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Harbour Industries / Islamic Society of Vermont
Private
258733
182 Hegeman Avenue COLCHESTER, VT 05446
.86
21-002040-0000000
44.507430984875 / -73.149494972615
1
Lariviere, William
Lariviere.William@epa.gov
NOT_FOUND


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CAs Associated with this Property

CA NameCA #StateTypeAnnouncement Year
Chittenden County Regional Planning CommissionBF00A01259VTAssessment2023


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Assessment Activities at this Property

ActivityEPA FundingStart DateCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Counted When?
Phase I Environmental Assessment$2,500.0011/28/202312/20/2023Chittenden County Regional Planning CommissionYFY24
Supplemental Assessment$22,089.0006/17/202411/27/2024Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission
Supplemental Assessment06/17/202411/27/2024Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission


Is Cleanup Necessary? Yes
EPA Assessment Funding: $24,589.00
Leveraged Funding: $2,040.00
Total Funding: $26,629.00


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment

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N/AThis property does not incorporate planning or assessment activities to address impacts from extreme weather events and natural disasters. If no activities were incorporated, select this option.


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Contaminants and Media


Other Contaminants
Petroleum Products
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: .86
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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup

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N/AThis property does not incorporate demolition or cleanup activities to address impacts from extreme weather events and natural disasters. If no activities were incorporated, select this option.


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Institutional and Engineering Controls

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Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments

There are no current redevelopment activities.


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment

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Additional Property Attributes

The property currently serves as administrative offices and storage for VCC. Historically, the property has been used as a mosque/religious center, a leotard manufacturing operation, a bakery, and from 1972-1982 was part of a manufacturing complex operated by Harbour Industries, a manufacturer of high-performance cable and wire. Prior to 1972, the building was used for the storage of construction materials, and from its construction in 1900 to 1944, was used by the United States Military as horse stables for cavalry training.
The two-story building is approximately 16,633 square feet. Much of the first floor is used as storage space, as well as several small bunk rooms, for VCC operations. The entire second floor of the building is used by VCC for their administrative offices. The remainder of the first floor spaces are let out to several other firms as office/showroom spaces. The building is mostly brick exterior with a concrete foundation; there is also a one-story addition (built in 1990) which is wood-framed with wood siding. Based on review of historic maps, documents and interviews, the subject property's first identified use was probably related to the nearby "Burlington Trotting Park" or "Winooski Trotting Park", though it may be the area was not developed until the military constructed stables at Fort Ethan Allen ca. 1900.

From 1972-1982 or thereabouts, Harbour Industries used the subject property and neighboring 162
Hegeman Ave for the manufacturing of high-performance cable and wire. It is known that Harbour
Industries made use of Teflon or Teflon-related compounds for the purposes of wire-coating. In 1981,
an anonymous complaint was filed to the State of Vermont that illicit dumping of chemicals was
occurring out the back door of Building #73 (the Subject Property). The State of Vermont conducted
an on-site inspection and several interviews with Harbour Industries personnel. Their investigation
revealed that it was "company practice", according to a Harbour Industries engineer, for waste solvents
to be disposed of by pouring on the ground, on sand. Documentation from that time period is
unfortunately inconsistent, so it is not clear what chemicals were being dumped, but it is suspected that
they were solvents related to the "wire etching" process, which involves using a solvent at pressure
and temperature to roughen the exterior of Teflon-coated wires, thus expanding their surface area and
essentially functioning as a "primer" step in the manufacturing process. The solvents listed by Harbour Industries to be in use in 1981-82, and which may have been illicitly dumped at both their Shelburne
and Colchester facilities include Chemgrip, an "etching solution", Acetone, and Methyl Ethyl Ketone
(MEK). Chemgrip was phased out at some point, and Acetone was eventually used for etching. MEK
and Acetone were also used for parts-cleaning purposes. The accepted practice of dumping these
solvents onto sandy ground was promptly ended in 1982 in response to the State's investigation; also,
Harbour Industries consolidated their operations in 1982 to their Shelburne facility, thus ending their
operations at the subject property. The property was acquired from the Islamic Society of Vermont by Vermont Construction Company in early 2024 and used for business purposes.
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