Closed Western Region TOSC Communities

These are communities which we have worked with in the past that are no longer in need of TOSC services.

Community Group: Kiwanis Park Neighborhood Association

Site: ME West Castings
Location: Tempe, Arizona
TOSC Contact: Michael Fernandez, michael.fernandez@orst.edu, 541-737-4023
Date Letter of Agreement signed: 3/13/1998

Contaminants: Benzene, Hexavalent Chromium, and Other Metals

Community Group: Overland Trails Advisory Committee

Site: Union Hills Subdivision
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
TOSC Contact: Michael Fernandez, michael.fernandez@orst.edu, 541-737-4023
Date Letter of Agreement signed: 7/21/1997

Contaminants: Unknown but suspected to include Pesticides, Chlorinated Solvents, and other VOCs

Description: Assisting neighborhood citizens group to investigate "sick building syndrome" type illness associated with some subdivision residences. Chemical exposures are likely causative factor of some resident morbidity, however a source, or sources, are unknown following Arizona Dept. of Environmental Quality and U.S. EPA investigations.

Community Group: Southeast Alliance for Environmental Justice

Site: Bay Area Drum
Location: San Francisco, California
TOSC Contact: Michael Fernandez, michael.fernandez@orst.edu, 541-737-4023
Date Letter of Agreement signed: 5/1/1998

Contaminants: PCE, PCBs, Pesticides, Arsenic, and Lead in soils and groundwater

Description: The community requested TOSC to review technical documents and soil and groundwater sampling results. They also requested that TOSC conduct a community education workshop on potential health concerns association with the contaminant concentrations found in local soils.

Community Group: Protect Our Neighborhood Committee

Site: Waste Disposal Inc.
Location: Santa Fe Springs, California
TOSC Contact: Stephanie Sanford, stephanie.sanford@orst.edu, 541-737-5861
Date Letter of Agreement signed: 5/29/1998

Contaminants: Metals, VOCs, PAHs, PCBs, and Pesticides in Soils, Methane, Benzene, Vinyl Chloride, TCE and Other VOCs in Soil Gas, VOCs in Groundwater

Description: The community is concerned about the adequacy of cleanup plans for the EPA Superfund site and about the potential relationship between community illness and exposures to site-related contaminants. They requested TOSC to review the Record of Decision and to review sampling data from groundwater, soil, and air studies. They also asked TOSC to provide an updated list of contaminants affecting the area and provide assistance in determining the health related concerns of area residents.

Items in Letter of Agreement: Review the Record of Decision; Determine health related concerns of residents living adjacent to the site; Provide an updated list of contaminants affecting groundwater, soil, and air both at the site and in the adjacent community; Review and comment on investigation and feasibility studies.

Notes on TOSC Involvement:

12/1 /1998

Over the past year, TOSC attended several meetings and completed document review and comments. TOSC is facilitating a community effort to have the state Dept. of Health Services (DHS) conduct a survey of health symptoms and concerns of local residents.

12/1 /2000

Over the past two years, TOSC submitted comments on technical documents such as the Remedial Design Investigative Report in June 1999 and the draft Feasibility Study in January and February 2000.

12/3 /2001

TOSC reviewed the Proposed Plan and attended the Public Hearing on the Proposed Plan in June 2001.

11/11/2002

TOSC submitted comments on the Public Health Assessment report prepared by CA Department of Health Services (DHS).

1 /22/2003

TOSC met with a community group leader and attended an informational meeting about WDI in Santa Fe Springs.

Community Group: Mare Island Restoration Advisory Board (RAB)

Site: Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Location: Vallejo, California
TOSC Contact: Michael Fernandez, michael.fernandez@orst.edu, 541-737-4023
Date Letter of Agreement signed: 7/1/1998

Contaminants: VOCs, Metals, Pesticides, PAHs, and PCBs in Soils, Groundwater, and Marine Sediments

Description: The RAB requested TOSC assistance reviewing technical documents related to cleanup of this closed naval shipyard. The Navy constructed ships, operated an ordnance manufacturing facility, and storage facility at the base.

Items in Letter of Agreement: TOSC reviewed Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessments, remedial investigation reports, sampling plans, health risk assessments and conducting public environmental education workshops.

Community Group: Malama Makua

Site: Makua Military Reservation
Location: Wai'anae (Oahu), Hawaii
TOSC Contact: Ken Williamson, ken.williamson@orst.edu, 541-737-6836
Date Letter of Agreement signed: 1/5/1999

Contaminants: Lead, Arsenic, 2,4-DNT, and 2,6-DNT in soils

Description: The U.S. Army's Makua Military Reservation was a live ordinance testing and training facility. TOSC provided assistance to the Malama Makua community group regarding investigation and potential closure activities at the site.

Items in Letter of Agreement: Review and comment on documents related to the potential closure of a former Open-Burn Open-Detonation (OBOD) site on this base; Review and comment on Army's investigation of area groundwater and near-shore water contamination.

Community Group: Quincy Concern

Site: CENEX Facility
Location: Quincy, Washington
TOSC Contact: Michael Fernandez, michael.fernandez@orst.edu, 541-737-4023
Date Letter of Agreement signed: 12/1/1999

Contaminants: Dichloropropopane

Description: The community would like TOSC to review and comment a recent health consultation prepared by the WA Dept of Health.

Items in Letter of Agreement: Review site investigation reports on the CENEX facility; attend meetings with community members as necessary.

Community Group: Community Advisory Group

Site: Aerojet
Location: Rancho Cordova, California
TOSC Contact: Michael Fernandez, michael.fernandez@orst.edu, 541-737-4023
Date Letter of Agreement signed: 4/1/2001

Contaminants: Trichloroethylene, perchlorate

Community Group: Alameda RAB

Site: Alameda Point (formerly Alameda Naval Air Station)
Location: Alameda, California
TOSC Contact: Ken Williamson, ken.williamson@orst.edu, 541-737-6836
Date Letter of Agreement signed: 9/25/1998

Contaminants: VOCs, PAHs, Pesticides, PCBs, and Metals identified in soils and groundwater

Description: The RAB requested technical reviews of documents related to the cleanup of this former naval air station.

Items in Letter of Agreement: Review and comment on the Remedial Investigation, Human Health Risk Assessment, and the Ecological Risk Assessment associated with soil and groundwater contamination at OU-1.

Community Group: Brewster Community Group

Contaminants: Pesticides

Community Group: West College Neighborhood Association

Site: neighborhood dry cleaners
Location: Santa Rosa, California
TOSC Contact: Michael Fernandez, michael.fernandez@oregonstate.edu
541-737-4023
Date TOSC learned about the community: 1/1/2000
Date Letter of Agreement signed: 3/26/2001

Contaminants: Perchloroethylene and its breakdown products

Description: The community is concerned about health effects from the contamination of groundwater with PCE.

Items in Letter of Agreement: Provide information related to water treatment options; review and comment on reports and other materials related to soil gas sampling, leaks from sewer systems, and groundwater sampling; provide information on health effects of exposure to PCE and medical outreach protocol; provide information on agencies' roles in cleaning up hazardous substances in the environment; provide information on cleanup technologies for PCE in soil and groundwater; provide other services as mutually agreed upon by TOSC and the West College Neighborhood Association.

Notes on TOSC Involvement:

12/3 /2001

TOSC prepared a fact sheet on PCE for this community with input from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board and the California Department of Health Services. TOSC has been attending monthly community group meetings since April 2001.

7 /29/2002

TOSC Continues to work with the community regarding health outreach activities.

9 /23/2002

TOSC has been working with the community on issues related to community health education and risk communication.

11/4 /2002

TOSC has been helping the community investigate ways to maintain a database of community health data. TOSC researched the type of information the database might include and ways that confidentiality and database maintenance can be addressed.

11/25/2002

TOSC participated in the November 20 progress meeting where the main topics of discussion were the groundwater contamination response plan under development by the county health department and the well owner information packet being prepared by the county's contractor.

1 /13/2003

TOSC will participate in the next progress group meeting on January 15.

2 /3 /2003

TOSC participated in a medical outreach conference on January 30. Conference topics included taking an exposure history, chemicals in the environment and their effects on humans, and the effects of pesticides on humans. The conference was funded as part of the Sonoma County Environmental Health Department's (SCEHD) grant from the regional water quality control board.

4 /2 /2003

TOSC participated in a Progress Group meeting to complete tasks related to the SCHEHD grant for community outreach and response. On April 17 TOSC will facilitate a process to evaluate SCEHD efforts to build its community outreach and response capacity.

6 /23/2003

TOSC is assisting the community in an evaluation process. TOSC developed a survey instrument to evaluate Sonoma County Health Department's recently developed environmental health outreach and education program and has distributed it. TOSC will compile the responses, prepare a report summarizing the responses, and present the results to the community.

2/04/2004

TOSC anticipates beginning the closure process for this community during the first quarter of 2004.

Community Group: Southeast Alliance for Environmental Justice

Site: Hunters Point Naval Base
Location: Bayview-Hunters Point, California

Description: Issues of concern relate to planned Brownfields redevelopment of Hunters Point Naval Base near San Francisco. TOSC may provide: 1. Review of Phase I site assessment data being used to direct redevelopment plans 2. Other potential assistance being negotiated at this time.