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Final Work Plan: Investigation of Potential Contamination at the Former USDA Facility in Powhattan, Kansas.

Description: This Work Plan outlines the scope of work to be conducted to investigate the subsurface contaminant conditions at the property formerly leased by the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) in Powhattan, Kansas (Figure 1.1). Data obtained during this event will be used to (1) evaluate potential contaminant source areas on the property; (2) determine the vertical and horizontal extent of potential contamination; and (3) provide recommendations for future action, with the ultimate goal of assigning th… more
Date: February 2, 2007
Creator: LaFreniere, L. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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November 2007 Monitoring Results for Barnes, Kansas.

Description: The Commodity Credit Corporation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (CCC/USDA) formerly operated a grain storage facility (during most of the interval 1949-1974) at Barnes, Kansas. Carbon tetrachloride contamination was initially detected in 1986 in the town's public water supply wells. In 2006-2007, the CCC/USDA conducted a comprehensive targeted investigation at and near its former property in Barnes to investigate this contamination. In November 2007, the CCC/USDA began quarterly groundwa… more
Date: February 28, 2008
Creator: LaFreniere, L. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Final Work Plan for Targeted Sampling at Webber, Kansas.

Description: This Work Plan outlines the scope of work for targeted sampling at Webber, Kansas (Figure 1.1). This activity is being conducted at the request of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), in accordance with Section V of the Intergovernmental Agreement between the KDHE and the Commodity Credit Corporation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (CCC/USDA). Data obtained in this sampling event will be used to (1) evaluate the current status of previously detected contamination at Web… more
Date: May 1, 2006
Creator: LaFreniere, L. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Interim Measure Conceptual Design for Remediation at the Former CCC/USDA Grain Storage Facility at Centralia, Kansas: Pilot Test and Remedy Implementation.

Description: This document presents an Interim Measure Work Plan/Design for the short-term, field-scale pilot testing and subsequent implementation of a non-emergency Interim Measure (IM) at the site of the former grain storage facility operated by the Commodity Credit Corporation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (CCC/USDA) in Centralia, Kansas. The IM is recommended to mitigate both (1) localized carbon tetrachloride contamination in the vadose zone soils beneath the former facility and (2) present (a… more
Date: November 9, 2007
Creator: LaFreniere, L. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Technical justification for a request to reclassify the former CCC/USDA facility at Canada, Kansas.

Description: Contamination in groundwater at Canada, Kansas, was discovered in 1997, during limited private well sampling near former grain storage facilities of the Commodity Credit Corporation, U.S. Department of Agriculture (CCC/USDA). Subsequent investigations by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) confirmed carbon tetrachloride and nitrate concentrations in groundwater above the respective maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) of 5.0 {micro}g/L and 10.0 mg/L. The KDHE investigations iden… more
Date: December 21, 2007
Creator: LaFreniere, L. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Final work plan: supplemental upward vapor intrusion investigation at the former CCC/USDA grain storage facility in Hanover, Kansas.

Description: The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), operated a grain storage facility at the northeastern edge of the city of Hanover, Kansas, from 1950 until the early 1970s. During this time, commercial grain fumigants containing carbon tetrachloride were in common use by the grain storage industry to preserve grain in their facilities. In February 1998, trace to low levels of carbon tetrachloride (below the maximum contaminant level [MCL] of 5.0 {m… more
Date: December 15, 2008
Creator: LaFreniere, L. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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April 2008 Monitoring Report for Morrill, Kansas.

Description: In September 2005, the Commodity Credit Corporation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (CCC/USDA) initiated periodic sampling of groundwater in the vicinity of a grain storage facility formerly operated by the CCC/USDA at Morrill, Kansas. The sampling at Morrill is being performed on behalf of the CCC/USDA by Argonne National Laboratory, in accord with a monitoring program approved by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), to monitor levels of carbon tetrachloride contaminat… more
Date: November 4, 2008
Creator: LaFreniere, L. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Plan for Proposed Aquifer Hydraulic Testing and Groundwater Sampling at Everest, Kansas, in January-February 2006.

Description: On September 8-9, 2005, representatives of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), the Commodity Credit Corporation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (CCC/USDA), and Argonne National Laboratory met at the KDHE's offices in Topeka to review the status of the CCC/USDA's environmental activities in Kansas. A key CCC/USDA goal for this meeting was to obtain KDHE input on the selection of possible remedial approaches to be examined as part of the Corrective Action Study (CAS) for… more
Date: January 31, 2006
Creator: LaFreniere, L. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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July 2008 Monitoring Results for Barnes, Kansas.

Description: The Commodity Credit Corporation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (CCC/USDA) operated a grain storage facility at Barnes, Kansas, during most of the interval 1949-1974. Carbon tetrachloride contamination was initially detected in 1986 in the town's public water supply wells. In 2006-2007, the CCC/USDA conducted a comprehensive targeted investigation at and near its former property in Barnes to characterize this contamination. Those results were reported previously (Argonne 2008a). In Novem… more
Date: November 20, 2008
Creator: LaFreniere, L. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Final Report : Groundwater Monitoring at Morrill, Kansas, in September 2005 and March 2006, With Expansion of the Monitoring Network in January 2006.

Description: This document reports the results of groundwater monitoring in September 2005 and March 2006 at the grain storage facility formerly operated at Morrill, Kansas, by the Commodity Credit Corporation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (CCC/USDA). These activities were the first and second twice yearly sampling events of the two-year monitoring program approved by the CCC/USDA and Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) project managers. The monitoring network sampled in September 200… more
Date: June 30, 2007
Creator: LaFreniere, L. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Final Report : Results of the 2006-2007 Investigation of Potential Contamination at the Former CCC/Usda Facility in Barnes, Kansas.

Description: The 2006-2007 investigation of carbon tetrachloride and chloroform contamination at Barnes, Kansas, was conducted at the request of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE). The Environmental Science Division of Argonne National Laboratory implemented the investigation on behalf of the Commodity Credit Corporation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (CCC/USDA). The overall goal of the investigation was to establish criteria for monitoring leading to potential site reclassificati… more
Date: August 28, 2008
Creator: LaFreniere, L. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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March 2008 Monitoring Results for Centralia, Kansas.

Description: In September 2005, periodic sampling of groundwater was initiated by the Commodity Credit Corporation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (CCC/USDA) in the vicinity of a grain storage facility formerly operated by the CCC/USDA at Centralia, Kansas. The sampling at Centralia is being performed on behalf of the CCC/USDA by Argonne National Laboratory, in accord with a monitoring program approved by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE). The objective is to monitor levels of car… more
Date: November 6, 2008
Creator: LaFreniere, L. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Interim Measure Work Plan/Design for Agra, Kansas.

Description: This Interim Measure Work Plan/Design (IMWP/D) is supplemental to the Argonne document Interim Measure Conceptual Design for Remediation of Source Area Contamination at Agra, Kansas. The IMWP/D includes information required by Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) Policy BER-RS-029, Policy and Scope of Work for Interim Measures. Specific to Policy BER-RS-029 is the requirement for several documents that will ensure that an adequate amount and type of data are collected for implemen… more
Date: November 18, 2008
Creator: LaFreniere, L. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Conservation assessment for the Siskiyou Mountains salamander and Scott Bar salamander in northern California.

Description: The purpose of this conservation assessment is to summarize existing knowledge regarding the biology and ecology of the Siskiyou Mountains salamander and Scott Bar salamander, identify threats to the two species, and identify conservation considerations to aid federal management for persistence of the species. The conservation assessment will serve as the basis for a conservation strategy for the species.
Date: October 20, 2006
Creator: Vinikour, W. S.; LaGory, K. E.; Adduci, J. J. & Division, Environmental Science
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Final Report: Results of Aquifer Pumping and Groundwater Sampling at Everest, Kansas, in January-March 2006.

Description: On September 8-9, 2005, representatives of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), the Commodity Credit Corporation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (CCC/USDA), and Argonne National Laboratory met at the KDHE's offices in Topeka to review the status of the CCC/USDA's environmental activities in Kansas. As a result of this meeting, the KDHE recommended several additional activities to augment the CCC/USDA's investigations at Everest, Kansas, and assist in the selection of re… more
Date: September 30, 2006
Creator: LaFreniere, L. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Final report: results of the 2007 targeted investigation at Hilton, Kansas.

Description: The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), operated a grain storage facility in Hilton, Kansas, in 1954-1965. In 1992, carbon tetrachloride was first identified, at a concentration of 910 {micro}g/L, in groundwater from well GW01 at Hilton. This discovery occurred in association with the sale of the private grain storage facility on which well GW01 is located to the current owner, the Mid-Kansas Cooperative Association. The Kansas Department … more
Date: April 29, 2008
Creator: LaFreniere, L. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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March 2008 Monitoring Results for Barnes, Kansas.

Description: The Commodity Credit Corporation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (CCC/USDA) operated a grain storage facility at Barnes, Kansas, during most of the interval 1949-1974. Carbon tetrachloride contamination was initially detected in 1986 in the town's public water supply wells. In 2006-2007, the CCC/USDA conducted a comprehensive targeted investigation at and near its former property in Barnes to characterize this contamination. Those results were reported previously (Argonne 2007). In Novemb… more
Date: August 28, 2008
Creator: LaFreniere, L. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Final Work Plan: Investigation of Potential Contamination at the Former CCC/Usda Grain Storage Facility in Hanover, Kansas.

Description: The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), operated a grain storage facility at the northeastern edge of the city of Hanover, Kansas, from 1950 until the early 1970s. During this time, commercial grain fumigants containing carbon tetrachloride were in common use by the grain storage industry to preserve grain in their facilities. In February 1998, trace to low levels of carbon tetrachloride (below the maximum contaminant level [MCL] of 5.0 {m… more
Date: November 19, 2008
Creator: LaFreniere, L. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Final Report : Phase III Targeted Investigation, Everest, Kansas.

Description: The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), formerly operated grain storage facilities at two different locations at Everest, Kansas (Figure 1.1). One facility (referred to in this report as the Everest facility) was at the western edge of the city. The second facility (referred to in this report as Everest East) was about 0.5 mi northeast of the town. The CCC/USDA operated these facilities from the early 1950s until the early 1970s, at a time… more
Date: January 31, 2006
Creator: LaFreniere, L. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Final Work Plan: Groundwater Monitoring at Centralia, Kansas.

Description: This Work Plan outlines the scope of work for a program of twice yearly groundwater monitoring at the site of a former grain storage facility at Centralia, Kansas (Figure 1.1). The purposes of this monitoring program are to follow changes in plume dynamics and to collect data necessary to evaluate the suitability of monitored natural attenuation as a remedial option, under the requirements of Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) Policy No.BER-RS-042. This monitoring program is pla… more
Date: August 31, 2005
Creator: LaFreniere, L. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Work Plan: Targeted Investigation to Assess Current Conditions Associated With the Carbon Tetrachloride Plume Downgradient From the Former CCC/Usda Facility at Milford, Nebraska.

Description: The Commodity Credit Corporation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (CCC/USDA) formerly operated a grain storage facility at Milford, Nebraska. In May 2008, the CCC/USDA directed the Environmental Science Division of Argonne National Laboratory, as its technical consultant, to develop a work plan for a targeted investigation at the Milford site. The purpose of the targeted investigation is to assess the current extent and configuration of the carbon tetrachloride plume downgradient from the … more
Date: July 9, 2008
Creator: LaFreniere, L. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Final Monitoring Plan for Site Restoration at Murdock, Nebraska.

Description: In early 2005, Argonne National Laboratory conducted an Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis (EE/CA; Argonne 2005b) to address carbon tetrachloride contamination identified in groundwater and surface water at Murdock, Nebraska, approximately 22 mi east-northeast of Lincoln (Figure 1.1). The EE/CA study was performed for the Commodity Credit Corporation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (CCC/USDA), as the technical basis for a proposed removal action for the Murdock site. The EE/CA was condu… more
Date: February 28, 2006
Creator: LaFreniere, L. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Final report: results of the 2007 investigation of potential contamination at the former CCC/USDA facility in Powhattan, Kansas.

Description: The 2007 investigation of carbon tetrachloride and chloroform contamination at Powhattan, Kansas, was conducted at the request of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE 2006a). The Environmental Science Division of Argonne National Laboratory implemented the investigation on behalf of the Commodity Credit Corporation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (CCC/USDA). The primary purposes of the investigation were to evaluate potential contaminant source areas on the former CCC/USD… more
Date: August 15, 2008
Creator: LaFreniere, L. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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