Riverside Industrial Park Superfund Site

• Long industrial history - paints & varnish to cosmetics & packaging

• 2009 – EPA traced Passaic River discharge to pipe on site

• 2009-2014 - EPA found illegally stored chemicals & took several actions including:– plugging discharge pipes– removing drums & tanks

• 2013 - added to Superfund List• 2014 - EPA signed agreement

with PPG to study the site

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Riverside Industrial Park

Riverside Status• 2017 – EPA approved the Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study

(RI/FS) Work Plan • August 2017 to June 2018 - Phase 1 field investigations• January 2018 – City of Newark executed redevelopment agreement:

– 5 Lots within the Site and 6 Lots North of the Site– Future warehousing/light manufacturing– Environmental remediation

• March 2018 – EPA approved PPG’s aggressive 2-year schedule to RI/FS completion – Timed to coincide with redeveloper’s 2 year due diligence period

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Phase 1 Investigation (Summer 2017-Summer 2018)

Phase 1 Investigation Summary• Efforts completed:

– Ground Penetrating Radar survey – Evaluations of abandoned buildings, containers/tanks, sewers and

subsurface piping – Soil Sampling

• 14 Surface Soil samples• 69 Soil Borings (surface and deeper samples)

– Groundwater Sampling• 30 Monitoring Wells• Sampled in March and June

– Sewer and abandoned containers sampling– Tidal evaluation

Region 2 serving the people of New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands

Riverside Next Steps• Sept/Oct 2018 – PPG

submitted:– Phase 2 Field

Investigation Work Plan– Conceptual Site Model– Pathways Analysis Report

(for the Risk Assessment)– Identification of

Candidate Technologies Memo (for the Feasibility Study)

• Documents under review

Region 2 serving the people of New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands

• Phase 2 Remedial Investigation (RI) Field Work –December thru February 2019

• Risk Assessment Process –now thru Summer 2019

• RI Completion – Fall 2019• Feasibility Study – now thru

Spring 2020• Proposed Plan – Summer 2020

• Continued CAG presentations/opportunity for feedback (whole group or sub-committee)?

• Assist with local North Ward contacts/outreach?

• Engage with City officials on redevelopment plans?

Timeline & Potential Areas for CAG Involvement