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VA to acquire additional copies of the FEIS if necessary. The contractor
shall submit to VA all bibliographies and appendices which were
developed as analysis or background information for the preparation of
the EIS.
4. The contractor shall submit a draft Record of Decision within 10 days
of distribution of the FEIS.
C. ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES/INITIAL SITE INVESTIGATION
1. The Initial Site Investigation will gather information about
environmental issues and site data on the alternative sites. This data,
if prepared by VA, will be given to the contractor at the initial
project meeting and may reveal other environmental issues for possible
study. Otherwise, the contractor is responsible for accomplishing the
following and incorporating the data into
the EIS document.
2. The contractor shall gather information necessary for compliance with
the Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, Title 36 CFR 800,
"Procedure for the Protection of Historic and Cultural Properties" and
the Historic and Archaeological Preservation Act of 1974. See attachment
A.
3. The contractor shall gather information necessary to identify the
presence of any hazardous substance that may be on or affecting the
alternative sites. If hazardous substances are found, the extent of
contamination and required mitigation must be identified. This hazardous
waste site investigation by the contractor must, at minimum level,
include screening sites through:
a. The Environmental Protection Agency's Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Information System (CERCLIS)
and the state's Hazardous Waste Site Inventory that was created by
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA)), subtitle
C, Section 3012.
b. Research of available records to determine past owners and uses
of the sites and an evaluation of that information for the potential
presence of hazardous wastes on the sites.
c. A visual inspection of the properties.
4. The contractor shall request VA approval before conducting any
subsurface investigation. An equitable adjustment to the contract price
will be made for any such authorized investigation.
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