O 3-0 3 7I L< Nc~v'snSt MASSACHUSETTS WATER RESOURCES AUTHORITY 100 First Avenue 02 B n M a s ach use11ns 1, October 20, 1995 Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Northeast Regional Office Waiver Unit 10 Commerce Way Woburn, Massachusetts 01801 Re: Waiver Submittals OCT 2 319% MWRA Fore River Staging Area (former General Dynamics Shipyard) DEP/ORTHEAST REGION RIN 3-0536 and 3-10266 WOBURN, MASS. To whom it may concern. Enclosed please find the following documents, which are submitted in accordance with the March 1994 Waiver of Approvals issued by the Department of Environmental Protection to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority for the above-referenced site: 1. PEER Consultants, P.C., Phase I Site Investigation, 166 East Howard Street, Quincy, MA, October 14, 1994. 2. PEER Consultants, P.C., Phase I Site Investigation, 661 Washington Street, Quincy, MA, September 23, 1994. 3. PEER Consultants, P.C., Phase I Site Investigation, 12 - 34 Cleverly Court, Quincy, MA, January 13, 1995. 4. PEER Consultants, P.C., Phase I Site Investigation, 5 - 49 Cleverly Court. Quincy, MA, September 15, 1994. 5. PEER Consultants, P.C., Consultant's Determination for Premises Located at MWRA Fore River Staging Area, September 15, 1995. 6. Remedial Response Action Completion Statement, Former General Dynamics October 20, 1995 Page 2 Quincy Shipbuilding Facility: Off-site parcels, October 2, 1995. In accordance with the Fore River Staging Area Public Involvement Plan, these documents were made available for public comment. Subsequent to the public comment period, the Consultant's Determination amending the Fore River Staging Area Notice of Land Use Stipulation was recorded in the Norfolk County Registry of Deeds as Document No. 81172 and in the Norfolk County Registry of the Land Court as Document No. 722351. Thank you for your attention to this matter. If you have any questions regarding these submittals, please contact me at (617) 241-2759. Very truly yours, Mark Radville Program Manager, Real Property & Environmental Management cc: Maggie Debbie, MWRA, w/o enclosure Leon Lataille, MWRA, Sharon Gobiel, DEP/NERO, REMEDIAL RESPONSE ACTION COMPLETION STATEMENT Do not send this form in with the application form. Detach this page and reserve it until the remedial response action Is completed. At that time, submit this statement to the Department. A. SITE INFORMATION: Name of Disposal Site: Fomer General Dynamics - Quincy Shipbuilding Facility: Off-site parcels. DEQE Site ID Number: 3-0536 and 3-10266 Address: 97 East Howard Street (STREET) Quincy MA 02169 (CITY/TOWN) (STATE) (ZIP CODE) C. STATEMENT OF CONFORMANCE: Parcels 11, 12, 13, and 14 of MWRA . Fore River Staging Area (formerly I certify that the remedial action for General Dynamics Shipyard) has been (SITE NAME) completed in accordance with the approved waiver application dated November 23, 1993 (MONTH/DAYNEAR) M.G.L c. 21E, and the Massachusetts Contingen Plan. (SIG ATURE OF APPLICANT/DATE) D. STATEMENT OF COMPLETION: Provide an opinion as to whether the remedial response action constitutes a permanent solution under M.G.L. c.21E and provide a basis for that opinion. This opinion must be signed by the applicant and the applicant's consultant. Additional site investigations determined that a level of No Significant Risk exists at each of the four off-site parcels, thus no remedial action was required. For this reason, it is our opinion a permanent solution has been attained. (617) 242-6000 (SIGNAURE OF APPLICANT/DAT8) (PHONE NUMBER) PEER Consultants, P.C. (NAME OF CONSULTANT FIRM) (SIGNATURE OF WPLICANT'S REMEDIAL RESPONSE Please Print ACTION CONSULTANT/ DATE) o-J 12. ISfrt CONSULTANTS DETERMIN i 2 3 For Premises Located A E R DEP/NORTHEAST REGION MWRA Fore River Staging WOBURN, MASS. (Former General Dynamics 97 East Howard Street, Quincy, Massachusetts DEP Release Tracking Nos. 3-0536 and 3-10266 Reference is hereby made to a Notice of Land Use Stipulation dated May 10, 1995, signed by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, and recorded on May 17, 1995 in the Norfolk County Registry Distric of Deeds as Document #36965 and in the Norfolk County Registry of the Land Court as Document #714486. 15&rX- I0C9R/ PAtE +4 PEER Consultants, P.C. ("PEER") the Consultant of Record for the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWR A) has conducted Phase Site Investigations for parcels 11, 12, 13, and 14 of the "Property" as desc-ibed on Exhibit A of the Notice of Land Use Stipulation. The MWRA has, in accordance with the Waiier of Approvals granted by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection ("DEP") in March, 1994 submitted the Phase I Site Investigations and Waiver Completion Statements to DEP. These documents were submitted for a 20-day public comment period and have been placed on record at the following FRSA Public Involvement Plan Information Repositories: Thayer Public Library, 798 Washington Street, Braintree Tufts Library, 46 Broad Street, Weymouth Thomas Crane Public Library, 40 Washington Street, Quincy Massachusetts Water Resources Authority Library, 100 First Avenue, Charlestown In accordance with the Waiver of Approvals, 310 CMR 40.000 (the Massachusetts Contingency Plan, "MCP"). and M.G.L. c21E, PEER has determined that environmental conditions at parcels 11, 12, 13, and 14 of the Property do not pose a significant risk of harm to health, safety, public welfare, or the environment, and that no further remedial actions are necessary. Therefore, PEER has determined that from and after the date hereof, parcels 11, 12, 13, and 14 of the Property shall no longer remain subject to any of the restrictions imposed on the remainder of the Property by the above referenced Notice of Land Use Stipulation, including their being limited to industrial or business office use. Use of the parcels may include but need not be limited to residential development. Subsurface construction activities thereon may be completed without the requirement for a hazardous materials management plan. Executed on this F , day of September, 1995. PEER Consultants, P.C. BY: Elissa J. Brown, Senior Environmental Scientist COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLESEX COUNTY September\ S , 1995 Then personally appeared the above-named Elissa J. Brown, Senior Environmental Scientist of PEER Consultants, P.C. and acknowledged the foregoing to be the free act and deed of PEER Consultants, P.C. \Y' \'L~, Notary Public My Commission Expires: ro \i> I 0 CERTIFICATION OF VOTE OF AUTHORIZATION Date: I hereby certify that a meeting of the Board of Directors of PEER Consultants, P.C., duly called and held at Rockville, Maryland, at which time a quorum was present and acting, it was voted that Elissa J. Brown, a duly qualified and acting Senior Environmental Scientist of the Corporation, be and hereby is authorized to execute and deliver for in behalf of the Corporation, a so-called "Consultant's Determination" for the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority which was presented to and made a part of the records of said meeting. I further certify that said vote has not been repealed, rescinded, or amended. A true copy of the record, ATTEST: C fhe Corporation (Corporate Seal) MASSACHUSETTS WATER RESOURCES AUTHORITY AI- Charlestown Navy Yard 100 First Avenue Boston, Massachusetts 02129 -6000 H ~Telephone: (617) 242-60 N'J Facsimile: (617) 241-6070 July 21, 1995 PUBLIC NOTICE RE: WAIVER SUBMITTAIS; SUPPLEMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT and RISK CHARACTERIZATION MWRA Fore River Staging Area (former General Dynamics Shipyard) Release Tracking Numbers 3-0536 and 3-10266 Dear Interested Party: Please be advised that Green Environmental, Inc., the Consultant of Record for the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) through the U.S. Naval & Shipbuilding Museum (USNSM), has, in accordance with the Waiver of Approvals granted by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection ("DEP") in March, 1994, prepared a Supplemental Site Assessment and Risk Characterization, a Remedial Response Action Completion Statement, and Consultant's Determination pertaining to one portion of the parcel leased by the USNSM from the MWRA at the MWRA's Fore River Staging Area (FRSA), 97 East Howard Street, Quincy, Massachusetts. The Supplemental Site Assessment and Risk Characterization, Remedial Response Action Completion Statement, and Consultant's Determination are available for public review and comment at the following locations: Thayer Public Library, 798 Washington Street, Braintree Tufts Public Library, 46 Broad Street, Weymouth Thomas Crane Public Library, 40 Washington Street, Quincy Massachusetts Water Resources Authority Library, 100 First Avenue, Charlestown Prited on 100 - Recycled Paper Please forward all comments to the attention of: Mr. Jose Vincenty Public Contact Person MWRA Charlestown Navy Yard 100 First Avenue Boston, MA 02129 The publi' WuHCHL period will expire on August 11, 1995. DISTRIBUTION: FRSA PIP Mailing List 0 - J~d N Ila- 1.q ~r W- Commonweath of Massachusetts Execulive Office of Envronmental Affairs Department of Environmental Protection William F. Weld Trudy Coxe scray. EOEA David B. Struhs Commi~ssIoner MEMORANDUM To: John viola, Co From: Steve Lipman Date: May 26, 1995 Subject: Fore River Staging Area, Maritime Museum and U.S.S. Salem ---- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Museum) On May 25th this writer met with Bill McMullen (Director of Maritime and MWRA staff to and a representative from his 21E consultant, Green Environmental, U.S.S. Salem docked