2011 Scientific Peer Review of PG&E's 2007 Groundwater Background Study Report
In response to public comments and Lahontan Water Board direction, PG&E's Groundwater Background Study Report, Hinkley Compressor Station, Hinkley, California (called the 2007 Background Study Report) was submitted for scientific peer review in August 2011. Lahontan Water Board staff transmitted a formal request to the State Water Board in May 2011 to initiate the selection of appropriate reviewers through the California Environmental Protection Agency's scientific peer review program. More information on the Cal/EPA peer review process is available on the State Water Board's Website.
Results of statistical analysis of data subsets from PG&E's 2007 Background Study Report. Supporting materials can be downloaded here:
Information on 2011 Peer Review of PG&E’s 2007 Background Study discussed on March 15, 2012 at the Water Board meeting in Barstow. Supporting materials can be downloaded here:
- Summary Sheet
- Enclosure 1 - Staff Report on Peer Review of 2007 Background Study
- Appendix 1 - Copies of Peer Review Comment Letters
- Appendix 2 - Technical Reviews of Laboratory Quality Control Issues
- Enclosure 2 - Public comment letter regarding Background Study
- Enclosure 3 - Proposed Work Plan for Evaluation of Background Chromium in the Upper Aquifer of the Hinkley Valley. Prepared for PG&E by Stantec, Inc., dated February 22, 2012.
Peer Review Request for Reviewers, and Approvals
Document to be Peer Reviewed
Lahontan Regional Water Board Website for PG&E Hinkley Chromium Cleanup:
Staff Contacts: Amanda Lopez phone (760) 241-7373 e-mail Amanda.lopez@waterboards.ca.gov; Lisa Dernbach (telephone 530-542-5424)
