Under the Trump Administration, the Superfund program has reemerged as a priority to fulfill the Agency's core mission of protecting human health and the environment.
"Completing Five Year Review evaluations at Superfund Sites, like Old Springfield Landfill, is a critical part of the Superfund cleanup process," said EPA Regional Administrator Alexandra Dunn. "It helps ensure the remedy remains protective of public health and the environment."
Throughout the Superfund process of designing and constructing a cleanup remedy for a hazardous waste site, EPA's first goal is to make sure the remedy will be protective of public health and the environment. At many sites, EPA continues to ensure protectiveness by requiring reviews of cleanups every five years. It is important for EPA to regularly check on these sites to ensure the remedy is working properly. Five-year review evaluations identify any issues and, if called for, recommend action(s) necessary to address them.
EPA is actively involved in Superfund studies and cleanups at 14 sites across Vermont. There are many phases of the Superfund cleanup process including considering future use and redevelopment at sites and conducting post cleanup monitoring of sites. EPA must ensure the remedy is protective of public health and the environment and any redevelopment will uphold the protectiveness of the remedy into the future.
For more information on the Old Springfield Landfill, go to: www.epa.gov/superfund/oldspringfield
Let me guess, the Trump EPA will say it's so clean you can eat off of it. Just ignore your melting shoes.....
ReplyDeleteWhy didn't Jimmy Carter clean them up when he had a chance, no kick the can down the road and leave it to future Presidents, if it was the biggest problem we have, Trump would or will do something. So somehow this is Trump's problem, many Presidents, Congress's and EPA leaders in the last 28 years.
ReplyDeleteOn page 25 of the 2013 report is the following paragraph.
ReplyDelete"While the remedy appears to be meeting the RAOs, the continued elevated concentrations of VOCs, particularly TCE, in the PTF influent suggests that groundwater extraction and treatment may be required longer than the anticipated 30 years estimated for PRP operation and maintenance of the RA. Therefore, the time to reach RAOs should be evaluated and remedy optimization should be considered by the LPC to expedite reduction of the mass of chlorinated solvents beneath the cap, that are a continuing source of VOCs to groundwater. Optimization of the reduction of contaminant mass below the cap will in turn reduce the time frame required for extraction and treatment of groundwater."
I see no similar paragraph in the 2018 report, or mention of evaluation of the treatment timelines, or mention of reduction of the chlorinated solvents beneath the cap. The 2018 report says no new information has come to light.
Per the 2013 report, the town budgets between $130,000 and $150,000 per year to maintain and operate this site.
Who is the author of this article?
ReplyDeleteIt was a press release direct from the EPA.
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I'm not originally from Springfield. Where, exactly, is the Old Springfield Landfill site?
ReplyDeleteThis is not something to play with. I've worked with VOC's, and they're pretty nasty. There were several superfund sites where I once lived. They tore down an entire neighborhood for one of them, declaring it would never again be safe for permanent residential use. The drug treatment center I worked for built their new facility on the site. Even after it was "cleaned up," you could still smell the solvents leaching up through the ground. Pretty scary.
ReplyDeleteThe area is between the North end of Seavers Brook Road, Will Dean Road and Rt11 (Clinton Street Extension). The dump entrance was on Will Dean Road (top of the hill).
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