United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Rolnick Property Site
Community Update
EPA Superfund Division
June 2009
This community update provides you with information on the activities ongoing at the Rolnick Property site in Brewer, Maine.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Maine Department of
Environmental Protection (Maine DEP) are working together to clean soil contaminated
with lead from a parcel at 151 South Main Street in Brewer. EPA's mission will be to re-
move or cover the soil at the site, which will eliminate any potential risk to human health
and the environment.
Cleanup Process and Activities
• Beginning in July and continuing through the summer months this year, EPA will be
closing off portions of the 4-acre parcel to ensure public safety while the clean-up is in
progress.
• On-site workers will be wearing personal protective equipment while performing the
cleanup.This level of protection includes impermeable white suits as well as respirators
and is required by federal law.
• Dust will be controlled by spraying with water.
•Air monitoring will take place during the entire project to ensure con-taminated dust
does not migrate from contaminated areas.
How did the soil become contaminated?
Historic site use, as an auto salvage operation is the most likely source of the contamination.
Site Description & History
The property being cleaned up is owned and operated by a private party.The area of
concern includes the southern and western edges of the property along the river. EPA
determined that lead in surface and subsurface soils could pose a risk to human heath
through erosion, suspension into the air or ingestion.
Has EPA been here before?
This is the first EPA removal action in this location. In 2006, however, the state DEP
cleaned soils contaminated with petroleum in the northeast corner of the property
where the former gasoline station was located.
EPA asks for your cooperation
as emergency personnel work to
prevent public exposure to lead
contaminated soil.
Please respect fences, work crews
and signs to protect your health
and safety.
EPA Contacts:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Superfund Removal Program (HBR)
I Congress Street, Suite I 100
Boston, MA 02114-2023
ph. 888-372-7341
www.epa.gov/ne/superfund/sites
Dan Wainberg
Site Coodinator
617-918-1283
wainberg.dan@epa.gov
Dave Deegan
Office of Public Affairs
617-918-1017
deegan.dave@epa.gov
State of Maine:
Tracy Weston
Maine DEP
Site Contact
800-452-1942
SDMS DocID 458062
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