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216181
Enterprise Aly BARRE, VT 05641
.32
0543-00RD-0000
44.1992641 / -72.504873
1
Peterson, Alan
Peterson.Alan@epa.gov
617-918-1022


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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 BarreBF96192801VTCleanup2014


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Assessment Activities at this Property

There are no current assessment activities.


Is Cleanup Necessary?
EPA Assessment Funding:
Leveraged Funding:
Total Funding:


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Contaminants and Media


Petroleum Products
PAHS
VOCs
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
Petroleum Products
Ground Water
Air
Soil
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up


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Cleanup Activities

Start DateEPA FundingCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Cleanup Documentation
06/22/2015City of Barre
06/22/2015City of Barre
06/22/2015$200,000.00City of Barre
06/22/2015City of Barre
06/22/2015City of Barre


Cleanup/Treatment Implemented:
Cleanup/Treatement Categories:
Addl Cleanup/Treatment info:
Address of Data Source:
Total ACRES Cleaned Up: .32
Number of Cleanup Jobs Leveraged: 10
EPA Cleanup Funding: $200,000.00
Leveraged Funding: $1,005,691.00
Cost Share Funding: $40,000.00
Total Funding: $1,245,691.00


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Institutional and Engineering Controls

Yes
Proprietary Controls Enforcement/Permit Tools
Land Easements, various local and state permits.
Yes
11/20/2015
Yes
Cover Technologies (e.g., Capping) Immobilization Process (e.g., Encapsulation, In-Situ Solidification)
ISCO Injection, SVE Building with safety fence surrounding Bldg
Yes
11/20/2015


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Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments

Start DateLeveraged FundingCACompletion Date
07/01/2014$30,000.00City of Barre
07/01/2014$10,000.00City of Barre
07/01/2014$192,869.00City of Barre


Number of Redevelopment Jobs Leveraged:
Actual Acreage of Greenspace Created:
Leveraged Funding:


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Additional Property Attributes

The City of Barre, VT is located 7 miles east of the capital city of Montpelier in central VT and within Washington County. It is the eleventh largest of VT's 254 municipalities. It is comprised of a 4 square-mile area with a population of less than 10,000 people. As the former Granite Capital of the World, the City's economy has suffered over the last 20 years, due to the slowdown of this industry, along with the loss of manufacturing jobs and overall low residential population, resulting in revenue loss. More recently, the City has identified multiple Brownfields properties in the downtown area contaminated with pollutants originating from past industrial uses. This, combined with job loss, health issues, natural disasters and business closures has led to a struggling community center over the last 10 years. The presence of Brownsfields properties has the potential to impact out highly sensitive population (children, pregnant women, disabled and elderly) and causes a blight that impacts all aspects of the downtown area. This property to be cleaned up is immediately adjacent to the former How Cleaners site. It is located in the center of our targeted community. The chlorinated solvents release from the Former Howe Cleaners site has caused a large plume of contamination in downtown Barre. In addition to the contaminating soil and groundwater, the solvents plume has contaminated indoor air of numerous properties, including a low income housing unit, suggestive of environmental justice concerns. Contamination has spread from the source (the former Howe Cleaner site) to abutting properties (this property, the former Howe Cleaners site and 1 other property for which this grant is for) which were both originally part of the Barre and Chelsea Railroad. Seven other downtown properties are directly affected by the PCE vapor encroachment and others nearby have detected PCE vapors potentially from the Howe Cleaners Site. The subject property, currently a vacant lot, is situated in a densely developed area of downtown Barre, approximately 500 feet north of the Stevens Branch of the Winooski River. land usage in the area is generally commercial and light industrial. The property is underlain by a groundwater plume comprised primarily of PCE which is also causing elevated concentrations of PCE to be detected in soil gas, and subsequently in indoor air in nearby buildings. The Brownfields Grant was awarded to the City of Barre dated August 19, 2014. There was a groundbreaking ceremony on July 15, 2015, shortly after the project got underway in late June of 2015. This site, along with the other two in the grant is parts of the City Street named Enterprise Aly, as well as a city parking lot. Upon successful completion of the project, this area will be a rehabilitated parking lot with a portion of the City's Bike Path along the rear, with new curbing, walkways, streetlights, bike rack, lighting and landscaping.

Former Use: Twin City Dry Cleaner operated from 1947 to circa 1964 using non-chlorinated paraffin-derived Stoddard solvent, also known as white spirit, or mineral spirits. The Stoddard solvent was reportedly stored in two UST's within the footprint of the building. Reportedly, when Howe Cleaners began operations circa 1972, use of the Stoddard solvent and associated UST's ceased and a tetrachloroethene (PCE)-based process was incorporated. Subsequent investigations however, appear to indicate that the UST's were used for storage of PCe and the former UST's are currently considered a source of soil and groundwater contamination. The two UST's were reported closed in place circa 2002. The PE process included used (dirty) cleaning liquid being boiled to separate the PCE, which was subsequently reused. The remaining liquid was reportedly discharged to the ground surface at a location on the northwestern side of the building, as was un-boiled waste liquid and pure PCE at times. This site is comprised of a portion of the city street known as
Commercial (.32)
Hazardous


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