HomeMy WebLinkAboutDEP - 3/10/1993Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
Department of
Environmental Protection
Southeast Regional Office
William F. Wald
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Daniel S. Greenbaum
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William Haynes, Trustee
HPC Realty Trust
15 County Street
Mansfield, Massachusetts 02048
Gentlemen:
March 10, 1993
RE: MANSFIELD--WSC/SA-4-0571
Hatheway & Patterson
15,County.Road (the "Site"),__
"APPROVAL OF SHORT TERM MEASURE
L.._PROPOSAL,
M.G.L c.21E, 310-CMR 40-.000
The Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup
(the "Department"), has reviewed a proposal (the "Proposal") submitted on
your behalf (as used in this letter "you" and "your" refer to HPC Realty
Trust) by Penney Engineering, Inc. on February 23, 1993 and titled:
INTERIM MEASURE PROPOSAL
HATHEWAY & PATTERSON COMPANY
15 COUNTY STREET, MANSFIELD, MA
DEP SITE NO. 4-0571 It
The Proposal includes a schedule and plans to complete the assessment
required to chose, design and implement measures to abate the discharge of
product to surface waters and to eliminate migrating free-floating product.
The Department approves the Proposal as a short term measure with the
following provisions:
(1) You submit to the Department monthly progress reports detailing the
implementation of the short term measure proposal.
(2) The Department shall be notified in a timely manner of each response
action planned at the Site to insure the Department has an opportunity
to inspect work in progress.
(3) All monitoring or observation wells which are damaged, destroyed, lost
or inadequately completed will be replaced within four (4) weeks.
(4) All necessary applications for state and local permits will be submitted
within fourteen (14) days of receipt of this letter. The Department
will be immediately notified whenever access or authorizations are being
withheld during the execution of the short term measure.
(5) A supplemental work plan and schedule will be submitted for Department
approval if a determination is made that additional work needs to be
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done to complete the short term measure.
(6) The Department shall be immediately notified in the event the ongoing
short term measure along the Rumford River has been interrupted. This
short term measure may not be suspended, modified or deactivated without
written Department approval.
The Department requires a written response within fourteen (14) days of
receipt of this letter indicating whether you intend to take the actions
outlined above.
You should be aware that this short term measure does not relieve you
from undertaking a full Phase II - Comprehensive Site Assessment. However
the work you carry out in the course of the short term measure may contribute
significantly towards the assessment of the Site and a permanent solution to
the Site.
You have been previously notified of your liability in the Notice of
Responsibility letter dated September 17, 1991.
Your cooperation in this matter is appreciated. Should you have any
further questions regarding site WSC/SA-4-0571, please contact Marcel V.
Boelitz of this office at (508) 947-2868.
Very truly yours,
-Mark J. Begley, Ch14f—�
Site Remediation Section
B/MVB/re
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cc: Board of Selectmen
Town Hall
50 West Street
Mansfield, MA 02048
ATTN: William R. Sarro, Chairman
William F. Williams, Town Manager
Board of Health
Town Hall
50 West Street
Mansfield, MA 02048
ATTN: Michael VanSplinter, Chairman
Scott Leite, Agent
(508) 261-7366
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cc: Conservation Commission
Town Hall
50 West Street
Mansfield, MA 02048
ATTN: Marilyn Powers, Chairperson
Richard Lewis, Agent
(508) 261-7378
Hatheway & Patterson Co., Inc.
P.O. Box 177
Mansfield, Massachusetts 02048
ATTN: William E. Haynes, President
Penney Engineering, Inc.
125 High Street
Mansfield, MA 02048
ATTN: Ralph P. Penney, President
(508) 261-1288
U.S. Army Corp of Engineers
OD - Regulatory Division
424 Trapelo Road
Waltham, MA 02254 - 9149
ATTN: Ulrika E. Volz
(617) 647-8879
Fax (617) 647-8303
U.S. EPA
JFK Federal Building (HRR)
Boston, MA 02203
ATTN: Joan Serra
(617) 223-5527
DEP - BOSTON - BWSC
DEP - SERO - BWSC
Data Entry
DEP - BOSTON - WPC
ATTN: Judith Perry
(617) 292-5655
DEP - OGC - SERO
ATTN: Donald Nagle, Esq.