A private client of Braun Intertec / W&M received certification from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for a Municipal Setting Designation (MSD) to restrict groundwater use at a retail property located in Grapevine, TX.
Braun Intertec / W&M worked with a local real estate developer, John T. Evans and attorney, C. Bishop Law to cleanup and close a contaminated property in Grapevine, Texas. The Site was contaminated with volatile organic compounds (VOCs) including several chlorinated compounds in the groundwater and to a lesser extent soil. The Site was entered into the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s (TCEQ) Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP) and the remedy for the chemicals of concern (COCs) above the Texas Risk Reduction Program (TRRP) Protective Concentration Levels (PCLs) was a Municipal Setting Designation (MSD) from the City of Grapevine. Braun Intertec / W&M worked with the City of Grapevine to obtain the MSD certification and then submitted the MSD to the TCEQ. Following approval of the MSD from the TCEQ, Braun Intertec / W&M completed the Affected Property Assessment Report (APAR) for the VCP. The TCEQ approved the APAR and the Site was subsequently granted closure from TCEQ with no physical remediation. The Final Certificate of Completion was issued by the TCEQ and the Site is closed. The approval of the MSD in conjuction with application to the VCP was very successful in the development of this contaminated property in a rapidly developing urban location. For more information on the use of MSDs/VCPs on similar projects, contact Frank W. Clark, P.E., P.G., CAPM.