U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
POLLUTION/SITUATION REPORT
Batchelder Site - Removal Polrep
Initial Removal Polrep
UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Region I
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Subject:
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POLREP #1
Initial
Batchelder Site
013M
Newtown, CT
Latitude: 41.3624330 Longitude: -73.2535160
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To:
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From:
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Eric Vanderboom, OSC
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Date:
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11/2/2012
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Reporting Period:
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1. Introduction
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1.1 Background
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Site Number: |
013M |
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Contract Number: |
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Action Memo Date: |
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Response Authority: |
CERCLA |
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Response Type: |
Time-Critical |
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Response Lead: |
EPA |
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Incident Category: |
Removal Action |
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NPL Status: |
Non NPL |
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Operable Unit: |
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Mobilization Date: |
10/31/2012 |
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Start Date: |
10/31/2012 |
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Demob Date: |
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Completion Date: |
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CERCLIS ID: |
CTD981069180 |
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State Notification: |
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1.1.1 Incident Category
CERCLA
1.1.2 Site Description
The Site consists of multiple buildings set on a 30-acre property zoned for manufacturing, and is currently inactive. The northern third of the property is occupied by the Charles Batchelder facility and the southern two thirds of the property is occupied by Pine Swamp. Large amounts of the northern third of the property are occupied by buildings and paved areas. The northern part of the property is where approximately 20 piles of the dross material reside. There are also two large piles of the baghouse dust within the buildings. Charles Batchelder & Company Inc., the current owner, operated an on-site aluminum recycling/smelting facility between 1947 and 1987 at which time it went bankrupt.
1.1.2.1 Location
The Site is located at 46A Swamp Road, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut. It is bordered to the north by a commercial property and railroad tracks operated by Housatonic Railroad, to the south, southeast, east and west by wetlands known as Pine Swamp. Land use in the area is residential and industrial. The geographical coordinates at the approximate center of the Site are latitude 41° 21' 49.0" north and longitude 73° 15' 12.7" west.
1.1.2.2 Description of Threat
The Site presents an ongoing release of hazardous substances. Large dross and baghouse dust piles, present throughout the property and buildings, contain quantities of hazardous substances as defined by 40 C.F.R. §302.4 of the NCP. Analysis of the 53 samples from the Site detected PCBs, lead, arsenic, copper and cadmium in excess of CTDEEP and/or EPA/ATSDR screening levers for unrestricted residential use.
There is evidence that trespassers, including children, visit the Site frequently to be exposed to the aforementioned hazardous substances that are accessible. Activities taking place on the piles include congregating, playing, riding bicycles, motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles.
1.1.3 Preliminary Removal Assessment/Removal Site Inspection Results
On April 9, 2012, OSC Vanderboom and START personnel conducted a Site Investigation. START collected 41 samples from various piles and 12 soil samples which were analyzed for metals, PCBs and volatile organic compounds (VOC) by EPA’s New England Regional Laboratory (NERL).
In the following table, summarizing the data, highlighted entries indicate exceedences of allowable contaminant levels.
| Table 1: Batchelder Property Contaminant Concentrations in mg/kg (ppm) |
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PCB(total) |
Lead |
Arsenic |
Copper |
Cadmium |
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273 |
2,667 |
64 |
17,000 |
179 |
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20 |
793 |
44 |
8,422 |
55 |
| CTDEEP |
1 |
500 |
10 |
2,500 |
34 |
| EPA/ATSDR |
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2. Current Activities
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2.1 Operations Section
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2.1.1 Narrative
ERRS contractor mobilized to the Site on 10/31/2012 to begin prepping the site for load out of the piles of waste.
2.1.2 Response Actions to Date
Prep work including set-up of command post, clear vegetation and mobilize all necessary equipment.
2.1.3 Enforcement Activities, Identity of Potentially Responsible Party
EPA enforcement staff will be working to indetify PRP.
2.1.4 Progress Metrics
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Treatment |
Disposal |
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2.2 Planning Section
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2.2.1 Anticipated Activities
Consolidate and load out waste piles.
2.2.2 Issues
Clean-up activities in CT, NJ and NY due to Superstorm Sandy have made trucks, for transport and disposal, hard to get.
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2.3 Logistics Section
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No information available at this time.
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2.4 Finance Section
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No information available at this time.
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2.5 Other Command Staff
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2.5.1 Safety Officer
OSC is acting as site safety officer.
2.5.2 Liaison Officer
OSC is acting as site liaison officer.
2.5.3 Information Officer
Kelsey O'Neil is the Public Information Officer (PIO).
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3. Participating Entities
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3.2 Cooperating Agencies
Town of Newtown
CTDEEP
CT DPH
Newtown District Department of Health
ATSDR
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4. Personnel On Site
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EPA - 1
START - 1
ERRS - 4-6
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5. Definition of Terms
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No information available at this time.
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6. Additional sources of information
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6.1 Internet location of additional information/report
epaosc.org/batchelder
6.2 Reporting Schedule
None set at this time.
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7. Situational Reference Materials
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No information available at this time.
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