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At this time power will not be impacted by PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoff. (10:25am, 10/9/19)

On September 12, 2019, the RFS Fall Town Hall meeting was held in the B445 Conference room. The EH&S presentation is available for viewing for those who did not make it. An archive of current and past activities is available for review on the Publications page. Recent technical reports and forms are provided for public viewing in the lobby of B478.

Beginning the week of September 30th Arcadis will resume final remediation construction activities for the Campus Bay Habitat Area 2 (HA-2) remediation project. Work in HA-2 started in September 2018, and concluded in January 2019. Due to the presence of the Ridgway's rail, construction within a 500 ft buffer of the marsh not allowed during the Ridgway's Rail breeding season, which is defined by February 1 to August 31. 

Work is expected to resume the week of September 30th and will include: 

The DTSC issued a public notice announcing the five-year review of the July 2014 Final Removal Action Workplan for the Research, Education, and Support Areas of the Richmond Field Station.

The purpose of the review is to determine if the current remedy continues to be protective of human health and the environment.

The draft technical report presenting a summary of the data collected during the Richmond Field Station water level sampling events in August 2018 and April 2019, and groundwater sampling event in April 2019 is available on the Publications page of this website.

Construction of the Northern Regional Libray Facility (NRLF) Phase 4 kicked off in May 2019. Construction is expected to last until August 2020.

Soil Management Plan forms and sampling results for the construction project are being added as they are made available to the SMP Form section of this website. 

This is a work notice for upcoming remediation work at the RFS Mercury Fulminate Area. 

The final technical report presenting sampling results collected from sediments and pore water in Western Stege Marsh in Janaury 2017 along with the DTSC approval letter is available on the Publications page of this website.

A TSCA PCB risk-based disposal approval for the EPA North Meadow soil pile excavation areas was submitted to EPA on August 15, 2018, with additional certification language submitted on August 29, 2018. EPA sent an approval letter on September 6, 2018. The removal action is planned for winter 2018-19.

The annual groundwater monitoring report, Final 2017 Groundwater Sampling Results Technical Memorandum, along with the DTSC approval letter for the Response to Comments on the draft report are available on the

This is a work notice for upcoming environmental remediation work at the RFS Corporation Yard beginning on Tuesday October 10, 2017. 

The draft technical report presenting sampling results collected from sediments in Western Stege Marsh in January 2017 is available on the Publications page

Environmental consultants for the neighboring Campus Bay site installed a vapor pin in Richmond Field Station B478 in 2016 in order to sample soil vapor under the building. The sampling was required by the Department of Toxic Substances Control to determine if soil vapor under the building was impacted by increasing concentrations of vinyl chloride found in samples of groundwater from piezometer PZ-12 near the south end of B478. A soil gas sample collected through the vapor pin on January 31, 2017 found no detectable target volatile hydrocarbons.

Weed abatement at the neighboring Campus Bay (former Zeneca) site will be completed on the capped Lot 3 portion of the property through the end of May. See the DTSC Work Notice for more information.

Soil Management Plan Revision 1, Attachment C of the 2014 Removal Action Workplan, is available now on the Publications page of the website.

The next RFS Town Hall meeting is scheduled for 1:00-2:30 pm on Thursday April 13, 2017 in conference buidling B445.

See attached agenda.