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0 <br /> UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY <br /> A Region 9 <br /> 75 Hawthorne Street <br /> „ San Francisco CA 94105-3901 <br /> AUG 2 6 2002 <br /> August 16,2002 ENVIRuiWEN f HEALTH <br /> PE19MIT/SERVICES <br /> Mr. Maurice Benson <br /> Defense Distribution Depot San Joaquin California, Sharpe Site <br /> DDJC-FA, Attn: Environmental Management <br /> PO Box 960001 <br /> Stockton, CA 95296 <br /> RE: Sharpe Site, Draft Final Remedial Action Report for Institutional Controls at South <br /> Balloon Area,June 2002 <br /> Dear Maurice, <br /> Thank you for the opportunity to review the Draft Final Remedial Action Report for <br /> Institutional Controls at South Balloon Area, June 2002. The Response to Comments (RTC) <br /> contained in the Draft Final Remedial Action Report for Institutional Controls(ICs)at South <br /> Balloon Area(the RAR) appears to address nearly all of the EPA's comments on the Draft RAR. <br /> The one exception is noted below. <br /> The response to Specific Comment#4 does not appear to be consistent with DoD <br /> Guidance on Land Use Controls Associated with Environmental Restoration Activities for <br /> Active Installations. A copy of this Guidance is included in the Draft Final RAR as Appendix A <br /> to the Addendum to the Master Plan. Previous U.S. EPA Specific Comment 4 requested <br /> revisions to "the Addendum to the Installation Master Plan to include a legal description of the <br /> property that will be subject to the proposed institutional controls and to provide a drawing that <br /> provides surveyed boundaries of the area that will be subject to the ICs.” The DDJC-Sharpe <br /> response to comments indicated non-concurrence with this comment. The response generally <br /> stated that providing a precise legal description for the IC area was inconsistent with all other on- <br /> base site descriptions. This response further stated that the description provided in the <br /> Addendum to the Master Plan "will be improved to note the centerline of South Crane Way in <br /> the northern boundary of the IC area." First, it is not clear in Figure 3-1 whether the centerline of <br /> South Crane Way has been noted, as stated. Second, the following text has been taken from <br />