Weekly Update and Two-week Projection of Work from Roy F. Weston, Inc.

September 21, 2000

 

Anne Piekarski of Roy F. Weston, Inc. (www.rfweston.com) sent the following information to The Cattail Press. Weston is the primary contractor working on the Eastland Woolen Mill Site in Corinna. My thanks to Weston for providing this information.

 

PUBLIC WEEKLY UPDATE

NON-TIME CRITICAL REMOVAL ACTION

EASTLAND WOOLEN MILL SUPERFUND SITE

CORINNA, MAINE

The following summarizes WESTON’s work completed at the Eastland Woolen Mill Site for week ending Friday September 21, 2001:

Safety Update:

  • Conducted daily safety inspections on all heavy equipment used on site.
  • All work was completed in level D or modified level D personal protective equipment.
  • Performed daily dust monitoring of the area surrounding the entire site including the new-screened soil stockpile, the contaminated soil stockpile, and Area 1 excavation.

Work Accomplished by WESTON and Subcontractors:

  • Excavated clean concrete/rock (800yds), clean cutback (752yds), contaminated soil (1226yds), and contaminated concrete (176yds) from Area 1 and transported to the appropriate on-site stockpile.
  • Transported 384yds of crushed concrete from Area 1 to clean haul road in Mill Pond Area.
  • Continued breaking up concrete walls and foundations in Area 1.
  • Performed water quality (temperature, dissolved oxygen, and turbidity) readings south of the new bridge.
  • Collected soil samples from Area 1.
  • Continued river restoration work south of Corundel dam.
  • Loaded scrap metal for off-site disposal.
  • Water treatment plant treated a total of 71,528 gallons.
  • Continued contaminated soil screening operation.
  • Transported screened material to new screened contaminated soil stockpile.
  • Continued assembling a rock washing system.
  • Continued sheet piling installation near the new road along Rt. 7.
  • Continued site dust control.

Two-week Projection:

The following summarizes the anticipated work to be completed for the next two week time period (September 24 through October 8).

  • Continue Area 1 excavation.
  • Complete Mill Pond Restoration.
  • Complete sheet piling installation.

 


 

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