Superfund Program	U.S. Environmental Protection

Community Update	Agency, Region 2

Cornell-Dubilier Electronics Site	September 2007

EPA CONSTRUCTION PLAN

The purpose of this document is to provide the
community with information regarding the status of
remedial activities and the upcoming excavation
activities at the Cornell-Dubilier Electronics (CDE)
Superfund site located in South Plainfield, New Jersey.
In addition, EPA will hold a public information meeting
to explain the information detailed below and respond to
questions.

Pursuant to EPA's 2004 Record of Decision (ROD), EPA
will begin construction activities in October 2007 to
address buried capacitors, designated as the capacitor
disposal area at the former CDE facility, also known as
the Hamilton Industrial Park. The ROD calls for the
excavation, transportation and off-site disposal of
approximately 7,500 cubic yards of capacitor debris at
the industrial park. The debris in this area is
contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).

EPA is using the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as its
construction manager for this work. EPA and the Corps
have contracted with Sevenson Environmental Services,
Inc. of Niagara Falls, New York, to perform the work.

SITE HISTORY

The former CDE facility, located at 333 Hamilton Blvd.,
South Plainfield, New Jersey, consists of approximately
26 acres and contained 18 buildings. EPA is currently in
the process of demolishing the 18 buildings at the
industrial park.

CDE operated at the facility from 1936 to 1962,
manufacturing electronic components including, in
particular, capacitors. PCBs and chlorinated solvents
were used in the manufacturing process, and the company
apparently disposed of PCB-contaminated materials and
other hazardous substances directly on the facility soils.
CDE's activities evidently led to widespread chemical
contamination at the facility, as well as migration of
contaminants to areas nearby the facility. PCBs have
been detected in the groundwater, soils and in building
interiors at the industrial park at adjacent residential,
commercial, and municipal properties, and in surface

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

Public Information Session:

Thursday, September 20, 2007, at 7:00 PM

U.S. EPA will hold an information meeting to explain the
status of remedial activities at the CDE site, and the
upcoming excavation of the capacitor disposal area. EPA
representatives will be available at Borough Hall, 2480
Plainfield Avenue, South Plainfield, New Jersey between
5:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.

For more information, see the Administrative Record
at the following locations:

U.S. EPA Records Center, Region 2
290 Broadway, 18th Floor.

New York, New York 10007-1866
(212)-637-3261

Hours: Monday-Friday - 9 am to 5 pm

South Plainfield Library

2484 Plainfield Avenue

South Plainfield, New Jersey 07080

(908) 754-7885

Hours:

Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday -10 am to 9 pm
Tuesday and Friday -10 am to 6 pm
Saturday - 9 am to 5 pm
Sunday -1:30 pm to 5 pm

water and sediments of the Bound Brook. Since CDE's
departure from the facility in 1962, it has been operated
as a rental property, with numerous commercial and
industrial companies operating at the facility as tenants.

EPA has completed the remedial design for the
excavation of the capacitor disposal area at the industrial
park. The remedial design provides specifications that
must be sustained throughout the excavation. The
remedial design for the remaining soil cleanup at the
industrial park is anticipated to be completed in the
spring of 2008. The investigations of the contaminated
groundwater and the sediments of the Bound Brook are
ongoing. In 1997, the New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection issued a fish consumption
advisory for the Bound Brook New Market Pond, and
Spring Lake. This advisory is still in place. Fish caught
from these water bodies should not be eaten.


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EPA has already begun the cleanup of residential,
commercial, and municipal properties adjacent to the
facility. PCB contaminated soil and interior dust have
been removed from nineteen properties near the former
CDE facility.

For more detailed information about the site, on-going
investigations and the cleanup, EPA maintains
information repositories at the locations listed in the box
on the previous page or please feel free to access our web
site at www.epa.gov/region02/superfund/npl/cornell.

CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES

Demolition and Excavation Activities:

EPA mobilized to the former CDE facility in early
December 2006 and began the demolition of the first
structure in January 2007. Each structure at the industrial
park is being demolished from the roof down using a
backhoe with a grapple attachment, leaving the
contaminated walls undisturbed so that they do not get
co-mingled with non-hazardous debris. Areas containing
PCB materials will be delineated by use of paint flagging
and materials containing PCBs will be the initial
materials demolished. To date, 10 of the 18 buildings
have been demolished.

In October 2007, EPA will begin excavating capacitor
debris and soils from an area in the undeveloped portion
of the facility, identified as the capacitor disposal area.
The following is a brief description of what will occur
during our construction.

Prior to the commencement of any construction activities,
site control measures will be implemented to establish
work zones. Security fencing will be installed around the
work zones. Storm sewers and catch basins located in the
vicinity of the work zone will be covered with a
geotextile membrane and surrounded by hay bales to
protect against migrating sediment. Where applicable,
silt fence will be installed surrounding the work zone to
prevent the movement of soils during demolition and
excavation efforts.

In the undeveloped portion of the former CDE facility, an
area consisting of approximately 32,000 square feet will
be excavated to a depth of approximately five feet to
remove capacitors, debris, and PCB contaminated soil.
Once this material has been removed, EPA will sample
the remaining soils to determine if the cleanup objectives
in this area have been met. Additional contaminated soil
will be removed if the sampling reveals that the cleanup

objectives identified in the ROD have not been met.

Site Security;

Throughout the construction process site security is
maintained to keep unauthorized people out of areas
where work is ongoing. In addition to the existing
fencing, a guard booth has been installed and security
guards will be at the site overnight.

Health and Safety:

EPA has developed a comprehensive Health and Safety
(H&S) program specifically for the construction
activities at the former CDE facility. The H&S program
is developed for the protection of the community as well
as the on-site workers. The complete H&S document
can be viewed at the information repositories.

As part of EPA's H&S program, EPA establishes action
levels, health-based concentrations or levels designated
for specific site contaminants. They are concentrations
that are set prior to the demolition of any building and
the excavation of debris and soils and are not to be
exceeded at any time during construction. In the case of
the building demolition and the excavation activities at
the former CDE facility, the action levels pertain to the
emissions of dust or air concentrations of site specific
contaminants. The construction practices to be
employed at the industrial park will minimize the
potential for dust generation, and a comprehensive air
monitoring program will provide necessary safeguards to
ensure that contaminants do not leave the site. EPA will
establish lines of communication to local officials to
keep them up-to-date with EPA's air monitoring
program, as well as other health and safety measures.

The objectives of air monitoring are to ensure that the
dust suppression operations function as designed, action
levels are not exceeded, and the public and workers are
protected at all times. Air monitoring is accomplished
via on-site analytical air sampling devices. Air
monitoring will measure for dust concentrations 24
hours a day, 7 days a week. EPA will establish air
monitoring stations at the locations immediately
surrounding the buildings being demolished, the
capacitor disposal area, and around the perimeter of the
industrial park. Should dust action levels be exceeded
during construction, EPA will immediately detect such
an exceedance and take corrective action. Therefore,
there will be several layers of air monitoring equipment
protecting the community.

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Dust Suppression:

Dust suppression is a crucial operation within EPA's
construction operation. Dust suppression methods
prevent dust particles or soil from spreading off-site, via
the air and wind, to prevent exceedances of EPA's
established action levels. Dust suppression is
accomplished through a number of techniques, such as:

¦	providing for a misting spray during demolition and
excavation activities;

¦	applying water on and sweeping haul roads;

¦	wetting and misting equipment, structures, and
excavation areas;

¦	spraying mist on buckets during material handling
and dumping;

¦	placing polyethylene on the ground surface where
trucks are loaded;

¦	requiring that material loaded into trucks are not
dropped from heights above the truck body;

¦	hauling materials in properly tarped containers;

¦	covering stockpiled materials;

¦	reducing the active work area surface and limiting
the number of concurrent operations; and

¦	regular washing of construction equipment.

soils off-site by train. The remedial design for the
remaining soil remedial action is anticipated to be
completed in the spring of 2008.

Contaminated debris and soil will be shipped off site for
disposal in an approved hazardous waste or non-
hazardous waste landfill, depending upon the
contaminant levels in each load. Debris and soil
categorized as a hazardous waste will go to a RCRA
Subtitle C landfill, which is a landfill specifically
designed for disposal of hazardous waste, with liners and
other mechanisms to prevent the migration of waste from
them. The State of New Jersey does not maintain any
commercial Subtitle C landfills, so all hazardous
material will be transported out of state. Debris and soil
containing PCBs at concentrations greater than 50 parts
per million (ppm) will go to a Toxic Substances Control
Act (TSCA) landfill, which is a landfill specifically
designed and permitted to store PCB contaminated
material. Debris and soil categorized as non-hazardous
waste will go to a RCRA Subtitle D landfill, which is a
landfill designed for disposal of non-hazardous waste.

Restoration;

Water usage will be monitored to prevent ponding and
runoff. Water used to decontaminate equipment will be
collected in a tank, sampled to determine hazardous
characteristics, and disposed of accordingly.

Disposal:

Care will be utilized while segregating and stockpiling
hazardous and non-hazardous materials. The stockpiles
will be tarped and dust suppression techniques will be
employed. A backhoe will be used to load the segregated
material for transportation and disposal to the appropriate
off-site disposal facilities.

The building debris will be transported off-site to
approved landfills via truck. Capacitor debris will be
transported off-site via truck to a transfer station and
placed on rail cars for transportation to approved
landfills. All trucks leaving the industrial park will be
properly covered. Trucks will also be used to transport
backfill into the industrial park. Trucks will enter and
exit the site via Hamilton Boulevard. EPA anticipates up
to 40 trucks per day during peak times.

As part of the soil remedial action, EPA is currently in
the process of designing a rail spur that will be
constructed at the industrial park. The constmction of a
rail spur will allow for the transportation of contaminated

After each building is demolished and the debris has
been removed, the area will be graded with dense
aggregate material followed by the placement of
bituminous pavement. This asphalt is being installed as
a temporary measure until EPA completes the soil
remedy pursuant to the 2004 Record of Decision.

After excavation of the capacitor disposal area is
complete, the area will be backfilled, followed by the
placement of temporary bituminous pavement.

COMMUNITY CONTACT WITH EPA

EPA's Remedial Project Manager will be on-site
frequently, and the members of the community should
feel free to contact him to ask questions or discuss any
issues. EPA will also issue periodic updates to the
community informing them of the progress at the CDE
site.

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For further information on the CDE site, please contact:

Peter Mannino	Pat Seppi

Remedial Project	Community Involvement

Manager	Coordinator

(212)637-4395	(212)637-3679

U.S. EPA

290 Broadway 19th Floor.

New York, New York 10007-1866


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