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256869
432 W Sixth Street, 644 & 650 Aiken Street LOWELL, MA 01850
5.68
133_6040_432 (1.98 acres); 133_70_650 (0.20 acres); 133_70_644 (5.19 acres)
42.658170537398 / -71.317122257928
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Guillemin, Robert
Guillemin.Robert@epa.gov
617-918-1814


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Property Location



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Property Progress


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CAs Associated with this Property

CA NameCA #StateTypeAnnouncement Year
City of LowellBF00A00546MAAssessment2020


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Assessment Activities at this Property

ActivityEPA FundingStart DateCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Counted When?
Cleanup Planning02/12/2024City of Lowell
Cleanup Planning$66,915.5203/31/202306/24/2024City of Lowell


Is Cleanup Necessary? Yes
EPA Assessment Funding: $66,915.52
Leveraged Funding: $775,000.00
Total Funding: $841,915.52


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment

Selected Strategy(ies)Explanatory Text
Phase I and Phase II ESAs that consider impacts from extreme weather events and natural disastersPhase I ESAs may consider current and on-going impacts from extreme weather events and natural disasters and consider future impacts to the site or area. For example, an investigation of the site history can include an investigation of site vulnerabilities based on historical and recent extreme weather patterns and events (e.g., floods and drought). Phase II ESAs may include use of renewable energy, incorporating remote sensing capabilities, maximize reuse of existing wells (as appropriate) and/or design wells for future reuse, use of field test kits when possible, use of local laboratories when possible, and use of appropriate sized equipment for the project.
OtherEnter additional planning or assessment activities that incorporate strategies to address impacts from extreme weather events and natural disasters.
Evaluate Reuse options that consider impacts from extreme weather events and natural disastersDiscussion of observed and forecasted natural hazard conditions and the associated site-specific risk are part of any reuse considerations. Both current and forecasted extreme weather events and natural disasters may impact the effectiveness of a remedial alternative.
Identify potential risk factors and infrastructure or utility vulnerabilitiesIdentify potential risk factors and infrastructure or utility vulnerabilities resulting directly from the impacts of increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events and natural disasters. Possible risk factors and vulnerabilities may include proximity to the ocean, infrastructure vulnerabilities, property affected by a revised FEMA flood plain, drought monitor, or wildfire risk map, vulnerability related to changes in frequency and intensity of precipitation events, vulnerability of soil type due to moisture and hydraulic changes, and ground and surface drinking water vulnerabilities.


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Contaminants and Media


Arsenic
Cadmium (Cd)
Chromium (Cr)
Lead
Mercury
Other Metals
PAHS
Petroleum Products
VOCs
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
Ground Water
Soil
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up


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Cleanup Activities

There are no current cleanup activities.


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Total ACRES Cleaned Up: 5.68
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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup

There is no data for Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup.


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Institutional and Engineering Controls

Yes
Information Devices
No
Yes
Cover Technologies (e.g., Capping) Immobilization Process (e.g., Encapsulation, In-Situ Solidification)
No


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Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments

There are no current redevelopment activities.


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment

There is no data for Climate Adaption and Mitigation – Redevelopment


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Additional Property Attributes

The Site consists of four parcels totaling approximately 5.68 acres from near Beaver Brook to the Ouellette Bridge in Lowell, Massachusetts. [Three of the parcels, 644 Aiken Street (Parcel ID 0133-0070-0644-0000), 650 Aiken Street (Parcel ID 0133-0070-0650-0000), and a portion of 432 W Sixth Street (Parcel ID 0133-6040-0432-0000), are owned by the City of Lowell. The Site also includes one Parcel that does not have an assigned Parcel ID or Owner according to the City of Lowell's GIS Public Parcel Viewer.

The Site includes riverfront, vegetated land with a pathway, and is improved by an unused radio antenna and single-story 400 square foot support building. The Site is located between the VFW highway and the Merrimack River. A parcel owned by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) abuts the Site to the northwest.

The Site is impacted by anthropogenic historic fill placed during the mid-1900s. The extent of fill varies in thickness from approximately 8 to 23 feet across the Site; more fill is present in the northern portion of the Site than the southern portion of the Site. The fill material consists of sand with varying amounts of gravel, trace amounts of silt, and trace amounts of various debris (i.e., ash, asphalt, brick, ceramic, coal, coal ash, glass, leather, scrap metal, slag, wood, wood ash, etc.). Subsurface investigations at the Site have identified concentrations of petroleum hydrocarbons, PAHs, and metals exceeding reportable concentrations (RCs) and Method 1 cleanup standards defined in the MCP. Impacts are attributed to the presence of historic fill materials. A limited amount of non-friable asbestos containing debris, less than approximately 2% of the debris present (representing conservatively less than 0.3% of the overall volume of soil), has also been observed in the fill material. The amount of debris reduces from north to south across the Site.

Historical United State Geologic Survey (USGS) maps and previous reports indicate the Site was originally owned by the Locks and Canals company, who appear to have filled portions of the Site. By 1936, a former peninsula accessible from the southern portion of the Site near the Ouellette Bridge was connected to the upland areas to the east through land filling. In 1944, a flood control system including levees was constructed in areas to the east of the Site by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Earthen levees and concrete I-walls were located along the Beaver Brook and the Merrimack River to protect areas of Centralville, a neighborhood located across the VFW Highway. By 1950, grading and the construction of the adjacent VFW Highway was complete. It appears that the fill was imported to complete the construction of the VFW highway. With the exception of the radio antenna and support building, no historical development appears to have occurred on the Site.
Greenspace (5.68)


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