Free Exhibit - District Court of Connecticut - Connecticut

Case 3:03-cv-00945-CFD Document 213-29 Filed 05/10/2007 Page1 of1 _p
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TO: Patricia Cam, Environmental Analyst 2
Waste Management Bureau, Waste Engineering & Enforcement Division
FROM: Shannon Windisch, Environmental Analyst 2, ext. 2205 QU
Bureau of Water Management, Permitting, Enforcement & Remediation Division
DATE: December 19, 2000
SUBIECT; Hamden Middle School, 560 Newhall Street, Hamden, Connecticut
Special Waste Disposal Authorization
The Permitting, Enforcement & Remediation Division is assisting the Town of Hamden Board of
Education with coordinating the removal of contaminated surficial soils from the grounds of the
Hamden Middle School. Recent geotechnical/environmental borings and surficial soil sampling
has been conducted by Facility Support Services, LLC on behalf of the Board of Education in
conjunction with planned construction of an addition to the school. Results of these sampling
efforts have revealed elevated concentrations of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons and metals
(primarily lead) in surticial soils at the site. Previous environmental assessments and local
knowledge indicates that the middle school site was formerly used as an unpermitted landhll for
domestic and industrial waste (Winchester/U.S. Repeating Arms) from approximately 1930 to
1954, when the school was constructed. ln order to reduce the potential for exposure to these
compounds and based on health concems, the Permitting, Enforcement, and Remediation
Division has directed the Town and their consultant to remove and dispose of the top two feet of
soil from select areas located proximal to the school (eastern portion of the property along
Newhall Street). This soil removal is proposed as a temporary measure to limit exposure until a
more thorough assessment of the site can be completed and a long-term remedial strategy
implemented. Additional surticial soil sampling to hirther define areas to be removed was
conducted on December 16, 2000 by Facility Sup; ort Services. The analytical results should be A
available by December 21, 2000, at which time the Permitting, Enforcement & Remediation
Division, in consultation with the Department of Public Health, will determine the extent of soil
removal required. The Department has recommended that the excavation of contaminated
surticial soils occur during the week of December 26, 2000 when students will be out of school
for Christmas vacation. For this reason, the Permitting, Enforcement & Remediation Division is
requesting expedited review and approval of a Special Waste Disposal Authorization to dispose
of contaminated soils from the Hamden Middle School at a landfill. ·
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