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United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
EPA Super-fund Division
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Centredale Manor Restoration
Project Update
Summer 2009 Short-Term Cleanup
Starting in August, contaminated soil alongside and under portions
of the Brook Village parking lot will be removed.
Elevated levels of dioxin found in the surface and subsurface soil alongside and under the Brook
Village parking lot are moving through the ground water to the Woonasquatucket River.
In August, Emhart Industries, Inc.,
a potentially responsible party,
will start a short-term cleanup
to excavate contaminated soil
alongside and under portions
of the Brook Village parking
lot. This effort, which will limit
the movement of contamina-
tion from under the parking lot
to the river, should take about
three months to complete and
may require additional land-
scaping in spring 2010, EPA and
RIDEM will be supervising the
work being done by Loureiro
Engineering Associates and its
subcontractors on behalf of
Emhart.
The short-term cleanup
will include:
• Excavating contaminated soil and
disposing off-site;
* Stockpiling clean surface soil and
topsoil for reuse as backfill;
• Installing temporary diversions
of the river water away from
the excavation area;
• Backfilling and re-grading
excavated area;
• Installing an engineered
impermeable cap;
• Installing and conducting
limited sampling of groundwater
monitoring wells;
• Installing erosion control along
the riverbank;
• Monitoring air for
particulates and Volatile
Organic Compounds
(VOCs); and
• Landscaping and repairing
pavement and walkways
disturbed by the cleanup.
Neighbors should expect:
* Work will occur from
7:30 am to 5 pm, mainly
Monday through Friday with
some Saturday work possible;
• Three of the four parking
lots south of Brook Village
will be unavailable to residents
during the cleanup work;
• Car service to transport
residents to and from their
cars (details below);
• BrookVillage handicap parking
spaces will remain available;
• Increased traffic and heavy
equipment; and
• Additional updates on the
cleanup effort.
Car Shuttle Service
Parking spots D 1-8, E 1-8, F 1-8,
G 1-8 and eight visitor spots
will be unavailable to residents
during the cleanup work (see
photo). Parking for these dis-
placed cars will be available in
the north Centredale Manor
lot. Centredale Manor's south
parking lot should be used for
visitors and any overflow park-
ing. To bring residents to and
from their cars, a car service
will be available daily from 8 am
to 8 pm except for the follow-
ing break times: 11:00-11:15
am; 1:00 - 1:30 pm; and 3:00 pm
— 3:15pm. During its hours of
operation, the shuttle car will
station itself along the Brook
Village north parking lot at the
end of the fire lane. Residents
leaving the building can simply
go to this area to receive a ride
to their car. People returning
home can alert the driver as
they drive in and the car service
will follow them to a parking
spot and then bring them back
to the building. Should residents
not see the car along the north
parking lot, just wait a few min-
utes as the shuttle will return
after assisting another resident.
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The Centredale Manor
Restoration Project Super-
fund site extends down the
Woonasquatucket River from
the Brook Village and Cen-
tredale Manor properties, the
approximately 9-acre source
of contamination, south to
at least the Lyman Mill Dam.
The Woonasquatucket River
has wide-spread dioxin con-
tamination resulting from the
former operations of a chem-
ical company and a drum re-
furbisher on its shores. First
identified in fish in 1996, EPA
has since documented el-
evated levels of contaminants
including dioxin, PCBs,Volatile
Organic Compounds (VOCs),
semi-VOCs, and metals in
soil, sediment, and wetlands
at the site. People or wildlife
which comes into contact
with these media could be at
potential risk.
Since listing the site in 2000
in the Superfund Program,
EPA and the Potentially Re-
sponsible Parties have taken
several actions to control
current exposure of residents
to contaminants. These ac-
tions included capping of con-
taminated soil in the source
area (comprised of the Brook
Village and Centredaie Manor
properties), installation of
a fence to control access,
removal of contaminated soil
from residential properties
along the River, and recon-
struction of the breached
Allendale Dam.
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Next Steps
EPA is currently developing dif-
ferent potential long-term clean-
up approaches for the entire
site and will present them, with
its preferred alternative, to the
public for comment in winter
2010. The overall cleanup plan
will address contaminated sedi-
ment, flood-plain soil, source-
area soil, and ground water.
More Inform at/on can be found
at the site repositories housed at
the North Providence Union Free
Library at 1810 Mineral Springs
Avet North Providence or at the
Mar/on / Mohr Memorial Library
located at I Memorial Ave. John-
ston or online at
www.epa.govl region \ I
superfund/sites/centreda/e
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Contact Information
Ted Bazenas
EPA On-Scene Coordinator
617-918-1230
or toll free 1-888-372-7341
bazenas.ted@epa.gov
Anna Krasko
EPA Project Manager
617-918-1232
or toll free 1-888-372-7341
krasko.an na@epa.gov
Stacy Greendlinger
EPA Community
Involvement Coordinator
greendlinger.stacy@epa.gov
617-918-1403
or toll free 1-888-372-7341
Louis Maccarone
Rl DEM Project Manager
401-222-2797, ext, 7142
louis.maccarone@DEM.
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United States
Environmental Protection
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Summer 2009
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Centredale Manor Restoration Project - North Providence, Rl
Summer 2009 Removal Action
Accessible Parking Source Area
Inaccessible Parking I _j Town Boundary
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Environmental Protection
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Summer 2009
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