HomeMy WebLinkAboutPenney Engineering, Inc. - 10/15/1993PENNEY ENGINEERING, INC
Environmental Engineers
October 15, 1993
Mr. Marcel Boelitz
DEP - SOUTHEAST REGIONAL OFFICE
20 Riverside Drive
Lakeville, MA 02347
(508) 946-2862
RE: Hatheway & Patterson Company, Inc
DEP Site No. 4-0571
Progress Report for September 1993
Dear Mr. Boelitz:
This progress report is intended to update the Department on the activities involved in
the performance of the Supplemental Phase II Comprehensive Site Assessment and
the Interim Measure Assessment being conducted by Penney Engineering at the
Hatheway & Patterson site.
As discussed in our August 5, 1993 letter to Mark Begley, Chief of DEP-SERO's Site
Remediation Section, Penney has been attempting to establish a consistent payment
program in order to continue our work at the Hatheway & Patterson site. In the
meantime, we are only conducting work tasks that are critical to maintaining the health
and safety of the public and the environment. We will advise the Department if such a
payment arrangement cannot be reached, thereby forcing us to suspend all work at the
site
Pressure -treating cylinders No. 3 and No. 4, which were sold at the auction held
August 24, were removed from the site on September 1 and September 7, respectively.
The contents of the above ground No. 2 fuel oil storage tank were transferred to a tank
truck and removed from the site on or about September 8. The Mansfield Fire
Department responded to a fire at the site on September 10. The fire was started
inside the Stacker building by riggers who were removing the machinery and
equipment. The fire was limited to the machinery and did not appear to have damaged
the structure.
125 High Street, Mansfield, MA 02048 (508) 261.1288 FAX (508) 261-1208
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Mr. Marcel Boelitz
October 15, 1993
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On August 24, personnel from the Department inspected monitoring well MW-12 and
reportedly observed four inches of floating oil. In response, Penney reinstituted a
weekly bailing program for wells MW-6 and MW-12 beginning on August 26. Several
additional site wells were inspected for the presence of oil on September 17. No oil
was detected in wells MW-3, MW-5A, MW-7A, MW-9A, MW-10, recovery well #1, the
STM pumping and recovery sumps, nor observation sumps OS-1 and OS-2. Well MW-
1 and recovery well M-1 were dry at the time of the inspection. Well MW-12 contained
15.5 inches of oil and well MW-6 contained 4.0 inches of oil. Oil was also detected in
wells MW-8A, containing 6.3 inches, and MW-2, containing 5.0 inches of oil.
The dates the wells were checked and the thicknesses of the floating oil layer
measured are summarized in Table 1. The oil was removed from the wells by
extensive bailing after each inspection. The oil was placed in a covered, labeled 55-
gallon drum adjacent to MW-12. Once the drum is filled, it will be properly disposed of.
TABLE 1
Oil Thickness (Inches)
Date
MW-2
MW-6
MW-8A
MW-12
26 August
Film
4.0
4.4
2 September
5.3
13.0
10 September
3.9
13.5
13 September
2.3
14.7
17 September
5.0
4.0
6.3
15.5
20 September
1.0
3.0
6.3
10.9
24 September
0.8
3.5
7.0
16.4
27 September
0.2
0.4
4.1
13.2
30 September
0.3
0.3
1.4
1.3
The oil is suspected to have washed out of the oil contaminated subsurface soils as a
result of the fire at the Conlon & Donnelly property on July 14, when an estimated one -
million gallons of water was discharged near the northeastern portion of the site in a
relatively short period of time. The quantity of oil in each of the wells appears to have
peaked between September 17 and 24, and has shown a decreasing trend since that
time.
We will continue to remove the oil from the wells on a weekly basis until no substantial
oil can be recovered. We will also inspect each of the wells at the site again in
November to determine if the free phase oil has migrated over time.
PENNEY ENGINEERING, INC
Mr. Marcel Boelitz
October 15, 1993
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We will continue to keep the Department informed of the progress of the Supplemental
Phase II assessment and the proposed Interim Measure activities. Currently, we are
preparing to submit a report of our Interim Measure assessment program. Please call if
you have any questions.
Yours truly,
PENNEY ENGINEERING, INC
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Paul D. Vigeant Ralph P. Penney, PE
Staff Scientist President
cc: Hatheway and Patterson
Mansfield Board of Health
Mansfield Conservation Commission
Attorney Margaret R. Stolfa, DEP-OGC-SERO
PENNEY ENGINEERING, INC