Environmental Site Overview - East Hampton, Connecticut

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SECTION 4 INITIAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS Tighe&Bond • Carpenter-Hayes Paper Box – Site Number 11 An unknown oil substance was found in the groundwater during the installation of a 9-foot dug well. A spill of #2 heating oil (~500 gallons) was documented on site. • Clark and Watrous Company – Site Number 3 A spill notification was made in 2001 when 100 gallons of #2 fuel oil was spilled during filling operations. No state registered ASTs or USTs are listed for this site. Also, no fill pipes were visible during the windshield survey. ASTs/USTs The primary source for this information is the CTDEP’s database of registered underground storage tanks maintained by the Underground Storage Tank Enforcement Program of the Bureau of Waste Management. Additional sources included previous environmental site assessments and historic fire insurance maps. • G&S Service Inc. – Site Number 17 This site has 3 registered USTs. All three are currently in use to store gasoline. There are two 8,000 gallon tanks and one 4,000 gallon tank. Anecdotal information was provided suggesting that that the removal of underground storage tanks occurred in 2004 (personal communications, Terry). Review of CTDEP database did not provide any supporting information. • J.C. Barton Machine Shop – Site Number 20 This site has 3 USTs registered with the state. Two were removed in 1990. One 10,000 gallon tank remains on site. All three tanks stored gasoline. Other This column included additional information that indicated the presence of on site hazardous materials. Sources of this information included the EPA databases of industries that create more than 100 kg of hazardous waste per month. These facilities are referred to as large/small quantity generators. Another federal database referenced for this report included the Toxic Release Inventory System (TRI). This database is maintained by the EPA and catalogs all facilities that have had or may be prone to toxic material release. The final source of information for this category included the CTDEP’s database of known and suspected waste sites maintained by the Bureau of Waste Management. • Bevin Brothers Manufacturing – Site Number 1 Bevin Brothers is a former large/small quantity generator. Its reporting status was changed in 1996 to a Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator. It was also required to report to the federal government under the TRI program. It was required to report the annual storage and handling of copper on premises. CT DEP file review noted the historic use of trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchlorethylene (PCE) on site. Environmental Site Overview 4-2
SECTION 4 INITIAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS Tighe&Bond A 10,000-gallon buried oil tank was noted on the 1918 Sanborn Map. • SNET – Site Number 19 This site is listed as a state site under the CTDEP Inventory and Suspected Waste Site. However, no further information was provided as to the nature of the designation. A fill pipe was observed in the parking lot of during the windshield survey. The CTDEP’s database of registered underground storage tanks did not contain a record of the tank. • Brookside Industrial Complex – Site Number 21 The tenant, Pressure Pak Container Company Inc., was granted a change of status from a large/small quantity generator to a Non Handler of Hazardous Waste. Approval of the change in reporting status occurred in 1991. It is not known how long they were a large/small quantity generator. An environmental audit of Pressure Pak Container Company, located on site, documents the use of 1,1,1-Trichloroethane. • NESCI Enterprises – Site Number 4 NESCI Enterprises was granted a change of status from a large/small quantity generator to a Non Handler of Hazardous Waste in 1991. The site is listed as a state site under the CTDEP Inventory and Suspected Waste Site for the use of solvents. A buried tank is noted on the 1925 Sanborn Map west of the building along Watrous Road. • Summit Thread – Site Number 2 The former tenant, Fox’s Cleaners, was required to report as a large/small quantity generator. • Clark and Watrous Company – Site Number 3 Clark and Watrous Company was required to report as a large/small quantity generator. • Carpenter-Hayes Paper Box – Site Number 11 A 50-gallon gasoline tank was noted on the 1925 Sanborn Map. The tank was labeled “not in use”. • J.C. Products – Site Number 7 Consolidated Plastech, Inc, formerly located at 17 Watrous Street, was listed as a state site under the CTDEP Inventory and Suspected Waste Site. 4.3 HISTORIC LAND USE 4.3.1 Overview Two very important physical features governed the historic development of the Village Center area of East Hampton - access to fresh water and railroad transportation. Environmental Site Overview 4-3
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