Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Report
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PHASE I ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT REPORT Dayco, Inc. 37 Harper Savage Lane West Hartford, Vermont December 26, 2012 Prepared for: Town of Hartford 171 Bridge Street White River Junction, VT 05001 Prepared by: P.O. Box 787 368 Avenue D, Suite 15 Williston, VT 05495 (802) 383-0486 (802) 383-0490 fax [email protected] KAS Project # 512120285 Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Report Dayco, Inc., 37 Harper Savage Lane, West Hartford, Vermont TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION PAGE 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY __________________________________________________1 2.0 INTRODUCTION ________________________________________________________1 3.0 SITE DESCRIPTION _____________________________________________________4 4.0 USER SUPPLIED INFORMATION _________________________________________5 5.0 RECORDS REVIEW ______________________________________________________7 6.0 SITE RECONAISSANCE _________________________________________________11 7.0 INTERVIEWS __________________________________________________________15 8.0 FINDINGS _____________________________________________________________17 9.0 OPINION ______________________________________________________________17 10.0 CONCLUSIONS _______________________________________________________19 11.0 DEVIATIONS _________________________________________________________20 12.0 ADDITIONAL SERVICES ______________________________________________21 13.0 REFERENCES ________________________________________________________21 14.0 SIGNATURES OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONALS __________________23 15.0 QUALIFICATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONALS ______________23 16.0 APPENDICIES _______________________________________________________24 December 26, 2012 i KAS Project # 512120285 Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Report Dayco, Inc., 37 Harper Savage Lane, West Hartford, Vermont 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY KAS, Inc. (KAS) conducted a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) of land and premises at 37 Harper Savage Lane, in the Village of West Hartford, Vermont. The ESA was conducted pursuant to the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process (ASTM E 1527-05). This assessment was conducted for the Town of Hartford. The owner of the property is Dayco, Inc. The user of this document is the Town of Hartford. The property consists of an approximately 1.5 acre parcel with three buildings in West Hartford village. The property is on the east side of Route 14 and has road frontage on both Route 14 and on Harper Savage Lane. As of December 2012 the property was abandoned and not in use, having been impacted by floodwaters during Tropical Storm Irene in 2011. The property was historically used for an excavation business, vehicle repair, contractors’ yard, and for Dayco operations which involve roofing and insulation. The property is not included on any of the searched environmental databases utilized in this ESA. The adjacent property (West Hartford General Store) is a closed hazardous site according to the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation. The surrounding area is a small village and once outside the village the area is mostly rural residential in nature. Information obtained by KAS indicates that there were several underground storage tanks (USTs) used to store petroleum products, which were decommissioned in the 1980’s and 1990’s. Environmental closure assessment information was not available to KAS for any of the reported UST decommissioning. Further, KAS observed evidence of two USTs which may or may not be related to the three reported decommissioned USTs. A floor drain system was identified in one building. The system reportedly has been plugged and no longer discharges to the environment. However, historic vehicle repair in the building may have led to subsurface contamination during the period when the drain system was functional. There is reportedly an on-site dewatering system beneath the gravel parking lot which discharges to the White River. Sampling of this system’s discharge in 1997 indicated low levels of petroleum-related contamination was present at the time. The configuration of the system including where it is located and its lateral extent on the property is not known. We have performed a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment in conformance with the scope and limitations of ASTM Practice E 1527 at Dayco, Inc., 37 Harper Savage Lane, West Hartford, Vermont. Any exceptions to, or deletions from, this practice are described in Section 11.0 of this report. This assessment has revealed no evidence of recognized environmental conditions in connection with the property except for the following. December 26, 2012 1 KAS Project # 512120285 Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Report Dayco, Inc., 37 Harper Savage Lane, West Hartford, Vermont 1. Three on-site historic petroleum USTs closed in the 1980’s and the 1990’s, apparently without environmental assessments performed during closure. 2. Apparent gas pump shown on a property survey provided to KAS, which may or may not be related to the three USTs referenced above. 3. Evidence of a current or former UST located below the north building floor, which may or may not be related to one of the three historic petroleum USTs referenced above. 4. Historic vehicle and equipment maintenance operations performed on-site in connection with contractor’s businesses and several automotive repair shops. 5. Historic operations of a floor trough floor drain in vehicle maintenance areas with presumed on-site discharge. 6. Documented subsurface contamination data generated in 1997 in connection with an on- site dewatering system. 7. Current and historic petroleum USTs at the neighboring West Hartford General Store. Seven USTs have been documented on the property. Four de-minimis conditions are identified which are not RECs, which do not likely present risk of environmental contamination rising to ASTM’s “Material Threat” status, and which if brought to the attention of an environmental regulatory agency, would be unlikely to elicit an enforcement action.. These include: • the adjacent railway line abutting the property on its east side (PAH soil contamination is sometimes associated with operating and historic railway lines); • a reported 200-gallon AST owned by a snowmobile club, which was on the property following the August 2011 flood but which has since been removed; • two 275-gallon ASTs which were reportedly deposited on the property by flood waters, were observed to be empty, which do not appear to have operated on the property and which do not have associated visible evidence of spills or releases, as well as other containers observed on the property; and, • flood debris and silt, which may or may not contain trace levels of petroleum contamination. This assessment was prepared by an environmental professional as defined by ASTM, and is believed to depict an accurate representation of the property’s environmental status as of December 2012. December 26, 2012 2 KAS Project # 512120285 Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Report Dayco, Inc., 37 Harper Savage Lane, West Hartford, Vermont 2.0 INTRODUCTION KAS, Inc. of Williston, Vermont (KAS) conducted a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) of land and premises at 37 Harper Savage Lane, in the Village of West Hartford, Town of Hartford, Windsor County, Vermont (property; see Appendix A Site Location Map1 and Appendix B Site Plan2). The ESA was conducted pursuant to the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process (ASTM E 1527-05). This assessment was conducted for the Town of Hartford, herein referred to as client. The owner of record of the property as of the date of this report is Dayco, Inc., herein referred to as owner. The user of this document is the Town of Hartford. 2.1. Purpose The purpose of this ESA was to identify recognized environmental conditions (RECs), historic RECs and de minimis conditions in association with the property as defined and described in the ASTM standard. 2.2. Detailed Scope-of-Services KAS was engaged by client to conduct a Phase I ESA as defined in ASTM E 1527-05. The Phase I ESA work scope included the following elements: A general description of the site and vicinity, current property and adjoining property uses, description of improvements. An evaluation of user supplied information including land records, liens, limitations, specialized knowledge, and valuation information. A review of practically reviewable regulatory and historic records in connection with the property. A site reconnaissance including general site setting, interior and exterior observations. Interviews with owner, site manager, occupants, local government officials and others as available. Presentation of Findings, Opinion, Conclusions, Deviations and the results of any out of scope contract obligations between client and KAS. Unless otherwise stated in Section 12.0 of this document, no invasive environmental testing was conducted, and no assessment or testing of asbestos, lead paint, radon or other structural environmental hazards was conducted. If any of these tasks were contracted between KAS and client, the methodology, limitations and results of such tasks may be presented in Section 12.0 of this document. 1 USGS, 1988. 2 Undated property survey. December 26, 2012 3 KAS Project # 512120285 Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Report Dayco, Inc., 37 Harper Savage Lane, West