What's New on the GE/Housatonic River Project Web Site

(updated September 2008)

Web Site Additions:

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September 5, 2008 - addition(s) to Former Filled Oxbows - Reports

Lyman Street Area and Former Filled Oxbow B

Letter (with attachments) from Gates (GE) to Young (MEOEEA), August 27, 2008, Re: Lyman Street Area Summary of July 2008 Inspection of Natural Resource Restoration/Enhancement Measures (PDF) (15 pp., 1.54 MB)

Newell Street Area II

Letter (with attachments) from Gates (GE) to Young (MEOEEA), August 27, 2008, Re: Newell Street Area II Summary of July 2008 Inspection of Natural Resource Restoration/Enhancement Measures (PDF) (15 pp., 1.56 MB)

September 5, 2008 - addition(s) to Groundwater - Reports

GMA - 1, East Street Area 1, East Street Area 2, Lyman Street Area, Newell Street Area I, Newell Street Area II, Oxbow B, Silver Lake

Letter (with enclosure) from Gates (GE) to Fisher (USEPA), August 29, 2008, Re: Groundwater Management Area 1 NAPL Monitoring Report for Spring 2008 (PDF) (184 pp., 5.94 MB)

GMA - 3, Unkamet Brook Area

Letter (with enclosure) from Gates (GE) to Hull (USEPA), August 29, 2008, Re:Groundwater Management Area 3 Groundwater Quality and NAPL Monitoring Interim Report for Spring 2008 (PDF) (245 pp., 7.36 MB)

GMA - 4, Hill 78 Area

Letter (with enclosure) from Gates (GE) to Hull (USEPA), August 29, 2008, Re: Groundwater Management Area 4 Groundwater Quality Monitoring Interim Report for Spring 2008 (PDF) (199 pp., 4.99 MB)

September 3, 2008 - addition(s) to Floodplain Properties - Reports

All Floodplains Current Residential Properties Adjacent to 1 1/2 Mile Reach

Letter (with enclosure) from Tagliaferro (USEPA) to Gates (GE), August 27, 2008, Re: EPA Approval of, and Certificate of Completion for, General Electric's submittal entitled Final Completion Report for Removal Action for Housatonic River Floodplain - Current Residential Properties Adjacent to 1 1/2 Mile Reach, dated July, 2008 (1 pp., 203 KB)

Letter from Steenstrup (MADEP) to Tagliaferro (USEPA), August 21, 2008, Re: Floodplain Residential Properties Adjacent to the 1 1/2 Mile Reach Housatonic River Approval of Final Completion Report for Removal Action for Housatonic River Floodplain Current Residential Properties Adjacent to 1 1/2 Mile Reach (1 pp., 250 KB)

September 3, 2008 - addition(s) to GE Plant Area - Reports

City Recreational Area

Letter (with enclosure) from Fisher (USEPA) to Gates (GE), August 27, 2008, Re: EPA Approval of, and Certificate of Completion for, General Electric's submittal entitled Final Completion report for the City Recreational Area, dated July, 2008 (PDF) (3 pp., 116 KB)

September 3, 2008 - addition(s) to Former Filled Oxbows - Reports

Newell Street Area I

Letter (with enclosure) from Fisher (USEPA) to Gates (GE), August 27, 2008, Re: EPA Approval of, and Certificate of Completion for, General Electric's submittal entitled Final Completion Report for the Newell Street Area I Removal Action, dated July 2008 (3 p., 125 KB)

Former Filled Oxbows A and C

Letter from Steenstrup (MDEP) to Tagliaferro (USEPA), May 21, 2008, Re: Former Oxbow Areas A and C Approval of Final Completion Report for Former Oxbow Areas A and C Removal Action (1 p., 235 KB)

Former Filled Oxbows J and K

Letter from Steenstrup (MADEP) to Tagliaferro (USEPA), May 21, 2008, Re: Former Oxbow Areas J and K Approval of Final Completion Report for Former Oxbow Areas J and K Removal Action (1 p., 265 KB)

September 2, 2008 - addition(s) to Groundwater - Reports

GMA - 5, Oxbow Areas A and C

Letter (with enclosure) from Gates (GE) to Fisher (USEPA), August 22, 2008, Re: Groundwater Management Area 5 Long-Term Monitoring Program Monitoring Event Evaluation Report for Spring 2008 (PDF) (122 pp., 3.31 MB)

September 2, 2008 - addition(s) to Former Filled Oxbows - Reports

Newell Street Area I

Letter from Steenstrup (MADEP) to Tagliaferro (USEPA), August 21, 2008, Re: Newell Street Area I Approval of Final Completion Report for the Newell Street Area I Removal Action (PDF) (1 p., 226 KB)

August 29, 2008 - addition(s) to GE Plant Area - Reports

Unkamet Brook Area

Letter from Gates (GE) to Svirsky (USEPA), August 21, 2008, Re: Unkamet Brook Area Status of Obtaining Access from CSX to Parcels L11-4-11 and L11-4-12 for Sampling (PDF) (2 pp., 64 KB)

August 28, 2008 - addition(s) to GE Plant Area - Reports

Hill 78 Area - Remainder

Letter from Hull (USEPA) to Gates (GE), August 20, 2008, Re: Conditional Approval of General Electric's June 20, 2008, Hill 78 Area-Remainder Final RD/RA Work Plan (PDF) (3 pp., 30 KB)

August 28, 2008 - addition(s) to Allendale - Reports

Letter (with attachments) from Gates (GE) to Tagliaferro (USEPA), August 20, 2008, Re: Allendale School Property Summary of Vegetative Restoration Work (PDF) (4 pp., 331 KB)

August 26, 2008 - addition(s) to GE Plant Area - Reports

30s Complex

Letter from Tagliaferro (USEPA) to Silfer (GE), March 24, 2005, Re: EPA Approval of and Certificate of Completion for General Electric's submittal entitled "Final Completion Report for the 30s Complex Removal Action," dated March 2005 (PDF) (3 pp., 112 KB)

August 26, 2008 - addition(s) to Groundwater - Reports

GMA - 4, Hill 78 Area

Letter from Novotny (GE) to Hayes (USEPA), August 30, 2005, Re: Groundwater Management Area 4 Groundwater Quality Monitoring Interim Report for Spring 2005 (PDF) (236 pp., 3.13 MB)

August 22, 2008 - addition(s) to OPCA - Reports

OPCA Reports

Letter (with attachments) from Gates (GE) to Hull (USEPA), August 15, 2008, Re: Hill 78 and Building 71 On-Plant Consolidation Areas Post-Removal Site Control Plan (PDF) (25 pp., 1.54 MB)

August 18, 2008 - addition(s) to General - Reports

CD Monthly Status Reports - 2008

July 2008 (PDF) (594 pp., 11.59 MB)

August 18, 2008 - addition(s) to Allendale - Reports

EPA Allendale School PCB Air Sample Results, Last Updated August 2008 (PDF) (1 p., 33 KB)

August 18, 2008 - addition(s) to OPCA - Reports

OPCA PCB Ambient Air Sampling Results

PCB Air Sampling Results, Last Updated July 2008 (PDF) (1 p., 45 KB)

Comparison of EPA and GE OPCA Replicate PCB Air Sample Results, Last Updated July 2008 (PDF) (1 p., 35 KB)

August 12, 2008 - addition(s) to GE Plant Area - Reports

Unkamet Brook Area

Letter (with report) from Gates (GE) to Svirsky (USEPA), July 29, 2008, Re: Unkamet Brook Area Third Supplement to the Pre-Design Investigation Report for Unkamet Brook Area Removal Action (PDF) (23 pp., 4.23 MB)

August 11, 2008 - addition(s) to Floodplain Properties Reports

Phase 1 Floodplain Properties

Letter (with report) from Gates (GE) to Tagliaferro (USEPA), July 30, 2008, Final Completion Report for Removal Action for Housatonic River Floodplain - Current Residential Properties Adjacent to 1 1/2 Mile Reach (PDF) (1359 pp., 393.33 MB)

August 11, 2008 - addition(s) to Former Filled Oxbows - Reports

Newell Street Area I

Letter (with report) from Gates (GE) to Tagliaferro (USEPA), July 31, 2008, Re: Newell Street Area I Final Completion Report for the Newell Street Area I Removal Action (PDF) (1930 pp., 129.84 MB)

August 11, 2008 - addition(s) to Groundwater - Reports

GMA - 1, East Street Area 1, East Street Area 2, Lyman Street Area, Newell Street Area I, Newell Street Area II, Oxbow B, Silver Lake

Letter (with report) from Gates (GE) to Fisher (USEPA), July 30, 2008, Re: Groundwater Management Area 1; Groundwater Quality Monitoring Interim Report for Spring 2008 (PDF) (218 pp., 5.94 MB)

GMA - 2, Oxbow Areas J and K

Letter (with enclosure) from Gates (GE) to Fisher (USEPA), August 1, 2008, Re: Groundwater Management Area 2 Long-Term Monitoring Program Monitoring Event Evaluation Report for Spring 2008 (PDF) (118 pp., 2.94 MB)

Letter from Hull (USEPA) to Gates (GE), July 30, 2008, Re: EPA Conditional Approval of General Electric's May 14, 2008, Groundwater Management Area 2 Long-Term Monitoring Program Addendum to Monitoring Event Evaluation Report for Fall 2007 (PDF) (3 pp., 27 KB)

August 8, 2008 - addition(s) to GE Plant Area - Reports

20s, 30s, and 40s Complexes

Semi-Annual Inspection Building Demolition Barrier Areas Summer 2008, 20s and 30s Complexes William Stanley Business Park, report prepared for Pittsfield Economic Development Authority by O'Reilly, Talbot, & Okun Associates, Inc., July 11, 2008 (PDF) (21 pp., 33.24 MB)

City Recreational Area

Letter (with report) from Gates (GE) to Tagliaferro (USEPA), July 31, 2008, Re: East Street Area 2-South Final Completion Report for the City Recreational Area (PDF) (429 pp., 26.86 MB)

August 8, 2008 - addition(s) to Rest of River - Reports

GE Reports/Documents

Letter from John W. Olver (Member of Congress) to Robert W. Varney (USEPA), July 23, 2008, Re: Proposed Corrective Measures Study submitted by the General Electric Company (PDF) (2 pp., 123 KB)

What's New at the Repositories
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Documents submitted to the Repositories between