Title
Kelly Generating Station Contamination Assessment (B)
Explanation
The Kelly Generating Station was established in Downtown Gainesville in 1912, and No. 6 Fuel Oil was used at the site from 1921 to present. In 1994, GRU through its own site monitoring activities, became aware of heavy, weathered oil occasionally seeping into the culvert that runs across the Kelly Plant (Sweetwater Branch Culvert). In 1995 a contamination assessment report was prepared to determine the origin of the weathered oil and the extent of soil impacts. Subsequent to the contamination assessment report, remedial actions were implemented in 1995 that have prevented further seepage of the weathered No. 6 Fuel Oil into Sweetwater Branch, and these actions remain successful in preventing additional seepage to Sweetwater Branch.
When the contamination assessment report was prepared for the Kelly site in 1995, and subsequently updated in 1996, the characterization was based on visual, olfactory, and soil gas data collected in the field. Since the original contamination assessment report was prepared, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) has adopted new standards that involve a detailed analytical approach to assessing soil impacts instead of the visual, olfactory, and soil gas approach utilized in the past.
GRU has proposed a number of remedial options to address soil impacts at the Kelly site, but the Alachua County Environmental Protection Department (ACEPD) has indicated they are unable to approve any proposed actions without additional contamination assessment consistent with current FDEP requirements. The ACEPD has requested that GRU install additional groundwater monitoring wells, collect and analyze additional groundwater samples, and perform soil analyses to assess the site in accordance with current standards.
Utilities Purchasing issued a Request or Proposal (RFP) to perform the additional contamination assessment at the Kelly site, as well ...
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