vvEPA
 United States
 Environmental Protection
 Agency New England
 2006
Remediation and Restoration
 Annual Report
        A status report on the New England

        Waste Cleanup and Revitalization Programs.

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U S EPA New England United States
Environmental Protection
Table of Contents # Agency New England
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction 1
Overview 2
Land Revitalization 6
National Priorities List 8
Sites of Special Interest 1 4
Watch list 1 5
Emergency Planning & Response Program 1 6
Brownfields 19
RCRA Corrective Action 25
Underground Storage Tank 26
Map 28
(cover photo) Wetland area on the Troy Mills Superfund Site in Troy, NH

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U S EPA New England United States
Environmental Protection
Introduction # Agency New England
WELCOME TO EPA NEW ENGLAND
‘ The New England office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is dedicated to protecting all New England-
ers from environmental health threats while also preserving and protecting our unique environmental resources.
This annual report details the 2006 programmatic accomplishments of EPA New England’s Office of Site Remediation
and Restoration. The Office of Site Remediation and Restoration focuses on the restoration and revitalization of
I contaminated properties through the Superfund, Brownfields, RCRA Corrective Action and Underground Storage
1 Tanks programs. Each of these programs shares the common goal of protecting human health while restonng
contaminated properties to economic and environmental vitality In addition, the Office of Site Rernediation and
Restoration is prepared to handle a broad spectrum of environmental emergencies, ranging from those posed by
chemical or oil spills to those presented by potential acts of terrorism or natural disasters.
EPA’s Land Revitalization Initiative seeks to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of our cleanup
programs by promoting an interchange of ideas and finding opportunities for working collaboratively.
A fundamental tenet of the Land Revitalization Initiative is that cleanup and reuse are mutually supportive goals
and that consideration of the anticipated property reuse should be an integral part of EPA’s cleanup decisions. Because land use is
generally determined at the local level, EPA New England has been working in partnership with municipal governments, community
members, property owners, responsible parties and other key stakeholders to implement cleanups that are allowing formerly unproduc-
tive properties to be safely returned to sustainable and beneficial uses. In the Superfund program for example, more than half of the
NPL sites in New England where remedy construction is complete are in reuse. This annual report highlights some of our success in
land revitalization throughout New England.
The Superfund program directs the clean up of National Priorities List (NPI) sites as well as the clean up of smaller, often less complex,
sites that pose a significant risk to people or the environment. Our New England Superfund program remains vital and boasts strong
successes. In cooperation with our state counterparts, EPA New England has completed cleanup or has cleanup activities underway at 80
percent of New England’s 115 NPL sites. In 2006, EPA New England deleted the Army Materials Technology Laboratory site in Watertown,
Massachusetts from the NPL after it was determined that all appropriate cleanup and response activities had been completed. This deletion
brings to 12 the total number of sites in New England that have been formally removed from the NPL. EPA New England continues to
evaluate sites for possible inclusion on the NPL. In 2006, the Olin Chemical site in Wilmington, Massachusetts was added to the NPL. Our
Superfund removal program expended nearly $11 million dollars to complete 13 removal actions across New England in 2006. Through
an aggressive regional program to recoup federal expenses at Superfund sites or to have responsible parties pay for cleanup, we have
restored $2.2 billion to the Superfund Trust Fund since inCeption of the program. For detailed information about EPA New England’s efforts
in the Superfund prop-am, including detailed descriptions on each NPL site in New England, please visit www.epa.gov/ne/superfund.
EPA New England’s ability to respond to catastrophic incidents that may be caused by natural disasters or acts of terrorism remains a
regional priority. As of the end of 2006, 255 EPA New England personnel have completed Incident Command System training,
including 124 staff members that have completed advanced level training. Our staff participated in extensive training and numerous
exercises with our local, state and federal response partners throughout 2006. During the first half of 2006, EPA New England
continued to provide critical support to the Gulf region by deploying a significant number of staff and contractor resources to assist in
the massive EPA response effort in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Drawing on that experience, we worked closely with our
New England state counterparts throughout 2006 developing debris management plans and overall hurricane response prepared-
ness. EPA New England conducted several emergency response actions during 2006, highlighted by our response to the massive
explosion and fire at a paint manufacturing facility in Danvers, Massachusetts. Within hours of the explosion, EPA New England
personnel were conducting extensive air monitoring and sampling to ensure the safety of first responders and the nearby community.
Once the fire was extinguished, EPA New England quickly worked on stabilizing the site by securing hundreds of drums and containers,
removing chemicals from three underground storage tanks and shipping all contaminated materials from the site. Throughout the
operation, we conducted air sampling to ensure returning residents were not being exposed to contamination. For further information
on EPA New England’s oil and chemical emergency response programs, visit www.epa.gov/ne/superfund/er/erindex.htm.
The success EPA New England’s Brownfields program has resulted in many underused or unused real estate parcels being redeveloped
and once again contributing to the local economy in taxes and jobs. Since the inception of the Browntields program, EPA New England
has distributed more than $132 million to hundreds of communities, states, agencies, and non-profit organizations across the region. In
2006, EPA New England’s Browntields program awarded 58 grants across the region worth a total of $18.5 million. This included two new
Job Training grants, one to The AkjrkPlace, Inc. for Stamford, Connecticut and one to JFY NetWorks, Inc. in Boston, Massachusetts. In
November2006, the Brownfielcis 2006 conference was held in Boston. Brownfields 2006 brought over 5,000 people to Boston to highlight
opportunities and progress in the Brownflelds arena. For more information on EPA New England’s Brownfields activities, we encourage
you to visit our Brownfields website to read case studies of redevelopment projects across the region, www.epa.gov/ne/Brownfields.
We look forward to another year of working with our Congressional delegation, states, tribes, the public and others to promote a cleaner,
healthier and more productive New England environment. Please visit EPA’s Internet web pages at www.epa.gov/regionl to find a
wealth of useful, updated information about the work that EPA New England performs. Thank you for your strong support of these
important programs.
RobertW. mey
Regional Administrator
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Overview
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U.S. EPA New England
Overview
Environmental Protection
EPA United States
Agency New England
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Overview
RHODE ISLAND
Number of National Priorities List Sites
65
in each phase of the Superfund Process
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40 -
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Assessment Complete**
not Begun*
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U.S. EPA New England
Overview Environmental Protection
Agency New England
SUPERFUND SITE CLEANUP STATUS SUMMARY
Remedial Study Remedy Construction Construction Deleted
Assessment Underway Selected; Design Underway Complete from NPL
not Begun Underway
CONNECTICUT
Brood Brook Mill”
Precision Plating
Scovill landfill
Durham Meadow
N London Sub
Old Southington ’
Rayrnark
SRS
linemaster 5w
Beacon Heights
Gallups Quarry
Kellogg.Deenng
Laurel Park
Cheshire GWoter
Nutmeg Volley Rd
Revere Textile
Yaworski Lagoon
Borkhamsted
M.ASSACHUSE1TS
Haverhill Landfill
Olin Chemical
Blockburn&tJnion
Nuclear Metals
Sutton Brook
Naval Weapons
Shpack Landfill
Hoth & Pattersos
Atlas Tack
Notick Army Lab
Fort Devens
Hanscom AFB
Industriplex
Iran Horse Park
S Weyniouth NAS
New Bedford
Nlyanza
Otis ANG Base
Silresini
WR Groce/Acton
Wells G&H
GE Housatonic”
Baird & McGuire
Cannon Eng
Charles George LF
Grovelond Wells
Hocomonco Pond
Norwood PCBs
PSC Resources
Re-Solve, Inc
Rose Disposal Pit
Sullivan’s Ledge
Army Mails Tech
Devens-Sudbury Ann
Plymouth Harbor
Salem Acres
MAINE
Callahan Mine
West Site/Rows Cor
Portsmouth NSY
Brunswick NAS
Eastland Woolen
Eastern Surplus
Loring AFB
McKin Co
O’Connor Co
Soco Municipal IF
Union Chemical
Winthrop Landfill
Pinette’s Salvage
Soco Tannery
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Mohawk Tannery”
Chlor-Alkali
Auburn Rood LF
Coakley Landfill
Kearsarge Metallurg
Keefe Enviro
Mottolo Pig Farm
N H Plating
Pease AFB
Savage Muni
South Muni Well
Sylvester
Tibbeyts Road
Tinkhom Garage
Town Gorage/
Radio Beac
Troy Mills Landfill
Somersworth IF
RHODE ISLAND
Centredole Manor
Rose Hill Landfill
Davis Liquid
Dovisville NCBC
Newport NETC
Peterson/Puritan
W Kingstorm/URI
Central Landfill
Landfill & Res Rec
Picillo Farm
Stamina Mills
Western Sand & Gruvel
Davis GSR Landfill
Commerce Plume
Bennington Landfill
BFI landfill
Burgess Bros IF
Pine Street Canal
Pownal Tannery
Old Springfield LF
Parker Landfill
Darling Hill Dump
Tansitor Electronics
Beede Waste Oil Fletcher’s Point
Dover Landfill Ottati & Gass
VERMONT
Ely Copper Mine Elizabeth Mine
Pike Hill
A proposed NPL site
* In negotiations with responsible parties
Note Statistics represent most-advanced Operable Unit at each site, additional activities may be ongoing at these sites
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Land Revitalization
LAND REVITALIZATION
Most people associate the reuse of contaminated properties with the Brownfields Program, but
similar efforts are also occurring within the other land cleanup programs:Superfund, RCRA
Corrective Action, and UST. Although the goal is the same — to restore contaminated proper-
ties to economic and environmental vitality — each program must often work from a unique set
of rules to achieve the desired results.
EPA’S national Land Revitalization Initiative, established September 2004, seeks to
enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of these various cleanup programs by promoting
an interchange of ideas and finding opportunities for working collaboratively. Whether
a property is a Superfund site, an operating RCRA facility, a former gas station, or an abandoned
industrial facility, there are common challenges confronting revitalization efforts that can clearly
benefit from a coordinated and comprehensive
approach.This is being achieved by:
• Developing a consistent set of cross-program
revitalization measures
• Promoting collaboration among EPA programs and
external partners
• Developing effective tools that address barriers to land
revitalization
• Providing land revitalization training
• Conducting public outreach
For more information on EPA’s national
Land Revitalization initiative, please visit:
www.epa .gov/Iandrevitalization.
A fundamental tenet of the Land Revitalization
Initiative is that cleanup and reuse are mutually
supportive goals and that consideration of the
anticipated property reuse should be an integral
part of EPA’s cleanup decisions. Because land use
is generally determined at the local level, EPA has
been working in partnership with municipal
governments, community members, property
owners, responsible parties and other key stake-
holders to implement cleanups that enable
formerly unproductive properties to be safely
returned to sustainable and beneficial uses.
“EPA’s cleanup programs Stakeholder Engagement
have set a national goal
for returning formerly
contaminated sites to
long-term, sustainable,
and productive uses.”
— 2003-2008 EPA Strategic Plan
RHODE ISLAND
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U.S. EPA New England
Land Revitalization
Environmental Protection
EpA United States
Agency New England
Brownfields
Railroad Row, Hartford,
Vermont — The historic, yet di-
lapidated, Twin State Fruit ware-
house property in Hartford, Ver-
mont underwent an economic
and environmental recovery that
started with a $200,000 EPA
Brownfields Assessment Grant
awarded to the Two Rivers-
Ottauquechee Regional Com-
mission.
RCRA Corrective
Action
Gilbert & Bennett, Reading
(Georgetown), Connecticut
- The bankrupt and abandoned
Gilbert & Bennett manufacturing
facility will soon see new life as a
pedestrian-friendly, environmen-
tally-responsible village center
with 416 planned residential units,
over 300,000 square feet of com-
mercial space, a performing arts
center, and a host of other ameni-
ties. The project has received nu-
merous accolades, including
EPA ’s 2004 National Award for
Smart Growth Achievement
(Small Communities).
Federal Facilities
Pease Air Force Base,
Portsmouth, New Hamp-
shire - As part of the compre-
hensive redevelopment plan for
the Former Pease Air Force Base
in New Hampshire, the runway,
taxiway, and aviation support fa-
cilities have been refurbished and
upgraded to support new passen-
ger and cargo air operations.
- w- -
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SI — —
Superfund
Saco Tannery Superfund site, Saco,
Maine — To partially compensate for the per-
manent loss of wetlands at the Superfund site,
247 acres of rare wildlife habitat were acquired
and transferred to the Nature Conservancy, which
now manages it as a publicly-accessible sanc-
tuary and nature-viewing area.
UST
(Former) Whitney Screw site, Nashua,
New Hampshire — The UST Program supports
states, territories and other partners in the cleanup
and reuse of properties contaminated by petro-
leum releases from USTs and works to better inte-
grate eligible petroleum brownfields into ongoing
restoration/revitalization activities. The Whitney
Screw property has been sold and developed into
a mixture of retail and warehouse uses.
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National Priorities List Sites
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Summary of Superfund Status—New England
EPA has worked aggressively to clean up hazardous waste problems in
New England In cooperation with our state counterparts, final cleanup
activities are completed, underway, or in design at most of New England’s
115 NPL sites
• 80% of New England Superfund sites (proposed, final, and deleted)
on the National Priorities List - 92 of 115 sites - have undergone or
are undergoing cleanup construction.
• 65 sites have all cleanup construction completed, 27 sites have
cleanup construction underway.
• 12 New England sites have been deleted from the NPL.
• EPA has helped promote economic development by removing 1,781
sites in New England from the CERCLIS list of waste sites.
• The Superfund program has spent over $1 .8 billion in New
England to cleanup Superfund National Priorities List sites
• EPA has spent over $274 million on site assessment, investigation,
and cleanup at non- National Priorities List sites in New England.
• EPA, with the cooperation of the U S Department of Justice,
continues to ensure that companies responsible for contamination at
sites pay their fair share of cleanup costs Since the inception of the
program, responsible party commitments to cleanups in New
England. via direct payments to the Superfund Trust Fund or via
funding of studies and cleanup work, exceeds $2.2 billion
Source EPA New England. December 2006
Cumulative Federal Superfund Dollars Expended at
National Priorities List Sites in New England (1 980-2006)
CT. $225 million
MA $1 billion
ME $164 million
NH: $247 million
RI $113 million I
$85 million
NEW ENGLAND TOTALS:
$1,834,000,000
Source EPA New England. December 2006
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U S EPA New England United States
Environmental Protection
National Priorities List Sites AgencyNewEngiand
2006 Superfund Fast Facts—Rhode Island
EPA has worked aggressively to ciean up hazardous waste problems in
Rhode Island In cooperation with the Rhode Island Department of
Environmental Management, final cleanup activities are completed,
underway, or in design at most of Rhode Island’s 13 NPL sites.
• 92% oF Rhode Island’s Superfund sites on the National Priorities List -
12 of 13 sites - have undergone or are undergoing cleanup
construction, or are in final design
• 6 Superfund sites have all cleanup construction completed, 6
Superfund sites have cleanup construction underway
• 1 Superfund site has been deleted from the National Priorities List,
Davis (GSR) Landfill in Smithfield
• Region 1 has helped promote economic redevelopment by removing
172 Rhode Island sites from the CERCLIS waste list
• The Superfund Program has spent over $1 13 million in Rhode Island
to clean up Superfund National Priorities List sites
• EPA has spent over $1 7 million on site assessment, investigation
and cleanup at non-National Priority List sites in Rhode Island
• EPA, with the cooperation of the U.S Department of Justice,
continues to ensure that companies responsible for contamination at
sites pay their fair share of cleanup costs. Since the inception of the
program, responsible party commitments to cleanups in Rhode
Island, via direct payments to the Superfund Trust Fund or via
funding of studies and cleanup work, exceeds $183 million
Source EPA New England, December 2006
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National Priorities List Sites
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Burril lvii le
Western Sand and Gravel
for more information on this project, see: www epa.gov/ne/superfund/sites/wsg
NPL Status: Listed in 1983
Cleanup Status. All Construction Completed in 1993
t Superfund $$ Spent. $4.6 million
Coventry
Picillo Farm
for more information on this project, see: www epa .gov/ne/superfund/sites/picillo
r NPL Status: Listed in 1983
Cleanup Status. All Construction Completed in 2003
( Superfund $$ Spent $15 2 million
Cumberiand and Lincoln
Peterson/Puritan
formore information on this project, see: www epa gov/ne/superfund/sites/peterson
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NPL Status Listed in 1983
Cleanup Status.
Primary Source Area Construction Complete
JM Mills Landfill. Study Underway
Superfund $$ Spent: $10.7 million
Johnston
Central Landfill
for more information on this projec1 see. www epa gov/ne/superfund/sites/central
C NPL Status: Listed in 1986
I Cleanup Status. All Construction Complete in 2006
L SuperIund $$ Spent $4.5 million
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U.S. EPA New England United States
Environmental Protection
National Priorities List Sites Agency New England
Newport, Middletown, Portsmouth, and Jamestown
Newport Naval Education/Training Center
for more information on this project, see www epa gov/ne/superfund/sites/netc
r NPL Status Listed iii 1989
I Cleanup Status. Study and ConstructIon Underway
Superfund $$ Spent $2 5 million
North Kingstown
Davisville Naval Construction Battalion Center
for more information on this project, see www epa gov/ne/superfund/sites/ncbc
NPL Status Listed in 1989
Cieanup Status Study and ConstructIon Underway
Superfund $$ Spent $3.4 miliion
North Providence
Centredale Manor Restoration Project
for more information on this project, see www epa gov/ne/superfund/sites/
centredale
NPL Status Listed in 2000
Cleanup Status Study Underway, Removal Activities
Superfund $$ Spent $15 4 million
North Smithfield
Landfill and Resource Recovery, Inc.
for more informalion on this project, see www epa gov/ne/superfund/sites/i&rr
NPL Status’ Listed in 1983
Cleanup Status All Construction Completed in 1997
Superfund $$ Spent $4 3 million
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National Priorities List Sites
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Stamina Mills
for more information on this project, see www epa .gov/ne/superfund/sites/stamina
I NPLStatus:Iisteciinl983
Cleanup Status All Construction Completed in 2000
Superfund$$Spent $56milhion
Smithfield
Davis Liquid Waste
for more information on this project, see: www epa gov/ne/superfund/sites/
davisliquid
NPL Status: listed in 1983
Cleanup Status:
Waterline: Construction Complete
Soil Treatment Construction Complete
I Groundwater: Remedy Selected; Design Underway
Superfund $$ Spent: $27.3 million
Davis GSR Landfill
for more information on this project, see: w epa gov/ne/supertund/sitesfdavisgsr
NPL Status Deleted in 1999
Cleanup Status. All Construction Completed in 1997
_ uperfund $$ Spent: $4.2 million
South Kingstown
Rose Hill Regional Landfill
for more information on (his project, see www epa.gov/ne/superfund/sites/rosehill
NPL Status: Listed in 1989
I Cleanup Status: Remedy Selected, Construction Underway
L__Superlund $$ Spent: $14.2 million J
West Kingston Town Dump/URI
for more information on this project, see: www.epa gov/ne/superfund/sites/
wkingston
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NPL Status: Listed in 1992
Cleanup Status: Construction Underway
Superlund $$ Spent $756,000
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U.S. EPA New England -
National Priorities List Sites I
Environmental Protection
Agency New England
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Sites of Special Interest
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ROSE HILL REGIONAL LANDFILL
South Kingstown, Rhode Island
The Rose Hill Regional Landfill site is located in the town of South Kingstown. The town leased the
land as a domestic and industrial waste disposal facility, which operated from 1967 to 1983. Three
separate areas on and/or near the site received waste including a solid waste landfill, a bulky waste
disposal area, and a sewage sludge landfill. An estimated 17,300 people obtain water from wells
located within three miles of the site. The area is both
rural and residential. The site is bordered by the
Saugatucket River to the east, while Mitchell Brook
flows through the site.
On site groundwater monitoring wells contain several
volatile organic compounds (VOCs) including 1,1-
dichloroethane, chloroethane, vinyl chloride, benzene,
and xylenes as well as some heavy metals Visual
observations indicate that nearby surface water bod- ‘
ies are impacted by contaminated run-off from the
site. Landfill gases have been found migrating later-
ally off site in the vicinity of residential properties.
Current Site Status and
Cleanup Actions to Date
A settlement with the towns of Narragansett and South
Kingstown and the state of Rhode Island was corn
pleted in 2002. The state elected to take the lead on
cleanup of the site with EPA oversight. The Rhode Is-
land Department of Environmental Management manages the site through cooperative agreements
with EPA.
EPA and the state have included in the remedial design an innovative solution for use of the adjacent
sewage sludge soils for blending with virgin soils as the final cover material to promote vegetation
over the cap. The result is expected to provide an added environmental benefit of improving local
surface water conditions by reducing ammonia and nitrate infiltration to the Saugatucket River. In
addition, the towns of South Kingstown and Narragansett completed a beneficial reuse plan which
was incorporated into the design and the construction.
Construction began in April 2005 and includes consolidation of the bulky waste area onto the solid
waste area along with shaping the landfill prior to capping and the construction of the cap over the
newly consolidated landfill. Construction activities are expected to be complete by the spring of 2008.
More information on this site is available at: www.epa.gov/ne/superfund/sites/rosehill
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U.S. EPA New England
Watch List
Environmental Protection
EpA United States
Agency New England
RHODE ISLAND WATCH LIST
January 2007
Sites included on the “Watch List” are those that both the state and EPA Site Assessment pro-
grams agree merit increased state-federal coordination and oversight. These sites are a small
subset of the several thousand “active” sites included in the EPA New England and New En-
gland state inventories of known and suspected hazardous waste disposal sites Criteria for
including sites on the Watch List are loosely defined In general, the Watch List includes sites that
warrant special monitoring because they are strong National Priorities List (NPL) candidates, are
the subject of considerable public interest, are particularly large and/or complex, are requiring
significant agency or state resource expenditures, or are state-lead sites that may be referred to
EPA in the future Watch List sites may be, but are not necessarily, listed in the federal CERCLIS
inventory Sites may be added or dropped if their status changes
The purpose of the Watch List is to facilitate rapid information exchange between the states and
EPA regarding the current status of these high profile sites, and to ensure agencies are kept
abreast of key site issues Agencies have agreed to share site information and to revise the status
of sites as needed At a minimum, however, the entire list will be reviewed and revised as
appropriate annually
Sites on the Watchlist are listed below For a more detailed description of current activities at
these sites, please contact Meghan Cassidy, EPA Chief, Technical Support and Site Assessment
at (617)918-1387
Site CityfFown CERCLIS ID #
Scituate
Coventry
Providence
Johnston
North Smithfield
Danielson Pike Groundwater! Scitucrte R 1D9874 72725
Chase Paint-Riccardi Nursing Home
R&R Jewelry R 1D063890727
Coventry Municipal Landfill RID98O734 64
Lancashire Street Disposal Area R 1D987493244
M EarlAdamsCo R 1D 0 012 04627
Former North Smithfield R1D981 064843
Nike Control Site
liverton - Boy Street Contaminated Tiverton Not in CERCLIS
Soils Site
Boulter Farms Area CumL,erlond R1D980672620
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Emergency Planning & Response Program
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EPA
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REGION 1
EMERGENCY PLANNING AND
RESPONSE PROGRAM
EPA New England’s Emergency Planning and Response
Program prepares for, and responds to oil and chemical spills
to the environment, and supports and supplements local, state,
and private parties’ efforts to address emergencies.
EPA also oversees short-term cleanups across New England.
Short-term cleanups, called “removal actions,” reduce immediate
threats to public health and the environment at sites that are typically
less complex to clean up than sites on the National Priorities List.
Short term cleanups may take anywhere from a few days to a few years to complete, depending
on the type and extent of contamination.
EPA may need to respond within hours to perform an emergency removal action when hazard-
ous or toxic chemicals or oil are released into the environment causing potential health or
environmental risks.
Time critical actions are those cleanups where, based on an evaluation of the site, EPA
determines that on site cleanup activities must be initiated within six months of determining that
a short term cleanup is appropriate. For time critical actions, EPA conducts an investigation of
the contamination and produces an “action memorandum” authorizing and outlining the cleanup
process before beginning work,
Examples of the types of situations where EPA may need to respond immediately include indus-
trial fires, explosions, or imminent, catastrophic contamination of a drinking water supply. [ PA
conducted several emergency response actions during 2006, highlighted by the massive explo-
sion and fire at a paint manufacturing facility in Danvers, Massachu-
setts. Within hours of the explosion, EPA personnel were conducting
extensive air monitoring and sampling to ensure that evacuation zone
was large enough and that firefighters and personnel investigating the
cause of the explosion were wearing the appropriate level of respiratory
protection. Once the initial criminal investigation was concluded, the
EPA response team quickly stabilized the site by securing hundreds of
drums and containers, removing chemicals
from three underground storage tanks, re-
moving metal debris, and shipping off all
contaminated materials from the site.
Throughout the operation, EPA conducted air
sampling to ensure returning residents were
not being exposed to any contaminants. The
following charts show the funds spent at each
of the short term cleanup sites that EPA
worked on in New England in calendar year
2006.
Also, EPA prepares for and responds to catastrophic incidents that may be caused by natural
disasters or acts of terrorism by participating in numerous training and exercises with our local,
state and federal response partners. During the first half of 2006, we deployed significant num-
bers of personnel and contractor resources to Louisiana to assist in the huge EPA response to the
aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Drawing on that experience, we worked closely with
our New England state counterparts throughout 2006 on developing debris management plans
and overall hurricane response preparedness.
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05/25/2006
06/20/2006
1 2/07/2006
09/1 9/2006
04/11/2006
$1,770,762
$2,996,604
$ 44,988
$ 5,840
$ 394,799
Massachusetts
Leavens Awards
Cabin Realty Trust
John J Riley
Whitman Cistern
Attleboro
Ta unton
Wobu rn
Whitman
1 2/20/2005
0 1/20/2006
11/15/2006
06/28/2006
$ 172,323
$ 250,887
$ 11,557
$ 800,478
New Hampshire
Si Catherine Street Tannery Waste Penacook
07/1 0/2 006
Rhode Island
Centredole Manor
Restoration Pro 1 ect
Hartford Avenue Gravel Pits
North Providence
Johnston
05/1 5/2006
1 0/24/2006
Vermont
St Albans Gas and Light
St Albans
09/1 2/2006
U.S. EPA New England 1_pAunited states
Environmental Protection
Emergency Planning & Response Program Agency New England
SITES WITH CLEANUP ACTIVITIES COMPLETED IN 2006
Site Name City Date CERCLA
Completed Funds Expended
Connecticut
lnterRoyal (Removal 4)
Somers Plating
East Main Street Disposal Area
Maine
Camden Yarns
New Franklin Laundry
Plo infield
Somers
Bra nfo rd
Lewiston
Bangor
$ 322,641
$2,883,251
$ 77,905
$1,248,563
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Emergency Planning & Response Program
SITES WITH ONGOING CLEANUP ACTIVITY
Site Name Cily Date CERCLA
Started Funds Expended
Connecticut
None
Maine
A C Lawrence
Erb Junkyard
Massachusetts
Baidwinville Residential Properties
Danversport Explosion
Sherman Avenue
Parcel 6A
Wells G & H
Zimble Drum
South Paris
Perry
Boldwinville
Danvers
Seekonk
Taunton
Woburn
N orwood
08/1 4/2006
1 0/1 9/2006
08/1 6/2004
11/27/2006
07/10/2006
1 0/30/2005
03/28/2003
10/16/2002
New Hampshire
Electrosonics/Spofford Place
Chesterfield
11/07/2005
06/02/2005
08/1 7/2 006
$ 4,266,225
$1,196,615
RHODE ISLAND
$ 1,490,161
$ 58,030
$1 1,433,392
$ 132,834
$ 416,148
$ 464,173
$ 82,953
$ 369,573
Rhode Island
Lancashire Street Disposol Area
Vermont
Providence
$1,402,952
Jard Bennington
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U S EPA New England United States
Environmental Protection
Brownfuelds Agency New England
J EPA NEW ENGLAND BROWNFIELDS:
RESTORING RHODE ISLAND
COMMUN Ill ES
Land & Communrty Revitalization Environmental contamination can rob a community of its
fl fl Q A ‘N J ‘ E’ economic potential and its social structure even when
Di’c V’sI N L ) contamination is not severe enough for a Superfund
designation Any amount of contamination—or even the
perception of possible contamination—can prevent the use
of valuable property. Across New England, hundreds of properties are abandoned or underused
because of the lear of environmental contamination, a contamination that may not even exist
And at the same time these sites are left unused, development is consuming valuable open
space elsewhere Although such idle properties, called brownfields, are usually urban ware-
houses or abandoned factories, they can also be found in rural areas When mines are aban-
doned or fields host illegal dumping, the value of the property can plummet
EPA New England’s Brownfields Program provides solutions by helping communities restore value to
these abandoned sites The program focuses on providing grants and services to help communities
assess contamination, plan for new uses, and clean sites to ready them for redevelopment
“The term ‘brownfield site’ means real property, the expansion, redevelopment,
or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence
of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant”
(from The federal Bro wnfields Act 012002)
Summary of Brownfields Program
Originally begun as an EPA initiative in January 1995, the US EPA National Brownfields
Program has since evolved into a collaborative effort involving many federal, state and local
partners In January 2002, the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfielcis Revitalization Act
(“the Brownfields law”) was signed This law expanded potential federal assistance for Brownfields
revitalization, including grants for assessment, cleanup, and job training The law also includes
provisions to establish and enhance state and tribal response programs, which will continue to
play a critical role in the successful cleanup and revitalization of brownfields Below is a
summary of the US EPA Region 1 funding For each of the key Brownlields initiatives.
Summary of EPA Brownfields Funding in Rhode Island (1994-2006)
Program Funding
Assessment Grants $ 2,103,000
Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Grants $ 5,690,000
Cleanup Grants $ 1,800,000
Job Training Grants $ 350,000
EPA Targeted Assessments (TBA) $ 314,21 7
State Brownfields Funding $ 4,943,379
Showcase Communities $ 300,000
Grand Total: $ 15,500,596*
*Fund,ng total current as of December 2006
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Brownilelds
RHODE ISLAND
Assessment Grant Program
The Brownfields Assessment Program consists of grants of up to $200,000 For hazardous sub-
stances and $200,000 for petroleum initially to local, tribal and state governmental entities to
conduct site assessment and related activities at brownfields sites Up to $350000 can be used
per size with a waiver Grantees are selected through a national competition
Recipient Funding
Cranston $ 200,000
Providence $ 450,000
Rhode Island Department of Environmental
Management $ 400,000
Rhode Island Economic Development
Corporation $ 600,000
Warwick $ 150,000
Woonsocket $ 303,000
Total: $ 2,103,000*
Fundirig total current as of December 2006
Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Grant Program
Under this initiative, grants are awarded to eligible local, tribal and state entities to
establish and capitalize revolving loan funds to assist private and public entities in cleaning up
contaminated sites Grants are for up to $1 .000,000 and eligible communities may team
together to establish larger revolving loan funds pools Grantees are selected through a na-
tional competition
Recipient Funding
Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation /
Rhode Island Department of Environmental
Management $ 1 ,700,000
Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation /
City of Providence / City of Pawtucket
$ 3,990,000
Total: $ 5,690,000*
Funding total current as of December 2006
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U.S. EPA New England
Brownfields
Environmental Protection
‘ EPA United States
Agency New England
Cleanup Grant Program
Under this initiative, EPA funds are awarded to eligible local, state, tribal and non-profit
entities to conduct cleanup activities on eligible brownfields properties Grants are for up to
$200,000 per property Entities must own the property at the time of award to be eligible for
funding Grantees are selected through a national competition.
City Site Funding
BumlIville Stillwafer Mill Complex
246 Hamsville Main Street
Providence Former Lincoln Lace and Braid Mill
Parcel 7, 250 Shipyard Street
Parcel 9, Harborside Boulevard
Parcel 10, Harborside Boulevard
Providence Meeting Street National Center of Excellence,
960, 962, 996 and 1000 Eddy Street and
43 Haswell Street
Loutirt Laundry Site, 93 Cranston Street
Providence Commnify Health Centers
Federated Lithographers Building
369 Proine Avenue
Providence Trust for Public Land - 67 Melissa Street
Total:
t Funding total cun nt as of December 2006
55 Ponaganselt Avenue
Providence Johnson and Wales University
Providence
Providence
$ 200,000
$ 200,000
$ 200,000
$ 200,000
$ 200,000
$ 200,000
$ 200,000
$ 200,000
$ 200,000
$ 1,800,000*
Job Training Grant Program
The Brownlields Job Training Program funding is used to train workers in the field of
hazardous waste assessment and remediation To be eligible for these grants, the
applicants must be affiliated with an existing Brownfields-funded grant recipient
Grantees are selected through a national competition
Recipient Funding
Groundworks Providence $ 350,000
Total: $ 350,000*
Funding total current as of December 2006
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Brownfields
RHODE ISLAND
EPA Targeted Brownfields Assessments j
Under this initiative, EPA uses its contractors to conduct brownfields assessments at
sites identified by the local entity as being a high-priority for reuse Brownfields assess-
ments typically involve a review of existing site records, site sampling and preparation
of a preliminary clean-up cost estimate. The information gathered allows local govern-
ment officials and developers to make informed decisions regarding the redevelop-
ment potential of a site.
Recipient Site Approx. Value
of Assessment
Central Falls Spintex Mill, 1461 High Street $ 28,183
Providence Narragansett Landing, AlIens Avenue $ 41,614
Rau Fasteners, 1 02 WestField Stre t $ 11 0,782
______ Save the Bay, 1 00 Bayview Drive] ____$ 1 33,638
Li i __ _______ $314 *
*Funding total current as of December 2006
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U.S. EPA New England United States
w 1 .#J.%Environniental Protection
Brownfields Agency New England
Financial Assistance to State Brownfields Program
EPA also offers funding to directly support state brownfuelds activities including funds
to establish and enhance state brownhields programs (also known as voluntary
cleanup programs), to conduct site specific assessment and cleanup, to develop
revolving loan fund programs and to develop insurance tools Below is a summary
of funding received in Rhode lsland
Program Funding
Rhode Island Department of
Environmental Management $ 4,943,379
State Program Total: $ 4,943,379*
t Fundinq total current as of December 2006
Program
Recipient Site
Cha rlestown
Coventry
Cranston
Glocester
Middlefown
Pawtucket
Bristol Buttonwood Industrial Complex
Burrillville Stillwater Mill Complex,
Clock Tower Building Parcel
Kenton Pierce Landfill
Harris Farm
Park View Recreational Facility
Pawtucket River Farm
Chepachet River Park
Town Center in the Valley
Dr Golf Site
Festival Pier
Privet Street Protect
Providence Former Gorham Property
Olneyville Family Resource Center
Knowles Mill, 5 Railroad Street
Jamiel’s Park and Landfill
Pontiac Enterprises
TH Baylis
Stand up for Animals
Crimpton Mills Railway
West Warwick Senior Center
Consolidated Auto Screen Facility
Lots 165 and 175
Woonsockel Sponging Mill
Richmond
Warren
Warwick
Westerly
West Warwick
Woon socket
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Brownfields
RHODE ISLAND
Showcase Communities
As part of the multi-federal agency Brownfields National Partnership, sixteen communi-
ties were selected to receive Showcase Community designation following a national
competition. The federal partners work with selected communities to, revitalize brownfields
properties EPA generally provided each with a $200,000 Brownt lelds Demonstration
Pilot and assigned an EPA employee to work full time in the designated community for
two years.
City Funding
Providence / State of Rhode Island $300,000
Total: $300,000*
*Funding total current as of December 2006
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US EPA New England United States
Environmental Protection
RCRA # Agency New England
RCRA CORRECTIVE ACTION PROGRAM
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) provides EPA and authorized states
the authority to regulate facilities that treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste (RCRA
facilities). Although RCRA is designed to prevent releases of hazardous waste at RCRA
facilities, accidents or other activities have occasionally caused such releases into soil,
groundwater, surface water and air. The RCRA Corrective Action Program, administered by
EPA or authorized states and territories, compels RCRA facilities to investigate and cleanup
hazardous waste releases In New England, four of the six states are authorized to run the
program, and Massachusetts and Rhode Island are currently working toward authorization
in 2007 RCRA Corrective Action differs from Superfund in that RCRA facilities generally
have viable operators and on-going operations, although some of the sites may be aban-
doned
By the year 2020, EPA and the authorized states plan to have largely completed cleanup of
releases of hazardous wastes at all facilities requiring Corrective Action resulting in reuse
and revitalization of these properties While working toward the 2020 goal. EPA wanted to
ensure that sites presenting the greatest risk to human health and the environment were
addressed first, and developed what is called the “2008 baseline” of facilities in each state
Remediation of the highest-priority sites involves numerous steps and often takes years to
complete Interim goals allow EPA to measure performance and facilitate reuse and revital-
ization of these sites In this regard, the EPA RCRA Corrective Action Program developed
two Environmental Indicators (Els)
Human Exposure El
The Human Exposures El ensures that people near a particular site are not
currently exposed to unacceptable levels of contaminant risk under current land
and groundwater use conditions
Groundwater El
The Groundwater El ensures that the migration of contaminated groundwater has
stabilized and does not spread and further contaminate groundwater resources
As a result of EPA efforts to achieve the Els at facilities, as of today the Els have been
achieved at the majority of the highest-priority Corrective Action sites in New England
Building on the success of the Els and collaborative partnerships with stakeholders, the
Corrective Action Program prioritized its focus in 2006 to the substantive cleanup and
revitalization work that will result in final dispositions of these facilities Similar to the Superfund
program then, the RCRA Corrective Action Program is measuring its remedy and “con-
struction completion” accomplishments, which translate into reuse and revitalization of
these facilities and communities
New England Universe and Status of RCRA Corrective Action Sites
State 2008 Human Groundwater Final Construction 2020
Baseline Exposure El El Achieved Remedy Complete Baseline
Achieved Selected Achieved
CT 128 119 90 17 11 163
ME 18 13 13 10 9 37
MA 26 20 15 1 1 46
NH 9 6 6 2 1 11
RI 5 4 4 0 0 18
VT 4 4 4 4 4 7
Totals: 190 166 132 34 26 282
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Underground Storage Tanks
RHODE ISLAND
EPA NEW ENGLAND UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS:
New Legislation Requires Changes to the
Underground Storage Tank Program
On August 8, 2005, President Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Title XV,
Subtitle B of this act (entitled the Underground Storage Tank Compliance Act of
2005) contains amendments to Subtitle I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the origi-
nal legislation that created the underground storage tank (UST) program. This new
law significantly affects federal and state underground storage tank programs, will
require major changes to the programs, and
is aimed at reducing underground storage
tank releases to our environment.
CT
4,633
1,268
780
ME
1,471
9
311
MA
4,766
1,173
401
NH
1,294
0
538
RI
675
20
135
VT
1,129
150
510
Totals:
13,968
2,620
2,675
CT
2,497
1,671
826
ME
2,261
2,173
88
MA
6,186
5,230
956
NH
2,275
1,449
826
RI
1,260
1,006
254
VT
1,945
1,176
769
Totals:
16,424
12,705
3,719
The UST provisions ol the Energy Policy Act
focus on preventing releases. Among other
things, it expands eligible uses of the Leak-
ing Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Trust
Fund, and includes provisions regarding
inspections, operator training, delivery pro-
hibition, secondary containment and finan-
cial responsibility, and cleanup of releases
that contain oxygenated fuel additives. To
implement the new law, EPA and states will
work closely with tribes, other federal agen-
cies, tank owners and operators, and other
stakeholders to bring about the mandated
changes affecting underground storage
tank facilities.
In 2006, EPA proposed or finalized con-
gressionally required guidelines on inspec-
tions, delivery prohibition, state report on
government owned UST’s, public record,
secondary containment, financial respon-
sibility and installer certification, and tribal
strategy. In 2007 states must begin to adopt
these guidelines in their state — for sec-
ondary containment and financial respon-
sibility by February 8, 2007, and delivery
prohibition, inspections and public record
by August 8, 2007. Operator training re-
quirements need to be in place by August
8, 2009.
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks Program
In addition to the extra activities now required in the Energy Bill, New England states continue to track
new releases, have contamination assessed and plan and implement cleanup of leaking under-
ground storage tanks (LUSTs). Above is the current count of cleanup activities underway in the region.
Nationally the cleanup backlog is 113,915 as of September, 2006. The annual goal for the country
is to complete 1 3,000 cleanups per year. The regional goal in FY07 is 445.
NEW ENGLAND UNDERGROUND
STORAGE TANKS FACILITY INSPECTIONS
State Facilities UST Facility Inspections
Inspections needed in FY06
by August 2007
Data os of December 2006
CONFIRMED RELEASES
IN NEW ENGLAND
State Releases Cleanups Backlog
Reported Completed
Data as of September 2006
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