Schedule
COMPLETE - RFI field sampling activities took place between April 25-May 4, 2018.
COMPLETE - RFI groundwater sampling performed between May 23-May 25, 2018, and July 7-9, 2018.
COMPLETE - Environmental Indicators Report was submitted to USEPA on July 2, 2018.
COMPLETE - Supplemental hydropunch groundwater sampling performed on July 17, 2018.
COMPLETE - RFI Report submitted to USEPA on September 14, 2018.
COMPLETE – USEPA completes review of RFI Report and issues comments on October 12, 2018.
COMPLETE – Exide responds to USEPA RFI Report Comments and submits Supplemental Site Investigation (SSI) Work Plan to USEPA on December 21, 2018
COMPLETE – USEPA completes review of SSI Work Plan and issues comments on January 29, 2019
COMPLETE - Supplemental Site Investigation (SSI) Work Plan submitted to USEPA on March 12, 2019
COMPLETE - Conditional approval of SSI Work Plan issued by USEPA on April 12, 2019
COMPLETE - Final SSI Work Plan submitted to USEPA on May 30, 2019.
COMPLETE - SSI field sampling activities took place between June 17 - June 22, 2019. Silt sock was also installed around down-gradient portions of the property to reduce soil runoff associated with soil erosion.
COMPLETE - Additional SSI field sampling activities took place between June 20, 2019, to November 10, 2019. Onsite sediment removal and installation of inlet protection at onsite stormwater inlets were performed at this time.
Submission of revised RFI Report/SSI Report was delayed by Exide’s Bankruptcy.
May 19, 2020 - Exide files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy.
October 26, 2020 - Exide Environmental Response Trust assumes ownership of the Site and resumes development of RFI Report.
COMPLETE - Revised RFI Report submitted to USEPA February 24, 2021.
COMPLETE - The Trust has developed Interim Measures (IM) Investigation Work Plan, dated August 30, 2021; which was approved by USEPA.
COMPLETE - The Trust and subcontractors to implemented the IM Investigation Workplan. Initial investigation fieldwork began during the week of October 11, 2021 and lasted approximately 2 weeks. Follow up groundwater monitoring field work was performed on December 7 to 13, 2021. In-situ bio-augmentation study field work was performed on March 8 to 10 , 2022
COMPLETE - The Trust submitted the Interim Measures Investigation Report to USEPA on April 20, 2022. Following review and comment from USEPA, a revised Interim Measures Investigation Report was submitted to USEPA on July 29, 2022 and ultimately approved.
COMPLETE – The Trust developed an Interim Measures (IM) Remediation Workplan focused on addressing impacts around Monitoring Well (MW)-4. The IM Remediation Workplan was approved by USEPA on July 19, 2023. The work around MW-4 will include excavation and off-site disposal of potential source contaminated materials that are acting as a source of groundwater contamination and using a bio-augmentation technology to enhance remediation of volatile COCs by degrading them. Supplemental investigation of utilities such as sewer lines and the area around MW-1 is also part of the proposed scope.
PENDING - The Trust anticipates mobilizing subcontractors to implement the workplan in the second quarter of 2024.