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Eastland Woolen Mill Superfund Site Proposed Is . , !u..u I\cotJi Cc. Vr isHIE: C • .•»••.•* - v.. BREAK: 4.°! O'llihR: _ EasttancnVooJei^V|jJ^uper^ No Further Action Necessary to Address Contamination in the East Branch of the Sebasticook River What do you think? The Cleanup First Meeting Proposal... You are invited to attend an Public Information Meeting to informational public meeting on learn more about this proposed After careful study of the June 29th, 2004 to learn about plan Eastland Woolen Mill EPA's Proposed Plan to take no lh Superfund Site, EPA is further action regarding the East June 29 2004 proposing that no further Branch of the Sebasticook 7:00 p.m. action is necessary to River. At the meeting, EPA Corinna School Gymnasium address the contamination Stetson Road will respond to your questions Route 222 in the sediments and and concerns about the No Corinna, ME floodplain soil of the East Further Action proposal and Branch of the Sebasticook how it may affect you. For Second Meeting River, including the area further information about this Formal Comment Session to known as the Old Dump. meeting, call EPA Community give citizens the opportunity to Involvement Coordinator Pam enter official comments for EPA has determined that the Harting-Barrat (617)918-1318, public record about this contamination found in the or toll-free at proposed plan East Branch of the 1-888-372-7341 ext. 81318. Sebasticook River surface August 10th 2004 water, sediments, floodplain EPA is accepting public at 7:00 p.m. soil (including the Old comment on this cleanup Corinna School Gymnasium Dump) and biota does not proposal from July 13th 2004 Stetson Road pose an unacceptable risk to through August 12th 2004. You human health and the do not have to be a technical environment. The detailed expert to comment. If you have ecological studies a concern or preference Send written comments concluded that the regarding EPA's proposed postmarked no later than August biological integrity of the cleanup plan, EPA wants to hear 12*200410: Operable Unit E (OU IT) from you before making a final Edward Hathaway, RPM area has not been decision on how to protect your U.S. EPA New England significantly degraded by community. To provide formal 1 Congress Street the contamination. comments, you may: Suite 1100 (HBT) Boston, MA 02114-2023 Offer oral comments during the comment portion of the formal E-mail comments by August 12* th * Definitions for words that public hearing on August 10 2004 to: [email protected] appear in bold can be found in (see page 9 for more details). the glossary. SDMS DocID 000210635 FORMER EASTLAND WOOLEN MILL BUILDING 14 AREA OPERABLE UNIT OPERABLE UNIT AREAS SUBJECT TO EARLY CLEANUP EXTENT OF OPERABLE UNITS EAST BRANCH SEBASTICOOK RIVER SCALE: 1"=750' FIGURE 1 SITE PLAN SHOWING OPERABLE UNIT BOUNDARIES AND EASTLAND WOOLEN MILL SITE STUDY AREAS CORINNA, MAINE Scope and Role of this Action Site History The No Further Action proposal presented in this Eastland Woolen Mill operated as a wool Proposed Plan represents EPA's cleanup approach for and blended wool textile facility from 1912 to 1996. the area known as "Operable Unit IF', which is the third phase of EPA's overall cleanup strategy for the Eastland Liquid wastes from the Mill were Woolen Mill Superfund Site. The three phases of the discharged to the East Branch of the cleanup strategy are discussed briefly below. (See Sebasticook River until approximately Figure 1: Site Plan). 1969 when the local sewage treatment plant was built. First phase of cleanup activity- Non-Time Critical In 1983, contamination of groundwater Removal Action (NTCRA). or early cleanup. The first was discovered and carbon filters were phase of the cleanup activity began in July 1999 with installed on five water supplies. the demolition of the former Eastland Woolen Mill. By 1988, ten water supplies were fitted During the period from 1999 through 2003, EPA with carbon filters. completed the excavation and treatment of 100,000 tons of contaminated soil along with the partial restoration of Eastland Woolen Mill company performed the Site. investigations to assess the contamination from 1984 - 1995. Two activities awaiting completion under the NTCRA: A water line was installed in 1995 to provide water for those residences and * Final grading and site restoration. The majority of businesses with contaminated wells. this work will be completed in 2004. Eastland Woolen Mill ceased operations in 1996. 4 In-situ oxidation of the deep overburden/shallow bedrock contamination. This work will continue Maine DEP removed 54,673 pounds of into 2005 and possibly, 2006. various hazardous substances from the closed Mill in 1997. Second phase of cleanup activity- Long-Term Site EPA began investigations of the Eastland Cleanup (Remedial Action) for Groundwater (Operable Woolen Mill in December 1998. Unit D. The second phase of cleanup activity, or Operable Unit I, targets the contaminated groundwater EPA placed the Eastland Woolen Mill on beneath the former Eastland Woolen Mill complex and the National Priorities List (Superfund list) in July 1999. downtown Corinna. EPA is currently completing the design for the Operable Unit I cleanup. EPA signed the Action Memorandum to initiate early cleanup action in July 1999. Third phase of cleanup activity­ Sediments/Floodplain Soils within the East Branch of EPA signed the Record of Decision for the Sebasticook River and the Old Dump (Operable Operable Unit I - groundwater cleanup in September 2002. Unit IT). The third phase of cleanup activities, or Operable Unit n, includes all remaining areas of Site EPA completed the excavation and contamination not included within the NTCRA or OU treatment of soil as part of early cleanup I. The areas included within OU II are the sediment action in October 2003. and floodplan soil of the East Branch of the Sebasticook River extending from the end of the NTCRA excavation to Sebasticook Lake, The initial physical survey of the OU U area revealed 14 including the area known as the "Old Dump." This distinct floodplain areas and seven distinct river areas Proposed Plan describes the investigations, results, that were evaluated for contamination as part of the RI and EPA's proposed cleanup approach for these field programs. As part of the Baseline Ecological Risk areas. See Figure 2 for the extent of OU n. Assessment, areas with similar physical characteristics were combined resulting in the identification of two Remedial Investigation Program floodplain soil exposure areas and five sediment exposure areas. See Figure 3 which shows the A Remedial Investigation (RI) involves the collection floodplain and sediment exposure areas. Only the of data to determine the nature and extent of portion of Sediment Exposure Area E which is contamination at a site. The RI for the Eastland contaminated (which is the section about 1 mile north of Woolen Mill was performed from 1999 - 2001. The Sebasticcok Lake) is shown on Figure 3. To identify Remedial Investigation Report for OU I and OU n areas of contamination within these floodplain and and the Feasibility Study Report for OU I were sediment exposure areas, EPA performed the following released in July 2002. studies: A supplemental RI field investigation program was * Placed 392 vapor diffusion samplers in the river bed conducted during 2002 and 2003 to better define the to determine areas where contamination may be extent of contamination in the OU n areas and to present; better assess the potential risks to the ecological f Installed 36 borings into the sediment to delineate receptors from the contamination. A Supplemental the depth of contamination; and RI Report and Revised Baseline Ecological Risk 4 Collected 258 sediment and 402 floodplain soil Assessment Report containing the results of the samples to identify the contaminants that are present studies and revised risk evaluation will be released in the sediment and floodplain soil and to delineate July 12, 2004. The data collected as part of the the extent of the contamination. Supplemental RI did not indicate a need to revised the Human Health Risk Assessment. The July 2002 Using these data, EPA performed studies to obtain a Human Health Risk Assessment is the final Human better understanding of the potential impacts of the Risk Assessment for OU U. A summary of the contamination on the ecological receptors at the Site. findings of the combined RI and Supplemental RI are The studies included: presented below. * Placement of very small aquatic organisms in test chambers within the river sediments to evaluate East Branch of the Sebasticook River toxicity (in-situ toxicity testing); Sediment and Floodplain Soil (including 4 Exposure of laboratory test organisms to sediment the Old Dump) and floodplain soil samples collected from the Site (ex-situ toxicity testing); The OU n component of the RI documents the * Bioaccumulation studies of earthworms using nature and extent of contamination in surface water floodplain soil; and sediments of the East Branch of the Sebasticook 4 Collection and analysis of 18 fish (fillets and whole River and the associated floodplain soil, including fish) samples, 9 mussel samples, and 8 crayfish the area known as the Old Dump. 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