Cleanup Verification Package for the 300-8 Waste Site

This cleanup verification package documents completion of remedial action for the 300-8 waste site. This waste site was formerly used to stage scrap metal from the 300 Area in support of a program to recycle aluminum. This cleanup verification package documents completion of remedial action for the 300-8 waste site. The 300-8 site is located within the 300-FF-2 Operable Unit in the 300 Area of the Hanford Site in southeastern Washington State. The site was formerly used to stage scrap metal from the 300 Area in support of a program to recycle aluminum. Staging and loading activities at the site scattered scrap metal over an approximately 34,000-m2 (366,000-ft2) area, with residual metallic debris generally present within the top 0.4 m (1.5 ft) of soil. Site excavation and waste disposal are complete, and post-excavation geophysical surveys confirm the removal of residual metallic debris. The exposed surfaces have been sampled and analyzed to verify attainment of the remedial action goals. Results of the sampling, laboratory analyses, and data evaluations for the 300-8 site indicate that all remedial action objectives and goals for direct exposure, protection of groundwater, and protection of the Columbia River have been met for industrial land use (Table ES-1). Because residual soil concentrations indicated that cleanup levels for more stringent land uses may have been achieved for the 300-8 site, a supplemental evaluation was performed against unrestricted land-use cleanup objectives established in the Explanation of Significant Differences for the 300-FF-2 Operable Unit Record of Decision (EPA 2004). Results of the evaluation (Table ES-2) demonstrate that residual contaminant concentrations do not preclude any future uses (as bounded by the rural-residential scenario) and allow for unrestricted use of shallow zone soils (i.e., surface to 4.6 m (15 ft) deep). This site does not have a deep zone; therefore, no deep zone institutional controls are required. The site meets cleanup standards and has been reclassified as 'interim closed out' in accordance with the Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order (Ecology et al. 1989) and the Waste Site Reclassification Guideline TPA-MP-14 (RL-TPA-90-0001) (DOE-RL 1998). A copy of the waste site reclassification form is included as Attachment ES-1