Hawthorne Army Depot

Installation Restoration Program
Hawthorne, Nevada

HWAAP-A08
CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS LANDFILL

SITE DESCRIPTION
HWAAP-A08, a 20-acre unlined landfill, is located west of the Property Disposal Office. The site was operated from 1950 to 1980 as a landfill for the CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS LANDFILLdisposal of lumber, wooden crates, packing materials and other refuse and debris. Asphalt rubble has also been disposed of at the site. Household waste, paints and solvents may have been disposed of at this site. In 1994, the investigation activities completed at the site included 112 acres of magnetometry survey at a 20 foot grid within the boundaries of a 124 acres airborne ground penetrating radar survey. Seventy feet of cone penetrometer soundings were conducted at 3 locations to determine optimal subsurface soil sampling depths. Investigation has been completed. Groundwater monitoring started in 1997 and has detected low levels of contamination at this site.

PROPOSED PLAN
A Closure Decision Document was approved by the NDEP in November 2001.

Decision Document
 

 

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