BEST OF SAGEEP: Addressing Saturated Response Areas as Part of Removal Actions and Remedial Investigations at Munitions Response Sites

Summary Unanticipated saturated response areas (SRAs) at military munitions response sites can have significant cost and schedule impacts on removal actions using advanced geophysical classification (AGC). SRAs are not always addressed in feasibility study (FS) remedial alternative cost estimates, and methods for delineating SRAs are not well defined. This paper will present a recently completed removal action and discuss how methods to address SRAs were modified during the project and streamlined for the next phase of work. This will be contrasted with a recently completed remedial investigation and the methods used to identify and characterize SRAs to inform the FS remedial alternatives for better removal cost estimates.