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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 ANOUNCES START OF FINAL PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES TO CAP FORMER ROSE HILL REGIONAL LANDFILL IN SOUTH KINGSTOWN PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management announces that final construction activities in capping the Rose Hill Regional Landfill Superfund Site in South Kingstown are expected to begin this week.Landfill cap construction activities have been split into two phases, with all construction due to be completed by winter 2007. Phase I activities were completed this spring, and included clearing and grubbing, maintaining soil and sediment erosion controls, razing a former weight scale building, reinstalling a damaged culvert at Mitchell Brook, relocating a six-inch water line to the transfer station, restoring the transfer station road, and preparing the site for the installation of the landfill cap. Also completed during Phase I was the consolidation of 243,000 cubic yards of waste material from the bulky waste area and from under the road leading to the transfer station. Phase II activities will include restoring the bulky waste area, removing and blending soil from the sewage sludge area, restoring two impacted wetland areas adjacent to Mitchell Brook, installing a landfill gas collection system, and constructing a multi-layer cap. The design for the landfill cap and field activities associated with the design were completed in December 2004. The Phase I construction contract was completed in the spring of 2006. The Phase II construction contract was awarded in September to the low bidder, E.T. & L Corporation, of Stow, MA, a construction company with experience in landfill construction both in Rhode Island and throughout New England. The 70-acre Rose Hill Regional Landfill Superfund Site is located in an abandoned sand and gravel quarry, which was used as a municipal landfill from 1967 to 1983. In additional to municipal solid waste, industrial wastes from local industries were disposed of at the site. Disposal of those wastes led to contamination of groundwater, surface water, and air in and around the site. The site was placed on the Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund National Priority List in 1989, and a Record of Decision outlining the proposed remedial action was signed in 1999. Under terms of a settlement agreement, South Kingstown and Narragansett, as well the state and federal governments, are providing funds for site remediation. Those with questions about the site can call or email Gary J. Jablonski in DEM's Office of Waste Management, at 222-2797 ext. 7148, or via gary.jablonski@dem.ri.gov; or David Newton in EPA's Office of Site Remediation & Restoration, at (888) 372-7341, or via newton.dave@epa.gov. -30- |
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