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Site Type: Long Term/National Priorities List (NPL)  |
HATHEWAY & PATTERSON |
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| Mansfield, Massachusetts |
Bristol County
| Street Address: | 35 County Street |
| Zip Code: | 02048 |
Congressional
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| EPA ID #: | MAD001060805 |
| Site ID #: | 0102724 |
| Site Aliases: | Hatheway & Patterson
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| Site Responsibility: | Federal |
| NPL LISTING HISTORY |
| Proposed Date | 09/13/2001 |
| Final Date | 09/05/2002 |
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Site Description
Hatheway and Patterson Company (HPC) is a former wood preserving facility located in a mixed residential and industrial area in Mansfield, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The HPC property comprises approximately 40 acres and is bordered to the north by County Street and residential properties, to the south and west by forested and wetland areas, and to the east by a welding and masonry supply company. The property is roughly divided in half by the Rumford River, which runs north to south, and by a railroad track right-of-way, which runs east and west. The HPC was listed on the NPL because releases of dioxins, furans, and phenols from the facility to the Rumford River have impacted fisheries and wetlands, and releases of arsenic, chromium, copper, phenols (including pentachlorophenol (PCP)), and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to ground water pose a threat to nearby municipal and private drinking water wells.
Operations at the HPC property included preserving wood sheeting, planking, timber, piling, poles, and other wood products. HPC began wood treating operations at the property in 1953, although it operated at the facility since 1927. Operations between 1927 and 1953 are unknown. HPC historically used various methods and materials to treat wood on the property, including PCP in fuel oil, creosote, fluoro-chrome-arsenate-phenol (FCAP) salts, chromated copper-arsenate (CCA), Dricon(tm) (a fire retardant), and other chemicals.
Threats and Contaminants
In 1971, a tar mat approximately 62 feet long and 6 inches wide was discovered by the town of Mansfield and Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MADEP) personnel. At the end of 1972, a citizen complained of "oily water" and dead water fowl in the Rumford River downstream of the HPC facility. Subsequently, MADEP and the town of Mansfield requested that HPC contain the seepage. By 1973, HPC developed a contaminated ground water recovery trench located along the east bank of the Rumford River just upstream from its confluence with the Rumford River backwash channel. Oily seepage was again detected in the Rumford River in 1981 by a prospective buyer of the site. In 1987, HPC was issued a Notice of Noncompliance by the MADEP, which ordered that HPC conduct a soils and hydrology assessment of the site. In 1988, MADEP issued HPC a Notice of Responsibility, and in 1990, MADEP issued a Request for Short-Term Measure to address the imminent contamination of the Rumford River emanating from the site. In 1992, EPA's RCRA program personnel conducted inspections of the HPC facility and determined that the drip pads were not in compliance. In 1993, HPC filed for bankruptcy and ceased operations in April 1993.
In 1999, the state of Massachusetts, at the recommendation of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, closed the Rumford River from below Glue Factory Pond dam to the Norton Reservoir to all fishing due to dioxin contamination attributed to HPC. Releases of dioxins and phenols also have impacted approximately 1.25 miles of wetland frontage along the Rumford River, and the releases pose a threat to several other wetland areas, fisheries, and habitats used by State designated threatened species downstream of the facility. In addition, over 44,000 people receive drinking water from private and municipal wells within four miles of the HPC facility.
Front Entrance to Hatheway & Patterson Company Site
Cleanup Approach
Response Action Status
| Initial Action | Because wood treating solvents, chemicals, sludges, tanks, sumps, and drums were abandoned by HPC on the property with no electricity or heat, conditions at the site posed a significant threat of hazardous substance releases. Therefore, in December 1993, EPA's Emergency Planning and Response Branch initiated a two year removal action to address problems at the HPC site. Upon initiating the removal action, EPA discovered several process and support buildings that contained large tanks, process vessels, drums, sumps, pits, and various small containers. Outside on the property, EPA discovered three drip pads, treated lumber storage areas, three above ground tanks containing PCP, another tank containing fuel oil, three tanks containing Dricon(tm) in water, and six underground storage tanks. Over 50,000 gallons of waste water was removed by EPA during this action; an undetermined amount of contaminated soil remains at the site. HPC's operations and abandoned materials have caused releases of site-related contaminants to soils, ground water, and surface water. |
| Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study | Field work for the Remedial Investigation (RI) began in late October 2002 and ended in Fall 2003. The final RI and the Feasibility Study were released in June 2005. |
| Record of Decision | The Record of Decision was signed on September 30, 2005. The major components of the selected remedy are: (1) Approximately 31,000 cubic yards of soil exceeding cleanup levels will be excavated. (2) The buildings in and near Hatheway & Patterson’s former manufacturing area will be demolished to allow excavation of underlying contaminated soils. Excavated soil will be replaced with clean backfill. (3) Soils containing pentachlorophenol (PCP), semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs), and arsenic will be excavated, tested for leachability and, if they fail, stabilization/solidification agent(s) will be utilized. The stabilized/solidified soils will then be consolidated on-site under a low-permeability cover. (4) Soils containing dioxin and oily material (LNAPL) will be disposed of off-site at a licensed facility. (5) Institutional controls will prohibit the use of Site groundwater and restrict land uses in a manner that ensures the protectiveness of the remedy as described in this ROD, and ensures the integrity of the on-site low-permeability cover and other remedial components. Risks from soil exposures within the area of the existing railroad right of way will be evaluated during design and appropriate action such as deed restrictions or other legal and administrative measures will be implemented if necessary. (6) Long term monitoring of groundwater, surface water, fish tissue and sediment. (6) Five-year reviews, and operation and maintenance of remedial components, including the low permeability cover |
Environmental Progress
EPA conducted a preliminary environmental investigation in the Fall of 2001 and issued a Final Data Report on June 4, 2002. The preliminary environmental investigation focused on sampling existing ground water monitoring wells at the site and collecting water and sediment samples from the Rumford River. The Final Data Report summarizes all historical soil data collected at the site as well as data collected during the preliminary environmental investigation. Based on the information presented in the Final Data Report, EPA was able to identify where additional information is needed to complete a Remedial Investigation. A Remedial Investigation of the Hatheway & Patterson site was completed in the Spring of 2005. After a public comment period, EPA selected a remedy, outlined in the Record of Decision dated September 30, 2005. EPA demolished most of the former Hatheway & Patterson production buildings during the summer of 2006. Photos of the demolition activities are shown below. The Remedial Design was completed in September 2008
Current Site Status
Week of October 13, 2009 Update: The last remaining production building (the Mill building) from the former Hatheway and Patterson operation was demolished this week. Boring were taken to help in final preparations for the installation of some sheeting needed to support the excavation of waste at the Site. The perimeter air monitoring system has arrived at the Site. Test Pitting continues at the Site.
Borings taken in preparation for sheeting installation.
Demolition of the mill building at the Site.
October 5, 2009 Update: Workplan review is continuing. The digging of a number of test pits on site was conducted during the week of September 28. A small boring rig will arrive onsite shortly to collect the remainder of the samples needed to determine the disposal facilities to receive contaminated material from the Site. Clearing and grubbing operations also continue.
Hay Bales in place along the Rumford River Week of October 5, 2009
Test Pitting at the Site. Week of September 28th, 2009
September 23, 2009 Update: The mobilization of the cleanup contractor to the Hatheway and Patterson Superfund Site began in August 2009. The contractor's trailers are installed and utility hookups to them are complete. Hay bales and other drainage control materials have been delivered and the contractor will be installing them around the site. The contractor is currently preparing workplans required to detail how some of the work will be executed. The workplans must be reviewed and approved before work proceeds. The first activity people will see at the Site in early October will be some sampling involving the use of a small boring rig on-site and a small number of test pits dug with an excavator. These samples will help determine which disposal facilities will receive the material excavated and removed from the site.
Trailers mobilized to the Site-September 2009
Funding for the Hatheway and Patterson Superfund Site is being provided via the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), and a 10% cost share provided by the Massachusett Department of Environmental Protection. The work is being managed for US EPA by the US Army Corps of Engineers. Work began at the Site during the late summer of 2009 and is scheduled for completion in the fall of 2010. The Corps of Engineers has selected Sevenson Environmental Services, Inc. to perform the cleanup work at the Site. Questions about the work can be addressed to David Lederer, the Remedial Project Manager at 617-918-1325, or at "lederer.dave@epa.gov".
Site Photos
Photo of Demolition; Summer 2006
Demolition activities; Summer 2006
Demolition of Hatheway & Patterson buildings; Summer 2006
Links to Other Site Information
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Site Repositories
Mansfield Public Library, 255 Hope Street, Mansfield, MA
EPA New England Records Center, One Congress Street, Boston, MA 02114 (617) 918-1440
Contacts
| EPA Remedial Project Manager: | David Lederer |
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| Phone #: | (617) 918-1325 |
| E-Mail Address: | lederer.david@epa.gov |
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| EPA Community Involvement Coordinator: | Pamela Harting-Barrat |
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| Phone #: | (617) 918 -1318 |
| E-Mail Address: | harting-barrat.pamela@epa.gov |
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