Ft. McClellan, US Army Corps Engineering, Radiological Historical Assessment Main Post, Final

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US Army Corps
of Engineers
ST. LOUIS
ENGlNEER DISTRICT
RADIOLOGICAL
HISTORICAL ASSESSMENT
MAIN POST
Fort McClellan
Anniston, Alabama
FINAL REPORT
December 2001
Prepared by
US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
ST. LOUJS DJSTRlCT
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HISTORICAL ASSESSMENT MAIN POST
FORT McCLELLAN
ANNISTON, CALHOUN COUNTY
ALABAMA
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Table of Contents
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Section
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1.0 GLOSSARY OF TERMS, ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
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2.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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3.0 PURPOSE OF THE HISTORICAL SITE ASSESSMENT (Scope)
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3.1 Authority
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3.2 Subject
3-2
3.3 Purpose
3-2
3.4 Scope
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4.0 PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION
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4.1 Physical Characteristics
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4.1.1 Name
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4.1.2 Location
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4.1.3 Topography
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4.1.4 Stratigraphy
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4.2 Environmental Setting
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4.2.1 Geology
4.2.2 Hydrogeology (Not applicable in this report) 4- 1
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4.2.3 Hydrology
4-2
4.2.4 Meteorology
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5.0 HISTORICAL SITE ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY
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5.1 Approach and Rationale
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5.2 Boundaries of Site
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5.3 Documents Reviewed
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5.4 Property Inspections
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5.5 Personal Interviews
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6.0 HISTORY AND CURRENT USAGE
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6.1 History
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6.1.1 Area8
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6.1.2 Rattlesnake Gulch Area
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6.1.3 Area 31
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6. I .4 Naylor Field and Range 25
6. I .5 Chemical School Buildings 1979-1999 6-4
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6.1.6 Storage, Maintenance and Calibration Buildings 6-4
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6.17 Licenses 6-5
6.2 Current Usage 6-5
6.3 Adjacent Land Usage 6-5
7.0 FINDINGS 7-1
7.1 Potential Contaminants 7-1
7.2 Potential Contaminated Areas 7-1
7.2.1 Impacted Areas - known and potential 7- 1
7.2.2 Non-Impacted Areas 7-2
7.3 Potential Contaminated Media 7-2
7.4 Related Environmental Concerns 7-2
8.0 CONCLUSIONS
8.1 Temporary Labs (Buildings T-810, T-8 1 1, T-8 12, T-836 &T-837) 8-1
8.2 Building T-8 12 ?4z 8-1
8.3 Permanent Hot Cell (Building 3 192) 8-2
8.4 Storage Vault (Building 3 180) 8-2
8.5 Radiological Lab (Building 3 182) 8-2
8.6 Building 3 18 1 8-3
8.7 Personnel Decontamination Center (Building 3 185) 8-3
8.8 Building 108 1 8-4
8.9 Building 228 1, Edwin R. Bradley Radiological Laboratory 8- 4
8.10 Alpha Field 8-5
8.1 1 Bromine Field 8-5
8.12 Bromine Tanks 8-5
8.13 Liquid Waste Disposal Pit 8-6
8.14 Radioactive Waste Storage Yard 8-6
8.15 Rattlesnake Gulch Radiological Survey Area ( 1952) 8-6
8.16 Radiological Survey Area #1( 1953-1 958) 8-7
8.17 Field Not Cell (FN 100 297) 8-7
8.18 Chemical School Radiological Burial Grounds (FN 099 292) 8-8
8.19 Range 25 (Old Bandholtz KD Range) 8 -9
8.20 Building 4416 (Ammo Magazine) 8-9
8.21 Buildings 256,257 & 303A 8-9
8.22 Buildings 341 & 345 8-10
8.23 Building 228 8-10
- 8.24 Buildings 335, 337 & 338 8-1 1
8.25 Buildings 339 & 350 8-1 1
9.0 REFERENCES (Procedural) 9-1
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APPENDICES
A Conceptual Model and Site Diagram showing Classifications
B Cited Documents
C Photo Documentation Log
Original photographs of the site and pertinent site features
D Licenses Listing
E Site Visits
F Distribution List
REPORT PLATES
Plate 1 Vicinity Location Map
Plate 2 Fort McClellan Radiological Sites
Plate 3 Fort McClellan Radiological Sites
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1.0 GLOSSARY OF TERMS, ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
GLOSSARY AND ACRONYMS
AA Anti-Aircraft
AAF Army Airfield
AAR After Action Report
AFP Artillery Firing Point
AOC Area of Concern
AEC Army Environmental Center
AFP Artillery Firing Point
AGO Adjutant General's Office
AIT Advance Individual Training
AOC Area of Concern
AP Armor Piercing
APDS Armor Piercing Discarding Sabot
APERS Antipersonnel
APT Armor Piercing with Tracer
ASP Ammunition Supply Point
ASR Archives Search Report
Aux Auxiliary
B Bivouac Area
BAR Browning Automatic Rifle
BD Base Detonating
BDPDR Building DemolitionPDebris Removal
BE Base Ejection
BGR Bombing and Gunnery Range
BIRTC Branch Immaterial Replacement Training Center
BLM Bureau of Land Management
BRAC Base Realignment and Closure
CADD Computer-Aided Designmrafting
Cal Calib e r
CBDA Chemical and Biological Defense Agency
CBDCOM Chemical and Biological Defense Command
CBR Chemical, Biological, Radiological
CDTF Chemical Decontamination Training Facility
CMTC Citizens Military Training Camps
CE Corps of Engineers
CEHNC Corps of Engineers, Huntsville Engineering and Support Center
CEHND Corps of Engineers, Huntsville Division (Old)
CEMVS Corps of Engineers, St. Louis
CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act
CERFA Community Environmental Response Facilitation Act
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
cfs Cubic Feet Per Second
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COE Chief of Engineers
COMP Composition
CTG Cartridge
CSM Chemical Surety Material
CSM Command Sergeant Major
CWM Chemical Warfare Material
cws
Chemical Warfare Service
cx
Center of Expertise
DA Department of the Army
DARCOM Development and Readiness Command
DERA Defense Environmental Restoration Account
DEW Defense Environmental Restoration Program
DERP-FUDS Defense Environmental Restoration Program-Formerly Used
Defense Sites
D&I Detection and Identification
DoD Department of Defense
DOE Department of Energy
DO1 Department of Interior
EBS Environmental Baseline Survey
EEKA Engineering EvaluationKost Analysis
EIS Environmental Impact Statement
EOD Explosives Ordnance Disposal
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
ERDA Environmental Restoration Defense Account
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FDE Findings and Determination of Eligibility
FFE Flame Field Expedient
FFMC Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation
FLCH Flechette
FORSCOM Forces Command
FS Feasibility Study
FTMC Fort McClellan
FWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
FUDS Formerly Used Defense Sites
GIS Graphic Information System
GSA General Services Administration
HE High Explosive
HEAT High Explosive Anti-Tank
HE1 High Explosive Incendiary
HEP Plastic
HE-S Illuminating
HTRW Hazardous Toxic and Radioactive Waste
HTW Hazardous and Toxic Waste
IAS Initial Assessment Study
IAIT Infantry Advance Individual Training
ICM Isotope Committee Meeting
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INPR Inventory Project Report
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IRP Installation Restoration Program
IRTC Infantry Replacement Training Center
KD Known Distance
LAW Light Anti-Tank Weapons
MFP Mortar Firing Point
MG Machine Gun
MG Major General
mm Millimeter
MT Mechanical Time
MTSQ Mechanical Time Super Quick
NARA National Archives and Records Administration
NAS Naval Air Station
NBC Nuclear, Biological, Chemical
NCDC National Climatic Data Center
NCP National Contingency Plan
NFS National Forest Service
NG National Guard
NGB National Guard Bureau
NGVD National Geodetic Vertical Datum
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOFA No Further Action
NPRC National Personnel Records Center
NRC National Records Center
NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission
OE Ordnance and Explosives
OEW Ordnance and Explosive Waste
OP Observation Point
ORC Organized Reserve Corps
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Act
PA Preliminary Assessment
PD Point Detonating
PIBD Point Initiating, Base Detonating
PL Public Law
QASAS Quality Assurance Specialist Ammunition Surveillance
R Range
RA Removal Action
RAC Risk Assessment Code
RD Remedial Design
RG Record Group
RI Remedial Investigation
RI/FS Remedial InvestigatiodFeasibility Study
ROTC Reserved Officers Training Corps
RTC Recruit Training Center
SARA Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
scs
Soil Conservation Service
SDZ Surface Danger Zone
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SLD St. Louis District, Corps of Engineers
SOP Standard Operating Procedure
SSHO Site Safety and Health Officer
SSHP Site Safety and Health Plan
SWMU Solid Waste Management Units
T Training Area
TA Training Area
TAY Toxic Agent Yard
TECOM Test Evaluation Command
TEU Technical Escort Unit
TMDE Test Measuring and Diagnostic Equipment
TNT Trinitrotoluene
TP Target Practice
USA United States of America
USACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
USACHPPM U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine
USADACS U.S. Army Defense Ammunition Center and School
USAED U.S. Army Engineer District
USAEDH U.S. Army Engineer Division, Huntsville, AL (Old)
USAESCH U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, Alabama
USATHMA U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, Toxic and Hazardous
Materials Agency
USC United States Code
USDA U.S. Department of Army
USFWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
USGS U.S. Geological Survey
UTES Unit Training Equipment Site
uxo
Unexploded Ordnance
WAA War Assets Administration
WD War Department
WNRC Washington National Records Center
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CHEMICAL GLOSSARY AND ACRONYMS
CG Phosgene Choking
DP Diphosgene Choking
GA Tabun Nerve
GB Sarin Nerve
GD Soman Nerve
vx vx
Nerve
AC Hydrogen Cyanide Blood
CK Cyanogen Chloride Blood
SA Arsine Blood
HD Distilled Mustard Blister
HN- 1 Nitrogen Mustard Blister
HN-2 Nitrogen Mustard Blister
HN-3 Nitrogen Mustard Blister
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Phosgene Oxime Blister
L Lewisite B 1i s ter
HL Mustard-lewisite Blister
PD Phen yldichloro-arsine Blister
ED Ethyldichloro-arsine Blister
MD Methyldichloro-arsine Blister
DA Diphenylc hloro-arsine Vomiting
DM Adamsite Vomiting
DC Diphenylc yano-arsine Vomiting
CN Chloroaceto-phenone Tear
CNC Chloroaceto-phenone in Chloroform Tear
CNS Chloroaceto-phenone Tear
and Chloropicrin in Chloroform
CNB Chloroaceto-phenone Tear
in benzene and Carbon Tetrachloride
CA Bromobenz ylc y anide Tear
cs
0-chlorobenzyl-malononitril Tear
BZ BZ Incapacitating
BG Bacillus globigii Biological
S i mulan t s
SM Serratia marcescens Biological
S imulan t s
OTHER CHEMICAL CORPS TERMS
BW Biological Warfare
CBR Chemical, Biological, Radiological
NBC Nuclear, Biological, Chemical
Rad. Radiological
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2.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of the Radiological Historical Assessment is to identify buildings and areas
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which may have been associated with the use, storage, handling, disposal or burial of
radioactive isotopes at Fort McClellan (Main Post). The U.S. Army Engineer District,
St. Louis, used the Archives Search Report process to identify areas which, previous to
this investigation, were unknown.
Buildings used by the Chemical School identified as being associated with radioactive
materials are:
Building T-8 10 (Temporary Lab)
Building T-8 1 1 (Temporary Lab)
Building T-8 12 (Temporary Lab)
Building T-836 (Temporary Lab)
Building T-837 (Temporary Lab)
Building 8 12% (Radioactive Storage)
Building 3 192 (Permanent Hot Cell)
Building 3 180 (Storage Vault)
Building 3 182 (Radiological Lab)
Building 3 18 1
Building 3 185 (Personnel Decontamination Center)
Building 108 1
Building 228 1 (Edwin R. Bradley Radiological Laboratory)
Other areas and facilities used by the Chemical School identified as being associated with
radioactive materials are:
Alpha Field
Bromine Field
Bromine Tanks
Liquid Waste Disposal Pit
Radioactive Waste Storage Yard
Original Rattlesnake Gulch Radiological Survey Area (Early 1950’s)
Radiological Survey Area # 1 (Late 1950’s)
Field Hot Cell (Early 1950’s)
Chemical School Radiological Burial Grounds
Range 25
Section 2.0 - Executive Summary
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