BOSTON - The E.P.A. (EPA) recommends modifications to the remedy at the BFI Rockingham Landfill Superfund Location (Site) in Rockingham, VT. The remedy modifications include an increased timeframe to cleanup Location groundwater, additional groundwater restrictions to prevent exposure to contaminated groundwater, and revised cleanup levels for 2 Location contaminants, arsenic and lead, to ensure the remedy remains protective of human health and the environment based on changes to the federal and state requirements for these metals. E.P.A. will be accepting public review on these recommended modifications from September 11, 2014 to September 25, 2014.
The Location is a 17-acre landfill located along U.S. Route five and adjacent to the Connecticut River. From 1968 until 1991, the landfill received residential, commercial and industrial solid and liquid wastes. Approximately 1.2 million cubic yards of solid waste were disposed in the landfill during its operation. The majority of wastes were placed in unlined landfill cells. In October 1989, the Location was included on the E.P.A. National Priorities List (NPL).
The 1994 cleanup plan, also known as the Record of Decision, estimated that the groundwater restoration aspect of the cleanup would be complete in a 15 year timeframe. By the spring of 2009, however, long-term monitoring results indicated that Interim Groundwater Cleanup Levels would not be achieved in that timeframe. At EPA's request, consultants to a responsible party, BFI Waste Systems of North America, LLC, undertook additional investigations of bedrock groundwater which show Location groundwater will likely meet interim groundwater cleanup levels in 40-60 years.
This increased timeframe has prompted the preparation of a outline Explanation of Significant Differences (ESD). The outline ESD presents the suggested modifications and E.P.A. invites the public to provide review on the modifications by September 25, 2014 to:
Kevin S. Heine, PG
Remedial Plan Manager
U.S. E.P.A. Region one
five Post Office Square, Suite 100 (OSRR 07-1)
Boston, Massachusetts 02109-3912
Email:
[email protected]
Fax: 617 918-0321
Public comments received by September 25, 2014 will be addressed in a Responsiveness Summary included in the final ESD.
The outline ESD document and the Administrative Record for the ESD are accessible for public review on the internet at
http://www.epa.gov/region1/superfund/sites/BFI and at the following locations and times:
E.P.A. Records Center
five Post Office Square, Suite 100 (OSRR 02-3)
Boston, Massachusetts 02109-3912
Phone: 617 918-1440
E-mail:
[email protected])
Monday through Friday from nine am to five pm, excluding federal holidays.
Rockingham Free Public Library
65 Westminster Street
Bellows Falls, Vermont 05101
Phone: 802 463-4270
Email:
[email protected]
Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday ten am to seven pm, Thursday & Friday 10:00 am to 5:30 pm, and Saturday ten am to two pm.
