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PROJECT SPECIFIC HEALTH AND SAFETY PLAN (HASP) FOR GE PITTSFIELD/HOUSATONIC RIVER SITE – RESPONSE ACTION OVERSIGHT EPA TASK ORDER NUMBER: 68HE0121F0005 RESPONSE ACTION OVERSIGHT (RAO) UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY PITTSFIELD, BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS Effective Dates: JANUARY 2021 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2023 APTIM a Joi t Ve t e HDR APTIM, LLC ONE INTERNATIONAL BOULEVARD 10TH FLOOR SUITE 1000 MAHWAH, NEW JERSEY 07495 PROJECT NUMBER 10265786 This document is confidential and is to be used by those persons whose signatures appear within. Reproduction of this document is strictly prohibited unless approved in writing by the respective HDR Project Manager or Corporate Director of Health and Safety. TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE ............................................................................................................................... 3 SITE LOCATION PLAN / SITE SKETCH ........................................................................................ 5 EMERGENCY CONTACTS & APPROVAL ..................................................................................... 6 PRIMARY HOSPITAL ROUTE ...................................................................................................... 7 SECONDARY HOSPITAL ROUTE ................................................................................................. 9 HISTORY AND WASTE CHARACTERIZATION ........................................................................... 11 HAZARDOUS MATERIAL SUMMARY ....................................................................................... 12 HAZARDOUS MATERIAL SUMMARY ....................................................................................... 13 CHEMICAL HAZARD TABLE ..................................................................................................... 14 CHEMICAL HAZARD TABLE (CONTINUED) .............................................................................. 17 TASK DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................................. 18 DESCRIPTION OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE ............................ 19 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT BY TASK ...................................................................... 20 AIR MONITORING BY TASK ..................................................................................................... 21 DECONTAMINATION INFORMATION ..................................................................................... 22 WORK ZONE (EXCLUSION, DECONTAMINATION, AND SUPPORT ZONES MAP) .................... 23 POLICY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT PAGE ...................................................................................... 24 List of Appendices List of Attachments . Appendix A: Incident Report Form . Slip, Trip, and Fall Prevention (HDR H&S Procedure #3) . Appendix B: Deviations and Additions Form . Hazard Communication (HDR H&S Procedure #6) . Appendix C: Visitors Log . Traffic Safety (HDR H&S Procedure #17) . Appendix D: Job Hazard Analysis . Water and Boating Safety (HDR SH&E Procedure #18 (Including COVID-19 Hazard Control) . Personal Protective Equipment (HDR H&S Procedure #21) . Noise (HDR H&S Procedure #26) . Portable Fire Extinguishers (HDR H&S Procedure #27) . Heat Stress (HDR H&S Procedure #28) . Cold Stress (HDR H&S Procedure #29) . First Aid and CPR (HDR H&S Procedure #30) . Biological Hazards (HDR H&S Procedure #34), revised 7/21/20 . HDR Guidelines for Face Coverings, Face Masks, and Respirators for COVID-19 Hazard Control . Additional procedures to be added as necessary Page 2 of 32 GE PITTSFIELD/HOUSATONIC SITE SPECIFIC HEALTH AND SAFETY PLAN (HASP) SITE SPECIFIC HEALTH AND SAFETY PLAN TITLE PAGE PROJECT NAME GE PITTSFIELD/HOUSATONIC RIVER SITE – Response Action Oversight (RAO) PROJECT COMPANY HDR ENGINEERING SITE ADDRESS 10 LYMAN STREET SUITE 2, PITTSFIELD, BERKSHIRE COUNTY, Massachusetts JOB NUMBER 10265786 PROJECT MANAGER MELISSA LAMACCHIA (HDR) PHONE NUMBER 1-201-335-9391 SITE CONTACT(S) DEAN TAGLIAFERRO (USEPA) PHONE NUMBER: 1-617-918-1282 NOTE: ☐ AMENDMENT NO. _____ TO EXISTING APPROVED HASP – DATE EXISTING APPROVED HASP ______________________ OBJECTIVES OF FIELD WORK: SITE TYPE (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY) Objectives: ☒ ACTIVE ☒ LANDFILL ☒ NATURAL • Conduct oversight of the responsible party’s (RP) remedial action for GE ☒ ☐ ☐ Pittsfield/Housatonic River Site; and INACTIVE UNCONTROLLED MILITARY • Review RPs plans and RD documents and provide technical review of the remedial design submittals with consideration to the 2020 Consent Decree and the 2020 Final RCRA Permit ☒ SECURE ☒ INDUSTRIAL ☐ OTHER (SPECIFY) and; • Ensure that the remedies specified in the RD protect public health and the environment and ☒ UNSECURED ☒ RESIDENTIAL are in accordance with the 2020 Consent Decree and the 2020 Final RCRA Permit and to observe and document that the responsible party has complied with all applicable laws, ☐ ENCLOSED SPACE ☐ WELL FIELD regulations, and requirements, and met all performance standards specified in the Administrative Order. Field Activities Include: • Field Investigation Activities Oversight • Oversight of Post-Removal Long-Term monitoring activities • Air Sampling • Split Sample Collection Page 3 of 32 GE PITTSFIELD/HOUSATONIC SITE SPECIFIC HEALTH AND SAFETY PLAN (HASP) SITE DESCRIPTION Summarize below. Include principal operations and unusual features (i.e. containers, buildings, dikes, power lines, hills/slopes, rivers, etc.…) GE/Housatonic River Project. GE used polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) at its 254-acre facility in Pittsfield from 1932 to 1977. During this time, the transformer division manufactured and repaired transformers containing dielectric fluids, some of which included PCBs. PCBs and other hazardous substances were released to soil and groundwater, Silver Lake, the Housatonic River and these substances were also disposed of within and around the facility in landfills, former river oxbows, and other locations which have been subject to various remedial actions and investigations. The Site consists of the Rest of River (ROR) Reach (river sediment, banks and floodplain soil downstream of the confluence of the East and West Branches of the Housatonic River), the Upper ½- Mile Reach (the portion of the East Branch of the Housatonic River between Newell Street and Lyman Street), the 1.5 Mile Reach (the portion of the East Branch of the Housatonic River between Lyman street and the confluence with the West Branch), floodplains associated with the upper 2 mile Reaches, the GE Plant site, Silver Lake, Former Oxbow Areas, Allendale School, Groundwater Management Areas, and other areas impacted by GE's operations and Unkamet Brook. While PCBs are the primary contaminants of concern (COC) associated with the Site, additional hazardous substances that have been detected in soil, sediment, groundwater or surface water at the overall Site include dioxins, furans, volatile organic compounds (VOC), semi volatile organic compounds (SVOC), coal tars, and inorganic constituents. SURROUNDING POPULATION: ☒ RESIDENTIAL ☒ INDUSTRIAL ☐ RURAL ☒ URBAN ☒ COMMERCIAL ☐ OTHER: Page 4 of 32 GE PITTSFIELD/HOUSATONIC SITE SPECIFIC HEALTH AND SAFETY PLAN (HASP) SITE SPECIFIC HEALTH AND SAFETY PLAN SITE LOCATION PLAN / SITE SKETCH LEGEND; GEP1antlva: c::::::J ¥1•~ aa. ~ Unbmtt Blook • Wt!ft Atta C7 c:::::::::J llolldJ.. 710.......1 c=J Con~ hdaliqe Al'Cll -[:=J CJ l [:=J c::::::J [:=J !9'<Compla c::::::J (°"... "" .."" ..,_....._ Tlwlslcffod ~l',l)A) c:::J c:::J f<flnef 0,cbow Alea• CJ FOl'!Ml!Ollbollr""-AIC FOf'f'llit1 0 1l~~JII( Lym.-.&VWIAru ....alStreelAn!sl N"IIMllkMAIHI l O'tC"""Plc> Altn!IIN School NM Si~ul.al<cllMtkJ 112- M.11 R■ildh ~ 11'2· Ml'io~ ,.,,,, 1112-Mr.~1n,,..,.11... ~ - ......·.. - -0- w~ ~ e • ... SC.loIll Ftol GE-PITTSFIELDIHOUSATO NIC RIVER SITE SITE MAP Page 5 of 32 GE PITTSFIELD/HOUSATONIC SITE SPECIFIC HEALTH AND SAFETY PLAN (HASP) SITE SPECIFIC HEALTH AND SAFETY PLAN EMERGENCY CONTACTS & APPROVAL EMERGENCY CONTACTS TITLE NAME PHONE TITLE NAME PHONE EPA Region I Dean Tagliaferro 617-918-1282 HDR Project Manager Melissa LaMacchia 201-335-9391 (Direct) 845-548-6960 (Cell) State EPA Office Region I, HDR Office Safety Coordinator John Guzewich 201-335-9371 (Direct) 5 Post Office Square – 1-888-372-7341 845-548-5493 (Cell) Suite 100, Boston, MA 413-212-7375 (Cell) National Poison Control Ctr. N/A 800-222-1222 HDR Onsight Personnel/Field Lead Thomas Czelusniak 911 Work Care (Occupational H&S) Sheila Nghe 714-978-7488 x243 Police & Fire Departments Berkshire Medical 911 or 413-447-2000 Work Care Incident Intervention (for non- 888-449-7787 Emergency Medical Services Center, 725 North Street, emergency work-related injury/illness) Pittsfield, MA 01201 800-424-8802 National Response Center OTHER INFORMATION HOSPITAL CONTACT INFORMATION Berkshire Medical Center 1. Evacuation routes will be specified by the PRP’s Site Health & Safety Officer (HSO) and NEAREST HOSPITAL EMERGENCY 725 North Street, Pittsfield, MA 01201 communicated to all personnel on Site. DEPARTMENT PHONE NUMBER: ED: 413-447-2000 2. Personnel will evacuate under conditions as specified by air monitoring requirements or as Berkshire Health Urgent Care directed by the PRP’s HSO. NEAREST EMERGENCY CLINIC 505 East Street, Pittsfield, MA 01201 3. An INCIDENT REPORT form shall be completed for ALL ACCIDENTS (see Appendix A) PHONE NUMBER: including any near miss incidents. Main: (413)-997-0930 24-HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICES: 911 QA REVIEW: JJ,,J DATE: 01/25/2021