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2015 Groundwater Stastus Report

Site Environmental Report Volume II


2015 Groundwater Status Report Text

List of Appendices

A.    Sitewide Groundwater Elevation Measurements and Vertical Gradient Calculations 2015
B.    Long-Term Well Hydrographs
C.    2015 CERCLA Groundwater Results
D.    2015 Facility Monitoring Groundwater Results
E.    Sample Collection, Tracking, and QA/QC Results
F.    Remediation System Data Tables
G.    Data Usability Reports
H.    Current Landfill Groundwater Modeling Fate and Transport of TVOC Plume May 2016
I.     Former Hazardous Waste Management Facility Groundwater Modeling, Fate and Transport of Sr-90 Plume June 2016


List of Figures

E-1 2015 Extent of Primary BNL VOC Plumes
E-2 2015 Extent of Primary BNL Radionuclide Plumes
1-1 Key Site Features
1-2 Monitoring Well Locations
2-1 Generalized Geologic Cross Section in the Vicinity of Brookhaven National Laboratory
2-2 Water-Table Contours of the Shallow Glacial Zone, December 7-11, 2015
2-3 Potentiometric Surface Contours of the Deep Glacial Zone, December 7-11, 2015
2-4 Summary of BNL Supply Well Pumpage 1992 through 2015
2-5 Suffolk County Water Authority Pumping Near BNL
3.0-1 Groundwater Remediation Systems
3.0-2 Summary of Laboratory Analyses Performed for the CERCLA Monitoring Well Program in 2015
3.1-1 OU I South Boundary / North Street East, TVOC Plume Distribution
3.1-2 OU I South Boundary / North Street East, TVOC Plume Comparison 1997-2015
3.1-3 OU I South Boundary / North Street East, TVOC Hydrogeologic Cross Section (A-A')
3.1-4 OU I Current Landfill / South Boundary / North Street East, Historical VOC Trends
3.1-5 OU I South Boundary / North Street East, Historical Tritium Trends
3.1-6 OU I South Boundary / North Street East, Sr-90 Plume Distribution
3.1-7 OU I South Boundary / North Street East, Historical Sr-90 Trends
3.1-8 OU I South Boundary Groundwater Remediation System, Historic Total Volatile Organic Compound Trends in Extraction Wells
3.1-9 OU I South Boundary Groundwater Remediation System, Cumulative VOC Mass Removed
3.1-10 OU I South Boundary Groundwater Remediation System, Average Core Monitoring Well TVOC Concentration
3.2-1 OU III / OU IV / North Street, TVOC Plume Distributions
3.2-2 OU III, TVOC Hydrogeologic Cross Section (B-B')
3.2-3 OU III / OU IV / North Street, TVOC Plume Comparison 1997-2015
3.2.1-1 OU III Building 96 Area, TVOC Plume Distribution
3.2.1-2 OU III Building 96 Area, Historical VOC Trends
3.2.1-3 OU III Building 96 Area, Hydrogeologic Cross Section (C-C')
3.2.1-4 OU III Building 96 Area, Soil-Gas/Geoprobe July/August 2015
3.2.1-5 OU III Building 96 Area, Extraction Well TVOC Concentrations
3.2.1-6 OU III Building 96 Area, TVOC Plume Comparison 2000-2015
3.2.2-1 Building 452 Area, Freon-11 Monitoring Well Network, 4th Quarter 2015
3.2.2-2 Facility Monitoring Program, Building 452 Area Freon-11 Plume, 4th Quarter 2015 Hydrogeologic Cross Section (D-D')
3.2.2-3 Facility Monitoring Program, Building 452 Area, Historical Freon-11 Trends
3.2.2-4  Facility Monitoring Program, Building 452 Area, Freon-11 Treatment System - TVOC Influent Concentrations
3.2.2-5  Facility Monitoring Program, Building 452 Area, Freon-11 Plume Comparison 2011-2015
3.2.3-1 OU III Middle Road Area, TVOC Plume Distribution
3.2.3-2 OU III Middle Road Area, TVOC Hydrogeologic Cross Section (E-E')
3.2.3-3 OU III and OU IV Plume(s), Historical VOC Trends
3.2.3-4 OU III Middle Road Area, TVOC Hydrogeologic Cross Section (F-F')
3.2.3-5 OU III Middle Road Groundwater Remediation System, Cumulative VOC Mass Removed
3.2.3-6 OU III Middle Road Groundwater Remediation System, Total Volatile Organic Compounds in Recovery Wells
3.2.4-1 OU III and OU IV South Boundary / Industrial Park Areas, TVOC Plume Distribution
3.2.4-2 OU III South Boundary Area, TVOC Hydrogeologic Cross Section (G-G')
3.2.4-3 OU III South Boundary Groundwater Remediation System, Total Volatile Organic Compounds in Extraction Wells
3.2.4-4 OU III South Boundary Groundwater Remediation System, Cumulative VOC Mass Removed
3.2.5-1 OU III Western South Boundary, TVOC Plume Distribution
3.2.5-2 OU III Western South Boundary, TVOC Hydrogeologic Cross Section (H-H')
3.2.5-3 OU III Western South Boundary, Historical VOC Trends
3.2.5-4 OU III Western South Boundary Groundwater Remediation System, Historic Extraction Well Total Volatile Organic Compound Concentrations
3.2.5-5 OU III Western South Boundary Groundwater Remediation System, Cumulative VOC Mass Removed
3.2.6-1 OU III Industrial Park Area, TVOC Plume Distribution
3.2.6-2 OU III Industrial Park and Industrial Park East, TVOC Hydrogeologic Cross Section (I-I')
3.2.6-3 OU III Industrial Park, Historical VOC Trends
3.2.6-4 OU III Industrial Park Groundwater Remediation System, TVOC Influent Concentration
3.2.6-5 OU III Industrial Park Groundwater Remediation System, TVOC Effluent Concentration
3.2.6-6 OU III Industrial Park Groundwater Remediation System, Cumulative VOC Mass Removed
3.2.6-7 OU III Industrial Park TVOC Plume Comparison 1997, 2002, 2007, 2015
3.2.6-8 OU III Industrial Park Groundwater Remediation System, Average Core Monitoring Well TVOC Concentration
3.2.7-1 OU III Industrial Park East Area, TVOC Plume Distribution
3.2.7-2 OU III Industrial Park East Area, VOC Concentrations
3.2.7-3 OU III Industrial Park East, TVOC Hydrogeologic Cross Section (J-J')
3.2.7-4 OU III Industrial Park East, Historical VOC Trends
3.2.8-1 North Street (OU I/IV, Former Landfill, Chemical/Animal Holes), TVOC Plume Distribution
3.2.8-2 North Street (OU I/IV Former Landfill, Chemical/Animal Holes), TVOC Hydrogeologic Cross Section (K-K')
3.2.8-3 North Street (OU I/IV Former Landfill, Chemical/Animal Holes), Historical VOC Trends
3.2.8-4 OU III North Street Groundwater Remediation System, Extraction Well TVOC Concentrations
3.2.8-5 OU III North Street Groundwater Remediation System, Cumulative VOC Mass Removed
3.2.8-6 North Street (OU I/IV Former Landfill, Chemical/Animal Holes), TVOC Plume Comparison 1997-2015
3.2.9-1 OU III North Street East Area, TVOC Plume Distribution
3.2.9-2 OU III North Street East Groundwater Remediation System, Extraction Well TVOC Concentrations
3.2.9-3 OU III North Street East Groundwater Remediation System, Cumulative VOC Mass Removed
3.2.9-4 OU III North Street East TVOC Plume Comparison 2004-2015
3.2.10-1 OU III LIPA / Airport, TVOC Plume Distribution
3.2.10-2 OU III Airport West, TVOC Hydrogeologic Cross Section (L-L')
3.2.10-3 OU III LIPA Groundwater Remediation System, TVOC Influent Concentrations
3.2.10-4 OU III Airport Groundwater Remediation System, TVOC Influent Concentrations
3.2.10-5 OU III LIPA/Airport Groundwater Remediation System, Cumulative VOC Mass Removed
3.2.10-6 OU III LIPA/Airport, Historical VOC Trends
3.2.11-1 Magothy Well Locations and TVOC Results
3.2.11-2 Magothy Historical TVOC Trends
3.2.12-1 OU III Central, Monitoring Well Locations
3.2.13-1 OU III Off-Site, Monitoring Well Locations
3.2.14-1 OU III South Boundary, Radionuclide Monitoring Well Locations
3.2.15-1 OU III BGRR/WCF, Sr-90 Plume Distribution
3.2.15-2 OU III BGRR/WCF, Sr-90 Cross Section (M-M')
3.2.15-3 OU III BGRR/WCF, Sr-90 Cross Section (N-N')
3.2.15-4 OU III BGRR/WCF, Sr-90 Cross Section (O-O')
3.2.15-5 OU III BGRR/WCF, Historical Sr-90 Trends
3.2.15-6 OU III BGRR/WCF Extraction Well SR-3, Sr-90 Concentration Comparison to Water Table Elevation
3.2.15-7 OU III BGRR/WCF, Sr-90 Cumulative MilliCuries Removed
3.2.15-8 OU III BGRR/WCF, Sr-90 Influent Concentrations For Extraction Wells
3.2.15-9 OU III BGRR/WCF, Sr-90 Influent Concentrations From April 2008 to Present
3.2.15-10 OU III BGRR/WCF, Sr-90 Plume Comparison 2004-2015
3.2.16-1 OU III Chemical/Animal Holes, Sr-90 Plume Distribution
3.2.16-2 OU III Chemical/Animal Holes, Historical Sr-90 Trends
3.2.16-3 OU III Chemical/Animal Holes, Sr-90 Hydrogeologic Cross Section (P-P')
3.2.16-4 OU III Chemical/Animal Holes, Sr-90 Extraction Well Concentrations
3.2.16-5 OU III Chemical/Animal Holes, Sr-90 Cumulative MilliCuries Removed
3.2.16-6 OU III Chemical/Animal Holes, Sr-90 Plume Comparison 2002-2015
3.2.17-1 OU III HFBR AOC 29, Tritium Plume Distribution
3.2.17-2 OU III HFBR, Peak Tritium Concentrations in Groundwater - HFBR to Cornell Avenue
3.3.1-1 OU IV AOC 6, Sr-90 Plume Distribution
3.3.1-2 OU IV AOC 6, Historical Sr-90 Trends
3.5-1 OU VI, EDB Plume Distribution
3.5-2 OU VI, EDB Hydrogeologic Cross Section (Q-Q‘)
3.5-3 OU VI, Historical EDB Trends
3.5-4  OU VI, EDB Plume Comparison 1999-2015
3.5-5 OU VI EDB EDB Concentrations in Extraction Wells
3.7-1 Current Landfill, Monitoring Well Locations
3.7-2 Former Landfill, Monitoring Well Locations
3.8-1 Facility Monitoring Program, AOC 16T g-2 Tritium Plume, 4th Quarter 2015
3.8-2 Facility Monitoring Program, AOC 16T g-2, Historical Tritium Trends
3.8-3  Facility Monitoring Program, AOC 16T g-2 Tritium Plume, Comparison to ROD Trigger
3.8-4 Facility Monitoring Program, AOC 16T g-2 Tritium Plume. Comparison to DWS
3.9-1 Facility Monitoring Program, BLIP Facility Area Monitoring Well Locations And Tritium Results, 4th Quarter 2015
4.1-1 Facility Monitoring Program, AGS and BLIP Facility Area, Monitoring Well Locations and Tritium Results, 4th Qtr 2015
4.1-2 Facility Monitoring Program, AGS Facility Area, Maximum Tritium Concentrations Downgradient of Booster Stop
4.1-3 Facility Monitoring Program, AGS Facility Area, Maximum Tritium Concentrations Downgradient of Former AGS E-20 Catcher
4.1-4 Facility Monitoring Program, AGS Facility Area, Maximum Tritium Concentrations Downgradient of Building 914
4.1-5 Facility Monitoring Program, AGS Facility Area, Maximum Tritium Concentrations Downgradient of J-10 Beam Stop
4.1-6 Facility Monitoring Program, AGS Facility Area, Maximum Tritium Concentrations Downgradient of Former U-Line Target
4.1-7 Facility Monitoring Program, AGS Facility Area, Maximum Tritium Concentrations Downgradient of Former U-Line Beam Stop Area
4.2-1 Facility Monitoring Program, Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, Monitoring Well Locations Tritium Results, 3rd Quarter 2015
4.3-1  Facility Monitoring Program, Brookhaven Medical Research Reactor Monitoring Well Locations
4.3-2 Facility Monitoring Program, Brookhaven Medical Research Reactor, Monitoring Well Tritium Concentrations
4.4-1 Sewage Treatment Plant System Sampling and Monitoring Well Locations
4.5-1 Facility Monitoring Program, Motor Pool, Monitoring Well Locations, TVOC Results 4th Quarter 2015
4.5-2 Facility Monitoring Program, Motor Pool, Summary of TVOC Concentrations
4.6-1 Facility Monitoring Program, Service Station, TVOC Plume Distribution, 4th Quarter 2015br>4.6-2 Facility Monitoring Program Service Station, Summary of TVOC Concentrations
4.6-2 Facility Monitoring Program Service Station, Summary of TVOC Concentrations
4.7-1 Facility Monitoring Program, Major Petroleum Facility, Monitoring Well Locations, TVOC Concentrations, 4th Qtr 2015
4.8-1 Facility Monitoring Program, Waste Management Facility, Monitoring Well Locations
4.9-1 Facility Monitoring Program, National Synchrotron Light Source II, Monitoring Well Locations

 

List of Tables

E-1 BNL Groundwater Remediation System Treatment Summary For 1997-2015
E-2 Groundwater Restoration Progress
1-1 Groundwater Standards for Inorganic Compounds
1-2 Groundwater Standards for Pesticides and PCBs
1-3 Groundwater Standards for Organic Compounds
1-4 Groundwater Standards for Radiological Compounds
1-5  Groundwater Protection Group CERCLA Monitoring Schedule for 2015
1-6 Summary of Environmental Surveillance Samples and Analytical Methods
1-7 Summary of Monitoring Wells and Piezometers
1-8 CERCLA Groundwater Monitoring Program - Well Sampling Frequency
2-1 2015 Water Pumpage Report for Potable Supply Wells
2-2 2015 Remediation Well Pumpage Report
2-3 2015 Recharge Basin Flow Report
2-4 BNL Monthly Precipitation Summary (1949-2015)
3.0-1 2015 Summary of Groundwater Remediation Systems at BNL
3.1-1 Current Landfill Temporary Well Data
3.1-2 OU I South Boundary Temporary Well Data
3.1-3 OU I South Boundary Treatment System, 2015 SPDES Equivalency Permit Levels
3.1-4 OU I South Boundary, 2015 Air Stripper VOC Emissions Data
3.1-5 OU I South Boundary 2015 Extraction Well Pumping Rates
3.2.1-1 OU III Building 96 RTW-1 Treatment Well, 2015 SPDES Equivalency Permit Levels
3.2.1-2 OU III Building 96 Area, 2015 Average VOC Emission Rates
3.2.1-3 OU III Building 96 2015 Extraction Well Pumping Rates
3.2.1-4 OU III Building 96 Temporary Well Soil and Groundwater Data "Hits Only", August 2015
3.2.1-5 OU III Building 96 Volatile Organic Compound Detections in Temporary Well, March 2016
3.2.2-1 Building 452 EW-18 Treatment Well, 2015 SPDES Equivalency Permit Levels
3.2.2-2 Building 452 Freon-11 Treatment System 2015 Extraction Well Pumping Rates
3.2.3-1 Middle Road Air Stripping Tower, 2015 SPDES Equivalency Permit Levels
3.2.3-2 Middle Road Air Stripper, 2015 Average VOC Emission Rates
3.2.3-3 OU III Middle Road 2015 Extraction Well Pumping Rates
3.2.4-1 OU III South Boundary Air Stripping Tower, 2015 SPDES Equivalency Permit Levels
3.2.4-2 OU III South Boundary Air Stripper, 2015 Average VOC Emission Rates
3.2.4-3 OU III South Boundary 2015 Extraction Well Pumping Rates
3.2.5-1 Western South Boundary Treatment System, 2015 SPDES Equivalency Permit Levels
3.2.5-2 OU III Western South Boundary 2015 Extraction Well Pumping Rates
3.2.5-3 Western South Boundary, 2015 Air Stripper VOC Emissions Data
3.2.5-4 OU III Western South Boundary 2015 Temporary Well Data
3.2.6-1 OU III Industrial Park 2015 Extraction Well Pumping Rates
3.2.6-2 OU III Industrial Park 2015 Temporary Well Data
3.2.6-3 OU III Industrial Park Treatment System 2015 SPDES Equivalency Permit Levels
3.2.7-1 Industrial Park East Groundwater Monitoring Program Changes
3.2.8-1 OU III North Street Treatment System, 2015 SPDES Equivalency Permit Levels
3.2.8-2 OU III North Street 2015 Extraction Well Pumping Rates
3.2.9-1 OU III North Street East Treatment System, 2015 SPDES Equivalency Permit Levels
3.2.9-2 OU III North Street East 2015 Extraction Well Pumping Rates
3.2.10-1 OU III LIPA/Airport Treatment System, 2015 SPDES Equivalency Permit Levels
3.2.10-2 OU III LIPA/Airport 2015 Extraction Well Pumping Rates
3.2.11-1 Magothy Aquifer Contamination (Historical and 2015)
3.2.11-2 Magothy Remedy
3.2.15-1 BGRR Sr-90 Treatment System, 2015 SPDES Equivalency Permit Levels
3.2.15-2 OU III BGRR, Summary of Strontium 90 Results From Geoprobe Wells, April 2015 through July 2015
3.2.15-3 BGRR Sr-90 Treatment System 2015 Extraction Well Pumping Rates
3.2.16-1 Chemical Holes Sr-90 Treatment System, 2015 SPDES Equivalency Permit Levels
3.2.16-2 OU III Chemical/Animal Holes Sr-90 Remediation System 2015 Extraction Well Pumping Rates
3.2.16-3 OU III Chemical/Animal Holes Sr-90 Temporary Well Data, November through December 2015
3.3.1-1 Building 650 and Sump Outfall Sr-90 Temporary Well Data, May 2015
3.5-1 OU VI EDB Treatment System, 2015 SPDES Equivalency Permit Levels
3.5-2 OU VI EDB Pump & Treat System 2015 Extraction Well Pumping Rates
3.6-1 Radiological Background Monitoring, 1996-2001
3.8-1 g-2 Tritium Plume Characterization May 2015, South of Brookhaven Avenue - Temporary Well Data - Transect M (Tritium Concentrations in pCi/L)
5-1 Proposed Groundwater Monitoring Well Sampling Frequency Changes