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Urban Waters - Neponset River

  • Community Updates

    April 15, 2025 Lower Neponset River Superfund Site Community Advisory Group Hybrid Meeting

    March 25, 2025 TASC EPA Phase 1 Data Review Community Meeting Presentation

    February 2025 Community Site Update Fact Sheet

    Community Advisory Group (CAG) Agendas

  • Recreational Use of the Superfund Site

    Massachusetts Department of Public Health Recreational Use of the Neponset River Community Fact Sheet & Current Freshwater Fish Consumption Advisory

  • Reuse Assessment

    The Lower Neponset River Superfund Site Reuse Assessment Report identifies reasonably anticipated future land uses at the Site to guide for EPA's cleanup decision-making process and inform land use planning activities by state and local governments and other interested parties. The report provides background information and identifies current land use, ownership and demographic considerations at the Site as well as stakeholder perspectives and feedback gathered in 2022 and 2023.

  • Neponset River Watershed Report Cards

    Each year, the Neponset River Report Cards are developed to measure and evaluate progress towards meeting the State of Massachusetts bacterial water quality standards for swimming, boating, and general health of the watershed.

Lower Neponset River Remedial Work

Cleanup along the Lower Neponset River
  • Why clean up the Lower Neponset River Superfund Site?
  • What progress has been made in the remedial investigation?

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Lower Neponset River Superfund Site Map
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Popular Documents and Resources

  • April 15, 2025 Lower Neponset River Superfund Site Community Advisory Group Hybrid Meeting
  • February 2025 Community Site Update Fact Sheet (pdf) (2.3 MB)
    • Fevriye 2025 Mizajou Sou Sit La (Haitian Creole Version) (pdf) (3.3 MB)
    • Febrero de 2025 Actualización del Sitio (Spanish Version) (pdf) (3.3 MB)
  • Questions & Answers, Video and Presentation - November 12, 2024 Public Meeting
  • Community Advisory Group (CAG)
    • CAG Meeting Agenda #15 - April 15, 2025 (pdf) (695 KB)
  • Publicly Available Documents - Lower Neponset River
  • Community Involvement Plan (pdf) (20. 3 MB)
    Plan de Participación Comunitaria (pdf) (4.9 MB)
    Plan Patisipasyon Kominotè (pdf) (36 MB)
  • Reuse Assessment Report (pdf) (5.3 MB)
    Informe de evaluación de reutilización (pdf) (2.8 MB)
    Rapò Evalyasyon Re-itilizasyon (pdf) (4.9 MB)
  • More Popular Documents and Resources

Site Documents and Data

  • Data Evaluation Summary Memorandum Information- Phase 1 (Dated: 11/01/2024)

Short-Term Removal Work

  • Lewis Chemical Removal Action
  • Riverside Square Removal Investigation

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