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GE – Pittsfield / Housatonic River Site GE – Pittsfield / Housatonic River Site Administrative Record File for the June 2014 Draft Modification of the Reissued RCRA Permit/Statement of Basis GE – Pittsfield / Housatonic River Site Rest of River Admin. Record File Released: June 2014 Revised Index Released: October, 2014 Prepared by EPA New England Office of Site Remediation and Restoration Introduction to the Collection This is the Administrative Record file for the GE – Pittsfield / Housatonic River Site/ Rest of River Draft Modification to the Reissued RCRA Permit and Statement of Basis. The Housatonic River flows south from north of Pittsfield, Massachusetts and travels through Massachusetts and Connecticut into Long Island Sound. This Administrative Record file contains site-specific documents, reference material, and guidance used by EPA staff that form the basis for EPA’s issuance of the Rest of River Draft Modification of the RCRA Permit and Statement of Basis. On August 21, 2014, EPA transmitted three additional items to include in the Administrative Record File for the Draft Permit Modification for Rest of River, GE-Pittsfield/Housatonic River Site that a reviewer noted were incomplete and/or difficult to view: -a DVD of the video of EPA’s April-May 2011 Community Mini-Workshops and Charrette (SDMS 541624); -a CD containing the complete version, including attachments of the “Housatonic River Floodplain User Survey Summary Report”, prepared for General Electric Company by Triangle Economic Research, January 20, 2003 (SDMS 41711); and -the complete version, including attachments, of GE’s June 30, 2011, “Comments to National Remedy Review Board (NRRB), Revised Corrective Measures Study (CMS) Report, Rest of River ” (SDMS 487349). On October 27, 2014, EPA revised the index by adding 4 documents to the privileged portion of the Administrative Record file: Revised Supplemental Cost Information Package, Revised Corrective Measures Study Report: -Document 568036: Sediment Alternatives Cost Estimate -Document 568037: Floodplain Alternatives Cost Estimate -Document 568038: Combined Sediment and Floodplains Cost Estimate -Document 568039: Treatment/Disposition Cost Estimate This Administrative Record file incorporates, by reference, the Administrative Records for the prior actions undertaken at the GE - Pittsfield / Housatonic River Site, including but not limited to the following: a) General Electric Building 68 Site Removal Action (March 1997); b) Upper Reach Removal Action, (May 1998); c) Allendale School Removal Action, (May 1999); d) Removal Actions Outside the River, (August 1999); e) Reissued RCRA Permit (July 2000); f) GE-Pittsfield / Housatonic River Consent Decree (2000); g) Non-Time Critical Removal Action 1 ½ Mile Reach (November 2000); h) Draft Reissued RCRA Permit, GE / Housatonic River Site (September 2007) The Administrative Record also incorporates by reference all technical literature cited in a bibliography or reference section of a document that is part of the Administrative Record. These reference materials may not be listed separately in the index. An Administrative Record file is required by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) and implemented by the National Contingency Plan, 40 C.F.R. Part 300. This Administrative Record file is also in accordance with the administrative record requirements for Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) actions found at 40 C.F.R Part 124, and the Consent Decree, including Appendix G to the Decree. Please note that the compact disc(s) (CD) containing this Administrative Record may include index data and other metadata (hereinafter collectively referred to as metadata) to allow the user to conduct index searches and key word searches across all the files contained on the CD. All the information that appears in the metadata, including any dates associated with creation of the indexing data, is not part of the Administrative Record for the Draft Modification to the Reissued RCRA Permit/Statement of Basis and shall not be construed as relevant to the documents that comprise the Administrative Record. This metadata is provided as a convenience for the user and is not part of the Administrative Record. Questions about this Administrative Record file should be directed to Kelsey O'Neill at 617-918- 1003, or toll-free at 1-888-372-7341. The Administrative Record Index, Draft Modification of the Reissued RCRA Permit, Statement of Basis and several select documents are available online at http://www.epa.gov/region1/ge/index.html. In addition, the Administrative Record file is available for review at the following locations: EPA New England OSRR Records & Information Center 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100 (OSRR 02-3) Boston, MA 02109-3912 617-918-1440 (phone) [email protected] (e-mail) Weston Solutions, Inc. 10 Lyman Street, Suite 2 Pittsfield, MA 01201 413-442-4224 Berkshire Athenaeum Public Library Reference Department 1 Wendell Avenue Pittsfield, MA 01201 413-499-9480 www.pittsfieldlibrary.org/ Cornwall Free Library 30 Pine Street Cornwall, CT 06753 860-672-6874 www.cornwallfreelibrary.org/ Housatonic Valley Association (HVA) 150 Kent Road P.O. Box 28 Cornwall Bridge, CT 06754 860-672-6678 www.hvatoday.org/ Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection - Western Regional Office 436 Dwight Street Springfield, MA 01103 413-784-1100 www.mass.gov/dep/about/region/westernr.htm Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection 79 Elm Street Hartford, CT 06106-5127 860-424-3000 www.ct.gov/dep GE - HOUSATONIC RIVER ***For External Use*** AR Collection Index Report - AR Collection: 2697 GE-HOUSATONIC REST OF RIVER AR Page 1 of 368 Phase 01: Historical and Background File Break: 01.01 517747 LETTER REGARDING PCB CONTAMINATION OF MILK FROM WILLIAM DE VOS FARM IN LENOX, MA Doc Date: 10/19/1970 # of Pages: 2 Weston Number: 00-0749 Author: ALFRED C DREW JR-NEW ENGLAND MILK PRODUCERS' ASSOCIATION Addressee: DOUBLEDAY UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, AMHERST 517744 PCB DATA FOR HOUSATONIC RIVER INSECT LARVAE Doc Date: 05/14/1981 # of Pages: 5 Weston Number: 02-2183 Author: ERNEST PIZZUTO-CT DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Addressee: CHARLES FREDETTE CT DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL 517745 STATISTICAL ANALYSIS - PCBS IN HOUSATONIC RIVER FISH, G. BECK Doc Date: 04/05/1982 # of Pages: 1 Weston Number: 02-2184 Author: ERNEST PIZZUTO-CT DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Addressee: CHARLES FREDETTE CT DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL 512785 POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCB) IN SPORT FISH: HEALTH EFFECTS AND ACTIONS TAKEN TO REGULATE Doc Date: 02/24/1984 # of Pages: 38 CONSUMPTION, FINAL REPORT Weston Number: 02-1292 Author: -NUS CORP SUPERFUND DIVISION Addressee: US EPA REGION 1 File Break: 01.02 131630 REPORT ON INITIAL SCREENING OF THE HOUSATONIC RIVER REMEDIAL ALTERNATIVES Doc Date: 03/06/1984 # of Pages: 51 Weston Number: 02-1295 Author: -ERSECO INC Addressee: 157932 HOUSATONIC RIVER SEDIMENT CHARACTERIZATION STUDY REPORT, VOLUME 2 OF 2, APPENDIX E: Doc Date: 07/08/1998 # of Pages: 191 PHOTOGRAPHIC LOG Weston Number: 02-0626 Author: MARK HEANEY-TECHLAW INC Addressee: KATHY CASTAGNA US EPA REGION 1 508660 HOUSATONIC RIVER SEDIMENT CHARACTERIZATION STUDY REPORT, VOLUME 1 OF 2 Doc Date: 07/08/1998 # of Pages: 601 Weston Number: 02-0626 Author: MARK HEANEY-TECHLAW INC Addressee: KATHY CASTAGNA US EPA REGION 1 File Break: 01.03 512786 WOODS POND DAM PHASE 1 INSPECTION REPORT (12/21/1987 TRANSMITTAL LETTER ATTACHED) Doc Date: 09/01/1987 # of Pages: 133 Weston Number: 02-1293 Author: -US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS - OMAHA DISTRICT Addressee: US EPA REGION 1 GE - HOUSATONIC RIVER ***For External Use*** AR Collection Index Report - AR Collection: 2697 GE-HOUSATONIC REST OF RIVER AR Page 2 of 368 Phase 01: Historical and Background File Break: 01.03 211743 PHASE 2 COMPREHENSIVE SITE INVESTIGATION (SI), DEP SITE NUMBER: 1-0539, MOBILE SERVICE STATION, Doc Date: 07/01/1991 # of Pages: 103 FACILITY NO. 06-ECQ, ELM STREET, PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS Weston Number: 00-0001 Author: ROBERT S BRACKETT-GROUNDWATER TECHNOLOGY, INC Addressee: EMMANUEL J PEREZ MOBIL OIL CORP 222421 INTERIM MEASURE PROPOSAL INVENTORY OF STABILITY AND SAFETY OF DAMS ALONG THE HOUSATONIC RIVER Doc Date: 02/01/1994 # of Pages: 30 Weston Number: 02-0566 Author: -BLASLAND BOUCK & LEE INC Addressee: US EPA REGION 1 211752 SEDIMENT CHRONOLOGY STUDIES Doc Date: 08/24/1995 # of Pages: 301 Weston Number: 02-0258 Author: ANDY CARMICHAEL-TELEDYNE BROWN ENGINEERING Addressee: PENELOPE T RABASCO BLASLAND BOUCK & LEE INC 211753 SEDIMENT CHRONOLOGY STUDIES Doc Date: 09/14/1995 # of Pages: 205 Weston Number: 02-0259 Author: ANDY CARMICHAEL-TELEDYNE BROWN ENGINEERING Addressee: PENELOPE T RABASCO BLASLAND BOUCK & LEE INC 211755 PRELIMINARY HABITAT AND BIOTA IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF SEDIMENT REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES, GE Doc Date: 01/01/1996 # of Pages: 157 HOUSATONIC RIVER STUDY AREA Weston Number: 02-0251 Author: -ENVIRON CORP Addressee: 213199 PHASE 2 SITE INVESTIGATION (SI) REPORT, HIGH VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION RESEARCH CENTER, 115 EAST NEW Doc Date: 01/01/1998 # of Pages: 152 LENOX ROAD, LENOX, MASSACHUSETTS Weston Number: 99-0581 Author: -WOODWARD-CLYDE CONSULTANTS INC Addressee: ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE 213200 PHASE 1 - INITIAL SITE INVESTIGATION (SI) REPORT, ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE (EPRI), 1000 EAST Doc Date: 07/31/1998 # of Pages: 257 NEW LENOX ROAD, LENOX, MASSACHUSETTS Weston Number: 99-0582 Author: -DAMES & MOORE Addressee: GENERAL ELECTRIC CO/SCHENECTADY
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