Waste Site Cleanup & Reuse in New England

Technical Documents

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• Environmental Monitoring
• Seafood Monitoring
• After Action Reports
• Long Term Benthic Monitoring
• Feasibility Studies/Modeling Studies/Risk Assessments
• Regulatory Documents (for ESDs, Rods, 5 year reviews, etc.)

Environmental Monitoring

• 2008 Environmental Monitoring, Sampling, and Analysis Reports, June 2009
  • Sediment Monitoring Summary Report, 2008 Remedial Dredging (PDF) (41 pp, 2.8MB)
    • Appendix A (PDF) (125 pp, 13.1MB)
    • Appendix B (PDF) (110 pp, 2.9MB)
  • Water Quality Monitoring Summary Report, 2008 Remedial Dredging (PDF) (50 pp, 2.4MB)
    • Appendix A (PDF) (45 pp, 5.9MB)
    • Appendix B (PDF) (13 pp, 234K)
    • Appendix C (PDF) (64 pp, 1.2MB)
    • Appendix D (PDF) (28 pp, 1.4MB)
    • Appendix E (PDF) (124 pp, 5.6MB)
  • Sawyer Street 2008 Semi-annual Groundwater Monitoring Technical Memorandum (PDF) (10 pp, 1.2MB)
    • Appendix A (PDF) (25 pp, 3.1MB)
    • Appendix B (PDF) (243 pp, 4.3MB)
  • NBH Sediment Trap Report (PDF) (57 pp, 6.5MB)
    • Appendix A (PDF) (99 pp, 8.6MB)
    • Appendix B (PDF) (217 pp, 2.9MB)
    • Appendix C (PDF) (80 pp, 5.2MB)
• 2008 Dredge Season Data Submittal New Bedford Harbor Remedial Action, May 2009 (PDF) (182 pp, 22.9MB)
• 2007 Dredge Season Data Submittal New Bedford Harbor Remedial Action, January 2008 (PDF) (117 pp, 9.1MB)
• Final 2007 Environmental Monitoring, Sampling, and Analysis Reports, New Bedford, MA
  • Cover (PDF) (1 pg, 699K)
  • Sediment Monitoring Summary Report - 2007 Remedial Dredging (PDF) (54 pp, 7.6MB)
    • Appendices A- D (PDF) (331 pp, 24MB)
  • Water Quality Monitoring Summary Report - 2007 Remedial Dredging (PDF) (63 pp, 9.6MB)
    • Appendices A- E (PDF) (338 pp, 22.6MB)
  • North of Wood St. Monitoring Summary Report - 2007 Remedial Dredging (PDF) (25 pp, 6.8MB)
    • Appendix A (PDF) (30 pp, 11.1MB)
    • Appendix B (PDF) (9 pp, 27K)
  • Sawyer Street Semi-annual Groundwater Monitoring Technical Memorandum (PDF) (7 pp, 1.8MB)
    • Appendix A (PDF) (20 pp, 2.8MB)
• 2006 Dredge Season Data Submittal New Bedford Harbor Remedial Action, January 2007 (PDF) (143 pp, 44.4MB)
• Final 2006 Environmental Monitoring, Sampling, and Analysis Reports, New Bedford, MA
  • Sediment Monitoring Summary Report - 2006 Remedial Dredging (PDF) (464 pp, 17MB)
  • Water Quality Monitoring Summary Report - 2006 Remedial Dredging (PDF) (310 pp, 10.8MB)
  • North of Wood St. Monitoring Summary Report - 2006 Remedial Dredging (PDF) (60 pp, 1.9MB)
• Sediment Sampling Summary Report - 2004-2005 Marsh Island, August 2006 (PDF) (54 pp, 32.9MB)
• Report on the Effects of the Hot Spot Dredging Operations, October 1997 (PDF) (26 pp, 1.7MB)

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Seafood Monitoring

• Contaminated Monitoring Report for Seafood Harvested in 2007, September 2009 (PDF) (93 pp, 2.4MB)
• Contaminated Monitoring Report for Seafood Harvested in 2005, June 2008 (PDF) (102 pp, 2.9MB)
• Contaminant Monitoring Report for Seafood Harvested in 2002 from the New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site, June 2004 (PDF) (48 pp, 1.5MB)

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After Action Reports

• 2005 After Action Report New Bedford Harbor Remedial Action, August 2006 (PDF) (242 pp, 9.1MB)
• North Lobe Dredging After Action Report New Bedford Harbor, May 2005
  • Report (PDF) (48 pp, 5.3MB)
  • Appendices (PDF) (251 pp, 12.3MB)
  • Response to Comments (PDF) (10 pp, 81K)
  • Transmittal of Shop Drawings, Equipment Data, Material Samples, or Manufacturer's Certificates of Compliance (PDF) (1 pg, 30K)
• Final 2004 After Action Report New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site, November 2005 (PDF) (241 pp, 9.7MB)
• 2002 After Action Report for North of Wood Street Remediation, New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site, Operable Unit #1, New Bedford, Massachusetts, April 2005 (PDF) (286 pp, 30.8MB)
• Final Pre-Design Field Test Dredge Technology Evaluation Report, August 2001 (PDF) (119 pp, 3.7MB (lead PDF file 3.7MB, 13 other PDF files linked from lead))

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Long Term Benthic Monitoring

• Long Term Monitoring Survey IV: Summary Report, December 2005 (PDF) (201 pp, 95.7MB)
• Long Term Monitoring Survey III: Summary Report, March 2001 (PDF) (140 pp, 8.4MB)
• Long-Term Monitoring Assessment Report: Baseline Sampling, October 1996 (PDF) (44 pp, 2.7MB)

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Feasibility Studies/Modeling Studies/Risk Assessments

• Draft Final Supplemental Feasibility Study Evaluation for Upper Buzzards Bay New Bedford Harbor RI/FS New Bedford, Massachusetts, May, 1992, Prepared by EBASCO Services, Inc. for EPA (PDF) (173 pp, 25.8MB)
• Overview of the New Bedford Harbor Physical/Chemical Modeling Program, April 1, 1991 (PDF) (30 pp, 1.4MB)
• Baseline Ecological Risk Assessment, April 1990 (PDF) (62 pp, 2.9MB)
• Site Modeling 1990
  • Final Report for Modeling of Transport, Distribution, and Fate of PCBS and Heavy Metals in Acushnet River/Buzzards Bay System, September 21, 1990
    • Vol. 1 of 3 (PDF) (145 pp, 7.6MB)
    • Vol. 2 of 3 (PDF) (257 pp, 11.4MB)
    • Vol. 3 of 3 (PDF) (157 pp, 8.9MB)
    • Appendix Vol. 1, Appendices A-D (PDF) (226 pp, 6.2MB)
    • Appendix Vol. 2, Appendices E-F (PDF) (251 pp, 7.9MB)
    • Appendix Vol. 3, Appendices G-M (PDF) (189 pp, 6.5MB)

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Regulatory Documents (for ESDs, Rods, 5 year reviews, etc.)

• September 2009 - Draft Explanation of Significant Differences for Temporary Storage of Sediments in Cell #1 (PDF) (12 pp, 678K)
  • Administrative Record File, Operable Unit 1 – Upper and Lower Harbor, Draft Explanation of Significant Differences for Public Comment (2009 Draft Upper and Lower Harbor ESD), August 2009 (PDF) (10 pp, 45K)
• Five-year Review, September 30, 2005 (PDF) (46 pp, 9MB)
• New Bedford Harbor, Explanation of Significant Differences for the Upper and Lower Harbor Operable Unit, August 2002 (PDF) (41 pp, 349K)
• Upper and Lower Operable Unit, Remedial Administrative Record Supplement for the Explanation of Significant Differences, August 2002 (PDF) (4 pp, 19K)
• New Bedford Harbor, Explanation of Significant Differences for the Upper and Lower Harbor Operable Unit, September 27, 2001 (PDF) (23 pp, 1.4MB)
• Upper and Lower Operable Unit, Remedial Administrative Record Supplement for the Explanation of Significant Differences, September 2001 (PDF) (8 pp, 42K)
• Record of Decision, Upper and Lower Harbor Operable Unit, September 25, 1998 (PDF) (18 pp, 2MB)
• Hotspot Proposed Plan, August 1, 1998 (PDF) (26 pp, 2.9MB)
• Natural Resource Damage ROD and the Final Environmental Assessment (Round II)
• Record of Decision Abstracts
• Final NPL Listing
• NPL Site Narrative at Listing

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