The 19 Grove Street site (the Site) is located at 19 Grove Street, in Vernon, Tolland County, Connecticut (CT). The site is 3.15 acres and was formerly used by various commercial businesses, including auto repair shops, a lumberyard, a flooring company, a custom concrete manufacturer, a carpentry shop, and a children’s toy company. The site is bordered to the north by Paper Mill Pond and the Hockanum River, to the west by Grove Street, to the east by wooded areas, and to the south by commercial and residential properties. Paper Mill Pond is located adjacent to the Site and runs along the length of the property, making it possible for any release of materials from the Site to be released into the pond.
The Site is privately owned and consists of 10 independent, one–story structures which are all currently unoccupied and in various states of disrepair and collapse. Accessibility is limited in many of the buildings due to the compromised structural integrity of the buildings and the amount of solid waste and debris within each of the buildings. The exterior portions of the buildings are overgrown with grass, trees, and other vegetation. Large piles of asbestos-containing roofing material, which has become detached from the collapsing structures, is currently being released to the environment, creating a potential airborne exposure pathway to the nearby residents and the general public. The asbestos material which has become detached from many of the buildings has broken up into smaller pieces of various sizes and continues to degrade due to exposure to environmental conditions and is currently mixed with debris in soil and vegetation across the Site. A 20,000 gallon aboveground storage tank (AST) was located on the southeastern portion of the Site and a 210 gallon tank was located west of Building #10. It was not determined if product was contained in either tank. Several drums which appeared to be empty were found in the wooded area on the eastern portion of the property.
