Fact Sheet Kwajalein Tank Farm Site Cleanup in Marshalleseusagkacleanup.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Fact... · FACT SHEET KWAJALEIN TANK FARM SITE CLEANUP 1.0 MELELE KO IMAN Ilo

FACT SHEET KWAJALEIN TANK FARM SITE CLEANUP

1.0 MELELE KO IMAN Ilo September 2009 eo, ar walok juõn lutõk in diesel eo ejidrimkij kin joñan in 2,065 gallon jen juõn aboveground storage tank (AST) ko jen fuel tank farm eo ion Kwajalein. Ewõr bar lutõk ko rar walok jen ruo ian tank in JP-5 jet fuel. Ewõr bar jet lutõk ko ewõr lemnak ke rar kõmon jen piping ko, ko rar bareinwõt kõmon ilo kõtan kein 1950 ñõn 2000 yiõ ko, ijoke ejjelok record ier.

Groundwater (dren eo ej bed iumin bwidrej me emaroñ in walok aibõj lal) eo ilal in ijin ej bed enañin 4 ne mulal lallok jen bwidrej eo; im joñan mulal in an groundwater kein rejjab jokin wõt juõn kinke rej bedbed wõt ion makitkit ko an no ko ak ilo ien an ibwij ak bat. Ijin tank farm ej bed ie ej iloan wõt jikin jerbal ko ion Kwajalein; jikin jokwe eo ebaake tata enañin 1 mile ettolok. Groundwater in ijin ejjab jerbal ñõn idrak, im jidrik in dren in ijin emaroñ in lutõk lok ñõn malo eo.

2.0 JOKJOKIN IM JONAN BAIJIN EO IJIN Ilo February im June 2011, rijerbal ro rar aini 94 sample ko jen bwidrej im 25 sample ko jen groundwater. Rar bareinwõt lo ke ewõr nem ko rekajur ilo elõñ ian sample kein. Sample ko jen bwidrej ko rar boki jen 3 ñõn 10 ne lal lok iumin bwidrej, im rar kalikkar ke ewõr petroleum hydrocarbons (gasoline im diesel compound ko), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), im volatile organic

compounds (VOCs) ko. Hydrocarbon kein ebebe wõt kin joñan in 0.2 ne mijel ion in groundwater eo.

Bwidrej ko rej bed ijoko remulal iturin groundwater eo rar laplok jonan baijin ko ie jen bwidrej ko rejjab mulal im rej bed ilikin ijoko ar walok ak kõmon lutõk ko rejidrimkij ie. Ijoke, kin ibwij tok ko ak makitkit ko an no ko rej walok jen ien ñõn ien, rekomon bwe en errerak lutõk ko im drebdreb wõt fuel ilo bwidrej eo.

Joñan drebakbak in baijin eo ilo bwidrej in.

Pija in ej kwalok ijoko lemnaki ñõn kõmoni bioslurping well ko ñõn kõmakiti fuel ko.

3.0 BUÑTAN KO ÑÕN KARREOIKI IJIN Ewõr ruo buñtan ko ilo wawein karreoiki ijin. Buñtan eo iman ej ñõn juloki jabdrewõt etton ko rej ebebe wõt ilon in groundwater in. Buñtan eo kein karuo ej ñõn jelmae baijin ko ikijeen bwidrej im groundwater eo elikin juloki etton ko. Buntan eo kein kajuon (juloki etton ko) elukkun in aurok bwe ej ettor wot kin ien, kinke aikuj mokta jako etton ko ikijeen petroleum jen bwidrej im groundwater eo mokta bwe en jejjot an buntan eo kein karuo jerbal. Wawein im kilen juloki etton kein rej walok ilo kemelele ko relaplok ilo Removal Action Memorandum eo. Wawein jerbal e karreo kein remaron in komon iumin bwidrej, ilo aer kejerbale makitkit in no ko bwe remaron in kamakit baijin ak etton ko rej bed ilo bwidrej ak ilo groundwater eo. Bwe en tõbrak, lemnak eo non karreoiki ijin ej ilo kejerbale bioslurping wells (ak pipe ko rej jutak im emõj katõke iumin bwidrej ilõñ in wõt groundwater eo) ñõn aini fuel ko jen bwidrej eo ilal. Fuel ko emõj aini renaj joni, etali, im bar kejerbali ilo wawein ko jet (einwot kaan kein ittil kobwij ko),

elane remaron im ekkar. Army ej lemnak in jinoe buntan eo imantata in karreo in ilo June 2012.

Jokjok in jerbal ko lemnaki ikijeen bioslurping well im process stream. Buntak eo kein karuo ñõn karreoiki ijin enaj bok ien elap (emaron in yio). Wawein im jokjokin karreo eo an buñtan eo kein karuo renaj alikkar ilo Feasibility Study eo, im enaj bar wõr melele ko ikijeen bioremediation ilo study in. Bioremediation ej kejerbal bacteria ak kij ko (bok kajur jen oxygen im nutrient ko) non jiban rube ak jolok fuel ko. Edrik lok jorran im kauwotata ko ilo jerbal in bioremediation rej walok non malo im menin mour ko lojet.

4.0 JERBAL IN ETALE KO Jerbal in etale ko ekoba ebok sample im test ko rej kõmon wõt ilo Kwajalein Tank Farm Spill Site eo. Sample ko rej boki kiõ renaj bar koba lok ibben sample emõj bõki kar mokta einwõt an walok ilo pepa

eo naetan Site Investigation and Data Evaluation. Aolepen melele kein aini renaj jerbal ñõn kõmone buñtan eo kein karuo ilo jerbal in karreo in. Im Date Evaluation Report in enaj dredrelok ilo summer in 2012 ñõn an jabdrewõt kwalok aer lemnak ak kõmon comment ikijeen jerbal kein. Kauwõtata ko ñõn ejmour renaj walok wõt elane armij eo enaj kajedeiki e make ñõn baijin kein ilo bwidrej im groundwater jimor, ilo wawein an kañi, irri ilo kilin, jibwi im men ko erlok wõt. Ro rej jerbal ijin renaj kejerbale nuknuk im kein jerbal in bobrae ko bwe ren jab maroñ in bõki nañinmij ko remaroñ in walok jen jerbal in. Ewõr assessement eo rej kõmoni kio ñõn lukkun in etale ro rej bed im renaj bed ak jerbal wõt ijin. Bareinwõt, enaj bar wõr jerbal in etale ko ikijeen lale malo eo ilo 2013. Jerbal ko tok elik renaj ikijeen jorran ko ñõn bwidrej eo im malo eo, ekoba sample ko bõki ñõn etale ejmour.

5.0 JIKIN BOK MELELE KO JET Pepa eo naetan Kwajalein Tank Farm Removal Action Memorandum, April 2012, edredre lok ñõn an jabdrewot eo eitok limo ier ñõn kõmon aer comment ak enaan ko ikijeen jerbal kein. Pepa in ej bed ilo jikin kein:

• US Army Kwajalein Atoll Grace Sherwood Public Library (ion Kwajalein)

• US Army Kwajalein Atoll Roi-Namur Library (ion Roi-Namur)

• Republic of the Marshall Islands Environmental Protection Authority Office (ion Majuro)

Ro ewõr aer internet, remaron in bar bõki melele ko ikijeen jerbal in karreo ko ilo US Army Kwajalein Atoll jen website in www.usakacleanup.info. Likit am enaan ak lemnak ko kin pepa in ilo website eo pepa on ej bed ie. Kir lok Mr. Anthony Hoover, USAKA Environmental Engineer, ilo (805) 355-5449, kin kajitok ko ikijeen plan eo an jerbal in karreo ko. Jabdrewot comment ak enaan ko jeiki ikijeen plan in karreo eo an Kwajalein Tank Farm Site remaron in komon ilo juon ian jikin kein:

1) ilo website ne www.usakacleanup.info ilo jikin ilik comment ne an Kwajalein Tank Farm Site RAM 2) ilo email non [email protected] 3) ilo mail non Sivuniq Inc.; Attn: Kwajalein Tank Farm Site RAM Comments; APO, AP 96555.

Aolep comment ko rej aikuj in loi ilo May 30, 2012.