16    ASSESSMENT, APPROVAL, DESIGN AND
CONSTRUCTION OF A FACILITY ON A
SUPERFUND SITE IN 36 MONTHS
Dennis J. Drag, Director of Facilities Engineering
Christopher K. Webb, Coastal Scientist
Moffatt & Nichol Engineers
Long Beach, California 90807
Gary W. Luenenborg, Director of Project Designs
Union Pacific Railroad
Omaha, Nebraska 68108
INTRODUCTION
The Union Pacific Resources Corporation (UPRC), a subsidiary of the Union Pacific Railroad
(UPRR), owned and operated a 600-acre crude oil production field in Wilmington, California.
UPRC granted a lease to the TCL Corporation in 1951 for the disposal of oil and gas drilling
field wastes. These materials were to come from off-site to UPRC's Wilmington oil and gas
fields. TCL ceased operations on the site in 1971 and is no longer in business.
In the 1950s and 1960s, waste materials consisting of oil-free rotary mud, as well as rotary
mud containing oil and crude oil tank bottoms were accepted at the site. Site testing and record
investigations have shown that some other wastes, inconsistent with those permitted by the
agreement between UPRC and TCL, were also disposed of at the site.
Soil samples collected from the site in 1981 showed moderately high levels of metals in the
soils at the site. In 1983, the site was included on the California State Superfund list of hazardous
waste contaminated sites. In 1988, UPRC signed a Consent Order Agreement with the Department of Toxic Substance Control (DTSC) whereby UPRC agreed to investigate a 31-acre area of
the Study Area and develop a Remedial Action Plan (RAP) with DTSC oversight. The Port of
Long Beach (POLB) is assuming the responsibility for implementing subsequent investigative
and remedial activities at the portions of the site which they have since purchased from UPRC.
UPRC will retain consent order responsibility for the adjacent Ultramar Parcel, which was not
included in the property sold to the POLB.
PROJECT OBJECTIVES
The overall project objective was to investigate a 31-acre parcel within the Study Area (TCL
site), develop a RAP. remediate the oil sump soils, and develop the parcel as an automobile distribution facility to be used by Toyota Motor Sales (TMS). This effort included the acquiring of
all necessary permits and approvals by July 15, 1993 for site reclamation, and completion of the
automobile distribution facility by November 30, 1994. This fast track project, including field investigative work, engineering design of both the soil remediation and surface facilities, site remediation, and surface facilities construction, was completed within 36 months.
PROJECT TEAM
In order to effectively complete this fast track project in 36 months or less, UPRR engaged the
services of several engineering consultant firms with extensive experience in various facets of
the project.
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