004268 U . S . EPA j l °• RECORD OF ATTENDANCE ROSE HILL LANDFILL PRP MEETING JUNE 19, 1989 PRP INVITATION /Edward L. Frisella 3393 Rose Hill Road Peace Dale, RI 02883 J Vincent Izzo, Town Manager Town of Narragansett 26 Fifth Avenue Narragansett, RI 02882 ^Amber Brookman, President Coated Sales 1 Crown Plaza Union Ave. Hazlet, NJ 07730 v Brian Curtis, President Kenyon Industries, Inc. 36 Sherman Avenue Kenyon, RI 02836 j Richard W. Curtis Peacedale Processing Co., Inc. 1425 Kingstown Road Peace Dale, RI 02883 J Stephan A. Alfred, Town Manager Town of South Kingstown Town Hall 66 High Street Wakefield, RI 02879 ' David J. Brask 205 O'Neil Boulevard r Attleboro, MA 02703 J Mr. Jeffrey Jeep Waste Systems, Inc. Waste Management of North America, Inc. 3003 Butterfield Road Oak Brook, IL 60521 Local: Waste Systems, Inc. 580 Edgewater Dr. Wakefield, MA 01880 REPRESENTATIVES No representation V. T. Izzo G. Judge M. McSally No representation A. M. Connolly 1615 L Street NW Ste. 700 Washington, DC R. W. Curtis M. C. Kindle S. A. Alfred A. J. Curnow R. B. Gates No representation J. W. Ballentine 580 Edgewater Dr. Wakefield, MA 01880
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004268 U .S. EPA j l°• RECORD OF ATTENDANCE
ROSE HILL LANDFILL PRP MEETING JUNE 19, 1989
PRP INVITATION
/Edward L. Frisella 3393 Rose Hill Road Peace Dale, RI 02883
J Vincent Izzo, Town Manager Town of Narragansett 26 Fifth Avenue Narragansett, RI 02882
^Amber Brookman, President Coated Sales 1 Crown Plaza Union Ave. Hazlet, NJ 07730
v Brian Curtis, President Kenyon Industries, Inc. 36 Sherman Avenue Kenyon, RI 02836
j Richard W. Curtis Peacedale Processing Co., Inc. 1425 Kingstown Road Peace Dale, RI 02883
J Stephan A. Alfred, Town Manager Town of South Kingstown Town Hall 66 High Street Wakefield, RI 02879
' David J. Brask 205 O'Neil Boulevard r
Attleboro, MA 02703
J Mr. Jeffrey Jeep Waste Systems, Inc. Waste Management of North America, Inc. 3003 Butterfield Road Oak Brook, IL 60521
Local: Waste Systems, Inc. 580 Edgewater Dr. Wakefield, MA 01880
REPRESENTATIVES
No representation
V. T. Izzo G. Judge M. McSally
No representation
A. M. Connolly 1615 L Street NW Ste. 700 Washington, DC
R. W. Curtis M. C. Kindle
S. A. Alfred A. J. Curnow R. B. Gates
No representation
J. W. Ballentine 580 Edgewater Dr. Wakefield, MA 01880
EPA Officials Present
Richard C. Boynton, Chief RI Superfund Section
David J. Newton Remedial Project Manager-
El issa Tonkin Office of Regional Counsel
William Walsh-Rogalski Office of Regional Counsel
Francisco Leal Office of Regional Counsel
Richard Cyr Responsible Party Coordinator
ORC Interns - 2
State Officials Present
Warren S. Angell, II RI Dept. of Environmental Management
Mark Denon RI Dept. of Environmental Management
Gary Powers Office of RI Attorney General
INTRODUCTION
Statement by
Richard C. Boynton, Chief
Rhode Island Superfund Section
Waste Management Division
Region One U.S. EPA
Good Afternoon. My name is Richard Boynton. I am the Chief of
the RI Superfund Section, Waste Management Division of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region I. As such, I am
responsible for supervision of the Superfund programs for sites
in Rhode Island which are proposed for or on the National
Priorities List.
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On behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), I
would like to thank you for attending this meeting to discuss the
Rose Hill Regional Landfill Site located in South Kingstown, RI.
There are two purposes to this meeting. The first is to provide
you with information about the Site. EPA will describe the
history of the site, and the government efforts to investigate
the environmental hazards associated with the Site.
The second purpose of the meeting is to describe a negotiating
structure for determining responsible party involvement in
implementing remedial site measures and for settling Federal cost
recovery claims. EPA will describe its basis regarding the
extent of the responsibilities and liabilities that have been
incurred by parties who have had involvement with the site in
various capacities.
Now, I'd like to provide introductions. First, I would like to
introduce the other government participants
First, David Newton. Dave is the EPA Remedial Project
Manager for The Rose Hill Site. Dave will manage all
aspects of the investigations and selection of remedial
actions for the Site.
Richard Cyr is the Responsible Party Search Coordinator for
EPA. Some of you may have talked with him in the last
several months as he has coordinated our on-going
Potentially Responsible Party Search.
Ellie Tonkin is the Office of Regional Counsel attorney who
is responsible for legal matters pertaining to the Site.
(Other EPA persons)
From the State of Rhode Island here today are:
Before asking each of you to introduce yourself, let me say that
the information to be discussed here is expressly for potentially
responsible parties at the Rose Hill site. From our sign-in I
believe everyone here is or represents a party receiving a notice
letter and invitation or is a government representative. At this
time I'd like to ask each of you to identify yourself and with
whom you are affiliated.
The purpose of this meeting does not include the discussion of
individual cases. We are here to discuss the general nature of
responsible party involvement at the site. Later this afternoon,
EPA will discuss the structure of negotiations.
I'd now like to move on to the next item on the agenda and turn
the floor over to Dave Newton, the EPA Remedial Project Manager
for the Rose Hill Regional Landfill Site.
DAVID J. NEWTON
STATEMENT ON HISTORY OF
ROSE HILL REGIONAL
LANDFILL PROPOSED SUPERFUND SITE
6/19/89
Good Afternoon, as Dick Boynton has informed you, my name is
David Newton. I am the EPA Regional Project Manager for the ROSE
HILL REGIONAL LANDFILL PROPOSED SUPERFUND SITE. I would like to
first talk for a minute on the history of the site and then
explain the general make-up of Remedial Activities to be
conducted at the site; the Planned Remedial Investigation and
Feasibility Study (RI/FS) .
SITE DESCRIPTION
The Rose Hill Regional Landfill is located within the town of *
South Kingstown, Rhode Island in the village of Peace Dale. The
Site, which is in part owned by the town and in part leased from
a private owner, encompasses approximately 70 acres. The Site is
comprised of three separate, inactive disposal areas, including
the solid waste landfill incorporating approximately 28 acres, a
bulky waste disposal area, and a sewage sludge landfill. An
active transfer station is located on site where refuse is
unloaded from refuse collection trucks and transferred to trucks
which haul the refuse off-site to the Johnston Landfill, a state
owned and operated facility.
The Site is situated on the east side of Rose Hill Road and is
bordered by the road to the west, the Saugatucket River to the
east, and residential private property to the north and south.
Mitchell Brook flows southerly through the center of the site and i
joins the Saugatucket River before leaving the site.
Active sand and gravel operations are located 400 feet north and
200 feet west of the site.
The topography in the area is typical of coastal lowlands in the
northeastern United States, generally flat with gently rolling
hills. Elevations range from 50 to 100 feet above mean sea level
(MSL) with slopes generally less than 3.0 percent.
SITE HISTORY t
The Rose Hill Regional Landfill is located in an abandoned gravel
quarry, and began its operation as a landfill in 1967. The Site
operated under an annually renewable state permit from the Rhode
Island Department of Environmental Management. For approximately
sixteen years, it received domestic and industrial wastes from
residents and industries in the South Kingstown and Narragansett
communities. In October, 1983, the Regional Landfill reached its
state permitted maximum capacity and ceased active landfilling
operations.
This solid waste landfill operated from 1967 until 1982. The
exact depth of excavation where the solid waste landfill exists
is unknown, but was approximately to bedrock in some places.
Refuse was reportedly deposited in areas at, above and below the
water table. The thickness of solid waste deposited throughout
the landfill prior to 1977 is unknown. From 1977 to 1982,
between ten and fourteen feet of solid waste was deposited. Upon
closure, the solid waste landfill was covered with 0.5 to 2 feet
of sandy soil and subsoil.
The sewage sludge disposal area is located in the northeast
section of the site between Mitchell Brook and the Saugatucket
River. This area operated from 1977 to 1983. Its predominant
use was to receive sludge from the South Kingstown wastewater
treatment plant which was deposited in trenches. The depth of
excavation of the trenches is currently unknown. Problems with
the high moisture content of the sludge prompted the town of
South Kingstown to initiate the hauling of the sludge to the
Johnston Landfill. Currently, the sewage sludge landfill is
covered with soil, seeded and graded.
The bulky waste disposal area is an 11 acre area located west of
the solid waste landfill and southwest of the sewage sludge
landfill. This area is approximately 200 feet east of Mitchell
Brook and 250 feet west of the Saugatucket River. Disposal of
bulky waste began in this area in 1978. Solid Waste was also
disposed of in the interim period between closure of the solid
waste area and construction of the transfer station, May 1982
thru October 1983. This area was covered and graded in the same
manner as the solid waste landfill.
In 1975, a hydrogeolgist from the University of Rhode Island, was
commissioned by the town of South Kingstown to provide
hydrogeologic consulting services for a groundwater study at the
Landfill. The study was undertaken to evaluate the landfill as a
potential source of "objectionable" (i.e., mineralized)
groundwater in wells located west of the site on an abutting
property. Three monitoring wells were installed on Rose Hill
Road west of the solid waste landfill for the purpose of
obtaining groundwater table elevations and samples for iron,
manganese, chloride, dissolved solids and hardness analyses. In
total, 4 overburden wells and 1 bedrock well were used in the
study. These five wells are not currently used for monitoring
purposes and the integrity of these wells and their exact
locations are not known. From the results obtained, the study
concluded that the Landfill was "the source of objectionable
groundwater observed in wells on the abutting property." The
excavation of gravel west of Rose Hill Road and just north of the
property was determined to be the primary reason for the
migration of mineralized groundwater in the direction of the
abutter. Subsequent to this study, a new residential well was
installed on the abutting property.
In 1977, to comply with the State of Rhode Island regulations for
solid waste disposal and licensing requirements, the town of
South Kingstown authorized C.E. Maguire, Inc. to conduct a site
analysis and to develop a site operation plan. Seven soil
borings were conducted and five monitoring wells were installed
in May, 1977 to evaluate site suitability for waste disposal.
The wells were installed in the vicinity of the proposed sewage
sludge landfill. The report by C.E. Maguire, Inc. determined
that the site was suitable for sanitary waste disposal with
certain site modifications, one of which was the monitoring of
water quality at four nearby residential wells.
Quarterly monitoring by the town of South Kingstown of private
residential wells near the landfill was begun in 1978 for total
coliform, chemical oxygen demand (COD), chlorides and specific
conductivity. In June 1984, monitoring was expanded to include
volatile organic compounds and metals analysis.
In October, 1979, Rhode Island Department of Environmental
Management (RI DEM) officials reported that analysis of glue
residue disposed of at the solid waste landfill detected the
presence of trichloroethylene (-ethene), toluene, hexane, and
methyl ethyl ketone (2-butanone) in the residue. The exact
quantity of this waste deposited at the landfill is unknown.
During this time, observation of leachate in the vicinity of the
Regional Landfill caused concern among community residents about
the potential effects of the landfill on adjacent groundwater
supplies and the environment.
A preliminary assessment requested by the State and conducted by
the EPA Field Investigation Team (Fit) was documented in August
of 1982. The request stemmed from the closing of one domestic
well in November of that year, due to unacceptable levels of
metals and organics. Re-testing of that well in February of that
same year did not verify the November findings, however the well
remained closed.
In 1983, York Wastewater Consultants were commissioned to conduct
an engineering and hydrogeochemical assessment of the Rose Hill
Regional Landfill for the town of South Kingstown. The report
reviewed existing data as well as new data from surface water
sampling of Mitchell Brook and the Saugatucket River and
groundwater sampling of private residences. Surface water
samples were analyzed for COD, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD),
iron, conductivity, nitrogen, phosphate and total nitrogen. *
Groundwater samples were collected from the nearby residences and
analyzed for volatile organic and inorganic compounds. No
volatile organic compounds were reported above the detection
limits.
The report by the York Wastewater Consultants concluded that
groundwater on site and surface water in the vicinity of Regional
Landfill had been impacted by leachate generated from the
landfill. While the report noted that private drinking water
supplies did not appear to be adversely impacted, continued
monitoring of these wells was recommended as a precautionary
measure. The report also recommended continued sampling and
analysis of the surface waters of Mitchell Brook and Saugatucket
River to monitor effects of leachate on those waters. The
extension of the water main to residents in the vicinity of the
landfill was also recommended. This action has subsequently been
undertaken by the South Kingstown Utilities Department.
On September 25, 1984, NUS Corporation Field Investigation Team
(FIT) was tasked by the Superfund Branch of the EPA to perform a
Site Inspection (SI) of the Rose Hill Regional Landfill. This
was initiated after the Preliminary Assessment (1983) recommended
that further investigative measures were necessary to more fully
assess the severity and potential impacts occurring from the
site.
Results from the SI indicated the presence of organic
contaminants in groundwater generally along the northern and
western perimeters of the site. Contaminants identified were