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EPA Completes Reviews of 25 New England Site Cleanups during FY2014

Release Date: 11/25/2014
Contact Information: Emily Zimmerman, (617) 918-1037

BOSTON -- EPA has completed its review of site cleanups at 22 Superfund Sites and 3 Federal Facilities across New England by conducting Five-Year Reviews of each site, as required under the Superfund statute.

EPA conducts evaluations every five years on previously-completed clean up and remediation work performed at Superfund sites and Federal Facilities listed on the “National Priorities List” (aka Superfund sites) to determine whether the implemented remedies at the sites continue to be protective of human health and the environment. Further, five year review evaluations identify any deficiencies to the previous work and, if called for, recommend action(s) necessary to address them.

The Superfund Sites where EPA has completed Five Year Reviews in the 2014 Fiscal Year (Oct. 1, 2013 –Sept. 30, 2014) are below. Please note, the Web link provided after each site provides detailed information on site status and past assessment and cleanup activity. The web link also provides contact information for the EPA Project Manager and Community Involvement Coordinator at each site. Community members and local officials are invited to contact EPA with any comments or concerns about a Superfund Site or the conclusions in the recent Five Year Review.

EPA Completed Five Year Reviews at 22 Superfund Sites and 3 Federal Facilities during FY2014:

Connecticut
Linemaster Switch Corporation, Woodstock
https://www.epa.gov/region1/superfund/sites/linemaster

Nutmeg Valley Road, Wolcott
https://www.epa.gov/region1/superfund/sites/nutmeg

Maine
Saco Tannery Waste Pits, Saco
https://www.epa.gov/region1/superfund/sites/sacotannery

Massachusetts
Baird & McGuire, Holbrook
https://www.epa.gov/region1/superfund/sites/baird

Hatheway & Patterson, Mansfield
https://www.epa.gov/region1/superfund/sites/hatheway

Hocomonoco Pond, Westborough
https://www.epa.gov/region1/superfund/sites/hocomonco

Federal Facility: Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, Bedford
https://www.epa.gov/region1/superfund/sites/nwirp

Nyanza Chemical Waste Dump, Ashland
https://www.epa.gov/region1/superfund/sites/nyanza

Rose Disposal Pit, Lanesborough
https://www.epa.gov/region1/superfund/sites/ftrose

Silresim Chemical Corporation, Lowell
https://www.epa.gov/region1/superfund/sites/silresim

Federal Facility: South Weymouth Naval Air Station, Weymouth
https://www.epa.gov/region1/superfund/sites/sweymouth

W.R. Grace & Co., Inc., Acton
https://www.epa.gov/region1/superfund/sites/graceacton

Wells G&H, Woburn
https://www.epa.gov/region1/superfund/sites/wellsgh

New Hampshire
Ottati & Goss, Kingston
https://www.epa.gov/region1/superfund/sites/o&g

Federal Facility: Pease Air Force Base, Greenland
https://www.epa.gov/region1/superfund/sites/pease

Sylvester, Nashua
https://www.epa.gov/region1/superfund/sites/sylvester

Tinkham Garage, Londonderry
https://www.epa.gov/region1/superfund/sites/tinkham

Rhode Island
Landfill Resource & Recovery, Inc., North Smithfield
https://www.epa.gov/region1/superfund/sites/lrr

Vermont
Bennington Municpal Sanitary Landfill, Bennington
https://www.epa.gov/region1/superfund/sites/bennington

BFI Sanitary Landfill, Rockingham
https://www.epa.gov/region1/superfund/sites/bfi

Elizabeth Mine, Strafford
https://www.epa.gov/region1/superfund/sites/elizmine

Parker Sanitary Landfill, Lyndonville
https://www.epa.gov/region1/superfund/sites/parker

Pine Street Canal, South Burlington
https://www.epa.gov/region1/superfund/sites/pinestreet

Pownal Tannery, North Pownal
https://www.epa.gov/region1/superfund/sites/pownal

Transitor Electronics, Inc., Bennington
https://www.epa.gov/region1/superfund/sites/tansitor

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