The Site is the location of a large former mill complex originally constructed in the early 1900s and most recently used by the Inter Royal Corporation to manufacture office furniture. The Site is located at 20 Reservoir Street in Plainfield, Connecticut and described on page 421 of Deed Book 55. The Site is bounded to the east by Reservoir Street, to the west by railroad tracks, to the south by a warehouse, and to the north by State Route 14A.
On April 26, 2005 a fire destroyed the three-story section of the mill, located on the northern portion of the property. The single-story section of the mill, located on the southern portion of the property, was not affected by the fire. Friable asbestos in pipe and boiler insulation and lead in ash and surface soils in the area of the fire-damaged, former three-story structure posed a direct contact threat to local residents and those who may enter the Site. See polrep 1 for additional site background information.
The Emergency Rapid Response Services (ERRS) contractor has completed the removal and segregation of wood, brick, metal, and other debris from the footprint of the former 3-story structure.
Excavation of lead-contaminated ash and soils from the footprint area was completed on January 4, 2006. These materials have been screened (to remove residual brick and other non-hazardous building debris) and are stockpiled on-site awaiting off-site disposal by EPA.
The various non-hazardous construction debris waste streams are being trucked off-site for disposal by the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (CT DEP) and its contractors. As of February 17, 2006, 256 truckloads (4912 tons) of brick, 149 truckloads (1582 tons) of wood/construction debris, and 49 truckloads of scrap metal have been shipped off-site.
EPA and CT DEP will continue to conduct this removal action as a joint, multi-agency cleanup. Planned removal activities will continue to be confined to the northern portion of the Site, where the three-story section of the mill was located, and will include:
1) Transportation and off-site disposal of the remaining non-hazardous building debris waste streams (provided by CT DEP);
2) Off-site disposal of lead-contaminated ash/soil at EPA-approved facilities;
3) Sampling and air monitoring as needed to support the above activities; and
4) Grading and backfilling as needed to secure the Site (Clean fill will be provided by the Town of Plainfield.).
5) Two small transformers recovered from the ruins of the former building during cleanup operations will be assessed to determine PCB content and disposed of accordingly.
The ERRS contractor is currently making arrangements for the off-site disposal of the lead-contaminated ash and soils at EPA-approved facilities.
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Between November 10, 2005 and November 21, 2005, 10 rolloff containers (approximately 120 tons) of asbestos from the former boiler room cleanup were shipped to the Turnkey Landfill in Rochester, New Hampshire for disposal via landfilling.
Between November 10, 2005 and November 18, 2005, 23 truckloads (655 tons) of asbestos-contaminated debris from the former boiler room cleanup were shipped to Minerva Enterpises, Inc. in Waynesburg, Ohio for disposal via landfilling.
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