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I nn Case 3:03-cv-00945-CFD Document 211-25 Filed 05/10/2007 Page 1 of 2
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I ` "’ Q The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is woricing with the Connecticut Deparirnéni of .
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l f ` M _. ,, Health District and Hamden town officials to investigate contamination in the Newhall Street .
l 8 `= neighborhood. Below is an update on activities. _ 3
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g EPA is assisting CT DEPwithevaluating whether _ . ·· - __·_ _ _
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pose an immediate risk to residents if they come ` (¢><*- 8-103%) · - ;_ ` _ i I
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the Augur, Remington and Harris Streets area. f _ _ ‘ -.-‘ i f
Surface soil samples will be collected from front ;_ CT Dep¤r·rideh*l·_-of _ y- ft _
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Over the next few weeks EPA staff and EpidqI“°I°9i€I .· n L. {
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E] Contact residents in the targeted areas to qugnnspigck valley Health. District ;
t gain permission to acoesstheirproperties - · - _ ‘:‘= .3--; __··_-..·._ -- - . s
r °' “'“'?;_'"g Leslie aqua`, i-iam parade; A sg
E El Survey residential areas of concem and (203) Z48·45Z8` ` ? I
T select locations from which to collect soil 5
samples (see map of areas on page 3). Town of Hamden DEFENDAN-I-ss
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l EPA will have a mobile lab in the neighborhood .CUl"l' I-M9 · »
I so that the staff scientist can screen the soil Dirgg1·¤r,GovgrnmehTqIOperations
‘ samples before sending them to an EPA lab for - (203) 2874650 I _
analysis confirmation.
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Sampling Results Next Steps
Sampling in Rights—of-Way Er Grassy ij CT DEP - Responsible Party Search
ll Strips: CT DEP uses the term Responsible Parties or I}
Between December and February, DEP RPs to describe current or past owners or
i gathered more than 80 soil samplesfrom borings operators of a site, generators of waste currently
in the grassed strip along roadways (rights-of- located at a site and persons who transported ·
_ way) in the Newhall Street neighborhood, hazardous substances to asite. i
`- including areas north, east and south of Hamden .
` Middle School. DEP used the borings to collect DEP is using historical records and other ~ S
Q soil samples from the surface and as deep down information to identify responsible parties who *
l as 4to6 feet in certain areas. - contributed to the waste in the Newhall Street Q
‘ area. The RPs will be called upon to investigate _ _
Z Data from the borings demonstrates that ash fill the extent and degree of contamination in the g
§ material is located beneath portions of the area. including the nature and extent of T
g neighborhood. Elevated levels of arsenic, lead, contamination at depth, and to address the· }
é polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, and contamination under CT DEP oversight. ‘ _;
petroleum hydrocarbons were found in some of . l
the surface soils. El Quinnipiack Valley Health District d t g
i _ ln response to concems raised by area resi en s ; _;.
1 lj Soccer Field behind Hamden Middle that there is a large number of undocumented it
, School: health problems in the Newhall Street ;
f Results of surface soil samples from the soccer neighborhood, the Quinnipiack Valley Health l
field behind Hamden Middle School indicate that District is planning a sunrey of the neighborhood. ,
I the field is safe for continued use. Th f ‘ t d dt I l
l ese in orma in enriews are esigne o eam i
- El Rochford Field: more from individual residents about their own
ln January, DEP collected 14 soil samples from health concemsortheirfamily's concems. QVHC l
the top six inches of soil beneath the grass at Staff will be contacting interested residentsto set j
, Rochford Field. Results showed consistently up a time to talk either at their home or over the .
l elevated.levels of arsenic. Additional samples telephone. lf you are interested in participating in `
T were collected from the top two inches of soil on an informal intenriew, please contact Leslie Balch
March 29*** that confirmed the presence of at (203) 248-4528.
g arsenic. At that time, cinder and coal pieces ,_ __J_ __,_ _=__, __W_T;_H__,__.,,.$; r
f were observed on the ground ln some areas " ‘ § * ;; ‘_
where grass was sparse and where excavation .
had previously occurred (bleachers, water lines,
and fence lines). This material may be the Y
{ remnants of an old cinder running track or may ae ’·‘= - + 5 lgg.
` be related to the waste materials found deeper ; .
; beneath the ground surface· at the park. .
l Elevated arsenic levels and cinders were not = ?
found on the bare earth_ infields of the two . J
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l DEP collected 15 soil samples from 0 to 6 inches i · a `? _
, below the grass at Milll Rock Park. Results ";"Y ; _ g
. showed that there are three very limited areas of e r easy ·‘-- r l
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r elevated arsenic. Additional samples were fj yr g _
ll collected from the sandy areas beneath the ` ,
` playground equipment. Results show that the (860)_424e354§f¤érgg§tdnribtrlirindiscl1@_qo.s·ié:i·feie*t.us_ r
, sandy areas do not contain elevated levels of `? §?l§.;·i’ *·‘‘ E*j;~ €{Z'_ _·"· E
arsenic. . " " . ‘‘‘" "
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