[CPEO-MEF] CLOSURE: Navy to skin Moffett Field's (CA) Hangar One

[Lenny Siegel]

NEWS RELEASE FROM BRAC PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OFFICE WEST PUBLIC AFFAIRS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 7 January 2009

The Navy has Published the Moffett Field Hangar 1 Action Memorandum

SAN DIEGO - The Navy has published the Action Memorandum (AM) for 
Installation Restoration Program (IRP) Site 29, also known as Hangar 1, 
at Former Naval Air Station (NAS) Moffett Field, California. The Hangar 
1 siding is contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) which are 
the regulatory driver for this environmental response action. Asbestos 
and lead are also present in interior and exterior Hangar 1 building 
materials. Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Navy is taking this action 
on Hangar 1 to protect human health and the environment. The Navy's 
selected action consists of deconstruction of the interior structures 
within the hangar, removal of the contaminated siding and roof material, 
removal of debris to appropriate off-site disposal or recycling 
facilities, and application of a weather resistant epoxy coating on the 
hangar's structural steel frame. Historic mitigation measures selected 
in the AM include Level 1 Historic American Engineering Record 
documentation, oral histories of individuals who worked in the hangar 
during different eras, a virtual Hangar 1 interactive compact disk, 
inventory-catalogue of Hangar 1 collections, preservation of Hangar 1 
man-cranes, and coating the steel frame with a protective coating 
similar in color to the former siding. This environmental response 
action will remove the primary source of PCBs (the Robertson Protected 
Metal siding), and remaining PCBs in the structural steel paint will be 
adequately contained minimizing concern of any potential future release 
of PCBs into the environment.

This environmental response action supports implementation of future 
restoration measures by the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration (NASA), the federal facility operator of the former NAS 
Moffett Field, or others interested in potential reuse of the hangar. 
NASA has begun gathering information to identify a reuse for the hangar 
and is seeking partners to assist in its restoration. The Navy is 
working with NASA to coordinate the cleanup action with NASA's reuse 
efforts.

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For an original copy of the press release or an electronic version of 
the Action Memorandum, see www.bracpmo.navy.mil



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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel at cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org