Winter 2009
EEA, Inc.
55 Hilton Avenue,
Garden City, New York 11530
(516) 746-4400, (212) 227-3200
(800) 459-5533
additional New York offices:
Stony Brook
(631) 751-4600
Altamont
(518) 861-8586
Asheville, NC
(828) 777-0610 |
e-mail addresses:
General:
mailto:eea@eeaconsultants.com
Individual:
First initial and last name
@eeaconsultants.com
EEA services include
Phase I ESAs, Haz-Mat
Testing and Remediation, Wetlands
Delineation and Creation, Natural
Resources Inventories,
Marine Ecology Studies,
Air Quality and Noise
studies, and Environmental Management
System (ISO 14000) implementation.
Visit our web site
at
http://www.eeaconsultants.com/
For information or quotes,
contact:
EEA, Inc. –
Founded in 1979
Principals
Leland M. Hairr, Ph.D.
President
Allen Serper, M.S., P.E.
Vice President
Roy R. Stoecker, Ph.D.
Vice President
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NYSDEC Brownfield Legislation |
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2003
The Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) was authorized in statute under
Title 14 of Article 27 of the Environmental Conservation Law as part
of the 2003 Superfund/Brownfield Law.
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2004
The Draft
Brownfield Program Cleanup Guide is released.
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2008
Governor David Paterson signed into law legislation to reform
certain aspects of the State Brownfield program. Legislation amends
Chapter 1 of the 2003 Laws, which established the Brownfield Cleanup
Program (BCP). The BCP, among other things, provides BCP tax credits
in return for the cleanup and redevelopment of BCP sites. The
principal reforms enacted relate to restructuring the tax credits to
provide balance between remediation and redevelopment credits. Also,
the legislation transferred the administration of the Brownfield
Opportunity Areas (BOA) Program from the Department of Environmental
Conservation (NYSDEC) to the Department of State (NYSDOS).
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EEA has launched an investigation and remediation on a New York
State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) Brownfield
Redevelopment Site in the Fresh Meadows section of Queens. Under
New York State’s Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP), the 1.67-acre
property, located on the northern side of Horace Harding Expressway
and 183rd Street, was part of a strip mall containing a
movie theater and a dry cleaner. The dry cleaner was the source of
a significant chlorinated solvent spill. Groundwater was
contaminated with tetrachloroethane (PEC).
Under the BCP, cleanups are fully protective of public health and
the environment. Once the problem was identified, the site was
labeled as a NYSDEC Brownfield Cleanup site. EEA was called in to
conduct a remediation of the contaminated area, both on and off
site.
EEA initiated remediation
procedures tailored for this site. Subsurface investigations have
identified that the contaminated groundwater has migrated off site.
The on-site source has been identified and the extent of the
contamination has been qualified by recent subsurface investigations.
 The
Clean Up
The water table
was lowered in order to isolate the contaminated material and begin
removal. Sheet piling was installed to contain the area of the
contamination. Approximately 15 feet of material was excavated and
3,000 cubic yards of saturated soils.
In order to remediate the site the source of the contamination
was removed. The highest levels of contamination exist in the
saturated zone at the groundwater, subsurface soil interface to
a depth of. The overburden soil was stripped stockpiled on-site
prior to delivery sheet piling to a depth of 40 feet from
grade.
After
the sheet piling was installed, a well point dewatering system was
installed and the water pumped from the area to be excavated. The
water required treatment prior to being discharged to the New York
City sewer system. Treatment consisted of frac tanks with a
carbon filter to remove the PCE in water prior to discharge. A
permit from the New York City Department of Environmental
Protection was obtained prior to operating the dewatering system.
Once the water table was depressed, the contaminated soil was
excavated and removed. By depressing the water table and
temporarily staging the soil within the excavation, the soil did
not require treatment prior to shipment.
The soil was designated a
RCRA hazardous waste, based upon analytical data.
Approximately 2,400 cubic yards of contaminated soils was
removed. Prior to backfilling with clean fill, seven soil samples
were obtained from the large area and three from the smaller
area. Each soil sample was analyzed for Volatile Organic
Compounds by USEPA Method 8260.
After
the contaminated soil was removed, clean fill was brought to the
site and placed in the excavated area and compacted in lifts to
the level of the future foundations.
EEA is
currently completing the interim remedial clean up. The property
will be developed for commercial and residential use in the near
future.
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