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Open House Session Held
On Proposed Additional Testing at Hamden Middle School
On Saturday, May 22, 2004 the Department
of Environmental Protection held an open house from
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Keefe Community Center for
the Hamden community to ask questions about the proposed
additional testing at the Hamden Middle School. Information
about the planned residential property testing was
also available.
The meeting room was set up with
displays that included drilling and sampling equipment
that will be used at the Middle School, information
on health issues, overall project status, accessing
the project website and community advocacy. DEP staff,
public health officials, and consultants working on
the various aspects of the project answered questions
and took comments from those in attendance.
Jeff Lenox, with Leggette, Brashears
& Graham, Inc.,
environmental consultant
for the South Central
Regional Water Authority,
presented
the proposed work
plan for completing
additional testing
at the Middle School.
Elsie Patton, with DEP’s Bureau
of Water Management, asked for comments as soon as
possible on the RWA’s work plan for investigation
at the Middle School. The DEP hopes to decide in June
if they will require additional testing from that
proposed by RWA, so that the plan can be approved
and testing can begin.
The following questions
were raised after the presentation:
| Q: Is what was shown
in the slide show based on the previous investigation
or is there testing going on right now? |
| A: There is
no testing for this phase of the Middle School
investigation until the DEP approves the work
plan submitted last month by RWA. Any activity
seen recently may have been for the routine sampling
of monitor wells by the Town’s consultant
at Rochford Field and Mill Rock Park. |
| Q: In the work plan
for the Middle School investigation, there is
a list of compounds proposed to be tested. Why
is TPH (Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons) not on the
list? |
| A: LBG felt
that there was enough data to show that TPH is
known to exist in these fill areas and extends
throughout the site, therefore additional testing
to verify this known problem of TPH contamination
is unnecessary. |
| Q: In which direction
will testing be extended beyond the consent order
boundary? |
| A: To the
Southwest, based on the presumed direction of
groundwater flow. |
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