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Superfund Program Implements the Recovery Act
Hatheway & Patterson
Mansfield and Foxborough, MassachusettsSite Description
The 40-acre Hatheway & Patterson Company (HPC) site is a former wood-preserving facility located in a mixed residential and industrial area in the town of Mansfield, MA, approximately 30 miles southwest of Boston. HPC ceased operations at the site in 1993. However, the company left behind abandoned materials, including drip pads, treated lumber storage areas, above ground tanks and numerous underground storage tanks. These materials have contaminated the site’s soils with dioxins, furans, phenols and metals.
Cleanup Activities to Date
In 2002, EPA listed the site on the National Priorities List. In 1993, EPA conducted a time-critical removal action at the site. As part of this action, EPA drummed and/or pumped into tank trucks approximately 100,000 gallons of liquid and solid wood-treating wastes, which were shipped to off-site hazardous waste disposal facilities. In 2003, EPA conducted another short-term removal action to address nearly 400 tons of arsenic-contaminated soil located off of the site property. EPA selected a comprehensive remedy for the site in 2005, calling for demolition of remaining on-site buildings as well as excavation and disposal of approximately 31,000 cubic yards of soil exceeding cleanup levels.
Planned Use of Recovery Act Funding
The $10-25 million in Recovery Act funding allocated to this site will allow EPA to fully implement the comprehensive site remedy, achieving site-wide construction completion of the site. Cleanup construction activities will involve the excavation of approximately 31,000 cubic yards of soil exceeding cleanup levels. Soils containing dioxin and oily material will be disposed of off-site at a licensed facility, while soils containing pentachlorophenol, semi-volatile organic compounds and arsenic will be consolidated on-site under a low-permeability cover. EPA expects that a portion of the site will be re-used as a commuter railroad parking facility. Other areas of the site will also be made ready for future commercial uses and/or open space as a result of cleanup actions.
To find out more about:
- This Superfund site, go to: http://www.epa.gov/ne/superfund/sites/hatheway.
- The Recovery Act and:
- Superfund, go to: http://www.epa.gov/superfund/eparecovery/index.html;
- EPA, go to: http://www.epa.gov/recovery; and
- The United States, go to: http://www.recovery.gov.