Pines Update Online
	Town of Pines, Indiana

Accomplishments AOC I · AOC I signed. (January 2003) · Town of Pines Public Meeting. (February 2003) · Town of Pines Community Meeting. (September 2003) · Municipal water service extended to 130 homes in two areas of the Town of Pines. (December 2003) AOC I Amended · Amendment to AOC I signed. (April 2004) · Bottled water offered to 140 homes to be connected to municipal water. (April 2004) · Bottled water offered to approximately 77 additional homes in the Town of Pines. (April 2004) · Municipal water service extension construction initiated to an additional 140 homes in the Town of Pines. (June 2004) · Construction of municipal water service extension complete. (July 2005) AOC II · AOC II signed. (April 2004) · Town of Pines Public Meeting. (April 2004) · USEPA Conducts Community Interviews. (July-August 2004) · Pines Update On-line (www.pinesupdate.com) established. (November 2004) · Community Involvement Plan available from USEPA. (December 2004) · Town of Pines Information Meeting. (April 2005) · USEPA selects P.I.N.E.S. group for the Technical Assistance Plan. (May 2005) · USEPA Conducts Community Training in Superfund Process. (June 2005) · Technical Assistance Plan signed between P.I.N.E.S., Brown Inc., and NIPSCO. (effective April 2005) · First Amendment to the Technical Assistance Plan between P.I.N.E.S., Brown, Inc. and NIPSCO. (effective May 2009) Site Management Strategy (SMS) o Site Management Strategy submitted to USEPA for review and approval. (June 2004) o USEPA and their supporting agencies provided comments on the Site Management Strategy; the strategy document revised and resubmitted to USEPA. (September 2004) o Revised Site Management Strategy (SMS) conditionally approved by the USEPA. (November 2004) o Final Site Management Strategy (SMS) provided to USEPA. (January 2005) Remedial Investigation Work Plan o Sampling and Analysis Plan for the Municipal Service Water Extension Project submitted to USEPA for review and approval. (July 2004) o USEPA and their supporting agencies provided comments on the Sampling and Analysis Plan for the Municipal Service Water Extension Project. (August 2004) o Revised Sampling and Analysis Plan for the Municipal Service Water Extension Project submitted to USEPA for review and approval. (October 2004) o Sampling and Analysis Plan for Yard 520 submitted to USEPA for review and approval. (December 2004) o Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study Work Plan submitted to USEPA for review and approval. (January 2005) o USEPA and their supporting agencies provided comments on the RI/FS Work Plan and on the Yard 520 Sampling and Analysis Plan. (March 2005) o Revised Sampling and Analysis Plan for the Municipal Service Water Extension Project conditionally approved by USEPA. (March 2005) o Revised Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study Work Plan submitted to USEPA (May 2005) o Revised Yard 520 Sampling and Analysis Plan submitted to USEPA. (June 2005) o Revised Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study Work Plan and Revised Yard 520 Sampling and Analysis Plan conditionally approved by the USEPA. (August 2005) o Final Sampling and Analysis Plan for the Municipal Service Water Extension Project and Final Sampling and Analysis Plan for the Municipal Service Water Extension Project submitted to USEPA. (Sept 2005) o Final Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study Work Plan submitted to USEPA. (September 2005) o Draft Remedial Investigation Report and Evaluation of Data Collected Under the Yard 520 Sampling and Analysis Plan submitted to USEPA (May 2008) o USEPA provided comments on the RI report and Evaluation of Data Collected Under the Yard 520 SAP (August 2008) Remedial Investigation Field Investigation o Samples of suspected CCBs and native soil were collected from utility trenches during the installation of the municipal water service. (September 2004 – August 2005) o Samples of CCBs were collected from soil borings drilled in the Type II (North) Area at Yard 520. (September 2005) o CCB visual inspection conducted in rights-of-ways. (November 2005 – April 2006) o Groundwater samples collected from vertical profile locations at several proposed monitoring well locations. (May 2006) o Installation of piezometers and staff gauges. (September 2005, June 2006, July 2006, October 2006) o Installation of monitoring wells within and around the Area of Investigation. (July 2006, September 2006) o Ecological habitat evaluation. (August 2006) o Sampling events conducted over five calendar quarters, which included: § Water level gauging at groundwater and surface water locations (August 2006, October 2006, January 2007, April 2007, July 2007) § Surface water flow rate measurements (August 2006, October 2006, January 2007, April 2007, July 2007) § Sediment sampling (October 2006) § Surface water sampling (August 2006, October 2006, January 2007, April 2007) § Groundwater sampling (August 2006, October 2006, January 2007, April 2007) § Groundwater sampling from private wells (August 2006, October 2006, January 2007, April 2007) o Hydraulic conductivity testing (slug testing) at monitoring wells installed under the RI program and select monitoring wells at Yard 520. (January 2007 – February 2007) o Continuous water level monitoring at select groundwater and surface water locations within the Area of Investigation. (February 2007 – Present) o Background surface soil samples collected within and around the Area of Investigation. (April 2007 – May 2007) o CCB visual inspection conducted on private property. (September 2007 – January 2008) o Soil samples were collected from boring locations within the Area of Investigation. (December 2007)           Remedial Investigation Report o Remedial Investigation Report submitted to USEPA for approval. (May 19, 2008) o USEPA and their supporting agencies provided comments on the Remedial Investigation Report. (August 25, 2008) o Revised Remedial Investigation Report submitted to USEPA for review and approval. (December 5, 2008) o USEPA and their supporting agencies provided comments on the Remedial Investigation Report, and conditionally approve the report. (November 3, 2009) o Final Remedial Investigation Report submitted to USEPA. (March 5, 2010)           Risk Assessment o A draft of the Ecological Risk Assessment was submitted to the USEPA. (January 22, 2010) o A draft of the Human Health Risk Assessment was submitted to the USEPA. (March 5, 2010) Pines Updates Newsletters · Pines Update newsletter No. 1 distributed. (June 2004) · Pines Update newsletter No. 2 distributed. (July 2004) · Pines Update newsletter No. 3 distributed. (October 2004) · Pines Update newsletter No. 4 distributed. (November 2004) · Pines Update newsletter No. 5 distributed. (January 2005) · Pines Update newsletter No. 6 distributed. (February 2005) · Pines Update newsletter No. 7 distributed. (April 2005) · Pines Update newsletter No. 8 distributed. (May 2005) · Pines Update newsletter No. 9 distributed. (July 2005) · Pines Update newsletter No. 10 distributed. (August 2005) · Pines Update newsletter No. 11 distributed. (September 2005) · Pines Update newsletter No. 12 distributed. (April 2006) · Pines Update newsletter No. 13 distributed. (July 2006) · Pines Update newsletter No. 14 distributed. (November 2006) · Pines Update newsletter No. 15 distributed. (April 2007) · Pines Update newsletter No. 16 distributed. (June 2007) · Pines Update newsletter No. 17 distributed. (September 2007) · Pines Update newsletter No. 18 distributed. (August 2008) · Pines Update newsletter No. 19 distributed. (May 2010) · Pines Update newsletter No. 20 distributed. (January 2012)