United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region I
POLLUTION REPORT

Subject: 

The Site, owned by Pacific Mills Acquisition, LLC, is located on the third floor of Building 6 at 300 Canal Street in Lawrence, Massachusetts.  Its geographic coordinates are 42 42' 23.1" north latitude and 71 9' 30.4" west longitude.  

There are an estimated 60 business tenants within the surrounding former mill, which is known locally as the “Pacific Mills Industrial Complex”.  The City of Lawrence has a population of 72,000; the Site is located within the central business district, within fifty feet of a canal.

The Site is on the third floor of a five-story building, with neighboring active businesses above, below and beside its poorly constructed partition walls.    

The Bay State Plating and Polishing Company, Inc. operated as a tenant at 300 Canal Street from 1997 to July 2004, when the company was evicted for non-payment of rent.  

During the month of July 2005: EPA’s ERRS contractor finished cleaning the polishing room and gave its floor a wet mopping.  Containers of wastes from both the plating and polishing rooms were brought though the building and down to ground level storage, as space permitted.  Five large roll-off containers loaded with debris were transported off-site by Global Recycling for disposal.  Drums of waste were transported off-site by Transport Rollex LTEE for disposal.

During the month of August 2005:  EPA’s ERRS contractor and subcontractors lab-packed all miscellaneous hazardous materials. The wastes that remained in the building were brought to ground level storage. The plating room was given a final cleaning and photographed.  The remaining off-site transport of waste for disposal was provided by Clean Venture and Transport Rollex LTEE (August 23, 2005). Contractor equipment was removed and the property owner was briefed.

None, removal action has been completed.