United States Environmental Protection Agency Continues Response Activities Related to the E.C. Electroplating Facility in Garfield, New Jersey Community Update MARCH 2012 EPA TO REMOVE CONTAINED WASTE FROM THE E.C. ELECTROPLATING FACILITY EPA TO EXPAND GROUNDWATER MONITORING WELL NETWORK THIS SPRING QUESTIONS? Please Contact Community Involvement Coordinator Pat Seppi 646-369-0068 seppi.pat@epa.gov On-Scene-Coordinator Neil Norrell 908-420-4512 norrell.neil@epa.gov Remedial Project Manager Rich Puvogel (212) 637-4410 Puvogel.rich@epa.gov http://www.epa.qov/reqion2/ superfund/removal/garfield/ This Community Update is provided to keep you informed of EPA's cleanup of the E.C. Electroplating facility, located at 125 Clark Street in Garfield, and provide information about the investigation of chromium in groundwater beneath the southwest section of Garfield. EPA to Remove Contained Waste from the E.C. Electroplating Building EPA has found several hundred drums and containers inside the E.C. Electroplating building. Drum and container contents have been tested to prepare for their removal. Testing indicated the presence of acids, metal plating solution, and waste sludges. All containers and drums have been secured and will be removed from the building and taken to treatment and disposal facilities. It is anticipated that the removal of drums and containers will take place within the next several months. To ensure public safety, EPA will closely coordinate this removal action with the City of Garfield emergency services. As with previous actions, EPA will keep you informed with additional Community Updates. EPA to Expand Groundwater Monitoring Well Network to Determine Extent of Chromium in Groundwater Last winter EPA installed twenty four monitoring wells in the southwest section of Garfield. Installation of up to nine additional monitoring wells is- planned this spring. The approximate locations of these monitoring wells are indicated on the attached figure. Once installed, these wells will be sampled to determine how far and how deep chromium extends in the groundwater. After the extent of chromium in the groundwater is determined, EPA will consider technologies that may be used to cleanup the groundwater. EPA Contacts For more information on EPA's community involvement, you may contact Pat Seppi at 646-369-0068. For scheduling inspection of your basement, or information on removal activities at the EC Electroplating facility, please call Neil Norrell at 908-420-4512. If you have any questions about the groundwater investigation and monitoring well installation and testing, please call Rich Puvogel at 212-637-4410. ------- |