On May 9, 2013, EPA’s Remedial Program requested that EPA’s Removal Program evaluate the Raymark Industries OU6 Airport Property as a potential removal site due to the impending transportation safety improvement project slated for the Sikorsky Memorial Airport. Because of numerous aircraft accidents over the past several years, the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) and the City of Bridgeport are proposing to construct improvements to the Runway Safety Area (RSA) adjacent to Runway 24 at the Airport in Stratford, Connecticut. A partial relocation of State Road (SR) 113 (Main Street) is required to accommodate the RSA improvements. These safety improvements include the construction of an Engineered Material Arresting System (EMAS) beyond the Runway 24 threshold.
The partial relocation of SR 113 will impact a portion of the Airport Property that contains materials classified as Raymark Waste(RMW). Some of the characteristics of Raymark Waste include requisite concentrations of chrysotile asbestos, lead, and either copper and/or polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) – Aroclor 1268 only.
This vacant Airport Property currently contains no buildings and is owned by the City of Bridgeport. The proposed airport safety improvements, partial relocation of SR113, and removal of RMW will be mainly funded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
EPA’s Removal Program has conducted a review of the analytical results for the soil samples collected during prior sampling events conducted under the Remedial Program's oversight. In addition, a site reconnaissance was conducted on May 30, 2013 to document current site conditions. Based upon the presence of elevated levels of hazardous substances at or near the surface and current site conditions, a time-critical removal action was recommended to address this release of hazardous substances in the Site Investigation Closure Memorandum dated June 6, 2013.
