ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS
VT Department of Environmental Conservation

Active Hazardous Waste Site #: 87-0002
VT Hazardous Waste Generator #: VTD0007913932

VTDEC Contact:
Richard Spiese
Site Manager, VTDEC Waste Management Div.
103 South Main St., West Bldg.
Waterbury, VT 05671-0404
802-241-3888
richards@dec.anr.state.vt.us

Consultant
Groundwater & Environmental Services, Inc.
Kennedy Business Park
429B Hayden Station Road
Windsor, CT 06095
Glen D. Stefaniak, Project Geologist, Project Manager

This property was added to the Vermont Active Hazardous Waste sites circa 1987 following detection of subsurface petroleum contamination. According to VTDEC Site Manager, Richard Spiese, petroleum contamination at this property appears to have been related to former tanks located near the loading rack, and potentially related to the former loading rack, itself [1]. Monitoring of site soils and groundwater has been ongoing. Groundwater is shallow at the site, located within approximately two to 13 feet of surface grade (as measured October 2002). Negligible free-phase petroleum has been detected over time at the site. An interception trench was constructed circa 1993, with treated water discharged to the municipal sewer, under operating discharge permits. Petroleum constituents are declining in concentration over time largely due to natural processes. [1]. Groundwater is now tested twice a year. Some petroleum constituents remain above Vermont Groundwater Enforcement Standards for groundwater [2]. A covenant within recent deeds (active until January 21, 2014) restricts future development for “any of the following purposes: any residential purpose; or as a day care center, nursery school, preschool, school, or any other educational facility; hotel, motel, inn, bed and breakfast, or rooming house: nursing home, rehabilitation center, hospital, or community center.” The covenants are in place to protect future property occupants from exposure to residual petroleum contamination related to the “storage, disposal, sale, and transfer of petroleum products or derivatives” [3]. Responsibility for remediation and ongoing site monitoring has reportedly been retained by ExxonMobil Corporation.