JA25-45 GAC_Redacted.pdf
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- FA500425R0012
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This is a Sole Source (Including Brand Name) Justification document for a federal contract to procure Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) for the Eielson Air Force Base Water Treatment Plant GAC System. The 5-year service contract with option years will provide up to 120,000 lbs of spent activated carbon and delivery of up to 120,000 lbs of virgin and/or regenerated Calgon F-400 carbon for PFAS removal from base drinking water. The Alaska Department of Environmental Compliance (ADEC) has only authorized the use of Calgon F-400 and/or CMR F-400 for this specific water treatment system, and changing the carbon media would require a new engineering submittal and approval from ADEC. The justification emphasizes the critical nature of maintaining the approved carbon media to meet upcoming EPA maximum contaminant level (MCL) requirements for PFAS chemicals in April 2024.
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Sole Source (Including Brand Name) Justification - Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items
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DEC's approval for the GAC treatment at Eielson was based on a specific product (Calgon Model 10 Carbon vessels and Filtrasorb F-400 media) that was provided by the design engineer at the time of ADEC review. If EAFB decides to change to another GAC media, then a new engineering submittal would need to be provided to ADEC for their review and approval before switching to another make/model of media. The regulatory authority for ADEC to require plan review of such a change stems from the Drinking Water regulations under section 18 AAC 80.200(b), which states: " (b) Subject to (c), (d), (f), and (g) of this section, in order to construct, install, alter, renovate, operate, or improve a community water system, non-transient non-community water system, or transient non-community water system, or any part of one, the owner must have prior written approval of engineering plans that comply with 18 AAC 80.205." Changing media type in a filter from what ADEC has previously approved would be considered “altering” a part of a community water system, which triggers the engineering plan review provisions of the regulations. Finally, with the issuance of a legally enforceable maximum contaminant level (MCL) for PFAS chemicals by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in April 2024 there would need to be a compelling reason behind using another GAC media as doing so could risk the WTP not meeting the newly established MCL for PFAS and would jeopardize the public health of the base populous. As previously stated doing so would require a new engineering submittal be sent to ADEC for review and approval for using a new GAC media.
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