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Final Work Plan: Investigation of Potential Contamination at the Former CCC/USDA Grain Storage Facility in Hanover, Kansas.

DE2009946043

Publication Date	2008
Page Count	103
Abstract	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 (micro)g/L) were detected in two private wells near the former grain storage facility at Hanover, as part of a statewide USDA private well sampling program that was implemented by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) near former CCC/USDA facilities. In April 2007, the CCC/USDA collected near-surface soil samples at 1.8-2 ft BGL (below ground level) at 61 locations across the former CCC/USDA facility. All soil samples were analyzed by the rigorous gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer analytical method (purge-and-trap method). No contamination was found in soil samples above the reporting limit of 10 (micro)g/kg. In July 2007, the CCC/USDA sampled indoor air at nine residences on or adjacent to its former facility to address the residents concerns regarding vapor intrusion. Low levels of carbon tetrachloride were detected at four of the nine homes. Because carbon tetrachloride found in private wells and indoor air at the site might be linked to historical use of fumigants containing carbon tetrachloride at its former grain storage facility, the CCC/USDA is proposing to conduct an investigation to determine the source and extent of the carbon tetrachloride contamination associated with the former facility. This investigation will be conducted in accordance with the intergovernmental agreement between the KDHE and the Farm Service Agency (FSA) of the USDA. The investigation at Hanover will be performed, on behalf of the CCC/USDA, by the Environmental Science Division of Argonne National Laboratory.
Keywords	Environmental sciences Agriculture Aquifers Carbon tetrachloride Contamination Fumigants Ground level Implementation Indoors Monitors Plumes Site characterization Soils Spectrometers Storage facilities
Source Agency	Foreign Agricultural Service Reports Statistics Division Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Argonne National Lab., IL. Environmental Science Div.; Foreign Agricultural Service, Washington, DC. Commodity Credit Corp. Div.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Foreign Agricultural Service, Washington, DC. Commodity Credit Corp. Div. Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200911

Final Work Plan: Investigation of Potential Contamination at the Former CCC/USDA Grain Storage Facility in Hanover, Kansas.

Final Work Plan: Investigation of Potential Contamination at the Former CCC/USDA Grain Storage Facility in Hanover, Kansas.
DE2009946043

Publication Date	2008
Page Count	103
Abstract	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 (micro)g/L) were detected in two private wells near the former grain storage facility at Hanover, as part of a statewide USDA private well sampling program that was implemented by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) near former CCC/USDA facilities. In April 2007, the CCC/USDA collected near-surface soil samples at 1.8-2 ft BGL (below ground level) at 61 locations across the former CCC/USDA facility. All soil samples were analyzed by the rigorous gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer analytical method (purge-and-trap method). No contamination was found in soil samples above the reporting limit of 10 (micro)g/kg. In July 2007, the CCC/USDA sampled indoor air at nine residences on or adjacent to its former facility to address the residents concerns regarding vapor intrusion. Low levels of carbon tetrachloride were detected at four of the nine homes. Because carbon tetrachloride found in private wells and indoor air at the site might be linked to historical use of fumigants containing carbon tetrachloride at its former grain storage facility, the CCC/USDA is proposing to conduct an investigation to determine the source and extent of the carbon tetrachloride contamination associated with the former facility. This investigation will be conducted in accordance with the intergovernmental agreement between the KDHE and the Farm Service Agency (FSA) of the USDA. The investigation at Hanover will be performed, on behalf of the CCC/USDA, by the Environmental Science Division of Argonne National Laboratory.
Keywords	Environmental sciences Agriculture Aquifers Carbon tetrachloride Contamination Fumigants Ground level Implementation Indoors Monitors Plumes Site characterization Soils Spectrometers Storage facilities
Source Agency	Foreign Agricultural Service Reports Statistics Division Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Argonne National Lab., IL. Environmental Science Div.; Foreign Agricultural Service, Washington, DC. Commodity Credit Corp. Div.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Foreign Agricultural Service, Washington, DC. Commodity Credit Corp. Div. Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200911