VA Med AUL 2007.pdf

This is a Form 1075 Notice of Activity and Use Limitation (AUL) issued by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs on January 10, 2007, for property located at 150 South Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts (Veterans Affairs Medical Center). The notice establishes environmental use restrictions on three separate parcels totaling approximately 149,000 square feet comprising the disposal site, which includes the Parking Garage, Clinic Addition, and Diesel Release Area. The property is subject to a Release of Oil and/or Hazardous Material and was formally reported to the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection in December 1996.

The AUL Opinion restricts activities and uses at the disposal site to maintain a condition of No Significant Risk. Permitted activities include healthcare facility operations, commercial and industrial uses consistent with zoning, subsurface utility work or construction complying with specified obligations, and other activities determined by a Licensed Site Professional (LSP) to present no greater risk than permitted uses. Restricted activities include residential, school, kindergarten, child day care, and recreation uses; subsurface work not conducted in accordance with Obligations and Conditions; soil cultivation for human consumption; and any activity reasonably likely to create significant risk of harm. A mandatory Soil Management Plan requirement applies prior to any excavation associated with utility work or future construction, prepared by a qualified professional with detailed protocols for soil excavation, handling, storage, on-site reuse, transport, disposal, engineering controls, and air monitoring. The LSP, William W. Beck, Jr. (LSP No. 1637), certified the condition of No Significant Risk effective indefinitely provided all requirements are met and maintained.