truataaa of

ind i cat ed in ill

it hal coneUe ration of

i n all•te d viol ation of paragraph Ult, I

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Minn, levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and P,op..,.~..;;;;=:=:=.J OM F'~M~Kial CAruer

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March 21, 1989

!!.J!!!!!t Mr . David A. rhrra Director, water Mana,...nt Diviaion Dni ted ltatal Invi ronaantal Protection Agency .John P. lannady Padaral IU1ldint IOaton, Maaeachueattl OUOl Attant ion t llr . John Me lay, COapUanca Section

ar. •Ullu Gaotban Cllitf, a.,ulation aranch, Divilion

water Polllltion and COntrol DepertMnt of lnvlronaental QUality 1ntinaac1n9 OH Winter ltraat IOitOn, IIAIIACbuaattl 01101 Attentions Mr. Glen GU.an

lat Grant Gear workl Inc . and Grant Gear Realty 1'nlt, Roc-•t wo. lt-OS

DHr Maaeu. riarra and Gauthan :

On behalf of Grant Gear worka, Inc. and the Grant Gear Realty Trun, I •• writint to raepond to Mr . riarr•'• latter of March t, Ult, with re91rd to analylilator•atar YOlYMI and lfA'I conc:erna aboYt the protreu of ator...ter ••.,lint.

.. appreciate the clarif i cat i on of IPA' a eapectat i one concernint the report on eton~water volYMI . AI ., letter of rebnaary 14 , UU, aunt Gear'• report wincl ude e1t iaate1 of eapected lto rawa t a r fl ow baaed on hi ator ica l ra infa ll dat a .

I waa 1urpri1ed at IPA'a IUteMnt that, to dat e , rece i ved no prot re •• report on aunt Gea r ' • a lt e rnative dilpoaa l Mthoda, l of the order. In ay l etter to you dat ed .Ja nua ry 6, l nforHd yoy of the atatua of our i nftlt i9at ion i nto the

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(\ Minlz, LevU\, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo. P.C.

Mr. oavid A. rieua Mr, Willi a• Gaughan March 21, 1989 Page 2

feaeibUity of an alternative drainage route to the Nepon11t River via ator• dnin• located along Route 1, Dean Street, •nd the Route 1-Dtan Street cutoff and, in •Y letter to you dated January 20, 1989, I provided you with a copy of Norwood lnginttring'a report on the feaaibility of that alternative f..artber reported in •Y February 14, 1919 reapon•• to your letter dated January 30, 1919. In tddition, Marion Ra•bellt of DIR baa had nu•eroua diecuaeionl with Mr. Betley of your office rtlatint to Grant Gear'• on-goin9 analylil of alternate dilpo.. l Hthodl and the ltltUI of aa•plint , WhUt WI did not autait 1 for•al •Protr••• Report•, I believe that we have, in tact, kept you appriaed our efforta to date .

To tbl! eatent that a 110r1 for•al report it required under paratr•pb l, we bad waited to aut.it •uch a report until we were in a poaltion to report that ta~tplint had been done . .. aubaitted the required ta•plint plan to IPA. and DIQI on January ,, ltlt. Paragraph 1 of the Order requited Grant Gear to oiKain both IPA. and DIQI approval of the plan, prior to itt l.,leMntation. we receind DIQI't written approval of the plan on January 17, ltlt and IPA.'t written approval, with certain conclltlona, on January 10, Ult . Tba fecUity•e boiler blovdown and eoollnt water have been laJIPlld and ere in tht proce11 of blint analyaed . Iince obtalnint IPA'a approval of tbe •••pUnt plan, Grant Gear haa bttn COIIPltttly prepered to perfor• the etor•water ta•pling. However, 11 Marian Jt..blllt of hilt hal inforMd Mr . lealey of IPA, there have been only two litnitlcant rainator•• Iince January lO, Ult, both of which occurred whllt MI. la•bellt wat on vacation. A.wart that there waa rain in the fortcaat, we had hoped to col!plttt theu.,u,.. thil peat weekend . The rainfall at tht tltt on Saturday waa inlufflcient. Mt. Jta•blllt will uMln in contact with Mr . Ita ley r~tardint the next pottlbll opportunity for ator•water IIIIPllnt .

Grant Gear JuppltMntl the above infor•atlon and cocrttpondenct with the attached letter of Mt . •••belle and the attached table of prtllllnary dllcharge alternathtt . Thll table reflect I ecoplnt, reaearch, and evaluation by INIJ. ( ln conjunction wltb Grant Gear, Morwood lntlneerlng, and coun11U pendlnt taapllng and IIOCI detailed evaluation of alternativtt, baaed on ••.,lint rtaultt and further retearch .

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, ferris , Glovsky •nd Popoo, P.C.

Mr. David A. !Itt.

Pier ra Willi•• Caughlin

March 21, 1989 ••,. l

AI MI. Raabelle't letter indicatea, Grant cau· hopei to provide you with a co•phte report on all cUachar9• alternative• approx i utely ti9ht weeka after the •••pUn9 ha l bean coapleted .

If you have any quen i ona, pleaae contact H .

IIIIDlOIUCII Jlllt CCI aobert J. Burley (Grant Gear) (w/encl.)

Jobn r. BllrlaJ (Grant Gaarl (w/ancl.l larlon 1. auballa 1•1•1 lw/o ancl.l Dianat a. Cbattot UUnta, t.evinJ (w encl. JV"

Fonnerty fitT

INIR oocu.ent No . UIR Rafaranca No .

53•MICll-063 4670-003-300

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I'• \.111" 11 l'~ri.

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Karch 4:1 , 1919

11r . c...ron F. J(erryMinta , Levin , Cohn, rarria, c;lovaky , and Popeo, P.C. one Financial center loeton , D 04:111

.. 1 ..iniet;ra~iu Order pgske~ Mp II•Q5

Dear llr . l.rry:

I .. writint to provide you vith a provr••• report on the taaka deac:ribed in Order paratrapba 1 and 2 of tha abova-raferancacl Aainiatrativa Order .

:1::!!7.J1::0r:.~t~a~'r~:V:-f~::r:::·:;:~tf:Y ~~~~:a!i!!: to &PA aM • DWPC on January J , 1111 . Written &PA approval, vitlr. oo.aanta, or tM auplint plan vaa received in a letter dated January 30 , 1111 . Written I*IC approval vaa noted in a January 11 , ltlt latter . fta facility'• boiler blovdovn and coolint vater have been aupled and are in the proceaa of baint analyaed .

a. I bave 4iac:uaaed vith John Healey of tPA, the occurrence of the Mjority of pncipitation in the forw of anov inataad of rain ainca approval of the aupUnt plan haa delayacl the atorwwatar analyaia protru . Unfortunately , the tvo aitniticant rain avanta a inca approval of the plan vaa rac:aivad, occurred vithin daya of each other in aid·Fabruary, vhen I vaa on vacation. To anaure aa•plirMJ in accor'Mnca with aaaplift9 deaip, it waa dacidad that n~lint abould not be conducted by paraona vho ara unfa•iliar with tha alta . ror thia reaaon , aaaplint did not taka place in •14­ra~truary . fta co.int of wa~r weather ahould provide a aa•plint opportunity in tbe near future . Plaaaa nota that aaaplint at nitht ia not poeaible becauaa of aafaty riaka aaaociated with •••plint on tha roof, •• well •• the need , in JtOat inatancaa , to obtain a firat fluah aaapla.

A report evaluatint waatavatar diapoaal alternat ive• that vill achieve co.,Uanca with tha Clean Water Act will ba aubaitted. to &PA. and tMPC follovinq analy•i• of the atorwvatar aa•plea. A• analytical ra•ulta will be available approxi..taly tour weaka

Mr . CaMron F. Xerry March a1, 1919 Paqe a

folloWlf\9 aaapla collection, it ia aatiaated that thia report Will be provided approxiaataly eiqht veeka follovil\9 aaaple collection. The report will addreaa alternative• tor the boiler blovdown and coolint water diachargea, alternative• for the roof and. aouth and veat loa4ift9 clock atonwater diachargaa, and Mthoda to prevent PCI eontuination of the waat and aouth loading dock atonwater , if nec::eaury . Grant Gear undertook an interia ..aaure in leptaaber 1111 to avoid the diac:h.ar;a of boiler blowdown into MMdow &rook . TIM lloUar bl- woo pwoped into • tank truck ond diepooed ot off-alta by a haaardoua waate contractor.

11orkiftl fr• the report of CHIP, DreaMr and IIebe, Inc. , dated J'anury U, ltll, the evaluation of diacbarta alternative• baa bean laitiat.ed . The IPA, INitA, and •orvood lever Depart8ant have beeft contacted to deteraina their reapactiva waatawatar diacbart• lS..ita. • pipe linint contractor (lnaitufora), wbich uaaa naxitlla t\dtiftl, baa Men contacted retarcUnt the faaaibility of inatalllnt

~::-t!:!:: ·~" uo:.,::t;;i~\" ~ '=~It~nc~::;:::_U.:rt ~io~~ -u.inatad pipao . A tabla of praliainary diacbolr9• altarnativao wtliob aa.parea the advantat•• and cl1udYant..•• of MVeral

:!:":!r:.:f!!"!': ~:..":~fo~~:Sc~-:•tb~o~~~ f.•.=-~ 'ltle opt:iona reviewed include a connection to ttw loute 1 aton MWer , inata1111'19 \lftdertround plpint to llea4ow lrook, and continued ~ of tba praMnt ayat• with varioua Mthocla of claani1'19 and water traat-nt . •orvood lnvinaarinv 1nvaot1tated tho taooii>Uity of reroutint atorwvatar to the aouta 1 aton aewer and concl\Mied that a\leh rarouti1'19 ia not faaaibla qivan the current conatnactlon of the ace••• road aton, drain• .

PleaH call ahoulcl you have any ....tiona retardincJ thla progreaa report.

aincera ly, ,

?J:.t ·~· /2'. -;6... J,.d}_ Marian • · aallbelle Proj .ct Manater

Attach..nt

!NSit Ooc:uaent No. 4670•001·200

PRELIMINARY OISCKAJtGE ALTERNATIVES GRAHT GEAR SITE, NORWOOD, IIASSACHUSE'M'S

AOVAHTAGES DIIADVAMTAGESOPI'ION

- No dbcharte to brook atona aawar. 1. connect to Route 1

or reduced. d iacharqa.

• Pratraataant aay not be nacaaaary .

- Potentially low coat.

• May not be feaaible bacauaa of 12" pipe in ace••• road and. inadequate alopa fro• plant t9 pipe in ace••• road .

- connect panit required, poadbla public -•1t1on.

2 . Iutall \lndef'9round - Pretreat•nt aay not piplnt to Meadow lrook . be neceaaary.

- Laaa chance of conta­alnated tround-water infiltration with nev plpo.

- May interfere with final cleanup plu of aite .

- -tlal pnlll•

:!~~;: :::~ IC'8II cannot M 41._.. of ln a l-Ull .

- DDII ponlt and antl.....radatlon vorl- .._1nd7

- Proll1111t1vo -t.

l . Clean all or part ... wo operatlnt coata. preMnt ayet...

- 'l'bb option aay aNte tbe contaainant 4iachal'9e probl• , thu.a eliainatint" the neecl for pretreat· -nt .

- Unliuly tllat plpl119 oon 11o cleaned COIIfletely1 therefore, aoM a.ou.nt of voce and PCia aay r... in i n plpl.. .

- MPOU ponlt and anti-4et~rac1ation variance requ.irecl .

- Chance of contaain· atecl trouncl water infiltration throuth vltrUlod cloy plplnq (50 year• old) •

• Kith COlt and ..eay cleanupl poaaible d.h­locltint of eed.i..nta into brook .

OPfiON ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

f'"'l 4 . Uaa preaant ayatea - May abate aiqration ot with filtration pre- contaainated particle• . traatHnt to raaova particulatea .

1. Clean pra-nt ayat• - a..ovea aourc:e of contuinetion, thereby:.~r:~:::. to re.ov• reducint f uture liuUity.

- lilly not be tully effective due to increaaad aolubility of PCh becauaa of praaanca of voca .

- NPDES permit and anti• cletradation variance r equired..

r;- Raaidua dtapoaal required . •B§- Chance of contaainated trol.lndvatar infiltration thr0119b VC pipinq (SO yeara old) . il

;!- Potentiolly bi9b coet.

- Onliuly tllat pipinq COJI IMI cl...,.. ca.plat a ly t therefore, _.. a.ount of voce My ...ain in pipinq .

;.::::tf!rll;:r:a':c:nti• ~ired?

- -i- dio-1 ~ired .

- Chance of contaain· ated trcNndvatar inUltrotion thr0119h YC pipinq (50 yeore old) .

- Co.tly and Haay cl..nup t poaaibla diolod9inq of ...th,.nte into brook .

... a..ovaa aource of ... Jlay not fineS faaai· praaant ayataa. contaaination, thereby ble pi,- liner (a la

reclueinq future liobility . Inaitufora).

' · Clean and line

- Pretreat.ent aay not - MPDEI perait ancl be neceaaary . antt-ct-,radation

variance required . - lfo traataent raaidue diapoaal . - Co.tly and aaaay

cleanup , poaaible ... Lea• chance of conta•- dialodtint of aa41Mnta inatad qroundwater into brook . infiltration

OPTION ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

7. Inatall above 9round. ~pipin9 covered. by about

one toot of clean aoil dhcharCJinCJ into brook .

- Pratraataent aay not be nacaaaary .

- No raaidua diapoaal.

• Relatively "clean• inatallation .

.. No chance for contaa­inated 9ro\lhdvatar infiltration.

.. NPOES per.it and anti­degradation varbnce requ ired?

.. Potentially hi9h coat.

- Puapa raqu 1red 1 therefore , operation andi aaintananca raquiract .

- Not a per..nant aolution .

I . Conn.ct to MWM - Not penoitted by ­aanitary aavar . ;r"~.:!~=·~=c~:r;!~k revulationa t variance

would be required. - PratraatMnt uy not be neceaaary.

- Coat-affect:iva.

- IU.niahaa nconfipr­ation of draina9a •r•t-.