Dutra Dredging Company
Department of the Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District Construction Service Branch Bay Model Building 2100 Bridgeway Avenue Sausalito, CA 94965
Attn: Mr. Leonard SooHoo, P.E., Administrative Contracting Officer
Ref: Contract No. DACW 07-95-C-0003
Subj: Environmental Concerns, Galbraith Disposal Area Turning Basin, Todd & Schnitzer Wings
Dear Mr. SooHoo;
At our schedule presentation meeting on December 13, 1996, we identified a time period beginning immediately after the first of the year to start development of a work plan for the completion of dredging As a first step in the preparation of a plan for the completion of contract work at Todd, Schnitzer and Galbraith, the following prerequisites are essential: 1. Testing should be undertaken at Galbraith to assure that contaminants have not been introduced into the Galbraith Disposal Area. 2. Testing should be undertaken in the Todd & Schnitzer Wings of the Turning Basin and in IC-1C to determine whether or not storage of dredge spoils from those areas can safely be resumed at the Galbraith Disposal Area. Results of tests by the Port, Dutra and the Corps should be shared by all three parties. Leonard SooHoo December 20, 1996 Page 2 3. A group should be assembled which would include the Corps, the Port of Oakland, Dutra, environmental consultants and representatives of our insurance and bonding companies. This group would sort through and evaluate actual and potential hazards and establish a detailed work plan. The Contractor's bid did not contemplate the handling or disposal of toxic or hazardous material and, because of the sensitivity of this subject with the Port, the regulators and our surety and insurers, the procedure implemented by the Corps for completing ths work must be by concensus with all concerned. Given the importance and complexity of this subject, we solicit the Corps' assistance in setting a time and place and in organizing for the commencement of the work plan formation. Sincerely, DUTRA DREDGING COMPANY
Mr. Robert D. Johnston
President