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The planned activities for the week of 10/15/2001 are as follows:

  1. Continue dredging in Lake Waban and managing material in uplands decant area.
  2. Continue uplands remedial excavation adjacent to the southern wetlands.
  3. Continue uplands remedial excavation adjacent to and downstream of the Paintshop Pond dam for purposes of installing concrete footings and wingwalls; uplands remedial excavation in the vicinity of former paint factory; uplands remedial excavation south of treatment area, including continued relocation of isolated "leachable" hexavalent chromium lime green pigment pockets observed in the remedial excavation to the IT treatment area for in-situ treatment, see note below.
  4. Continue excavating contaminated Southern Wetland peat (piling and load-out for placement in the consolidation area).
  5. Continue grading and compacting contaminated material placed into the consolidation area.
  6. Continue concrete work in vicinity of Paintshop Pond dam.
  7. Continue operation of multi-media and bag filter treatment system at the main dewatering sump. Change out filter media in remaining two vessels of the multi-media filter system.
  8. Continue treating soil.
  9. Excavate treated and tested soil
  10. Continue health and safety air monitoring.

    Activities conducted during the week of 10/8/2001 include:
  1. Continued dredging in Lake Waban and managing material in uplands decant area.
  2. Continued uplands remedial excavation adjacent to the southern wetlands.
  3. Uplands remedial excavation adjacent to and downstream of the Paintshop Pond dam for purposes of installing concrete footings and wingwalls; uplands remedial excavation in the vicinity of former paint factory; uplands remedial excavation south of treatment area (relocated three pockets of "leachable" lime green pigment encountered in the remedial excavation to the IT treatment area for in-situ treatment).
  4. Continue excavating contaminated Southern Wetland peat (piling for load-out).
  5. Poured concrete footing for the southern "training" wall for the Paintshop Pond dam and wall restoration; stripped concrete form; started steel reinforcing.
  6. Completed grading of layer of contaminated peat and a layer of dry contaminated soil within the consolidation area.
  7. Continue operation of multi-media and bag filter treatment system at the main dewatering sump. Change out filter media in two of the four vessels of the multi-media filter system.
  8. Moving wet material stockpiled in the uplands for drying into the consolidation area.
  9. Grading treated contaminated soil from the IT treatment program within the consolidation area.
  10. Treated soil.
  11. Excavated treated and tested soil
  12. Continue health and safety air monitoring.

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