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Paint Shop Pond

History and Location

Pre-Cleanup Investigations

Cleanup Plan

Fact Sheets

Glossary, Q+A

Contacts

Fact Sheets

Some of these fact sheets are in PDF format. If you don't have Acrobat Reader, click here to get it (free)

March 2001 – What does the cleanup mean to me? (PDF format)

Display boards from January 2001 information session – Recommended alternative, protecting workers and public health, restoration and demobilization, benefits from cleanup, schedule. (PDF format)

December 2000 – Recommended cleanup alternative, schedule for permitting and cleanup. (PDF format)

June 1999 - Phase II Comprehensive Site Investigation, extent of contamination, results of the Human Health Risk Assessment.

April 1999 - detailed evaluation of alternatives considered, college's recommended alternative (excavation and on-site encapsulation).

May 1998 - history of the paint factory site, college's relationship with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, college's investigations and remediation activities since 1975.


Information Session
Project team member explains a model of the project site at a
February 2001 campus information session.


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Last Modified: August 6, 2001
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