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Meeting on Shaffer Landfill Set for Tuesday, Feb. 26 in Billerica

Release Date: 02/25/2002
Contact Information: Stacy Greendlinger, EPA Community Involvement Office 617-918-1403 Mark Merchant, EPA Press Office 617-918-1013

BOSTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold an action update meeting on the Shaffer Landfill cleanup project Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2002 at 7 p.m. in the Billerica Town Hall.

On the meeting agenda is a discussion of the organization of agencies and companies responsible for the cleanup project; a summary of the work performed so far at the site; a discussion of the construction work scheduled for the site in 2002 and what that work will entail; and an outline of the site operations such as hours of operation, health and safety monitoring, dust control and traffic management.

The Shaffer Landfill is one of three cleanup sites at the Iron Horse Park Superfund site, which was listed on the National Priorities List on Sept. 21, 1984. The landfill is a 106-acre facility, of which 60 acres were used for commercial and solid waste disposal for over 30 years. The western section of the landfill was used for rubbish disposal beginning in 1946 and was operated as an open burning dump for more than 20 years. The eastern section began to be filled in 1970.

The landfill ceased operation in 1986 as part of a 1984 settlement with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Billerica Town Hall is located at 365 Boston Road.

For more information about the site, visit EPA New England's Superfund Web site:
https://www.epa.gov/region1/superfund/findsite/fndindex.htm