BF Site Survey Project: The DEQ field inspection team joins the Duenas & Associates representatives during a Brownfields Site Survey at the Edoni FUDS site.  The contractor is tasked to identify potential Brownfields sites and generate an inventory list of sites.  The project is funded under the DEQ Brownfields 128a program.

Edoni RI/FS 2: The Army Corps of Engineers contractor collects subsurface soil samples from an excavated pit during the Edoni RI/FS project.

Edoni RI/FS 1: Tom Maruyama, Army Corps of Engineers site representative, and his contractor surveys the condition of a monitoring well located east of the Edoni formerly used defense site before collecting groundwater samples during the RI/FS project.

FUDS Well Closure Project:  A local contractor for the Army Corps of Engineers cuts a monitoring well standpipe with a torch to expose the well casing in order to add the fill materials to permanently abandon the well.

KV-1 Well Site 1: Emil Marzan, SAR environmental specialist inspect the safety lid cover of KV-1 MW 1 to make sure the well is properly secured.

Marpi Boom Cave: Emil Marzan, DEQ SAR environmental specialist, stands inside a cave in Marpi called “Boom Cave.”  Boom Cave is part of a Formerly Used Defense Site where unexploded ordnance had been disposed in the cave by the U.S. Military after WW II.

Rota Site 1: DEQ SAR branch manager, Ray Masga, accompanies the US Army Corps of Engineers’ contractor as they conduct an unexploded ordnance site survey at Rota Site 1

Rota Site 2: DEQ SAR branch staff joins the Army Corps of Engineers and its contractor during an unexploded ordnance site survey at Rota Site 2.  Rota Site 2 is located around the Rota bird sanctuary.

UXO Project:  AMPRO, DEQ contractor for the Unexploded Ordnance Project conduct a public meeting at the Multipurpose Center to present the scope of the project and to solicit UXO information from the public.  The project is funded under the brownfields 128a program.

Land Crab Project:  During the Tanapag land crab sample collection event, the DEQ sample collection team spent evening hours to catch land crabs in the Tanapag village area for PCB analysis.  The sample collection team shown here cleaning a land crab before it is prepared for packing and shipment to laboratory in the U.S. mainland.

CUC Well Sampling:  Andy Lincoff from U.S. EPA Region 9 collects groundwater samples for volatile organic compounds or VOCs from a CUC well as part of an investigation.  DEQ and CUC was part of the sampling event assisting EPA.

KV-1 Well Groundwater Measurement:  This picture shows the DEQ investigation team taking groundwater readings with the Solinst Meter.  The meter is used to determine depth to groundwater and the presence of fuel product in the well.  The measurement is done first before the well is accessed for sample collection.

Skimmer with Fuel Product:  After allowing the skimmer to sit partially in the water column inside the well casing, the DEQ skimming team pulls the device back up.  Here the skimmer is near full of fuel product.  The fuel product appears blushing green in color.

KV MW-1 Well Drilling:  Part of the KV-1 Well investigation is to construct at least three monitoring wells around the old KV-1 well.  Here the CUC well drilling team drills through the ground to install the first well down gradient from KV-1 well.  A white foamy material is used in the process to lift up the drill cuttings.  The foam material changes color as the drillers go deeper into the ground showing the different subsurface layers at the site.