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(updated November 2008)

Members of the public have asked where to find the September 2008 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System ("NPDES") permit issued by EPA Region 1. A link to that document is at: http://www.epa.gov/region01/npdes/permits_listing_ma.html. Scroll down the page and click on the following permit: Pittsfield (Housatonic River), General Electric Company (PDF) (24 pp., 77 KB), September 30, 2008

The NPDES permit is under a separate EPA program, and is not being implemented as part of the work for the GE-Pittsfield/Housatonic River Site.

There will be a public meeting on Monday, October 27 at 6:30 p.m. at EPA/Weston Solutions, Inc., 10 Lyman Street Suite 2, Pittsfield, MA so that members of the public can discuss the terms of the permit and the appeals process with a member of EPA's NPDES Permitting staff.

Jim Murphy
United States Environmental Protection Agency
New England - Region 1
Office of the Regional Administrator
1 Congress Street Suite 1100 (RAA)
Boston, MA 02114-2023
617-918-1028 (phone)
617-918-0028 (fax)

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November 5, 2008 - addition(s) to Rest of River - Reports

Corrective Measures Study - Related Correspondence

Letter from Silfer (GE) to Svirsky (USEPA), October 31, 2008, Re: Rest of River Response to EPA's Specific Comment 52 on Corrective Measures Study Report (PDF) (9 pp., 2.06 MB)

Letter (with attachments) from Svirsky (USEPA) to Silfer (GE), October 30, 2008, Re: Direction on EPA's Specific Comment 42 on GE's March 2008 Corrective Measures Study (PDF) (12 pp., 93.64 MB)

November 4, 2008 - addition(s) to Silver Lake - Reports

Soils Adjacent to the Silver Lake

Letter (with enclosure) from Gates (GE) to Fisher (USEPA), October 22, 2008, Re: Silver Lake Area Revised Conceptual Removal Design/Removal Action Work Plan for Soils Adjacent to Silver Lake (PDF) (1242 pp., 36.01 MB)

November 4, 2008 - addition(s) to GE Plant Area - Reports

Hill 78 Area - Remainder

Letter from Hull (USEPA) to Gates (GE), October 28, 2008, Re: Conditional Approval of General Electric's September 18, 2008, Hill 78 Area-Remainder Addendum to Final RD/RA Work Plan (PDF) (2 pp., 31 KB)

November 3, 2008 - addition(s) to Groundwater - Reports

GMA - 3, Unkamet Brook Area

Letter from Hull (USEPA) to Gates (GE), October 23, 2008, Re; EPA Conditional Approval of General Electric's August 29, 2008, submittal titled Groundwater Management Area 3 Groundwater Quality and NAPL Monitoring Interim Report for Spring 2008 (PDF) (3 pp., 29 KB)

GMA - 5, Oxbow Areas A and C

Letter from Fisher (USEPA) to Gates (GE), October 23, 2008, Re: Conditional Approval of General Electric's August 22, 2008 submittal titled Groundwater Management Area 5, Long-Term Monitoring Event Evaluation Report for Spring 2008 (PDF) (2 pp., 35 KB)

October 28, 2008 - addition(s) to Groundwater - Reports

GMA - 2, Oxbow Areas J and K

Letter from Hull (USEPA) to Gates (GE), October 22, 2008, Re; EPA Conditional Approval of General Electric's August 1, 2008 Groundwater Management Area 2 Long-Term Monitoring Program Monitoring Event Evaluation Report for Spring 2008 (PDF) (3 pp., 23 KB)

October 28, 2008 - addition(s) to Floodplain Properties Reports

Phase 4 Floodplain Properties

Letter (with attachments) from Gates (GE) to Tagliaferro (USEPA), October 21, 2008, Re: Floodplain Residential and Non-Residential Properties Adjacent to 1 1/2 Mile Reach of Housatonic River, Summary of August/September 2008 Inspection Activities for the Group 4C Floodplain Properties (PDF) (33 pp., 1.99 MB)

October 28, 2008 - addition(s) to Housatonic River 1½ Mile - Reports

General

Letter (with attachments) from Tagliaferro (USEPA) to Mooney (GE), October 8, 2008, Re: 2008 Summer Inspection Reports,1 1/2 Mile Reach Removal Action (PDF) (5 pp., 467 KB)

October 28, 2008 - addition(s) to Former Filled Oxbows - Reports

Newell Street Area II

Letter (with attachments) from Gates (GE) to Fisher (USEPA), October 16, 2008, Re: Newell Street Area II Summary of September 2008 Inspection Activities (PDF) (67 pp., 897 KB)

October 28, 2008 - addition(s) to GE Plant Area - Reports

City Recreational Area

Letter (with attachments) from Gates (GE) to Fisher (USEPA), October 16, 2008, Re: East Street Area 2-South Summary of September 2008 Inspection Activities - City Recreational Area (PDF) (6 pp., 205 KB)

October 27, 2008 - addition(s) to Former Filled Oxbows - Reports

Former Filled Oxbows A and C

Letter (with attachments) from Gates (GE) to Hull (USEPA), October 16, 2008, Re: Former Oxbow Areas A and C Summary of September 2008 Inspection Activities (PDF) (20 pp., 752 KB)

Newell Street Area II

Letter (with attachments) from Gates (GE) to Tagliaferro (USEPA), October 16, 2008, Re; Newell Street Area II, Second Addendum to Final Removal Design/Removal Action Work Plan (PDF) (44 pp., 1.68 MB)

October 27, 2008 - addition(s) to Housatonic River ½ Mile - Reports

Inspection Reports

Letter (with attachments) from Silfer (GE) to Tagliaferro (USEPA), October 16, 2008, Re; Upper 1/2-Mile Reach of the Housatonic River 2008 Inspection of Restored Bank Vegetation and Aquatic Habitat Enhancement Structures (PDF) (29 pp., 2.89 MB)

October 24, 2008 - addition(s) to OPCA - Reports

OPCA Reports

Letter (with attachments) from Gates (GE) to Hull (USEPA), October 16, 2008, Re: Building 71 and Hill 78 On-Plant Consolidation Areas Summary of Fall 2008 Post-Closure Inspection Activities (PDF) (13 pp., 1.16 MB)

October 21, 2008 - addition(s) to General - Reports

CD Monthly Status Reports - 2008

September 2008 (PDF) (507 pp., 7.51 MB)

October 21, 2008 - addition(s) to Housatonic River 1½ Mile - Reports

General

Spring 2008 Inspection of Vegetation Restoration, July 3, 2008 (PDF) (44 pp., 12.03 MB)

October 17, 2008 - addition(s) to GE Plant Area - Reports

East Street Area 2 - North

Letter (with attachments) from Gates (GE) to Fisher (USEPA), September 24, 2008, Re: East Street Area 2-North Summary of August/September 2008 Inspection Activities (PDF) (7 pp., 768 KB)

October 17, 2008 - addition(s) to Former Filled Oxbows - Reports

Newell Street Area I

Letter (with attachments) from Gates (GE) to Fisher (USEPA), September 24, 2008, Re: Newell Street Area I Summary of August 2008 Inspection Activities (PDF) (24 pp., 348 KB)

October 14, 2008 - addition(s) to Groundwater - Reports

GMA - 1

Letter from Nalipinski (USEPA) to Silfer (GE), June 20, 2003, Re: Comments on General Electric's February 2003 submittal "Plant Site 1 Groundwater Management Area NAPL Monitoringt Report for Fall 2002" (PDF) (3 pp., 712 KB)

October 6, 2008 - addition(s) to Housatonic River 1½ Mile - Reports

General

Letter (with attachments) from Mooney (GE) to Tagliaferro (USEPA), August 29, 2008, Re: 1 1/2 Mile Reach Report on 2008 Inspection of Riverbank Soil Restoration, Riprap, Aquatic Habitat Enhancement Structures and Ancillary Items (PDF) (34 pp., 2.82 MB)

September 30, 2008 - addition(s) to Former Filled Oxbows - Reports

Former Filled Oxbows J and K

Letter (with attachments) from Gates (GE) to Hull (USEPA), September 16, 2008, Re: Former Oxbow Areas J and K Summary of August 2008 Inspection Activities (PDF) (29 pp., 776 KB)

Lyman Street Area and Former Filled Oxbow B

Letter (with attachments) from Gates (GE) to Tagliaferro (USEPA), September 17, 2008, Re: Lyman Street Area Summary of August 2008 Inspection Activities (PDF) (33 pp., 778 KB)

September 30, 2008 - addition(s) to GE Plant Area - Reports

30s Complex

Letter (with attachments) from Carroll (GE) to Steenstrup (MADEP) and Tagliaferro (USEPA), September 15, 2008, Re: 30s Complex Summary of Annual ERE Inspection for 2008 (PDF) (6 pp., 3.17 MB)

Hill 78 Area - Remainder

Letter (with attachments) from Gates (GE) to Hull (USEPA), September 18, 2008, Re: Hill 78 Area-Remainder Addendum to Final RD/RA work Plan (PDF) (18 pp., 1.66 MB)

September 29, 2008 - addition(s) to GE Plant Area - Reports

20s Complex

Letter (with attachments) from Carroll (GE) to Steenstrup (MADEP) and Tagliaferro (USEPA), September 15, 2008, Re: 20's Complex Summary of Annual ERE Inspection for 2008 (PDF) (4 pp., 1.35 MB)

40s Complex

Letter (with attachments) from Carroll (GE) to Tagliaferro (USEPA), September 15, 2008, Re: 40s Complex Summary of Annual Inspection of Temporary Stockpile Area (PDF) (4 pp., 1.41 MB)

September 26, 2008 - addition(s) to Silver Lake - Reports

Soils Adjacent to the Silver Lake

Letter (with attachments) from Tagliaferro (USEPA) to Gates (GE), September 23, 2008, Re: EPA Conditional Approval of General Electric's May 25, 2007 submittal titled "Conceptual Removal Design/Removal Action Work Plan for Soils Adjacent to Silver Lake" (PDF) (13 pp., 2.6 MB)

September 22, 2008 - addition(s) to GE Plant Area - Reports

Unkamet Brook Area

Letter (with attachments) from Gates (GE) to Svirsky (USEPA), September 12, 2008, Re: Unkamet Brook Area, Scope of Supplemental Investigations and Status Update (PDF) (14 pp., 1.11 MB)

September 22, 2008 - addition(s) to Floodplain Properties Reports

Phase 2 Floodplain Properties

Letter (with attachments) from Gates (GE) to Tagliaferro (USEPA), September 11, 2008, Re: Floodplain Residential and Non-Residential Properties Adjacent to 1 1/2 Mile Reach of Housatonic River, Summary of August 2008 Inspection Activities for the Remediated Phase 2 Floodplain Properties (PDF) (17 pp., 836 KB)

Phase 3 Floodplain Properties

Letter from Gates (GE) to Tagliaferro (USEPA), September 10, 2008, Re: Floodplain Residential Properties Adjacent to 1 1/2 Mile Reach of Housatonic River, Summary of August 2008 Inspection Activities for the Phase 3 Floodplain Properties (PDF) (31 pp., 473 KB)

September 16, 2008 - addition(s) to General - Reports

CD Monthly Status Reports - 2008

August 2008 (PDF) (849 pp., 8.22 MB)

September 11, 2008 - addition(s) to Housatonic River 1½ Mile - Reports

General

Letter (with enclosure) from Mooney (GE) to Tagliaferro (USEPA), August 21, 2008, Re: Summer 2008 Re-Vegetation Monitoring Report 1 1/2 Mile Reach Removal Action (PDF) (97 pp., 8.63 MB)

September 9, 2008 - addition(s) to Rest of River - Reports

Community Updates

Two Page Summary: EPA Requires GE to Revise Its Corrective Measures Study, Rest of River, September 2008 (PDF) (2 pp., 123 KB)

Corrective Measures Study - Related Correspondence

Letter (with attachments) from Owens (USEPA) to Silfer (GE), September 9, 2008, Re: EPA Comments on GE's March 2008 Corrective Measures Study Report (PDF) (2 pp., 2 MB)

September 3, 2008 - addition(s) to GE Plant Area - Reports

City Recreational Area

Letter from Steenstrup (MADEP) to Tagliaferro (USEPA), August 21, 2008, Re: East Street Area 2-South Approval of Final Completion Report for the City Recreational Area (PDF) (1 p., 236 KB)

September 5, 2008 - addition(s) to Former Filled Oxbows - Reports

Lyman Street Area and Former Filled Oxbow B

Letter (with attachments) from Gates (GE) to Young (MEOEEA), August 27, 2008, Re: Lyman Street Area Summary of July 2008 Inspection of Natural Resource Restoration/Enhancement Measures (PDF) (15 pp., 1.54 MB)

Newell Street Area II

Letter (with attachments) from Gates (GE) to Young (MEOEEA), August 27, 2008, Re: Newell Street Area II Summary of July 2008 Inspection of Natural Resource Restoration/Enhancement Measures (PDF) (15 pp., 1.56 MB)

September 5, 2008 - addition(s) to Groundwater - Reports

GMA - 1, East Street Area 1, East Street Area 2, Lyman Street Area, Newell Street Area I, Newell Street Area II, Oxbow B, Silver Lake

Letter (with enclosure) from Gates (GE) to Fisher (USEPA), August 29, 2008, Re: Groundwater Management Area 1 NAPL Monitoring Report for Spring 2008 (PDF) (184 pp., 5.94 MB)

GMA - 3, Unkamet Brook Area

Letter (with enclosure) from Gates (GE) to Hull (USEPA), August 29, 2008, Re:Groundwater Management Area 3 Groundwater Quality and NAPL Monitoring Interim Report for Spring 2008 (PDF) (245 pp., 7.36 MB)

GMA - 4, Hill 78 Area

Letter (with enclosure) from Gates (GE) to Hull (USEPA), August 29, 2008, Re: Groundwater Management Area 4 Groundwater Quality Monitoring Interim Report for Spring 2008 (PDF) (199 pp., 4.99 MB)

September 3, 2008 - addition(s) to Floodplain Properties - Reports

All Floodplains Current Residential Properties Adjacent to 1 1/2 Mile Reach

Letter (with enclosure) from Tagliaferro (USEPA) to Gates (GE), August 27, 2008, Re: EPA Approval of, and Certificate of Completion for, General Electric's submittal entitled Final Completion Report for Removal Action for Housatonic River Floodplain - Current Residential Properties Adjacent to 1 1/2 Mile Reach, dated July, 2008 (1 pp., 203 KB)

Letter from Steenstrup (MADEP) to Tagliaferro (USEPA), August 21, 2008, Re: Floodplain Residential Properties Adjacent to the 1 1/2 Mile Reach Housatonic River Approval of Final Completion Report for Removal Action for Housatonic River Floodplain Current Residential Properties Adjacent to 1 1/2 Mile Reach (1 pp., 250 KB)

September 3, 2008 - addition(s) to GE Plant Area - Reports

City Recreational Area

Letter (with enclosure) from Fisher (USEPA) to Gates (GE), August 27, 2008, Re: EPA Approval of, and Certificate of Completion for, General Electric's submittal entitled Final Completion report for the City Recreational Area, dated July, 2008 (PDF) (3 pp., 116 KB)

September 3, 2008 - addition(s) to Former Filled Oxbows - Reports

Newell Street Area I

Letter (with enclosure) from Fisher (USEPA) to Gates (GE), August 27, 2008, Re: EPA Approval of, and Certificate of Completion for, General Electric's submittal entitled Final Completion Report for the Newell Street Area I Removal Action, dated July 2008 (3 p., 125 KB)

Former Filled Oxbows A and C

Letter from Steenstrup (MDEP) to Tagliaferro (USEPA), May 21, 2008, Re: Former Oxbow Areas A and C Approval of Final Completion Report for Former Oxbow Areas A and C Removal Action (1 p., 235 KB)

Former Filled Oxbows J and K

Letter from Steenstrup (MADEP) to Tagliaferro (USEPA), May 21, 2008, Re: Former Oxbow Areas J and K Approval of Final Completion Report for Former Oxbow Areas J and K Removal Action (1 p., 265 KB)

September 2, 2008 - addition(s) to Groundwater - Reports

GMA - 5, Oxbow Areas A and C

Letter (with enclosure) from Gates (GE) to Fisher (USEPA), August 22, 2008, Re: Groundwater Management Area 5 Long-Term Monitoring Program Monitoring Event Evaluation Report for Spring 2008 (PDF) (122 pp., 3.31 MB)

September 2, 2008 - addition(s) to Former Filled Oxbows - Reports

Newell Street Area I

Letter from Steenstrup (MADEP) to Tagliaferro (USEPA), August 21, 2008, Re: Newell Street Area I Approval of Final Completion Report for the Newell Street Area I Removal Action (PDF) (1 p., 226 KB)

August 29, 2008 - addition(s) to GE Plant Area - Reports

Unkamet Brook Area

Letter from Gates (GE) to Svirsky (USEPA), August 21, 2008, Re: Unkamet Brook Area Status of Obtaining Access from CSX to Parcels L11-4-11 and L11-4-12 for Sampling (PDF) (2 pp., 64 KB)

August 28, 2008 - addition(s) to GE Plant Area - Reports

Hill 78 Area - Remainder

Letter from Hull (USEPA) to Gates (GE), August 20, 2008, Re: Conditional Approval of General Electric's June 20, 2008, Hill 78 Area-Remainder Final RD/RA Work Plan (PDF) (3 pp., 30 KB)

August 28, 2008 - addition(s) to Allendale - Reports

Letter (with attachments) from Gates (GE) to Tagliaferro (USEPA), August 20, 2008, Re: Allendale School Property Summary of Vegetative Restoration Work (PDF) (4 pp., 331 KB)

August 26, 2008 - addition(s) to GE Plant Area - Reports

30s Complex

Letter from Tagliaferro (USEPA) to Silfer (GE), March 24, 2005, Re: EPA Approval of and Certificate of Completion for General Electric's submittal entitled "Final Completion Report for the 30s Complex Removal Action," dated March 2005 (PDF) (3 pp., 112 KB)

August 26, 2008 - addition(s) to Groundwater - Reports

GMA - 4, Hill 78 Area

Letter from Novotny (GE) to Hayes (USEPA), August 30, 2005, Re: Groundwater Management Area 4 Groundwater Quality Monitoring Interim Report for Spring 2005 (PDF) (236 pp., 3.13 MB)

August 22, 2008 - addition(s) to OPCA - Reports

OPCA Reports

Letter (with attachments) from Gates (GE) to Hull (USEPA), August 15, 2008, Re: Hill 78 and Building 71 On-Plant Consolidation Areas Post-Removal Site Control Plan (PDF) (25 pp., 1.54 MB)

August 18, 2008 - addition(s) to General - Reports

CD Monthly Status Reports - 2008

July 2008 (PDF) (594 pp., 11.59 MB)

August 18, 2008 - addition(s) to Allendale - Reports

EPA Allendale School PCB Air Sample Results, Last Updated August 2008 (PDF) (1 p., 33 KB)

August 18, 2008 - addition(s) to OPCA - Reports

OPCA PCB Ambient Air Sampling Results

PCB Air Sampling Results, Last Updated July 2008 (PDF) (1 p., 45 KB)

Comparison of EPA and GE OPCA Replicate PCB Air Sample Results, Last Updated July 2008 (PDF) (1 p., 35 KB)

August 12, 2008 - addition(s) to GE Plant Area - Reports

Unkamet Brook Area

Letter (with report) from Gates (GE) to Svirsky (USEPA), July 29, 2008, Re: Unkamet Brook Area Third Supplement to the Pre-Design Investigation Report for Unkamet Brook Area Removal Action (PDF) (23 pp., 4.23 MB)

August 11, 2008 - addition(s) to Floodplain Properties Reports

All Floodplains Current Residential Properties Adjacent to 1 1/2 Mile Reach

Letter (with report) from Gates (GE) to Tagliaferro (USEPA), July 30, 2008, Final Completion Report for Removal Action for Housatonic River Floodplain - Current Residential Properties Adjacent to 1 1/2 Mile Reach (PDF) (1359 pp., 393.33 MB)

August 11, 2008 - addition(s) to Former Filled Oxbows - Reports

Newell Street Area I

Letter (with report) from Gates (GE) to Tagliaferro (USEPA), July 31, 2008, Re: Newell Street Area I Final Completion Report for the Newell Street Area I Removal Action (PDF) (1930 pp., 129.84 MB)

August 11, 2008 - addition(s) to Groundwater - Reports

GMA - 1, East Street Area 1, East Street Area 2, Lyman Street Area, Newell Street Area I, Newell Street Area II, Oxbow B, Silver Lake

Letter (with report) from Gates (GE) to Fisher (USEPA), July 30, 2008, Re: Groundwater Management Area 1; Groundwater Quality Monitoring Interim Report for Spring 2008 (PDF) (218 pp., 5.94 MB)

GMA - 2, Oxbow Areas J and K

Letter (with enclosure) from Gates (GE) to Fisher (USEPA), August 1, 2008, Re: Groundwater Management Area 2 Long-Term Monitoring Program Monitoring Event Evaluation Report for Spring 2008 (PDF) (118 pp., 2.94 MB)

Letter from Hull (USEPA) to Gates (GE), July 30, 2008, Re: EPA Conditional Approval of General Electric's May 14, 2008, Groundwater Management Area 2 Long-Term Monitoring Program Addendum to Monitoring Event Evaluation Report for Fall 2007 (PDF) (3 pp., 27 KB)

August 8, 2008 - addition(s) to GE Plant Area - Reports

20s, 30s, and 40s Complexes

Semi-Annual Inspection Building Demolition Barrier Areas Summer 2008, 20s and 30s Complexes William Stanley Business Park, report prepared for Pittsfield Economic Development Authority by O'Reilly, Talbot, & Okun Associates, Inc., July 11, 2008 (PDF) (21 pp., 33.24 MB)

City Recreational Area

Letter (with report) from Gates (GE) to Tagliaferro (USEPA), July 31, 2008, Re: East Street Area 2-South Final Completion Report for the City Recreational Area (PDF) (429 pp., 26.86 MB)

August 8, 2008 - addition(s) to Rest of River - Reports

GE Reports/Documents

Letter from John W. Olver (Member of Congress) to Robert W. Varney (USEPA), July 23, 2008, Re: Proposed Corrective Measures Study submitted by the General Electric Company (PDF) (2 pp., 123 KB)

 

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