United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region I
POLLUTION REPORT



Date:
Thursday, January 5, 2006
From:
Mike Nalipinski

Subject: 

First and Final
Abbot School
25 Depot Road, Westford, MA
Latitude: 42.5883000
Longitude: -71.4319000


POLREP No.:
1
Site #:
Reporting Period:
D.O. #:
Start Date:
1/4/2006
Response Authority:
OPA
Mob Date:
1/4/2006
Response Type:
Emergency
Demob Date:
1/4/2006
NPL Status:
Non NPL
Completion Date:
1/4/2006
Incident Category:
Removal Assessment
CERCLIS ID #:
Contract #
RCRIS ID #:
Reimbursable Account #
FPN#
 

Site Description

The 10,000 gallon underground storage tank (UST)  failed, realeasing an estimated 1500 gallons of #4 heating oil into the soils, boiler room, catch basin to a storm water system into the proximinal stream and wetland systems.


Current Activities

The Town of Westford hired ENPRO Environmental which conducted the inital emergency response activities which consisted of containing the oil, removing the tank, and conducting air monitoirng in the school. ENPRO is currently conducting extent of contamination investigations including the installation of peizometers, coring thru the basement walls, and maintaining the vac truck at the outfall to the swale..


Planned Removal Actions

During the first week January ENPRO is planning to collect the booms/sorbent pads from the swale,then pressure wash the rocks and collect product from the oiled areas.


Next Steps

Once the extent of contamiantion has been determined the Town, and under supervision of the State DEP, will excavate the contamined soils along the base of the building.


Key Issues

The DEP and the Town responded to the release on December 27, 2005. EPA was notified on January 5, 2006.


response.epa.gov/AbbotSchool