BOSTON - E.P.A. has begun reviewing location cleanups at 9 Superfund Sites, including 4 Federal Facilities, across New England by performing required Five-Year Reviews of each site. The reviews this year will include sites in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont.
Once a cleanup remedy or part of a remedy is in place at a hazardous waste site, it is important for E.P.A. to regularly check on its progress to ensure the remedy is working properly to clean up the site. The primary purpose of the formal 5 Year Review is to ensure continued protection of public health and the environment at the given Superfund Site. In addition to extensive review of the remedy itself, the engineering and the overall functionality, E.P.A. may also look at outside variables that could potentially affect the performance of the remedy, including things like redevelopment, climate change impacts and overall wear and tear.
E.P.A. conducts evaluations every 5 years on completed clean up and remediation work performed at sites listed on the "National Priorities List" to determine if the implemented remedies at the sites continue to be protective of human health and the environment. 5 year review evaluations identify any deficiencies to the previous work and, if called for, recommend action(s) necessary to address them.
The Superfund Sites where E.P.A. will begin 5 Year Reviews in Fiscal Year 2016 are below. Please note, the Web link provided after each location provides detailed information on location status and past assessment and cleanup activity. Once the 5 Year Review is complete, a report of its findings will be posted to this website. The web link also provides contact information for the E.P.A. Plan Manager and Community Involvement Coordinator at each site. Community members and local officials are invited to contact E.P.A. with any comments or concerns about a Superfund Location or the conclusions in the recent 5 Year Review.
Connecticut
New London Submarine Base, New London, Connecticut
Review of 24 Sites and twelve Operating Units
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/newlondon
Maine
Eastern Surplus, Meddybemps, Maine
Review of Entire Location Remedy
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/eastern
Massachusetts
Fort Devens-Sudbury Training Annex, Sudbury, Massachusetts
Review of Area seven
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sudburyannex
Materials Technology Lab, Watertown, Massachusetts
Review of Operable Units one and three
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/amtl
South Weymouth Naval Air Station, Weymouth, Massachusetts
Review of Operable Unit (OU) one Location 1, OU2 Location 2, OU7 Location seven
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sweymouth
New Hampshire
Coakley Landfill, North Hampton, New Hampshire
Review of Operable Units one and two
www.epa.gov/superfund/coakley
Dover Municipal Landfill, Dover, New Hampshire
1st Review of the entire remedy
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/dover
Savage Municipal Landfill, Milford, New Hampshire
Review of Operable Units 1, two and three
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/savage
Vermont
Pine Street Canal Superfund Site, Burlington, Vermont
Review of Entire Location Remedy
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/pinestreet
