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News Release RI Department of Environmental Management 235 Promenade Street, Providence, RI 02908 (401) 222-2771 TDD/(401) 222-4462
DEM, PARTNERS TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING ON DECEMBER 7 TO PRESENT REMEDIAL DESIGN FOR FORMER WEST KINGSTON TOWN DUMP/URI DISPOSAL AREA IN SOUTH KINGSTOWN PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management, in cooperation with the US Environmental Protection Agency, the University of Rhode Island, and the Towns of South Kingstown and Narragansett, will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, December 7 to present the remedial design for the West Kingston Town Dump/URI Disposal Area Superfund Site in South Kingstown. Results of recent field activities conducted at the site will also be presented at the meeting.The field activities were required to complete the engineering design plans, and will also aid in the issuance of a Record of Decision by EPA. The activities included test pits, landfill gas monitoring, soil sampling, residential well sampling, survey work, installation of groundwater monitoring wells, surface water and sediment sampling. Information from the work has been used to engineer the final design of the multi-layer hazardous waste cap. The December 7 public meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in the South Kingstown Town Council Chambers at 180 High Street in Wakefield. Additional public meetings will be held periodically during the remedial action to provide the community with updates on progress being made at the Site. The site is located in an abandoned sand and gravel quarry, which was used as a municipal and URI landfill from 1945 to 1978. In additional to receiving municipal solid waste, industrial wastes from local industries were also disposed of at the site. Disposal of these wastes led to contamination of groundwater in and around the site. The site was placed on EPA's Superfund National Priority List in 1992. Individuals with questions about the West Kingston Town Dump/URI Disposal Area Superfund Site may call or email Gary J. Jablonski in DEM's Office of Waste Management at 222-2797 ext. 7148, or gary.jablonski@dem.ri.gov; or Anna Krasko in EPA's Office of Site Remediation & Restoration, at (617) 918-1232, Toll Free at (888) 372-7341, or krasko.anna@epa.gov; or Sarah White in EPA's Region 1 Office, at 617 918-1026, or white.sarah@epa.gov. -30- |
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