Requa Air Force Station

The former Requa Air Force Station (RAFS), which is presently used by Redwood National and State Parks as a maintenance facility, and which formerly was the site of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) offices and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) radar station, qualifies as a Formerly Used Defense Site.  Soil and groundwater contamination from leaking underground storage tanks is being investigated by YTEP with the assistance of the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the Tribe’s contractor, ATC Associates.

Currently, the Tribe is overseeing soil and groundwater sampling at RAFS, and will be looking into cleanup options in the coming year. 

Documents currently available concerning RAFS:

The Strategic Program Implementation Plan, which details site history and past activities and investigations concerning contamination

The 2002 Vertical Profiling Report

The 2004 Investigation Workplan and 2004 Investigation Quality Assurance Program Plan

The DRAFT Workplan Addendum (November 2005), and its supporting documents: the Groundwater Data Collected June & July 2005, the Quality Assurance Memo, and the Quality Assurance Table.  **NOTE: All of these documents are DRAFT at this time**

The minutes of/notes from the meeting held 11/10/05 at the Yurok Tribal Office to discuss the Workplan Addendum and upcoming sampling events.

The Draft SI Report and accompanying Tables; issued 5 May 2006 and available for comment until 25 May 2006.

For Eileen McBride: A full text-and-image draft of the CA08 documents (unsigned), v030208.

For more information on this program, contact Kevin McKernan or Laura Mayo.