United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region I
POLLUTION REPORT

Subject: 

The Site is the location of a large former mill complex originally constructed in the early 1900s and most recently used by the Inter Royal Corporation to manufacture office furniture.  The Site is located at 20 Reservoir Street in Plainfield, Connecticut and described on page 421 of Deed Book 55.  The Site is bounded to the east by Reservoir Street, to the west by railroad tracks, to the south by a warehouse, and to the north by State Route 14A.

On April 26, 2005 a fire destroyed the three-story section of the mill, located on the northern portion of the property.  The single-story section of the mill, located on the southern portion of the property, was not affected by the fire.  Friable asbestos in pipe and boiler insulation and lead in ash and surface soils in the area of the fire-damaged, former three-story structure posed a direct contact threat to local residents and those who may enter the Site.  See polrep 1 for additional site background information.

The Emergency Rapid Response Services (ERRS) contractor has completed the removal and segregation of wood, brick, metal, and other debris from the footprint of the former 3-story structure.

Excavation of lead-contaminated ash and soils from the footprint area was completed on January 4, 2006.  These materials have been screened (to remove residual brick and other non-hazardous building debris) and are currently being transported off-site (via rail) by EPA for disposal.

On March 9, 2006, the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (CT DEP) and its contractors completed trucking the various non-hazardous construction debris waste streams off-site for recycling and disposal.  In total, 256 truckloads (approximately 5149 tons) of brick, 165 truckloads (approximately 3967 tons) of wood/construction debris, and 49 truckloads of scrap metal were shipped off-site.

EPA and CT DEP will continue to conduct this removal action as a joint, multi-agency cleanup.  Planned removal activities will continue to be confined to the northern portion of the Site, where the three-story section of the mill was located, and will include:

1) Off-site disposal of remaining lead-contaminated ash/soil at EPA-approved facilities;

2) Sampling and air monitoring as needed to support the above activities; and

3) Grading and backfilling as needed to secure the Site (Clean fill will be provided by the Town of Plainfield.).

The Town of Plainfield is currently attempting to secure a source of clean fill for the former building foundation area.

Between November 10, 2005 and November 21, 2005, 10 rolloff containers (approximately 120 tons) of asbestos from the former boiler room cleanup were shipped to the Turnkey Landfill in Rochester, New Hampshire for disposal via landfilling.

Between November 10, 2005 and November 18, 2005, 23 truckloads (655 tons) of asbestos-contaminated debris from the former boiler room cleanup were shipped to Minerva Enterpises, Inc. in Waynesburg, Ohio for disposal via landfilling.

Between March 14 and March 24, 2006, 35 rail cars (3250 tons) of lead-contaminated ash/soil were shipped to the BFI Niagara Falls Landfill in Niagara Falls, NY for landfilling.