Administrative Record for Sole Source Aquifer (SSA) Review of the Multi-Purpose Machine Gun Range (MPMGR) Project Proposed by the Massachusetts Army National Guard (MAARNG)

• Draft Determination Report
• EPA Regulations/Guidance Documents: Sole Source Aquifer & Ammunitions
• State Documents: Groundwater Standards, Wellhead Protection, & Drinking Water Reports
• Region 1 Superfund Documents: Joint Base Cape Cod
• MPMGR Environmental Impact Reviews/Environmental Assessments & Comments
• JBCC Reports: State of the Reservation, OMMPs, & Supporting Documents
• Related Scientific Documents: USGS, USACE, & Other
• Region 1/ORD Technical Analysis
• EMC Correspondence & Supporting Documents
• EPA/MAARNG Correspondence & Supporting Documents

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Draft Determination Report

• Sole Source Aquifer Project Review of the Multi-Purpose Machine Gun Range Proposed by the Massachusetts Army National Guard to be Constructed at Joint Base Cape Cod (pdf) (928.98 KB, April 2023)

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EPA Regulations/Guidance Documents: Sole Source Aquifer & Ammunitions

• 1977 Edwards Aquifer Sole Source Aquifer Review Rules & Regulations – 42 FR 51574 (pdf) (850.22 KB, September 29, 1977)
• 1977 Proposed National Sole Source Aquifer Review Rules & Regulations – 42 FR 51620 (pdf) (826 KB, September 29, 1977)
• Best Management Practices for Lead at Outdoor Shooting Ranges, EPA-902-B-01-001 (pdf) (2.5MB, June 2005)

State Documents: Groundwater Standards, Wellhead Protection, & Drinking Water Report

• MassDEP Massachusetts Contingency Plan Numerical Standards (pdf) (1.11 MB, December 2017)
• Chapter 47 of the Acts of 2002 (pdf) (30.31 KB, March 5, 2002)
• MassDEP Source Water Assessment Reports for Bourne, Mashpee, Sandwich, & Otis Air National Guard Base (pdf) (3.44 MB)
• Consumer Confidence Reports for Bourne, Falmouth, Mashpee, Sandwich, & Upper Cape Regional Water Supply Cooperative (pdf) (7.63 MB)
• Cape Cod Watershed Assessment and Action Plan, MA Executive Office of Environmental Affairs (pdf) (984.41 KB, 2004)

Region 1 Superfund Documents: Joint Base Cape Cod

• USEPA R1 Decision Document Small Arms Ranges Operable Unit (pdf) (24.14 MB, September 2015)
• USEPA R1 Decision Document Training Areas Operable Unit (pdf) (8.51 MB, February 2019)

MPMGR Environmental Impact Reviews/Environmental Assessments & Comments

• Final Area-Wide Environmental Impact Report (pdf) (11.45 MB, 2001)
• EPA Letter Scoping Comments Prior to EA for MPMGR (pdf) (595.53 KB, September 5, 2019)
• Chapter 5 Mitigation Measures of Single Environmental Impact Report (pdf) (143.69 KB, January 2020)
• Notice of Project Change MPMGR at KD Range EOEEA #5834 including Appendices A-H (pdf) (26.76 MB, January 31, 2020)
• Certificate of MA Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs on the Notice of Project Change (pdf) (125.56 KB, March 19, 2020)
• Certificate of MA Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs on the Single Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (pdf) (2.1 MB, July 17, 2020)
• Draft Finding of No Significant Impact and Environmental Assessment for MPMGR at KD Range MILCON # 250194 (pdf) (4.73 MB, August 2020)
• EPA Comments on EA/FONSI for the proposed MPMGR at Camp Edwards (pdf) (89.93 KB, September 16, 2020)
• Public Comment Summary Report for the MPMGR at KD Range Environmental Assessment MILCON # 250194 (pdf) (1.89 MB, April 2021)

JBCC Reports: State of the Reservation, OMMPs, & Supporting Documents

• Final Annual State of the Reservation Report for Training Year 2018, Camp Edwards (pdf) (13.26 MB, February 2019)
• Final Annual State of the Reservation Report for Training Year 2019, Camp Edwards (pdf) (7.91 MB, March 2020)
• Final Annual State of the Reservation Report for Training Year 2020, Camp Edwards (pdf) (16.16 MB, March 2021)
• Final Annual State of the Reservation Report for Training Year 2021, Camp Edwards (pdf) (31.25 MB, April 2022)
• Final Annual State of the Reservation Report for Training Year 2022, Camp Edwards (pdf) (45.69 MB, March 2023)
• Impact Area Groundwater Study Program Final Small Arms Ranges Investigation 2014 Report & Figures (pdf) (89.12 MB, January 31, 2014)
• Impact Area Groundwater Study Program Small Arms Ranges Soil Removal Activities Completion of Work Report Revised Draft (pdf) (15.91 MB, April 2021)
• MAARNG Final Pollution Prevention Overview Plan Small Arms Range Supplement (pdf) (9.28 MB, January 2007)
• Sierra Range Alternatives Analysis and Proposed BMP/Pollution Prevention Strategy (pdf) (3.41 MB, December 4, 2009)
• J, K, & T Ranges Revised BMP Operations, Maintenance, and Monitoring Plans (pdf) (3.04 MB, June 3, 2011)
• EPA Comments on Proposed Revisions to Sampling Plan for J, K, & T Ranges (pdf) (511.64 KB, August 29, 2011)
• EPA Approval Letter for J, K, & T Ranges OMMPs (pdf) (800.19 KB, October 4, 2012)
• Joint Base Cape Cod 2018 Sitewide Plume Maps (pdf) (4.5 MB, 2018)
• August 2022 Update on Remediation Activities on JBCC (pdf) (8.03 MB, August 3, 2022)

Related Scientific Documents: USGS, USACE, & Other

• Updated Calculation of Maximum Allowable Soil Concentrations for the Protection of Groundwater for Lead and Other Compounds Associated with Firearms at the Massachusetts Military Reserve (pdf) (844.86 KB, April 11, 2007)
• Life-Cycle Environmental Assessment (LCEA) Cartridge 5.56mm Ball, M855A1 (pdf) (488.69 KB, April 28, 2010)
• Antimony Migration Trends from a Small Arms Firing Range Compared to Lead, Copper, and Zinc (pdf) (264.8 KB, June 25, 2013)
• Impact Area Groundwater Study Program JBCC Small Arms Ranges Lead and Antimony Batch-Reaction Study ERDC/CRREL TR-19-18 (pdf) (1.36 MB, September 2019)
• Mobility of Lead and Antimony in Shooting Range Soils: Column Leaching Study ERDC/CRREL (pdf) (764.84 KB, February 2021)
• Updated Statement of Work for JBCC Copper Fate & Transport Study (pdf) (327.51 KB, May 27, 2022)
• Draft Final Fate and Transport of Copper at Camp Edwards Small Arms Ranges ERDC/CRREL TR-23-DRAFT (pdf) (2.47 MB, February 2023)
• Use of a Numerical Model to Simulate the Hydrologic System and Transport of Contaminants Near Joint Base Cape Cod, Western Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2018–5139 (pdf) (43.83 MB, 2019)
• Fate & transport of nitroglycerin in the unsaturated zone at active and legacy anti-tank firing positions (pdf) (1.07 MB, September 15, 2012)

Region 1/ORD Technical Analysis

• Mass Analysis of Bullet Components for Bullets to be Used at Proposed MPMGR (xlsx) (33.86 KB)
• EPA Office of Research and Development Baseline Analysis of COCs at KD Range East (pdf) (208.99 KB)
• EPA Office of Research and Development Memorandum on Draft Final Fate and Transport of Copper at Camp Edwards Small Arms Ranges (pdf) (158 KB, March 6, 2023)

EMC Correspondence & Supporting Documents

• Environmental Performance Standards April 2017 (pdf) (76.2 KB, April 6, 2017)
• Range Development Process Under MA Environmental Management Commission (pdf) (224.73 KB, September 10, 2021)
• Barnstable Regional Commissioners Letter to EMC Regarding Proposed MPMGR (pdf) (836.04 KB, September 15, 2021)
• Types of Ammunition Used at Camp Edwards and Proposed MPMGR (pdf) (1.28 MB, May 24, 2022)

EPA/MAARNG Correspondence & Supporting Documents

• August 2021 EPA Notification of SSA Review Letter to MAARNG (pdf) (118.71 KB, August 23, 2021)
• September 2021 MAARNG EPA Initial Correspondence (pdf) (122.49 KB, September 10, 2021)
• MAARNG MPMGR Phase 1 Site Plan & Impact Berm Details (pdf) (5.63 MB)
• MPMGR Post Construction Stormwater Management Plan (pdf) (13.89 MB, February 10, 2020)
• October 2021 EPA Preliminary Questions and Info Requests for MPMGR SSA Review & MAARNG Response (pdf) (375.67 KB, October 15, 2021)
• November 2021-March 2022 EPA Additional Questions for SSA Review & MAARNG Response (pdf) (51.5 MB, March 22, 2022)
• April 2022 EPA Questions about Monitoring Plan and Scope of Work for Copper Study & MAARNG Response (pdf) (127.51 KB, April 2022)
• May 2022 MAARNG Monitoring Plan and Updated Scope of Work for Copper Study (pdf) (438.21 KB, May 26, 2022)
• Draft Operations, Maintenance, and Monitoring Plan for the MPMG Range (pdf) (5.71 MB, January 15, 2021)
• EPA Comments on Draft MPMGR Monitoring Plan (pdf) (123.87 KB, July 1, 2022)
• June 2022 EPA Additional Questions about Copper Study Literature Review (pdf) (1.24 MB, June 2022)
• June 2022 MAARNG MIDAS Bullet Info (pdf) (794.62 KB, June 23, 2022)
• 5.56 Enhanced Performance Round M855A1 Detailed Structure (pdf) (218.12 KB, October 6, 2021)
• September 2022 EPA Comments on MAARNG Copper Study Literature Review (pdf) (10.28 MB, September 7, 2022)
• October 2022 EPA, MassDEP, MAARNG Meeting (pdf) (231.5 KB, October 5, 2022)
• Oct-Nov 2022 EPA Questions & Info Requests Following October 2022 MPMGR Meeting & MAARNG Responses (pdf) (1.02 MB, November 15, 2022)
• November 2022 MAARNG Responses to EPA Technical Questions on KD Range (pdf) (144.93 KB, November 2, 2022)
• January 2023 MAARNG Letter to EPA Regarding Pending MPMGR Sole Source Aquifer Determination (pdf) (4.1 MB, January 26, 2023)