HomeMy WebLinkAboutPacheco Appraisal - 4/25/100125, 2001
A. Pacheco
Fall River, MA 02720
RE: 24 County Street
Dear Mr. Pacheco,
Please be advised that the above referenced location is directly across the street
from the site of the former Hatheway and Patterson Company, a wood treatment
facility. The site had been the location of a company that applied a variety of
preservatives to wood products from 1953 to 1993. The wood products were
dipped into chemical preservatives and stored on the ground. Eventually, "drip
pads" were used in an attempt to recapture the chemicals. It is these areas that
have become contaminated with copper chromium arsenate, among other
chemicals. Distant areas of the site are contaminated with significant amounts of
fuel oil.
In August 1995, the United States Environmental Protection Agency completed a
$1.4 million cleanup which removed more than 120,000 gallons of chemicals and
nearly 300 drums for sludge and other hazardous chemicals from the site. At the
end of that cleanup, the EPA also stabilized the site by paving areas to prevent
migration of chemicals to the groundwater through leaching by rain and
snowmelt.
The site was nominated, by Governor Paul Cellucci, to the EPA National
Priorities List of Superfund sites on May 8, 2000. The site is also under planned
remediation as a Brownfields Initiative
The Town of Mansfield provides municipal water to its residents, so that potable
water from a private well is not a concern at that address.
If I can be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me.
YoCte,Health
ScAgent