The Old Bondsville Factory Site is the former location of a textile mill located in Palmer and Belchertown, Massachusetts. Covering about 12 acres, the Site is bordered to the north and west by residential properties, to the east by a dam across the Swift River, and to the south by Main Street in Palmer and Depot Street in Belchertown.
During an April 2008 Targeted Brownfields Assessment, EPA’s Brownfields program observed high levels of lead and arsenic in surface soils and referred the Site to the Emergency Planning and Response Branch (EPRB) in May 2008. EPA conducted a removal site investigation on July 8-11, 2008 which confirmed the presence of high levels of arsenic and lead in surface soils. The site investigation was closed on July 25, 2008 with the recommendation that a time critical removal action be conducted. See polrep 1 for additional site background information.
The Emergency Rapid Response Services (ERRS) contractor has excavated and stockpiled over 1,000 tons of contaminated soils from approximately 83 grids. These grids have also been backfilled to original grade with clean soil. Site activities are currently on hold pending transportation and disposal activities.
Planned removal activites include the following:
1) provide Site security and install security fencing as needed;
2) conduct additional sampling as needed to define the extent of contamination in surface soils;
3) clear vegetation as needed;
4) excavate lead- and arsenic-contaminated surface soils;
5) cap in-place contaminated soils (if any) which may remain at depth or which cannot otherwise be safely excavated;
6) backfill and grade excavated areas;
7) dispose of hazardous substances at EPA-approved off-site disposal facilities; and
8) repair response-related damages.
The contractor plans to remobilize within the next two weeks to begin shipping excavated soils offsite for disposal. Excavation activities will also resume at that time on the approximately 41 remaining grids.
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