1 VIHA (Former Tropical Motors) Soil Sampling Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23 4.4.1.2 Curriculum Center (Former LAGA Facility) Soil Sampling Results . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23 4.4.1.3 Ramsay Motors Soil Sampling Results . . . . . . . . 4-26 4.4.1.4 Antilles Auto Parts (Former Gassett Auto Parts and Former Consolidated Auto Parts) Soil Sampling Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28 4.4.1.5 Texaco Service Station Soil Sampling Results . . . . 4-29 4.4.1.6 Four Winds Plaza Soil Sampling Results . . . . . . . 4-31 4.4.1.7 Tillett, Inc. Soil Sampling Results . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32 4.4.1.8 Western Auto Soil Sampling Results . . . . . . . . . 4-34 4.4.1.9 Esso Service Station Soil Sampling Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35 4.4.1.10 O'Henry Cleaners Soil Sampling Results . . . . . . . 4-37 4.4.1.11 Rodriguez Esso Service Station (Former Shell Oil) Soil Sampling Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39 4.4.2 Results of Gas Chromatograph Field Analysis of Soil Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39 4.4.3 Groundwater Sampling Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40 TUT 005 0038 GERAGHTY & MILLER. INC. Ill CONTENTS (Continued) Page 4.4.3.1 Chlorinated Organic Compounds . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-41 4.4.3.2 Petroleum Hydrocarbons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43 4.5 CHEMISTRY DATA GAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-44 4.5.1 Source-Related Chemistry Data Gaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-44 4.5.2 Groundwater Chemistry Data Gaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45 5.0 SUMMARY OF DATA GAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-1 6.0 DATA QUALITY OBJECTIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1 7.0 PROPOSED PHASE H REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-1 7.1 SOURCE INVESTIGATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2 7.1.1 Task 1: Site Inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3 7.1.2 Site Inspection Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4 7.1.3 Task 3: Soil-Gas Surveys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5 7.1.4 Soil-Gas Survey Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6 7.2 SITE-WIDE HYDROGEOLOGY AND GROUNDWATER QUALITY INVESTIGATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-6 7.2.1 Task 5: Monitoring Well and Supply Well Surveying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-7 7.2.2 Task 6: Supply Well Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7 7.2.3 Task 7: Pumpage Impact Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8 7.2.4 Task 8: Monitoring Well Installation and Storm Sewer Investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9 7.2.5 Task 9: Water-Level Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13 7.2.6 Task 10: Comprehensive Groundwater Sampling Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13 7.3 QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL AND REPORTING . 7-14 7.3.1 Quality Assurance/Quality Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14 7.3.2 Monthly Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15 7.3.3 Draft Remedial Investigation Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15 T'U'T OO5 OO39 GERAGHTY & MILLER, INC. IV CONTENTS (Continued) Page 7.3.4 Final Remedial Investigation Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15 7.3.5 Analysis of Remedial Alternatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15 7.3.6 Draft Feasibility Study Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16 8.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-1 TABLES 3-1. Summary of Recent Data Received from the Members of the PRP Technical Committee, Tutu Wells Site, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. 4-1. Summary of Work Performed to Date at the Various Potential Source Facilities in the Tutu Area, Tutu Wells Site, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. 4-2. Concentrations of Volatile Organic Compounds in an Oil Sample Collected on August 17, 1987 at the VfflA Building, Tutu Wells Site, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. 4-3. Summary of Preliminary Assessment Report for Curriculum Center (Former LAG A Facility), Tutu Wells Site, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. 4-4. Summary of Analytical Results for Samples Collected June 5 to 10, 1989 at the Curriculum Center (Former LAGA Facility), Tutu Wells Site, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. 4-5. Concentrations of Volatile Organic Compounds in an Oil Sample Collected August 17, 1987 at Ramsay Motors, Tutu Wells Site, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. 4-6. Concentrations of Volatile Organic Compounds for Soil and Water Samples Collected on September 8, 1988 at Ramsay Motors, Tutu Wells Site, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. 4-7. Summary of Preliminary Assessment Report of Ramsay Motors, Tutu Wells Site, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. 4-8. Concentrations of Volatile Organic Compounds in an Oil Sample Collected June 8, 1989 at Ramsay Motors Center, Tutu Wells Site, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. TUT COS 004O GERAGHTY & MILLER, INC. TABLES (Continued) 4-9. Summary of Analytical Results for a Soil Sample Collected June 5 to 10,1989 at Ramsay Motors, Tutu Wells Site, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. 4-10. Concentrations of Volatile Organic Compounds in Water Samples Collected August 17, 1987 at Gassett (Former Consolidated Auto Parts), Tutu Wells Site, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. 4-11. Concentrations of Volatile Organic Compounds in Soil and Surface-Water Samples Collected on September 12, 1988 at Gassett (Former Consolidated Auto Parts), Tutu Wells Site, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. 4-12. Summary of Preliminary Assessment Reports for Gassett, Tutu Wells Site, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. 4-13. Concentrations of Volatile Organic Compounds in Oil Samples Collected on June 8, 1989 at Gassett (Former Consolidated Auto Parts), Tutu Wells Site, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. 4-14. Concentrations of Volatile Organic Compounds in Oil and Water Samples Collected August 17, 1987 at the Texaco Service Station, Tutu Wells Site, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. 4-15. Concentrations of Volatile Organic Compounds in Soil, Oil, and Water Samples Collected from September 12 to 15,1988 at the Texaco Service Station, Tutu Wells Site, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. 4-16. Summary of Preliminary Assessment Report for Texaco Service Station, Tutu Wells Site, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. 4-17. Summary of Tank Excavation Procedures September 7 to September 16, 1988 at Texaco Service Station, Tutu Wells Site, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. 4-18. Concentrations of Volatile Organic Compounds in Split Soil Samples Collected from September 12 to 15, 1988 During Texaco Tank Excavation, Tutu Wells Site, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. 4-19. Concentrations of Volatile Organic Compounds in Water Samples Collected by Camp, Dresser & McKee Corporation from September 12 to 15, 1988 During Texaco Service Station Tank Excavation, Tutu Wells Site, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. ] u r fxvi