Former Adirondack Steel Site (Watervliet) - Remedy Selected to Address Site Contamination

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Remedy Selected to Address Contamination Related to a Portion of the Former Adirondack Steel Site in Watervliet

Notice of Record of Decision
 
A Record of Decision (ROD) for the Former Adirondack Steel Site (NYSDEC Site #: 401039), Operable Unit 02 (Watervliet, Albany County) has been issued by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC). The ROD describes the remedy for Operable Unit 02, selected to address off-site contamination associated site operations.

Based on the remedial investigation, the contaminants of concern are primarily polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).
 
Major elements of the selected remedy include:

1. Excavation

  • To the extent feasible, as limited by the proximity of the active railroad, soil, sediment, and fill from the operable unit area which exceeds 1 part per million (ppm) of PCBs will be excavated and disposed off-site.
  • Materials exceeding the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) threshold for PCB concentrations of 50 ppm will be disposed or treated at a facility permitted to accept hazardous waste.
  • Soil with PCB concentrations below 50 ppm will be disposed or treated at a facility permitted to accept PCB-contaminated soil.
  • Approximately 2,100 cubic yards of material will be removed from the site. Where necessary, material will be treated prior to disposal; and
  • Clean fill meeting the requirements of 6 NYCRR Part 375-6.7(d) for residential use will be brought in as needed to replace excavated material and complete the backfilling of the excavation to establish the designed grades at the site.

2. Site Management Plan

  • If NYSDEC determines that remedial goals cannot be met due to proximity to the active rail line, a Site Management Plan for OU-01 will be updated to provide specific requirements for site maintenance, development and use for the OU-02 area.

The cost to implement the remedy is estimated to be $1.56 million in today’s dollars.

The ROD provides additional details about the selected remedy. An electronic copy of the ROD is available on NYSDEC’s Region 4 web page at: http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/37564.html (scroll down the page under Albany County).

Copies of the ROD also are available for review at the following location:
  
Watervliet Public Library
1501 Broadway
Watervliet, NY 12189
518-274-4471
 
Feel free to contact the NYSDEC Project Manager: Ian Beilby, 518-402-9768, email: ian.beilby@dec.ny.gov.

Please do not respond to this email. Replies go to an untended mailbox. If you have questions about the contaminated site identified above, please use the contact information provided above.