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Professional Services Agreement for Implementation of Remedial Action Plan Modification at Former Gainesville Manufactured Gas Plant Site (Depot Park) (B)
**This item was presented to the UAB on 3/15/17.**
Explanation
From the 1880’s to about 1950, Gainesville Gas Company operated a manufactured gas plant (MGP) on a site at the intersection of SE 1st Street and Depot Avenue. The plant processed coal into coal gas for residential and commercial purposes. Improper disposal of waste generated by the MGP operations (coal tar) and leaky petroleum tanks created soil contamination on the MGP site (Poole Roofing) and adjacent properties (Depot Park). When the City of Gainesville (GRU) purchased the gas company in 1990, they inherited its associated environmental liabilities. In preparation for remediation of the environmental impacts, GRU contracted with Environmental Consulting & Technology, Inc. (ECT) for assessment and characterization of the contamination and to develop a remediation plan for the site.
The remediation plan that was approved by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) called for the installation of wells to monitor the site following active remediation. The first four quarters of monitoring recognized that the data are insufficient to demonstrate any statistically significant trend; therefore, a revised remediation plan has been prepared that will allow for the collection of additional data. FDEP has conceptually agreed to the proposed remediation plan with the condition of the installation of an additional monitoring well that would help during assessment.
A professional services contract is being extended to Environmental Consulting & Technology (ECT) as a source-justified vendor based on their extensive knowledge of the MGP site and the remediation project’s phases of planning, environmental permitting, engineering, contaminated material excavation and disposal, as well as post active remediation compliance monitor...
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