A.46 Money Point, VA

A.46.1 Summary

Environment:	Marine
Scale:
Contaminants of Concern:	PAH: 100 ppm, PCP, dioxins, arsenic, chromium, copper, lead, zinc, creosote as a free product found in sediments
Final Remedy:	Mechanical dredging (clamshell/bucket dredge) using silt curtains down to bottom and absorbency booms at surface; barge/crane operated within containment area. Contaminated sediment will be shipped by barge to Port Weanack on the James River. There it will be unloaded and trucked for disposal at either Charles City landfill (two-thirds of the material) or Pungo (one-third of the material) for thermal treatment.   On-site disposal of some dredged sediment.

A.46.2 Site Description

Year: 2009-present

Target Volume: 80,800 yd³

A.46.3 Remedial Objectives

Cancer in mummichogs reduced to background levels: to be fishable by 2020.

Contaminated sediment area:

• Phase 1: 7 acres including wetlands and forested shoreline
• Phase 2: 12 acres in 2012

Contaminated sediment thickness:

• Phase 1: 1 foot
• Phase 2: up to 6 ft

A.46.4 Remedial Approach

Earth moving equipment and a clamshell/bucket dredge were used for excavation.

A.46.5 Monitoring

Use of silt curtains down to bottom and absorbency booms at surface; barge/crane operated within containment. Silt curtains were placed at the top and bottom of the work areas.

Performance: Mummichog tissue sampled for cancer every 1-2 years; until cancer reduced to background levels.

• Currently work in progress.
• Dredged areas are backfilled with clean sand and topsoil.
• Petroleum sheen releases from sediment disturbances.

A.46.6 References

Money Point Cleanup Fact Sheet. http://www.elizabethriver.org/PDFs/MoneyPoint/Money-Point-Cleanup-Fact-Sheet.pdf.

USEPA. Mid-Atlantic Superfund Atlantic Wood Industries, Inc. Record of Decision December 2007 as updated Feb 2012. http://www.epa.gov/reg3hwmd/npl/VAD990710410/rod/rod2007.htm.

USEPA. Record of Decision Operable Units 1, 2, & 3. 2007. http://www.epa.gov/reg3hwmd/npl/VAD990710410/rod/AWI_2007_ROD-Part_I_Declaration_and_Table_of_Contents_List_of_Acronyms.PDF.

Publication Date: August 2014