Corrective Action Complete Determination for FOST #2 (Portions of Parcels II and III) and Change of Facility Boundaries at Former Marine Corps Air Station El To
Summary
SCH Number
2005088551
Public Agency
Department of Toxic Substances Control
Document Title
Corrective Action Complete Determination for FOST #2 (Portions of Parcels II and III) and Change of Facility Boundaries at Former Marine Corps Air Station El To
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/26/2005
Document Description
The Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) is making a determination that corrective action has been completed for approximately 8 acres of property at the former Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro (MCAS El Toro) as identified in Final Finding of Suitability to Transfer (FOST #2) (Portions of Parcels II and III) dated August 2005. These parcels were subject to corrective action requirements of the California Hazardous Waste Control Law and the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) because they were part of the property of MCAS El Toro, which is an inactive RCRA hazardous waste facility. MCAS El Toro had a RCRA permit that expired in 2003. The RCRA corrective action requirements for the FOST parcels have been completed through investigation and cleanup actions overseen by DTSC, the Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region (RWQCB), and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA); and by underground/aboveground storage tank investigation and cleanup actions overseen by the RWQCB and Orange County Health Care Agency. This RCRA corrective action complete determination allows the Department of the Navy to transfer identified parcels to new owners without transferring the associated RCRA corrective action liability. There are no additional physical activities associated with this corrective action complete decision by DTSC for the MCAS El Toro FOST #2 parcels. There are building use restrictions associated with the property transfer due to the presence of lead-based paint and asbestos containing building materials on buildings.
The Navy is retaining approximately 987 acres of the facility where closure and corrective action have not been completed. This retained property remains subject to RCRA closure and corrective action requirements. On March 30, 2005, the Department of Navy submitted to DTSC a map showing the new boundaries of the former MCAS El Toro hazardous waste facility after carving out the FOST parcels. Consistent with its proposed decision that RCRA corrective action has been completed, DTSC is changing the boundaries of the former MCAS El Toro RCRA hazardous waste facility property.
Contact Information
Name
Frank Cheng
Agency Name
Department of Toxic Substances Control
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Irvine
Counties
Orange
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
Section 15061(b)(3)
Reasons for Exemption
1. The project does not involve any physical activities at the former MCAS El Toro. The project is an administrative decision by DTSC that previously completed investigations and cleanup activities conducted under the regulatory oversight of DTSC, the U.S. EPA, the Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region, and the Orange County Health Care Agency, on the property identified in the Finding of Suitability to Transfer (FOST #2) as Portions of Parcels II and III, have satisfied the corrective action requirements under RCRA and California Hazardous Waste Control Law. The boundary defining the former MCAS El Toro hazardous waste facility is being modified to exclude the FOST property. No offsite impacts will occur as a result of moving the facility boundaries.
2. The entire former El Toro is listed on the Hazardous Waste and Substances Site List and on the Calsites List. However, for the FOST parcels, all environmental studies and remedial action under CERCLA necessary to protect human health and the environment with respect to hazardous substances remaining on the property have been taken. On this basis, DTSC finds that RCRA corrective action is complete for these parcels.
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