Department of Army, New England District, Corps of Engineers, 696 Virginia Road, Concord, Massachusetts 01742-2751

F -- RAIL TRANSPORTATION AND DISPOSAL OF DEMOLITION DEBRIS LANDFILLS-US ARMY RESERVE FORCES TRAINING AREA, DEVENS, MA DUE 042498 POC Mr. Mark Applebee, 978-318-8227 E-MAIL: Engineering Manager, Mark.Applebee@usace.army.mil. The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District (CENAE), is seeking information from transportation, disposal, and/or waste management firms for the transportation and off-site disposal of approximately 232,000 cubic yards (measured in-place) of a mixture of demolition debris and soil from three landfills located at Devens, Massachusetts, a Superfund site located approximately 35 miles northwest of Boston, MA. THIS IS A SURVEY FOR WRITTEN INFORMATION ONLY. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PROPOSALS, AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO REIMBURSEMENT WILL BE MADE FOR ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND ANY FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION. The purpose of this survey is to determine the economic and technical viability of transportation and disposal of the landfilled demolition debris via rail to an appropriate off-site disposal facility. For the purposes of this survey, the landfill materials are assumed to have been already excavated and stockpiled at each landfill site. Respondents shall provide information addressing the handling, transportation, and off-site disposal of the landfill materials stockpiled at each landfill site. The landfills proposed to be excavated are designated as Study Area (SA) 13, and Areas of Contamination (AOC) 9 and 40. The Army conducted investigations in accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) which determined the nature and extent of contamination at the sites. The Army then performed a CERCLA Feasibility Study which evaluated various landfill closure options, including no action, limited surface debris removal, capping in-place, and excavation and transfer of the debris into a new, consolidation landfill to be constructed at Devens. In a December 1997 Proposed Plan, the Army presented debris excavation and on-site consolidation as its preferred alternative for SA 13 and AOCs 9 and 40. Information received by the Army during the recent Proposed Plan public comment period requested that off-site debris disposal be evaluated as a potential remedial alternative. The Army intends to use responses to this survey in conjunction with other activities to evaluate off-site disposal against the current alternatives according to the CERCLA criteria. If off-site disposal appears to best meet the CERCLA criteria, the Army may alter its preferred alternative replacing on-site landfilling with off-site disposal. Estimates of debris volume were determined through a combination of geophysical surveys, aerial photograph evaluation, and test excavations. A minimal amount of chemical analyses of the debris/soil mixture has been conducted. For the purposes of this survey, the material is assumed to be non-hazardous solid waste. Based on visual observations and historical records, the Army has estimated that the total volume of debris from the three landfills consists of a mixture, by in-place volume, of the following materials (estimates are approximate): Soil -- 27%, voids -- 24%, concrete/brick -- 16%, wood -- 15%, metal -- 11%, glass, paper, and plastic -- 7%. The mixture of soil and debris at individual landfills and at each landfill itself will vary. In-place debris volumes have been estimated by the Army to be 112,000 cubic yards at AOC 9, 110,000 cubic yards at AOC 40, and 10,000 cubic yards at SA 13. Approximately 10% of the debris at AOC 9, and approximately 20% of the debris at AOC 40 lie below the water table. None of the debris at SA 13 is located below the water table. Each of the landfills to be excavated is within one (1) mile of a potential rail loading site located at the Former Fort Devens. Firms responding to this survey shall provide, at a minimum, written responses to the following requests for information. Respondents shall provide (1)information detailing the qualifications and area of expertise of your firm and any potential significant subcontractors necessary to perform the required services; (2) three examples of pastperformance on similar projects within the last five (5) years. Include a point of contact with current address and phone numbers and brief summary for each project; (3) information on appropriate off-site disposal facilities including as a minimum, location, size, waste characterization requirements for acceptance of landfill debris, remaining capacity, daily capacity, permits, rail accessability, off-loading equipment, and range of tipping fees based on waste materials described above; (4)methodology for transporting from the landfills to the ultimate off-site disposal facility including as a minumum, proposed method of handling and transportation from the landfills to the rail loading site, handling and loading of the material onto rail cars, type of cars proposed, proposed loading rate, volume and allowed net weight per car, number of cars per train, space requirements at the loading site, major factors involved in the transportation costs, and range of transportation costs based on similar projects; (5)based on the estimated make-up of waste materials and your previous experience, provide estimated bulking factor for excavated materials and unit weight per cubic yard of material in-place and as loaded in a rail car; (6) Firms may provide any additional information that they feel may be of assistance to the Army in evaluating this matter. The project documentation, "Landfill Remediation Feasibility Study", prepared for the U. S. Army Environmental Center by ABB Environmental Services, JAN 97; Compilation of Test Pit Logs and Summary Information for SA 13 and AOCs 9 and 40, is available for review at the BRAC Environmental Office, Devens Reserve Forces Training Area, 30 Quebec Street, Devens, MA 01432-4429. Parties interest in reviewing the documentation shall contact Jim Chambers, BRAC Environmental Coordinator, (978)796-3114, to arrange an appointment. Expressions of interest may contain items marked "Confidential", to be reviewed only by the U. S. Army and not to be shared with any other agencies or private individuals. Responses to this survey shall be mailed to: U. S. Army Corps of engineers, New England District, ATTN: CENAE-EP-HTW (Mark Applebee), 696 Virginia Road, Concord, MA 01742-2751. (0089)

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