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Auk . I . - a i Initial Studies Con't Community Work Group Expanded DOE and LLNL have been meeting with members of • The CWG would like to be involved in DOE/ Site 300 contamination. If any of these wells • Five additional locations at Site 300 are recd - the public to plan Livermore Site cleanup activities LLNL's decision regarding whether dynamic become contaminated,LLNL will take immedi- mended for further study because historical since 1988. Now that the cleanup activity involves stripping technology(currently being pilot tested ate action to ensure that these materials do not information indicates that releases of contaminants designing and operating the treatment facilities,the on one portion of the site)should be incorporated pose a threat to public health. may have occurred in these areas.There is cur- Community Work Group(CWG)has been broadened into the final design. rently not enough data to support any conclusions to include segments of the public that have not been • Contaminated ground water could reach water for these areas. active on the committee. The group now includes two • Note in the report that treated water containing supply wells if DOE/LLNL conducted no students; representatives from the area schools,a local small amounts of tritium(below regulatory cleanup activities. However,while elevated The draft SWRI will be revised based on rea- activist winegrowers, pe standards)will be discharged to the ground's gut group,wine wens,reattors,and developers; levels of TCE and other contaminants exist in tory agency comments. The final report is sched- the City of Livermore; regulatory agencies; and area surface as part of the proposed treatment ap- ground water on the site,studies indicate that uled for release early next year. Copies of the neighbors and businesspersons. proach. these concentrations would most likely decrease draft SWRI(20 volumes)are available in the over the time and distance required to reach the Information Repository at the LLNL Visitor's The CWG met in June to discuss CWG comments on • Clarify one of the report figures and the fact that nearest wells. Center. Due to space limitations,the Tracy and the design of two of the seven soil and ground water the ground water contamination to the northwest Stockton Public Libraries have only copies of the treatment facilities,as described in a document called of the Livermore Site is not subject to this Executive Summary. E the draft Remedial Design Report No.2(RD2). All Superfund cleanup. �..�.", CWG members received an advance copy of the . The CWG intends to communicate I11ei" n1 ( jea><Au�} PI anS ndet"WWn the regulatrt,which ory ALNL sa group,the CWG made Regional Water Quality Control Board express- f g the following comments: les ing concerns about the ace of the round Ovate DOE.t. ;have ahead be n;o p g n c nts• r y gu pexatitg two Iriterirta tieatmettysteias m theoutheast`portt0 of Site; cleanup to the northwest of the Livermore Site, 300 The goal is to prevent Earthier offsite nngratt of tx>ntatiunated ground water Math appraual from: Provide more detail in the report on the opera- which has the potential to affect DOE/LLNL tt a regulatory age ._.... D B/LI:NL began operatwg the Furst treatrnen syste xi to August �1,;the tion and maintenance costs. cleanup plans. =aml second system began operating m AN... Y� 3 Interim cleanup of groand water and soil 1n another a17:rea fi the yicu;zry of 13utldi .9 834 is currently planned to begin tti:�Ctobez,as x g similar teGhnol gy Simplify the al language of the reports The CWG met in August to discuss organizational Summary, so that the general public ( group's ' I. 1. belt understand e.g.,subcommittee assignments and the up s can better un ers it. Mission Statement). G periodically to review comment o n documents iss' State nt . The CW meets pe ' ally ' With regard to the intent to install additional • v'and co Project d is and receive ® updates from DOE and LLNL staff. These meetings extraction wells if that would significantly reduce cleanup time, define what that phrase are open to the public. Call the Area Relations Office Fossil Bed At Site 300 means. at 510-422-9799 for the date of the next meeting and An Archeological Find copies of past CWG meeting minutes. ts C embers In late 1991,environmental investigation efforts led to three-toed Hipparian horse, and fresh water gastropods the discovery of 9million-year-old Gomphothere and clams. The fossils are estimated to be from the : � ft.A. ®, fossils,otherwise known as Mastadont, a variety of late Miocene Period of geologic history. LLNL has pre-historic elephant. The discovery was made by Lab recently hired an archeologist to begin working with Bill Adams City of I.iVeimve scientific associate Steve Gregory. Other pre-historic the U.C.Berkeley Paleontology Lab on excavation Ehzabeti Adams Regional Water Quality Control Board animal bones were found in the fossil bed,including a plans.Ids Muth�aIbett Cha1.bot CoIle e g Robert Feather; Cahfomia:EPA,Departent of Toxic:Substances Control Rick Fleming Livermore Chamber of iComrnerce Site 300 Scientist Receives . hanonFulk . G mmuru y ar large . Director's Award to Stud Mike Gill U S EPA Y Steve Kalthoff LiV.. n. Winegrowers Associatio11n Endangered Flower r.ri McKeehan* Si :. r.Properties lviarylia Kelley Tn Vatley CARES DOE/LLNL have been conducting studies regarding ecological information that is otherwise difficult to hichael Machi Community at large the habitat of the Large-Flowered Fiddleneck obtain.This information will assist biologists in 1114torrow Tn VaIley Brokers (Amsinckia grandiflora),which is on the national understanding why the plant is so rare. The first year Cas Nystrom Commuz>xty at large end ered s cies list. This vane of Fiddleneck p eted in Catherine Oliver Granada Hi School g pe ty of field studies and data collection was corn 1 gh makes its home on two steep,north-facing slopes at July; data analysis is continuing,along with prepara- A�ithony Sams Ala1.meda I.County;Resource Cozaserv1.ation I3ismct Site 300. DOE/LLNL have been studying the tions for a second field season. The work is being hark Spencer Granada High School Fiddleneck and its habitat to gain biological and conducted under a grant awarded to LLNL ecologist/ Janis Twiner Community at large environmental scientist Tina Carlsen. s Felicia Ziomek Tn;;'�alleyj CARES :. `CWG Chairperson