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EPA WORX ASSIQIIIIEIIT 110 26-lLJ O
EPA COIITRACT 110 68-0l-7250
BASCO SERVICES IIICORPORAIED
REVISID COIIIIUIIITY IIZLATIOIIS PLAII LAIIDPILL A11D USOURCI IIZCOVIRY IITI
IIORTII SIIITIIFIILD UODI IILAIID
OCTOIIZR 1916
IIOTICI
The intonaation in thia docuaant haa been funded by the United Statebull nvirormental Protection Aqancy (EPA) under REM III Contract No U-01-7250 to baaco Sarvicabull Inc (Ebabulleo)
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REM III PROGRAM
RIIDIAL PLAMIIINO ACTIVITIES AT SELECTED UNCONTROLLED HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE DISPOSAL SITES
WITHIN EPA REGIONS IbullIV
EPA WORJt ASSIGIIIIEIIT NUIBER 26middot1L30 EPA CONTRACT NUIBER 68middot01bull7250
REVISED caMUIIITY ULATICIII PLAN LANDFILL A11D UIOURCZ 11C0YDY IITI
IIOillll SIIITIIFIILD IIIIODII ISLAND
Approved bybull
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c-nity blationa Specialiat RDI III Connunity Relations Mampna9erIcr Incorporated
Lindley Hall
Reqional Manaer Reqion I Ebaaco Servicea Inc
RZVISID COIDroiiiTY UIATIONS PIAN LANDFILL AND USOIJIICJ UCOVERy SITE
NORTH SNITHPIILD RHODI ISLAND
TAIILE OF CONTINTS
A ovarviaw of Ccuunity Relatione Plan
B Site Background
c coaunity Profile 10
D Hiatory ot Couunity Involvuant 11 E Updampta of COJDUnity Concarna and Key Iaauaa la r Objactivaa of the Reviaed Coaunity Relationa 15Proqru
a Coaunity Relatione Activitiaa 17
APPINDIImiddot AI INTEUSTID PAilTIU
APPINDII 8 1 LOCATIONS FOR INPORIIATION UPOSITORIIS PUBLICIIDTIIIQS
APPINDIX C I KIJIIICIPU STRUCTURE OP NORTH INITNPIILD
APPINDIX Dl LIST OP PIRSONS CONTACTED IN DIIVBLOPIIDT OP TID COIDroiiiTY RIUTIONS PIAN
REVISED COIOMfiTY ULATIONS PLAN LANDFILL A11D USOUilCZ UCOVZRY SIlZ
IIORTH SMITIIPIELD RHODE ISLAND
A OVERVIEW OP COIIIIUNITY RELATIONS PLAN
Thia reviaed co-unity relationa plan (CRP) updatea the CRP originally prepared in 1983 for the Xnc1fill and Reaource Recovery (URR) Superfund aite located in North Sbullithfield Rhode Ialand (aee Exhibit 1) The purpoae of thia reviaed plan ia to update inforaation included in the original CRP to preaent additional inforaation not cUacuaaed in the original CRP and to plan for ccma~unity relatione activitiaa that vill be conducted during the upcainq phaaea of the reedial action at the aite Specificobjectivea of thia reviaed CRP include
0 To verity intonation contained in the oriqinalCRP prepared for the URR aite
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~ct~ r~=~~rnOr9 tCrc~i action at the URR aita
0 To racoaend adclitional caaunity relatione efforta daaiped to ac1dreaa counity concern ampHut the aite and to prepare the counity tor the rueltlial activitiaa that Vill taka place at the LUll aita in the future
llla us Environaantal Protection Aqancy (EPA) Jla9ion I Coaunity Relationbull Coordinator will aanaga coaunity ralationa activitiaa at the aita jointly with the EPA Regional Project Manager tor the URH aita
The intoraation praaantacl in thia plan ia baaed priaarily on diacuaaiona conductad in the Town of Korth Saithfielc Rhoda Ialand on Juna 11 through 11 1181 with local officialbull alonq with interaatad ancl affected raaidenta Tha individualbull and Ot9aniaationa contacted durinq developaent of thia plan are liatad in Appendix D
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B SITB BACltGROUIID
The L6RR aite ia a tvanty-fiva acre inactive landfill on athirty-aix acre parcel of land in the Town of North SaithfialdRhoda Ialand in the north central aaction of tha state (aaaEXhibita 1 and 2) Thia forar landfill ia located in a fomaraand and ravel pit in a relatively undeveloped araa of tha townwith laaa than fifty raaidancaa within a balf-aila radiua of itMoat of the raaidanta in thaaa hoaaa uaa their own walla fordrinkinq water A awupy araa ia baediataly aouth of tha altathrouh which Trout Brook runa Trout Brook aaptiaa into troutBrook Pond and tha LOwer Slataravilla Reaarvoir both of which arauaad priaarily tor fiahinq and recreation
AccorcUnq to local officiala tha alta baqan operation aa adiapoaal araa for North Saithfiald in 1969 Tha operation vaaaold in 1974 to URR who davalopecS tha aita into two facilitiaathat accepted coaarcial doaeatic and incSuatrial vaataa Thalandfill applied for and vaa iaaued a Solid Waata KanaqaMntFacility Licanaa in 1976
Althouth the 1976 application atated that URR would not acceptcbaaical or liquid vaata URR raviaad ita facility plana in 1977to include the inatallation of aonitorincJ vella that would allowthe ccmpany to coaply vith uietin9 requlatione pertaining to theacceptance of clinical an4 liquid vaetee In Karch 1971 LlRRnotified middot the Rhode Ialan4 DepartMnt of Znvirontal llana9nt(RIDDI) of ita ha1ardoue veeta ectiviti
letveen lt71 an4 lt7t -- the only yre for vbicb docuaentationexiete -- it 1e eatillated that tha landfill accepted 15 aillionqallona of haaardoua vaataa froa over fifty tanaratora a larqanuaber of vbich vara located in nearby llampaaachuaatta A vidaranqa of vaataa vara diapoaad at the L6RR aite including heavyaatala halOCJampnamptad and non-haloqanatad aolvanta platin vaataaoil tank aludta aabaatoa tranaforaar oil and vatar-aolublarmiddotaancSThna~~ ~fi~~~ with raaidantial rafuaa and covered
In January 1979 tha atata of Rhoda Ialand paaaad a lawprohibitinq tha operation of hazardoua vaata facilitiaa locatedovar an aquifer that haa the potential for aunicipal water aupplydavalopaant (Claaa 2 aquifara) In Saptuber 1979 RIDEN cloaadtha URR facility to hazardoua vaata qaneratora In Oecuhar1979 URR placed a polyvinylcbloride (PVC) cap over tha hazardouavaata area but continued to place aolid vaata atop the h11ardouawaata area
Exhibit 1 SITE LOCATION MAP
LandfiN and ReiOWce Recovery North Smithfield Rhode leland
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North Smithfield
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Exhibit 2 Landfill and Reeowce Recovery (LampRR) Site
Town of North Smithfield Rhode leland
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In 1110 the facil1tybulla solid vaate licenae wea renewed by RIDMand URR aubbullitted prelibullinary plana for the final cloaure oflandfill thereviaed
After a aeriea of ordera and hearinqa UltR aubbullitted acloaure plan in late 1110 Alao in 1110North the Town ofSbullithfield requeated PA to conduct an nvirormentalAaaeaabullent Impactof the aite Thia waa part of the effort that led tocompletion of a National Prioritiea checlcliat in 1982 to daten-inaif the aite ahould be placed on the National Prioritiea Liat (NPLand thua become eligible for Superfund funda
In 1183 the LRR facility waa placed on the National PrioritiesLiat The operatorbull of LRR agreed to pertora atudiea equivalentto a romodial 1nvost1gat1on and toaoibility otudy (RIFS) whichwould examine the extent of contaaination and develop optionbull toremediate any problbullbullbull found In June 1184 EPA prepared a draftAdJiiniatrative Conaant Order and beqan enforcebullent neqotiationawith IARR but an aqreeaent between PA and LRR waa never reachedand the RIFS waa never initiated LRR cUeS enter into anagreent to which EPA ia not a party with RIDEM in June ofreqardincJ the closure of the facility 1183
The c1iapoal of non-hazardoua vaate at the aite continued into1185 until the capacity of the lanclfill waa reached aa apecifiedin the agreement reachec1 with Rhode I a land in 1113 A cap haabeen placed over aoat of the landfill and final qradinq andveqetatinq of the area will be copletecS in the auaer of 1186 Three atranda of barbed wire act aa a containaent fence aroundoito the
C COIOMIITY PROPILE middot
The Town of North saithtield ia a pictureaque New En9landcoaunity rurally situated between Providence and Boatonalnduatrial belt alone Route 415 Oriqinally a mill town NorthSaitbfiold hoo little induotry today vitb aoro tban halttownbullbull of thopopulation couutinq to Providence nearby Woonaocket andthe loaton area
middotIn general currant reaidenta of North Saithfield middot can beca tegorizedin town
aa being in one of two qroupa thoae that have livedfor qenerationa anc1 thoae that are part of anprofeaaionala influx ofThia influx haa been talcinq place tor overyeara Although thia town ia atill vary rural in tenaa of thirty
aattinqanc1 population -- there are 10000 residents in twenty-five aquareailbullbull -- there is a davelopaant boom in North Smithfield andaurroundinq couunitiea theSoma reaidents believe that uncheckeddevelopment will eventually ruin the character and charmtown while otherbull look to it aa a aource of of the
expanded municipalaervices and leaaening of tax burdena
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D HISTORY OP COMIIUIIITY IHVOLVEIlIIT
One reaidant interviewed during the preparation of thia couunityrelationbull plan daacribad co-unity involvaaant at URR aa baingbulltwelve yaara of uttar total fruatration In the twelve yaaraainca L5RR purchaaad the facility the laval of couunity intaraatand concern baa bean axtraaaly high and baa included theforaation of two local anvironaantal group11 the paaaing of twoatata lawa regarding paraitting of waata facilitiaat the filing ofaavaral legal actionar and axtanaiva aadia coverage Throughoutthia period couunity raaidanta have continually believed thatthey have bean battling a larqa vall-financed politicallyshyconnected oppoaition Moreover it baa bean alleged bythaaa raaidanta that organized criaa ia 10111 of
involved in LRRfacility They theview RIDEM aa baing inapt and poaaibly evan inc olluaion with tha intaraata of t ha l andfill They view EPA aabeing unraaponaiva and indiff erent t o their concarna In 1974 a l arge nubar of truckamp tranaporti ngvhich vaat a (aoaa ofbelonged to lruk-Avay owned and operated by thaURR) ovna r a ofthrough the coaaunity cauaad a oat na ighbora to bacoaaof the landfill for tha firat tiaa
awareIn addition to LRR thaaatrucka vera alao bringing vaataa to Waatarn SandSuperfund Gravel anotheraita vhich ia adjacent to URRorvaniaationa vera foaed -- Protect our watara (POW)
Two citiaanthe Environaent of forth Saithfiald Inc (BEllS)
and savinvaeventiea ampEMS In the lataaponaorad two environaantal foruaaSaithfield in Mortbto focua attention on URR 1featem Sand Graveltvo other Superfund aitea in northern Rhoda Ialand (Picillo
andWaataDiapol in coventry and Davia Liquid in Baithfiald)
POW vaa forad in 1978 by aavara1 aabera of Marth Saithfialdaconaervation Coaaiaaion The Coaaiaaion had received coaplaintaabout the operation of URR POW vaa inatl1Dantal in the paaaaCJeof atata lava to ban haaardoua and aolid vaata facilitiaa fr011baing located over aquifereoqaniampinCJ ralliaa The C)roupbulla activitiaa includedof up to ona thouaand raaidanta at the atatacapitol buildinq
coverage oqanizing and effectively coordinating aadiaand gathering and diaaaa inati nq intonation and data onthe facility
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in tha l at a 1970a the Korth Saithfiald t own council becabullbullact ive in iaauaa involving tha L RR a i ta Tha tovn councildpraclaradaaidant flaw to Waahington t o bullbullbullt with EPA officiala lha t ownthe Slataraville Aquifer to ba awater aource of municipaland raquaated that an Environmental Impact Aaaasamant beprepared aa part of an attempt to close the landfill throughaction court
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Believinq that atate and tadaral authoritiaaraaponaiva North Saithtield toraed a taak vera not beif9
vaata torca on hazardouaheaded by the town council praaidant and includinq auberaot POW and SNS Tha taak torebull hired conaultanta and engineeringtina to help thea qathar data to be uaed in their ettortaconvince the etate laqialatura the courta RIDM and EPA to to
aoae type of action In all North Saithfialc apant over taka
in an effort $100000colllJiunity atatac
to build their caaa several aaabara of thetheir atrong baliat that thia work ahould havebean carried out lly atata and fadaral officiala With the cloainq of tha hazardoua waate portion of the landfilland later the aolid waata landfill aa wall thebean diabandad and taak forca haaaallbara of
POW and SENS have becoaa inactive Moatthe community interviewed atatad that daapitaetforta they have won only a partial victory and aa one their
put it have reaidantpeople
baan latt with a aountain of trouble Severalinterviewed during the preparation of thia plan notedthe landfill riaaa three hundred aavanty faat that
above aaa lavalaakinq it the third hiqhaat apot in northern lUloda IalandThera ia a high leve l ot awaranaaa about hazardoua vaata andanvirormantal iaauaa in the coaaunity
otherMoat raaidanta intarviavaddurinq on-aita diacuaaiona vera taailiar with the otheraitaa in the Superfundarea 1 n-ely the Staaina MillSaithtield the Weatarn San4 Gravel aita in
a ita in Korththa lurrillvilla andof
Davie Liquid aita in Saithfield ltbullbullbull EXhibit 2) All IIUbera_)
the coaunity intarviavK vera aurpriaad to learn thatadditional invaatigation of the URR aita would be9iven that the landfill baa bean cloaed down takinq place
UPDATE OF COIOIUNITY CONCERIIS AND DY ISSUES
The URlt couunity relatione plan prepared in 1983tha folloving aajor co-unity concarna icantitiec
o Hetti to elgae the LiBR Facility Raaicantabelieved that the continued operation of thafacility atill poaad a public health threat o Contowinotion ot the Slattrayilla Aauitar Withovar eighty parcant or the reaidancaa in towndrawinq their water froa privata walla there waaqraat concern about poaaibla conta11ination
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Although the facilityaquifer reaaina the
haa bean cloaed contuination of theaoat praaainq concern of the coaunityConcernbull have bacoaa aora amppacific hovavar ainca tha couunityhaa baqun to axuina poaaibla affacta of contuination not onlyprivata vella but onon aavaral other aapacta of the couunityLiated below are the counitybulla current concerna 0 Cgntamination gf Priyate Wtlla Since 1981 theState haa taatad aany of the private walla withina half ailbull radiua of the alta and althoughalbulloat all of the teata have ahovn nocontaaination raaidanta are hiqhly akaptical of
==bulltfo~t~e0ta~=~= ~dolov~a~ea~i~dmiddot~~contaaination (One raaident aaid that the Stateinatructed hibull to taka water troa hia tap andbrinq it to town hall where it would be pickedup ) Soma raaidenta have bad their walla teatedprivately and claia that the reaulta indicatethat the walla are contuinatld Soae raaidantauaa only bottled water purchaald at their ovnexpanaa Blcauaa teat reaulta of privata wallaara confidential there ara rwaoraapaculation about how far pollution and
uy havaapread
0 Csmtpinatign gf thbull llrtereyille AmampiftrUthouqh the population of northam Rhoda Ialandincreaald draaatically aa the araa baa beandavalopad tha nabar of available vater aourcaabaa r inad the Tba larvaly untappedSlateraville Aquifer offara one of the aoatproaiaing- aourcaa of vatar to auatain thiaeconoaic growth Tbare ia Mrioua concerneapacially on the part of town officiala thatincraaald uaa of tha aquifer aay eventually dravcontaaination into the aquifer and cauaa aaerioua pollution probl Thia aituation ia notviewed aa a probl unique to the URR alta butrather one that involveamp all of the Superfunda itea in the area
o Ptyelgaent and Grgyth Beaidea clean vatareconomic developaant of their town iaSaithfiald reaidenta qraateat concernthe North
Becausethe two iasues are cloaaly linked they ara
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0 conaidered to be dual prioritiea in the coaunity 80111 ot thoaa that favor davelopaant bullbullbull clean water aa a vital nacaaaityJ othara view tha antira contaaination iaaua aa proof that the town naada to davalop a aunicipal vatar aupply aoat likely froa tha Scituate Raaarvoir in central Rhoda Ialanc Thoaa that oppoaa davalopaant point to tha Superfund aitaa aa a coapallinq raaaon for a aoratoriua on davalopaant until it can ba aaaurad that additional buildinq will not incraaaa the probability of contuinatinq the aquifer
0 Proparty yaluea Savaral of tha raaidanta intarviawad raportad that one-third of tha houaaa on Tifft road bava bean tor aala for the paat yaar with no buyara daapita a vary favorable aarkat for hoaa purchaaing Scaa raaidanta apeculatad that tha apparent aacrecy aurrouncUng private vall teating aany reaidenta are reluctant to diwlge their teat reaulta to other reaidenta -- ia related to the fear of loaaea in property valuea 01e reaident of Tifft road ia planning to brin9 l~al action 09ainat tho Town of North saitbtield tor a tax Uatqent becauae hia property haa ~en devalued aa a reault ot bain9 locatad near tho landfill
o Qat pf thbull llbulltbullreyUle Btetryoir The llateraville Reaervoir uaed to be a focal point tor recreation in the coaunity Wt currently ia little uaed Reaidanta tear that runoff troa tht landfill 110untainbull (tho LID aita) hao contuinated the raaervoir
o Htalth Ibulleuea All raaidanta interviewed fear that they and eapecially their children are bain9 oxpoaad to potential health riou llany reaidanta pointed to htalth iaauaa at other ntarby aitea aa indicatorbull of potential probl that aay raault froa tha URR aita
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o latbullty and Stqurity The alta ia iaolated and iacloaed off by only three atranda of barbed wireSoae reaidanta axpraaaed concern that thiabarrier would not be affective in keepingchildren off the aite and they would thereforebe expoaed to poaaible contaaination 0 cogunity bull Dtairt to Hol4 LiRR Accountablt
~Itemiddot~~~bullbulli~nbull~~r~n~~ b~ir~d 4ownara of LIRR had coaplataly cUaraqardad thtconcarna of tha couunity and had aada a aullfortune in the twelve yeara that URR operatedThey uniforly expraaaed tht deaire that theownerbull not be allowed to qet away
0 ~icofw1~~4upIttti~~~ a~tl~ inatalled aa part of r-dial actionbull at anotherSuperfund dto In noivbborinv IIUttillvillothere are plana to develop a water line froa thetJcituate Reaervoir to aupply a power plant bainqbuilt there loae Korth laitbfield raaidanta aetthe Burrillville water line aa a poaaibla -nato develop a town vatu ayata lbe Jlorthsaithfiold town council proddont oxprooood thohope that tho lllgtrrillvillo plono ai9htcoordinated vith plonoIIPAo to providecaprehanaive water ayata for the reqion
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o M4itipnal Sitbullbullmiddot Since Jlorth laithfiald 1bulllocated near ao aany Superfund aitea a caonlyaalted quaation ia Wbare vill they find the nextone several reaidanta 1nterv1av1Mt 4ur1nqon-aita diacuaaiona apoJta of a reported apill atbprex a local aanufacturinq plant The bprexfir ia located halfway between L6RR and thestaaina Killo dto
P OB1EcriVS OP llli UVISED C011Kt111ITY RELATIONS PROGIWI
The aita-aptcific objectivebull for the couunity relationaat the proqruL6RR aite durinq the upcoainq r-ldial activitiea arepraaantad below
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1) Proyidt a bulltatubull rtpgrt of tht eitbull to area raeidtn1bullan4 local officiala To diapel the contuaion regardingtht atatua of tht LRR aitt and EPAbull roltactivitiea in altaan attort ahould be aada to diaatminatabaaic intorwation to the cOJUtunity that deacribearolt and EPAbull activitiea
providebull a achtdulbull of tht planned rtmedial
2) Enliat thbull aupport and participation of local officialaand rtaidtnts in coordinatinq cogunity rtlationsactiyitibullbull To ancouraqa the aupport and participationof local officialbull and intereated citizenbull in theremedial effort it ia bullbullbullbullntial that theae individualbullare reqularly and tully intoratd ot aite activitieaplana findingbull and developatnta contact aay be madaby ttlephonbull calla or by aail Intoraal aeetinga mightalao be achedultd periodically to aolicit and reapond toqueationa frobull the couunity
In addition holding brietinga and meetina with localotticiala aaintainin intorwation rtpoeitoritl and acurrent aailing lilt are all effective waya to kltpintertattd public and local officialbull the
inforatd aboutaitt activitita Zncourain inttreattd partiebull toparticipate in planninq and coordinating coaunityrelationbull activitbullbull ia anotbtr approach for kttpinthu involved in and aupportive ot ruecUalunclortallten at tho oito tftorta
The North Saithfitld town adainiatrator and tht fivetown council aUra art appropriate local officialbull toinvolve in a coaaunity rtlationa proqru M-bera ofPOW and reaidenta who live in cloat proxiaity to thtoito ohould be an intoral port of all c01111unityrtlationa activitbullbullmiddot
3) Notify local ofticiala and araa rtaidentbullactiyitiee of titbulland prqyidt folloy-up inforwation on tbtaaactiyi1iea conciae and eaaily underatandablaintonation about the purpoat and achtdule of technicaland other aita-rtlattd activitiea ahould bt aadeavailable to local otticiala and area reaidanta Beforeaitt activity bagina local officialbull and atfactadreaidanta ahould be notified by telephone In additionZPA may wiah to intora theat individualbull ot thepottntial impacta (a q noiae and increaeed traffic)that might reault froa aite activity Information onthe outcome of technical activitiea auch bullbull aamplinq andmonitaring alao ahould be aade available
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Where intonation cannot be released to the publicexaaple enforceaent-aenaitive inforaation) a clear (forandaiaple explanation aa to why the inforaation auat bewithheld ia appropriate EPA couunity relationbull ataff
~~~~erou~eteto ~ifiz~ecf~~~raiiti ~required or where certain typea of intonation aradeaired by specific individualamp or qroupa ownerbull For exaapleof property where aamplas are taken ahould baprovided with follow-up explanationbull of what waaand the aaaplectteat reaulta of the aamplea taken froaproperty thair
4) Enwura that inguiritw from thbull copunity art handledefficientlyable to
The couunity and local officialbull auat becontact aomeone knowledqeable about tha XRRaite for intonation about aite activitiaa and toexpreaa other quaationa or concernbull that uy ariaethe Ifexiatinq contact person ia replaced the co-unityahould be notified proaptly 5) coordinate actiyitibullbull at all Supartun4IUImiddot Diss-ination of inforaation
witbullbull in thbullSuperfund reqarcUnq theprogru and other relevant inforaationia not apecific to the URR aite ahould be
thatcoordinated UOft9 the various r-edial actiona
carefullytakift9 place currentlyInfonaation disa-ination effortbullbe integrated not dupl icatad
ahould
G COIOMIIlY ULJTIONS ACTIVITIES
Several activitiaa are outlined below to achievedeacribed the objectivebullin aection P A achedule illuatratinqthaaa activitiea ia on paqe 17 the tiainq of
1 Maintain information rtpgsitories
Maintaininq inforaation repositories willltey aateriala on the URR alta -- auch as ensure that
technical suaaries site reports fact sheeta
plana co-unity relationbulland other relevant inforaation on the Superfundproqraa -- are available to the public The locationbullfor theabull repositories are the North Smithfield PublicLibrary and the North Saithfiald Memorial Town HallThese repositories will be coordinated withrepositories aatablillhed informationfor other Superfund aitea inNorth Saithtiold
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jetahl itb middot inforwation sontaet
An PA technical and coaunity relationa atatt peraon are deaiqnated to reaponcl directly to all public inquiriea regarding aite activitiea The naae addreaa and telephone nUJibar ot the contacta are liated in Appendix A and will ba indicated clearly on au aateriala bullada available to the public Theae EPA contact peraona will coordinate with atate and local otticiala when aaking contact with the aedia
0~todtfteauiitglig~t=n and sgntast tho
The North Smithfield town adainiatrator and town council preaiclent have indicated that they want to be kept informed about plana and findinga on the URR aite Thia effort aay be accoapliahed through periodic corraapondence brietinga and intonal aeatinqa
Whenever poaaible bullbullbulltinge with local otticiala will include both EPA technical and PA COJUIUnity ralationa ataft Meatinqa will be held on an aa-neadad baaia1 apecitically it there ia a cbanqe in achadule or if aiqnificant findinqa are aade at the alta
Conduct inforul bullbullbulltiMe yitb reeidentbull and gtheraf(ested partiee
Inforaal aeatinqa with reaidenta and other affected partiea will be held on an aa-neadad baaia1 apecifically before RI activitiea bein and at the coaptation of the draft rs report The aaetinqa will include intereated citiaena the IP- reqional aite project officer and an PA couunity relationbullcoordinator
~~tabera of the preea prigr to firbullt publis
Area newepapera auch aa Thbull Proyidance Jgurnol lbl_ Wognegcket Call and Thbull Qbeervar are read widely in the couunity and have cqverec1 the URR atory extenaively tor a number of yeara Given the coDunitybulla confuaion over activitiea that have taken place at the aite a feature atory eorting out the facta and outlining the work atill to be done will greatly facilitate the tirat public aaetinga EPA technical and coiiJDunity relationbull ataff will arrange praaa briatinqa ten daya to two weeki before the tirat achedulecl aeetinq
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6 Condyst a pyhlic intoraetign weetinq on the vorls plan
Prior to initiating field activitiea EPA will conduct a public intollation aeeting to infoll reaidenta and other interested partiea about RIFS activitiea planned at the aita At thia aaeting the public will be encouraged to aak questions about the acope of work praaantad in the workplan and othar related iaauea EPA will coordinate closely with local otficiala regarding tht loqiatica and agenda of this bulleetinq Sugqaated matting locations ara included in Appendix B
7 Prtpart fact abeeta
A tact sheet ia required on the FS outlining the cleanup alternatives considered at the LRR site Additional tact ahttta ara required to explain EPA bulla selected alternative aa announce in the Record of Daciaion (ROD an4 when the engineering 4ea iqn ot the r adial alternative ia coapleted
Ac14itional fact aheeta aay be relaaat4 at the beginning of the reatc1ial invtatqation to intona area raai4anta and other interaattc1 citiaena about EPA 1 a site plana and the proce4urea ot the Superfun4 proqraa an4 at the conclusion of the RI to infona the public of aiqnificant finclinvo Anothor fact ohoot y bo proHirocl Vhich explaina the EPA enforcnt process at Superfunc aitea
Fact aheata will be aailtc1 to intertatac1 cithena the North Saithfiel4 town offices JUDD and Rhoda Ialanc Opartaant of Health (RIDOH) staff an4 area navapapara
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Prapart4 atattaenta will be released to local and area newspapers to notify the couunity of any public aaetings to notify the public when site activity ia achedultd to btqin and to announce discovery of any aiqnificant findings at the aitt during the RIS
Additional newa raleaaaa will be prepared prior to tha public couent period on the draft S report and at the tiaa of the announceaent of the ROD
Addresses and telephone numbers of local and area newspapers art included in Appendix A
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A ainiaua three-week public couent period with at leaat two weeks review tiae before the atart of the couent period is required to allow citizenbull to expreaa their opiniona on EPAbull preferred alternative for reaedial action at the LIIRR site Couunity participation will be encouraqtd at thia point by tellinq citiztna that their opinionbull will be incorporated in the final cltanupdeciaion
A public aeetinq held durinq the public comment period will provide PA the opportunity to anawer citizenbullbull queationa directly and to explain the recouended reaedial alternativea A public aeetinq will alae provide intereated citizenbull an opportunity to aak queationa and aake coaenta to EPA Suqqested locationa for the aeetinCJ are included in Appendix B The lOCJittica and aqenda of the aeetinq will be coordinated with Korth Saithfield town officiala
rreart a reapgneiyeneaa bullUWMry
A reaponaiveneaa auaary ia required aa part of the ROD for the aite It will IUJU1ari1e pul)lic concernbull and iaaues raiaed throuqhout the RIFS and indicate hov EPA reapondtd to theae concerna
Btyiee the eggunity relttigna plan tor thbull LiBR bullitbull Once the ROD for the L6RR lite hat been iaaued thit coaunity relatione plan will be reviaed to include coaunity relations activitiea appropriate to the reaedial daaiqn and r edial action (RDRA) phbullbullbullbull The reviaion of the coaunity relatione plan will
o Update facta and verify the inforaation included in thia coaaunity relatione plan prtpared for the RIFS
o Alaeaa the couunity relations proqru to date and indicate whether the aame or different approachtawill be talten during the RDRA phaae11
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0 Identity any new concerna that uy have ariaen in tho couunity oinco thio roviooltl couunityrelatione plan vaa prepared and
0 Develop a atrateqy to pr1par1 the couunity for ita future role in thbull RDRA procbullbullbull and in tha onqoinqoperation and aaintananca ot the ~RR aite
Givan tha high level of intaraat in tha LRR aitbull counity intarviava will be hale prior to tha ravbion of tha ~RR co-unity relatione plan
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A liat of the indivicuala and organization area contacta includinq federal officiala atata and local ofticiala intareata4 raaidenta and udia repreaentativbulla ia includoltl in Appendix A EPA will expand one rovioo thio liat aa naceaaary middot
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APPEIIDIX A
IIITRSTD PARTIES
A Ftdttal ltgtad Otticitla
Senator Claiborne Ptll
Diatrist Office 418 Ft4tral Courthouat Building Providence RI 02903
Waahinqton DC Office 335 Ruaatll Senate Office BuildingWaahinqton DC 20510
Senator John Chaftt
Dietricent Office 301 Paatort Ftctral Building Providence RI 02903
blhinetqn rx OfCiee s 567 Diruen senate Office Buildift9 Wallbinvton DC 20511
lbpruentative lernand J st Ganaain let Diatrict
Dietriet oCUcts 204 John z r09arty Buildin9 Providence RI 02903
lathinqton QC Oftiee 2108 Rayburn Mouat Office luildinq Waahinqton DC 20510
8 State Elected Officialbull
Senator Paul s Jttlly 30th Diotrict
Diatrict Offiee 451 Victory Highway North Saithfiald RI 02895
Proyictnct Oftict co Deputy Majority Leaderbull Office State Houae Room 117 Providence RI 02903
401528-5456
202224-4642
401528-5294
202224-2921
401521-5050
202225-Ull
401767-3567
401227-6896
Rapraaantativa Jticlt Roaati Uat Diatrict
EUISiJigt QIUgl t Roaelavn Avenue P O lkgtx 131 Slateraville RI 03176
401766-4854
ltsaidiDsil Qllit t co Office of the SpeakerState Houae Providence RI 02903
401227-2466
Repreaentative Albert G Brien 6Znd Diatrict
12iiSiJisiSi QIUsil t 13 s outh Mai n s t reet Woonaocltat RI 02195
bszxidiDSil QIUsil CO Office of the Speaker atate Bouaa Providence RI 02103
RaproHJltativo Maney L Benoit 64th Diatrict
401766-3416
401227-2466
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e DiBtimi Qllisat 21 larkaly Strut WocmaocJtet AI 02115
401766-7101
bllidiDSil fUIislt co Oftico of tho Speaker state Bouaa Provictance RI 02903
401227-2466
c lampsiill Qllisiilll
Arthur Denoaae Town Maini atrator Mnorial Town Ha l l Slateravil le RI 02876
401 767-2200
Xenneth M Bianchi Town council Preaictent 23 Saithfiold Road North Saithtiold RI 02895
401463-8700
Roland Boucher Town Councilor Great Road North Smithfield RI 02895
401765-2000
DavieS A tovett Town Councilor 410 Victory Hiqhvay North saithfio1d RI oags
Ronald N Renaud Town Councilor Wildwood Road Foreatdale RI
Jaaea X Saloae Town Councilor 18 Pound Hill Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Paul Boulaqerone Town Solicitor Meaorial Town Hall Slateraville RI 02876
Richard Brady Chief of Police IS Saithfio1d Rood lrforth Sa ithfield RI 02895
Edward Cournoyer Fire Chief Buaineaa Office St Peul Street lrforth laithfield RI 02195
llorth laithfio1cl Firo Dopartaont 24 Boou- laorqoncy _r
D D I KnyirpQMn1tl Prottstign Wncy
Patty D1Andrea Coaunity Relatione Coordinator 01 nvironaental Protection AqencyRPA-2203 J r JtennecSy Federal Buildinq Beaton MA 02203
John Gallagher Reaectial Project Officer Us nvironaantal Protection AgencyIISV-1107 J r XbullNlbullcSy Federal BuildingBoaton MA 02203
Richard Boynton Chief Rhode Ialand and
Ver111ont Superfund Section US Environaantal Protection AqancyHSV-1107 J F Cannady Federal Building Boston MA 02203
401767-2400
401438-67SO
401762-0434 401767-6633
401762-1212
401762-1135
401762-1414
617S65-342S
617565-3641
617565-3688
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Pelix Harvey Diviaion ot Air and 401277-2797
Ha1ardoua Materiala Rhoca Ialand Departant at
Environaantal Manaqnt 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providence RI 02908
John Haqopoian 401277-6867Chiat ot Diviaion ot Watar Supply
Rhoda I a land Departaant at Haalth 75 middot Davia Straat Rooa 209 Providence RI 02908 ~tl=
~ Anthony patain Ito401277-2797 Rhoda Ialand Departaant ot
Environaantal ManaC)ant 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providanea RI 02901 ~c==
r lfiIQIPra =~ llampjsu HIDHRIZIt Bt
~U ltsDidiDQI ZSiWCIII 401277-7000(Providence Edition) e() 75 Fountain Street
Providence RI
111 bszidiDiiil allmtDII 401277-7091(lloonaocJltat Edition)1 Social Street Wooneockat RI 02195
Dl JlgQQIQSiklt 1111 401762-3000
Woonaockat RI 02895 75 Main Street
tQiill lfiKII21RIZt
b1 212bullbullabullz 401949-2700PO Box C358 Graanvilla RI 02828 (Publiahad waaltly on Thuraday)
APPDDIX B
LOCATIONS POR INPORIIAlIOII UPOSlORIS AND PUBLIC llllIIIGS
A Intoraation Rtpgaitoriea
North Saithfie1d Public Library 4017S7-278020 Main street PO Bcx 296 Slataraville RI 02876
Winter Houra Monday Wec1neaday - 12 PM-5 PH 6 PM-8 PM Tuaaday Thuraday Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - 10 All-2 PM
Suaaer Houra Konday Wednaaday - 12 PM-5 PM 6 PM-8 PM lueedey lhureday - 10 All-5 PM Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - Cloaed
Contact Robin Glaaaar Li))rarian
North laithfie1d Nnor1e1 lovn Ball 401767-2200llaterville RI 02171
Soura Monday - Friday - 130 M-430 PM
Contact1 Arthur Denoae Town Adainiatrator
1 bt1ins Loqatione
llun1cipa1 Annex lluildi~ 401767-220215 laithfie1d Road llorth Saithfie1d RI 02195
Contact Barbara Walab
Halliwell Eleaantary School 401769-5492North Saithtiald School Departaant
Adainiatration RPD 2 Graanvillt Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Contact Jaan Korriaon
APPEIIDIX C
KUIIICIPAL STRUCTUR OP NORTH SMITHFIELD
The Town of North Sbullithtiald Rhode Ialand ia made up ot tiva villagaa Slataravilla Foraatdala Priaroaa Union Village and Waterford Tha villaqaa have no juriadictional municipal or rapraaantativa autonomy
The Town of North Saithfiald ia run by a fiva-aallbar town council Council aallbara are alactad at-larqa for two-year taraa lactiona are non-partban The council maata avery Monday niqht Daily adminiatration of tha town ia the duty of tha town aCSiniatrator who ia alae alactad for a two-year tara Tha town budqat ia dacidad by town uatinq
North Sbullithtiald hae alao recently aatabliahad a water authority which ia appointed by tha town council Tha council praaidant ia currently chairaan of the vatar authority In Novallber 1916 a propoaal tor a new town charter will be put on the ballot The new charter would aatabliah a poaition tor a aalariad town aanagar who would be appointed by the town council
In the atata leialatura North Sbullithtiald ia part of three repreaantative diatricta The veatarn half of the tovn ia part of the lbullt Diatrict which alao includaa the Town of Burrillville The aaatarn portion of the town ia part of the 2nd and lrd diatr1cta which amplao includea the City of Woonaocltet The entire town ia repreaentated in the 30th diatrict of the State Senate
The Town of North Saithtiel4 ia aervice4 by two Poet Otf1cea and haa the following aip codea and acScreaaee
Slateravilla 02876Foreatdale 02824 llorth Saithtiold 02895Woonaockat 02895
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APPIIDIX D
LIST OP PERSONS CONTACTED IN DVZLOPIINT OP THE REVISED COIIIIUIIITY RELATIONS PLAN
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JCenneth K Bianchi June 18 1986 Town Council Prabullidant23 Saithfiold Rd North Saithfiold 02895
i Paul Boulaqerone June 16 1986 Town Solicitor ~ Meaorial Town Hall 0~ Slaterbullville RI 02876 it George Cournoyer June 17 1986 Rabullident living nearPO Box 166
landfill on Tifft Rd lSlateraville RI 02876 ltlc Arthur Dencmae June 16 1986 Town adainiatrator =l-riol Town Ball l l a t erav ille RI 02176 ~iRoland carol Drainvil l o J uno 17 1986 Active aeabera ot 750 Pound Bill lld P o w ebull orth hithfi o l d RI 0219 5
llllrial Halloran Juno 11 1916 Founder at Po wPound Bill lld Reaident livinq nearlforth laithtielcS RI 02195 landfill
m eat Moulico Juno 11 1986 Reaident livinq near1U2 Pound Bill lld landfill North Saithfiold RI 02895
JCate Racine June 17 1986 Rabullidant livinq near153 Old Groat Rd landfillKorth Saithtield RI 02895
Jia llamprion llhito Juno 16 1986 Rabullidenta livinq nearPO Box 437 landfillSlateravilla RI 02876
Carole Whiteley Juno 17 1986 Active in aavaral40 Lapre Rd town ieauaaNorth Saithfield RI 02895
meat Woodworth Juno 17 1986 Raaident livinq nearRPD fl landfill Paat memberPound Hill Rd ot Planning Board Woonaockatt RI 02895
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REM III PROGRAM
RIIDIAL PLAMIIINO ACTIVITIES AT SELECTED UNCONTROLLED HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE DISPOSAL SITES
WITHIN EPA REGIONS IbullIV
EPA WORJt ASSIGIIIIEIIT NUIBER 26middot1L30 EPA CONTRACT NUIBER 68middot01bull7250
REVISED caMUIIITY ULATICIII PLAN LANDFILL A11D UIOURCZ 11C0YDY IITI
IIOillll SIIITIIFIILD IIIIODII ISLAND
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c-nity blationa Specialiat RDI III Connunity Relations Mampna9erIcr Incorporated
Lindley Hall
Reqional Manaer Reqion I Ebaaco Servicea Inc
RZVISID COIDroiiiTY UIATIONS PIAN LANDFILL AND USOIJIICJ UCOVERy SITE
NORTH SNITHPIILD RHODI ISLAND
TAIILE OF CONTINTS
A ovarviaw of Ccuunity Relatione Plan
B Site Background
c coaunity Profile 10
D Hiatory ot Couunity Involvuant 11 E Updampta of COJDUnity Concarna and Key Iaauaa la r Objactivaa of the Reviaed Coaunity Relationa 15Proqru
a Coaunity Relatione Activitiaa 17
APPINDIImiddot AI INTEUSTID PAilTIU
APPINDII 8 1 LOCATIONS FOR INPORIIATION UPOSITORIIS PUBLICIIDTIIIQS
APPINDIX C I KIJIIICIPU STRUCTURE OP NORTH INITNPIILD
APPINDIX Dl LIST OP PIRSONS CONTACTED IN DIIVBLOPIIDT OP TID COIDroiiiTY RIUTIONS PIAN
REVISED COIOMfiTY ULATIONS PLAN LANDFILL A11D USOUilCZ UCOVZRY SIlZ
IIORTH SMITIIPIELD RHODE ISLAND
A OVERVIEW OP COIIIIUNITY RELATIONS PLAN
Thia reviaed co-unity relationa plan (CRP) updatea the CRP originally prepared in 1983 for the Xnc1fill and Reaource Recovery (URR) Superfund aite located in North Sbullithfield Rhode Ialand (aee Exhibit 1) The purpoae of thia reviaed plan ia to update inforaation included in the original CRP to preaent additional inforaation not cUacuaaed in the original CRP and to plan for ccma~unity relatione activitiaa that vill be conducted during the upcainq phaaea of the reedial action at the aite Specificobjectivea of thia reviaed CRP include
0 To verity intonation contained in the oriqinalCRP prepared for the URR aite
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0 To racoaend adclitional caaunity relatione efforta daaiped to ac1dreaa counity concern ampHut the aite and to prepare the counity tor the rueltlial activitiaa that Vill taka place at the LUll aita in the future
llla us Environaantal Protection Aqancy (EPA) Jla9ion I Coaunity Relationbull Coordinator will aanaga coaunity ralationa activitiaa at the aita jointly with the EPA Regional Project Manager tor the URH aita
The intoraation praaantacl in thia plan ia baaed priaarily on diacuaaiona conductad in the Town of Korth Saithfielc Rhoda Ialand on Juna 11 through 11 1181 with local officialbull alonq with interaatad ancl affected raaidenta Tha individualbull and Ot9aniaationa contacted durinq developaent of thia plan are liatad in Appendix D
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B SITB BACltGROUIID
The L6RR aite ia a tvanty-fiva acre inactive landfill on athirty-aix acre parcel of land in the Town of North SaithfialdRhoda Ialand in the north central aaction of tha state (aaaEXhibita 1 and 2) Thia forar landfill ia located in a fomaraand and ravel pit in a relatively undeveloped araa of tha townwith laaa than fifty raaidancaa within a balf-aila radiua of itMoat of the raaidanta in thaaa hoaaa uaa their own walla fordrinkinq water A awupy araa ia baediataly aouth of tha altathrouh which Trout Brook runa Trout Brook aaptiaa into troutBrook Pond and tha LOwer Slataravilla Reaarvoir both of which arauaad priaarily tor fiahinq and recreation
AccorcUnq to local officiala tha alta baqan operation aa adiapoaal araa for North Saithfiald in 1969 Tha operation vaaaold in 1974 to URR who davalopecS tha aita into two facilitiaathat accepted coaarcial doaeatic and incSuatrial vaataa Thalandfill applied for and vaa iaaued a Solid Waata KanaqaMntFacility Licanaa in 1976
Althouth the 1976 application atated that URR would not acceptcbaaical or liquid vaata URR raviaad ita facility plana in 1977to include the inatallation of aonitorincJ vella that would allowthe ccmpany to coaply vith uietin9 requlatione pertaining to theacceptance of clinical an4 liquid vaetee In Karch 1971 LlRRnotified middot the Rhode Ialan4 DepartMnt of Znvirontal llana9nt(RIDDI) of ita ha1ardoue veeta ectiviti
letveen lt71 an4 lt7t -- the only yre for vbicb docuaentationexiete -- it 1e eatillated that tha landfill accepted 15 aillionqallona of haaardoua vaataa froa over fifty tanaratora a larqanuaber of vbich vara located in nearby llampaaachuaatta A vidaranqa of vaataa vara diapoaad at the L6RR aite including heavyaatala halOCJampnamptad and non-haloqanatad aolvanta platin vaataaoil tank aludta aabaatoa tranaforaar oil and vatar-aolublarmiddotaancSThna~~ ~fi~~~ with raaidantial rafuaa and covered
In January 1979 tha atata of Rhoda Ialand paaaad a lawprohibitinq tha operation of hazardoua vaata facilitiaa locatedovar an aquifer that haa the potential for aunicipal water aupplydavalopaant (Claaa 2 aquifara) In Saptuber 1979 RIDEN cloaadtha URR facility to hazardoua vaata qaneratora In Oecuhar1979 URR placed a polyvinylcbloride (PVC) cap over tha hazardouavaata area but continued to place aolid vaata atop the h11ardouawaata area
Exhibit 1 SITE LOCATION MAP
LandfiN and ReiOWce Recovery North Smithfield Rhode leland
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In 1110 the facil1tybulla solid vaate licenae wea renewed by RIDMand URR aubbullitted prelibullinary plana for the final cloaure oflandfill thereviaed
After a aeriea of ordera and hearinqa UltR aubbullitted acloaure plan in late 1110 Alao in 1110North the Town ofSbullithfield requeated PA to conduct an nvirormentalAaaeaabullent Impactof the aite Thia waa part of the effort that led tocompletion of a National Prioritiea checlcliat in 1982 to daten-inaif the aite ahould be placed on the National Prioritiea Liat (NPLand thua become eligible for Superfund funda
In 1183 the LRR facility waa placed on the National PrioritiesLiat The operatorbull of LRR agreed to pertora atudiea equivalentto a romodial 1nvost1gat1on and toaoibility otudy (RIFS) whichwould examine the extent of contaaination and develop optionbull toremediate any problbullbullbull found In June 1184 EPA prepared a draftAdJiiniatrative Conaant Order and beqan enforcebullent neqotiationawith IARR but an aqreeaent between PA and LRR waa never reachedand the RIFS waa never initiated LRR cUeS enter into anagreent to which EPA ia not a party with RIDEM in June ofreqardincJ the closure of the facility 1183
The c1iapoal of non-hazardoua vaate at the aite continued into1185 until the capacity of the lanclfill waa reached aa apecifiedin the agreement reachec1 with Rhode I a land in 1113 A cap haabeen placed over aoat of the landfill and final qradinq andveqetatinq of the area will be copletecS in the auaer of 1186 Three atranda of barbed wire act aa a containaent fence aroundoito the
C COIOMIITY PROPILE middot
The Town of North saithtield ia a pictureaque New En9landcoaunity rurally situated between Providence and Boatonalnduatrial belt alone Route 415 Oriqinally a mill town NorthSaitbfiold hoo little induotry today vitb aoro tban halttownbullbull of thopopulation couutinq to Providence nearby Woonaocket andthe loaton area
middotIn general currant reaidenta of North Saithfield middot can beca tegorizedin town
aa being in one of two qroupa thoae that have livedfor qenerationa anc1 thoae that are part of anprofeaaionala influx ofThia influx haa been talcinq place tor overyeara Although thia town ia atill vary rural in tenaa of thirty
aattinqanc1 population -- there are 10000 residents in twenty-five aquareailbullbull -- there is a davelopaant boom in North Smithfield andaurroundinq couunitiea theSoma reaidents believe that uncheckeddevelopment will eventually ruin the character and charmtown while otherbull look to it aa a aource of of the
expanded municipalaervices and leaaening of tax burdena
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D HISTORY OP COMIIUIIITY IHVOLVEIlIIT
One reaidant interviewed during the preparation of thia couunityrelationbull plan daacribad co-unity involvaaant at URR aa baingbulltwelve yaara of uttar total fruatration In the twelve yaaraainca L5RR purchaaad the facility the laval of couunity intaraatand concern baa bean axtraaaly high and baa included theforaation of two local anvironaantal group11 the paaaing of twoatata lawa regarding paraitting of waata facilitiaat the filing ofaavaral legal actionar and axtanaiva aadia coverage Throughoutthia period couunity raaidanta have continually believed thatthey have bean battling a larqa vall-financed politicallyshyconnected oppoaition Moreover it baa bean alleged bythaaa raaidanta that organized criaa ia 10111 of
involved in LRRfacility They theview RIDEM aa baing inapt and poaaibly evan inc olluaion with tha intaraata of t ha l andfill They view EPA aabeing unraaponaiva and indiff erent t o their concarna In 1974 a l arge nubar of truckamp tranaporti ngvhich vaat a (aoaa ofbelonged to lruk-Avay owned and operated by thaURR) ovna r a ofthrough the coaaunity cauaad a oat na ighbora to bacoaaof the landfill for tha firat tiaa
awareIn addition to LRR thaaatrucka vera alao bringing vaataa to Waatarn SandSuperfund Gravel anotheraita vhich ia adjacent to URRorvaniaationa vera foaed -- Protect our watara (POW)
Two citiaanthe Environaent of forth Saithfiald Inc (BEllS)
and savinvaeventiea ampEMS In the lataaponaorad two environaantal foruaaSaithfield in Mortbto focua attention on URR 1featem Sand Graveltvo other Superfund aitea in northern Rhoda Ialand (Picillo
andWaataDiapol in coventry and Davia Liquid in Baithfiald)
POW vaa forad in 1978 by aavara1 aabera of Marth Saithfialdaconaervation Coaaiaaion The Coaaiaaion had received coaplaintaabout the operation of URR POW vaa inatl1Dantal in the paaaaCJeof atata lava to ban haaardoua and aolid vaata facilitiaa fr011baing located over aquifereoqaniampinCJ ralliaa The C)roupbulla activitiaa includedof up to ona thouaand raaidanta at the atatacapitol buildinq
coverage oqanizing and effectively coordinating aadiaand gathering and diaaaa inati nq intonation and data onthe facility
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in tha l at a 1970a the Korth Saithfiald t own council becabullbullact ive in iaauaa involving tha L RR a i ta Tha tovn councildpraclaradaaidant flaw to Waahington t o bullbullbullt with EPA officiala lha t ownthe Slataraville Aquifer to ba awater aource of municipaland raquaated that an Environmental Impact Aaaasamant beprepared aa part of an attempt to close the landfill throughaction court
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Believinq that atate and tadaral authoritiaaraaponaiva North Saithtield toraed a taak vera not beif9
vaata torca on hazardouaheaded by the town council praaidant and includinq auberaot POW and SNS Tha taak torebull hired conaultanta and engineeringtina to help thea qathar data to be uaed in their ettortaconvince the etate laqialatura the courta RIDM and EPA to to
aoae type of action In all North Saithfialc apant over taka
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to build their caaa several aaabara of thetheir atrong baliat that thia work ahould havebean carried out lly atata and fadaral officiala With the cloainq of tha hazardoua waate portion of the landfilland later the aolid waata landfill aa wall thebean diabandad and taak forca haaaallbara of
POW and SENS have becoaa inactive Moatthe community interviewed atatad that daapitaetforta they have won only a partial victory and aa one their
put it have reaidantpeople
baan latt with a aountain of trouble Severalinterviewed during the preparation of thia plan notedthe landfill riaaa three hundred aavanty faat that
above aaa lavalaakinq it the third hiqhaat apot in northern lUloda IalandThera ia a high leve l ot awaranaaa about hazardoua vaata andanvirormantal iaauaa in the coaaunity
otherMoat raaidanta intarviavaddurinq on-aita diacuaaiona vera taailiar with the otheraitaa in the Superfundarea 1 n-ely the Staaina MillSaithtield the Weatarn San4 Gravel aita in
a ita in Korththa lurrillvilla andof
Davie Liquid aita in Saithfield ltbullbullbull EXhibit 2) All IIUbera_)
the coaunity intarviavK vera aurpriaad to learn thatadditional invaatigation of the URR aita would be9iven that the landfill baa bean cloaed down takinq place
UPDATE OF COIOIUNITY CONCERIIS AND DY ISSUES
The URlt couunity relatione plan prepared in 1983tha folloving aajor co-unity concarna icantitiec
o Hetti to elgae the LiBR Facility Raaicantabelieved that the continued operation of thafacility atill poaad a public health threat o Contowinotion ot the Slattrayilla Aauitar Withovar eighty parcant or the reaidancaa in towndrawinq their water froa privata walla there waaqraat concern about poaaibla conta11ination
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Although the facilityaquifer reaaina the
haa bean cloaed contuination of theaoat praaainq concern of the coaunityConcernbull have bacoaa aora amppacific hovavar ainca tha couunityhaa baqun to axuina poaaibla affacta of contuination not onlyprivata vella but onon aavaral other aapacta of the couunityLiated below are the counitybulla current concerna 0 Cgntamination gf Priyate Wtlla Since 1981 theState haa taatad aany of the private walla withina half ailbull radiua of the alta and althoughalbulloat all of the teata have ahovn nocontaaination raaidanta are hiqhly akaptical of
==bulltfo~t~e0ta~=~= ~dolov~a~ea~i~dmiddot~~contaaination (One raaident aaid that the Stateinatructed hibull to taka water troa hia tap andbrinq it to town hall where it would be pickedup ) Soma raaidenta have bad their walla teatedprivately and claia that the reaulta indicatethat the walla are contuinatld Soae raaidantauaa only bottled water purchaald at their ovnexpanaa Blcauaa teat reaulta of privata wallaara confidential there ara rwaoraapaculation about how far pollution and
uy havaapread
0 Csmtpinatign gf thbull llrtereyille AmampiftrUthouqh the population of northam Rhoda Ialandincreaald draaatically aa the araa baa beandavalopad tha nabar of available vater aourcaabaa r inad the Tba larvaly untappedSlateraville Aquifer offara one of the aoatproaiaing- aourcaa of vatar to auatain thiaeconoaic growth Tbare ia Mrioua concerneapacially on the part of town officiala thatincraaald uaa of tha aquifer aay eventually dravcontaaination into the aquifer and cauaa aaerioua pollution probl Thia aituation ia notviewed aa a probl unique to the URR alta butrather one that involveamp all of the Superfunda itea in the area
o Ptyelgaent and Grgyth Beaidea clean vatareconomic developaant of their town iaSaithfiald reaidenta qraateat concernthe North
Becausethe two iasues are cloaaly linked they ara
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0 Proparty yaluea Savaral of tha raaidanta intarviawad raportad that one-third of tha houaaa on Tifft road bava bean tor aala for the paat yaar with no buyara daapita a vary favorable aarkat for hoaa purchaaing Scaa raaidanta apeculatad that tha apparent aacrecy aurrouncUng private vall teating aany reaidenta are reluctant to diwlge their teat reaulta to other reaidenta -- ia related to the fear of loaaea in property valuea 01e reaident of Tifft road ia planning to brin9 l~al action 09ainat tho Town of North saitbtield tor a tax Uatqent becauae hia property haa ~en devalued aa a reault ot bain9 locatad near tho landfill
o Qat pf thbull llbulltbullreyUle Btetryoir The llateraville Reaervoir uaed to be a focal point tor recreation in the coaunity Wt currently ia little uaed Reaidanta tear that runoff troa tht landfill 110untainbull (tho LID aita) hao contuinated the raaervoir
o Htalth Ibulleuea All raaidanta interviewed fear that they and eapecially their children are bain9 oxpoaad to potential health riou llany reaidanta pointed to htalth iaauaa at other ntarby aitea aa indicatorbull of potential probl that aay raault froa tha URR aita
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o latbullty and Stqurity The alta ia iaolated and iacloaed off by only three atranda of barbed wireSoae reaidanta axpraaaed concern that thiabarrier would not be affective in keepingchildren off the aite and they would thereforebe expoaed to poaaible contaaination 0 cogunity bull Dtairt to Hol4 LiRR Accountablt
~Itemiddot~~~bullbulli~nbull~~r~n~~ b~ir~d 4ownara of LIRR had coaplataly cUaraqardad thtconcarna of tha couunity and had aada a aullfortune in the twelve yeara that URR operatedThey uniforly expraaaed tht deaire that theownerbull not be allowed to qet away
0 ~icofw1~~4upIttti~~~ a~tl~ inatalled aa part of r-dial actionbull at anotherSuperfund dto In noivbborinv IIUttillvillothere are plana to develop a water line froa thetJcituate Reaervoir to aupply a power plant bainqbuilt there loae Korth laitbfield raaidanta aetthe Burrillville water line aa a poaaibla -nato develop a town vatu ayata lbe Jlorthsaithfiold town council proddont oxprooood thohope that tho lllgtrrillvillo plono ai9htcoordinated vith plonoIIPAo to providecaprehanaive water ayata for the reqion
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o M4itipnal Sitbullbullmiddot Since Jlorth laithfiald 1bulllocated near ao aany Superfund aitea a caonlyaalted quaation ia Wbare vill they find the nextone several reaidanta 1nterv1av1Mt 4ur1nqon-aita diacuaaiona apoJta of a reported apill atbprex a local aanufacturinq plant The bprexfir ia located halfway between L6RR and thestaaina Killo dto
P OB1EcriVS OP llli UVISED C011Kt111ITY RELATIONS PROGIWI
The aita-aptcific objectivebull for the couunity relationaat the proqruL6RR aite durinq the upcoainq r-ldial activitiea arepraaantad below
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1) Proyidt a bulltatubull rtpgrt of tht eitbull to area raeidtn1bullan4 local officiala To diapel the contuaion regardingtht atatua of tht LRR aitt and EPAbull roltactivitiea in altaan attort ahould be aada to diaatminatabaaic intorwation to the cOJUtunity that deacribearolt and EPAbull activitiea
providebull a achtdulbull of tht planned rtmedial
2) Enliat thbull aupport and participation of local officialaand rtaidtnts in coordinatinq cogunity rtlationsactiyitibullbull To ancouraqa the aupport and participationof local officialbull and intereated citizenbull in theremedial effort it ia bullbullbullbullntial that theae individualbullare reqularly and tully intoratd ot aite activitieaplana findingbull and developatnta contact aay be madaby ttlephonbull calla or by aail Intoraal aeetinga mightalao be achedultd periodically to aolicit and reapond toqueationa frobull the couunity
In addition holding brietinga and meetina with localotticiala aaintainin intorwation rtpoeitoritl and acurrent aailing lilt are all effective waya to kltpintertattd public and local officialbull the
inforatd aboutaitt activitita Zncourain inttreattd partiebull toparticipate in planninq and coordinating coaunityrelationbull activitbullbull ia anotbtr approach for kttpinthu involved in and aupportive ot ruecUalunclortallten at tho oito tftorta
The North Saithfitld town adainiatrator and tht fivetown council aUra art appropriate local officialbull toinvolve in a coaaunity rtlationa proqru M-bera ofPOW and reaidenta who live in cloat proxiaity to thtoito ohould be an intoral port of all c01111unityrtlationa activitbullbullmiddot
3) Notify local ofticiala and araa rtaidentbullactiyitiee of titbulland prqyidt folloy-up inforwation on tbtaaactiyi1iea conciae and eaaily underatandablaintonation about the purpoat and achtdule of technicaland other aita-rtlattd activitiea ahould bt aadeavailable to local otticiala and area reaidanta Beforeaitt activity bagina local officialbull and atfactadreaidanta ahould be notified by telephone In additionZPA may wiah to intora theat individualbull ot thepottntial impacta (a q noiae and increaeed traffic)that might reault froa aite activity Information onthe outcome of technical activitiea auch bullbull aamplinq andmonitaring alao ahould be aade available
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Where intonation cannot be released to the publicexaaple enforceaent-aenaitive inforaation) a clear (forandaiaple explanation aa to why the inforaation auat bewithheld ia appropriate EPA couunity relationbull ataff
~~~~erou~eteto ~ifiz~ecf~~~raiiti ~required or where certain typea of intonation aradeaired by specific individualamp or qroupa ownerbull For exaapleof property where aamplas are taken ahould baprovided with follow-up explanationbull of what waaand the aaaplectteat reaulta of the aamplea taken froaproperty thair
4) Enwura that inguiritw from thbull copunity art handledefficientlyable to
The couunity and local officialbull auat becontact aomeone knowledqeable about tha XRRaite for intonation about aite activitiaa and toexpreaa other quaationa or concernbull that uy ariaethe Ifexiatinq contact person ia replaced the co-unityahould be notified proaptly 5) coordinate actiyitibullbull at all Supartun4IUImiddot Diss-ination of inforaation
witbullbull in thbullSuperfund reqarcUnq theprogru and other relevant inforaationia not apecific to the URR aite ahould be
thatcoordinated UOft9 the various r-edial actiona
carefullytakift9 place currentlyInfonaation disa-ination effortbullbe integrated not dupl icatad
ahould
G COIOMIIlY ULJTIONS ACTIVITIES
Several activitiaa are outlined below to achievedeacribed the objectivebullin aection P A achedule illuatratinqthaaa activitiea ia on paqe 17 the tiainq of
1 Maintain information rtpgsitories
Maintaininq inforaation repositories willltey aateriala on the URR alta -- auch as ensure that
technical suaaries site reports fact sheeta
plana co-unity relationbulland other relevant inforaation on the Superfundproqraa -- are available to the public The locationbullfor theabull repositories are the North Smithfield PublicLibrary and the North Saithfiald Memorial Town HallThese repositories will be coordinated withrepositories aatablillhed informationfor other Superfund aitea inNorth Saithtiold
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An PA technical and coaunity relationa atatt peraon are deaiqnated to reaponcl directly to all public inquiriea regarding aite activitiea The naae addreaa and telephone nUJibar ot the contacta are liated in Appendix A and will ba indicated clearly on au aateriala bullada available to the public Theae EPA contact peraona will coordinate with atate and local otticiala when aaking contact with the aedia
0~todtfteauiitglig~t=n and sgntast tho
The North Smithfield town adainiatrator and town council preaiclent have indicated that they want to be kept informed about plana and findinga on the URR aite Thia effort aay be accoapliahed through periodic corraapondence brietinga and intonal aeatinqa
Whenever poaaible bullbullbulltinge with local otticiala will include both EPA technical and PA COJUIUnity ralationa ataft Meatinqa will be held on an aa-neadad baaia1 apecitically it there ia a cbanqe in achadule or if aiqnificant findinqa are aade at the alta
Conduct inforul bullbullbulltiMe yitb reeidentbull and gtheraf(ested partiee
Inforaal aeatinqa with reaidenta and other affected partiea will be held on an aa-neadad baaia1 apecifically before RI activitiea bein and at the coaptation of the draft rs report The aaetinqa will include intereated citiaena the IP- reqional aite project officer and an PA couunity relationbullcoordinator
~~tabera of the preea prigr to firbullt publis
Area newepapera auch aa Thbull Proyidance Jgurnol lbl_ Wognegcket Call and Thbull Qbeervar are read widely in the couunity and have cqverec1 the URR atory extenaively tor a number of yeara Given the coDunitybulla confuaion over activitiea that have taken place at the aite a feature atory eorting out the facta and outlining the work atill to be done will greatly facilitate the tirat public aaetinga EPA technical and coiiJDunity relationbull ataff will arrange praaa briatinqa ten daya to two weeki before the tirat achedulecl aeetinq
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Prior to initiating field activitiea EPA will conduct a public intollation aeeting to infoll reaidenta and other interested partiea about RIFS activitiea planned at the aita At thia aaeting the public will be encouraged to aak questions about the acope of work praaantad in the workplan and othar related iaauea EPA will coordinate closely with local otficiala regarding tht loqiatica and agenda of this bulleetinq Sugqaated matting locations ara included in Appendix B
7 Prtpart fact abeeta
A tact sheet ia required on the FS outlining the cleanup alternatives considered at the LRR site Additional tact ahttta ara required to explain EPA bulla selected alternative aa announce in the Record of Daciaion (ROD an4 when the engineering 4ea iqn ot the r adial alternative ia coapleted
Ac14itional fact aheeta aay be relaaat4 at the beginning of the reatc1ial invtatqation to intona area raai4anta and other interaattc1 citiaena about EPA 1 a site plana and the proce4urea ot the Superfun4 proqraa an4 at the conclusion of the RI to infona the public of aiqnificant finclinvo Anothor fact ohoot y bo proHirocl Vhich explaina the EPA enforcnt process at Superfunc aitea
Fact aheata will be aailtc1 to intertatac1 cithena the North Saithfiel4 town offices JUDD and Rhoda Ialanc Opartaant of Health (RIDOH) staff an4 area navapapara
I Proyidt Y reltttta to losal newapaPra
Prapart4 atattaenta will be released to local and area newspapers to notify the couunity of any public aaetings to notify the public when site activity ia achedultd to btqin and to announce discovery of any aiqnificant findings at the aitt during the RIS
Additional newa raleaaaa will be prepared prior to tha public couent period on the draft S report and at the tiaa of the announceaent of the ROD
Addresses and telephone numbers of local and area newspapers art included in Appendix A
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Conduct a public coptnt ptriod gn the draft ftaeihilitxatudy rtport
A ainiaua three-week public couent period with at leaat two weeks review tiae before the atart of the couent period is required to allow citizenbull to expreaa their opiniona on EPAbull preferred alternative for reaedial action at the LIIRR site Couunity participation will be encouraqtd at thia point by tellinq citiztna that their opinionbull will be incorporated in the final cltanupdeciaion
A public aeetinq held durinq the public comment period will provide PA the opportunity to anawer citizenbullbull queationa directly and to explain the recouended reaedial alternativea A public aeetinq will alae provide intereated citizenbull an opportunity to aak queationa and aake coaenta to EPA Suqqested locationa for the aeetinCJ are included in Appendix B The lOCJittica and aqenda of the aeetinq will be coordinated with Korth Saithfield town officiala
rreart a reapgneiyeneaa bullUWMry
A reaponaiveneaa auaary ia required aa part of the ROD for the aite It will IUJU1ari1e pul)lic concernbull and iaaues raiaed throuqhout the RIFS and indicate hov EPA reapondtd to theae concerna
Btyiee the eggunity relttigna plan tor thbull LiBR bullitbull Once the ROD for the L6RR lite hat been iaaued thit coaunity relatione plan will be reviaed to include coaunity relations activitiea appropriate to the reaedial daaiqn and r edial action (RDRA) phbullbullbullbull The reviaion of the coaunity relatione plan will
o Update facta and verify the inforaation included in thia coaaunity relatione plan prtpared for the RIFS
o Alaeaa the couunity relations proqru to date and indicate whether the aame or different approachtawill be talten during the RDRA phaae11
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0 Develop a atrateqy to pr1par1 the couunity for ita future role in thbull RDRA procbullbullbull and in tha onqoinqoperation and aaintananca ot the ~RR aite
Givan tha high level of intaraat in tha LRR aitbull counity intarviava will be hale prior to tha ravbion of tha ~RR co-unity relatione plan
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A liat of the indivicuala and organization area contacta includinq federal officiala atata and local ofticiala intareata4 raaidenta and udia repreaentativbulla ia includoltl in Appendix A EPA will expand one rovioo thio liat aa naceaaary middot
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APPEIIDIX A
IIITRSTD PARTIES
A Ftdttal ltgtad Otticitla
Senator Claiborne Ptll
Diatrist Office 418 Ft4tral Courthouat Building Providence RI 02903
Waahinqton DC Office 335 Ruaatll Senate Office BuildingWaahinqton DC 20510
Senator John Chaftt
Dietricent Office 301 Paatort Ftctral Building Providence RI 02903
blhinetqn rx OfCiee s 567 Diruen senate Office Buildift9 Wallbinvton DC 20511
lbpruentative lernand J st Ganaain let Diatrict
Dietriet oCUcts 204 John z r09arty Buildin9 Providence RI 02903
lathinqton QC Oftiee 2108 Rayburn Mouat Office luildinq Waahinqton DC 20510
8 State Elected Officialbull
Senator Paul s Jttlly 30th Diotrict
Diatrict Offiee 451 Victory Highway North Saithfiald RI 02895
Proyictnct Oftict co Deputy Majority Leaderbull Office State Houae Room 117 Providence RI 02903
401528-5456
202224-4642
401528-5294
202224-2921
401521-5050
202225-Ull
401767-3567
401227-6896
Rapraaantativa Jticlt Roaati Uat Diatrict
EUISiJigt QIUgl t Roaelavn Avenue P O lkgtx 131 Slateraville RI 03176
401766-4854
ltsaidiDsil Qllit t co Office of the SpeakerState Houae Providence RI 02903
401227-2466
Repreaentative Albert G Brien 6Znd Diatrict
12iiSiJisiSi QIUsil t 13 s outh Mai n s t reet Woonaocltat RI 02195
bszxidiDSil QIUsil CO Office of the Speaker atate Bouaa Providence RI 02103
RaproHJltativo Maney L Benoit 64th Diatrict
401766-3416
401227-2466
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e DiBtimi Qllisat 21 larkaly Strut WocmaocJtet AI 02115
401766-7101
bllidiDSil fUIislt co Oftico of tho Speaker state Bouaa Provictance RI 02903
401227-2466
c lampsiill Qllisiilll
Arthur Denoaae Town Maini atrator Mnorial Town Ha l l Slateravil le RI 02876
401 767-2200
Xenneth M Bianchi Town council Preaictent 23 Saithfiold Road North Saithtiold RI 02895
401463-8700
Roland Boucher Town Councilor Great Road North Smithfield RI 02895
401765-2000
DavieS A tovett Town Councilor 410 Victory Hiqhvay North saithfio1d RI oags
Ronald N Renaud Town Councilor Wildwood Road Foreatdale RI
Jaaea X Saloae Town Councilor 18 Pound Hill Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Paul Boulaqerone Town Solicitor Meaorial Town Hall Slateraville RI 02876
Richard Brady Chief of Police IS Saithfio1d Rood lrforth Sa ithfield RI 02895
Edward Cournoyer Fire Chief Buaineaa Office St Peul Street lrforth laithfield RI 02195
llorth laithfio1cl Firo Dopartaont 24 Boou- laorqoncy _r
D D I KnyirpQMn1tl Prottstign Wncy
Patty D1Andrea Coaunity Relatione Coordinator 01 nvironaental Protection AqencyRPA-2203 J r JtennecSy Federal Buildinq Beaton MA 02203
John Gallagher Reaectial Project Officer Us nvironaantal Protection AgencyIISV-1107 J r XbullNlbullcSy Federal BuildingBoaton MA 02203
Richard Boynton Chief Rhode Ialand and
Ver111ont Superfund Section US Environaantal Protection AqancyHSV-1107 J F Cannady Federal Building Boston MA 02203
401767-2400
401438-67SO
401762-0434 401767-6633
401762-1212
401762-1135
401762-1414
617S65-342S
617565-3641
617565-3688
lt1t1 biiUilill
Pelix Harvey Diviaion ot Air and 401277-2797
Ha1ardoua Materiala Rhoca Ialand Departant at
Environaantal Manaqnt 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providence RI 02908
John Haqopoian 401277-6867Chiat ot Diviaion ot Watar Supply
Rhoda I a land Departaant at Haalth 75 middot Davia Straat Rooa 209 Providence RI 02908 ~tl=
~ Anthony patain Ito401277-2797 Rhoda Ialand Departaant ot
Environaantal ManaC)ant 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providanea RI 02901 ~c==
r lfiIQIPra =~ llampjsu HIDHRIZIt Bt
~U ltsDidiDQI ZSiWCIII 401277-7000(Providence Edition) e() 75 Fountain Street
Providence RI
111 bszidiDiiil allmtDII 401277-7091(lloonaocJltat Edition)1 Social Street Wooneockat RI 02195
Dl JlgQQIQSiklt 1111 401762-3000
Woonaockat RI 02895 75 Main Street
tQiill lfiKII21RIZt
b1 212bullbullabullz 401949-2700PO Box C358 Graanvilla RI 02828 (Publiahad waaltly on Thuraday)
APPDDIX B
LOCATIONS POR INPORIIAlIOII UPOSlORIS AND PUBLIC llllIIIGS
A Intoraation Rtpgaitoriea
North Saithfie1d Public Library 4017S7-278020 Main street PO Bcx 296 Slataraville RI 02876
Winter Houra Monday Wec1neaday - 12 PM-5 PH 6 PM-8 PM Tuaaday Thuraday Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - 10 All-2 PM
Suaaer Houra Konday Wednaaday - 12 PM-5 PM 6 PM-8 PM lueedey lhureday - 10 All-5 PM Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - Cloaed
Contact Robin Glaaaar Li))rarian
North laithfie1d Nnor1e1 lovn Ball 401767-2200llaterville RI 02171
Soura Monday - Friday - 130 M-430 PM
Contact1 Arthur Denoae Town Adainiatrator
1 bt1ins Loqatione
llun1cipa1 Annex lluildi~ 401767-220215 laithfie1d Road llorth Saithfie1d RI 02195
Contact Barbara Walab
Halliwell Eleaantary School 401769-5492North Saithtiald School Departaant
Adainiatration RPD 2 Graanvillt Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Contact Jaan Korriaon
APPEIIDIX C
KUIIICIPAL STRUCTUR OP NORTH SMITHFIELD
The Town of North Sbullithtiald Rhode Ialand ia made up ot tiva villagaa Slataravilla Foraatdala Priaroaa Union Village and Waterford Tha villaqaa have no juriadictional municipal or rapraaantativa autonomy
The Town of North Saithfiald ia run by a fiva-aallbar town council Council aallbara are alactad at-larqa for two-year taraa lactiona are non-partban The council maata avery Monday niqht Daily adminiatration of tha town ia the duty of tha town aCSiniatrator who ia alae alactad for a two-year tara Tha town budqat ia dacidad by town uatinq
North Sbullithtiald hae alao recently aatabliahad a water authority which ia appointed by tha town council Tha council praaidant ia currently chairaan of the vatar authority In Novallber 1916 a propoaal tor a new town charter will be put on the ballot The new charter would aatabliah a poaition tor a aalariad town aanagar who would be appointed by the town council
In the atata leialatura North Sbullithtiald ia part of three repreaantative diatricta The veatarn half of the tovn ia part of the lbullt Diatrict which alao includaa the Town of Burrillville The aaatarn portion of the town ia part of the 2nd and lrd diatr1cta which amplao includea the City of Woonaocltet The entire town ia repreaentated in the 30th diatrict of the State Senate
The Town of North Saithtiel4 ia aervice4 by two Poet Otf1cea and haa the following aip codea and acScreaaee
Slateravilla 02876Foreatdale 02824 llorth Saithtiold 02895Woonaockat 02895
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APPIIDIX D
LIST OP PERSONS CONTACTED IN DVZLOPIINT OP THE REVISED COIIIIUIIITY RELATIONS PLAN
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JCenneth K Bianchi June 18 1986 Town Council Prabullidant23 Saithfiold Rd North Saithfiold 02895
i Paul Boulaqerone June 16 1986 Town Solicitor ~ Meaorial Town Hall 0~ Slaterbullville RI 02876 it George Cournoyer June 17 1986 Rabullident living nearPO Box 166
landfill on Tifft Rd lSlateraville RI 02876 ltlc Arthur Dencmae June 16 1986 Town adainiatrator =l-riol Town Ball l l a t erav ille RI 02176 ~iRoland carol Drainvil l o J uno 17 1986 Active aeabera ot 750 Pound Bill lld P o w ebull orth hithfi o l d RI 0219 5
llllrial Halloran Juno 11 1916 Founder at Po wPound Bill lld Reaident livinq nearlforth laithtielcS RI 02195 landfill
m eat Moulico Juno 11 1986 Reaident livinq near1U2 Pound Bill lld landfill North Saithfiold RI 02895
JCate Racine June 17 1986 Rabullidant livinq near153 Old Groat Rd landfillKorth Saithtield RI 02895
Jia llamprion llhito Juno 16 1986 Rabullidenta livinq nearPO Box 437 landfillSlateravilla RI 02876
Carole Whiteley Juno 17 1986 Active in aavaral40 Lapre Rd town ieauaaNorth Saithfield RI 02895
meat Woodworth Juno 17 1986 Raaident livinq nearRPD fl landfill Paat memberPound Hill Rd ot Planning Board Woonaockatt RI 02895
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RZVISID COIDroiiiTY UIATIONS PIAN LANDFILL AND USOIJIICJ UCOVERy SITE
NORTH SNITHPIILD RHODI ISLAND
TAIILE OF CONTINTS
A ovarviaw of Ccuunity Relatione Plan
B Site Background
c coaunity Profile 10
D Hiatory ot Couunity Involvuant 11 E Updampta of COJDUnity Concarna and Key Iaauaa la r Objactivaa of the Reviaed Coaunity Relationa 15Proqru
a Coaunity Relatione Activitiaa 17
APPINDIImiddot AI INTEUSTID PAilTIU
APPINDII 8 1 LOCATIONS FOR INPORIIATION UPOSITORIIS PUBLICIIDTIIIQS
APPINDIX C I KIJIIICIPU STRUCTURE OP NORTH INITNPIILD
APPINDIX Dl LIST OP PIRSONS CONTACTED IN DIIVBLOPIIDT OP TID COIDroiiiTY RIUTIONS PIAN
REVISED COIOMfiTY ULATIONS PLAN LANDFILL A11D USOUilCZ UCOVZRY SIlZ
IIORTH SMITIIPIELD RHODE ISLAND
A OVERVIEW OP COIIIIUNITY RELATIONS PLAN
Thia reviaed co-unity relationa plan (CRP) updatea the CRP originally prepared in 1983 for the Xnc1fill and Reaource Recovery (URR) Superfund aite located in North Sbullithfield Rhode Ialand (aee Exhibit 1) The purpoae of thia reviaed plan ia to update inforaation included in the original CRP to preaent additional inforaation not cUacuaaed in the original CRP and to plan for ccma~unity relatione activitiaa that vill be conducted during the upcainq phaaea of the reedial action at the aite Specificobjectivea of thia reviaed CRP include
0 To verity intonation contained in the oriqinalCRP prepared for the URR aite
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~ct~ r~=~~rnOr9 tCrc~i action at the URR aita
0 To racoaend adclitional caaunity relatione efforta daaiped to ac1dreaa counity concern ampHut the aite and to prepare the counity tor the rueltlial activitiaa that Vill taka place at the LUll aita in the future
llla us Environaantal Protection Aqancy (EPA) Jla9ion I Coaunity Relationbull Coordinator will aanaga coaunity ralationa activitiaa at the aita jointly with the EPA Regional Project Manager tor the URH aita
The intoraation praaantacl in thia plan ia baaed priaarily on diacuaaiona conductad in the Town of Korth Saithfielc Rhoda Ialand on Juna 11 through 11 1181 with local officialbull alonq with interaatad ancl affected raaidenta Tha individualbull and Ot9aniaationa contacted durinq developaent of thia plan are liatad in Appendix D
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B SITB BACltGROUIID
The L6RR aite ia a tvanty-fiva acre inactive landfill on athirty-aix acre parcel of land in the Town of North SaithfialdRhoda Ialand in the north central aaction of tha state (aaaEXhibita 1 and 2) Thia forar landfill ia located in a fomaraand and ravel pit in a relatively undeveloped araa of tha townwith laaa than fifty raaidancaa within a balf-aila radiua of itMoat of the raaidanta in thaaa hoaaa uaa their own walla fordrinkinq water A awupy araa ia baediataly aouth of tha altathrouh which Trout Brook runa Trout Brook aaptiaa into troutBrook Pond and tha LOwer Slataravilla Reaarvoir both of which arauaad priaarily tor fiahinq and recreation
AccorcUnq to local officiala tha alta baqan operation aa adiapoaal araa for North Saithfiald in 1969 Tha operation vaaaold in 1974 to URR who davalopecS tha aita into two facilitiaathat accepted coaarcial doaeatic and incSuatrial vaataa Thalandfill applied for and vaa iaaued a Solid Waata KanaqaMntFacility Licanaa in 1976
Althouth the 1976 application atated that URR would not acceptcbaaical or liquid vaata URR raviaad ita facility plana in 1977to include the inatallation of aonitorincJ vella that would allowthe ccmpany to coaply vith uietin9 requlatione pertaining to theacceptance of clinical an4 liquid vaetee In Karch 1971 LlRRnotified middot the Rhode Ialan4 DepartMnt of Znvirontal llana9nt(RIDDI) of ita ha1ardoue veeta ectiviti
letveen lt71 an4 lt7t -- the only yre for vbicb docuaentationexiete -- it 1e eatillated that tha landfill accepted 15 aillionqallona of haaardoua vaataa froa over fifty tanaratora a larqanuaber of vbich vara located in nearby llampaaachuaatta A vidaranqa of vaataa vara diapoaad at the L6RR aite including heavyaatala halOCJampnamptad and non-haloqanatad aolvanta platin vaataaoil tank aludta aabaatoa tranaforaar oil and vatar-aolublarmiddotaancSThna~~ ~fi~~~ with raaidantial rafuaa and covered
In January 1979 tha atata of Rhoda Ialand paaaad a lawprohibitinq tha operation of hazardoua vaata facilitiaa locatedovar an aquifer that haa the potential for aunicipal water aupplydavalopaant (Claaa 2 aquifara) In Saptuber 1979 RIDEN cloaadtha URR facility to hazardoua vaata qaneratora In Oecuhar1979 URR placed a polyvinylcbloride (PVC) cap over tha hazardouavaata area but continued to place aolid vaata atop the h11ardouawaata area
Exhibit 1 SITE LOCATION MAP
LandfiN and ReiOWce Recovery North Smithfield Rhode leland
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North Smithfield
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Exhibit 2 Landfill and Reeowce Recovery (LampRR) Site
Town of North Smithfield Rhode leland
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In 1110 the facil1tybulla solid vaate licenae wea renewed by RIDMand URR aubbullitted prelibullinary plana for the final cloaure oflandfill thereviaed
After a aeriea of ordera and hearinqa UltR aubbullitted acloaure plan in late 1110 Alao in 1110North the Town ofSbullithfield requeated PA to conduct an nvirormentalAaaeaabullent Impactof the aite Thia waa part of the effort that led tocompletion of a National Prioritiea checlcliat in 1982 to daten-inaif the aite ahould be placed on the National Prioritiea Liat (NPLand thua become eligible for Superfund funda
In 1183 the LRR facility waa placed on the National PrioritiesLiat The operatorbull of LRR agreed to pertora atudiea equivalentto a romodial 1nvost1gat1on and toaoibility otudy (RIFS) whichwould examine the extent of contaaination and develop optionbull toremediate any problbullbullbull found In June 1184 EPA prepared a draftAdJiiniatrative Conaant Order and beqan enforcebullent neqotiationawith IARR but an aqreeaent between PA and LRR waa never reachedand the RIFS waa never initiated LRR cUeS enter into anagreent to which EPA ia not a party with RIDEM in June ofreqardincJ the closure of the facility 1183
The c1iapoal of non-hazardoua vaate at the aite continued into1185 until the capacity of the lanclfill waa reached aa apecifiedin the agreement reachec1 with Rhode I a land in 1113 A cap haabeen placed over aoat of the landfill and final qradinq andveqetatinq of the area will be copletecS in the auaer of 1186 Three atranda of barbed wire act aa a containaent fence aroundoito the
C COIOMIITY PROPILE middot
The Town of North saithtield ia a pictureaque New En9landcoaunity rurally situated between Providence and Boatonalnduatrial belt alone Route 415 Oriqinally a mill town NorthSaitbfiold hoo little induotry today vitb aoro tban halttownbullbull of thopopulation couutinq to Providence nearby Woonaocket andthe loaton area
middotIn general currant reaidenta of North Saithfield middot can beca tegorizedin town
aa being in one of two qroupa thoae that have livedfor qenerationa anc1 thoae that are part of anprofeaaionala influx ofThia influx haa been talcinq place tor overyeara Although thia town ia atill vary rural in tenaa of thirty
aattinqanc1 population -- there are 10000 residents in twenty-five aquareailbullbull -- there is a davelopaant boom in North Smithfield andaurroundinq couunitiea theSoma reaidents believe that uncheckeddevelopment will eventually ruin the character and charmtown while otherbull look to it aa a aource of of the
expanded municipalaervices and leaaening of tax burdena
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D HISTORY OP COMIIUIIITY IHVOLVEIlIIT
One reaidant interviewed during the preparation of thia couunityrelationbull plan daacribad co-unity involvaaant at URR aa baingbulltwelve yaara of uttar total fruatration In the twelve yaaraainca L5RR purchaaad the facility the laval of couunity intaraatand concern baa bean axtraaaly high and baa included theforaation of two local anvironaantal group11 the paaaing of twoatata lawa regarding paraitting of waata facilitiaat the filing ofaavaral legal actionar and axtanaiva aadia coverage Throughoutthia period couunity raaidanta have continually believed thatthey have bean battling a larqa vall-financed politicallyshyconnected oppoaition Moreover it baa bean alleged bythaaa raaidanta that organized criaa ia 10111 of
involved in LRRfacility They theview RIDEM aa baing inapt and poaaibly evan inc olluaion with tha intaraata of t ha l andfill They view EPA aabeing unraaponaiva and indiff erent t o their concarna In 1974 a l arge nubar of truckamp tranaporti ngvhich vaat a (aoaa ofbelonged to lruk-Avay owned and operated by thaURR) ovna r a ofthrough the coaaunity cauaad a oat na ighbora to bacoaaof the landfill for tha firat tiaa
awareIn addition to LRR thaaatrucka vera alao bringing vaataa to Waatarn SandSuperfund Gravel anotheraita vhich ia adjacent to URRorvaniaationa vera foaed -- Protect our watara (POW)
Two citiaanthe Environaent of forth Saithfiald Inc (BEllS)
and savinvaeventiea ampEMS In the lataaponaorad two environaantal foruaaSaithfield in Mortbto focua attention on URR 1featem Sand Graveltvo other Superfund aitea in northern Rhoda Ialand (Picillo
andWaataDiapol in coventry and Davia Liquid in Baithfiald)
POW vaa forad in 1978 by aavara1 aabera of Marth Saithfialdaconaervation Coaaiaaion The Coaaiaaion had received coaplaintaabout the operation of URR POW vaa inatl1Dantal in the paaaaCJeof atata lava to ban haaardoua and aolid vaata facilitiaa fr011baing located over aquifereoqaniampinCJ ralliaa The C)roupbulla activitiaa includedof up to ona thouaand raaidanta at the atatacapitol buildinq
coverage oqanizing and effectively coordinating aadiaand gathering and diaaaa inati nq intonation and data onthe facility
Alaovary
in tha l at a 1970a the Korth Saithfiald t own council becabullbullact ive in iaauaa involving tha L RR a i ta Tha tovn councildpraclaradaaidant flaw to Waahington t o bullbullbullt with EPA officiala lha t ownthe Slataraville Aquifer to ba awater aource of municipaland raquaated that an Environmental Impact Aaaasamant beprepared aa part of an attempt to close the landfill throughaction court
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Believinq that atate and tadaral authoritiaaraaponaiva North Saithtield toraed a taak vera not beif9
vaata torca on hazardouaheaded by the town council praaidant and includinq auberaot POW and SNS Tha taak torebull hired conaultanta and engineeringtina to help thea qathar data to be uaed in their ettortaconvince the etate laqialatura the courta RIDM and EPA to to
aoae type of action In all North Saithfialc apant over taka
in an effort $100000colllJiunity atatac
to build their caaa several aaabara of thetheir atrong baliat that thia work ahould havebean carried out lly atata and fadaral officiala With the cloainq of tha hazardoua waate portion of the landfilland later the aolid waata landfill aa wall thebean diabandad and taak forca haaaallbara of
POW and SENS have becoaa inactive Moatthe community interviewed atatad that daapitaetforta they have won only a partial victory and aa one their
put it have reaidantpeople
baan latt with a aountain of trouble Severalinterviewed during the preparation of thia plan notedthe landfill riaaa three hundred aavanty faat that
above aaa lavalaakinq it the third hiqhaat apot in northern lUloda IalandThera ia a high leve l ot awaranaaa about hazardoua vaata andanvirormantal iaauaa in the coaaunity
otherMoat raaidanta intarviavaddurinq on-aita diacuaaiona vera taailiar with the otheraitaa in the Superfundarea 1 n-ely the Staaina MillSaithtield the Weatarn San4 Gravel aita in
a ita in Korththa lurrillvilla andof
Davie Liquid aita in Saithfield ltbullbullbull EXhibit 2) All IIUbera_)
the coaunity intarviavK vera aurpriaad to learn thatadditional invaatigation of the URR aita would be9iven that the landfill baa bean cloaed down takinq place
UPDATE OF COIOIUNITY CONCERIIS AND DY ISSUES
The URlt couunity relatione plan prepared in 1983tha folloving aajor co-unity concarna icantitiec
o Hetti to elgae the LiBR Facility Raaicantabelieved that the continued operation of thafacility atill poaad a public health threat o Contowinotion ot the Slattrayilla Aauitar Withovar eighty parcant or the reaidancaa in towndrawinq their water froa privata walla there waaqraat concern about poaaibla conta11ination
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Although the facilityaquifer reaaina the
haa bean cloaed contuination of theaoat praaainq concern of the coaunityConcernbull have bacoaa aora amppacific hovavar ainca tha couunityhaa baqun to axuina poaaibla affacta of contuination not onlyprivata vella but onon aavaral other aapacta of the couunityLiated below are the counitybulla current concerna 0 Cgntamination gf Priyate Wtlla Since 1981 theState haa taatad aany of the private walla withina half ailbull radiua of the alta and althoughalbulloat all of the teata have ahovn nocontaaination raaidanta are hiqhly akaptical of
==bulltfo~t~e0ta~=~= ~dolov~a~ea~i~dmiddot~~contaaination (One raaident aaid that the Stateinatructed hibull to taka water troa hia tap andbrinq it to town hall where it would be pickedup ) Soma raaidenta have bad their walla teatedprivately and claia that the reaulta indicatethat the walla are contuinatld Soae raaidantauaa only bottled water purchaald at their ovnexpanaa Blcauaa teat reaulta of privata wallaara confidential there ara rwaoraapaculation about how far pollution and
uy havaapread
0 Csmtpinatign gf thbull llrtereyille AmampiftrUthouqh the population of northam Rhoda Ialandincreaald draaatically aa the araa baa beandavalopad tha nabar of available vater aourcaabaa r inad the Tba larvaly untappedSlateraville Aquifer offara one of the aoatproaiaing- aourcaa of vatar to auatain thiaeconoaic growth Tbare ia Mrioua concerneapacially on the part of town officiala thatincraaald uaa of tha aquifer aay eventually dravcontaaination into the aquifer and cauaa aaerioua pollution probl Thia aituation ia notviewed aa a probl unique to the URR alta butrather one that involveamp all of the Superfunda itea in the area
o Ptyelgaent and Grgyth Beaidea clean vatareconomic developaant of their town iaSaithfiald reaidenta qraateat concernthe North
Becausethe two iasues are cloaaly linked they ara
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0 conaidered to be dual prioritiea in the coaunity 80111 ot thoaa that favor davelopaant bullbullbull clean water aa a vital nacaaaityJ othara view tha antira contaaination iaaua aa proof that the town naada to davalop a aunicipal vatar aupply aoat likely froa tha Scituate Raaarvoir in central Rhoda Ialanc Thoaa that oppoaa davalopaant point to tha Superfund aitaa aa a coapallinq raaaon for a aoratoriua on davalopaant until it can ba aaaurad that additional buildinq will not incraaaa the probability of contuinatinq the aquifer
0 Proparty yaluea Savaral of tha raaidanta intarviawad raportad that one-third of tha houaaa on Tifft road bava bean tor aala for the paat yaar with no buyara daapita a vary favorable aarkat for hoaa purchaaing Scaa raaidanta apeculatad that tha apparent aacrecy aurrouncUng private vall teating aany reaidenta are reluctant to diwlge their teat reaulta to other reaidenta -- ia related to the fear of loaaea in property valuea 01e reaident of Tifft road ia planning to brin9 l~al action 09ainat tho Town of North saitbtield tor a tax Uatqent becauae hia property haa ~en devalued aa a reault ot bain9 locatad near tho landfill
o Qat pf thbull llbulltbullreyUle Btetryoir The llateraville Reaervoir uaed to be a focal point tor recreation in the coaunity Wt currently ia little uaed Reaidanta tear that runoff troa tht landfill 110untainbull (tho LID aita) hao contuinated the raaervoir
o Htalth Ibulleuea All raaidanta interviewed fear that they and eapecially their children are bain9 oxpoaad to potential health riou llany reaidanta pointed to htalth iaauaa at other ntarby aitea aa indicatorbull of potential probl that aay raault froa tha URR aita
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o latbullty and Stqurity The alta ia iaolated and iacloaed off by only three atranda of barbed wireSoae reaidanta axpraaaed concern that thiabarrier would not be affective in keepingchildren off the aite and they would thereforebe expoaed to poaaible contaaination 0 cogunity bull Dtairt to Hol4 LiRR Accountablt
~Itemiddot~~~bullbulli~nbull~~r~n~~ b~ir~d 4ownara of LIRR had coaplataly cUaraqardad thtconcarna of tha couunity and had aada a aullfortune in the twelve yeara that URR operatedThey uniforly expraaaed tht deaire that theownerbull not be allowed to qet away
0 ~icofw1~~4upIttti~~~ a~tl~ inatalled aa part of r-dial actionbull at anotherSuperfund dto In noivbborinv IIUttillvillothere are plana to develop a water line froa thetJcituate Reaervoir to aupply a power plant bainqbuilt there loae Korth laitbfield raaidanta aetthe Burrillville water line aa a poaaibla -nato develop a town vatu ayata lbe Jlorthsaithfiold town council proddont oxprooood thohope that tho lllgtrrillvillo plono ai9htcoordinated vith plonoIIPAo to providecaprehanaive water ayata for the reqion
boo
o M4itipnal Sitbullbullmiddot Since Jlorth laithfiald 1bulllocated near ao aany Superfund aitea a caonlyaalted quaation ia Wbare vill they find the nextone several reaidanta 1nterv1av1Mt 4ur1nqon-aita diacuaaiona apoJta of a reported apill atbprex a local aanufacturinq plant The bprexfir ia located halfway between L6RR and thestaaina Killo dto
P OB1EcriVS OP llli UVISED C011Kt111ITY RELATIONS PROGIWI
The aita-aptcific objectivebull for the couunity relationaat the proqruL6RR aite durinq the upcoainq r-ldial activitiea arepraaantad below
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1) Proyidt a bulltatubull rtpgrt of tht eitbull to area raeidtn1bullan4 local officiala To diapel the contuaion regardingtht atatua of tht LRR aitt and EPAbull roltactivitiea in altaan attort ahould be aada to diaatminatabaaic intorwation to the cOJUtunity that deacribearolt and EPAbull activitiea
providebull a achtdulbull of tht planned rtmedial
2) Enliat thbull aupport and participation of local officialaand rtaidtnts in coordinatinq cogunity rtlationsactiyitibullbull To ancouraqa the aupport and participationof local officialbull and intereated citizenbull in theremedial effort it ia bullbullbullbullntial that theae individualbullare reqularly and tully intoratd ot aite activitieaplana findingbull and developatnta contact aay be madaby ttlephonbull calla or by aail Intoraal aeetinga mightalao be achedultd periodically to aolicit and reapond toqueationa frobull the couunity
In addition holding brietinga and meetina with localotticiala aaintainin intorwation rtpoeitoritl and acurrent aailing lilt are all effective waya to kltpintertattd public and local officialbull the
inforatd aboutaitt activitita Zncourain inttreattd partiebull toparticipate in planninq and coordinating coaunityrelationbull activitbullbull ia anotbtr approach for kttpinthu involved in and aupportive ot ruecUalunclortallten at tho oito tftorta
The North Saithfitld town adainiatrator and tht fivetown council aUra art appropriate local officialbull toinvolve in a coaaunity rtlationa proqru M-bera ofPOW and reaidenta who live in cloat proxiaity to thtoito ohould be an intoral port of all c01111unityrtlationa activitbullbullmiddot
3) Notify local ofticiala and araa rtaidentbullactiyitiee of titbulland prqyidt folloy-up inforwation on tbtaaactiyi1iea conciae and eaaily underatandablaintonation about the purpoat and achtdule of technicaland other aita-rtlattd activitiea ahould bt aadeavailable to local otticiala and area reaidanta Beforeaitt activity bagina local officialbull and atfactadreaidanta ahould be notified by telephone In additionZPA may wiah to intora theat individualbull ot thepottntial impacta (a q noiae and increaeed traffic)that might reault froa aite activity Information onthe outcome of technical activitiea auch bullbull aamplinq andmonitaring alao ahould be aade available
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Where intonation cannot be released to the publicexaaple enforceaent-aenaitive inforaation) a clear (forandaiaple explanation aa to why the inforaation auat bewithheld ia appropriate EPA couunity relationbull ataff
~~~~erou~eteto ~ifiz~ecf~~~raiiti ~required or where certain typea of intonation aradeaired by specific individualamp or qroupa ownerbull For exaapleof property where aamplas are taken ahould baprovided with follow-up explanationbull of what waaand the aaaplectteat reaulta of the aamplea taken froaproperty thair
4) Enwura that inguiritw from thbull copunity art handledefficientlyable to
The couunity and local officialbull auat becontact aomeone knowledqeable about tha XRRaite for intonation about aite activitiaa and toexpreaa other quaationa or concernbull that uy ariaethe Ifexiatinq contact person ia replaced the co-unityahould be notified proaptly 5) coordinate actiyitibullbull at all Supartun4IUImiddot Diss-ination of inforaation
witbullbull in thbullSuperfund reqarcUnq theprogru and other relevant inforaationia not apecific to the URR aite ahould be
thatcoordinated UOft9 the various r-edial actiona
carefullytakift9 place currentlyInfonaation disa-ination effortbullbe integrated not dupl icatad
ahould
G COIOMIIlY ULJTIONS ACTIVITIES
Several activitiaa are outlined below to achievedeacribed the objectivebullin aection P A achedule illuatratinqthaaa activitiea ia on paqe 17 the tiainq of
1 Maintain information rtpgsitories
Maintaininq inforaation repositories willltey aateriala on the URR alta -- auch as ensure that
technical suaaries site reports fact sheeta
plana co-unity relationbulland other relevant inforaation on the Superfundproqraa -- are available to the public The locationbullfor theabull repositories are the North Smithfield PublicLibrary and the North Saithfiald Memorial Town HallThese repositories will be coordinated withrepositories aatablillhed informationfor other Superfund aitea inNorth Saithtiold
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jetahl itb middot inforwation sontaet
An PA technical and coaunity relationa atatt peraon are deaiqnated to reaponcl directly to all public inquiriea regarding aite activitiea The naae addreaa and telephone nUJibar ot the contacta are liated in Appendix A and will ba indicated clearly on au aateriala bullada available to the public Theae EPA contact peraona will coordinate with atate and local otticiala when aaking contact with the aedia
0~todtfteauiitglig~t=n and sgntast tho
The North Smithfield town adainiatrator and town council preaiclent have indicated that they want to be kept informed about plana and findinga on the URR aite Thia effort aay be accoapliahed through periodic corraapondence brietinga and intonal aeatinqa
Whenever poaaible bullbullbulltinge with local otticiala will include both EPA technical and PA COJUIUnity ralationa ataft Meatinqa will be held on an aa-neadad baaia1 apecitically it there ia a cbanqe in achadule or if aiqnificant findinqa are aade at the alta
Conduct inforul bullbullbulltiMe yitb reeidentbull and gtheraf(ested partiee
Inforaal aeatinqa with reaidenta and other affected partiea will be held on an aa-neadad baaia1 apecifically before RI activitiea bein and at the coaptation of the draft rs report The aaetinqa will include intereated citiaena the IP- reqional aite project officer and an PA couunity relationbullcoordinator
~~tabera of the preea prigr to firbullt publis
Area newepapera auch aa Thbull Proyidance Jgurnol lbl_ Wognegcket Call and Thbull Qbeervar are read widely in the couunity and have cqverec1 the URR atory extenaively tor a number of yeara Given the coDunitybulla confuaion over activitiea that have taken place at the aite a feature atory eorting out the facta and outlining the work atill to be done will greatly facilitate the tirat public aaetinga EPA technical and coiiJDunity relationbull ataff will arrange praaa briatinqa ten daya to two weeki before the tirat achedulecl aeetinq
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6 Condyst a pyhlic intoraetign weetinq on the vorls plan
Prior to initiating field activitiea EPA will conduct a public intollation aeeting to infoll reaidenta and other interested partiea about RIFS activitiea planned at the aita At thia aaeting the public will be encouraged to aak questions about the acope of work praaantad in the workplan and othar related iaauea EPA will coordinate closely with local otficiala regarding tht loqiatica and agenda of this bulleetinq Sugqaated matting locations ara included in Appendix B
7 Prtpart fact abeeta
A tact sheet ia required on the FS outlining the cleanup alternatives considered at the LRR site Additional tact ahttta ara required to explain EPA bulla selected alternative aa announce in the Record of Daciaion (ROD an4 when the engineering 4ea iqn ot the r adial alternative ia coapleted
Ac14itional fact aheeta aay be relaaat4 at the beginning of the reatc1ial invtatqation to intona area raai4anta and other interaattc1 citiaena about EPA 1 a site plana and the proce4urea ot the Superfun4 proqraa an4 at the conclusion of the RI to infona the public of aiqnificant finclinvo Anothor fact ohoot y bo proHirocl Vhich explaina the EPA enforcnt process at Superfunc aitea
Fact aheata will be aailtc1 to intertatac1 cithena the North Saithfiel4 town offices JUDD and Rhoda Ialanc Opartaant of Health (RIDOH) staff an4 area navapapara
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Prapart4 atattaenta will be released to local and area newspapers to notify the couunity of any public aaetings to notify the public when site activity ia achedultd to btqin and to announce discovery of any aiqnificant findings at the aitt during the RIS
Additional newa raleaaaa will be prepared prior to tha public couent period on the draft S report and at the tiaa of the announceaent of the ROD
Addresses and telephone numbers of local and area newspapers art included in Appendix A
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A ainiaua three-week public couent period with at leaat two weeks review tiae before the atart of the couent period is required to allow citizenbull to expreaa their opiniona on EPAbull preferred alternative for reaedial action at the LIIRR site Couunity participation will be encouraqtd at thia point by tellinq citiztna that their opinionbull will be incorporated in the final cltanupdeciaion
A public aeetinq held durinq the public comment period will provide PA the opportunity to anawer citizenbullbull queationa directly and to explain the recouended reaedial alternativea A public aeetinq will alae provide intereated citizenbull an opportunity to aak queationa and aake coaenta to EPA Suqqested locationa for the aeetinCJ are included in Appendix B The lOCJittica and aqenda of the aeetinq will be coordinated with Korth Saithfield town officiala
rreart a reapgneiyeneaa bullUWMry
A reaponaiveneaa auaary ia required aa part of the ROD for the aite It will IUJU1ari1e pul)lic concernbull and iaaues raiaed throuqhout the RIFS and indicate hov EPA reapondtd to theae concerna
Btyiee the eggunity relttigna plan tor thbull LiBR bullitbull Once the ROD for the L6RR lite hat been iaaued thit coaunity relatione plan will be reviaed to include coaunity relations activitiea appropriate to the reaedial daaiqn and r edial action (RDRA) phbullbullbullbull The reviaion of the coaunity relatione plan will
o Update facta and verify the inforaation included in thia coaaunity relatione plan prtpared for the RIFS
o Alaeaa the couunity relations proqru to date and indicate whether the aame or different approachtawill be talten during the RDRA phaae11
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0 Identity any new concerna that uy have ariaen in tho couunity oinco thio roviooltl couunityrelatione plan vaa prepared and
0 Develop a atrateqy to pr1par1 the couunity for ita future role in thbull RDRA procbullbullbull and in tha onqoinqoperation and aaintananca ot the ~RR aite
Givan tha high level of intaraat in tha LRR aitbull counity intarviava will be hale prior to tha ravbion of tha ~RR co-unity relatione plan
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A liat of the indivicuala and organization area contacta includinq federal officiala atata and local ofticiala intareata4 raaidenta and udia repreaentativbulla ia includoltl in Appendix A EPA will expand one rovioo thio liat aa naceaaary middot
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The Town of Jlorth Saithfielct baa recently eatablillhlc a vator authority that 1o bucloltl by tho town council pruiclent With tha conatruction at a vatar line to lurrillvillo one tho inotollotion by IPA ot vator oyotou at nearby auportuncl oitoo tho town io bopin9 to develop an overall vatar atratetn lecauae BPA actiona will bo intaltJral in any oucb plano tho tocbnical anc1 coaaunity relatione atatt tor ~RR Waatem land Cravol Staaina llillo and tho Davia Liquicl Waoto Superfund aitea llhoulc be preparlc to t toqether an4 with atate and local otficiala to coordinate activitiaa attactivaly
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APPEIIDIX A
IIITRSTD PARTIES
A Ftdttal ltgtad Otticitla
Senator Claiborne Ptll
Diatrist Office 418 Ft4tral Courthouat Building Providence RI 02903
Waahinqton DC Office 335 Ruaatll Senate Office BuildingWaahinqton DC 20510
Senator John Chaftt
Dietricent Office 301 Paatort Ftctral Building Providence RI 02903
blhinetqn rx OfCiee s 567 Diruen senate Office Buildift9 Wallbinvton DC 20511
lbpruentative lernand J st Ganaain let Diatrict
Dietriet oCUcts 204 John z r09arty Buildin9 Providence RI 02903
lathinqton QC Oftiee 2108 Rayburn Mouat Office luildinq Waahinqton DC 20510
8 State Elected Officialbull
Senator Paul s Jttlly 30th Diotrict
Diatrict Offiee 451 Victory Highway North Saithfiald RI 02895
Proyictnct Oftict co Deputy Majority Leaderbull Office State Houae Room 117 Providence RI 02903
401528-5456
202224-4642
401528-5294
202224-2921
401521-5050
202225-Ull
401767-3567
401227-6896
Rapraaantativa Jticlt Roaati Uat Diatrict
EUISiJigt QIUgl t Roaelavn Avenue P O lkgtx 131 Slateraville RI 03176
401766-4854
ltsaidiDsil Qllit t co Office of the SpeakerState Houae Providence RI 02903
401227-2466
Repreaentative Albert G Brien 6Znd Diatrict
12iiSiJisiSi QIUsil t 13 s outh Mai n s t reet Woonaocltat RI 02195
bszxidiDSil QIUsil CO Office of the Speaker atate Bouaa Providence RI 02103
RaproHJltativo Maney L Benoit 64th Diatrict
401766-3416
401227-2466
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e DiBtimi Qllisat 21 larkaly Strut WocmaocJtet AI 02115
401766-7101
bllidiDSil fUIislt co Oftico of tho Speaker state Bouaa Provictance RI 02903
401227-2466
c lampsiill Qllisiilll
Arthur Denoaae Town Maini atrator Mnorial Town Ha l l Slateravil le RI 02876
401 767-2200
Xenneth M Bianchi Town council Preaictent 23 Saithfiold Road North Saithtiold RI 02895
401463-8700
Roland Boucher Town Councilor Great Road North Smithfield RI 02895
401765-2000
DavieS A tovett Town Councilor 410 Victory Hiqhvay North saithfio1d RI oags
Ronald N Renaud Town Councilor Wildwood Road Foreatdale RI
Jaaea X Saloae Town Councilor 18 Pound Hill Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Paul Boulaqerone Town Solicitor Meaorial Town Hall Slateraville RI 02876
Richard Brady Chief of Police IS Saithfio1d Rood lrforth Sa ithfield RI 02895
Edward Cournoyer Fire Chief Buaineaa Office St Peul Street lrforth laithfield RI 02195
llorth laithfio1cl Firo Dopartaont 24 Boou- laorqoncy _r
D D I KnyirpQMn1tl Prottstign Wncy
Patty D1Andrea Coaunity Relatione Coordinator 01 nvironaental Protection AqencyRPA-2203 J r JtennecSy Federal Buildinq Beaton MA 02203
John Gallagher Reaectial Project Officer Us nvironaantal Protection AgencyIISV-1107 J r XbullNlbullcSy Federal BuildingBoaton MA 02203
Richard Boynton Chief Rhode Ialand and
Ver111ont Superfund Section US Environaantal Protection AqancyHSV-1107 J F Cannady Federal Building Boston MA 02203
401767-2400
401438-67SO
401762-0434 401767-6633
401762-1212
401762-1135
401762-1414
617S65-342S
617565-3641
617565-3688
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Pelix Harvey Diviaion ot Air and 401277-2797
Ha1ardoua Materiala Rhoca Ialand Departant at
Environaantal Manaqnt 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providence RI 02908
John Haqopoian 401277-6867Chiat ot Diviaion ot Watar Supply
Rhoda I a land Departaant at Haalth 75 middot Davia Straat Rooa 209 Providence RI 02908 ~tl=
~ Anthony patain Ito401277-2797 Rhoda Ialand Departaant ot
Environaantal ManaC)ant 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providanea RI 02901 ~c==
r lfiIQIPra =~ llampjsu HIDHRIZIt Bt
~U ltsDidiDQI ZSiWCIII 401277-7000(Providence Edition) e() 75 Fountain Street
Providence RI
111 bszidiDiiil allmtDII 401277-7091(lloonaocJltat Edition)1 Social Street Wooneockat RI 02195
Dl JlgQQIQSiklt 1111 401762-3000
Woonaockat RI 02895 75 Main Street
tQiill lfiKII21RIZt
b1 212bullbullabullz 401949-2700PO Box C358 Graanvilla RI 02828 (Publiahad waaltly on Thuraday)
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LOCATIONS POR INPORIIAlIOII UPOSlORIS AND PUBLIC llllIIIGS
A Intoraation Rtpgaitoriea
North Saithfie1d Public Library 4017S7-278020 Main street PO Bcx 296 Slataraville RI 02876
Winter Houra Monday Wec1neaday - 12 PM-5 PH 6 PM-8 PM Tuaaday Thuraday Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - 10 All-2 PM
Suaaer Houra Konday Wednaaday - 12 PM-5 PM 6 PM-8 PM lueedey lhureday - 10 All-5 PM Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - Cloaed
Contact Robin Glaaaar Li))rarian
North laithfie1d Nnor1e1 lovn Ball 401767-2200llaterville RI 02171
Soura Monday - Friday - 130 M-430 PM
Contact1 Arthur Denoae Town Adainiatrator
1 bt1ins Loqatione
llun1cipa1 Annex lluildi~ 401767-220215 laithfie1d Road llorth Saithfie1d RI 02195
Contact Barbara Walab
Halliwell Eleaantary School 401769-5492North Saithtiald School Departaant
Adainiatration RPD 2 Graanvillt Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Contact Jaan Korriaon
APPEIIDIX C
KUIIICIPAL STRUCTUR OP NORTH SMITHFIELD
The Town of North Sbullithtiald Rhode Ialand ia made up ot tiva villagaa Slataravilla Foraatdala Priaroaa Union Village and Waterford Tha villaqaa have no juriadictional municipal or rapraaantativa autonomy
The Town of North Saithfiald ia run by a fiva-aallbar town council Council aallbara are alactad at-larqa for two-year taraa lactiona are non-partban The council maata avery Monday niqht Daily adminiatration of tha town ia the duty of tha town aCSiniatrator who ia alae alactad for a two-year tara Tha town budqat ia dacidad by town uatinq
North Sbullithtiald hae alao recently aatabliahad a water authority which ia appointed by tha town council Tha council praaidant ia currently chairaan of the vatar authority In Novallber 1916 a propoaal tor a new town charter will be put on the ballot The new charter would aatabliah a poaition tor a aalariad town aanagar who would be appointed by the town council
In the atata leialatura North Sbullithtiald ia part of three repreaantative diatricta The veatarn half of the tovn ia part of the lbullt Diatrict which alao includaa the Town of Burrillville The aaatarn portion of the town ia part of the 2nd and lrd diatr1cta which amplao includea the City of Woonaocltet The entire town ia repreaentated in the 30th diatrict of the State Senate
The Town of North Saithtiel4 ia aervice4 by two Poet Otf1cea and haa the following aip codea and acScreaaee
Slateravilla 02876Foreatdale 02824 llorth Saithtiold 02895Woonaockat 02895
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APPIIDIX D
LIST OP PERSONS CONTACTED IN DVZLOPIINT OP THE REVISED COIIIIUIIITY RELATIONS PLAN
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JCenneth K Bianchi June 18 1986 Town Council Prabullidant23 Saithfiold Rd North Saithfiold 02895
i Paul Boulaqerone June 16 1986 Town Solicitor ~ Meaorial Town Hall 0~ Slaterbullville RI 02876 it George Cournoyer June 17 1986 Rabullident living nearPO Box 166
landfill on Tifft Rd lSlateraville RI 02876 ltlc Arthur Dencmae June 16 1986 Town adainiatrator =l-riol Town Ball l l a t erav ille RI 02176 ~iRoland carol Drainvil l o J uno 17 1986 Active aeabera ot 750 Pound Bill lld P o w ebull orth hithfi o l d RI 0219 5
llllrial Halloran Juno 11 1916 Founder at Po wPound Bill lld Reaident livinq nearlforth laithtielcS RI 02195 landfill
m eat Moulico Juno 11 1986 Reaident livinq near1U2 Pound Bill lld landfill North Saithfiold RI 02895
JCate Racine June 17 1986 Rabullidant livinq near153 Old Groat Rd landfillKorth Saithtield RI 02895
Jia llamprion llhito Juno 16 1986 Rabullidenta livinq nearPO Box 437 landfillSlateravilla RI 02876
Carole Whiteley Juno 17 1986 Active in aavaral40 Lapre Rd town ieauaaNorth Saithfield RI 02895
meat Woodworth Juno 17 1986 Raaident livinq nearRPD fl landfill Paat memberPound Hill Rd ot Planning Board Woonaockatt RI 02895
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REVISED COIOMfiTY ULATIONS PLAN LANDFILL A11D USOUilCZ UCOVZRY SIlZ
IIORTH SMITIIPIELD RHODE ISLAND
A OVERVIEW OP COIIIIUNITY RELATIONS PLAN
Thia reviaed co-unity relationa plan (CRP) updatea the CRP originally prepared in 1983 for the Xnc1fill and Reaource Recovery (URR) Superfund aite located in North Sbullithfield Rhode Ialand (aee Exhibit 1) The purpoae of thia reviaed plan ia to update inforaation included in the original CRP to preaent additional inforaation not cUacuaaed in the original CRP and to plan for ccma~unity relatione activitiaa that vill be conducted during the upcainq phaaea of the reedial action at the aite Specificobjectivea of thia reviaed CRP include
0 To verity intonation contained in the oriqinalCRP prepared for the URR aite
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0 To racoaend adclitional caaunity relatione efforta daaiped to ac1dreaa counity concern ampHut the aite and to prepare the counity tor the rueltlial activitiaa that Vill taka place at the LUll aita in the future
llla us Environaantal Protection Aqancy (EPA) Jla9ion I Coaunity Relationbull Coordinator will aanaga coaunity ralationa activitiaa at the aita jointly with the EPA Regional Project Manager tor the URH aita
The intoraation praaantacl in thia plan ia baaed priaarily on diacuaaiona conductad in the Town of Korth Saithfielc Rhoda Ialand on Juna 11 through 11 1181 with local officialbull alonq with interaatad ancl affected raaidenta Tha individualbull and Ot9aniaationa contacted durinq developaent of thia plan are liatad in Appendix D
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B SITB BACltGROUIID
The L6RR aite ia a tvanty-fiva acre inactive landfill on athirty-aix acre parcel of land in the Town of North SaithfialdRhoda Ialand in the north central aaction of tha state (aaaEXhibita 1 and 2) Thia forar landfill ia located in a fomaraand and ravel pit in a relatively undeveloped araa of tha townwith laaa than fifty raaidancaa within a balf-aila radiua of itMoat of the raaidanta in thaaa hoaaa uaa their own walla fordrinkinq water A awupy araa ia baediataly aouth of tha altathrouh which Trout Brook runa Trout Brook aaptiaa into troutBrook Pond and tha LOwer Slataravilla Reaarvoir both of which arauaad priaarily tor fiahinq and recreation
AccorcUnq to local officiala tha alta baqan operation aa adiapoaal araa for North Saithfiald in 1969 Tha operation vaaaold in 1974 to URR who davalopecS tha aita into two facilitiaathat accepted coaarcial doaeatic and incSuatrial vaataa Thalandfill applied for and vaa iaaued a Solid Waata KanaqaMntFacility Licanaa in 1976
Althouth the 1976 application atated that URR would not acceptcbaaical or liquid vaata URR raviaad ita facility plana in 1977to include the inatallation of aonitorincJ vella that would allowthe ccmpany to coaply vith uietin9 requlatione pertaining to theacceptance of clinical an4 liquid vaetee In Karch 1971 LlRRnotified middot the Rhode Ialan4 DepartMnt of Znvirontal llana9nt(RIDDI) of ita ha1ardoue veeta ectiviti
letveen lt71 an4 lt7t -- the only yre for vbicb docuaentationexiete -- it 1e eatillated that tha landfill accepted 15 aillionqallona of haaardoua vaataa froa over fifty tanaratora a larqanuaber of vbich vara located in nearby llampaaachuaatta A vidaranqa of vaataa vara diapoaad at the L6RR aite including heavyaatala halOCJampnamptad and non-haloqanatad aolvanta platin vaataaoil tank aludta aabaatoa tranaforaar oil and vatar-aolublarmiddotaancSThna~~ ~fi~~~ with raaidantial rafuaa and covered
In January 1979 tha atata of Rhoda Ialand paaaad a lawprohibitinq tha operation of hazardoua vaata facilitiaa locatedovar an aquifer that haa the potential for aunicipal water aupplydavalopaant (Claaa 2 aquifara) In Saptuber 1979 RIDEN cloaadtha URR facility to hazardoua vaata qaneratora In Oecuhar1979 URR placed a polyvinylcbloride (PVC) cap over tha hazardouavaata area but continued to place aolid vaata atop the h11ardouawaata area
Exhibit 1 SITE LOCATION MAP
LandfiN and ReiOWce Recovery North Smithfield Rhode leland
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Town of North Smithfield Rhode leland
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In 1110 the facil1tybulla solid vaate licenae wea renewed by RIDMand URR aubbullitted prelibullinary plana for the final cloaure oflandfill thereviaed
After a aeriea of ordera and hearinqa UltR aubbullitted acloaure plan in late 1110 Alao in 1110North the Town ofSbullithfield requeated PA to conduct an nvirormentalAaaeaabullent Impactof the aite Thia waa part of the effort that led tocompletion of a National Prioritiea checlcliat in 1982 to daten-inaif the aite ahould be placed on the National Prioritiea Liat (NPLand thua become eligible for Superfund funda
In 1183 the LRR facility waa placed on the National PrioritiesLiat The operatorbull of LRR agreed to pertora atudiea equivalentto a romodial 1nvost1gat1on and toaoibility otudy (RIFS) whichwould examine the extent of contaaination and develop optionbull toremediate any problbullbullbull found In June 1184 EPA prepared a draftAdJiiniatrative Conaant Order and beqan enforcebullent neqotiationawith IARR but an aqreeaent between PA and LRR waa never reachedand the RIFS waa never initiated LRR cUeS enter into anagreent to which EPA ia not a party with RIDEM in June ofreqardincJ the closure of the facility 1183
The c1iapoal of non-hazardoua vaate at the aite continued into1185 until the capacity of the lanclfill waa reached aa apecifiedin the agreement reachec1 with Rhode I a land in 1113 A cap haabeen placed over aoat of the landfill and final qradinq andveqetatinq of the area will be copletecS in the auaer of 1186 Three atranda of barbed wire act aa a containaent fence aroundoito the
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The Town of North saithtield ia a pictureaque New En9landcoaunity rurally situated between Providence and Boatonalnduatrial belt alone Route 415 Oriqinally a mill town NorthSaitbfiold hoo little induotry today vitb aoro tban halttownbullbull of thopopulation couutinq to Providence nearby Woonaocket andthe loaton area
middotIn general currant reaidenta of North Saithfield middot can beca tegorizedin town
aa being in one of two qroupa thoae that have livedfor qenerationa anc1 thoae that are part of anprofeaaionala influx ofThia influx haa been talcinq place tor overyeara Although thia town ia atill vary rural in tenaa of thirty
aattinqanc1 population -- there are 10000 residents in twenty-five aquareailbullbull -- there is a davelopaant boom in North Smithfield andaurroundinq couunitiea theSoma reaidents believe that uncheckeddevelopment will eventually ruin the character and charmtown while otherbull look to it aa a aource of of the
expanded municipalaervices and leaaening of tax burdena
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D HISTORY OP COMIIUIIITY IHVOLVEIlIIT
One reaidant interviewed during the preparation of thia couunityrelationbull plan daacribad co-unity involvaaant at URR aa baingbulltwelve yaara of uttar total fruatration In the twelve yaaraainca L5RR purchaaad the facility the laval of couunity intaraatand concern baa bean axtraaaly high and baa included theforaation of two local anvironaantal group11 the paaaing of twoatata lawa regarding paraitting of waata facilitiaat the filing ofaavaral legal actionar and axtanaiva aadia coverage Throughoutthia period couunity raaidanta have continually believed thatthey have bean battling a larqa vall-financed politicallyshyconnected oppoaition Moreover it baa bean alleged bythaaa raaidanta that organized criaa ia 10111 of
involved in LRRfacility They theview RIDEM aa baing inapt and poaaibly evan inc olluaion with tha intaraata of t ha l andfill They view EPA aabeing unraaponaiva and indiff erent t o their concarna In 1974 a l arge nubar of truckamp tranaporti ngvhich vaat a (aoaa ofbelonged to lruk-Avay owned and operated by thaURR) ovna r a ofthrough the coaaunity cauaad a oat na ighbora to bacoaaof the landfill for tha firat tiaa
awareIn addition to LRR thaaatrucka vera alao bringing vaataa to Waatarn SandSuperfund Gravel anotheraita vhich ia adjacent to URRorvaniaationa vera foaed -- Protect our watara (POW)
Two citiaanthe Environaent of forth Saithfiald Inc (BEllS)
and savinvaeventiea ampEMS In the lataaponaorad two environaantal foruaaSaithfield in Mortbto focua attention on URR 1featem Sand Graveltvo other Superfund aitea in northern Rhoda Ialand (Picillo
andWaataDiapol in coventry and Davia Liquid in Baithfiald)
POW vaa forad in 1978 by aavara1 aabera of Marth Saithfialdaconaervation Coaaiaaion The Coaaiaaion had received coaplaintaabout the operation of URR POW vaa inatl1Dantal in the paaaaCJeof atata lava to ban haaardoua and aolid vaata facilitiaa fr011baing located over aquifereoqaniampinCJ ralliaa The C)roupbulla activitiaa includedof up to ona thouaand raaidanta at the atatacapitol buildinq
coverage oqanizing and effectively coordinating aadiaand gathering and diaaaa inati nq intonation and data onthe facility
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in tha l at a 1970a the Korth Saithfiald t own council becabullbullact ive in iaauaa involving tha L RR a i ta Tha tovn councildpraclaradaaidant flaw to Waahington t o bullbullbullt with EPA officiala lha t ownthe Slataraville Aquifer to ba awater aource of municipaland raquaated that an Environmental Impact Aaaasamant beprepared aa part of an attempt to close the landfill throughaction court
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Believinq that atate and tadaral authoritiaaraaponaiva North Saithtield toraed a taak vera not beif9
vaata torca on hazardouaheaded by the town council praaidant and includinq auberaot POW and SNS Tha taak torebull hired conaultanta and engineeringtina to help thea qathar data to be uaed in their ettortaconvince the etate laqialatura the courta RIDM and EPA to to
aoae type of action In all North Saithfialc apant over taka
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to build their caaa several aaabara of thetheir atrong baliat that thia work ahould havebean carried out lly atata and fadaral officiala With the cloainq of tha hazardoua waate portion of the landfilland later the aolid waata landfill aa wall thebean diabandad and taak forca haaaallbara of
POW and SENS have becoaa inactive Moatthe community interviewed atatad that daapitaetforta they have won only a partial victory and aa one their
put it have reaidantpeople
baan latt with a aountain of trouble Severalinterviewed during the preparation of thia plan notedthe landfill riaaa three hundred aavanty faat that
above aaa lavalaakinq it the third hiqhaat apot in northern lUloda IalandThera ia a high leve l ot awaranaaa about hazardoua vaata andanvirormantal iaauaa in the coaaunity
otherMoat raaidanta intarviavaddurinq on-aita diacuaaiona vera taailiar with the otheraitaa in the Superfundarea 1 n-ely the Staaina MillSaithtield the Weatarn San4 Gravel aita in
a ita in Korththa lurrillvilla andof
Davie Liquid aita in Saithfield ltbullbullbull EXhibit 2) All IIUbera_)
the coaunity intarviavK vera aurpriaad to learn thatadditional invaatigation of the URR aita would be9iven that the landfill baa bean cloaed down takinq place
UPDATE OF COIOIUNITY CONCERIIS AND DY ISSUES
The URlt couunity relatione plan prepared in 1983tha folloving aajor co-unity concarna icantitiec
o Hetti to elgae the LiBR Facility Raaicantabelieved that the continued operation of thafacility atill poaad a public health threat o Contowinotion ot the Slattrayilla Aauitar Withovar eighty parcant or the reaidancaa in towndrawinq their water froa privata walla there waaqraat concern about poaaibla conta11ination
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Although the facilityaquifer reaaina the
haa bean cloaed contuination of theaoat praaainq concern of the coaunityConcernbull have bacoaa aora amppacific hovavar ainca tha couunityhaa baqun to axuina poaaibla affacta of contuination not onlyprivata vella but onon aavaral other aapacta of the couunityLiated below are the counitybulla current concerna 0 Cgntamination gf Priyate Wtlla Since 1981 theState haa taatad aany of the private walla withina half ailbull radiua of the alta and althoughalbulloat all of the teata have ahovn nocontaaination raaidanta are hiqhly akaptical of
==bulltfo~t~e0ta~=~= ~dolov~a~ea~i~dmiddot~~contaaination (One raaident aaid that the Stateinatructed hibull to taka water troa hia tap andbrinq it to town hall where it would be pickedup ) Soma raaidenta have bad their walla teatedprivately and claia that the reaulta indicatethat the walla are contuinatld Soae raaidantauaa only bottled water purchaald at their ovnexpanaa Blcauaa teat reaulta of privata wallaara confidential there ara rwaoraapaculation about how far pollution and
uy havaapread
0 Csmtpinatign gf thbull llrtereyille AmampiftrUthouqh the population of northam Rhoda Ialandincreaald draaatically aa the araa baa beandavalopad tha nabar of available vater aourcaabaa r inad the Tba larvaly untappedSlateraville Aquifer offara one of the aoatproaiaing- aourcaa of vatar to auatain thiaeconoaic growth Tbare ia Mrioua concerneapacially on the part of town officiala thatincraaald uaa of tha aquifer aay eventually dravcontaaination into the aquifer and cauaa aaerioua pollution probl Thia aituation ia notviewed aa a probl unique to the URR alta butrather one that involveamp all of the Superfunda itea in the area
o Ptyelgaent and Grgyth Beaidea clean vatareconomic developaant of their town iaSaithfiald reaidenta qraateat concernthe North
Becausethe two iasues are cloaaly linked they ara
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0 Proparty yaluea Savaral of tha raaidanta intarviawad raportad that one-third of tha houaaa on Tifft road bava bean tor aala for the paat yaar with no buyara daapita a vary favorable aarkat for hoaa purchaaing Scaa raaidanta apeculatad that tha apparent aacrecy aurrouncUng private vall teating aany reaidenta are reluctant to diwlge their teat reaulta to other reaidenta -- ia related to the fear of loaaea in property valuea 01e reaident of Tifft road ia planning to brin9 l~al action 09ainat tho Town of North saitbtield tor a tax Uatqent becauae hia property haa ~en devalued aa a reault ot bain9 locatad near tho landfill
o Qat pf thbull llbulltbullreyUle Btetryoir The llateraville Reaervoir uaed to be a focal point tor recreation in the coaunity Wt currently ia little uaed Reaidanta tear that runoff troa tht landfill 110untainbull (tho LID aita) hao contuinated the raaervoir
o Htalth Ibulleuea All raaidanta interviewed fear that they and eapecially their children are bain9 oxpoaad to potential health riou llany reaidanta pointed to htalth iaauaa at other ntarby aitea aa indicatorbull of potential probl that aay raault froa tha URR aita
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o latbullty and Stqurity The alta ia iaolated and iacloaed off by only three atranda of barbed wireSoae reaidanta axpraaaed concern that thiabarrier would not be affective in keepingchildren off the aite and they would thereforebe expoaed to poaaible contaaination 0 cogunity bull Dtairt to Hol4 LiRR Accountablt
~Itemiddot~~~bullbulli~nbull~~r~n~~ b~ir~d 4ownara of LIRR had coaplataly cUaraqardad thtconcarna of tha couunity and had aada a aullfortune in the twelve yeara that URR operatedThey uniforly expraaaed tht deaire that theownerbull not be allowed to qet away
0 ~icofw1~~4upIttti~~~ a~tl~ inatalled aa part of r-dial actionbull at anotherSuperfund dto In noivbborinv IIUttillvillothere are plana to develop a water line froa thetJcituate Reaervoir to aupply a power plant bainqbuilt there loae Korth laitbfield raaidanta aetthe Burrillville water line aa a poaaibla -nato develop a town vatu ayata lbe Jlorthsaithfiold town council proddont oxprooood thohope that tho lllgtrrillvillo plono ai9htcoordinated vith plonoIIPAo to providecaprehanaive water ayata for the reqion
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o M4itipnal Sitbullbullmiddot Since Jlorth laithfiald 1bulllocated near ao aany Superfund aitea a caonlyaalted quaation ia Wbare vill they find the nextone several reaidanta 1nterv1av1Mt 4ur1nqon-aita diacuaaiona apoJta of a reported apill atbprex a local aanufacturinq plant The bprexfir ia located halfway between L6RR and thestaaina Killo dto
P OB1EcriVS OP llli UVISED C011Kt111ITY RELATIONS PROGIWI
The aita-aptcific objectivebull for the couunity relationaat the proqruL6RR aite durinq the upcoainq r-ldial activitiea arepraaantad below
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1) Proyidt a bulltatubull rtpgrt of tht eitbull to area raeidtn1bullan4 local officiala To diapel the contuaion regardingtht atatua of tht LRR aitt and EPAbull roltactivitiea in altaan attort ahould be aada to diaatminatabaaic intorwation to the cOJUtunity that deacribearolt and EPAbull activitiea
providebull a achtdulbull of tht planned rtmedial
2) Enliat thbull aupport and participation of local officialaand rtaidtnts in coordinatinq cogunity rtlationsactiyitibullbull To ancouraqa the aupport and participationof local officialbull and intereated citizenbull in theremedial effort it ia bullbullbullbullntial that theae individualbullare reqularly and tully intoratd ot aite activitieaplana findingbull and developatnta contact aay be madaby ttlephonbull calla or by aail Intoraal aeetinga mightalao be achedultd periodically to aolicit and reapond toqueationa frobull the couunity
In addition holding brietinga and meetina with localotticiala aaintainin intorwation rtpoeitoritl and acurrent aailing lilt are all effective waya to kltpintertattd public and local officialbull the
inforatd aboutaitt activitita Zncourain inttreattd partiebull toparticipate in planninq and coordinating coaunityrelationbull activitbullbull ia anotbtr approach for kttpinthu involved in and aupportive ot ruecUalunclortallten at tho oito tftorta
The North Saithfitld town adainiatrator and tht fivetown council aUra art appropriate local officialbull toinvolve in a coaaunity rtlationa proqru M-bera ofPOW and reaidenta who live in cloat proxiaity to thtoito ohould be an intoral port of all c01111unityrtlationa activitbullbullmiddot
3) Notify local ofticiala and araa rtaidentbullactiyitiee of titbulland prqyidt folloy-up inforwation on tbtaaactiyi1iea conciae and eaaily underatandablaintonation about the purpoat and achtdule of technicaland other aita-rtlattd activitiea ahould bt aadeavailable to local otticiala and area reaidanta Beforeaitt activity bagina local officialbull and atfactadreaidanta ahould be notified by telephone In additionZPA may wiah to intora theat individualbull ot thepottntial impacta (a q noiae and increaeed traffic)that might reault froa aite activity Information onthe outcome of technical activitiea auch bullbull aamplinq andmonitaring alao ahould be aade available
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Where intonation cannot be released to the publicexaaple enforceaent-aenaitive inforaation) a clear (forandaiaple explanation aa to why the inforaation auat bewithheld ia appropriate EPA couunity relationbull ataff
~~~~erou~eteto ~ifiz~ecf~~~raiiti ~required or where certain typea of intonation aradeaired by specific individualamp or qroupa ownerbull For exaapleof property where aamplas are taken ahould baprovided with follow-up explanationbull of what waaand the aaaplectteat reaulta of the aamplea taken froaproperty thair
4) Enwura that inguiritw from thbull copunity art handledefficientlyable to
The couunity and local officialbull auat becontact aomeone knowledqeable about tha XRRaite for intonation about aite activitiaa and toexpreaa other quaationa or concernbull that uy ariaethe Ifexiatinq contact person ia replaced the co-unityahould be notified proaptly 5) coordinate actiyitibullbull at all Supartun4IUImiddot Diss-ination of inforaation
witbullbull in thbullSuperfund reqarcUnq theprogru and other relevant inforaationia not apecific to the URR aite ahould be
thatcoordinated UOft9 the various r-edial actiona
carefullytakift9 place currentlyInfonaation disa-ination effortbullbe integrated not dupl icatad
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G COIOMIIlY ULJTIONS ACTIVITIES
Several activitiaa are outlined below to achievedeacribed the objectivebullin aection P A achedule illuatratinqthaaa activitiea ia on paqe 17 the tiainq of
1 Maintain information rtpgsitories
Maintaininq inforaation repositories willltey aateriala on the URR alta -- auch as ensure that
technical suaaries site reports fact sheeta
plana co-unity relationbulland other relevant inforaation on the Superfundproqraa -- are available to the public The locationbullfor theabull repositories are the North Smithfield PublicLibrary and the North Saithfiald Memorial Town HallThese repositories will be coordinated withrepositories aatablillhed informationfor other Superfund aitea inNorth Saithtiold
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An PA technical and coaunity relationa atatt peraon are deaiqnated to reaponcl directly to all public inquiriea regarding aite activitiea The naae addreaa and telephone nUJibar ot the contacta are liated in Appendix A and will ba indicated clearly on au aateriala bullada available to the public Theae EPA contact peraona will coordinate with atate and local otticiala when aaking contact with the aedia
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The North Smithfield town adainiatrator and town council preaiclent have indicated that they want to be kept informed about plana and findinga on the URR aite Thia effort aay be accoapliahed through periodic corraapondence brietinga and intonal aeatinqa
Whenever poaaible bullbullbulltinge with local otticiala will include both EPA technical and PA COJUIUnity ralationa ataft Meatinqa will be held on an aa-neadad baaia1 apecitically it there ia a cbanqe in achadule or if aiqnificant findinqa are aade at the alta
Conduct inforul bullbullbulltiMe yitb reeidentbull and gtheraf(ested partiee
Inforaal aeatinqa with reaidenta and other affected partiea will be held on an aa-neadad baaia1 apecifically before RI activitiea bein and at the coaptation of the draft rs report The aaetinqa will include intereated citiaena the IP- reqional aite project officer and an PA couunity relationbullcoordinator
~~tabera of the preea prigr to firbullt publis
Area newepapera auch aa Thbull Proyidance Jgurnol lbl_ Wognegcket Call and Thbull Qbeervar are read widely in the couunity and have cqverec1 the URR atory extenaively tor a number of yeara Given the coDunitybulla confuaion over activitiea that have taken place at the aite a feature atory eorting out the facta and outlining the work atill to be done will greatly facilitate the tirat public aaetinga EPA technical and coiiJDunity relationbull ataff will arrange praaa briatinqa ten daya to two weeki before the tirat achedulecl aeetinq
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Prior to initiating field activitiea EPA will conduct a public intollation aeeting to infoll reaidenta and other interested partiea about RIFS activitiea planned at the aita At thia aaeting the public will be encouraged to aak questions about the acope of work praaantad in the workplan and othar related iaauea EPA will coordinate closely with local otficiala regarding tht loqiatica and agenda of this bulleetinq Sugqaated matting locations ara included in Appendix B
7 Prtpart fact abeeta
A tact sheet ia required on the FS outlining the cleanup alternatives considered at the LRR site Additional tact ahttta ara required to explain EPA bulla selected alternative aa announce in the Record of Daciaion (ROD an4 when the engineering 4ea iqn ot the r adial alternative ia coapleted
Ac14itional fact aheeta aay be relaaat4 at the beginning of the reatc1ial invtatqation to intona area raai4anta and other interaattc1 citiaena about EPA 1 a site plana and the proce4urea ot the Superfun4 proqraa an4 at the conclusion of the RI to infona the public of aiqnificant finclinvo Anothor fact ohoot y bo proHirocl Vhich explaina the EPA enforcnt process at Superfunc aitea
Fact aheata will be aailtc1 to intertatac1 cithena the North Saithfiel4 town offices JUDD and Rhoda Ialanc Opartaant of Health (RIDOH) staff an4 area navapapara
I Proyidt Y reltttta to losal newapaPra
Prapart4 atattaenta will be released to local and area newspapers to notify the couunity of any public aaetings to notify the public when site activity ia achedultd to btqin and to announce discovery of any aiqnificant findings at the aitt during the RIS
Additional newa raleaaaa will be prepared prior to tha public couent period on the draft S report and at the tiaa of the announceaent of the ROD
Addresses and telephone numbers of local and area newspapers art included in Appendix A
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Conduct a public coptnt ptriod gn the draft ftaeihilitxatudy rtport
A ainiaua three-week public couent period with at leaat two weeks review tiae before the atart of the couent period is required to allow citizenbull to expreaa their opiniona on EPAbull preferred alternative for reaedial action at the LIIRR site Couunity participation will be encouraqtd at thia point by tellinq citiztna that their opinionbull will be incorporated in the final cltanupdeciaion
A public aeetinq held durinq the public comment period will provide PA the opportunity to anawer citizenbullbull queationa directly and to explain the recouended reaedial alternativea A public aeetinq will alae provide intereated citizenbull an opportunity to aak queationa and aake coaenta to EPA Suqqested locationa for the aeetinCJ are included in Appendix B The lOCJittica and aqenda of the aeetinq will be coordinated with Korth Saithfield town officiala
rreart a reapgneiyeneaa bullUWMry
A reaponaiveneaa auaary ia required aa part of the ROD for the aite It will IUJU1ari1e pul)lic concernbull and iaaues raiaed throuqhout the RIFS and indicate hov EPA reapondtd to theae concerna
Btyiee the eggunity relttigna plan tor thbull LiBR bullitbull Once the ROD for the L6RR lite hat been iaaued thit coaunity relatione plan will be reviaed to include coaunity relations activitiea appropriate to the reaedial daaiqn and r edial action (RDRA) phbullbullbullbull The reviaion of the coaunity relatione plan will
o Update facta and verify the inforaation included in thia coaaunity relatione plan prtpared for the RIFS
o Alaeaa the couunity relations proqru to date and indicate whether the aame or different approachtawill be talten during the RDRA phaae11
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0 Identity any new concerna that uy have ariaen in tho couunity oinco thio roviooltl couunityrelatione plan vaa prepared and
0 Develop a atrateqy to pr1par1 the couunity for ita future role in thbull RDRA procbullbullbull and in tha onqoinqoperation and aaintananca ot the ~RR aite
Givan tha high level of intaraat in tha LRR aitbull counity intarviava will be hale prior to tha ravbion of tha ~RR co-unity relatione plan
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A liat of the indivicuala and organization area contacta includinq federal officiala atata and local ofticiala intareata4 raaidenta and udia repreaentativbulla ia includoltl in Appendix A EPA will expand one rovioo thio liat aa naceaaary middot
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The Town of Jlorth Saithfielct baa recently eatablillhlc a vator authority that 1o bucloltl by tho town council pruiclent With tha conatruction at a vatar line to lurrillvillo one tho inotollotion by IPA ot vator oyotou at nearby auportuncl oitoo tho town io bopin9 to develop an overall vatar atratetn lecauae BPA actiona will bo intaltJral in any oucb plano tho tocbnical anc1 coaaunity relatione atatt tor ~RR Waatem land Cravol Staaina llillo and tho Davia Liquicl Waoto Superfund aitea llhoulc be preparlc to t toqether an4 with atate and local otficiala to coordinate activitiaa attactivaly
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APPEIIDIX A
IIITRSTD PARTIES
A Ftdttal ltgtad Otticitla
Senator Claiborne Ptll
Diatrist Office 418 Ft4tral Courthouat Building Providence RI 02903
Waahinqton DC Office 335 Ruaatll Senate Office BuildingWaahinqton DC 20510
Senator John Chaftt
Dietricent Office 301 Paatort Ftctral Building Providence RI 02903
blhinetqn rx OfCiee s 567 Diruen senate Office Buildift9 Wallbinvton DC 20511
lbpruentative lernand J st Ganaain let Diatrict
Dietriet oCUcts 204 John z r09arty Buildin9 Providence RI 02903
lathinqton QC Oftiee 2108 Rayburn Mouat Office luildinq Waahinqton DC 20510
8 State Elected Officialbull
Senator Paul s Jttlly 30th Diotrict
Diatrict Offiee 451 Victory Highway North Saithfiald RI 02895
Proyictnct Oftict co Deputy Majority Leaderbull Office State Houae Room 117 Providence RI 02903
401528-5456
202224-4642
401528-5294
202224-2921
401521-5050
202225-Ull
401767-3567
401227-6896
Rapraaantativa Jticlt Roaati Uat Diatrict
EUISiJigt QIUgl t Roaelavn Avenue P O lkgtx 131 Slateraville RI 03176
401766-4854
ltsaidiDsil Qllit t co Office of the SpeakerState Houae Providence RI 02903
401227-2466
Repreaentative Albert G Brien 6Znd Diatrict
12iiSiJisiSi QIUsil t 13 s outh Mai n s t reet Woonaocltat RI 02195
bszxidiDSil QIUsil CO Office of the Speaker atate Bouaa Providence RI 02103
RaproHJltativo Maney L Benoit 64th Diatrict
401766-3416
401227-2466
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e DiBtimi Qllisat 21 larkaly Strut WocmaocJtet AI 02115
401766-7101
bllidiDSil fUIislt co Oftico of tho Speaker state Bouaa Provictance RI 02903
401227-2466
c lampsiill Qllisiilll
Arthur Denoaae Town Maini atrator Mnorial Town Ha l l Slateravil le RI 02876
401 767-2200
Xenneth M Bianchi Town council Preaictent 23 Saithfiold Road North Saithtiold RI 02895
401463-8700
Roland Boucher Town Councilor Great Road North Smithfield RI 02895
401765-2000
DavieS A tovett Town Councilor 410 Victory Hiqhvay North saithfio1d RI oags
Ronald N Renaud Town Councilor Wildwood Road Foreatdale RI
Jaaea X Saloae Town Councilor 18 Pound Hill Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Paul Boulaqerone Town Solicitor Meaorial Town Hall Slateraville RI 02876
Richard Brady Chief of Police IS Saithfio1d Rood lrforth Sa ithfield RI 02895
Edward Cournoyer Fire Chief Buaineaa Office St Peul Street lrforth laithfield RI 02195
llorth laithfio1cl Firo Dopartaont 24 Boou- laorqoncy _r
D D I KnyirpQMn1tl Prottstign Wncy
Patty D1Andrea Coaunity Relatione Coordinator 01 nvironaental Protection AqencyRPA-2203 J r JtennecSy Federal Buildinq Beaton MA 02203
John Gallagher Reaectial Project Officer Us nvironaantal Protection AgencyIISV-1107 J r XbullNlbullcSy Federal BuildingBoaton MA 02203
Richard Boynton Chief Rhode Ialand and
Ver111ont Superfund Section US Environaantal Protection AqancyHSV-1107 J F Cannady Federal Building Boston MA 02203
401767-2400
401438-67SO
401762-0434 401767-6633
401762-1212
401762-1135
401762-1414
617S65-342S
617565-3641
617565-3688
lt1t1 biiUilill
Pelix Harvey Diviaion ot Air and 401277-2797
Ha1ardoua Materiala Rhoca Ialand Departant at
Environaantal Manaqnt 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providence RI 02908
John Haqopoian 401277-6867Chiat ot Diviaion ot Watar Supply
Rhoda I a land Departaant at Haalth 75 middot Davia Straat Rooa 209 Providence RI 02908 ~tl=
~ Anthony patain Ito401277-2797 Rhoda Ialand Departaant ot
Environaantal ManaC)ant 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providanea RI 02901 ~c==
r lfiIQIPra =~ llampjsu HIDHRIZIt Bt
~U ltsDidiDQI ZSiWCIII 401277-7000(Providence Edition) e() 75 Fountain Street
Providence RI
111 bszidiDiiil allmtDII 401277-7091(lloonaocJltat Edition)1 Social Street Wooneockat RI 02195
Dl JlgQQIQSiklt 1111 401762-3000
Woonaockat RI 02895 75 Main Street
tQiill lfiKII21RIZt
b1 212bullbullabullz 401949-2700PO Box C358 Graanvilla RI 02828 (Publiahad waaltly on Thuraday)
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LOCATIONS POR INPORIIAlIOII UPOSlORIS AND PUBLIC llllIIIGS
A Intoraation Rtpgaitoriea
North Saithfie1d Public Library 4017S7-278020 Main street PO Bcx 296 Slataraville RI 02876
Winter Houra Monday Wec1neaday - 12 PM-5 PH 6 PM-8 PM Tuaaday Thuraday Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - 10 All-2 PM
Suaaer Houra Konday Wednaaday - 12 PM-5 PM 6 PM-8 PM lueedey lhureday - 10 All-5 PM Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - Cloaed
Contact Robin Glaaaar Li))rarian
North laithfie1d Nnor1e1 lovn Ball 401767-2200llaterville RI 02171
Soura Monday - Friday - 130 M-430 PM
Contact1 Arthur Denoae Town Adainiatrator
1 bt1ins Loqatione
llun1cipa1 Annex lluildi~ 401767-220215 laithfie1d Road llorth Saithfie1d RI 02195
Contact Barbara Walab
Halliwell Eleaantary School 401769-5492North Saithtiald School Departaant
Adainiatration RPD 2 Graanvillt Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Contact Jaan Korriaon
APPEIIDIX C
KUIIICIPAL STRUCTUR OP NORTH SMITHFIELD
The Town of North Sbullithtiald Rhode Ialand ia made up ot tiva villagaa Slataravilla Foraatdala Priaroaa Union Village and Waterford Tha villaqaa have no juriadictional municipal or rapraaantativa autonomy
The Town of North Saithfiald ia run by a fiva-aallbar town council Council aallbara are alactad at-larqa for two-year taraa lactiona are non-partban The council maata avery Monday niqht Daily adminiatration of tha town ia the duty of tha town aCSiniatrator who ia alae alactad for a two-year tara Tha town budqat ia dacidad by town uatinq
North Sbullithtiald hae alao recently aatabliahad a water authority which ia appointed by tha town council Tha council praaidant ia currently chairaan of the vatar authority In Novallber 1916 a propoaal tor a new town charter will be put on the ballot The new charter would aatabliah a poaition tor a aalariad town aanagar who would be appointed by the town council
In the atata leialatura North Sbullithtiald ia part of three repreaantative diatricta The veatarn half of the tovn ia part of the lbullt Diatrict which alao includaa the Town of Burrillville The aaatarn portion of the town ia part of the 2nd and lrd diatr1cta which amplao includea the City of Woonaocltet The entire town ia repreaentated in the 30th diatrict of the State Senate
The Town of North Saithtiel4 ia aervice4 by two Poet Otf1cea and haa the following aip codea and acScreaaee
Slateravilla 02876Foreatdale 02824 llorth Saithtiold 02895Woonaockat 02895
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APPIIDIX D
LIST OP PERSONS CONTACTED IN DVZLOPIINT OP THE REVISED COIIIIUIIITY RELATIONS PLAN
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JCenneth K Bianchi June 18 1986 Town Council Prabullidant23 Saithfiold Rd North Saithfiold 02895
i Paul Boulaqerone June 16 1986 Town Solicitor ~ Meaorial Town Hall 0~ Slaterbullville RI 02876 it George Cournoyer June 17 1986 Rabullident living nearPO Box 166
landfill on Tifft Rd lSlateraville RI 02876 ltlc Arthur Dencmae June 16 1986 Town adainiatrator =l-riol Town Ball l l a t erav ille RI 02176 ~iRoland carol Drainvil l o J uno 17 1986 Active aeabera ot 750 Pound Bill lld P o w ebull orth hithfi o l d RI 0219 5
llllrial Halloran Juno 11 1916 Founder at Po wPound Bill lld Reaident livinq nearlforth laithtielcS RI 02195 landfill
m eat Moulico Juno 11 1986 Reaident livinq near1U2 Pound Bill lld landfill North Saithfiold RI 02895
JCate Racine June 17 1986 Rabullidant livinq near153 Old Groat Rd landfillKorth Saithtield RI 02895
Jia llamprion llhito Juno 16 1986 Rabullidenta livinq nearPO Box 437 landfillSlateravilla RI 02876
Carole Whiteley Juno 17 1986 Active in aavaral40 Lapre Rd town ieauaaNorth Saithfield RI 02895
meat Woodworth Juno 17 1986 Raaident livinq nearRPD fl landfill Paat memberPound Hill Rd ot Planning Board Woonaockatt RI 02895
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- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 561476
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The L6RR aite ia a tvanty-fiva acre inactive landfill on athirty-aix acre parcel of land in the Town of North SaithfialdRhoda Ialand in the north central aaction of tha state (aaaEXhibita 1 and 2) Thia forar landfill ia located in a fomaraand and ravel pit in a relatively undeveloped araa of tha townwith laaa than fifty raaidancaa within a balf-aila radiua of itMoat of the raaidanta in thaaa hoaaa uaa their own walla fordrinkinq water A awupy araa ia baediataly aouth of tha altathrouh which Trout Brook runa Trout Brook aaptiaa into troutBrook Pond and tha LOwer Slataravilla Reaarvoir both of which arauaad priaarily tor fiahinq and recreation
AccorcUnq to local officiala tha alta baqan operation aa adiapoaal araa for North Saithfiald in 1969 Tha operation vaaaold in 1974 to URR who davalopecS tha aita into two facilitiaathat accepted coaarcial doaeatic and incSuatrial vaataa Thalandfill applied for and vaa iaaued a Solid Waata KanaqaMntFacility Licanaa in 1976
Althouth the 1976 application atated that URR would not acceptcbaaical or liquid vaata URR raviaad ita facility plana in 1977to include the inatallation of aonitorincJ vella that would allowthe ccmpany to coaply vith uietin9 requlatione pertaining to theacceptance of clinical an4 liquid vaetee In Karch 1971 LlRRnotified middot the Rhode Ialan4 DepartMnt of Znvirontal llana9nt(RIDDI) of ita ha1ardoue veeta ectiviti
letveen lt71 an4 lt7t -- the only yre for vbicb docuaentationexiete -- it 1e eatillated that tha landfill accepted 15 aillionqallona of haaardoua vaataa froa over fifty tanaratora a larqanuaber of vbich vara located in nearby llampaaachuaatta A vidaranqa of vaataa vara diapoaad at the L6RR aite including heavyaatala halOCJampnamptad and non-haloqanatad aolvanta platin vaataaoil tank aludta aabaatoa tranaforaar oil and vatar-aolublarmiddotaancSThna~~ ~fi~~~ with raaidantial rafuaa and covered
In January 1979 tha atata of Rhoda Ialand paaaad a lawprohibitinq tha operation of hazardoua vaata facilitiaa locatedovar an aquifer that haa the potential for aunicipal water aupplydavalopaant (Claaa 2 aquifara) In Saptuber 1979 RIDEN cloaadtha URR facility to hazardoua vaata qaneratora In Oecuhar1979 URR placed a polyvinylcbloride (PVC) cap over tha hazardouavaata area but continued to place aolid vaata atop the h11ardouawaata area
Exhibit 1 SITE LOCATION MAP
LandfiN and ReiOWce Recovery North Smithfield Rhode leland
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Town of North Smithfield Rhode leland
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In 1110 the facil1tybulla solid vaate licenae wea renewed by RIDMand URR aubbullitted prelibullinary plana for the final cloaure oflandfill thereviaed
After a aeriea of ordera and hearinqa UltR aubbullitted acloaure plan in late 1110 Alao in 1110North the Town ofSbullithfield requeated PA to conduct an nvirormentalAaaeaabullent Impactof the aite Thia waa part of the effort that led tocompletion of a National Prioritiea checlcliat in 1982 to daten-inaif the aite ahould be placed on the National Prioritiea Liat (NPLand thua become eligible for Superfund funda
In 1183 the LRR facility waa placed on the National PrioritiesLiat The operatorbull of LRR agreed to pertora atudiea equivalentto a romodial 1nvost1gat1on and toaoibility otudy (RIFS) whichwould examine the extent of contaaination and develop optionbull toremediate any problbullbullbull found In June 1184 EPA prepared a draftAdJiiniatrative Conaant Order and beqan enforcebullent neqotiationawith IARR but an aqreeaent between PA and LRR waa never reachedand the RIFS waa never initiated LRR cUeS enter into anagreent to which EPA ia not a party with RIDEM in June ofreqardincJ the closure of the facility 1183
The c1iapoal of non-hazardoua vaate at the aite continued into1185 until the capacity of the lanclfill waa reached aa apecifiedin the agreement reachec1 with Rhode I a land in 1113 A cap haabeen placed over aoat of the landfill and final qradinq andveqetatinq of the area will be copletecS in the auaer of 1186 Three atranda of barbed wire act aa a containaent fence aroundoito the
C COIOMIITY PROPILE middot
The Town of North saithtield ia a pictureaque New En9landcoaunity rurally situated between Providence and Boatonalnduatrial belt alone Route 415 Oriqinally a mill town NorthSaitbfiold hoo little induotry today vitb aoro tban halttownbullbull of thopopulation couutinq to Providence nearby Woonaocket andthe loaton area
middotIn general currant reaidenta of North Saithfield middot can beca tegorizedin town
aa being in one of two qroupa thoae that have livedfor qenerationa anc1 thoae that are part of anprofeaaionala influx ofThia influx haa been talcinq place tor overyeara Although thia town ia atill vary rural in tenaa of thirty
aattinqanc1 population -- there are 10000 residents in twenty-five aquareailbullbull -- there is a davelopaant boom in North Smithfield andaurroundinq couunitiea theSoma reaidents believe that uncheckeddevelopment will eventually ruin the character and charmtown while otherbull look to it aa a aource of of the
expanded municipalaervices and leaaening of tax burdena
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D HISTORY OP COMIIUIIITY IHVOLVEIlIIT
One reaidant interviewed during the preparation of thia couunityrelationbull plan daacribad co-unity involvaaant at URR aa baingbulltwelve yaara of uttar total fruatration In the twelve yaaraainca L5RR purchaaad the facility the laval of couunity intaraatand concern baa bean axtraaaly high and baa included theforaation of two local anvironaantal group11 the paaaing of twoatata lawa regarding paraitting of waata facilitiaat the filing ofaavaral legal actionar and axtanaiva aadia coverage Throughoutthia period couunity raaidanta have continually believed thatthey have bean battling a larqa vall-financed politicallyshyconnected oppoaition Moreover it baa bean alleged bythaaa raaidanta that organized criaa ia 10111 of
involved in LRRfacility They theview RIDEM aa baing inapt and poaaibly evan inc olluaion with tha intaraata of t ha l andfill They view EPA aabeing unraaponaiva and indiff erent t o their concarna In 1974 a l arge nubar of truckamp tranaporti ngvhich vaat a (aoaa ofbelonged to lruk-Avay owned and operated by thaURR) ovna r a ofthrough the coaaunity cauaad a oat na ighbora to bacoaaof the landfill for tha firat tiaa
awareIn addition to LRR thaaatrucka vera alao bringing vaataa to Waatarn SandSuperfund Gravel anotheraita vhich ia adjacent to URRorvaniaationa vera foaed -- Protect our watara (POW)
Two citiaanthe Environaent of forth Saithfiald Inc (BEllS)
and savinvaeventiea ampEMS In the lataaponaorad two environaantal foruaaSaithfield in Mortbto focua attention on URR 1featem Sand Graveltvo other Superfund aitea in northern Rhoda Ialand (Picillo
andWaataDiapol in coventry and Davia Liquid in Baithfiald)
POW vaa forad in 1978 by aavara1 aabera of Marth Saithfialdaconaervation Coaaiaaion The Coaaiaaion had received coaplaintaabout the operation of URR POW vaa inatl1Dantal in the paaaaCJeof atata lava to ban haaardoua and aolid vaata facilitiaa fr011baing located over aquifereoqaniampinCJ ralliaa The C)roupbulla activitiaa includedof up to ona thouaand raaidanta at the atatacapitol buildinq
coverage oqanizing and effectively coordinating aadiaand gathering and diaaaa inati nq intonation and data onthe facility
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in tha l at a 1970a the Korth Saithfiald t own council becabullbullact ive in iaauaa involving tha L RR a i ta Tha tovn councildpraclaradaaidant flaw to Waahington t o bullbullbullt with EPA officiala lha t ownthe Slataraville Aquifer to ba awater aource of municipaland raquaated that an Environmental Impact Aaaasamant beprepared aa part of an attempt to close the landfill throughaction court
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Believinq that atate and tadaral authoritiaaraaponaiva North Saithtield toraed a taak vera not beif9
vaata torca on hazardouaheaded by the town council praaidant and includinq auberaot POW and SNS Tha taak torebull hired conaultanta and engineeringtina to help thea qathar data to be uaed in their ettortaconvince the etate laqialatura the courta RIDM and EPA to to
aoae type of action In all North Saithfialc apant over taka
in an effort $100000colllJiunity atatac
to build their caaa several aaabara of thetheir atrong baliat that thia work ahould havebean carried out lly atata and fadaral officiala With the cloainq of tha hazardoua waate portion of the landfilland later the aolid waata landfill aa wall thebean diabandad and taak forca haaaallbara of
POW and SENS have becoaa inactive Moatthe community interviewed atatad that daapitaetforta they have won only a partial victory and aa one their
put it have reaidantpeople
baan latt with a aountain of trouble Severalinterviewed during the preparation of thia plan notedthe landfill riaaa three hundred aavanty faat that
above aaa lavalaakinq it the third hiqhaat apot in northern lUloda IalandThera ia a high leve l ot awaranaaa about hazardoua vaata andanvirormantal iaauaa in the coaaunity
otherMoat raaidanta intarviavaddurinq on-aita diacuaaiona vera taailiar with the otheraitaa in the Superfundarea 1 n-ely the Staaina MillSaithtield the Weatarn San4 Gravel aita in
a ita in Korththa lurrillvilla andof
Davie Liquid aita in Saithfield ltbullbullbull EXhibit 2) All IIUbera_)
the coaunity intarviavK vera aurpriaad to learn thatadditional invaatigation of the URR aita would be9iven that the landfill baa bean cloaed down takinq place
UPDATE OF COIOIUNITY CONCERIIS AND DY ISSUES
The URlt couunity relatione plan prepared in 1983tha folloving aajor co-unity concarna icantitiec
o Hetti to elgae the LiBR Facility Raaicantabelieved that the continued operation of thafacility atill poaad a public health threat o Contowinotion ot the Slattrayilla Aauitar Withovar eighty parcant or the reaidancaa in towndrawinq their water froa privata walla there waaqraat concern about poaaibla conta11ination
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Although the facilityaquifer reaaina the
haa bean cloaed contuination of theaoat praaainq concern of the coaunityConcernbull have bacoaa aora amppacific hovavar ainca tha couunityhaa baqun to axuina poaaibla affacta of contuination not onlyprivata vella but onon aavaral other aapacta of the couunityLiated below are the counitybulla current concerna 0 Cgntamination gf Priyate Wtlla Since 1981 theState haa taatad aany of the private walla withina half ailbull radiua of the alta and althoughalbulloat all of the teata have ahovn nocontaaination raaidanta are hiqhly akaptical of
==bulltfo~t~e0ta~=~= ~dolov~a~ea~i~dmiddot~~contaaination (One raaident aaid that the Stateinatructed hibull to taka water troa hia tap andbrinq it to town hall where it would be pickedup ) Soma raaidenta have bad their walla teatedprivately and claia that the reaulta indicatethat the walla are contuinatld Soae raaidantauaa only bottled water purchaald at their ovnexpanaa Blcauaa teat reaulta of privata wallaara confidential there ara rwaoraapaculation about how far pollution and
uy havaapread
0 Csmtpinatign gf thbull llrtereyille AmampiftrUthouqh the population of northam Rhoda Ialandincreaald draaatically aa the araa baa beandavalopad tha nabar of available vater aourcaabaa r inad the Tba larvaly untappedSlateraville Aquifer offara one of the aoatproaiaing- aourcaa of vatar to auatain thiaeconoaic growth Tbare ia Mrioua concerneapacially on the part of town officiala thatincraaald uaa of tha aquifer aay eventually dravcontaaination into the aquifer and cauaa aaerioua pollution probl Thia aituation ia notviewed aa a probl unique to the URR alta butrather one that involveamp all of the Superfunda itea in the area
o Ptyelgaent and Grgyth Beaidea clean vatareconomic developaant of their town iaSaithfiald reaidenta qraateat concernthe North
Becausethe two iasues are cloaaly linked they ara
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0 conaidered to be dual prioritiea in the coaunity 80111 ot thoaa that favor davelopaant bullbullbull clean water aa a vital nacaaaityJ othara view tha antira contaaination iaaua aa proof that the town naada to davalop a aunicipal vatar aupply aoat likely froa tha Scituate Raaarvoir in central Rhoda Ialanc Thoaa that oppoaa davalopaant point to tha Superfund aitaa aa a coapallinq raaaon for a aoratoriua on davalopaant until it can ba aaaurad that additional buildinq will not incraaaa the probability of contuinatinq the aquifer
0 Proparty yaluea Savaral of tha raaidanta intarviawad raportad that one-third of tha houaaa on Tifft road bava bean tor aala for the paat yaar with no buyara daapita a vary favorable aarkat for hoaa purchaaing Scaa raaidanta apeculatad that tha apparent aacrecy aurrouncUng private vall teating aany reaidenta are reluctant to diwlge their teat reaulta to other reaidenta -- ia related to the fear of loaaea in property valuea 01e reaident of Tifft road ia planning to brin9 l~al action 09ainat tho Town of North saitbtield tor a tax Uatqent becauae hia property haa ~en devalued aa a reault ot bain9 locatad near tho landfill
o Qat pf thbull llbulltbullreyUle Btetryoir The llateraville Reaervoir uaed to be a focal point tor recreation in the coaunity Wt currently ia little uaed Reaidanta tear that runoff troa tht landfill 110untainbull (tho LID aita) hao contuinated the raaervoir
o Htalth Ibulleuea All raaidanta interviewed fear that they and eapecially their children are bain9 oxpoaad to potential health riou llany reaidanta pointed to htalth iaauaa at other ntarby aitea aa indicatorbull of potential probl that aay raault froa tha URR aita
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o latbullty and Stqurity The alta ia iaolated and iacloaed off by only three atranda of barbed wireSoae reaidanta axpraaaed concern that thiabarrier would not be affective in keepingchildren off the aite and they would thereforebe expoaed to poaaible contaaination 0 cogunity bull Dtairt to Hol4 LiRR Accountablt
~Itemiddot~~~bullbulli~nbull~~r~n~~ b~ir~d 4ownara of LIRR had coaplataly cUaraqardad thtconcarna of tha couunity and had aada a aullfortune in the twelve yeara that URR operatedThey uniforly expraaaed tht deaire that theownerbull not be allowed to qet away
0 ~icofw1~~4upIttti~~~ a~tl~ inatalled aa part of r-dial actionbull at anotherSuperfund dto In noivbborinv IIUttillvillothere are plana to develop a water line froa thetJcituate Reaervoir to aupply a power plant bainqbuilt there loae Korth laitbfield raaidanta aetthe Burrillville water line aa a poaaibla -nato develop a town vatu ayata lbe Jlorthsaithfiold town council proddont oxprooood thohope that tho lllgtrrillvillo plono ai9htcoordinated vith plonoIIPAo to providecaprehanaive water ayata for the reqion
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o M4itipnal Sitbullbullmiddot Since Jlorth laithfiald 1bulllocated near ao aany Superfund aitea a caonlyaalted quaation ia Wbare vill they find the nextone several reaidanta 1nterv1av1Mt 4ur1nqon-aita diacuaaiona apoJta of a reported apill atbprex a local aanufacturinq plant The bprexfir ia located halfway between L6RR and thestaaina Killo dto
P OB1EcriVS OP llli UVISED C011Kt111ITY RELATIONS PROGIWI
The aita-aptcific objectivebull for the couunity relationaat the proqruL6RR aite durinq the upcoainq r-ldial activitiea arepraaantad below
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1) Proyidt a bulltatubull rtpgrt of tht eitbull to area raeidtn1bullan4 local officiala To diapel the contuaion regardingtht atatua of tht LRR aitt and EPAbull roltactivitiea in altaan attort ahould be aada to diaatminatabaaic intorwation to the cOJUtunity that deacribearolt and EPAbull activitiea
providebull a achtdulbull of tht planned rtmedial
2) Enliat thbull aupport and participation of local officialaand rtaidtnts in coordinatinq cogunity rtlationsactiyitibullbull To ancouraqa the aupport and participationof local officialbull and intereated citizenbull in theremedial effort it ia bullbullbullbullntial that theae individualbullare reqularly and tully intoratd ot aite activitieaplana findingbull and developatnta contact aay be madaby ttlephonbull calla or by aail Intoraal aeetinga mightalao be achedultd periodically to aolicit and reapond toqueationa frobull the couunity
In addition holding brietinga and meetina with localotticiala aaintainin intorwation rtpoeitoritl and acurrent aailing lilt are all effective waya to kltpintertattd public and local officialbull the
inforatd aboutaitt activitita Zncourain inttreattd partiebull toparticipate in planninq and coordinating coaunityrelationbull activitbullbull ia anotbtr approach for kttpinthu involved in and aupportive ot ruecUalunclortallten at tho oito tftorta
The North Saithfitld town adainiatrator and tht fivetown council aUra art appropriate local officialbull toinvolve in a coaaunity rtlationa proqru M-bera ofPOW and reaidenta who live in cloat proxiaity to thtoito ohould be an intoral port of all c01111unityrtlationa activitbullbullmiddot
3) Notify local ofticiala and araa rtaidentbullactiyitiee of titbulland prqyidt folloy-up inforwation on tbtaaactiyi1iea conciae and eaaily underatandablaintonation about the purpoat and achtdule of technicaland other aita-rtlattd activitiea ahould bt aadeavailable to local otticiala and area reaidanta Beforeaitt activity bagina local officialbull and atfactadreaidanta ahould be notified by telephone In additionZPA may wiah to intora theat individualbull ot thepottntial impacta (a q noiae and increaeed traffic)that might reault froa aite activity Information onthe outcome of technical activitiea auch bullbull aamplinq andmonitaring alao ahould be aade available
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Where intonation cannot be released to the publicexaaple enforceaent-aenaitive inforaation) a clear (forandaiaple explanation aa to why the inforaation auat bewithheld ia appropriate EPA couunity relationbull ataff
~~~~erou~eteto ~ifiz~ecf~~~raiiti ~required or where certain typea of intonation aradeaired by specific individualamp or qroupa ownerbull For exaapleof property where aamplas are taken ahould baprovided with follow-up explanationbull of what waaand the aaaplectteat reaulta of the aamplea taken froaproperty thair
4) Enwura that inguiritw from thbull copunity art handledefficientlyable to
The couunity and local officialbull auat becontact aomeone knowledqeable about tha XRRaite for intonation about aite activitiaa and toexpreaa other quaationa or concernbull that uy ariaethe Ifexiatinq contact person ia replaced the co-unityahould be notified proaptly 5) coordinate actiyitibullbull at all Supartun4IUImiddot Diss-ination of inforaation
witbullbull in thbullSuperfund reqarcUnq theprogru and other relevant inforaationia not apecific to the URR aite ahould be
thatcoordinated UOft9 the various r-edial actiona
carefullytakift9 place currentlyInfonaation disa-ination effortbullbe integrated not dupl icatad
ahould
G COIOMIIlY ULJTIONS ACTIVITIES
Several activitiaa are outlined below to achievedeacribed the objectivebullin aection P A achedule illuatratinqthaaa activitiea ia on paqe 17 the tiainq of
1 Maintain information rtpgsitories
Maintaininq inforaation repositories willltey aateriala on the URR alta -- auch as ensure that
technical suaaries site reports fact sheeta
plana co-unity relationbulland other relevant inforaation on the Superfundproqraa -- are available to the public The locationbullfor theabull repositories are the North Smithfield PublicLibrary and the North Saithfiald Memorial Town HallThese repositories will be coordinated withrepositories aatablillhed informationfor other Superfund aitea inNorth Saithtiold
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An PA technical and coaunity relationa atatt peraon are deaiqnated to reaponcl directly to all public inquiriea regarding aite activitiea The naae addreaa and telephone nUJibar ot the contacta are liated in Appendix A and will ba indicated clearly on au aateriala bullada available to the public Theae EPA contact peraona will coordinate with atate and local otticiala when aaking contact with the aedia
0~todtfteauiitglig~t=n and sgntast tho
The North Smithfield town adainiatrator and town council preaiclent have indicated that they want to be kept informed about plana and findinga on the URR aite Thia effort aay be accoapliahed through periodic corraapondence brietinga and intonal aeatinqa
Whenever poaaible bullbullbulltinge with local otticiala will include both EPA technical and PA COJUIUnity ralationa ataft Meatinqa will be held on an aa-neadad baaia1 apecitically it there ia a cbanqe in achadule or if aiqnificant findinqa are aade at the alta
Conduct inforul bullbullbulltiMe yitb reeidentbull and gtheraf(ested partiee
Inforaal aeatinqa with reaidenta and other affected partiea will be held on an aa-neadad baaia1 apecifically before RI activitiea bein and at the coaptation of the draft rs report The aaetinqa will include intereated citiaena the IP- reqional aite project officer and an PA couunity relationbullcoordinator
~~tabera of the preea prigr to firbullt publis
Area newepapera auch aa Thbull Proyidance Jgurnol lbl_ Wognegcket Call and Thbull Qbeervar are read widely in the couunity and have cqverec1 the URR atory extenaively tor a number of yeara Given the coDunitybulla confuaion over activitiea that have taken place at the aite a feature atory eorting out the facta and outlining the work atill to be done will greatly facilitate the tirat public aaetinga EPA technical and coiiJDunity relationbull ataff will arrange praaa briatinqa ten daya to two weeki before the tirat achedulecl aeetinq
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6 Condyst a pyhlic intoraetign weetinq on the vorls plan
Prior to initiating field activitiea EPA will conduct a public intollation aeeting to infoll reaidenta and other interested partiea about RIFS activitiea planned at the aita At thia aaeting the public will be encouraged to aak questions about the acope of work praaantad in the workplan and othar related iaauea EPA will coordinate closely with local otficiala regarding tht loqiatica and agenda of this bulleetinq Sugqaated matting locations ara included in Appendix B
7 Prtpart fact abeeta
A tact sheet ia required on the FS outlining the cleanup alternatives considered at the LRR site Additional tact ahttta ara required to explain EPA bulla selected alternative aa announce in the Record of Daciaion (ROD an4 when the engineering 4ea iqn ot the r adial alternative ia coapleted
Ac14itional fact aheeta aay be relaaat4 at the beginning of the reatc1ial invtatqation to intona area raai4anta and other interaattc1 citiaena about EPA 1 a site plana and the proce4urea ot the Superfun4 proqraa an4 at the conclusion of the RI to infona the public of aiqnificant finclinvo Anothor fact ohoot y bo proHirocl Vhich explaina the EPA enforcnt process at Superfunc aitea
Fact aheata will be aailtc1 to intertatac1 cithena the North Saithfiel4 town offices JUDD and Rhoda Ialanc Opartaant of Health (RIDOH) staff an4 area navapapara
I Proyidt Y reltttta to losal newapaPra
Prapart4 atattaenta will be released to local and area newspapers to notify the couunity of any public aaetings to notify the public when site activity ia achedultd to btqin and to announce discovery of any aiqnificant findings at the aitt during the RIS
Additional newa raleaaaa will be prepared prior to tha public couent period on the draft S report and at the tiaa of the announceaent of the ROD
Addresses and telephone numbers of local and area newspapers art included in Appendix A
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Conduct a public coptnt ptriod gn the draft ftaeihilitxatudy rtport
A ainiaua three-week public couent period with at leaat two weeks review tiae before the atart of the couent period is required to allow citizenbull to expreaa their opiniona on EPAbull preferred alternative for reaedial action at the LIIRR site Couunity participation will be encouraqtd at thia point by tellinq citiztna that their opinionbull will be incorporated in the final cltanupdeciaion
A public aeetinq held durinq the public comment period will provide PA the opportunity to anawer citizenbullbull queationa directly and to explain the recouended reaedial alternativea A public aeetinq will alae provide intereated citizenbull an opportunity to aak queationa and aake coaenta to EPA Suqqested locationa for the aeetinCJ are included in Appendix B The lOCJittica and aqenda of the aeetinq will be coordinated with Korth Saithfield town officiala
rreart a reapgneiyeneaa bullUWMry
A reaponaiveneaa auaary ia required aa part of the ROD for the aite It will IUJU1ari1e pul)lic concernbull and iaaues raiaed throuqhout the RIFS and indicate hov EPA reapondtd to theae concerna
Btyiee the eggunity relttigna plan tor thbull LiBR bullitbull Once the ROD for the L6RR lite hat been iaaued thit coaunity relatione plan will be reviaed to include coaunity relations activitiea appropriate to the reaedial daaiqn and r edial action (RDRA) phbullbullbullbull The reviaion of the coaunity relatione plan will
o Update facta and verify the inforaation included in thia coaaunity relatione plan prtpared for the RIFS
o Alaeaa the couunity relations proqru to date and indicate whether the aame or different approachtawill be talten during the RDRA phaae11
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0 Identity any new concerna that uy have ariaen in tho couunity oinco thio roviooltl couunityrelatione plan vaa prepared and
0 Develop a atrateqy to pr1par1 the couunity for ita future role in thbull RDRA procbullbullbull and in tha onqoinqoperation and aaintananca ot the ~RR aite
Givan tha high level of intaraat in tha LRR aitbull counity intarviava will be hale prior to tha ravbion of tha ~RR co-unity relatione plan
l3 Pbullripdically uJ)sate piling Hat
A liat of the indivicuala and organization area contacta includinq federal officiala atata and local ofticiala intareata4 raaidenta and udia repreaentativbulla ia includoltl in Appendix A EPA will expand one rovioo thio liat aa naceaaary middot
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The Town of Jlorth Saithfielct baa recently eatablillhlc a vator authority that 1o bucloltl by tho town council pruiclent With tha conatruction at a vatar line to lurrillvillo one tho inotollotion by IPA ot vator oyotou at nearby auportuncl oitoo tho town io bopin9 to develop an overall vatar atratetn lecauae BPA actiona will bo intaltJral in any oucb plano tho tocbnical anc1 coaaunity relatione atatt tor ~RR Waatem land Cravol Staaina llillo and tho Davia Liquicl Waoto Superfund aitea llhoulc be preparlc to t toqether an4 with atate and local otficiala to coordinate activitiaa attactivaly
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APPEIIDIX A
IIITRSTD PARTIES
A Ftdttal ltgtad Otticitla
Senator Claiborne Ptll
Diatrist Office 418 Ft4tral Courthouat Building Providence RI 02903
Waahinqton DC Office 335 Ruaatll Senate Office BuildingWaahinqton DC 20510
Senator John Chaftt
Dietricent Office 301 Paatort Ftctral Building Providence RI 02903
blhinetqn rx OfCiee s 567 Diruen senate Office Buildift9 Wallbinvton DC 20511
lbpruentative lernand J st Ganaain let Diatrict
Dietriet oCUcts 204 John z r09arty Buildin9 Providence RI 02903
lathinqton QC Oftiee 2108 Rayburn Mouat Office luildinq Waahinqton DC 20510
8 State Elected Officialbull
Senator Paul s Jttlly 30th Diotrict
Diatrict Offiee 451 Victory Highway North Saithfiald RI 02895
Proyictnct Oftict co Deputy Majority Leaderbull Office State Houae Room 117 Providence RI 02903
401528-5456
202224-4642
401528-5294
202224-2921
401521-5050
202225-Ull
401767-3567
401227-6896
Rapraaantativa Jticlt Roaati Uat Diatrict
EUISiJigt QIUgl t Roaelavn Avenue P O lkgtx 131 Slateraville RI 03176
401766-4854
ltsaidiDsil Qllit t co Office of the SpeakerState Houae Providence RI 02903
401227-2466
Repreaentative Albert G Brien 6Znd Diatrict
12iiSiJisiSi QIUsil t 13 s outh Mai n s t reet Woonaocltat RI 02195
bszxidiDSil QIUsil CO Office of the Speaker atate Bouaa Providence RI 02103
RaproHJltativo Maney L Benoit 64th Diatrict
401766-3416
401227-2466
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e DiBtimi Qllisat 21 larkaly Strut WocmaocJtet AI 02115
401766-7101
bllidiDSil fUIislt co Oftico of tho Speaker state Bouaa Provictance RI 02903
401227-2466
c lampsiill Qllisiilll
Arthur Denoaae Town Maini atrator Mnorial Town Ha l l Slateravil le RI 02876
401 767-2200
Xenneth M Bianchi Town council Preaictent 23 Saithfiold Road North Saithtiold RI 02895
401463-8700
Roland Boucher Town Councilor Great Road North Smithfield RI 02895
401765-2000
DavieS A tovett Town Councilor 410 Victory Hiqhvay North saithfio1d RI oags
Ronald N Renaud Town Councilor Wildwood Road Foreatdale RI
Jaaea X Saloae Town Councilor 18 Pound Hill Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Paul Boulaqerone Town Solicitor Meaorial Town Hall Slateraville RI 02876
Richard Brady Chief of Police IS Saithfio1d Rood lrforth Sa ithfield RI 02895
Edward Cournoyer Fire Chief Buaineaa Office St Peul Street lrforth laithfield RI 02195
llorth laithfio1cl Firo Dopartaont 24 Boou- laorqoncy _r
D D I KnyirpQMn1tl Prottstign Wncy
Patty D1Andrea Coaunity Relatione Coordinator 01 nvironaental Protection AqencyRPA-2203 J r JtennecSy Federal Buildinq Beaton MA 02203
John Gallagher Reaectial Project Officer Us nvironaantal Protection AgencyIISV-1107 J r XbullNlbullcSy Federal BuildingBoaton MA 02203
Richard Boynton Chief Rhode Ialand and
Ver111ont Superfund Section US Environaantal Protection AqancyHSV-1107 J F Cannady Federal Building Boston MA 02203
401767-2400
401438-67SO
401762-0434 401767-6633
401762-1212
401762-1135
401762-1414
617S65-342S
617565-3641
617565-3688
lt1t1 biiUilill
Pelix Harvey Diviaion ot Air and 401277-2797
Ha1ardoua Materiala Rhoca Ialand Departant at
Environaantal Manaqnt 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providence RI 02908
John Haqopoian 401277-6867Chiat ot Diviaion ot Watar Supply
Rhoda I a land Departaant at Haalth 75 middot Davia Straat Rooa 209 Providence RI 02908 ~tl=
~ Anthony patain Ito401277-2797 Rhoda Ialand Departaant ot
Environaantal ManaC)ant 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providanea RI 02901 ~c==
r lfiIQIPra =~ llampjsu HIDHRIZIt Bt
~U ltsDidiDQI ZSiWCIII 401277-7000(Providence Edition) e() 75 Fountain Street
Providence RI
111 bszidiDiiil allmtDII 401277-7091(lloonaocJltat Edition)1 Social Street Wooneockat RI 02195
Dl JlgQQIQSiklt 1111 401762-3000
Woonaockat RI 02895 75 Main Street
tQiill lfiKII21RIZt
b1 212bullbullabullz 401949-2700PO Box C358 Graanvilla RI 02828 (Publiahad waaltly on Thuraday)
APPDDIX B
LOCATIONS POR INPORIIAlIOII UPOSlORIS AND PUBLIC llllIIIGS
A Intoraation Rtpgaitoriea
North Saithfie1d Public Library 4017S7-278020 Main street PO Bcx 296 Slataraville RI 02876
Winter Houra Monday Wec1neaday - 12 PM-5 PH 6 PM-8 PM Tuaaday Thuraday Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - 10 All-2 PM
Suaaer Houra Konday Wednaaday - 12 PM-5 PM 6 PM-8 PM lueedey lhureday - 10 All-5 PM Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - Cloaed
Contact Robin Glaaaar Li))rarian
North laithfie1d Nnor1e1 lovn Ball 401767-2200llaterville RI 02171
Soura Monday - Friday - 130 M-430 PM
Contact1 Arthur Denoae Town Adainiatrator
1 bt1ins Loqatione
llun1cipa1 Annex lluildi~ 401767-220215 laithfie1d Road llorth Saithfie1d RI 02195
Contact Barbara Walab
Halliwell Eleaantary School 401769-5492North Saithtiald School Departaant
Adainiatration RPD 2 Graanvillt Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Contact Jaan Korriaon
APPEIIDIX C
KUIIICIPAL STRUCTUR OP NORTH SMITHFIELD
The Town of North Sbullithtiald Rhode Ialand ia made up ot tiva villagaa Slataravilla Foraatdala Priaroaa Union Village and Waterford Tha villaqaa have no juriadictional municipal or rapraaantativa autonomy
The Town of North Saithfiald ia run by a fiva-aallbar town council Council aallbara are alactad at-larqa for two-year taraa lactiona are non-partban The council maata avery Monday niqht Daily adminiatration of tha town ia the duty of tha town aCSiniatrator who ia alae alactad for a two-year tara Tha town budqat ia dacidad by town uatinq
North Sbullithtiald hae alao recently aatabliahad a water authority which ia appointed by tha town council Tha council praaidant ia currently chairaan of the vatar authority In Novallber 1916 a propoaal tor a new town charter will be put on the ballot The new charter would aatabliah a poaition tor a aalariad town aanagar who would be appointed by the town council
In the atata leialatura North Sbullithtiald ia part of three repreaantative diatricta The veatarn half of the tovn ia part of the lbullt Diatrict which alao includaa the Town of Burrillville The aaatarn portion of the town ia part of the 2nd and lrd diatr1cta which amplao includea the City of Woonaocltet The entire town ia repreaentated in the 30th diatrict of the State Senate
The Town of North Saithtiel4 ia aervice4 by two Poet Otf1cea and haa the following aip codea and acScreaaee
Slateravilla 02876Foreatdale 02824 llorth Saithtiold 02895Woonaockat 02895
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APPIIDIX D
LIST OP PERSONS CONTACTED IN DVZLOPIINT OP THE REVISED COIIIIUIIITY RELATIONS PLAN
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JCenneth K Bianchi June 18 1986 Town Council Prabullidant23 Saithfiold Rd North Saithfiold 02895
i Paul Boulaqerone June 16 1986 Town Solicitor ~ Meaorial Town Hall 0~ Slaterbullville RI 02876 it George Cournoyer June 17 1986 Rabullident living nearPO Box 166
landfill on Tifft Rd lSlateraville RI 02876 ltlc Arthur Dencmae June 16 1986 Town adainiatrator =l-riol Town Ball l l a t erav ille RI 02176 ~iRoland carol Drainvil l o J uno 17 1986 Active aeabera ot 750 Pound Bill lld P o w ebull orth hithfi o l d RI 0219 5
llllrial Halloran Juno 11 1916 Founder at Po wPound Bill lld Reaident livinq nearlforth laithtielcS RI 02195 landfill
m eat Moulico Juno 11 1986 Reaident livinq near1U2 Pound Bill lld landfill North Saithfiold RI 02895
JCate Racine June 17 1986 Rabullidant livinq near153 Old Groat Rd landfillKorth Saithtield RI 02895
Jia llamprion llhito Juno 16 1986 Rabullidenta livinq nearPO Box 437 landfillSlateravilla RI 02876
Carole Whiteley Juno 17 1986 Active in aavaral40 Lapre Rd town ieauaaNorth Saithfield RI 02895
meat Woodworth Juno 17 1986 Raaident livinq nearRPD fl landfill Paat memberPound Hill Rd ot Planning Board Woonaockatt RI 02895
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Exhibit 1 SITE LOCATION MAP
LandfiN and ReiOWce Recovery North Smithfield Rhode leland
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Town of North Smithfield Rhode leland
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In 1110 the facil1tybulla solid vaate licenae wea renewed by RIDMand URR aubbullitted prelibullinary plana for the final cloaure oflandfill thereviaed
After a aeriea of ordera and hearinqa UltR aubbullitted acloaure plan in late 1110 Alao in 1110North the Town ofSbullithfield requeated PA to conduct an nvirormentalAaaeaabullent Impactof the aite Thia waa part of the effort that led tocompletion of a National Prioritiea checlcliat in 1982 to daten-inaif the aite ahould be placed on the National Prioritiea Liat (NPLand thua become eligible for Superfund funda
In 1183 the LRR facility waa placed on the National PrioritiesLiat The operatorbull of LRR agreed to pertora atudiea equivalentto a romodial 1nvost1gat1on and toaoibility otudy (RIFS) whichwould examine the extent of contaaination and develop optionbull toremediate any problbullbullbull found In June 1184 EPA prepared a draftAdJiiniatrative Conaant Order and beqan enforcebullent neqotiationawith IARR but an aqreeaent between PA and LRR waa never reachedand the RIFS waa never initiated LRR cUeS enter into anagreent to which EPA ia not a party with RIDEM in June ofreqardincJ the closure of the facility 1183
The c1iapoal of non-hazardoua vaate at the aite continued into1185 until the capacity of the lanclfill waa reached aa apecifiedin the agreement reachec1 with Rhode I a land in 1113 A cap haabeen placed over aoat of the landfill and final qradinq andveqetatinq of the area will be copletecS in the auaer of 1186 Three atranda of barbed wire act aa a containaent fence aroundoito the
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The Town of North saithtield ia a pictureaque New En9landcoaunity rurally situated between Providence and Boatonalnduatrial belt alone Route 415 Oriqinally a mill town NorthSaitbfiold hoo little induotry today vitb aoro tban halttownbullbull of thopopulation couutinq to Providence nearby Woonaocket andthe loaton area
middotIn general currant reaidenta of North Saithfield middot can beca tegorizedin town
aa being in one of two qroupa thoae that have livedfor qenerationa anc1 thoae that are part of anprofeaaionala influx ofThia influx haa been talcinq place tor overyeara Although thia town ia atill vary rural in tenaa of thirty
aattinqanc1 population -- there are 10000 residents in twenty-five aquareailbullbull -- there is a davelopaant boom in North Smithfield andaurroundinq couunitiea theSoma reaidents believe that uncheckeddevelopment will eventually ruin the character and charmtown while otherbull look to it aa a aource of of the
expanded municipalaervices and leaaening of tax burdena
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D HISTORY OP COMIIUIIITY IHVOLVEIlIIT
One reaidant interviewed during the preparation of thia couunityrelationbull plan daacribad co-unity involvaaant at URR aa baingbulltwelve yaara of uttar total fruatration In the twelve yaaraainca L5RR purchaaad the facility the laval of couunity intaraatand concern baa bean axtraaaly high and baa included theforaation of two local anvironaantal group11 the paaaing of twoatata lawa regarding paraitting of waata facilitiaat the filing ofaavaral legal actionar and axtanaiva aadia coverage Throughoutthia period couunity raaidanta have continually believed thatthey have bean battling a larqa vall-financed politicallyshyconnected oppoaition Moreover it baa bean alleged bythaaa raaidanta that organized criaa ia 10111 of
involved in LRRfacility They theview RIDEM aa baing inapt and poaaibly evan inc olluaion with tha intaraata of t ha l andfill They view EPA aabeing unraaponaiva and indiff erent t o their concarna In 1974 a l arge nubar of truckamp tranaporti ngvhich vaat a (aoaa ofbelonged to lruk-Avay owned and operated by thaURR) ovna r a ofthrough the coaaunity cauaad a oat na ighbora to bacoaaof the landfill for tha firat tiaa
awareIn addition to LRR thaaatrucka vera alao bringing vaataa to Waatarn SandSuperfund Gravel anotheraita vhich ia adjacent to URRorvaniaationa vera foaed -- Protect our watara (POW)
Two citiaanthe Environaent of forth Saithfiald Inc (BEllS)
and savinvaeventiea ampEMS In the lataaponaorad two environaantal foruaaSaithfield in Mortbto focua attention on URR 1featem Sand Graveltvo other Superfund aitea in northern Rhoda Ialand (Picillo
andWaataDiapol in coventry and Davia Liquid in Baithfiald)
POW vaa forad in 1978 by aavara1 aabera of Marth Saithfialdaconaervation Coaaiaaion The Coaaiaaion had received coaplaintaabout the operation of URR POW vaa inatl1Dantal in the paaaaCJeof atata lava to ban haaardoua and aolid vaata facilitiaa fr011baing located over aquifereoqaniampinCJ ralliaa The C)roupbulla activitiaa includedof up to ona thouaand raaidanta at the atatacapitol buildinq
coverage oqanizing and effectively coordinating aadiaand gathering and diaaaa inati nq intonation and data onthe facility
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in tha l at a 1970a the Korth Saithfiald t own council becabullbullact ive in iaauaa involving tha L RR a i ta Tha tovn councildpraclaradaaidant flaw to Waahington t o bullbullbullt with EPA officiala lha t ownthe Slataraville Aquifer to ba awater aource of municipaland raquaated that an Environmental Impact Aaaasamant beprepared aa part of an attempt to close the landfill throughaction court
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Believinq that atate and tadaral authoritiaaraaponaiva North Saithtield toraed a taak vera not beif9
vaata torca on hazardouaheaded by the town council praaidant and includinq auberaot POW and SNS Tha taak torebull hired conaultanta and engineeringtina to help thea qathar data to be uaed in their ettortaconvince the etate laqialatura the courta RIDM and EPA to to
aoae type of action In all North Saithfialc apant over taka
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to build their caaa several aaabara of thetheir atrong baliat that thia work ahould havebean carried out lly atata and fadaral officiala With the cloainq of tha hazardoua waate portion of the landfilland later the aolid waata landfill aa wall thebean diabandad and taak forca haaaallbara of
POW and SENS have becoaa inactive Moatthe community interviewed atatad that daapitaetforta they have won only a partial victory and aa one their
put it have reaidantpeople
baan latt with a aountain of trouble Severalinterviewed during the preparation of thia plan notedthe landfill riaaa three hundred aavanty faat that
above aaa lavalaakinq it the third hiqhaat apot in northern lUloda IalandThera ia a high leve l ot awaranaaa about hazardoua vaata andanvirormantal iaauaa in the coaaunity
otherMoat raaidanta intarviavaddurinq on-aita diacuaaiona vera taailiar with the otheraitaa in the Superfundarea 1 n-ely the Staaina MillSaithtield the Weatarn San4 Gravel aita in
a ita in Korththa lurrillvilla andof
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the coaunity intarviavK vera aurpriaad to learn thatadditional invaatigation of the URR aita would be9iven that the landfill baa bean cloaed down takinq place
UPDATE OF COIOIUNITY CONCERIIS AND DY ISSUES
The URlt couunity relatione plan prepared in 1983tha folloving aajor co-unity concarna icantitiec
o Hetti to elgae the LiBR Facility Raaicantabelieved that the continued operation of thafacility atill poaad a public health threat o Contowinotion ot the Slattrayilla Aauitar Withovar eighty parcant or the reaidancaa in towndrawinq their water froa privata walla there waaqraat concern about poaaibla conta11ination
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Although the facilityaquifer reaaina the
haa bean cloaed contuination of theaoat praaainq concern of the coaunityConcernbull have bacoaa aora amppacific hovavar ainca tha couunityhaa baqun to axuina poaaibla affacta of contuination not onlyprivata vella but onon aavaral other aapacta of the couunityLiated below are the counitybulla current concerna 0 Cgntamination gf Priyate Wtlla Since 1981 theState haa taatad aany of the private walla withina half ailbull radiua of the alta and althoughalbulloat all of the teata have ahovn nocontaaination raaidanta are hiqhly akaptical of
==bulltfo~t~e0ta~=~= ~dolov~a~ea~i~dmiddot~~contaaination (One raaident aaid that the Stateinatructed hibull to taka water troa hia tap andbrinq it to town hall where it would be pickedup ) Soma raaidenta have bad their walla teatedprivately and claia that the reaulta indicatethat the walla are contuinatld Soae raaidantauaa only bottled water purchaald at their ovnexpanaa Blcauaa teat reaulta of privata wallaara confidential there ara rwaoraapaculation about how far pollution and
uy havaapread
0 Csmtpinatign gf thbull llrtereyille AmampiftrUthouqh the population of northam Rhoda Ialandincreaald draaatically aa the araa baa beandavalopad tha nabar of available vater aourcaabaa r inad the Tba larvaly untappedSlateraville Aquifer offara one of the aoatproaiaing- aourcaa of vatar to auatain thiaeconoaic growth Tbare ia Mrioua concerneapacially on the part of town officiala thatincraaald uaa of tha aquifer aay eventually dravcontaaination into the aquifer and cauaa aaerioua pollution probl Thia aituation ia notviewed aa a probl unique to the URR alta butrather one that involveamp all of the Superfunda itea in the area
o Ptyelgaent and Grgyth Beaidea clean vatareconomic developaant of their town iaSaithfiald reaidenta qraateat concernthe North
Becausethe two iasues are cloaaly linked they ara
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0 conaidered to be dual prioritiea in the coaunity 80111 ot thoaa that favor davelopaant bullbullbull clean water aa a vital nacaaaityJ othara view tha antira contaaination iaaua aa proof that the town naada to davalop a aunicipal vatar aupply aoat likely froa tha Scituate Raaarvoir in central Rhoda Ialanc Thoaa that oppoaa davalopaant point to tha Superfund aitaa aa a coapallinq raaaon for a aoratoriua on davalopaant until it can ba aaaurad that additional buildinq will not incraaaa the probability of contuinatinq the aquifer
0 Proparty yaluea Savaral of tha raaidanta intarviawad raportad that one-third of tha houaaa on Tifft road bava bean tor aala for the paat yaar with no buyara daapita a vary favorable aarkat for hoaa purchaaing Scaa raaidanta apeculatad that tha apparent aacrecy aurrouncUng private vall teating aany reaidenta are reluctant to diwlge their teat reaulta to other reaidenta -- ia related to the fear of loaaea in property valuea 01e reaident of Tifft road ia planning to brin9 l~al action 09ainat tho Town of North saitbtield tor a tax Uatqent becauae hia property haa ~en devalued aa a reault ot bain9 locatad near tho landfill
o Qat pf thbull llbulltbullreyUle Btetryoir The llateraville Reaervoir uaed to be a focal point tor recreation in the coaunity Wt currently ia little uaed Reaidanta tear that runoff troa tht landfill 110untainbull (tho LID aita) hao contuinated the raaervoir
o Htalth Ibulleuea All raaidanta interviewed fear that they and eapecially their children are bain9 oxpoaad to potential health riou llany reaidanta pointed to htalth iaauaa at other ntarby aitea aa indicatorbull of potential probl that aay raault froa tha URR aita
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o latbullty and Stqurity The alta ia iaolated and iacloaed off by only three atranda of barbed wireSoae reaidanta axpraaaed concern that thiabarrier would not be affective in keepingchildren off the aite and they would thereforebe expoaed to poaaible contaaination 0 cogunity bull Dtairt to Hol4 LiRR Accountablt
~Itemiddot~~~bullbulli~nbull~~r~n~~ b~ir~d 4ownara of LIRR had coaplataly cUaraqardad thtconcarna of tha couunity and had aada a aullfortune in the twelve yeara that URR operatedThey uniforly expraaaed tht deaire that theownerbull not be allowed to qet away
0 ~icofw1~~4upIttti~~~ a~tl~ inatalled aa part of r-dial actionbull at anotherSuperfund dto In noivbborinv IIUttillvillothere are plana to develop a water line froa thetJcituate Reaervoir to aupply a power plant bainqbuilt there loae Korth laitbfield raaidanta aetthe Burrillville water line aa a poaaibla -nato develop a town vatu ayata lbe Jlorthsaithfiold town council proddont oxprooood thohope that tho lllgtrrillvillo plono ai9htcoordinated vith plonoIIPAo to providecaprehanaive water ayata for the reqion
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o M4itipnal Sitbullbullmiddot Since Jlorth laithfiald 1bulllocated near ao aany Superfund aitea a caonlyaalted quaation ia Wbare vill they find the nextone several reaidanta 1nterv1av1Mt 4ur1nqon-aita diacuaaiona apoJta of a reported apill atbprex a local aanufacturinq plant The bprexfir ia located halfway between L6RR and thestaaina Killo dto
P OB1EcriVS OP llli UVISED C011Kt111ITY RELATIONS PROGIWI
The aita-aptcific objectivebull for the couunity relationaat the proqruL6RR aite durinq the upcoainq r-ldial activitiea arepraaantad below
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1) Proyidt a bulltatubull rtpgrt of tht eitbull to area raeidtn1bullan4 local officiala To diapel the contuaion regardingtht atatua of tht LRR aitt and EPAbull roltactivitiea in altaan attort ahould be aada to diaatminatabaaic intorwation to the cOJUtunity that deacribearolt and EPAbull activitiea
providebull a achtdulbull of tht planned rtmedial
2) Enliat thbull aupport and participation of local officialaand rtaidtnts in coordinatinq cogunity rtlationsactiyitibullbull To ancouraqa the aupport and participationof local officialbull and intereated citizenbull in theremedial effort it ia bullbullbullbullntial that theae individualbullare reqularly and tully intoratd ot aite activitieaplana findingbull and developatnta contact aay be madaby ttlephonbull calla or by aail Intoraal aeetinga mightalao be achedultd periodically to aolicit and reapond toqueationa frobull the couunity
In addition holding brietinga and meetina with localotticiala aaintainin intorwation rtpoeitoritl and acurrent aailing lilt are all effective waya to kltpintertattd public and local officialbull the
inforatd aboutaitt activitita Zncourain inttreattd partiebull toparticipate in planninq and coordinating coaunityrelationbull activitbullbull ia anotbtr approach for kttpinthu involved in and aupportive ot ruecUalunclortallten at tho oito tftorta
The North Saithfitld town adainiatrator and tht fivetown council aUra art appropriate local officialbull toinvolve in a coaaunity rtlationa proqru M-bera ofPOW and reaidenta who live in cloat proxiaity to thtoito ohould be an intoral port of all c01111unityrtlationa activitbullbullmiddot
3) Notify local ofticiala and araa rtaidentbullactiyitiee of titbulland prqyidt folloy-up inforwation on tbtaaactiyi1iea conciae and eaaily underatandablaintonation about the purpoat and achtdule of technicaland other aita-rtlattd activitiea ahould bt aadeavailable to local otticiala and area reaidanta Beforeaitt activity bagina local officialbull and atfactadreaidanta ahould be notified by telephone In additionZPA may wiah to intora theat individualbull ot thepottntial impacta (a q noiae and increaeed traffic)that might reault froa aite activity Information onthe outcome of technical activitiea auch bullbull aamplinq andmonitaring alao ahould be aade available
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Where intonation cannot be released to the publicexaaple enforceaent-aenaitive inforaation) a clear (forandaiaple explanation aa to why the inforaation auat bewithheld ia appropriate EPA couunity relationbull ataff
~~~~erou~eteto ~ifiz~ecf~~~raiiti ~required or where certain typea of intonation aradeaired by specific individualamp or qroupa ownerbull For exaapleof property where aamplas are taken ahould baprovided with follow-up explanationbull of what waaand the aaaplectteat reaulta of the aamplea taken froaproperty thair
4) Enwura that inguiritw from thbull copunity art handledefficientlyable to
The couunity and local officialbull auat becontact aomeone knowledqeable about tha XRRaite for intonation about aite activitiaa and toexpreaa other quaationa or concernbull that uy ariaethe Ifexiatinq contact person ia replaced the co-unityahould be notified proaptly 5) coordinate actiyitibullbull at all Supartun4IUImiddot Diss-ination of inforaation
witbullbull in thbullSuperfund reqarcUnq theprogru and other relevant inforaationia not apecific to the URR aite ahould be
thatcoordinated UOft9 the various r-edial actiona
carefullytakift9 place currentlyInfonaation disa-ination effortbullbe integrated not dupl icatad
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G COIOMIIlY ULJTIONS ACTIVITIES
Several activitiaa are outlined below to achievedeacribed the objectivebullin aection P A achedule illuatratinqthaaa activitiea ia on paqe 17 the tiainq of
1 Maintain information rtpgsitories
Maintaininq inforaation repositories willltey aateriala on the URR alta -- auch as ensure that
technical suaaries site reports fact sheeta
plana co-unity relationbulland other relevant inforaation on the Superfundproqraa -- are available to the public The locationbullfor theabull repositories are the North Smithfield PublicLibrary and the North Saithfiald Memorial Town HallThese repositories will be coordinated withrepositories aatablillhed informationfor other Superfund aitea inNorth Saithtiold
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An PA technical and coaunity relationa atatt peraon are deaiqnated to reaponcl directly to all public inquiriea regarding aite activitiea The naae addreaa and telephone nUJibar ot the contacta are liated in Appendix A and will ba indicated clearly on au aateriala bullada available to the public Theae EPA contact peraona will coordinate with atate and local otticiala when aaking contact with the aedia
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The North Smithfield town adainiatrator and town council preaiclent have indicated that they want to be kept informed about plana and findinga on the URR aite Thia effort aay be accoapliahed through periodic corraapondence brietinga and intonal aeatinqa
Whenever poaaible bullbullbulltinge with local otticiala will include both EPA technical and PA COJUIUnity ralationa ataft Meatinqa will be held on an aa-neadad baaia1 apecitically it there ia a cbanqe in achadule or if aiqnificant findinqa are aade at the alta
Conduct inforul bullbullbulltiMe yitb reeidentbull and gtheraf(ested partiee
Inforaal aeatinqa with reaidenta and other affected partiea will be held on an aa-neadad baaia1 apecifically before RI activitiea bein and at the coaptation of the draft rs report The aaetinqa will include intereated citiaena the IP- reqional aite project officer and an PA couunity relationbullcoordinator
~~tabera of the preea prigr to firbullt publis
Area newepapera auch aa Thbull Proyidance Jgurnol lbl_ Wognegcket Call and Thbull Qbeervar are read widely in the couunity and have cqverec1 the URR atory extenaively tor a number of yeara Given the coDunitybulla confuaion over activitiea that have taken place at the aite a feature atory eorting out the facta and outlining the work atill to be done will greatly facilitate the tirat public aaetinga EPA technical and coiiJDunity relationbull ataff will arrange praaa briatinqa ten daya to two weeki before the tirat achedulecl aeetinq
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Prior to initiating field activitiea EPA will conduct a public intollation aeeting to infoll reaidenta and other interested partiea about RIFS activitiea planned at the aita At thia aaeting the public will be encouraged to aak questions about the acope of work praaantad in the workplan and othar related iaauea EPA will coordinate closely with local otficiala regarding tht loqiatica and agenda of this bulleetinq Sugqaated matting locations ara included in Appendix B
7 Prtpart fact abeeta
A tact sheet ia required on the FS outlining the cleanup alternatives considered at the LRR site Additional tact ahttta ara required to explain EPA bulla selected alternative aa announce in the Record of Daciaion (ROD an4 when the engineering 4ea iqn ot the r adial alternative ia coapleted
Ac14itional fact aheeta aay be relaaat4 at the beginning of the reatc1ial invtatqation to intona area raai4anta and other interaattc1 citiaena about EPA 1 a site plana and the proce4urea ot the Superfun4 proqraa an4 at the conclusion of the RI to infona the public of aiqnificant finclinvo Anothor fact ohoot y bo proHirocl Vhich explaina the EPA enforcnt process at Superfunc aitea
Fact aheata will be aailtc1 to intertatac1 cithena the North Saithfiel4 town offices JUDD and Rhoda Ialanc Opartaant of Health (RIDOH) staff an4 area navapapara
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Prapart4 atattaenta will be released to local and area newspapers to notify the couunity of any public aaetings to notify the public when site activity ia achedultd to btqin and to announce discovery of any aiqnificant findings at the aitt during the RIS
Additional newa raleaaaa will be prepared prior to tha public couent period on the draft S report and at the tiaa of the announceaent of the ROD
Addresses and telephone numbers of local and area newspapers art included in Appendix A
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A ainiaua three-week public couent period with at leaat two weeks review tiae before the atart of the couent period is required to allow citizenbull to expreaa their opiniona on EPAbull preferred alternative for reaedial action at the LIIRR site Couunity participation will be encouraqtd at thia point by tellinq citiztna that their opinionbull will be incorporated in the final cltanupdeciaion
A public aeetinq held durinq the public comment period will provide PA the opportunity to anawer citizenbullbull queationa directly and to explain the recouended reaedial alternativea A public aeetinq will alae provide intereated citizenbull an opportunity to aak queationa and aake coaenta to EPA Suqqested locationa for the aeetinCJ are included in Appendix B The lOCJittica and aqenda of the aeetinq will be coordinated with Korth Saithfield town officiala
rreart a reapgneiyeneaa bullUWMry
A reaponaiveneaa auaary ia required aa part of the ROD for the aite It will IUJU1ari1e pul)lic concernbull and iaaues raiaed throuqhout the RIFS and indicate hov EPA reapondtd to theae concerna
Btyiee the eggunity relttigna plan tor thbull LiBR bullitbull Once the ROD for the L6RR lite hat been iaaued thit coaunity relatione plan will be reviaed to include coaunity relations activitiea appropriate to the reaedial daaiqn and r edial action (RDRA) phbullbullbullbull The reviaion of the coaunity relatione plan will
o Update facta and verify the inforaation included in thia coaaunity relatione plan prtpared for the RIFS
o Alaeaa the couunity relations proqru to date and indicate whether the aame or different approachtawill be talten during the RDRA phaae11
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0 Develop a atrateqy to pr1par1 the couunity for ita future role in thbull RDRA procbullbullbull and in tha onqoinqoperation and aaintananca ot the ~RR aite
Givan tha high level of intaraat in tha LRR aitbull counity intarviava will be hale prior to tha ravbion of tha ~RR co-unity relatione plan
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A liat of the indivicuala and organization area contacta includinq federal officiala atata and local ofticiala intareata4 raaidenta and udia repreaentativbulla ia includoltl in Appendix A EPA will expand one rovioo thio liat aa naceaaary middot
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APPEIIDIX A
IIITRSTD PARTIES
A Ftdttal ltgtad Otticitla
Senator Claiborne Ptll
Diatrist Office 418 Ft4tral Courthouat Building Providence RI 02903
Waahinqton DC Office 335 Ruaatll Senate Office BuildingWaahinqton DC 20510
Senator John Chaftt
Dietricent Office 301 Paatort Ftctral Building Providence RI 02903
blhinetqn rx OfCiee s 567 Diruen senate Office Buildift9 Wallbinvton DC 20511
lbpruentative lernand J st Ganaain let Diatrict
Dietriet oCUcts 204 John z r09arty Buildin9 Providence RI 02903
lathinqton QC Oftiee 2108 Rayburn Mouat Office luildinq Waahinqton DC 20510
8 State Elected Officialbull
Senator Paul s Jttlly 30th Diotrict
Diatrict Offiee 451 Victory Highway North Saithfiald RI 02895
Proyictnct Oftict co Deputy Majority Leaderbull Office State Houae Room 117 Providence RI 02903
401528-5456
202224-4642
401528-5294
202224-2921
401521-5050
202225-Ull
401767-3567
401227-6896
Rapraaantativa Jticlt Roaati Uat Diatrict
EUISiJigt QIUgl t Roaelavn Avenue P O lkgtx 131 Slateraville RI 03176
401766-4854
ltsaidiDsil Qllit t co Office of the SpeakerState Houae Providence RI 02903
401227-2466
Repreaentative Albert G Brien 6Znd Diatrict
12iiSiJisiSi QIUsil t 13 s outh Mai n s t reet Woonaocltat RI 02195
bszxidiDSil QIUsil CO Office of the Speaker atate Bouaa Providence RI 02103
RaproHJltativo Maney L Benoit 64th Diatrict
401766-3416
401227-2466
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e DiBtimi Qllisat 21 larkaly Strut WocmaocJtet AI 02115
401766-7101
bllidiDSil fUIislt co Oftico of tho Speaker state Bouaa Provictance RI 02903
401227-2466
c lampsiill Qllisiilll
Arthur Denoaae Town Maini atrator Mnorial Town Ha l l Slateravil le RI 02876
401 767-2200
Xenneth M Bianchi Town council Preaictent 23 Saithfiold Road North Saithtiold RI 02895
401463-8700
Roland Boucher Town Councilor Great Road North Smithfield RI 02895
401765-2000
DavieS A tovett Town Councilor 410 Victory Hiqhvay North saithfio1d RI oags
Ronald N Renaud Town Councilor Wildwood Road Foreatdale RI
Jaaea X Saloae Town Councilor 18 Pound Hill Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Paul Boulaqerone Town Solicitor Meaorial Town Hall Slateraville RI 02876
Richard Brady Chief of Police IS Saithfio1d Rood lrforth Sa ithfield RI 02895
Edward Cournoyer Fire Chief Buaineaa Office St Peul Street lrforth laithfield RI 02195
llorth laithfio1cl Firo Dopartaont 24 Boou- laorqoncy _r
D D I KnyirpQMn1tl Prottstign Wncy
Patty D1Andrea Coaunity Relatione Coordinator 01 nvironaental Protection AqencyRPA-2203 J r JtennecSy Federal Buildinq Beaton MA 02203
John Gallagher Reaectial Project Officer Us nvironaantal Protection AgencyIISV-1107 J r XbullNlbullcSy Federal BuildingBoaton MA 02203
Richard Boynton Chief Rhode Ialand and
Ver111ont Superfund Section US Environaantal Protection AqancyHSV-1107 J F Cannady Federal Building Boston MA 02203
401767-2400
401438-67SO
401762-0434 401767-6633
401762-1212
401762-1135
401762-1414
617S65-342S
617565-3641
617565-3688
lt1t1 biiUilill
Pelix Harvey Diviaion ot Air and 401277-2797
Ha1ardoua Materiala Rhoca Ialand Departant at
Environaantal Manaqnt 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providence RI 02908
John Haqopoian 401277-6867Chiat ot Diviaion ot Watar Supply
Rhoda I a land Departaant at Haalth 75 middot Davia Straat Rooa 209 Providence RI 02908 ~tl=
~ Anthony patain Ito401277-2797 Rhoda Ialand Departaant ot
Environaantal ManaC)ant 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providanea RI 02901 ~c==
r lfiIQIPra =~ llampjsu HIDHRIZIt Bt
~U ltsDidiDQI ZSiWCIII 401277-7000(Providence Edition) e() 75 Fountain Street
Providence RI
111 bszidiDiiil allmtDII 401277-7091(lloonaocJltat Edition)1 Social Street Wooneockat RI 02195
Dl JlgQQIQSiklt 1111 401762-3000
Woonaockat RI 02895 75 Main Street
tQiill lfiKII21RIZt
b1 212bullbullabullz 401949-2700PO Box C358 Graanvilla RI 02828 (Publiahad waaltly on Thuraday)
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LOCATIONS POR INPORIIAlIOII UPOSlORIS AND PUBLIC llllIIIGS
A Intoraation Rtpgaitoriea
North Saithfie1d Public Library 4017S7-278020 Main street PO Bcx 296 Slataraville RI 02876
Winter Houra Monday Wec1neaday - 12 PM-5 PH 6 PM-8 PM Tuaaday Thuraday Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - 10 All-2 PM
Suaaer Houra Konday Wednaaday - 12 PM-5 PM 6 PM-8 PM lueedey lhureday - 10 All-5 PM Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - Cloaed
Contact Robin Glaaaar Li))rarian
North laithfie1d Nnor1e1 lovn Ball 401767-2200llaterville RI 02171
Soura Monday - Friday - 130 M-430 PM
Contact1 Arthur Denoae Town Adainiatrator
1 bt1ins Loqatione
llun1cipa1 Annex lluildi~ 401767-220215 laithfie1d Road llorth Saithfie1d RI 02195
Contact Barbara Walab
Halliwell Eleaantary School 401769-5492North Saithtiald School Departaant
Adainiatration RPD 2 Graanvillt Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Contact Jaan Korriaon
APPEIIDIX C
KUIIICIPAL STRUCTUR OP NORTH SMITHFIELD
The Town of North Sbullithtiald Rhode Ialand ia made up ot tiva villagaa Slataravilla Foraatdala Priaroaa Union Village and Waterford Tha villaqaa have no juriadictional municipal or rapraaantativa autonomy
The Town of North Saithfiald ia run by a fiva-aallbar town council Council aallbara are alactad at-larqa for two-year taraa lactiona are non-partban The council maata avery Monday niqht Daily adminiatration of tha town ia the duty of tha town aCSiniatrator who ia alae alactad for a two-year tara Tha town budqat ia dacidad by town uatinq
North Sbullithtiald hae alao recently aatabliahad a water authority which ia appointed by tha town council Tha council praaidant ia currently chairaan of the vatar authority In Novallber 1916 a propoaal tor a new town charter will be put on the ballot The new charter would aatabliah a poaition tor a aalariad town aanagar who would be appointed by the town council
In the atata leialatura North Sbullithtiald ia part of three repreaantative diatricta The veatarn half of the tovn ia part of the lbullt Diatrict which alao includaa the Town of Burrillville The aaatarn portion of the town ia part of the 2nd and lrd diatr1cta which amplao includea the City of Woonaocltet The entire town ia repreaentated in the 30th diatrict of the State Senate
The Town of North Saithtiel4 ia aervice4 by two Poet Otf1cea and haa the following aip codea and acScreaaee
Slateravilla 02876Foreatdale 02824 llorth Saithtiold 02895Woonaockat 02895
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APPIIDIX D
LIST OP PERSONS CONTACTED IN DVZLOPIINT OP THE REVISED COIIIIUIIITY RELATIONS PLAN
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JCenneth K Bianchi June 18 1986 Town Council Prabullidant23 Saithfiold Rd North Saithfiold 02895
i Paul Boulaqerone June 16 1986 Town Solicitor ~ Meaorial Town Hall 0~ Slaterbullville RI 02876 it George Cournoyer June 17 1986 Rabullident living nearPO Box 166
landfill on Tifft Rd lSlateraville RI 02876 ltlc Arthur Dencmae June 16 1986 Town adainiatrator =l-riol Town Ball l l a t erav ille RI 02176 ~iRoland carol Drainvil l o J uno 17 1986 Active aeabera ot 750 Pound Bill lld P o w ebull orth hithfi o l d RI 0219 5
llllrial Halloran Juno 11 1916 Founder at Po wPound Bill lld Reaident livinq nearlforth laithtielcS RI 02195 landfill
m eat Moulico Juno 11 1986 Reaident livinq near1U2 Pound Bill lld landfill North Saithfiold RI 02895
JCate Racine June 17 1986 Rabullidant livinq near153 Old Groat Rd landfillKorth Saithtield RI 02895
Jia llamprion llhito Juno 16 1986 Rabullidenta livinq nearPO Box 437 landfillSlateravilla RI 02876
Carole Whiteley Juno 17 1986 Active in aavaral40 Lapre Rd town ieauaaNorth Saithfield RI 02895
meat Woodworth Juno 17 1986 Raaident livinq nearRPD fl landfill Paat memberPound Hill Rd ot Planning Board Woonaockatt RI 02895
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Exhibit 2 Landfill and Reeowce Recovery (LampRR) Site
Town of North Smithfield Rhode leland
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In 1110 the facil1tybulla solid vaate licenae wea renewed by RIDMand URR aubbullitted prelibullinary plana for the final cloaure oflandfill thereviaed
After a aeriea of ordera and hearinqa UltR aubbullitted acloaure plan in late 1110 Alao in 1110North the Town ofSbullithfield requeated PA to conduct an nvirormentalAaaeaabullent Impactof the aite Thia waa part of the effort that led tocompletion of a National Prioritiea checlcliat in 1982 to daten-inaif the aite ahould be placed on the National Prioritiea Liat (NPLand thua become eligible for Superfund funda
In 1183 the LRR facility waa placed on the National PrioritiesLiat The operatorbull of LRR agreed to pertora atudiea equivalentto a romodial 1nvost1gat1on and toaoibility otudy (RIFS) whichwould examine the extent of contaaination and develop optionbull toremediate any problbullbullbull found In June 1184 EPA prepared a draftAdJiiniatrative Conaant Order and beqan enforcebullent neqotiationawith IARR but an aqreeaent between PA and LRR waa never reachedand the RIFS waa never initiated LRR cUeS enter into anagreent to which EPA ia not a party with RIDEM in June ofreqardincJ the closure of the facility 1183
The c1iapoal of non-hazardoua vaate at the aite continued into1185 until the capacity of the lanclfill waa reached aa apecifiedin the agreement reachec1 with Rhode I a land in 1113 A cap haabeen placed over aoat of the landfill and final qradinq andveqetatinq of the area will be copletecS in the auaer of 1186 Three atranda of barbed wire act aa a containaent fence aroundoito the
C COIOMIITY PROPILE middot
The Town of North saithtield ia a pictureaque New En9landcoaunity rurally situated between Providence and Boatonalnduatrial belt alone Route 415 Oriqinally a mill town NorthSaitbfiold hoo little induotry today vitb aoro tban halttownbullbull of thopopulation couutinq to Providence nearby Woonaocket andthe loaton area
middotIn general currant reaidenta of North Saithfield middot can beca tegorizedin town
aa being in one of two qroupa thoae that have livedfor qenerationa anc1 thoae that are part of anprofeaaionala influx ofThia influx haa been talcinq place tor overyeara Although thia town ia atill vary rural in tenaa of thirty
aattinqanc1 population -- there are 10000 residents in twenty-five aquareailbullbull -- there is a davelopaant boom in North Smithfield andaurroundinq couunitiea theSoma reaidents believe that uncheckeddevelopment will eventually ruin the character and charmtown while otherbull look to it aa a aource of of the
expanded municipalaervices and leaaening of tax burdena
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D HISTORY OP COMIIUIIITY IHVOLVEIlIIT
One reaidant interviewed during the preparation of thia couunityrelationbull plan daacribad co-unity involvaaant at URR aa baingbulltwelve yaara of uttar total fruatration In the twelve yaaraainca L5RR purchaaad the facility the laval of couunity intaraatand concern baa bean axtraaaly high and baa included theforaation of two local anvironaantal group11 the paaaing of twoatata lawa regarding paraitting of waata facilitiaat the filing ofaavaral legal actionar and axtanaiva aadia coverage Throughoutthia period couunity raaidanta have continually believed thatthey have bean battling a larqa vall-financed politicallyshyconnected oppoaition Moreover it baa bean alleged bythaaa raaidanta that organized criaa ia 10111 of
involved in LRRfacility They theview RIDEM aa baing inapt and poaaibly evan inc olluaion with tha intaraata of t ha l andfill They view EPA aabeing unraaponaiva and indiff erent t o their concarna In 1974 a l arge nubar of truckamp tranaporti ngvhich vaat a (aoaa ofbelonged to lruk-Avay owned and operated by thaURR) ovna r a ofthrough the coaaunity cauaad a oat na ighbora to bacoaaof the landfill for tha firat tiaa
awareIn addition to LRR thaaatrucka vera alao bringing vaataa to Waatarn SandSuperfund Gravel anotheraita vhich ia adjacent to URRorvaniaationa vera foaed -- Protect our watara (POW)
Two citiaanthe Environaent of forth Saithfiald Inc (BEllS)
and savinvaeventiea ampEMS In the lataaponaorad two environaantal foruaaSaithfield in Mortbto focua attention on URR 1featem Sand Graveltvo other Superfund aitea in northern Rhoda Ialand (Picillo
andWaataDiapol in coventry and Davia Liquid in Baithfiald)
POW vaa forad in 1978 by aavara1 aabera of Marth Saithfialdaconaervation Coaaiaaion The Coaaiaaion had received coaplaintaabout the operation of URR POW vaa inatl1Dantal in the paaaaCJeof atata lava to ban haaardoua and aolid vaata facilitiaa fr011baing located over aquifereoqaniampinCJ ralliaa The C)roupbulla activitiaa includedof up to ona thouaand raaidanta at the atatacapitol buildinq
coverage oqanizing and effectively coordinating aadiaand gathering and diaaaa inati nq intonation and data onthe facility
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in tha l at a 1970a the Korth Saithfiald t own council becabullbullact ive in iaauaa involving tha L RR a i ta Tha tovn councildpraclaradaaidant flaw to Waahington t o bullbullbullt with EPA officiala lha t ownthe Slataraville Aquifer to ba awater aource of municipaland raquaated that an Environmental Impact Aaaasamant beprepared aa part of an attempt to close the landfill throughaction court
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Believinq that atate and tadaral authoritiaaraaponaiva North Saithtield toraed a taak vera not beif9
vaata torca on hazardouaheaded by the town council praaidant and includinq auberaot POW and SNS Tha taak torebull hired conaultanta and engineeringtina to help thea qathar data to be uaed in their ettortaconvince the etate laqialatura the courta RIDM and EPA to to
aoae type of action In all North Saithfialc apant over taka
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to build their caaa several aaabara of thetheir atrong baliat that thia work ahould havebean carried out lly atata and fadaral officiala With the cloainq of tha hazardoua waate portion of the landfilland later the aolid waata landfill aa wall thebean diabandad and taak forca haaaallbara of
POW and SENS have becoaa inactive Moatthe community interviewed atatad that daapitaetforta they have won only a partial victory and aa one their
put it have reaidantpeople
baan latt with a aountain of trouble Severalinterviewed during the preparation of thia plan notedthe landfill riaaa three hundred aavanty faat that
above aaa lavalaakinq it the third hiqhaat apot in northern lUloda IalandThera ia a high leve l ot awaranaaa about hazardoua vaata andanvirormantal iaauaa in the coaaunity
otherMoat raaidanta intarviavaddurinq on-aita diacuaaiona vera taailiar with the otheraitaa in the Superfundarea 1 n-ely the Staaina MillSaithtield the Weatarn San4 Gravel aita in
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the coaunity intarviavK vera aurpriaad to learn thatadditional invaatigation of the URR aita would be9iven that the landfill baa bean cloaed down takinq place
UPDATE OF COIOIUNITY CONCERIIS AND DY ISSUES
The URlt couunity relatione plan prepared in 1983tha folloving aajor co-unity concarna icantitiec
o Hetti to elgae the LiBR Facility Raaicantabelieved that the continued operation of thafacility atill poaad a public health threat o Contowinotion ot the Slattrayilla Aauitar Withovar eighty parcant or the reaidancaa in towndrawinq their water froa privata walla there waaqraat concern about poaaibla conta11ination
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Although the facilityaquifer reaaina the
haa bean cloaed contuination of theaoat praaainq concern of the coaunityConcernbull have bacoaa aora amppacific hovavar ainca tha couunityhaa baqun to axuina poaaibla affacta of contuination not onlyprivata vella but onon aavaral other aapacta of the couunityLiated below are the counitybulla current concerna 0 Cgntamination gf Priyate Wtlla Since 1981 theState haa taatad aany of the private walla withina half ailbull radiua of the alta and althoughalbulloat all of the teata have ahovn nocontaaination raaidanta are hiqhly akaptical of
==bulltfo~t~e0ta~=~= ~dolov~a~ea~i~dmiddot~~contaaination (One raaident aaid that the Stateinatructed hibull to taka water troa hia tap andbrinq it to town hall where it would be pickedup ) Soma raaidenta have bad their walla teatedprivately and claia that the reaulta indicatethat the walla are contuinatld Soae raaidantauaa only bottled water purchaald at their ovnexpanaa Blcauaa teat reaulta of privata wallaara confidential there ara rwaoraapaculation about how far pollution and
uy havaapread
0 Csmtpinatign gf thbull llrtereyille AmampiftrUthouqh the population of northam Rhoda Ialandincreaald draaatically aa the araa baa beandavalopad tha nabar of available vater aourcaabaa r inad the Tba larvaly untappedSlateraville Aquifer offara one of the aoatproaiaing- aourcaa of vatar to auatain thiaeconoaic growth Tbare ia Mrioua concerneapacially on the part of town officiala thatincraaald uaa of tha aquifer aay eventually dravcontaaination into the aquifer and cauaa aaerioua pollution probl Thia aituation ia notviewed aa a probl unique to the URR alta butrather one that involveamp all of the Superfunda itea in the area
o Ptyelgaent and Grgyth Beaidea clean vatareconomic developaant of their town iaSaithfiald reaidenta qraateat concernthe North
Becausethe two iasues are cloaaly linked they ara
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0 Proparty yaluea Savaral of tha raaidanta intarviawad raportad that one-third of tha houaaa on Tifft road bava bean tor aala for the paat yaar with no buyara daapita a vary favorable aarkat for hoaa purchaaing Scaa raaidanta apeculatad that tha apparent aacrecy aurrouncUng private vall teating aany reaidenta are reluctant to diwlge their teat reaulta to other reaidenta -- ia related to the fear of loaaea in property valuea 01e reaident of Tifft road ia planning to brin9 l~al action 09ainat tho Town of North saitbtield tor a tax Uatqent becauae hia property haa ~en devalued aa a reault ot bain9 locatad near tho landfill
o Qat pf thbull llbulltbullreyUle Btetryoir The llateraville Reaervoir uaed to be a focal point tor recreation in the coaunity Wt currently ia little uaed Reaidanta tear that runoff troa tht landfill 110untainbull (tho LID aita) hao contuinated the raaervoir
o Htalth Ibulleuea All raaidanta interviewed fear that they and eapecially their children are bain9 oxpoaad to potential health riou llany reaidanta pointed to htalth iaauaa at other ntarby aitea aa indicatorbull of potential probl that aay raault froa tha URR aita
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o latbullty and Stqurity The alta ia iaolated and iacloaed off by only three atranda of barbed wireSoae reaidanta axpraaaed concern that thiabarrier would not be affective in keepingchildren off the aite and they would thereforebe expoaed to poaaible contaaination 0 cogunity bull Dtairt to Hol4 LiRR Accountablt
~Itemiddot~~~bullbulli~nbull~~r~n~~ b~ir~d 4ownara of LIRR had coaplataly cUaraqardad thtconcarna of tha couunity and had aada a aullfortune in the twelve yeara that URR operatedThey uniforly expraaaed tht deaire that theownerbull not be allowed to qet away
0 ~icofw1~~4upIttti~~~ a~tl~ inatalled aa part of r-dial actionbull at anotherSuperfund dto In noivbborinv IIUttillvillothere are plana to develop a water line froa thetJcituate Reaervoir to aupply a power plant bainqbuilt there loae Korth laitbfield raaidanta aetthe Burrillville water line aa a poaaibla -nato develop a town vatu ayata lbe Jlorthsaithfiold town council proddont oxprooood thohope that tho lllgtrrillvillo plono ai9htcoordinated vith plonoIIPAo to providecaprehanaive water ayata for the reqion
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o M4itipnal Sitbullbullmiddot Since Jlorth laithfiald 1bulllocated near ao aany Superfund aitea a caonlyaalted quaation ia Wbare vill they find the nextone several reaidanta 1nterv1av1Mt 4ur1nqon-aita diacuaaiona apoJta of a reported apill atbprex a local aanufacturinq plant The bprexfir ia located halfway between L6RR and thestaaina Killo dto
P OB1EcriVS OP llli UVISED C011Kt111ITY RELATIONS PROGIWI
The aita-aptcific objectivebull for the couunity relationaat the proqruL6RR aite durinq the upcoainq r-ldial activitiea arepraaantad below
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1) Proyidt a bulltatubull rtpgrt of tht eitbull to area raeidtn1bullan4 local officiala To diapel the contuaion regardingtht atatua of tht LRR aitt and EPAbull roltactivitiea in altaan attort ahould be aada to diaatminatabaaic intorwation to the cOJUtunity that deacribearolt and EPAbull activitiea
providebull a achtdulbull of tht planned rtmedial
2) Enliat thbull aupport and participation of local officialaand rtaidtnts in coordinatinq cogunity rtlationsactiyitibullbull To ancouraqa the aupport and participationof local officialbull and intereated citizenbull in theremedial effort it ia bullbullbullbullntial that theae individualbullare reqularly and tully intoratd ot aite activitieaplana findingbull and developatnta contact aay be madaby ttlephonbull calla or by aail Intoraal aeetinga mightalao be achedultd periodically to aolicit and reapond toqueationa frobull the couunity
In addition holding brietinga and meetina with localotticiala aaintainin intorwation rtpoeitoritl and acurrent aailing lilt are all effective waya to kltpintertattd public and local officialbull the
inforatd aboutaitt activitita Zncourain inttreattd partiebull toparticipate in planninq and coordinating coaunityrelationbull activitbullbull ia anotbtr approach for kttpinthu involved in and aupportive ot ruecUalunclortallten at tho oito tftorta
The North Saithfitld town adainiatrator and tht fivetown council aUra art appropriate local officialbull toinvolve in a coaaunity rtlationa proqru M-bera ofPOW and reaidenta who live in cloat proxiaity to thtoito ohould be an intoral port of all c01111unityrtlationa activitbullbullmiddot
3) Notify local ofticiala and araa rtaidentbullactiyitiee of titbulland prqyidt folloy-up inforwation on tbtaaactiyi1iea conciae and eaaily underatandablaintonation about the purpoat and achtdule of technicaland other aita-rtlattd activitiea ahould bt aadeavailable to local otticiala and area reaidanta Beforeaitt activity bagina local officialbull and atfactadreaidanta ahould be notified by telephone In additionZPA may wiah to intora theat individualbull ot thepottntial impacta (a q noiae and increaeed traffic)that might reault froa aite activity Information onthe outcome of technical activitiea auch bullbull aamplinq andmonitaring alao ahould be aade available
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Where intonation cannot be released to the publicexaaple enforceaent-aenaitive inforaation) a clear (forandaiaple explanation aa to why the inforaation auat bewithheld ia appropriate EPA couunity relationbull ataff
~~~~erou~eteto ~ifiz~ecf~~~raiiti ~required or where certain typea of intonation aradeaired by specific individualamp or qroupa ownerbull For exaapleof property where aamplas are taken ahould baprovided with follow-up explanationbull of what waaand the aaaplectteat reaulta of the aamplea taken froaproperty thair
4) Enwura that inguiritw from thbull copunity art handledefficientlyable to
The couunity and local officialbull auat becontact aomeone knowledqeable about tha XRRaite for intonation about aite activitiaa and toexpreaa other quaationa or concernbull that uy ariaethe Ifexiatinq contact person ia replaced the co-unityahould be notified proaptly 5) coordinate actiyitibullbull at all Supartun4IUImiddot Diss-ination of inforaation
witbullbull in thbullSuperfund reqarcUnq theprogru and other relevant inforaationia not apecific to the URR aite ahould be
thatcoordinated UOft9 the various r-edial actiona
carefullytakift9 place currentlyInfonaation disa-ination effortbullbe integrated not dupl icatad
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G COIOMIIlY ULJTIONS ACTIVITIES
Several activitiaa are outlined below to achievedeacribed the objectivebullin aection P A achedule illuatratinqthaaa activitiea ia on paqe 17 the tiainq of
1 Maintain information rtpgsitories
Maintaininq inforaation repositories willltey aateriala on the URR alta -- auch as ensure that
technical suaaries site reports fact sheeta
plana co-unity relationbulland other relevant inforaation on the Superfundproqraa -- are available to the public The locationbullfor theabull repositories are the North Smithfield PublicLibrary and the North Saithfiald Memorial Town HallThese repositories will be coordinated withrepositories aatablillhed informationfor other Superfund aitea inNorth Saithtiold
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An PA technical and coaunity relationa atatt peraon are deaiqnated to reaponcl directly to all public inquiriea regarding aite activitiea The naae addreaa and telephone nUJibar ot the contacta are liated in Appendix A and will ba indicated clearly on au aateriala bullada available to the public Theae EPA contact peraona will coordinate with atate and local otticiala when aaking contact with the aedia
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The North Smithfield town adainiatrator and town council preaiclent have indicated that they want to be kept informed about plana and findinga on the URR aite Thia effort aay be accoapliahed through periodic corraapondence brietinga and intonal aeatinqa
Whenever poaaible bullbullbulltinge with local otticiala will include both EPA technical and PA COJUIUnity ralationa ataft Meatinqa will be held on an aa-neadad baaia1 apecitically it there ia a cbanqe in achadule or if aiqnificant findinqa are aade at the alta
Conduct inforul bullbullbulltiMe yitb reeidentbull and gtheraf(ested partiee
Inforaal aeatinqa with reaidenta and other affected partiea will be held on an aa-neadad baaia1 apecifically before RI activitiea bein and at the coaptation of the draft rs report The aaetinqa will include intereated citiaena the IP- reqional aite project officer and an PA couunity relationbullcoordinator
~~tabera of the preea prigr to firbullt publis
Area newepapera auch aa Thbull Proyidance Jgurnol lbl_ Wognegcket Call and Thbull Qbeervar are read widely in the couunity and have cqverec1 the URR atory extenaively tor a number of yeara Given the coDunitybulla confuaion over activitiea that have taken place at the aite a feature atory eorting out the facta and outlining the work atill to be done will greatly facilitate the tirat public aaetinga EPA technical and coiiJDunity relationbull ataff will arrange praaa briatinqa ten daya to two weeki before the tirat achedulecl aeetinq
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Prior to initiating field activitiea EPA will conduct a public intollation aeeting to infoll reaidenta and other interested partiea about RIFS activitiea planned at the aita At thia aaeting the public will be encouraged to aak questions about the acope of work praaantad in the workplan and othar related iaauea EPA will coordinate closely with local otficiala regarding tht loqiatica and agenda of this bulleetinq Sugqaated matting locations ara included in Appendix B
7 Prtpart fact abeeta
A tact sheet ia required on the FS outlining the cleanup alternatives considered at the LRR site Additional tact ahttta ara required to explain EPA bulla selected alternative aa announce in the Record of Daciaion (ROD an4 when the engineering 4ea iqn ot the r adial alternative ia coapleted
Ac14itional fact aheeta aay be relaaat4 at the beginning of the reatc1ial invtatqation to intona area raai4anta and other interaattc1 citiaena about EPA 1 a site plana and the proce4urea ot the Superfun4 proqraa an4 at the conclusion of the RI to infona the public of aiqnificant finclinvo Anothor fact ohoot y bo proHirocl Vhich explaina the EPA enforcnt process at Superfunc aitea
Fact aheata will be aailtc1 to intertatac1 cithena the North Saithfiel4 town offices JUDD and Rhoda Ialanc Opartaant of Health (RIDOH) staff an4 area navapapara
I Proyidt Y reltttta to losal newapaPra
Prapart4 atattaenta will be released to local and area newspapers to notify the couunity of any public aaetings to notify the public when site activity ia achedultd to btqin and to announce discovery of any aiqnificant findings at the aitt during the RIS
Additional newa raleaaaa will be prepared prior to tha public couent period on the draft S report and at the tiaa of the announceaent of the ROD
Addresses and telephone numbers of local and area newspapers art included in Appendix A
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Conduct a public coptnt ptriod gn the draft ftaeihilitxatudy rtport
A ainiaua three-week public couent period with at leaat two weeks review tiae before the atart of the couent period is required to allow citizenbull to expreaa their opiniona on EPAbull preferred alternative for reaedial action at the LIIRR site Couunity participation will be encouraqtd at thia point by tellinq citiztna that their opinionbull will be incorporated in the final cltanupdeciaion
A public aeetinq held durinq the public comment period will provide PA the opportunity to anawer citizenbullbull queationa directly and to explain the recouended reaedial alternativea A public aeetinq will alae provide intereated citizenbull an opportunity to aak queationa and aake coaenta to EPA Suqqested locationa for the aeetinCJ are included in Appendix B The lOCJittica and aqenda of the aeetinq will be coordinated with Korth Saithfield town officiala
rreart a reapgneiyeneaa bullUWMry
A reaponaiveneaa auaary ia required aa part of the ROD for the aite It will IUJU1ari1e pul)lic concernbull and iaaues raiaed throuqhout the RIFS and indicate hov EPA reapondtd to theae concerna
Btyiee the eggunity relttigna plan tor thbull LiBR bullitbull Once the ROD for the L6RR lite hat been iaaued thit coaunity relatione plan will be reviaed to include coaunity relations activitiea appropriate to the reaedial daaiqn and r edial action (RDRA) phbullbullbullbull The reviaion of the coaunity relatione plan will
o Update facta and verify the inforaation included in thia coaaunity relatione plan prtpared for the RIFS
o Alaeaa the couunity relations proqru to date and indicate whether the aame or different approachtawill be talten during the RDRA phaae11
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0 Develop a atrateqy to pr1par1 the couunity for ita future role in thbull RDRA procbullbullbull and in tha onqoinqoperation and aaintananca ot the ~RR aite
Givan tha high level of intaraat in tha LRR aitbull counity intarviava will be hale prior to tha ravbion of tha ~RR co-unity relatione plan
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A liat of the indivicuala and organization area contacta includinq federal officiala atata and local ofticiala intareata4 raaidenta and udia repreaentativbulla ia includoltl in Appendix A EPA will expand one rovioo thio liat aa naceaaary middot
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The Town of Jlorth Saithfielct baa recently eatablillhlc a vator authority that 1o bucloltl by tho town council pruiclent With tha conatruction at a vatar line to lurrillvillo one tho inotollotion by IPA ot vator oyotou at nearby auportuncl oitoo tho town io bopin9 to develop an overall vatar atratetn lecauae BPA actiona will bo intaltJral in any oucb plano tho tocbnical anc1 coaaunity relatione atatt tor ~RR Waatem land Cravol Staaina llillo and tho Davia Liquicl Waoto Superfund aitea llhoulc be preparlc to t toqether an4 with atate and local otficiala to coordinate activitiaa attactivaly
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APPEIIDIX A
IIITRSTD PARTIES
A Ftdttal ltgtad Otticitla
Senator Claiborne Ptll
Diatrist Office 418 Ft4tral Courthouat Building Providence RI 02903
Waahinqton DC Office 335 Ruaatll Senate Office BuildingWaahinqton DC 20510
Senator John Chaftt
Dietricent Office 301 Paatort Ftctral Building Providence RI 02903
blhinetqn rx OfCiee s 567 Diruen senate Office Buildift9 Wallbinvton DC 20511
lbpruentative lernand J st Ganaain let Diatrict
Dietriet oCUcts 204 John z r09arty Buildin9 Providence RI 02903
lathinqton QC Oftiee 2108 Rayburn Mouat Office luildinq Waahinqton DC 20510
8 State Elected Officialbull
Senator Paul s Jttlly 30th Diotrict
Diatrict Offiee 451 Victory Highway North Saithfiald RI 02895
Proyictnct Oftict co Deputy Majority Leaderbull Office State Houae Room 117 Providence RI 02903
401528-5456
202224-4642
401528-5294
202224-2921
401521-5050
202225-Ull
401767-3567
401227-6896
Rapraaantativa Jticlt Roaati Uat Diatrict
EUISiJigt QIUgl t Roaelavn Avenue P O lkgtx 131 Slateraville RI 03176
401766-4854
ltsaidiDsil Qllit t co Office of the SpeakerState Houae Providence RI 02903
401227-2466
Repreaentative Albert G Brien 6Znd Diatrict
12iiSiJisiSi QIUsil t 13 s outh Mai n s t reet Woonaocltat RI 02195
bszxidiDSil QIUsil CO Office of the Speaker atate Bouaa Providence RI 02103
RaproHJltativo Maney L Benoit 64th Diatrict
401766-3416
401227-2466
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e DiBtimi Qllisat 21 larkaly Strut WocmaocJtet AI 02115
401766-7101
bllidiDSil fUIislt co Oftico of tho Speaker state Bouaa Provictance RI 02903
401227-2466
c lampsiill Qllisiilll
Arthur Denoaae Town Maini atrator Mnorial Town Ha l l Slateravil le RI 02876
401 767-2200
Xenneth M Bianchi Town council Preaictent 23 Saithfiold Road North Saithtiold RI 02895
401463-8700
Roland Boucher Town Councilor Great Road North Smithfield RI 02895
401765-2000
DavieS A tovett Town Councilor 410 Victory Hiqhvay North saithfio1d RI oags
Ronald N Renaud Town Councilor Wildwood Road Foreatdale RI
Jaaea X Saloae Town Councilor 18 Pound Hill Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Paul Boulaqerone Town Solicitor Meaorial Town Hall Slateraville RI 02876
Richard Brady Chief of Police IS Saithfio1d Rood lrforth Sa ithfield RI 02895
Edward Cournoyer Fire Chief Buaineaa Office St Peul Street lrforth laithfield RI 02195
llorth laithfio1cl Firo Dopartaont 24 Boou- laorqoncy _r
D D I KnyirpQMn1tl Prottstign Wncy
Patty D1Andrea Coaunity Relatione Coordinator 01 nvironaental Protection AqencyRPA-2203 J r JtennecSy Federal Buildinq Beaton MA 02203
John Gallagher Reaectial Project Officer Us nvironaantal Protection AgencyIISV-1107 J r XbullNlbullcSy Federal BuildingBoaton MA 02203
Richard Boynton Chief Rhode Ialand and
Ver111ont Superfund Section US Environaantal Protection AqancyHSV-1107 J F Cannady Federal Building Boston MA 02203
401767-2400
401438-67SO
401762-0434 401767-6633
401762-1212
401762-1135
401762-1414
617S65-342S
617565-3641
617565-3688
lt1t1 biiUilill
Pelix Harvey Diviaion ot Air and 401277-2797
Ha1ardoua Materiala Rhoca Ialand Departant at
Environaantal Manaqnt 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providence RI 02908
John Haqopoian 401277-6867Chiat ot Diviaion ot Watar Supply
Rhoda I a land Departaant at Haalth 75 middot Davia Straat Rooa 209 Providence RI 02908 ~tl=
~ Anthony patain Ito401277-2797 Rhoda Ialand Departaant ot
Environaantal ManaC)ant 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providanea RI 02901 ~c==
r lfiIQIPra =~ llampjsu HIDHRIZIt Bt
~U ltsDidiDQI ZSiWCIII 401277-7000(Providence Edition) e() 75 Fountain Street
Providence RI
111 bszidiDiiil allmtDII 401277-7091(lloonaocJltat Edition)1 Social Street Wooneockat RI 02195
Dl JlgQQIQSiklt 1111 401762-3000
Woonaockat RI 02895 75 Main Street
tQiill lfiKII21RIZt
b1 212bullbullabullz 401949-2700PO Box C358 Graanvilla RI 02828 (Publiahad waaltly on Thuraday)
APPDDIX B
LOCATIONS POR INPORIIAlIOII UPOSlORIS AND PUBLIC llllIIIGS
A Intoraation Rtpgaitoriea
North Saithfie1d Public Library 4017S7-278020 Main street PO Bcx 296 Slataraville RI 02876
Winter Houra Monday Wec1neaday - 12 PM-5 PH 6 PM-8 PM Tuaaday Thuraday Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - 10 All-2 PM
Suaaer Houra Konday Wednaaday - 12 PM-5 PM 6 PM-8 PM lueedey lhureday - 10 All-5 PM Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - Cloaed
Contact Robin Glaaaar Li))rarian
North laithfie1d Nnor1e1 lovn Ball 401767-2200llaterville RI 02171
Soura Monday - Friday - 130 M-430 PM
Contact1 Arthur Denoae Town Adainiatrator
1 bt1ins Loqatione
llun1cipa1 Annex lluildi~ 401767-220215 laithfie1d Road llorth Saithfie1d RI 02195
Contact Barbara Walab
Halliwell Eleaantary School 401769-5492North Saithtiald School Departaant
Adainiatration RPD 2 Graanvillt Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Contact Jaan Korriaon
APPEIIDIX C
KUIIICIPAL STRUCTUR OP NORTH SMITHFIELD
The Town of North Sbullithtiald Rhode Ialand ia made up ot tiva villagaa Slataravilla Foraatdala Priaroaa Union Village and Waterford Tha villaqaa have no juriadictional municipal or rapraaantativa autonomy
The Town of North Saithfiald ia run by a fiva-aallbar town council Council aallbara are alactad at-larqa for two-year taraa lactiona are non-partban The council maata avery Monday niqht Daily adminiatration of tha town ia the duty of tha town aCSiniatrator who ia alae alactad for a two-year tara Tha town budqat ia dacidad by town uatinq
North Sbullithtiald hae alao recently aatabliahad a water authority which ia appointed by tha town council Tha council praaidant ia currently chairaan of the vatar authority In Novallber 1916 a propoaal tor a new town charter will be put on the ballot The new charter would aatabliah a poaition tor a aalariad town aanagar who would be appointed by the town council
In the atata leialatura North Sbullithtiald ia part of three repreaantative diatricta The veatarn half of the tovn ia part of the lbullt Diatrict which alao includaa the Town of Burrillville The aaatarn portion of the town ia part of the 2nd and lrd diatr1cta which amplao includea the City of Woonaocltet The entire town ia repreaentated in the 30th diatrict of the State Senate
The Town of North Saithtiel4 ia aervice4 by two Poet Otf1cea and haa the following aip codea and acScreaaee
Slateravilla 02876Foreatdale 02824 llorth Saithtiold 02895Woonaockat 02895
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APPIIDIX D
LIST OP PERSONS CONTACTED IN DVZLOPIINT OP THE REVISED COIIIIUIIITY RELATIONS PLAN
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JCenneth K Bianchi June 18 1986 Town Council Prabullidant23 Saithfiold Rd North Saithfiold 02895
i Paul Boulaqerone June 16 1986 Town Solicitor ~ Meaorial Town Hall 0~ Slaterbullville RI 02876 it George Cournoyer June 17 1986 Rabullident living nearPO Box 166
landfill on Tifft Rd lSlateraville RI 02876 ltlc Arthur Dencmae June 16 1986 Town adainiatrator =l-riol Town Ball l l a t erav ille RI 02176 ~iRoland carol Drainvil l o J uno 17 1986 Active aeabera ot 750 Pound Bill lld P o w ebull orth hithfi o l d RI 0219 5
llllrial Halloran Juno 11 1916 Founder at Po wPound Bill lld Reaident livinq nearlforth laithtielcS RI 02195 landfill
m eat Moulico Juno 11 1986 Reaident livinq near1U2 Pound Bill lld landfill North Saithfiold RI 02895
JCate Racine June 17 1986 Rabullidant livinq near153 Old Groat Rd landfillKorth Saithtield RI 02895
Jia llamprion llhito Juno 16 1986 Rabullidenta livinq nearPO Box 437 landfillSlateravilla RI 02876
Carole Whiteley Juno 17 1986 Active in aavaral40 Lapre Rd town ieauaaNorth Saithfield RI 02895
meat Woodworth Juno 17 1986 Raaident livinq nearRPD fl landfill Paat memberPound Hill Rd ot Planning Board Woonaockatt RI 02895
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In 1110 the facil1tybulla solid vaate licenae wea renewed by RIDMand URR aubbullitted prelibullinary plana for the final cloaure oflandfill thereviaed
After a aeriea of ordera and hearinqa UltR aubbullitted acloaure plan in late 1110 Alao in 1110North the Town ofSbullithfield requeated PA to conduct an nvirormentalAaaeaabullent Impactof the aite Thia waa part of the effort that led tocompletion of a National Prioritiea checlcliat in 1982 to daten-inaif the aite ahould be placed on the National Prioritiea Liat (NPLand thua become eligible for Superfund funda
In 1183 the LRR facility waa placed on the National PrioritiesLiat The operatorbull of LRR agreed to pertora atudiea equivalentto a romodial 1nvost1gat1on and toaoibility otudy (RIFS) whichwould examine the extent of contaaination and develop optionbull toremediate any problbullbullbull found In June 1184 EPA prepared a draftAdJiiniatrative Conaant Order and beqan enforcebullent neqotiationawith IARR but an aqreeaent between PA and LRR waa never reachedand the RIFS waa never initiated LRR cUeS enter into anagreent to which EPA ia not a party with RIDEM in June ofreqardincJ the closure of the facility 1183
The c1iapoal of non-hazardoua vaate at the aite continued into1185 until the capacity of the lanclfill waa reached aa apecifiedin the agreement reachec1 with Rhode I a land in 1113 A cap haabeen placed over aoat of the landfill and final qradinq andveqetatinq of the area will be copletecS in the auaer of 1186 Three atranda of barbed wire act aa a containaent fence aroundoito the
C COIOMIITY PROPILE middot
The Town of North saithtield ia a pictureaque New En9landcoaunity rurally situated between Providence and Boatonalnduatrial belt alone Route 415 Oriqinally a mill town NorthSaitbfiold hoo little induotry today vitb aoro tban halttownbullbull of thopopulation couutinq to Providence nearby Woonaocket andthe loaton area
middotIn general currant reaidenta of North Saithfield middot can beca tegorizedin town
aa being in one of two qroupa thoae that have livedfor qenerationa anc1 thoae that are part of anprofeaaionala influx ofThia influx haa been talcinq place tor overyeara Although thia town ia atill vary rural in tenaa of thirty
aattinqanc1 population -- there are 10000 residents in twenty-five aquareailbullbull -- there is a davelopaant boom in North Smithfield andaurroundinq couunitiea theSoma reaidents believe that uncheckeddevelopment will eventually ruin the character and charmtown while otherbull look to it aa a aource of of the
expanded municipalaervices and leaaening of tax burdena
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D HISTORY OP COMIIUIIITY IHVOLVEIlIIT
One reaidant interviewed during the preparation of thia couunityrelationbull plan daacribad co-unity involvaaant at URR aa baingbulltwelve yaara of uttar total fruatration In the twelve yaaraainca L5RR purchaaad the facility the laval of couunity intaraatand concern baa bean axtraaaly high and baa included theforaation of two local anvironaantal group11 the paaaing of twoatata lawa regarding paraitting of waata facilitiaat the filing ofaavaral legal actionar and axtanaiva aadia coverage Throughoutthia period couunity raaidanta have continually believed thatthey have bean battling a larqa vall-financed politicallyshyconnected oppoaition Moreover it baa bean alleged bythaaa raaidanta that organized criaa ia 10111 of
involved in LRRfacility They theview RIDEM aa baing inapt and poaaibly evan inc olluaion with tha intaraata of t ha l andfill They view EPA aabeing unraaponaiva and indiff erent t o their concarna In 1974 a l arge nubar of truckamp tranaporti ngvhich vaat a (aoaa ofbelonged to lruk-Avay owned and operated by thaURR) ovna r a ofthrough the coaaunity cauaad a oat na ighbora to bacoaaof the landfill for tha firat tiaa
awareIn addition to LRR thaaatrucka vera alao bringing vaataa to Waatarn SandSuperfund Gravel anotheraita vhich ia adjacent to URRorvaniaationa vera foaed -- Protect our watara (POW)
Two citiaanthe Environaent of forth Saithfiald Inc (BEllS)
and savinvaeventiea ampEMS In the lataaponaorad two environaantal foruaaSaithfield in Mortbto focua attention on URR 1featem Sand Graveltvo other Superfund aitea in northern Rhoda Ialand (Picillo
andWaataDiapol in coventry and Davia Liquid in Baithfiald)
POW vaa forad in 1978 by aavara1 aabera of Marth Saithfialdaconaervation Coaaiaaion The Coaaiaaion had received coaplaintaabout the operation of URR POW vaa inatl1Dantal in the paaaaCJeof atata lava to ban haaardoua and aolid vaata facilitiaa fr011baing located over aquifereoqaniampinCJ ralliaa The C)roupbulla activitiaa includedof up to ona thouaand raaidanta at the atatacapitol buildinq
coverage oqanizing and effectively coordinating aadiaand gathering and diaaaa inati nq intonation and data onthe facility
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in tha l at a 1970a the Korth Saithfiald t own council becabullbullact ive in iaauaa involving tha L RR a i ta Tha tovn councildpraclaradaaidant flaw to Waahington t o bullbullbullt with EPA officiala lha t ownthe Slataraville Aquifer to ba awater aource of municipaland raquaated that an Environmental Impact Aaaasamant beprepared aa part of an attempt to close the landfill throughaction court
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Believinq that atate and tadaral authoritiaaraaponaiva North Saithtield toraed a taak vera not beif9
vaata torca on hazardouaheaded by the town council praaidant and includinq auberaot POW and SNS Tha taak torebull hired conaultanta and engineeringtina to help thea qathar data to be uaed in their ettortaconvince the etate laqialatura the courta RIDM and EPA to to
aoae type of action In all North Saithfialc apant over taka
in an effort $100000colllJiunity atatac
to build their caaa several aaabara of thetheir atrong baliat that thia work ahould havebean carried out lly atata and fadaral officiala With the cloainq of tha hazardoua waate portion of the landfilland later the aolid waata landfill aa wall thebean diabandad and taak forca haaaallbara of
POW and SENS have becoaa inactive Moatthe community interviewed atatad that daapitaetforta they have won only a partial victory and aa one their
put it have reaidantpeople
baan latt with a aountain of trouble Severalinterviewed during the preparation of thia plan notedthe landfill riaaa three hundred aavanty faat that
above aaa lavalaakinq it the third hiqhaat apot in northern lUloda IalandThera ia a high leve l ot awaranaaa about hazardoua vaata andanvirormantal iaauaa in the coaaunity
otherMoat raaidanta intarviavaddurinq on-aita diacuaaiona vera taailiar with the otheraitaa in the Superfundarea 1 n-ely the Staaina MillSaithtield the Weatarn San4 Gravel aita in
a ita in Korththa lurrillvilla andof
Davie Liquid aita in Saithfield ltbullbullbull EXhibit 2) All IIUbera_)
the coaunity intarviavK vera aurpriaad to learn thatadditional invaatigation of the URR aita would be9iven that the landfill baa bean cloaed down takinq place
UPDATE OF COIOIUNITY CONCERIIS AND DY ISSUES
The URlt couunity relatione plan prepared in 1983tha folloving aajor co-unity concarna icantitiec
o Hetti to elgae the LiBR Facility Raaicantabelieved that the continued operation of thafacility atill poaad a public health threat o Contowinotion ot the Slattrayilla Aauitar Withovar eighty parcant or the reaidancaa in towndrawinq their water froa privata walla there waaqraat concern about poaaibla conta11ination
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Although the facilityaquifer reaaina the
haa bean cloaed contuination of theaoat praaainq concern of the coaunityConcernbull have bacoaa aora amppacific hovavar ainca tha couunityhaa baqun to axuina poaaibla affacta of contuination not onlyprivata vella but onon aavaral other aapacta of the couunityLiated below are the counitybulla current concerna 0 Cgntamination gf Priyate Wtlla Since 1981 theState haa taatad aany of the private walla withina half ailbull radiua of the alta and althoughalbulloat all of the teata have ahovn nocontaaination raaidanta are hiqhly akaptical of
==bulltfo~t~e0ta~=~= ~dolov~a~ea~i~dmiddot~~contaaination (One raaident aaid that the Stateinatructed hibull to taka water troa hia tap andbrinq it to town hall where it would be pickedup ) Soma raaidenta have bad their walla teatedprivately and claia that the reaulta indicatethat the walla are contuinatld Soae raaidantauaa only bottled water purchaald at their ovnexpanaa Blcauaa teat reaulta of privata wallaara confidential there ara rwaoraapaculation about how far pollution and
uy havaapread
0 Csmtpinatign gf thbull llrtereyille AmampiftrUthouqh the population of northam Rhoda Ialandincreaald draaatically aa the araa baa beandavalopad tha nabar of available vater aourcaabaa r inad the Tba larvaly untappedSlateraville Aquifer offara one of the aoatproaiaing- aourcaa of vatar to auatain thiaeconoaic growth Tbare ia Mrioua concerneapacially on the part of town officiala thatincraaald uaa of tha aquifer aay eventually dravcontaaination into the aquifer and cauaa aaerioua pollution probl Thia aituation ia notviewed aa a probl unique to the URR alta butrather one that involveamp all of the Superfunda itea in the area
o Ptyelgaent and Grgyth Beaidea clean vatareconomic developaant of their town iaSaithfiald reaidenta qraateat concernthe North
Becausethe two iasues are cloaaly linked they ara
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0 Proparty yaluea Savaral of tha raaidanta intarviawad raportad that one-third of tha houaaa on Tifft road bava bean tor aala for the paat yaar with no buyara daapita a vary favorable aarkat for hoaa purchaaing Scaa raaidanta apeculatad that tha apparent aacrecy aurrouncUng private vall teating aany reaidenta are reluctant to diwlge their teat reaulta to other reaidenta -- ia related to the fear of loaaea in property valuea 01e reaident of Tifft road ia planning to brin9 l~al action 09ainat tho Town of North saitbtield tor a tax Uatqent becauae hia property haa ~en devalued aa a reault ot bain9 locatad near tho landfill
o Qat pf thbull llbulltbullreyUle Btetryoir The llateraville Reaervoir uaed to be a focal point tor recreation in the coaunity Wt currently ia little uaed Reaidanta tear that runoff troa tht landfill 110untainbull (tho LID aita) hao contuinated the raaervoir
o Htalth Ibulleuea All raaidanta interviewed fear that they and eapecially their children are bain9 oxpoaad to potential health riou llany reaidanta pointed to htalth iaauaa at other ntarby aitea aa indicatorbull of potential probl that aay raault froa tha URR aita
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o latbullty and Stqurity The alta ia iaolated and iacloaed off by only three atranda of barbed wireSoae reaidanta axpraaaed concern that thiabarrier would not be affective in keepingchildren off the aite and they would thereforebe expoaed to poaaible contaaination 0 cogunity bull Dtairt to Hol4 LiRR Accountablt
~Itemiddot~~~bullbulli~nbull~~r~n~~ b~ir~d 4ownara of LIRR had coaplataly cUaraqardad thtconcarna of tha couunity and had aada a aullfortune in the twelve yeara that URR operatedThey uniforly expraaaed tht deaire that theownerbull not be allowed to qet away
0 ~icofw1~~4upIttti~~~ a~tl~ inatalled aa part of r-dial actionbull at anotherSuperfund dto In noivbborinv IIUttillvillothere are plana to develop a water line froa thetJcituate Reaervoir to aupply a power plant bainqbuilt there loae Korth laitbfield raaidanta aetthe Burrillville water line aa a poaaibla -nato develop a town vatu ayata lbe Jlorthsaithfiold town council proddont oxprooood thohope that tho lllgtrrillvillo plono ai9htcoordinated vith plonoIIPAo to providecaprehanaive water ayata for the reqion
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o M4itipnal Sitbullbullmiddot Since Jlorth laithfiald 1bulllocated near ao aany Superfund aitea a caonlyaalted quaation ia Wbare vill they find the nextone several reaidanta 1nterv1av1Mt 4ur1nqon-aita diacuaaiona apoJta of a reported apill atbprex a local aanufacturinq plant The bprexfir ia located halfway between L6RR and thestaaina Killo dto
P OB1EcriVS OP llli UVISED C011Kt111ITY RELATIONS PROGIWI
The aita-aptcific objectivebull for the couunity relationaat the proqruL6RR aite durinq the upcoainq r-ldial activitiea arepraaantad below
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1) Proyidt a bulltatubull rtpgrt of tht eitbull to area raeidtn1bullan4 local officiala To diapel the contuaion regardingtht atatua of tht LRR aitt and EPAbull roltactivitiea in altaan attort ahould be aada to diaatminatabaaic intorwation to the cOJUtunity that deacribearolt and EPAbull activitiea
providebull a achtdulbull of tht planned rtmedial
2) Enliat thbull aupport and participation of local officialaand rtaidtnts in coordinatinq cogunity rtlationsactiyitibullbull To ancouraqa the aupport and participationof local officialbull and intereated citizenbull in theremedial effort it ia bullbullbullbullntial that theae individualbullare reqularly and tully intoratd ot aite activitieaplana findingbull and developatnta contact aay be madaby ttlephonbull calla or by aail Intoraal aeetinga mightalao be achedultd periodically to aolicit and reapond toqueationa frobull the couunity
In addition holding brietinga and meetina with localotticiala aaintainin intorwation rtpoeitoritl and acurrent aailing lilt are all effective waya to kltpintertattd public and local officialbull the
inforatd aboutaitt activitita Zncourain inttreattd partiebull toparticipate in planninq and coordinating coaunityrelationbull activitbullbull ia anotbtr approach for kttpinthu involved in and aupportive ot ruecUalunclortallten at tho oito tftorta
The North Saithfitld town adainiatrator and tht fivetown council aUra art appropriate local officialbull toinvolve in a coaaunity rtlationa proqru M-bera ofPOW and reaidenta who live in cloat proxiaity to thtoito ohould be an intoral port of all c01111unityrtlationa activitbullbullmiddot
3) Notify local ofticiala and araa rtaidentbullactiyitiee of titbulland prqyidt folloy-up inforwation on tbtaaactiyi1iea conciae and eaaily underatandablaintonation about the purpoat and achtdule of technicaland other aita-rtlattd activitiea ahould bt aadeavailable to local otticiala and area reaidanta Beforeaitt activity bagina local officialbull and atfactadreaidanta ahould be notified by telephone In additionZPA may wiah to intora theat individualbull ot thepottntial impacta (a q noiae and increaeed traffic)that might reault froa aite activity Information onthe outcome of technical activitiea auch bullbull aamplinq andmonitaring alao ahould be aade available
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Where intonation cannot be released to the publicexaaple enforceaent-aenaitive inforaation) a clear (forandaiaple explanation aa to why the inforaation auat bewithheld ia appropriate EPA couunity relationbull ataff
~~~~erou~eteto ~ifiz~ecf~~~raiiti ~required or where certain typea of intonation aradeaired by specific individualamp or qroupa ownerbull For exaapleof property where aamplas are taken ahould baprovided with follow-up explanationbull of what waaand the aaaplectteat reaulta of the aamplea taken froaproperty thair
4) Enwura that inguiritw from thbull copunity art handledefficientlyable to
The couunity and local officialbull auat becontact aomeone knowledqeable about tha XRRaite for intonation about aite activitiaa and toexpreaa other quaationa or concernbull that uy ariaethe Ifexiatinq contact person ia replaced the co-unityahould be notified proaptly 5) coordinate actiyitibullbull at all Supartun4IUImiddot Diss-ination of inforaation
witbullbull in thbullSuperfund reqarcUnq theprogru and other relevant inforaationia not apecific to the URR aite ahould be
thatcoordinated UOft9 the various r-edial actiona
carefullytakift9 place currentlyInfonaation disa-ination effortbullbe integrated not dupl icatad
ahould
G COIOMIIlY ULJTIONS ACTIVITIES
Several activitiaa are outlined below to achievedeacribed the objectivebullin aection P A achedule illuatratinqthaaa activitiea ia on paqe 17 the tiainq of
1 Maintain information rtpgsitories
Maintaininq inforaation repositories willltey aateriala on the URR alta -- auch as ensure that
technical suaaries site reports fact sheeta
plana co-unity relationbulland other relevant inforaation on the Superfundproqraa -- are available to the public The locationbullfor theabull repositories are the North Smithfield PublicLibrary and the North Saithfiald Memorial Town HallThese repositories will be coordinated withrepositories aatablillhed informationfor other Superfund aitea inNorth Saithtiold
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An PA technical and coaunity relationa atatt peraon are deaiqnated to reaponcl directly to all public inquiriea regarding aite activitiea The naae addreaa and telephone nUJibar ot the contacta are liated in Appendix A and will ba indicated clearly on au aateriala bullada available to the public Theae EPA contact peraona will coordinate with atate and local otticiala when aaking contact with the aedia
0~todtfteauiitglig~t=n and sgntast tho
The North Smithfield town adainiatrator and town council preaiclent have indicated that they want to be kept informed about plana and findinga on the URR aite Thia effort aay be accoapliahed through periodic corraapondence brietinga and intonal aeatinqa
Whenever poaaible bullbullbulltinge with local otticiala will include both EPA technical and PA COJUIUnity ralationa ataft Meatinqa will be held on an aa-neadad baaia1 apecitically it there ia a cbanqe in achadule or if aiqnificant findinqa are aade at the alta
Conduct inforul bullbullbulltiMe yitb reeidentbull and gtheraf(ested partiee
Inforaal aeatinqa with reaidenta and other affected partiea will be held on an aa-neadad baaia1 apecifically before RI activitiea bein and at the coaptation of the draft rs report The aaetinqa will include intereated citiaena the IP- reqional aite project officer and an PA couunity relationbullcoordinator
~~tabera of the preea prigr to firbullt publis
Area newepapera auch aa Thbull Proyidance Jgurnol lbl_ Wognegcket Call and Thbull Qbeervar are read widely in the couunity and have cqverec1 the URR atory extenaively tor a number of yeara Given the coDunitybulla confuaion over activitiea that have taken place at the aite a feature atory eorting out the facta and outlining the work atill to be done will greatly facilitate the tirat public aaetinga EPA technical and coiiJDunity relationbull ataff will arrange praaa briatinqa ten daya to two weeki before the tirat achedulecl aeetinq
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Prior to initiating field activitiea EPA will conduct a public intollation aeeting to infoll reaidenta and other interested partiea about RIFS activitiea planned at the aita At thia aaeting the public will be encouraged to aak questions about the acope of work praaantad in the workplan and othar related iaauea EPA will coordinate closely with local otficiala regarding tht loqiatica and agenda of this bulleetinq Sugqaated matting locations ara included in Appendix B
7 Prtpart fact abeeta
A tact sheet ia required on the FS outlining the cleanup alternatives considered at the LRR site Additional tact ahttta ara required to explain EPA bulla selected alternative aa announce in the Record of Daciaion (ROD an4 when the engineering 4ea iqn ot the r adial alternative ia coapleted
Ac14itional fact aheeta aay be relaaat4 at the beginning of the reatc1ial invtatqation to intona area raai4anta and other interaattc1 citiaena about EPA 1 a site plana and the proce4urea ot the Superfun4 proqraa an4 at the conclusion of the RI to infona the public of aiqnificant finclinvo Anothor fact ohoot y bo proHirocl Vhich explaina the EPA enforcnt process at Superfunc aitea
Fact aheata will be aailtc1 to intertatac1 cithena the North Saithfiel4 town offices JUDD and Rhoda Ialanc Opartaant of Health (RIDOH) staff an4 area navapapara
I Proyidt Y reltttta to losal newapaPra
Prapart4 atattaenta will be released to local and area newspapers to notify the couunity of any public aaetings to notify the public when site activity ia achedultd to btqin and to announce discovery of any aiqnificant findings at the aitt during the RIS
Additional newa raleaaaa will be prepared prior to tha public couent period on the draft S report and at the tiaa of the announceaent of the ROD
Addresses and telephone numbers of local and area newspapers art included in Appendix A
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Conduct a public coptnt ptriod gn the draft ftaeihilitxatudy rtport
A ainiaua three-week public couent period with at leaat two weeks review tiae before the atart of the couent period is required to allow citizenbull to expreaa their opiniona on EPAbull preferred alternative for reaedial action at the LIIRR site Couunity participation will be encouraqtd at thia point by tellinq citiztna that their opinionbull will be incorporated in the final cltanupdeciaion
A public aeetinq held durinq the public comment period will provide PA the opportunity to anawer citizenbullbull queationa directly and to explain the recouended reaedial alternativea A public aeetinq will alae provide intereated citizenbull an opportunity to aak queationa and aake coaenta to EPA Suqqested locationa for the aeetinCJ are included in Appendix B The lOCJittica and aqenda of the aeetinq will be coordinated with Korth Saithfield town officiala
rreart a reapgneiyeneaa bullUWMry
A reaponaiveneaa auaary ia required aa part of the ROD for the aite It will IUJU1ari1e pul)lic concernbull and iaaues raiaed throuqhout the RIFS and indicate hov EPA reapondtd to theae concerna
Btyiee the eggunity relttigna plan tor thbull LiBR bullitbull Once the ROD for the L6RR lite hat been iaaued thit coaunity relatione plan will be reviaed to include coaunity relations activitiea appropriate to the reaedial daaiqn and r edial action (RDRA) phbullbullbullbull The reviaion of the coaunity relatione plan will
o Update facta and verify the inforaation included in thia coaaunity relatione plan prtpared for the RIFS
o Alaeaa the couunity relations proqru to date and indicate whether the aame or different approachtawill be talten during the RDRA phaae11
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0 Identity any new concerna that uy have ariaen in tho couunity oinco thio roviooltl couunityrelatione plan vaa prepared and
0 Develop a atrateqy to pr1par1 the couunity for ita future role in thbull RDRA procbullbullbull and in tha onqoinqoperation and aaintananca ot the ~RR aite
Givan tha high level of intaraat in tha LRR aitbull counity intarviava will be hale prior to tha ravbion of tha ~RR co-unity relatione plan
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A liat of the indivicuala and organization area contacta includinq federal officiala atata and local ofticiala intareata4 raaidenta and udia repreaentativbulla ia includoltl in Appendix A EPA will expand one rovioo thio liat aa naceaaary middot
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The Town of Jlorth Saithfielct baa recently eatablillhlc a vator authority that 1o bucloltl by tho town council pruiclent With tha conatruction at a vatar line to lurrillvillo one tho inotollotion by IPA ot vator oyotou at nearby auportuncl oitoo tho town io bopin9 to develop an overall vatar atratetn lecauae BPA actiona will bo intaltJral in any oucb plano tho tocbnical anc1 coaaunity relatione atatt tor ~RR Waatem land Cravol Staaina llillo and tho Davia Liquicl Waoto Superfund aitea llhoulc be preparlc to t toqether an4 with atate and local otficiala to coordinate activitiaa attactivaly
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APPEIIDIX A
IIITRSTD PARTIES
A Ftdttal ltgtad Otticitla
Senator Claiborne Ptll
Diatrist Office 418 Ft4tral Courthouat Building Providence RI 02903
Waahinqton DC Office 335 Ruaatll Senate Office BuildingWaahinqton DC 20510
Senator John Chaftt
Dietricent Office 301 Paatort Ftctral Building Providence RI 02903
blhinetqn rx OfCiee s 567 Diruen senate Office Buildift9 Wallbinvton DC 20511
lbpruentative lernand J st Ganaain let Diatrict
Dietriet oCUcts 204 John z r09arty Buildin9 Providence RI 02903
lathinqton QC Oftiee 2108 Rayburn Mouat Office luildinq Waahinqton DC 20510
8 State Elected Officialbull
Senator Paul s Jttlly 30th Diotrict
Diatrict Offiee 451 Victory Highway North Saithfiald RI 02895
Proyictnct Oftict co Deputy Majority Leaderbull Office State Houae Room 117 Providence RI 02903
401528-5456
202224-4642
401528-5294
202224-2921
401521-5050
202225-Ull
401767-3567
401227-6896
Rapraaantativa Jticlt Roaati Uat Diatrict
EUISiJigt QIUgl t Roaelavn Avenue P O lkgtx 131 Slateraville RI 03176
401766-4854
ltsaidiDsil Qllit t co Office of the SpeakerState Houae Providence RI 02903
401227-2466
Repreaentative Albert G Brien 6Znd Diatrict
12iiSiJisiSi QIUsil t 13 s outh Mai n s t reet Woonaocltat RI 02195
bszxidiDSil QIUsil CO Office of the Speaker atate Bouaa Providence RI 02103
RaproHJltativo Maney L Benoit 64th Diatrict
401766-3416
401227-2466
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e DiBtimi Qllisat 21 larkaly Strut WocmaocJtet AI 02115
401766-7101
bllidiDSil fUIislt co Oftico of tho Speaker state Bouaa Provictance RI 02903
401227-2466
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Arthur Denoaae Town Maini atrator Mnorial Town Ha l l Slateravil le RI 02876
401 767-2200
Xenneth M Bianchi Town council Preaictent 23 Saithfiold Road North Saithtiold RI 02895
401463-8700
Roland Boucher Town Councilor Great Road North Smithfield RI 02895
401765-2000
DavieS A tovett Town Councilor 410 Victory Hiqhvay North saithfio1d RI oags
Ronald N Renaud Town Councilor Wildwood Road Foreatdale RI
Jaaea X Saloae Town Councilor 18 Pound Hill Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Paul Boulaqerone Town Solicitor Meaorial Town Hall Slateraville RI 02876
Richard Brady Chief of Police IS Saithfio1d Rood lrforth Sa ithfield RI 02895
Edward Cournoyer Fire Chief Buaineaa Office St Peul Street lrforth laithfield RI 02195
llorth laithfio1cl Firo Dopartaont 24 Boou- laorqoncy _r
D D I KnyirpQMn1tl Prottstign Wncy
Patty D1Andrea Coaunity Relatione Coordinator 01 nvironaental Protection AqencyRPA-2203 J r JtennecSy Federal Buildinq Beaton MA 02203
John Gallagher Reaectial Project Officer Us nvironaantal Protection AgencyIISV-1107 J r XbullNlbullcSy Federal BuildingBoaton MA 02203
Richard Boynton Chief Rhode Ialand and
Ver111ont Superfund Section US Environaantal Protection AqancyHSV-1107 J F Cannady Federal Building Boston MA 02203
401767-2400
401438-67SO
401762-0434 401767-6633
401762-1212
401762-1135
401762-1414
617S65-342S
617565-3641
617565-3688
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Pelix Harvey Diviaion ot Air and 401277-2797
Ha1ardoua Materiala Rhoca Ialand Departant at
Environaantal Manaqnt 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providence RI 02908
John Haqopoian 401277-6867Chiat ot Diviaion ot Watar Supply
Rhoda I a land Departaant at Haalth 75 middot Davia Straat Rooa 209 Providence RI 02908 ~tl=
~ Anthony patain Ito401277-2797 Rhoda Ialand Departaant ot
Environaantal ManaC)ant 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providanea RI 02901 ~c==
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~U ltsDidiDQI ZSiWCIII 401277-7000(Providence Edition) e() 75 Fountain Street
Providence RI
111 bszidiDiiil allmtDII 401277-7091(lloonaocJltat Edition)1 Social Street Wooneockat RI 02195
Dl JlgQQIQSiklt 1111 401762-3000
Woonaockat RI 02895 75 Main Street
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b1 212bullbullabullz 401949-2700PO Box C358 Graanvilla RI 02828 (Publiahad waaltly on Thuraday)
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LOCATIONS POR INPORIIAlIOII UPOSlORIS AND PUBLIC llllIIIGS
A Intoraation Rtpgaitoriea
North Saithfie1d Public Library 4017S7-278020 Main street PO Bcx 296 Slataraville RI 02876
Winter Houra Monday Wec1neaday - 12 PM-5 PH 6 PM-8 PM Tuaaday Thuraday Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - 10 All-2 PM
Suaaer Houra Konday Wednaaday - 12 PM-5 PM 6 PM-8 PM lueedey lhureday - 10 All-5 PM Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - Cloaed
Contact Robin Glaaaar Li))rarian
North laithfie1d Nnor1e1 lovn Ball 401767-2200llaterville RI 02171
Soura Monday - Friday - 130 M-430 PM
Contact1 Arthur Denoae Town Adainiatrator
1 bt1ins Loqatione
llun1cipa1 Annex lluildi~ 401767-220215 laithfie1d Road llorth Saithfie1d RI 02195
Contact Barbara Walab
Halliwell Eleaantary School 401769-5492North Saithtiald School Departaant
Adainiatration RPD 2 Graanvillt Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Contact Jaan Korriaon
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KUIIICIPAL STRUCTUR OP NORTH SMITHFIELD
The Town of North Sbullithtiald Rhode Ialand ia made up ot tiva villagaa Slataravilla Foraatdala Priaroaa Union Village and Waterford Tha villaqaa have no juriadictional municipal or rapraaantativa autonomy
The Town of North Saithfiald ia run by a fiva-aallbar town council Council aallbara are alactad at-larqa for two-year taraa lactiona are non-partban The council maata avery Monday niqht Daily adminiatration of tha town ia the duty of tha town aCSiniatrator who ia alae alactad for a two-year tara Tha town budqat ia dacidad by town uatinq
North Sbullithtiald hae alao recently aatabliahad a water authority which ia appointed by tha town council Tha council praaidant ia currently chairaan of the vatar authority In Novallber 1916 a propoaal tor a new town charter will be put on the ballot The new charter would aatabliah a poaition tor a aalariad town aanagar who would be appointed by the town council
In the atata leialatura North Sbullithtiald ia part of three repreaantative diatricta The veatarn half of the tovn ia part of the lbullt Diatrict which alao includaa the Town of Burrillville The aaatarn portion of the town ia part of the 2nd and lrd diatr1cta which amplao includea the City of Woonaocltet The entire town ia repreaentated in the 30th diatrict of the State Senate
The Town of North Saithtiel4 ia aervice4 by two Poet Otf1cea and haa the following aip codea and acScreaaee
Slateravilla 02876Foreatdale 02824 llorth Saithtiold 02895Woonaockat 02895
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LIST OP PERSONS CONTACTED IN DVZLOPIINT OP THE REVISED COIIIIUIIITY RELATIONS PLAN
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JCenneth K Bianchi June 18 1986 Town Council Prabullidant23 Saithfiold Rd North Saithfiold 02895
i Paul Boulaqerone June 16 1986 Town Solicitor ~ Meaorial Town Hall 0~ Slaterbullville RI 02876 it George Cournoyer June 17 1986 Rabullident living nearPO Box 166
landfill on Tifft Rd lSlateraville RI 02876 ltlc Arthur Dencmae June 16 1986 Town adainiatrator =l-riol Town Ball l l a t erav ille RI 02176 ~iRoland carol Drainvil l o J uno 17 1986 Active aeabera ot 750 Pound Bill lld P o w ebull orth hithfi o l d RI 0219 5
llllrial Halloran Juno 11 1916 Founder at Po wPound Bill lld Reaident livinq nearlforth laithtielcS RI 02195 landfill
m eat Moulico Juno 11 1986 Reaident livinq near1U2 Pound Bill lld landfill North Saithfiold RI 02895
JCate Racine June 17 1986 Rabullidant livinq near153 Old Groat Rd landfillKorth Saithtield RI 02895
Jia llamprion llhito Juno 16 1986 Rabullidenta livinq nearPO Box 437 landfillSlateravilla RI 02876
Carole Whiteley Juno 17 1986 Active in aavaral40 Lapre Rd town ieauaaNorth Saithfield RI 02895
meat Woodworth Juno 17 1986 Raaident livinq nearRPD fl landfill Paat memberPound Hill Rd ot Planning Board Woonaockatt RI 02895
- barcode 561476
- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 561476
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D HISTORY OP COMIIUIIITY IHVOLVEIlIIT
One reaidant interviewed during the preparation of thia couunityrelationbull plan daacribad co-unity involvaaant at URR aa baingbulltwelve yaara of uttar total fruatration In the twelve yaaraainca L5RR purchaaad the facility the laval of couunity intaraatand concern baa bean axtraaaly high and baa included theforaation of two local anvironaantal group11 the paaaing of twoatata lawa regarding paraitting of waata facilitiaat the filing ofaavaral legal actionar and axtanaiva aadia coverage Throughoutthia period couunity raaidanta have continually believed thatthey have bean battling a larqa vall-financed politicallyshyconnected oppoaition Moreover it baa bean alleged bythaaa raaidanta that organized criaa ia 10111 of
involved in LRRfacility They theview RIDEM aa baing inapt and poaaibly evan inc olluaion with tha intaraata of t ha l andfill They view EPA aabeing unraaponaiva and indiff erent t o their concarna In 1974 a l arge nubar of truckamp tranaporti ngvhich vaat a (aoaa ofbelonged to lruk-Avay owned and operated by thaURR) ovna r a ofthrough the coaaunity cauaad a oat na ighbora to bacoaaof the landfill for tha firat tiaa
awareIn addition to LRR thaaatrucka vera alao bringing vaataa to Waatarn SandSuperfund Gravel anotheraita vhich ia adjacent to URRorvaniaationa vera foaed -- Protect our watara (POW)
Two citiaanthe Environaent of forth Saithfiald Inc (BEllS)
and savinvaeventiea ampEMS In the lataaponaorad two environaantal foruaaSaithfield in Mortbto focua attention on URR 1featem Sand Graveltvo other Superfund aitea in northern Rhoda Ialand (Picillo
andWaataDiapol in coventry and Davia Liquid in Baithfiald)
POW vaa forad in 1978 by aavara1 aabera of Marth Saithfialdaconaervation Coaaiaaion The Coaaiaaion had received coaplaintaabout the operation of URR POW vaa inatl1Dantal in the paaaaCJeof atata lava to ban haaardoua and aolid vaata facilitiaa fr011baing located over aquifereoqaniampinCJ ralliaa The C)roupbulla activitiaa includedof up to ona thouaand raaidanta at the atatacapitol buildinq
coverage oqanizing and effectively coordinating aadiaand gathering and diaaaa inati nq intonation and data onthe facility
Alaovary
in tha l at a 1970a the Korth Saithfiald t own council becabullbullact ive in iaauaa involving tha L RR a i ta Tha tovn councildpraclaradaaidant flaw to Waahington t o bullbullbullt with EPA officiala lha t ownthe Slataraville Aquifer to ba awater aource of municipaland raquaated that an Environmental Impact Aaaasamant beprepared aa part of an attempt to close the landfill throughaction court
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Believinq that atate and tadaral authoritiaaraaponaiva North Saithtield toraed a taak vera not beif9
vaata torca on hazardouaheaded by the town council praaidant and includinq auberaot POW and SNS Tha taak torebull hired conaultanta and engineeringtina to help thea qathar data to be uaed in their ettortaconvince the etate laqialatura the courta RIDM and EPA to to
aoae type of action In all North Saithfialc apant over taka
in an effort $100000colllJiunity atatac
to build their caaa several aaabara of thetheir atrong baliat that thia work ahould havebean carried out lly atata and fadaral officiala With the cloainq of tha hazardoua waate portion of the landfilland later the aolid waata landfill aa wall thebean diabandad and taak forca haaaallbara of
POW and SENS have becoaa inactive Moatthe community interviewed atatad that daapitaetforta they have won only a partial victory and aa one their
put it have reaidantpeople
baan latt with a aountain of trouble Severalinterviewed during the preparation of thia plan notedthe landfill riaaa three hundred aavanty faat that
above aaa lavalaakinq it the third hiqhaat apot in northern lUloda IalandThera ia a high leve l ot awaranaaa about hazardoua vaata andanvirormantal iaauaa in the coaaunity
otherMoat raaidanta intarviavaddurinq on-aita diacuaaiona vera taailiar with the otheraitaa in the Superfundarea 1 n-ely the Staaina MillSaithtield the Weatarn San4 Gravel aita in
a ita in Korththa lurrillvilla andof
Davie Liquid aita in Saithfield ltbullbullbull EXhibit 2) All IIUbera_)
the coaunity intarviavK vera aurpriaad to learn thatadditional invaatigation of the URR aita would be9iven that the landfill baa bean cloaed down takinq place
UPDATE OF COIOIUNITY CONCERIIS AND DY ISSUES
The URlt couunity relatione plan prepared in 1983tha folloving aajor co-unity concarna icantitiec
o Hetti to elgae the LiBR Facility Raaicantabelieved that the continued operation of thafacility atill poaad a public health threat o Contowinotion ot the Slattrayilla Aauitar Withovar eighty parcant or the reaidancaa in towndrawinq their water froa privata walla there waaqraat concern about poaaibla conta11ination
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Although the facilityaquifer reaaina the
haa bean cloaed contuination of theaoat praaainq concern of the coaunityConcernbull have bacoaa aora amppacific hovavar ainca tha couunityhaa baqun to axuina poaaibla affacta of contuination not onlyprivata vella but onon aavaral other aapacta of the couunityLiated below are the counitybulla current concerna 0 Cgntamination gf Priyate Wtlla Since 1981 theState haa taatad aany of the private walla withina half ailbull radiua of the alta and althoughalbulloat all of the teata have ahovn nocontaaination raaidanta are hiqhly akaptical of
==bulltfo~t~e0ta~=~= ~dolov~a~ea~i~dmiddot~~contaaination (One raaident aaid that the Stateinatructed hibull to taka water troa hia tap andbrinq it to town hall where it would be pickedup ) Soma raaidenta have bad their walla teatedprivately and claia that the reaulta indicatethat the walla are contuinatld Soae raaidantauaa only bottled water purchaald at their ovnexpanaa Blcauaa teat reaulta of privata wallaara confidential there ara rwaoraapaculation about how far pollution and
uy havaapread
0 Csmtpinatign gf thbull llrtereyille AmampiftrUthouqh the population of northam Rhoda Ialandincreaald draaatically aa the araa baa beandavalopad tha nabar of available vater aourcaabaa r inad the Tba larvaly untappedSlateraville Aquifer offara one of the aoatproaiaing- aourcaa of vatar to auatain thiaeconoaic growth Tbare ia Mrioua concerneapacially on the part of town officiala thatincraaald uaa of tha aquifer aay eventually dravcontaaination into the aquifer and cauaa aaerioua pollution probl Thia aituation ia notviewed aa a probl unique to the URR alta butrather one that involveamp all of the Superfunda itea in the area
o Ptyelgaent and Grgyth Beaidea clean vatareconomic developaant of their town iaSaithfiald reaidenta qraateat concernthe North
Becausethe two iasues are cloaaly linked they ara
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0 Proparty yaluea Savaral of tha raaidanta intarviawad raportad that one-third of tha houaaa on Tifft road bava bean tor aala for the paat yaar with no buyara daapita a vary favorable aarkat for hoaa purchaaing Scaa raaidanta apeculatad that tha apparent aacrecy aurrouncUng private vall teating aany reaidenta are reluctant to diwlge their teat reaulta to other reaidenta -- ia related to the fear of loaaea in property valuea 01e reaident of Tifft road ia planning to brin9 l~al action 09ainat tho Town of North saitbtield tor a tax Uatqent becauae hia property haa ~en devalued aa a reault ot bain9 locatad near tho landfill
o Qat pf thbull llbulltbullreyUle Btetryoir The llateraville Reaervoir uaed to be a focal point tor recreation in the coaunity Wt currently ia little uaed Reaidanta tear that runoff troa tht landfill 110untainbull (tho LID aita) hao contuinated the raaervoir
o Htalth Ibulleuea All raaidanta interviewed fear that they and eapecially their children are bain9 oxpoaad to potential health riou llany reaidanta pointed to htalth iaauaa at other ntarby aitea aa indicatorbull of potential probl that aay raault froa tha URR aita
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o latbullty and Stqurity The alta ia iaolated and iacloaed off by only three atranda of barbed wireSoae reaidanta axpraaaed concern that thiabarrier would not be affective in keepingchildren off the aite and they would thereforebe expoaed to poaaible contaaination 0 cogunity bull Dtairt to Hol4 LiRR Accountablt
~Itemiddot~~~bullbulli~nbull~~r~n~~ b~ir~d 4ownara of LIRR had coaplataly cUaraqardad thtconcarna of tha couunity and had aada a aullfortune in the twelve yeara that URR operatedThey uniforly expraaaed tht deaire that theownerbull not be allowed to qet away
0 ~icofw1~~4upIttti~~~ a~tl~ inatalled aa part of r-dial actionbull at anotherSuperfund dto In noivbborinv IIUttillvillothere are plana to develop a water line froa thetJcituate Reaervoir to aupply a power plant bainqbuilt there loae Korth laitbfield raaidanta aetthe Burrillville water line aa a poaaibla -nato develop a town vatu ayata lbe Jlorthsaithfiold town council proddont oxprooood thohope that tho lllgtrrillvillo plono ai9htcoordinated vith plonoIIPAo to providecaprehanaive water ayata for the reqion
boo
o M4itipnal Sitbullbullmiddot Since Jlorth laithfiald 1bulllocated near ao aany Superfund aitea a caonlyaalted quaation ia Wbare vill they find the nextone several reaidanta 1nterv1av1Mt 4ur1nqon-aita diacuaaiona apoJta of a reported apill atbprex a local aanufacturinq plant The bprexfir ia located halfway between L6RR and thestaaina Killo dto
P OB1EcriVS OP llli UVISED C011Kt111ITY RELATIONS PROGIWI
The aita-aptcific objectivebull for the couunity relationaat the proqruL6RR aite durinq the upcoainq r-ldial activitiea arepraaantad below
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1) Proyidt a bulltatubull rtpgrt of tht eitbull to area raeidtn1bullan4 local officiala To diapel the contuaion regardingtht atatua of tht LRR aitt and EPAbull roltactivitiea in altaan attort ahould be aada to diaatminatabaaic intorwation to the cOJUtunity that deacribearolt and EPAbull activitiea
providebull a achtdulbull of tht planned rtmedial
2) Enliat thbull aupport and participation of local officialaand rtaidtnts in coordinatinq cogunity rtlationsactiyitibullbull To ancouraqa the aupport and participationof local officialbull and intereated citizenbull in theremedial effort it ia bullbullbullbullntial that theae individualbullare reqularly and tully intoratd ot aite activitieaplana findingbull and developatnta contact aay be madaby ttlephonbull calla or by aail Intoraal aeetinga mightalao be achedultd periodically to aolicit and reapond toqueationa frobull the couunity
In addition holding brietinga and meetina with localotticiala aaintainin intorwation rtpoeitoritl and acurrent aailing lilt are all effective waya to kltpintertattd public and local officialbull the
inforatd aboutaitt activitita Zncourain inttreattd partiebull toparticipate in planninq and coordinating coaunityrelationbull activitbullbull ia anotbtr approach for kttpinthu involved in and aupportive ot ruecUalunclortallten at tho oito tftorta
The North Saithfitld town adainiatrator and tht fivetown council aUra art appropriate local officialbull toinvolve in a coaaunity rtlationa proqru M-bera ofPOW and reaidenta who live in cloat proxiaity to thtoito ohould be an intoral port of all c01111unityrtlationa activitbullbullmiddot
3) Notify local ofticiala and araa rtaidentbullactiyitiee of titbulland prqyidt folloy-up inforwation on tbtaaactiyi1iea conciae and eaaily underatandablaintonation about the purpoat and achtdule of technicaland other aita-rtlattd activitiea ahould bt aadeavailable to local otticiala and area reaidanta Beforeaitt activity bagina local officialbull and atfactadreaidanta ahould be notified by telephone In additionZPA may wiah to intora theat individualbull ot thepottntial impacta (a q noiae and increaeed traffic)that might reault froa aite activity Information onthe outcome of technical activitiea auch bullbull aamplinq andmonitaring alao ahould be aade available
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Where intonation cannot be released to the publicexaaple enforceaent-aenaitive inforaation) a clear (forandaiaple explanation aa to why the inforaation auat bewithheld ia appropriate EPA couunity relationbull ataff
~~~~erou~eteto ~ifiz~ecf~~~raiiti ~required or where certain typea of intonation aradeaired by specific individualamp or qroupa ownerbull For exaapleof property where aamplas are taken ahould baprovided with follow-up explanationbull of what waaand the aaaplectteat reaulta of the aamplea taken froaproperty thair
4) Enwura that inguiritw from thbull copunity art handledefficientlyable to
The couunity and local officialbull auat becontact aomeone knowledqeable about tha XRRaite for intonation about aite activitiaa and toexpreaa other quaationa or concernbull that uy ariaethe Ifexiatinq contact person ia replaced the co-unityahould be notified proaptly 5) coordinate actiyitibullbull at all Supartun4IUImiddot Diss-ination of inforaation
witbullbull in thbullSuperfund reqarcUnq theprogru and other relevant inforaationia not apecific to the URR aite ahould be
thatcoordinated UOft9 the various r-edial actiona
carefullytakift9 place currentlyInfonaation disa-ination effortbullbe integrated not dupl icatad
ahould
G COIOMIIlY ULJTIONS ACTIVITIES
Several activitiaa are outlined below to achievedeacribed the objectivebullin aection P A achedule illuatratinqthaaa activitiea ia on paqe 17 the tiainq of
1 Maintain information rtpgsitories
Maintaininq inforaation repositories willltey aateriala on the URR alta -- auch as ensure that
technical suaaries site reports fact sheeta
plana co-unity relationbulland other relevant inforaation on the Superfundproqraa -- are available to the public The locationbullfor theabull repositories are the North Smithfield PublicLibrary and the North Saithfiald Memorial Town HallThese repositories will be coordinated withrepositories aatablillhed informationfor other Superfund aitea inNorth Saithtiold
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An PA technical and coaunity relationa atatt peraon are deaiqnated to reaponcl directly to all public inquiriea regarding aite activitiea The naae addreaa and telephone nUJibar ot the contacta are liated in Appendix A and will ba indicated clearly on au aateriala bullada available to the public Theae EPA contact peraona will coordinate with atate and local otticiala when aaking contact with the aedia
0~todtfteauiitglig~t=n and sgntast tho
The North Smithfield town adainiatrator and town council preaiclent have indicated that they want to be kept informed about plana and findinga on the URR aite Thia effort aay be accoapliahed through periodic corraapondence brietinga and intonal aeatinqa
Whenever poaaible bullbullbulltinge with local otticiala will include both EPA technical and PA COJUIUnity ralationa ataft Meatinqa will be held on an aa-neadad baaia1 apecitically it there ia a cbanqe in achadule or if aiqnificant findinqa are aade at the alta
Conduct inforul bullbullbulltiMe yitb reeidentbull and gtheraf(ested partiee
Inforaal aeatinqa with reaidenta and other affected partiea will be held on an aa-neadad baaia1 apecifically before RI activitiea bein and at the coaptation of the draft rs report The aaetinqa will include intereated citiaena the IP- reqional aite project officer and an PA couunity relationbullcoordinator
~~tabera of the preea prigr to firbullt publis
Area newepapera auch aa Thbull Proyidance Jgurnol lbl_ Wognegcket Call and Thbull Qbeervar are read widely in the couunity and have cqverec1 the URR atory extenaively tor a number of yeara Given the coDunitybulla confuaion over activitiea that have taken place at the aite a feature atory eorting out the facta and outlining the work atill to be done will greatly facilitate the tirat public aaetinga EPA technical and coiiJDunity relationbull ataff will arrange praaa briatinqa ten daya to two weeki before the tirat achedulecl aeetinq
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6 Condyst a pyhlic intoraetign weetinq on the vorls plan
Prior to initiating field activitiea EPA will conduct a public intollation aeeting to infoll reaidenta and other interested partiea about RIFS activitiea planned at the aita At thia aaeting the public will be encouraged to aak questions about the acope of work praaantad in the workplan and othar related iaauea EPA will coordinate closely with local otficiala regarding tht loqiatica and agenda of this bulleetinq Sugqaated matting locations ara included in Appendix B
7 Prtpart fact abeeta
A tact sheet ia required on the FS outlining the cleanup alternatives considered at the LRR site Additional tact ahttta ara required to explain EPA bulla selected alternative aa announce in the Record of Daciaion (ROD an4 when the engineering 4ea iqn ot the r adial alternative ia coapleted
Ac14itional fact aheeta aay be relaaat4 at the beginning of the reatc1ial invtatqation to intona area raai4anta and other interaattc1 citiaena about EPA 1 a site plana and the proce4urea ot the Superfun4 proqraa an4 at the conclusion of the RI to infona the public of aiqnificant finclinvo Anothor fact ohoot y bo proHirocl Vhich explaina the EPA enforcnt process at Superfunc aitea
Fact aheata will be aailtc1 to intertatac1 cithena the North Saithfiel4 town offices JUDD and Rhoda Ialanc Opartaant of Health (RIDOH) staff an4 area navapapara
I Proyidt Y reltttta to losal newapaPra
Prapart4 atattaenta will be released to local and area newspapers to notify the couunity of any public aaetings to notify the public when site activity ia achedultd to btqin and to announce discovery of any aiqnificant findings at the aitt during the RIS
Additional newa raleaaaa will be prepared prior to tha public couent period on the draft S report and at the tiaa of the announceaent of the ROD
Addresses and telephone numbers of local and area newspapers art included in Appendix A
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Conduct a public coptnt ptriod gn the draft ftaeihilitxatudy rtport
A ainiaua three-week public couent period with at leaat two weeks review tiae before the atart of the couent period is required to allow citizenbull to expreaa their opiniona on EPAbull preferred alternative for reaedial action at the LIIRR site Couunity participation will be encouraqtd at thia point by tellinq citiztna that their opinionbull will be incorporated in the final cltanupdeciaion
A public aeetinq held durinq the public comment period will provide PA the opportunity to anawer citizenbullbull queationa directly and to explain the recouended reaedial alternativea A public aeetinq will alae provide intereated citizenbull an opportunity to aak queationa and aake coaenta to EPA Suqqested locationa for the aeetinCJ are included in Appendix B The lOCJittica and aqenda of the aeetinq will be coordinated with Korth Saithfield town officiala
rreart a reapgneiyeneaa bullUWMry
A reaponaiveneaa auaary ia required aa part of the ROD for the aite It will IUJU1ari1e pul)lic concernbull and iaaues raiaed throuqhout the RIFS and indicate hov EPA reapondtd to theae concerna
Btyiee the eggunity relttigna plan tor thbull LiBR bullitbull Once the ROD for the L6RR lite hat been iaaued thit coaunity relatione plan will be reviaed to include coaunity relations activitiea appropriate to the reaedial daaiqn and r edial action (RDRA) phbullbullbullbull The reviaion of the coaunity relatione plan will
o Update facta and verify the inforaation included in thia coaaunity relatione plan prtpared for the RIFS
o Alaeaa the couunity relations proqru to date and indicate whether the aame or different approachtawill be talten during the RDRA phaae11
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0 Develop a atrateqy to pr1par1 the couunity for ita future role in thbull RDRA procbullbullbull and in tha onqoinqoperation and aaintananca ot the ~RR aite
Givan tha high level of intaraat in tha LRR aitbull counity intarviava will be hale prior to tha ravbion of tha ~RR co-unity relatione plan
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A liat of the indivicuala and organization area contacta includinq federal officiala atata and local ofticiala intareata4 raaidenta and udia repreaentativbulla ia includoltl in Appendix A EPA will expand one rovioo thio liat aa naceaaary middot
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The Town of Jlorth Saithfielct baa recently eatablillhlc a vator authority that 1o bucloltl by tho town council pruiclent With tha conatruction at a vatar line to lurrillvillo one tho inotollotion by IPA ot vator oyotou at nearby auportuncl oitoo tho town io bopin9 to develop an overall vatar atratetn lecauae BPA actiona will bo intaltJral in any oucb plano tho tocbnical anc1 coaaunity relatione atatt tor ~RR Waatem land Cravol Staaina llillo and tho Davia Liquicl Waoto Superfund aitea llhoulc be preparlc to t toqether an4 with atate and local otficiala to coordinate activitiaa attactivaly
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APPEIIDIX A
IIITRSTD PARTIES
A Ftdttal ltgtad Otticitla
Senator Claiborne Ptll
Diatrist Office 418 Ft4tral Courthouat Building Providence RI 02903
Waahinqton DC Office 335 Ruaatll Senate Office BuildingWaahinqton DC 20510
Senator John Chaftt
Dietricent Office 301 Paatort Ftctral Building Providence RI 02903
blhinetqn rx OfCiee s 567 Diruen senate Office Buildift9 Wallbinvton DC 20511
lbpruentative lernand J st Ganaain let Diatrict
Dietriet oCUcts 204 John z r09arty Buildin9 Providence RI 02903
lathinqton QC Oftiee 2108 Rayburn Mouat Office luildinq Waahinqton DC 20510
8 State Elected Officialbull
Senator Paul s Jttlly 30th Diotrict
Diatrict Offiee 451 Victory Highway North Saithfiald RI 02895
Proyictnct Oftict co Deputy Majority Leaderbull Office State Houae Room 117 Providence RI 02903
401528-5456
202224-4642
401528-5294
202224-2921
401521-5050
202225-Ull
401767-3567
401227-6896
Rapraaantativa Jticlt Roaati Uat Diatrict
EUISiJigt QIUgl t Roaelavn Avenue P O lkgtx 131 Slateraville RI 03176
401766-4854
ltsaidiDsil Qllit t co Office of the SpeakerState Houae Providence RI 02903
401227-2466
Repreaentative Albert G Brien 6Znd Diatrict
12iiSiJisiSi QIUsil t 13 s outh Mai n s t reet Woonaocltat RI 02195
bszxidiDSil QIUsil CO Office of the Speaker atate Bouaa Providence RI 02103
RaproHJltativo Maney L Benoit 64th Diatrict
401766-3416
401227-2466
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e DiBtimi Qllisat 21 larkaly Strut WocmaocJtet AI 02115
401766-7101
bllidiDSil fUIislt co Oftico of tho Speaker state Bouaa Provictance RI 02903
401227-2466
c lampsiill Qllisiilll
Arthur Denoaae Town Maini atrator Mnorial Town Ha l l Slateravil le RI 02876
401 767-2200
Xenneth M Bianchi Town council Preaictent 23 Saithfiold Road North Saithtiold RI 02895
401463-8700
Roland Boucher Town Councilor Great Road North Smithfield RI 02895
401765-2000
DavieS A tovett Town Councilor 410 Victory Hiqhvay North saithfio1d RI oags
Ronald N Renaud Town Councilor Wildwood Road Foreatdale RI
Jaaea X Saloae Town Councilor 18 Pound Hill Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Paul Boulaqerone Town Solicitor Meaorial Town Hall Slateraville RI 02876
Richard Brady Chief of Police IS Saithfio1d Rood lrforth Sa ithfield RI 02895
Edward Cournoyer Fire Chief Buaineaa Office St Peul Street lrforth laithfield RI 02195
llorth laithfio1cl Firo Dopartaont 24 Boou- laorqoncy _r
D D I KnyirpQMn1tl Prottstign Wncy
Patty D1Andrea Coaunity Relatione Coordinator 01 nvironaental Protection AqencyRPA-2203 J r JtennecSy Federal Buildinq Beaton MA 02203
John Gallagher Reaectial Project Officer Us nvironaantal Protection AgencyIISV-1107 J r XbullNlbullcSy Federal BuildingBoaton MA 02203
Richard Boynton Chief Rhode Ialand and
Ver111ont Superfund Section US Environaantal Protection AqancyHSV-1107 J F Cannady Federal Building Boston MA 02203
401767-2400
401438-67SO
401762-0434 401767-6633
401762-1212
401762-1135
401762-1414
617S65-342S
617565-3641
617565-3688
lt1t1 biiUilill
Pelix Harvey Diviaion ot Air and 401277-2797
Ha1ardoua Materiala Rhoca Ialand Departant at
Environaantal Manaqnt 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providence RI 02908
John Haqopoian 401277-6867Chiat ot Diviaion ot Watar Supply
Rhoda I a land Departaant at Haalth 75 middot Davia Straat Rooa 209 Providence RI 02908 ~tl=
~ Anthony patain Ito401277-2797 Rhoda Ialand Departaant ot
Environaantal ManaC)ant 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providanea RI 02901 ~c==
r lfiIQIPra =~ llampjsu HIDHRIZIt Bt
~U ltsDidiDQI ZSiWCIII 401277-7000(Providence Edition) e() 75 Fountain Street
Providence RI
111 bszidiDiiil allmtDII 401277-7091(lloonaocJltat Edition)1 Social Street Wooneockat RI 02195
Dl JlgQQIQSiklt 1111 401762-3000
Woonaockat RI 02895 75 Main Street
tQiill lfiKII21RIZt
b1 212bullbullabullz 401949-2700PO Box C358 Graanvilla RI 02828 (Publiahad waaltly on Thuraday)
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LOCATIONS POR INPORIIAlIOII UPOSlORIS AND PUBLIC llllIIIGS
A Intoraation Rtpgaitoriea
North Saithfie1d Public Library 4017S7-278020 Main street PO Bcx 296 Slataraville RI 02876
Winter Houra Monday Wec1neaday - 12 PM-5 PH 6 PM-8 PM Tuaaday Thuraday Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - 10 All-2 PM
Suaaer Houra Konday Wednaaday - 12 PM-5 PM 6 PM-8 PM lueedey lhureday - 10 All-5 PM Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - Cloaed
Contact Robin Glaaaar Li))rarian
North laithfie1d Nnor1e1 lovn Ball 401767-2200llaterville RI 02171
Soura Monday - Friday - 130 M-430 PM
Contact1 Arthur Denoae Town Adainiatrator
1 bt1ins Loqatione
llun1cipa1 Annex lluildi~ 401767-220215 laithfie1d Road llorth Saithfie1d RI 02195
Contact Barbara Walab
Halliwell Eleaantary School 401769-5492North Saithtiald School Departaant
Adainiatration RPD 2 Graanvillt Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Contact Jaan Korriaon
APPEIIDIX C
KUIIICIPAL STRUCTUR OP NORTH SMITHFIELD
The Town of North Sbullithtiald Rhode Ialand ia made up ot tiva villagaa Slataravilla Foraatdala Priaroaa Union Village and Waterford Tha villaqaa have no juriadictional municipal or rapraaantativa autonomy
The Town of North Saithfiald ia run by a fiva-aallbar town council Council aallbara are alactad at-larqa for two-year taraa lactiona are non-partban The council maata avery Monday niqht Daily adminiatration of tha town ia the duty of tha town aCSiniatrator who ia alae alactad for a two-year tara Tha town budqat ia dacidad by town uatinq
North Sbullithtiald hae alao recently aatabliahad a water authority which ia appointed by tha town council Tha council praaidant ia currently chairaan of the vatar authority In Novallber 1916 a propoaal tor a new town charter will be put on the ballot The new charter would aatabliah a poaition tor a aalariad town aanagar who would be appointed by the town council
In the atata leialatura North Sbullithtiald ia part of three repreaantative diatricta The veatarn half of the tovn ia part of the lbullt Diatrict which alao includaa the Town of Burrillville The aaatarn portion of the town ia part of the 2nd and lrd diatr1cta which amplao includea the City of Woonaocltet The entire town ia repreaentated in the 30th diatrict of the State Senate
The Town of North Saithtiel4 ia aervice4 by two Poet Otf1cea and haa the following aip codea and acScreaaee
Slateravilla 02876Foreatdale 02824 llorth Saithtiold 02895Woonaockat 02895
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APPIIDIX D
LIST OP PERSONS CONTACTED IN DVZLOPIINT OP THE REVISED COIIIIUIIITY RELATIONS PLAN
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JCenneth K Bianchi June 18 1986 Town Council Prabullidant23 Saithfiold Rd North Saithfiold 02895
i Paul Boulaqerone June 16 1986 Town Solicitor ~ Meaorial Town Hall 0~ Slaterbullville RI 02876 it George Cournoyer June 17 1986 Rabullident living nearPO Box 166
landfill on Tifft Rd lSlateraville RI 02876 ltlc Arthur Dencmae June 16 1986 Town adainiatrator =l-riol Town Ball l l a t erav ille RI 02176 ~iRoland carol Drainvil l o J uno 17 1986 Active aeabera ot 750 Pound Bill lld P o w ebull orth hithfi o l d RI 0219 5
llllrial Halloran Juno 11 1916 Founder at Po wPound Bill lld Reaident livinq nearlforth laithtielcS RI 02195 landfill
m eat Moulico Juno 11 1986 Reaident livinq near1U2 Pound Bill lld landfill North Saithfiold RI 02895
JCate Racine June 17 1986 Rabullidant livinq near153 Old Groat Rd landfillKorth Saithtield RI 02895
Jia llamprion llhito Juno 16 1986 Rabullidenta livinq nearPO Box 437 landfillSlateravilla RI 02876
Carole Whiteley Juno 17 1986 Active in aavaral40 Lapre Rd town ieauaaNorth Saithfield RI 02895
meat Woodworth Juno 17 1986 Raaident livinq nearRPD fl landfill Paat memberPound Hill Rd ot Planning Board Woonaockatt RI 02895
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Believinq that atate and tadaral authoritiaaraaponaiva North Saithtield toraed a taak vera not beif9
vaata torca on hazardouaheaded by the town council praaidant and includinq auberaot POW and SNS Tha taak torebull hired conaultanta and engineeringtina to help thea qathar data to be uaed in their ettortaconvince the etate laqialatura the courta RIDM and EPA to to
aoae type of action In all North Saithfialc apant over taka
in an effort $100000colllJiunity atatac
to build their caaa several aaabara of thetheir atrong baliat that thia work ahould havebean carried out lly atata and fadaral officiala With the cloainq of tha hazardoua waate portion of the landfilland later the aolid waata landfill aa wall thebean diabandad and taak forca haaaallbara of
POW and SENS have becoaa inactive Moatthe community interviewed atatad that daapitaetforta they have won only a partial victory and aa one their
put it have reaidantpeople
baan latt with a aountain of trouble Severalinterviewed during the preparation of thia plan notedthe landfill riaaa three hundred aavanty faat that
above aaa lavalaakinq it the third hiqhaat apot in northern lUloda IalandThera ia a high leve l ot awaranaaa about hazardoua vaata andanvirormantal iaauaa in the coaaunity
otherMoat raaidanta intarviavaddurinq on-aita diacuaaiona vera taailiar with the otheraitaa in the Superfundarea 1 n-ely the Staaina MillSaithtield the Weatarn San4 Gravel aita in
a ita in Korththa lurrillvilla andof
Davie Liquid aita in Saithfield ltbullbullbull EXhibit 2) All IIUbera_)
the coaunity intarviavK vera aurpriaad to learn thatadditional invaatigation of the URR aita would be9iven that the landfill baa bean cloaed down takinq place
UPDATE OF COIOIUNITY CONCERIIS AND DY ISSUES
The URlt couunity relatione plan prepared in 1983tha folloving aajor co-unity concarna icantitiec
o Hetti to elgae the LiBR Facility Raaicantabelieved that the continued operation of thafacility atill poaad a public health threat o Contowinotion ot the Slattrayilla Aauitar Withovar eighty parcant or the reaidancaa in towndrawinq their water froa privata walla there waaqraat concern about poaaibla conta11ination
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Although the facilityaquifer reaaina the
haa bean cloaed contuination of theaoat praaainq concern of the coaunityConcernbull have bacoaa aora amppacific hovavar ainca tha couunityhaa baqun to axuina poaaibla affacta of contuination not onlyprivata vella but onon aavaral other aapacta of the couunityLiated below are the counitybulla current concerna 0 Cgntamination gf Priyate Wtlla Since 1981 theState haa taatad aany of the private walla withina half ailbull radiua of the alta and althoughalbulloat all of the teata have ahovn nocontaaination raaidanta are hiqhly akaptical of
==bulltfo~t~e0ta~=~= ~dolov~a~ea~i~dmiddot~~contaaination (One raaident aaid that the Stateinatructed hibull to taka water troa hia tap andbrinq it to town hall where it would be pickedup ) Soma raaidenta have bad their walla teatedprivately and claia that the reaulta indicatethat the walla are contuinatld Soae raaidantauaa only bottled water purchaald at their ovnexpanaa Blcauaa teat reaulta of privata wallaara confidential there ara rwaoraapaculation about how far pollution and
uy havaapread
0 Csmtpinatign gf thbull llrtereyille AmampiftrUthouqh the population of northam Rhoda Ialandincreaald draaatically aa the araa baa beandavalopad tha nabar of available vater aourcaabaa r inad the Tba larvaly untappedSlateraville Aquifer offara one of the aoatproaiaing- aourcaa of vatar to auatain thiaeconoaic growth Tbare ia Mrioua concerneapacially on the part of town officiala thatincraaald uaa of tha aquifer aay eventually dravcontaaination into the aquifer and cauaa aaerioua pollution probl Thia aituation ia notviewed aa a probl unique to the URR alta butrather one that involveamp all of the Superfunda itea in the area
o Ptyelgaent and Grgyth Beaidea clean vatareconomic developaant of their town iaSaithfiald reaidenta qraateat concernthe North
Becausethe two iasues are cloaaly linked they ara
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0 Proparty yaluea Savaral of tha raaidanta intarviawad raportad that one-third of tha houaaa on Tifft road bava bean tor aala for the paat yaar with no buyara daapita a vary favorable aarkat for hoaa purchaaing Scaa raaidanta apeculatad that tha apparent aacrecy aurrouncUng private vall teating aany reaidenta are reluctant to diwlge their teat reaulta to other reaidenta -- ia related to the fear of loaaea in property valuea 01e reaident of Tifft road ia planning to brin9 l~al action 09ainat tho Town of North saitbtield tor a tax Uatqent becauae hia property haa ~en devalued aa a reault ot bain9 locatad near tho landfill
o Qat pf thbull llbulltbullreyUle Btetryoir The llateraville Reaervoir uaed to be a focal point tor recreation in the coaunity Wt currently ia little uaed Reaidanta tear that runoff troa tht landfill 110untainbull (tho LID aita) hao contuinated the raaervoir
o Htalth Ibulleuea All raaidanta interviewed fear that they and eapecially their children are bain9 oxpoaad to potential health riou llany reaidanta pointed to htalth iaauaa at other ntarby aitea aa indicatorbull of potential probl that aay raault froa tha URR aita
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o latbullty and Stqurity The alta ia iaolated and iacloaed off by only three atranda of barbed wireSoae reaidanta axpraaaed concern that thiabarrier would not be affective in keepingchildren off the aite and they would thereforebe expoaed to poaaible contaaination 0 cogunity bull Dtairt to Hol4 LiRR Accountablt
~Itemiddot~~~bullbulli~nbull~~r~n~~ b~ir~d 4ownara of LIRR had coaplataly cUaraqardad thtconcarna of tha couunity and had aada a aullfortune in the twelve yeara that URR operatedThey uniforly expraaaed tht deaire that theownerbull not be allowed to qet away
0 ~icofw1~~4upIttti~~~ a~tl~ inatalled aa part of r-dial actionbull at anotherSuperfund dto In noivbborinv IIUttillvillothere are plana to develop a water line froa thetJcituate Reaervoir to aupply a power plant bainqbuilt there loae Korth laitbfield raaidanta aetthe Burrillville water line aa a poaaibla -nato develop a town vatu ayata lbe Jlorthsaithfiold town council proddont oxprooood thohope that tho lllgtrrillvillo plono ai9htcoordinated vith plonoIIPAo to providecaprehanaive water ayata for the reqion
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o M4itipnal Sitbullbullmiddot Since Jlorth laithfiald 1bulllocated near ao aany Superfund aitea a caonlyaalted quaation ia Wbare vill they find the nextone several reaidanta 1nterv1av1Mt 4ur1nqon-aita diacuaaiona apoJta of a reported apill atbprex a local aanufacturinq plant The bprexfir ia located halfway between L6RR and thestaaina Killo dto
P OB1EcriVS OP llli UVISED C011Kt111ITY RELATIONS PROGIWI
The aita-aptcific objectivebull for the couunity relationaat the proqruL6RR aite durinq the upcoainq r-ldial activitiea arepraaantad below
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1) Proyidt a bulltatubull rtpgrt of tht eitbull to area raeidtn1bullan4 local officiala To diapel the contuaion regardingtht atatua of tht LRR aitt and EPAbull roltactivitiea in altaan attort ahould be aada to diaatminatabaaic intorwation to the cOJUtunity that deacribearolt and EPAbull activitiea
providebull a achtdulbull of tht planned rtmedial
2) Enliat thbull aupport and participation of local officialaand rtaidtnts in coordinatinq cogunity rtlationsactiyitibullbull To ancouraqa the aupport and participationof local officialbull and intereated citizenbull in theremedial effort it ia bullbullbullbullntial that theae individualbullare reqularly and tully intoratd ot aite activitieaplana findingbull and developatnta contact aay be madaby ttlephonbull calla or by aail Intoraal aeetinga mightalao be achedultd periodically to aolicit and reapond toqueationa frobull the couunity
In addition holding brietinga and meetina with localotticiala aaintainin intorwation rtpoeitoritl and acurrent aailing lilt are all effective waya to kltpintertattd public and local officialbull the
inforatd aboutaitt activitita Zncourain inttreattd partiebull toparticipate in planninq and coordinating coaunityrelationbull activitbullbull ia anotbtr approach for kttpinthu involved in and aupportive ot ruecUalunclortallten at tho oito tftorta
The North Saithfitld town adainiatrator and tht fivetown council aUra art appropriate local officialbull toinvolve in a coaaunity rtlationa proqru M-bera ofPOW and reaidenta who live in cloat proxiaity to thtoito ohould be an intoral port of all c01111unityrtlationa activitbullbullmiddot
3) Notify local ofticiala and araa rtaidentbullactiyitiee of titbulland prqyidt folloy-up inforwation on tbtaaactiyi1iea conciae and eaaily underatandablaintonation about the purpoat and achtdule of technicaland other aita-rtlattd activitiea ahould bt aadeavailable to local otticiala and area reaidanta Beforeaitt activity bagina local officialbull and atfactadreaidanta ahould be notified by telephone In additionZPA may wiah to intora theat individualbull ot thepottntial impacta (a q noiae and increaeed traffic)that might reault froa aite activity Information onthe outcome of technical activitiea auch bullbull aamplinq andmonitaring alao ahould be aade available
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Where intonation cannot be released to the publicexaaple enforceaent-aenaitive inforaation) a clear (forandaiaple explanation aa to why the inforaation auat bewithheld ia appropriate EPA couunity relationbull ataff
~~~~erou~eteto ~ifiz~ecf~~~raiiti ~required or where certain typea of intonation aradeaired by specific individualamp or qroupa ownerbull For exaapleof property where aamplas are taken ahould baprovided with follow-up explanationbull of what waaand the aaaplectteat reaulta of the aamplea taken froaproperty thair
4) Enwura that inguiritw from thbull copunity art handledefficientlyable to
The couunity and local officialbull auat becontact aomeone knowledqeable about tha XRRaite for intonation about aite activitiaa and toexpreaa other quaationa or concernbull that uy ariaethe Ifexiatinq contact person ia replaced the co-unityahould be notified proaptly 5) coordinate actiyitibullbull at all Supartun4IUImiddot Diss-ination of inforaation
witbullbull in thbullSuperfund reqarcUnq theprogru and other relevant inforaationia not apecific to the URR aite ahould be
thatcoordinated UOft9 the various r-edial actiona
carefullytakift9 place currentlyInfonaation disa-ination effortbullbe integrated not dupl icatad
ahould
G COIOMIIlY ULJTIONS ACTIVITIES
Several activitiaa are outlined below to achievedeacribed the objectivebullin aection P A achedule illuatratinqthaaa activitiea ia on paqe 17 the tiainq of
1 Maintain information rtpgsitories
Maintaininq inforaation repositories willltey aateriala on the URR alta -- auch as ensure that
technical suaaries site reports fact sheeta
plana co-unity relationbulland other relevant inforaation on the Superfundproqraa -- are available to the public The locationbullfor theabull repositories are the North Smithfield PublicLibrary and the North Saithfiald Memorial Town HallThese repositories will be coordinated withrepositories aatablillhed informationfor other Superfund aitea inNorth Saithtiold
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An PA technical and coaunity relationa atatt peraon are deaiqnated to reaponcl directly to all public inquiriea regarding aite activitiea The naae addreaa and telephone nUJibar ot the contacta are liated in Appendix A and will ba indicated clearly on au aateriala bullada available to the public Theae EPA contact peraona will coordinate with atate and local otticiala when aaking contact with the aedia
0~todtfteauiitglig~t=n and sgntast tho
The North Smithfield town adainiatrator and town council preaiclent have indicated that they want to be kept informed about plana and findinga on the URR aite Thia effort aay be accoapliahed through periodic corraapondence brietinga and intonal aeatinqa
Whenever poaaible bullbullbulltinge with local otticiala will include both EPA technical and PA COJUIUnity ralationa ataft Meatinqa will be held on an aa-neadad baaia1 apecitically it there ia a cbanqe in achadule or if aiqnificant findinqa are aade at the alta
Conduct inforul bullbullbulltiMe yitb reeidentbull and gtheraf(ested partiee
Inforaal aeatinqa with reaidenta and other affected partiea will be held on an aa-neadad baaia1 apecifically before RI activitiea bein and at the coaptation of the draft rs report The aaetinqa will include intereated citiaena the IP- reqional aite project officer and an PA couunity relationbullcoordinator
~~tabera of the preea prigr to firbullt publis
Area newepapera auch aa Thbull Proyidance Jgurnol lbl_ Wognegcket Call and Thbull Qbeervar are read widely in the couunity and have cqverec1 the URR atory extenaively tor a number of yeara Given the coDunitybulla confuaion over activitiea that have taken place at the aite a feature atory eorting out the facta and outlining the work atill to be done will greatly facilitate the tirat public aaetinga EPA technical and coiiJDunity relationbull ataff will arrange praaa briatinqa ten daya to two weeki before the tirat achedulecl aeetinq
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Prior to initiating field activitiea EPA will conduct a public intollation aeeting to infoll reaidenta and other interested partiea about RIFS activitiea planned at the aita At thia aaeting the public will be encouraged to aak questions about the acope of work praaantad in the workplan and othar related iaauea EPA will coordinate closely with local otficiala regarding tht loqiatica and agenda of this bulleetinq Sugqaated matting locations ara included in Appendix B
7 Prtpart fact abeeta
A tact sheet ia required on the FS outlining the cleanup alternatives considered at the LRR site Additional tact ahttta ara required to explain EPA bulla selected alternative aa announce in the Record of Daciaion (ROD an4 when the engineering 4ea iqn ot the r adial alternative ia coapleted
Ac14itional fact aheeta aay be relaaat4 at the beginning of the reatc1ial invtatqation to intona area raai4anta and other interaattc1 citiaena about EPA 1 a site plana and the proce4urea ot the Superfun4 proqraa an4 at the conclusion of the RI to infona the public of aiqnificant finclinvo Anothor fact ohoot y bo proHirocl Vhich explaina the EPA enforcnt process at Superfunc aitea
Fact aheata will be aailtc1 to intertatac1 cithena the North Saithfiel4 town offices JUDD and Rhoda Ialanc Opartaant of Health (RIDOH) staff an4 area navapapara
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Prapart4 atattaenta will be released to local and area newspapers to notify the couunity of any public aaetings to notify the public when site activity ia achedultd to btqin and to announce discovery of any aiqnificant findings at the aitt during the RIS
Additional newa raleaaaa will be prepared prior to tha public couent period on the draft S report and at the tiaa of the announceaent of the ROD
Addresses and telephone numbers of local and area newspapers art included in Appendix A
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A ainiaua three-week public couent period with at leaat two weeks review tiae before the atart of the couent period is required to allow citizenbull to expreaa their opiniona on EPAbull preferred alternative for reaedial action at the LIIRR site Couunity participation will be encouraqtd at thia point by tellinq citiztna that their opinionbull will be incorporated in the final cltanupdeciaion
A public aeetinq held durinq the public comment period will provide PA the opportunity to anawer citizenbullbull queationa directly and to explain the recouended reaedial alternativea A public aeetinq will alae provide intereated citizenbull an opportunity to aak queationa and aake coaenta to EPA Suqqested locationa for the aeetinCJ are included in Appendix B The lOCJittica and aqenda of the aeetinq will be coordinated with Korth Saithfield town officiala
rreart a reapgneiyeneaa bullUWMry
A reaponaiveneaa auaary ia required aa part of the ROD for the aite It will IUJU1ari1e pul)lic concernbull and iaaues raiaed throuqhout the RIFS and indicate hov EPA reapondtd to theae concerna
Btyiee the eggunity relttigna plan tor thbull LiBR bullitbull Once the ROD for the L6RR lite hat been iaaued thit coaunity relatione plan will be reviaed to include coaunity relations activitiea appropriate to the reaedial daaiqn and r edial action (RDRA) phbullbullbullbull The reviaion of the coaunity relatione plan will
o Update facta and verify the inforaation included in thia coaaunity relatione plan prtpared for the RIFS
o Alaeaa the couunity relations proqru to date and indicate whether the aame or different approachtawill be talten during the RDRA phaae11
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0 Identity any new concerna that uy have ariaen in tho couunity oinco thio roviooltl couunityrelatione plan vaa prepared and
0 Develop a atrateqy to pr1par1 the couunity for ita future role in thbull RDRA procbullbullbull and in tha onqoinqoperation and aaintananca ot the ~RR aite
Givan tha high level of intaraat in tha LRR aitbull counity intarviava will be hale prior to tha ravbion of tha ~RR co-unity relatione plan
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A liat of the indivicuala and organization area contacta includinq federal officiala atata and local ofticiala intareata4 raaidenta and udia repreaentativbulla ia includoltl in Appendix A EPA will expand one rovioo thio liat aa naceaaary middot
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The Town of Jlorth Saithfielct baa recently eatablillhlc a vator authority that 1o bucloltl by tho town council pruiclent With tha conatruction at a vatar line to lurrillvillo one tho inotollotion by IPA ot vator oyotou at nearby auportuncl oitoo tho town io bopin9 to develop an overall vatar atratetn lecauae BPA actiona will bo intaltJral in any oucb plano tho tocbnical anc1 coaaunity relatione atatt tor ~RR Waatem land Cravol Staaina llillo and tho Davia Liquicl Waoto Superfund aitea llhoulc be preparlc to t toqether an4 with atate and local otficiala to coordinate activitiaa attactivaly
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APPEIIDIX A
IIITRSTD PARTIES
A Ftdttal ltgtad Otticitla
Senator Claiborne Ptll
Diatrist Office 418 Ft4tral Courthouat Building Providence RI 02903
Waahinqton DC Office 335 Ruaatll Senate Office BuildingWaahinqton DC 20510
Senator John Chaftt
Dietricent Office 301 Paatort Ftctral Building Providence RI 02903
blhinetqn rx OfCiee s 567 Diruen senate Office Buildift9 Wallbinvton DC 20511
lbpruentative lernand J st Ganaain let Diatrict
Dietriet oCUcts 204 John z r09arty Buildin9 Providence RI 02903
lathinqton QC Oftiee 2108 Rayburn Mouat Office luildinq Waahinqton DC 20510
8 State Elected Officialbull
Senator Paul s Jttlly 30th Diotrict
Diatrict Offiee 451 Victory Highway North Saithfiald RI 02895
Proyictnct Oftict co Deputy Majority Leaderbull Office State Houae Room 117 Providence RI 02903
401528-5456
202224-4642
401528-5294
202224-2921
401521-5050
202225-Ull
401767-3567
401227-6896
Rapraaantativa Jticlt Roaati Uat Diatrict
EUISiJigt QIUgl t Roaelavn Avenue P O lkgtx 131 Slateraville RI 03176
401766-4854
ltsaidiDsil Qllit t co Office of the SpeakerState Houae Providence RI 02903
401227-2466
Repreaentative Albert G Brien 6Znd Diatrict
12iiSiJisiSi QIUsil t 13 s outh Mai n s t reet Woonaocltat RI 02195
bszxidiDSil QIUsil CO Office of the Speaker atate Bouaa Providence RI 02103
RaproHJltativo Maney L Benoit 64th Diatrict
401766-3416
401227-2466
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e DiBtimi Qllisat 21 larkaly Strut WocmaocJtet AI 02115
401766-7101
bllidiDSil fUIislt co Oftico of tho Speaker state Bouaa Provictance RI 02903
401227-2466
c lampsiill Qllisiilll
Arthur Denoaae Town Maini atrator Mnorial Town Ha l l Slateravil le RI 02876
401 767-2200
Xenneth M Bianchi Town council Preaictent 23 Saithfiold Road North Saithtiold RI 02895
401463-8700
Roland Boucher Town Councilor Great Road North Smithfield RI 02895
401765-2000
DavieS A tovett Town Councilor 410 Victory Hiqhvay North saithfio1d RI oags
Ronald N Renaud Town Councilor Wildwood Road Foreatdale RI
Jaaea X Saloae Town Councilor 18 Pound Hill Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Paul Boulaqerone Town Solicitor Meaorial Town Hall Slateraville RI 02876
Richard Brady Chief of Police IS Saithfio1d Rood lrforth Sa ithfield RI 02895
Edward Cournoyer Fire Chief Buaineaa Office St Peul Street lrforth laithfield RI 02195
llorth laithfio1cl Firo Dopartaont 24 Boou- laorqoncy _r
D D I KnyirpQMn1tl Prottstign Wncy
Patty D1Andrea Coaunity Relatione Coordinator 01 nvironaental Protection AqencyRPA-2203 J r JtennecSy Federal Buildinq Beaton MA 02203
John Gallagher Reaectial Project Officer Us nvironaantal Protection AgencyIISV-1107 J r XbullNlbullcSy Federal BuildingBoaton MA 02203
Richard Boynton Chief Rhode Ialand and
Ver111ont Superfund Section US Environaantal Protection AqancyHSV-1107 J F Cannady Federal Building Boston MA 02203
401767-2400
401438-67SO
401762-0434 401767-6633
401762-1212
401762-1135
401762-1414
617S65-342S
617565-3641
617565-3688
lt1t1 biiUilill
Pelix Harvey Diviaion ot Air and 401277-2797
Ha1ardoua Materiala Rhoca Ialand Departant at
Environaantal Manaqnt 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providence RI 02908
John Haqopoian 401277-6867Chiat ot Diviaion ot Watar Supply
Rhoda I a land Departaant at Haalth 75 middot Davia Straat Rooa 209 Providence RI 02908 ~tl=
~ Anthony patain Ito401277-2797 Rhoda Ialand Departaant ot
Environaantal ManaC)ant 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providanea RI 02901 ~c==
r lfiIQIPra =~ llampjsu HIDHRIZIt Bt
~U ltsDidiDQI ZSiWCIII 401277-7000(Providence Edition) e() 75 Fountain Street
Providence RI
111 bszidiDiiil allmtDII 401277-7091(lloonaocJltat Edition)1 Social Street Wooneockat RI 02195
Dl JlgQQIQSiklt 1111 401762-3000
Woonaockat RI 02895 75 Main Street
tQiill lfiKII21RIZt
b1 212bullbullabullz 401949-2700PO Box C358 Graanvilla RI 02828 (Publiahad waaltly on Thuraday)
APPDDIX B
LOCATIONS POR INPORIIAlIOII UPOSlORIS AND PUBLIC llllIIIGS
A Intoraation Rtpgaitoriea
North Saithfie1d Public Library 4017S7-278020 Main street PO Bcx 296 Slataraville RI 02876
Winter Houra Monday Wec1neaday - 12 PM-5 PH 6 PM-8 PM Tuaaday Thuraday Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - 10 All-2 PM
Suaaer Houra Konday Wednaaday - 12 PM-5 PM 6 PM-8 PM lueedey lhureday - 10 All-5 PM Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - Cloaed
Contact Robin Glaaaar Li))rarian
North laithfie1d Nnor1e1 lovn Ball 401767-2200llaterville RI 02171
Soura Monday - Friday - 130 M-430 PM
Contact1 Arthur Denoae Town Adainiatrator
1 bt1ins Loqatione
llun1cipa1 Annex lluildi~ 401767-220215 laithfie1d Road llorth Saithfie1d RI 02195
Contact Barbara Walab
Halliwell Eleaantary School 401769-5492North Saithtiald School Departaant
Adainiatration RPD 2 Graanvillt Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Contact Jaan Korriaon
APPEIIDIX C
KUIIICIPAL STRUCTUR OP NORTH SMITHFIELD
The Town of North Sbullithtiald Rhode Ialand ia made up ot tiva villagaa Slataravilla Foraatdala Priaroaa Union Village and Waterford Tha villaqaa have no juriadictional municipal or rapraaantativa autonomy
The Town of North Saithfiald ia run by a fiva-aallbar town council Council aallbara are alactad at-larqa for two-year taraa lactiona are non-partban The council maata avery Monday niqht Daily adminiatration of tha town ia the duty of tha town aCSiniatrator who ia alae alactad for a two-year tara Tha town budqat ia dacidad by town uatinq
North Sbullithtiald hae alao recently aatabliahad a water authority which ia appointed by tha town council Tha council praaidant ia currently chairaan of the vatar authority In Novallber 1916 a propoaal tor a new town charter will be put on the ballot The new charter would aatabliah a poaition tor a aalariad town aanagar who would be appointed by the town council
In the atata leialatura North Sbullithtiald ia part of three repreaantative diatricta The veatarn half of the tovn ia part of the lbullt Diatrict which alao includaa the Town of Burrillville The aaatarn portion of the town ia part of the 2nd and lrd diatr1cta which amplao includea the City of Woonaocltet The entire town ia repreaentated in the 30th diatrict of the State Senate
The Town of North Saithtiel4 ia aervice4 by two Poet Otf1cea and haa the following aip codea and acScreaaee
Slateravilla 02876Foreatdale 02824 llorth Saithtiold 02895Woonaockat 02895
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APPIIDIX D
LIST OP PERSONS CONTACTED IN DVZLOPIINT OP THE REVISED COIIIIUIIITY RELATIONS PLAN
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JCenneth K Bianchi June 18 1986 Town Council Prabullidant23 Saithfiold Rd North Saithfiold 02895
i Paul Boulaqerone June 16 1986 Town Solicitor ~ Meaorial Town Hall 0~ Slaterbullville RI 02876 it George Cournoyer June 17 1986 Rabullident living nearPO Box 166
landfill on Tifft Rd lSlateraville RI 02876 ltlc Arthur Dencmae June 16 1986 Town adainiatrator =l-riol Town Ball l l a t erav ille RI 02176 ~iRoland carol Drainvil l o J uno 17 1986 Active aeabera ot 750 Pound Bill lld P o w ebull orth hithfi o l d RI 0219 5
llllrial Halloran Juno 11 1916 Founder at Po wPound Bill lld Reaident livinq nearlforth laithtielcS RI 02195 landfill
m eat Moulico Juno 11 1986 Reaident livinq near1U2 Pound Bill lld landfill North Saithfiold RI 02895
JCate Racine June 17 1986 Rabullidant livinq near153 Old Groat Rd landfillKorth Saithtield RI 02895
Jia llamprion llhito Juno 16 1986 Rabullidenta livinq nearPO Box 437 landfillSlateravilla RI 02876
Carole Whiteley Juno 17 1986 Active in aavaral40 Lapre Rd town ieauaaNorth Saithfield RI 02895
meat Woodworth Juno 17 1986 Raaident livinq nearRPD fl landfill Paat memberPound Hill Rd ot Planning Board Woonaockatt RI 02895
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Although the facilityaquifer reaaina the
haa bean cloaed contuination of theaoat praaainq concern of the coaunityConcernbull have bacoaa aora amppacific hovavar ainca tha couunityhaa baqun to axuina poaaibla affacta of contuination not onlyprivata vella but onon aavaral other aapacta of the couunityLiated below are the counitybulla current concerna 0 Cgntamination gf Priyate Wtlla Since 1981 theState haa taatad aany of the private walla withina half ailbull radiua of the alta and althoughalbulloat all of the teata have ahovn nocontaaination raaidanta are hiqhly akaptical of
==bulltfo~t~e0ta~=~= ~dolov~a~ea~i~dmiddot~~contaaination (One raaident aaid that the Stateinatructed hibull to taka water troa hia tap andbrinq it to town hall where it would be pickedup ) Soma raaidenta have bad their walla teatedprivately and claia that the reaulta indicatethat the walla are contuinatld Soae raaidantauaa only bottled water purchaald at their ovnexpanaa Blcauaa teat reaulta of privata wallaara confidential there ara rwaoraapaculation about how far pollution and
uy havaapread
0 Csmtpinatign gf thbull llrtereyille AmampiftrUthouqh the population of northam Rhoda Ialandincreaald draaatically aa the araa baa beandavalopad tha nabar of available vater aourcaabaa r inad the Tba larvaly untappedSlateraville Aquifer offara one of the aoatproaiaing- aourcaa of vatar to auatain thiaeconoaic growth Tbare ia Mrioua concerneapacially on the part of town officiala thatincraaald uaa of tha aquifer aay eventually dravcontaaination into the aquifer and cauaa aaerioua pollution probl Thia aituation ia notviewed aa a probl unique to the URR alta butrather one that involveamp all of the Superfunda itea in the area
o Ptyelgaent and Grgyth Beaidea clean vatareconomic developaant of their town iaSaithfiald reaidenta qraateat concernthe North
Becausethe two iasues are cloaaly linked they ara
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0 Proparty yaluea Savaral of tha raaidanta intarviawad raportad that one-third of tha houaaa on Tifft road bava bean tor aala for the paat yaar with no buyara daapita a vary favorable aarkat for hoaa purchaaing Scaa raaidanta apeculatad that tha apparent aacrecy aurrouncUng private vall teating aany reaidenta are reluctant to diwlge their teat reaulta to other reaidenta -- ia related to the fear of loaaea in property valuea 01e reaident of Tifft road ia planning to brin9 l~al action 09ainat tho Town of North saitbtield tor a tax Uatqent becauae hia property haa ~en devalued aa a reault ot bain9 locatad near tho landfill
o Qat pf thbull llbulltbullreyUle Btetryoir The llateraville Reaervoir uaed to be a focal point tor recreation in the coaunity Wt currently ia little uaed Reaidanta tear that runoff troa tht landfill 110untainbull (tho LID aita) hao contuinated the raaervoir
o Htalth Ibulleuea All raaidanta interviewed fear that they and eapecially their children are bain9 oxpoaad to potential health riou llany reaidanta pointed to htalth iaauaa at other ntarby aitea aa indicatorbull of potential probl that aay raault froa tha URR aita
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o latbullty and Stqurity The alta ia iaolated and iacloaed off by only three atranda of barbed wireSoae reaidanta axpraaaed concern that thiabarrier would not be affective in keepingchildren off the aite and they would thereforebe expoaed to poaaible contaaination 0 cogunity bull Dtairt to Hol4 LiRR Accountablt
~Itemiddot~~~bullbulli~nbull~~r~n~~ b~ir~d 4ownara of LIRR had coaplataly cUaraqardad thtconcarna of tha couunity and had aada a aullfortune in the twelve yeara that URR operatedThey uniforly expraaaed tht deaire that theownerbull not be allowed to qet away
0 ~icofw1~~4upIttti~~~ a~tl~ inatalled aa part of r-dial actionbull at anotherSuperfund dto In noivbborinv IIUttillvillothere are plana to develop a water line froa thetJcituate Reaervoir to aupply a power plant bainqbuilt there loae Korth laitbfield raaidanta aetthe Burrillville water line aa a poaaibla -nato develop a town vatu ayata lbe Jlorthsaithfiold town council proddont oxprooood thohope that tho lllgtrrillvillo plono ai9htcoordinated vith plonoIIPAo to providecaprehanaive water ayata for the reqion
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o M4itipnal Sitbullbullmiddot Since Jlorth laithfiald 1bulllocated near ao aany Superfund aitea a caonlyaalted quaation ia Wbare vill they find the nextone several reaidanta 1nterv1av1Mt 4ur1nqon-aita diacuaaiona apoJta of a reported apill atbprex a local aanufacturinq plant The bprexfir ia located halfway between L6RR and thestaaina Killo dto
P OB1EcriVS OP llli UVISED C011Kt111ITY RELATIONS PROGIWI
The aita-aptcific objectivebull for the couunity relationaat the proqruL6RR aite durinq the upcoainq r-ldial activitiea arepraaantad below
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1) Proyidt a bulltatubull rtpgrt of tht eitbull to area raeidtn1bullan4 local officiala To diapel the contuaion regardingtht atatua of tht LRR aitt and EPAbull roltactivitiea in altaan attort ahould be aada to diaatminatabaaic intorwation to the cOJUtunity that deacribearolt and EPAbull activitiea
providebull a achtdulbull of tht planned rtmedial
2) Enliat thbull aupport and participation of local officialaand rtaidtnts in coordinatinq cogunity rtlationsactiyitibullbull To ancouraqa the aupport and participationof local officialbull and intereated citizenbull in theremedial effort it ia bullbullbullbullntial that theae individualbullare reqularly and tully intoratd ot aite activitieaplana findingbull and developatnta contact aay be madaby ttlephonbull calla or by aail Intoraal aeetinga mightalao be achedultd periodically to aolicit and reapond toqueationa frobull the couunity
In addition holding brietinga and meetina with localotticiala aaintainin intorwation rtpoeitoritl and acurrent aailing lilt are all effective waya to kltpintertattd public and local officialbull the
inforatd aboutaitt activitita Zncourain inttreattd partiebull toparticipate in planninq and coordinating coaunityrelationbull activitbullbull ia anotbtr approach for kttpinthu involved in and aupportive ot ruecUalunclortallten at tho oito tftorta
The North Saithfitld town adainiatrator and tht fivetown council aUra art appropriate local officialbull toinvolve in a coaaunity rtlationa proqru M-bera ofPOW and reaidenta who live in cloat proxiaity to thtoito ohould be an intoral port of all c01111unityrtlationa activitbullbullmiddot
3) Notify local ofticiala and araa rtaidentbullactiyitiee of titbulland prqyidt folloy-up inforwation on tbtaaactiyi1iea conciae and eaaily underatandablaintonation about the purpoat and achtdule of technicaland other aita-rtlattd activitiea ahould bt aadeavailable to local otticiala and area reaidanta Beforeaitt activity bagina local officialbull and atfactadreaidanta ahould be notified by telephone In additionZPA may wiah to intora theat individualbull ot thepottntial impacta (a q noiae and increaeed traffic)that might reault froa aite activity Information onthe outcome of technical activitiea auch bullbull aamplinq andmonitaring alao ahould be aade available
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Where intonation cannot be released to the publicexaaple enforceaent-aenaitive inforaation) a clear (forandaiaple explanation aa to why the inforaation auat bewithheld ia appropriate EPA couunity relationbull ataff
~~~~erou~eteto ~ifiz~ecf~~~raiiti ~required or where certain typea of intonation aradeaired by specific individualamp or qroupa ownerbull For exaapleof property where aamplas are taken ahould baprovided with follow-up explanationbull of what waaand the aaaplectteat reaulta of the aamplea taken froaproperty thair
4) Enwura that inguiritw from thbull copunity art handledefficientlyable to
The couunity and local officialbull auat becontact aomeone knowledqeable about tha XRRaite for intonation about aite activitiaa and toexpreaa other quaationa or concernbull that uy ariaethe Ifexiatinq contact person ia replaced the co-unityahould be notified proaptly 5) coordinate actiyitibullbull at all Supartun4IUImiddot Diss-ination of inforaation
witbullbull in thbullSuperfund reqarcUnq theprogru and other relevant inforaationia not apecific to the URR aite ahould be
thatcoordinated UOft9 the various r-edial actiona
carefullytakift9 place currentlyInfonaation disa-ination effortbullbe integrated not dupl icatad
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G COIOMIIlY ULJTIONS ACTIVITIES
Several activitiaa are outlined below to achievedeacribed the objectivebullin aection P A achedule illuatratinqthaaa activitiea ia on paqe 17 the tiainq of
1 Maintain information rtpgsitories
Maintaininq inforaation repositories willltey aateriala on the URR alta -- auch as ensure that
technical suaaries site reports fact sheeta
plana co-unity relationbulland other relevant inforaation on the Superfundproqraa -- are available to the public The locationbullfor theabull repositories are the North Smithfield PublicLibrary and the North Saithfiald Memorial Town HallThese repositories will be coordinated withrepositories aatablillhed informationfor other Superfund aitea inNorth Saithtiold
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An PA technical and coaunity relationa atatt peraon are deaiqnated to reaponcl directly to all public inquiriea regarding aite activitiea The naae addreaa and telephone nUJibar ot the contacta are liated in Appendix A and will ba indicated clearly on au aateriala bullada available to the public Theae EPA contact peraona will coordinate with atate and local otticiala when aaking contact with the aedia
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The North Smithfield town adainiatrator and town council preaiclent have indicated that they want to be kept informed about plana and findinga on the URR aite Thia effort aay be accoapliahed through periodic corraapondence brietinga and intonal aeatinqa
Whenever poaaible bullbullbulltinge with local otticiala will include both EPA technical and PA COJUIUnity ralationa ataft Meatinqa will be held on an aa-neadad baaia1 apecitically it there ia a cbanqe in achadule or if aiqnificant findinqa are aade at the alta
Conduct inforul bullbullbulltiMe yitb reeidentbull and gtheraf(ested partiee
Inforaal aeatinqa with reaidenta and other affected partiea will be held on an aa-neadad baaia1 apecifically before RI activitiea bein and at the coaptation of the draft rs report The aaetinqa will include intereated citiaena the IP- reqional aite project officer and an PA couunity relationbullcoordinator
~~tabera of the preea prigr to firbullt publis
Area newepapera auch aa Thbull Proyidance Jgurnol lbl_ Wognegcket Call and Thbull Qbeervar are read widely in the couunity and have cqverec1 the URR atory extenaively tor a number of yeara Given the coDunitybulla confuaion over activitiea that have taken place at the aite a feature atory eorting out the facta and outlining the work atill to be done will greatly facilitate the tirat public aaetinga EPA technical and coiiJDunity relationbull ataff will arrange praaa briatinqa ten daya to two weeki before the tirat achedulecl aeetinq
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6 Condyst a pyhlic intoraetign weetinq on the vorls plan
Prior to initiating field activitiea EPA will conduct a public intollation aeeting to infoll reaidenta and other interested partiea about RIFS activitiea planned at the aita At thia aaeting the public will be encouraged to aak questions about the acope of work praaantad in the workplan and othar related iaauea EPA will coordinate closely with local otficiala regarding tht loqiatica and agenda of this bulleetinq Sugqaated matting locations ara included in Appendix B
7 Prtpart fact abeeta
A tact sheet ia required on the FS outlining the cleanup alternatives considered at the LRR site Additional tact ahttta ara required to explain EPA bulla selected alternative aa announce in the Record of Daciaion (ROD an4 when the engineering 4ea iqn ot the r adial alternative ia coapleted
Ac14itional fact aheeta aay be relaaat4 at the beginning of the reatc1ial invtatqation to intona area raai4anta and other interaattc1 citiaena about EPA 1 a site plana and the proce4urea ot the Superfun4 proqraa an4 at the conclusion of the RI to infona the public of aiqnificant finclinvo Anothor fact ohoot y bo proHirocl Vhich explaina the EPA enforcnt process at Superfunc aitea
Fact aheata will be aailtc1 to intertatac1 cithena the North Saithfiel4 town offices JUDD and Rhoda Ialanc Opartaant of Health (RIDOH) staff an4 area navapapara
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Prapart4 atattaenta will be released to local and area newspapers to notify the couunity of any public aaetings to notify the public when site activity ia achedultd to btqin and to announce discovery of any aiqnificant findings at the aitt during the RIS
Additional newa raleaaaa will be prepared prior to tha public couent period on the draft S report and at the tiaa of the announceaent of the ROD
Addresses and telephone numbers of local and area newspapers art included in Appendix A
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A ainiaua three-week public couent period with at leaat two weeks review tiae before the atart of the couent period is required to allow citizenbull to expreaa their opiniona on EPAbull preferred alternative for reaedial action at the LIIRR site Couunity participation will be encouraqtd at thia point by tellinq citiztna that their opinionbull will be incorporated in the final cltanupdeciaion
A public aeetinq held durinq the public comment period will provide PA the opportunity to anawer citizenbullbull queationa directly and to explain the recouended reaedial alternativea A public aeetinq will alae provide intereated citizenbull an opportunity to aak queationa and aake coaenta to EPA Suqqested locationa for the aeetinCJ are included in Appendix B The lOCJittica and aqenda of the aeetinq will be coordinated with Korth Saithfield town officiala
rreart a reapgneiyeneaa bullUWMry
A reaponaiveneaa auaary ia required aa part of the ROD for the aite It will IUJU1ari1e pul)lic concernbull and iaaues raiaed throuqhout the RIFS and indicate hov EPA reapondtd to theae concerna
Btyiee the eggunity relttigna plan tor thbull LiBR bullitbull Once the ROD for the L6RR lite hat been iaaued thit coaunity relatione plan will be reviaed to include coaunity relations activitiea appropriate to the reaedial daaiqn and r edial action (RDRA) phbullbullbullbull The reviaion of the coaunity relatione plan will
o Update facta and verify the inforaation included in thia coaaunity relatione plan prtpared for the RIFS
o Alaeaa the couunity relations proqru to date and indicate whether the aame or different approachtawill be talten during the RDRA phaae11
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0 Identity any new concerna that uy have ariaen in tho couunity oinco thio roviooltl couunityrelatione plan vaa prepared and
0 Develop a atrateqy to pr1par1 the couunity for ita future role in thbull RDRA procbullbullbull and in tha onqoinqoperation and aaintananca ot the ~RR aite
Givan tha high level of intaraat in tha LRR aitbull counity intarviava will be hale prior to tha ravbion of tha ~RR co-unity relatione plan
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A liat of the indivicuala and organization area contacta includinq federal officiala atata and local ofticiala intareata4 raaidenta and udia repreaentativbulla ia includoltl in Appendix A EPA will expand one rovioo thio liat aa naceaaary middot
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The Town of Jlorth Saithfielct baa recently eatablillhlc a vator authority that 1o bucloltl by tho town council pruiclent With tha conatruction at a vatar line to lurrillvillo one tho inotollotion by IPA ot vator oyotou at nearby auportuncl oitoo tho town io bopin9 to develop an overall vatar atratetn lecauae BPA actiona will bo intaltJral in any oucb plano tho tocbnical anc1 coaaunity relatione atatt tor ~RR Waatem land Cravol Staaina llillo and tho Davia Liquicl Waoto Superfund aitea llhoulc be preparlc to t toqether an4 with atate and local otficiala to coordinate activitiaa attactivaly
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APPEIIDIX A
IIITRSTD PARTIES
A Ftdttal ltgtad Otticitla
Senator Claiborne Ptll
Diatrist Office 418 Ft4tral Courthouat Building Providence RI 02903
Waahinqton DC Office 335 Ruaatll Senate Office BuildingWaahinqton DC 20510
Senator John Chaftt
Dietricent Office 301 Paatort Ftctral Building Providence RI 02903
blhinetqn rx OfCiee s 567 Diruen senate Office Buildift9 Wallbinvton DC 20511
lbpruentative lernand J st Ganaain let Diatrict
Dietriet oCUcts 204 John z r09arty Buildin9 Providence RI 02903
lathinqton QC Oftiee 2108 Rayburn Mouat Office luildinq Waahinqton DC 20510
8 State Elected Officialbull
Senator Paul s Jttlly 30th Diotrict
Diatrict Offiee 451 Victory Highway North Saithfiald RI 02895
Proyictnct Oftict co Deputy Majority Leaderbull Office State Houae Room 117 Providence RI 02903
401528-5456
202224-4642
401528-5294
202224-2921
401521-5050
202225-Ull
401767-3567
401227-6896
Rapraaantativa Jticlt Roaati Uat Diatrict
EUISiJigt QIUgl t Roaelavn Avenue P O lkgtx 131 Slateraville RI 03176
401766-4854
ltsaidiDsil Qllit t co Office of the SpeakerState Houae Providence RI 02903
401227-2466
Repreaentative Albert G Brien 6Znd Diatrict
12iiSiJisiSi QIUsil t 13 s outh Mai n s t reet Woonaocltat RI 02195
bszxidiDSil QIUsil CO Office of the Speaker atate Bouaa Providence RI 02103
RaproHJltativo Maney L Benoit 64th Diatrict
401766-3416
401227-2466
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e DiBtimi Qllisat 21 larkaly Strut WocmaocJtet AI 02115
401766-7101
bllidiDSil fUIislt co Oftico of tho Speaker state Bouaa Provictance RI 02903
401227-2466
c lampsiill Qllisiilll
Arthur Denoaae Town Maini atrator Mnorial Town Ha l l Slateravil le RI 02876
401 767-2200
Xenneth M Bianchi Town council Preaictent 23 Saithfiold Road North Saithtiold RI 02895
401463-8700
Roland Boucher Town Councilor Great Road North Smithfield RI 02895
401765-2000
DavieS A tovett Town Councilor 410 Victory Hiqhvay North saithfio1d RI oags
Ronald N Renaud Town Councilor Wildwood Road Foreatdale RI
Jaaea X Saloae Town Councilor 18 Pound Hill Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Paul Boulaqerone Town Solicitor Meaorial Town Hall Slateraville RI 02876
Richard Brady Chief of Police IS Saithfio1d Rood lrforth Sa ithfield RI 02895
Edward Cournoyer Fire Chief Buaineaa Office St Peul Street lrforth laithfield RI 02195
llorth laithfio1cl Firo Dopartaont 24 Boou- laorqoncy _r
D D I KnyirpQMn1tl Prottstign Wncy
Patty D1Andrea Coaunity Relatione Coordinator 01 nvironaental Protection AqencyRPA-2203 J r JtennecSy Federal Buildinq Beaton MA 02203
John Gallagher Reaectial Project Officer Us nvironaantal Protection AgencyIISV-1107 J r XbullNlbullcSy Federal BuildingBoaton MA 02203
Richard Boynton Chief Rhode Ialand and
Ver111ont Superfund Section US Environaantal Protection AqancyHSV-1107 J F Cannady Federal Building Boston MA 02203
401767-2400
401438-67SO
401762-0434 401767-6633
401762-1212
401762-1135
401762-1414
617S65-342S
617565-3641
617565-3688
lt1t1 biiUilill
Pelix Harvey Diviaion ot Air and 401277-2797
Ha1ardoua Materiala Rhoca Ialand Departant at
Environaantal Manaqnt 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providence RI 02908
John Haqopoian 401277-6867Chiat ot Diviaion ot Watar Supply
Rhoda I a land Departaant at Haalth 75 middot Davia Straat Rooa 209 Providence RI 02908 ~tl=
~ Anthony patain Ito401277-2797 Rhoda Ialand Departaant ot
Environaantal ManaC)ant 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providanea RI 02901 ~c==
r lfiIQIPra =~ llampjsu HIDHRIZIt Bt
~U ltsDidiDQI ZSiWCIII 401277-7000(Providence Edition) e() 75 Fountain Street
Providence RI
111 bszidiDiiil allmtDII 401277-7091(lloonaocJltat Edition)1 Social Street Wooneockat RI 02195
Dl JlgQQIQSiklt 1111 401762-3000
Woonaockat RI 02895 75 Main Street
tQiill lfiKII21RIZt
b1 212bullbullabullz 401949-2700PO Box C358 Graanvilla RI 02828 (Publiahad waaltly on Thuraday)
APPDDIX B
LOCATIONS POR INPORIIAlIOII UPOSlORIS AND PUBLIC llllIIIGS
A Intoraation Rtpgaitoriea
North Saithfie1d Public Library 4017S7-278020 Main street PO Bcx 296 Slataraville RI 02876
Winter Houra Monday Wec1neaday - 12 PM-5 PH 6 PM-8 PM Tuaaday Thuraday Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - 10 All-2 PM
Suaaer Houra Konday Wednaaday - 12 PM-5 PM 6 PM-8 PM lueedey lhureday - 10 All-5 PM Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - Cloaed
Contact Robin Glaaaar Li))rarian
North laithfie1d Nnor1e1 lovn Ball 401767-2200llaterville RI 02171
Soura Monday - Friday - 130 M-430 PM
Contact1 Arthur Denoae Town Adainiatrator
1 bt1ins Loqatione
llun1cipa1 Annex lluildi~ 401767-220215 laithfie1d Road llorth Saithfie1d RI 02195
Contact Barbara Walab
Halliwell Eleaantary School 401769-5492North Saithtiald School Departaant
Adainiatration RPD 2 Graanvillt Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Contact Jaan Korriaon
APPEIIDIX C
KUIIICIPAL STRUCTUR OP NORTH SMITHFIELD
The Town of North Sbullithtiald Rhode Ialand ia made up ot tiva villagaa Slataravilla Foraatdala Priaroaa Union Village and Waterford Tha villaqaa have no juriadictional municipal or rapraaantativa autonomy
The Town of North Saithfiald ia run by a fiva-aallbar town council Council aallbara are alactad at-larqa for two-year taraa lactiona are non-partban The council maata avery Monday niqht Daily adminiatration of tha town ia the duty of tha town aCSiniatrator who ia alae alactad for a two-year tara Tha town budqat ia dacidad by town uatinq
North Sbullithtiald hae alao recently aatabliahad a water authority which ia appointed by tha town council Tha council praaidant ia currently chairaan of the vatar authority In Novallber 1916 a propoaal tor a new town charter will be put on the ballot The new charter would aatabliah a poaition tor a aalariad town aanagar who would be appointed by the town council
In the atata leialatura North Sbullithtiald ia part of three repreaantative diatricta The veatarn half of the tovn ia part of the lbullt Diatrict which alao includaa the Town of Burrillville The aaatarn portion of the town ia part of the 2nd and lrd diatr1cta which amplao includea the City of Woonaocltet The entire town ia repreaentated in the 30th diatrict of the State Senate
The Town of North Saithtiel4 ia aervice4 by two Poet Otf1cea and haa the following aip codea and acScreaaee
Slateravilla 02876Foreatdale 02824 llorth Saithtiold 02895Woonaockat 02895
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LIST OP PERSONS CONTACTED IN DVZLOPIINT OP THE REVISED COIIIIUIIITY RELATIONS PLAN
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JCenneth K Bianchi June 18 1986 Town Council Prabullidant23 Saithfiold Rd North Saithfiold 02895
i Paul Boulaqerone June 16 1986 Town Solicitor ~ Meaorial Town Hall 0~ Slaterbullville RI 02876 it George Cournoyer June 17 1986 Rabullident living nearPO Box 166
landfill on Tifft Rd lSlateraville RI 02876 ltlc Arthur Dencmae June 16 1986 Town adainiatrator =l-riol Town Ball l l a t erav ille RI 02176 ~iRoland carol Drainvil l o J uno 17 1986 Active aeabera ot 750 Pound Bill lld P o w ebull orth hithfi o l d RI 0219 5
llllrial Halloran Juno 11 1916 Founder at Po wPound Bill lld Reaident livinq nearlforth laithtielcS RI 02195 landfill
m eat Moulico Juno 11 1986 Reaident livinq near1U2 Pound Bill lld landfill North Saithfiold RI 02895
JCate Racine June 17 1986 Rabullidant livinq near153 Old Groat Rd landfillKorth Saithtield RI 02895
Jia llamprion llhito Juno 16 1986 Rabullidenta livinq nearPO Box 437 landfillSlateravilla RI 02876
Carole Whiteley Juno 17 1986 Active in aavaral40 Lapre Rd town ieauaaNorth Saithfield RI 02895
meat Woodworth Juno 17 1986 Raaident livinq nearRPD fl landfill Paat memberPound Hill Rd ot Planning Board Woonaockatt RI 02895
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- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 561476
0 conaidered to be dual prioritiea in the coaunity 80111 ot thoaa that favor davelopaant bullbullbull clean water aa a vital nacaaaityJ othara view tha antira contaaination iaaua aa proof that the town naada to davalop a aunicipal vatar aupply aoat likely froa tha Scituate Raaarvoir in central Rhoda Ialanc Thoaa that oppoaa davalopaant point to tha Superfund aitaa aa a coapallinq raaaon for a aoratoriua on davalopaant until it can ba aaaurad that additional buildinq will not incraaaa the probability of contuinatinq the aquifer
0 Proparty yaluea Savaral of tha raaidanta intarviawad raportad that one-third of tha houaaa on Tifft road bava bean tor aala for the paat yaar with no buyara daapita a vary favorable aarkat for hoaa purchaaing Scaa raaidanta apeculatad that tha apparent aacrecy aurrouncUng private vall teating aany reaidenta are reluctant to diwlge their teat reaulta to other reaidenta -- ia related to the fear of loaaea in property valuea 01e reaident of Tifft road ia planning to brin9 l~al action 09ainat tho Town of North saitbtield tor a tax Uatqent becauae hia property haa ~en devalued aa a reault ot bain9 locatad near tho landfill
o Qat pf thbull llbulltbullreyUle Btetryoir The llateraville Reaervoir uaed to be a focal point tor recreation in the coaunity Wt currently ia little uaed Reaidanta tear that runoff troa tht landfill 110untainbull (tho LID aita) hao contuinated the raaervoir
o Htalth Ibulleuea All raaidanta interviewed fear that they and eapecially their children are bain9 oxpoaad to potential health riou llany reaidanta pointed to htalth iaauaa at other ntarby aitea aa indicatorbull of potential probl that aay raault froa tha URR aita
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o latbullty and Stqurity The alta ia iaolated and iacloaed off by only three atranda of barbed wireSoae reaidanta axpraaaed concern that thiabarrier would not be affective in keepingchildren off the aite and they would thereforebe expoaed to poaaible contaaination 0 cogunity bull Dtairt to Hol4 LiRR Accountablt
~Itemiddot~~~bullbulli~nbull~~r~n~~ b~ir~d 4ownara of LIRR had coaplataly cUaraqardad thtconcarna of tha couunity and had aada a aullfortune in the twelve yeara that URR operatedThey uniforly expraaaed tht deaire that theownerbull not be allowed to qet away
0 ~icofw1~~4upIttti~~~ a~tl~ inatalled aa part of r-dial actionbull at anotherSuperfund dto In noivbborinv IIUttillvillothere are plana to develop a water line froa thetJcituate Reaervoir to aupply a power plant bainqbuilt there loae Korth laitbfield raaidanta aetthe Burrillville water line aa a poaaibla -nato develop a town vatu ayata lbe Jlorthsaithfiold town council proddont oxprooood thohope that tho lllgtrrillvillo plono ai9htcoordinated vith plonoIIPAo to providecaprehanaive water ayata for the reqion
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o M4itipnal Sitbullbullmiddot Since Jlorth laithfiald 1bulllocated near ao aany Superfund aitea a caonlyaalted quaation ia Wbare vill they find the nextone several reaidanta 1nterv1av1Mt 4ur1nqon-aita diacuaaiona apoJta of a reported apill atbprex a local aanufacturinq plant The bprexfir ia located halfway between L6RR and thestaaina Killo dto
P OB1EcriVS OP llli UVISED C011Kt111ITY RELATIONS PROGIWI
The aita-aptcific objectivebull for the couunity relationaat the proqruL6RR aite durinq the upcoainq r-ldial activitiea arepraaantad below
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1) Proyidt a bulltatubull rtpgrt of tht eitbull to area raeidtn1bullan4 local officiala To diapel the contuaion regardingtht atatua of tht LRR aitt and EPAbull roltactivitiea in altaan attort ahould be aada to diaatminatabaaic intorwation to the cOJUtunity that deacribearolt and EPAbull activitiea
providebull a achtdulbull of tht planned rtmedial
2) Enliat thbull aupport and participation of local officialaand rtaidtnts in coordinatinq cogunity rtlationsactiyitibullbull To ancouraqa the aupport and participationof local officialbull and intereated citizenbull in theremedial effort it ia bullbullbullbullntial that theae individualbullare reqularly and tully intoratd ot aite activitieaplana findingbull and developatnta contact aay be madaby ttlephonbull calla or by aail Intoraal aeetinga mightalao be achedultd periodically to aolicit and reapond toqueationa frobull the couunity
In addition holding brietinga and meetina with localotticiala aaintainin intorwation rtpoeitoritl and acurrent aailing lilt are all effective waya to kltpintertattd public and local officialbull the
inforatd aboutaitt activitita Zncourain inttreattd partiebull toparticipate in planninq and coordinating coaunityrelationbull activitbullbull ia anotbtr approach for kttpinthu involved in and aupportive ot ruecUalunclortallten at tho oito tftorta
The North Saithfitld town adainiatrator and tht fivetown council aUra art appropriate local officialbull toinvolve in a coaaunity rtlationa proqru M-bera ofPOW and reaidenta who live in cloat proxiaity to thtoito ohould be an intoral port of all c01111unityrtlationa activitbullbullmiddot
3) Notify local ofticiala and araa rtaidentbullactiyitiee of titbulland prqyidt folloy-up inforwation on tbtaaactiyi1iea conciae and eaaily underatandablaintonation about the purpoat and achtdule of technicaland other aita-rtlattd activitiea ahould bt aadeavailable to local otticiala and area reaidanta Beforeaitt activity bagina local officialbull and atfactadreaidanta ahould be notified by telephone In additionZPA may wiah to intora theat individualbull ot thepottntial impacta (a q noiae and increaeed traffic)that might reault froa aite activity Information onthe outcome of technical activitiea auch bullbull aamplinq andmonitaring alao ahould be aade available
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Where intonation cannot be released to the publicexaaple enforceaent-aenaitive inforaation) a clear (forandaiaple explanation aa to why the inforaation auat bewithheld ia appropriate EPA couunity relationbull ataff
~~~~erou~eteto ~ifiz~ecf~~~raiiti ~required or where certain typea of intonation aradeaired by specific individualamp or qroupa ownerbull For exaapleof property where aamplas are taken ahould baprovided with follow-up explanationbull of what waaand the aaaplectteat reaulta of the aamplea taken froaproperty thair
4) Enwura that inguiritw from thbull copunity art handledefficientlyable to
The couunity and local officialbull auat becontact aomeone knowledqeable about tha XRRaite for intonation about aite activitiaa and toexpreaa other quaationa or concernbull that uy ariaethe Ifexiatinq contact person ia replaced the co-unityahould be notified proaptly 5) coordinate actiyitibullbull at all Supartun4IUImiddot Diss-ination of inforaation
witbullbull in thbullSuperfund reqarcUnq theprogru and other relevant inforaationia not apecific to the URR aite ahould be
thatcoordinated UOft9 the various r-edial actiona
carefullytakift9 place currentlyInfonaation disa-ination effortbullbe integrated not dupl icatad
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G COIOMIIlY ULJTIONS ACTIVITIES
Several activitiaa are outlined below to achievedeacribed the objectivebullin aection P A achedule illuatratinqthaaa activitiea ia on paqe 17 the tiainq of
1 Maintain information rtpgsitories
Maintaininq inforaation repositories willltey aateriala on the URR alta -- auch as ensure that
technical suaaries site reports fact sheeta
plana co-unity relationbulland other relevant inforaation on the Superfundproqraa -- are available to the public The locationbullfor theabull repositories are the North Smithfield PublicLibrary and the North Saithfiald Memorial Town HallThese repositories will be coordinated withrepositories aatablillhed informationfor other Superfund aitea inNorth Saithtiold
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An PA technical and coaunity relationa atatt peraon are deaiqnated to reaponcl directly to all public inquiriea regarding aite activitiea The naae addreaa and telephone nUJibar ot the contacta are liated in Appendix A and will ba indicated clearly on au aateriala bullada available to the public Theae EPA contact peraona will coordinate with atate and local otticiala when aaking contact with the aedia
0~todtfteauiitglig~t=n and sgntast tho
The North Smithfield town adainiatrator and town council preaiclent have indicated that they want to be kept informed about plana and findinga on the URR aite Thia effort aay be accoapliahed through periodic corraapondence brietinga and intonal aeatinqa
Whenever poaaible bullbullbulltinge with local otticiala will include both EPA technical and PA COJUIUnity ralationa ataft Meatinqa will be held on an aa-neadad baaia1 apecitically it there ia a cbanqe in achadule or if aiqnificant findinqa are aade at the alta
Conduct inforul bullbullbulltiMe yitb reeidentbull and gtheraf(ested partiee
Inforaal aeatinqa with reaidenta and other affected partiea will be held on an aa-neadad baaia1 apecifically before RI activitiea bein and at the coaptation of the draft rs report The aaetinqa will include intereated citiaena the IP- reqional aite project officer and an PA couunity relationbullcoordinator
~~tabera of the preea prigr to firbullt publis
Area newepapera auch aa Thbull Proyidance Jgurnol lbl_ Wognegcket Call and Thbull Qbeervar are read widely in the couunity and have cqverec1 the URR atory extenaively tor a number of yeara Given the coDunitybulla confuaion over activitiea that have taken place at the aite a feature atory eorting out the facta and outlining the work atill to be done will greatly facilitate the tirat public aaetinga EPA technical and coiiJDunity relationbull ataff will arrange praaa briatinqa ten daya to two weeki before the tirat achedulecl aeetinq
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Prior to initiating field activitiea EPA will conduct a public intollation aeeting to infoll reaidenta and other interested partiea about RIFS activitiea planned at the aita At thia aaeting the public will be encouraged to aak questions about the acope of work praaantad in the workplan and othar related iaauea EPA will coordinate closely with local otficiala regarding tht loqiatica and agenda of this bulleetinq Sugqaated matting locations ara included in Appendix B
7 Prtpart fact abeeta
A tact sheet ia required on the FS outlining the cleanup alternatives considered at the LRR site Additional tact ahttta ara required to explain EPA bulla selected alternative aa announce in the Record of Daciaion (ROD an4 when the engineering 4ea iqn ot the r adial alternative ia coapleted
Ac14itional fact aheeta aay be relaaat4 at the beginning of the reatc1ial invtatqation to intona area raai4anta and other interaattc1 citiaena about EPA 1 a site plana and the proce4urea ot the Superfun4 proqraa an4 at the conclusion of the RI to infona the public of aiqnificant finclinvo Anothor fact ohoot y bo proHirocl Vhich explaina the EPA enforcnt process at Superfunc aitea
Fact aheata will be aailtc1 to intertatac1 cithena the North Saithfiel4 town offices JUDD and Rhoda Ialanc Opartaant of Health (RIDOH) staff an4 area navapapara
I Proyidt Y reltttta to losal newapaPra
Prapart4 atattaenta will be released to local and area newspapers to notify the couunity of any public aaetings to notify the public when site activity ia achedultd to btqin and to announce discovery of any aiqnificant findings at the aitt during the RIS
Additional newa raleaaaa will be prepared prior to tha public couent period on the draft S report and at the tiaa of the announceaent of the ROD
Addresses and telephone numbers of local and area newspapers art included in Appendix A
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Conduct a public coptnt ptriod gn the draft ftaeihilitxatudy rtport
A ainiaua three-week public couent period with at leaat two weeks review tiae before the atart of the couent period is required to allow citizenbull to expreaa their opiniona on EPAbull preferred alternative for reaedial action at the LIIRR site Couunity participation will be encouraqtd at thia point by tellinq citiztna that their opinionbull will be incorporated in the final cltanupdeciaion
A public aeetinq held durinq the public comment period will provide PA the opportunity to anawer citizenbullbull queationa directly and to explain the recouended reaedial alternativea A public aeetinq will alae provide intereated citizenbull an opportunity to aak queationa and aake coaenta to EPA Suqqested locationa for the aeetinCJ are included in Appendix B The lOCJittica and aqenda of the aeetinq will be coordinated with Korth Saithfield town officiala
rreart a reapgneiyeneaa bullUWMry
A reaponaiveneaa auaary ia required aa part of the ROD for the aite It will IUJU1ari1e pul)lic concernbull and iaaues raiaed throuqhout the RIFS and indicate hov EPA reapondtd to theae concerna
Btyiee the eggunity relttigna plan tor thbull LiBR bullitbull Once the ROD for the L6RR lite hat been iaaued thit coaunity relatione plan will be reviaed to include coaunity relations activitiea appropriate to the reaedial daaiqn and r edial action (RDRA) phbullbullbullbull The reviaion of the coaunity relatione plan will
o Update facta and verify the inforaation included in thia coaaunity relatione plan prtpared for the RIFS
o Alaeaa the couunity relations proqru to date and indicate whether the aame or different approachtawill be talten during the RDRA phaae11
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0 Develop a atrateqy to pr1par1 the couunity for ita future role in thbull RDRA procbullbullbull and in tha onqoinqoperation and aaintananca ot the ~RR aite
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A liat of the indivicuala and organization area contacta includinq federal officiala atata and local ofticiala intareata4 raaidenta and udia repreaentativbulla ia includoltl in Appendix A EPA will expand one rovioo thio liat aa naceaaary middot
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The Town of Jlorth Saithfielct baa recently eatablillhlc a vator authority that 1o bucloltl by tho town council pruiclent With tha conatruction at a vatar line to lurrillvillo one tho inotollotion by IPA ot vator oyotou at nearby auportuncl oitoo tho town io bopin9 to develop an overall vatar atratetn lecauae BPA actiona will bo intaltJral in any oucb plano tho tocbnical anc1 coaaunity relatione atatt tor ~RR Waatem land Cravol Staaina llillo and tho Davia Liquicl Waoto Superfund aitea llhoulc be preparlc to t toqether an4 with atate and local otficiala to coordinate activitiaa attactivaly
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IIITRSTD PARTIES
A Ftdttal ltgtad Otticitla
Senator Claiborne Ptll
Diatrist Office 418 Ft4tral Courthouat Building Providence RI 02903
Waahinqton DC Office 335 Ruaatll Senate Office BuildingWaahinqton DC 20510
Senator John Chaftt
Dietricent Office 301 Paatort Ftctral Building Providence RI 02903
blhinetqn rx OfCiee s 567 Diruen senate Office Buildift9 Wallbinvton DC 20511
lbpruentative lernand J st Ganaain let Diatrict
Dietriet oCUcts 204 John z r09arty Buildin9 Providence RI 02903
lathinqton QC Oftiee 2108 Rayburn Mouat Office luildinq Waahinqton DC 20510
8 State Elected Officialbull
Senator Paul s Jttlly 30th Diotrict
Diatrict Offiee 451 Victory Highway North Saithfiald RI 02895
Proyictnct Oftict co Deputy Majority Leaderbull Office State Houae Room 117 Providence RI 02903
401528-5456
202224-4642
401528-5294
202224-2921
401521-5050
202225-Ull
401767-3567
401227-6896
Rapraaantativa Jticlt Roaati Uat Diatrict
EUISiJigt QIUgl t Roaelavn Avenue P O lkgtx 131 Slateraville RI 03176
401766-4854
ltsaidiDsil Qllit t co Office of the SpeakerState Houae Providence RI 02903
401227-2466
Repreaentative Albert G Brien 6Znd Diatrict
12iiSiJisiSi QIUsil t 13 s outh Mai n s t reet Woonaocltat RI 02195
bszxidiDSil QIUsil CO Office of the Speaker atate Bouaa Providence RI 02103
RaproHJltativo Maney L Benoit 64th Diatrict
401766-3416
401227-2466
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e DiBtimi Qllisat 21 larkaly Strut WocmaocJtet AI 02115
401766-7101
bllidiDSil fUIislt co Oftico of tho Speaker state Bouaa Provictance RI 02903
401227-2466
c lampsiill Qllisiilll
Arthur Denoaae Town Maini atrator Mnorial Town Ha l l Slateravil le RI 02876
401 767-2200
Xenneth M Bianchi Town council Preaictent 23 Saithfiold Road North Saithtiold RI 02895
401463-8700
Roland Boucher Town Councilor Great Road North Smithfield RI 02895
401765-2000
DavieS A tovett Town Councilor 410 Victory Hiqhvay North saithfio1d RI oags
Ronald N Renaud Town Councilor Wildwood Road Foreatdale RI
Jaaea X Saloae Town Councilor 18 Pound Hill Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Paul Boulaqerone Town Solicitor Meaorial Town Hall Slateraville RI 02876
Richard Brady Chief of Police IS Saithfio1d Rood lrforth Sa ithfield RI 02895
Edward Cournoyer Fire Chief Buaineaa Office St Peul Street lrforth laithfield RI 02195
llorth laithfio1cl Firo Dopartaont 24 Boou- laorqoncy _r
D D I KnyirpQMn1tl Prottstign Wncy
Patty D1Andrea Coaunity Relatione Coordinator 01 nvironaental Protection AqencyRPA-2203 J r JtennecSy Federal Buildinq Beaton MA 02203
John Gallagher Reaectial Project Officer Us nvironaantal Protection AgencyIISV-1107 J r XbullNlbullcSy Federal BuildingBoaton MA 02203
Richard Boynton Chief Rhode Ialand and
Ver111ont Superfund Section US Environaantal Protection AqancyHSV-1107 J F Cannady Federal Building Boston MA 02203
401767-2400
401438-67SO
401762-0434 401767-6633
401762-1212
401762-1135
401762-1414
617S65-342S
617565-3641
617565-3688
lt1t1 biiUilill
Pelix Harvey Diviaion ot Air and 401277-2797
Ha1ardoua Materiala Rhoca Ialand Departant at
Environaantal Manaqnt 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providence RI 02908
John Haqopoian 401277-6867Chiat ot Diviaion ot Watar Supply
Rhoda I a land Departaant at Haalth 75 middot Davia Straat Rooa 209 Providence RI 02908 ~tl=
~ Anthony patain Ito401277-2797 Rhoda Ialand Departaant ot
Environaantal ManaC)ant 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providanea RI 02901 ~c==
r lfiIQIPra =~ llampjsu HIDHRIZIt Bt
~U ltsDidiDQI ZSiWCIII 401277-7000(Providence Edition) e() 75 Fountain Street
Providence RI
111 bszidiDiiil allmtDII 401277-7091(lloonaocJltat Edition)1 Social Street Wooneockat RI 02195
Dl JlgQQIQSiklt 1111 401762-3000
Woonaockat RI 02895 75 Main Street
tQiill lfiKII21RIZt
b1 212bullbullabullz 401949-2700PO Box C358 Graanvilla RI 02828 (Publiahad waaltly on Thuraday)
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LOCATIONS POR INPORIIAlIOII UPOSlORIS AND PUBLIC llllIIIGS
A Intoraation Rtpgaitoriea
North Saithfie1d Public Library 4017S7-278020 Main street PO Bcx 296 Slataraville RI 02876
Winter Houra Monday Wec1neaday - 12 PM-5 PH 6 PM-8 PM Tuaaday Thuraday Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - 10 All-2 PM
Suaaer Houra Konday Wednaaday - 12 PM-5 PM 6 PM-8 PM lueedey lhureday - 10 All-5 PM Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - Cloaed
Contact Robin Glaaaar Li))rarian
North laithfie1d Nnor1e1 lovn Ball 401767-2200llaterville RI 02171
Soura Monday - Friday - 130 M-430 PM
Contact1 Arthur Denoae Town Adainiatrator
1 bt1ins Loqatione
llun1cipa1 Annex lluildi~ 401767-220215 laithfie1d Road llorth Saithfie1d RI 02195
Contact Barbara Walab
Halliwell Eleaantary School 401769-5492North Saithtiald School Departaant
Adainiatration RPD 2 Graanvillt Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Contact Jaan Korriaon
APPEIIDIX C
KUIIICIPAL STRUCTUR OP NORTH SMITHFIELD
The Town of North Sbullithtiald Rhode Ialand ia made up ot tiva villagaa Slataravilla Foraatdala Priaroaa Union Village and Waterford Tha villaqaa have no juriadictional municipal or rapraaantativa autonomy
The Town of North Saithfiald ia run by a fiva-aallbar town council Council aallbara are alactad at-larqa for two-year taraa lactiona are non-partban The council maata avery Monday niqht Daily adminiatration of tha town ia the duty of tha town aCSiniatrator who ia alae alactad for a two-year tara Tha town budqat ia dacidad by town uatinq
North Sbullithtiald hae alao recently aatabliahad a water authority which ia appointed by tha town council Tha council praaidant ia currently chairaan of the vatar authority In Novallber 1916 a propoaal tor a new town charter will be put on the ballot The new charter would aatabliah a poaition tor a aalariad town aanagar who would be appointed by the town council
In the atata leialatura North Sbullithtiald ia part of three repreaantative diatricta The veatarn half of the tovn ia part of the lbullt Diatrict which alao includaa the Town of Burrillville The aaatarn portion of the town ia part of the 2nd and lrd diatr1cta which amplao includea the City of Woonaocltet The entire town ia repreaentated in the 30th diatrict of the State Senate
The Town of North Saithtiel4 ia aervice4 by two Poet Otf1cea and haa the following aip codea and acScreaaee
Slateravilla 02876Foreatdale 02824 llorth Saithtiold 02895Woonaockat 02895
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APPIIDIX D
LIST OP PERSONS CONTACTED IN DVZLOPIINT OP THE REVISED COIIIIUIIITY RELATIONS PLAN
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JCenneth K Bianchi June 18 1986 Town Council Prabullidant23 Saithfiold Rd North Saithfiold 02895
i Paul Boulaqerone June 16 1986 Town Solicitor ~ Meaorial Town Hall 0~ Slaterbullville RI 02876 it George Cournoyer June 17 1986 Rabullident living nearPO Box 166
landfill on Tifft Rd lSlateraville RI 02876 ltlc Arthur Dencmae June 16 1986 Town adainiatrator =l-riol Town Ball l l a t erav ille RI 02176 ~iRoland carol Drainvil l o J uno 17 1986 Active aeabera ot 750 Pound Bill lld P o w ebull orth hithfi o l d RI 0219 5
llllrial Halloran Juno 11 1916 Founder at Po wPound Bill lld Reaident livinq nearlforth laithtielcS RI 02195 landfill
m eat Moulico Juno 11 1986 Reaident livinq near1U2 Pound Bill lld landfill North Saithfiold RI 02895
JCate Racine June 17 1986 Rabullidant livinq near153 Old Groat Rd landfillKorth Saithtield RI 02895
Jia llamprion llhito Juno 16 1986 Rabullidenta livinq nearPO Box 437 landfillSlateravilla RI 02876
Carole Whiteley Juno 17 1986 Active in aavaral40 Lapre Rd town ieauaaNorth Saithfield RI 02895
meat Woodworth Juno 17 1986 Raaident livinq nearRPD fl landfill Paat memberPound Hill Rd ot Planning Board Woonaockatt RI 02895
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o latbullty and Stqurity The alta ia iaolated and iacloaed off by only three atranda of barbed wireSoae reaidanta axpraaaed concern that thiabarrier would not be affective in keepingchildren off the aite and they would thereforebe expoaed to poaaible contaaination 0 cogunity bull Dtairt to Hol4 LiRR Accountablt
~Itemiddot~~~bullbulli~nbull~~r~n~~ b~ir~d 4ownara of LIRR had coaplataly cUaraqardad thtconcarna of tha couunity and had aada a aullfortune in the twelve yeara that URR operatedThey uniforly expraaaed tht deaire that theownerbull not be allowed to qet away
0 ~icofw1~~4upIttti~~~ a~tl~ inatalled aa part of r-dial actionbull at anotherSuperfund dto In noivbborinv IIUttillvillothere are plana to develop a water line froa thetJcituate Reaervoir to aupply a power plant bainqbuilt there loae Korth laitbfield raaidanta aetthe Burrillville water line aa a poaaibla -nato develop a town vatu ayata lbe Jlorthsaithfiold town council proddont oxprooood thohope that tho lllgtrrillvillo plono ai9htcoordinated vith plonoIIPAo to providecaprehanaive water ayata for the reqion
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o M4itipnal Sitbullbullmiddot Since Jlorth laithfiald 1bulllocated near ao aany Superfund aitea a caonlyaalted quaation ia Wbare vill they find the nextone several reaidanta 1nterv1av1Mt 4ur1nqon-aita diacuaaiona apoJta of a reported apill atbprex a local aanufacturinq plant The bprexfir ia located halfway between L6RR and thestaaina Killo dto
P OB1EcriVS OP llli UVISED C011Kt111ITY RELATIONS PROGIWI
The aita-aptcific objectivebull for the couunity relationaat the proqruL6RR aite durinq the upcoainq r-ldial activitiea arepraaantad below
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1) Proyidt a bulltatubull rtpgrt of tht eitbull to area raeidtn1bullan4 local officiala To diapel the contuaion regardingtht atatua of tht LRR aitt and EPAbull roltactivitiea in altaan attort ahould be aada to diaatminatabaaic intorwation to the cOJUtunity that deacribearolt and EPAbull activitiea
providebull a achtdulbull of tht planned rtmedial
2) Enliat thbull aupport and participation of local officialaand rtaidtnts in coordinatinq cogunity rtlationsactiyitibullbull To ancouraqa the aupport and participationof local officialbull and intereated citizenbull in theremedial effort it ia bullbullbullbullntial that theae individualbullare reqularly and tully intoratd ot aite activitieaplana findingbull and developatnta contact aay be madaby ttlephonbull calla or by aail Intoraal aeetinga mightalao be achedultd periodically to aolicit and reapond toqueationa frobull the couunity
In addition holding brietinga and meetina with localotticiala aaintainin intorwation rtpoeitoritl and acurrent aailing lilt are all effective waya to kltpintertattd public and local officialbull the
inforatd aboutaitt activitita Zncourain inttreattd partiebull toparticipate in planninq and coordinating coaunityrelationbull activitbullbull ia anotbtr approach for kttpinthu involved in and aupportive ot ruecUalunclortallten at tho oito tftorta
The North Saithfitld town adainiatrator and tht fivetown council aUra art appropriate local officialbull toinvolve in a coaaunity rtlationa proqru M-bera ofPOW and reaidenta who live in cloat proxiaity to thtoito ohould be an intoral port of all c01111unityrtlationa activitbullbullmiddot
3) Notify local ofticiala and araa rtaidentbullactiyitiee of titbulland prqyidt folloy-up inforwation on tbtaaactiyi1iea conciae and eaaily underatandablaintonation about the purpoat and achtdule of technicaland other aita-rtlattd activitiea ahould bt aadeavailable to local otticiala and area reaidanta Beforeaitt activity bagina local officialbull and atfactadreaidanta ahould be notified by telephone In additionZPA may wiah to intora theat individualbull ot thepottntial impacta (a q noiae and increaeed traffic)that might reault froa aite activity Information onthe outcome of technical activitiea auch bullbull aamplinq andmonitaring alao ahould be aade available
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Where intonation cannot be released to the publicexaaple enforceaent-aenaitive inforaation) a clear (forandaiaple explanation aa to why the inforaation auat bewithheld ia appropriate EPA couunity relationbull ataff
~~~~erou~eteto ~ifiz~ecf~~~raiiti ~required or where certain typea of intonation aradeaired by specific individualamp or qroupa ownerbull For exaapleof property where aamplas are taken ahould baprovided with follow-up explanationbull of what waaand the aaaplectteat reaulta of the aamplea taken froaproperty thair
4) Enwura that inguiritw from thbull copunity art handledefficientlyable to
The couunity and local officialbull auat becontact aomeone knowledqeable about tha XRRaite for intonation about aite activitiaa and toexpreaa other quaationa or concernbull that uy ariaethe Ifexiatinq contact person ia replaced the co-unityahould be notified proaptly 5) coordinate actiyitibullbull at all Supartun4IUImiddot Diss-ination of inforaation
witbullbull in thbullSuperfund reqarcUnq theprogru and other relevant inforaationia not apecific to the URR aite ahould be
thatcoordinated UOft9 the various r-edial actiona
carefullytakift9 place currentlyInfonaation disa-ination effortbullbe integrated not dupl icatad
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G COIOMIIlY ULJTIONS ACTIVITIES
Several activitiaa are outlined below to achievedeacribed the objectivebullin aection P A achedule illuatratinqthaaa activitiea ia on paqe 17 the tiainq of
1 Maintain information rtpgsitories
Maintaininq inforaation repositories willltey aateriala on the URR alta -- auch as ensure that
technical suaaries site reports fact sheeta
plana co-unity relationbulland other relevant inforaation on the Superfundproqraa -- are available to the public The locationbullfor theabull repositories are the North Smithfield PublicLibrary and the North Saithfiald Memorial Town HallThese repositories will be coordinated withrepositories aatablillhed informationfor other Superfund aitea inNorth Saithtiold
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An PA technical and coaunity relationa atatt peraon are deaiqnated to reaponcl directly to all public inquiriea regarding aite activitiea The naae addreaa and telephone nUJibar ot the contacta are liated in Appendix A and will ba indicated clearly on au aateriala bullada available to the public Theae EPA contact peraona will coordinate with atate and local otticiala when aaking contact with the aedia
0~todtfteauiitglig~t=n and sgntast tho
The North Smithfield town adainiatrator and town council preaiclent have indicated that they want to be kept informed about plana and findinga on the URR aite Thia effort aay be accoapliahed through periodic corraapondence brietinga and intonal aeatinqa
Whenever poaaible bullbullbulltinge with local otticiala will include both EPA technical and PA COJUIUnity ralationa ataft Meatinqa will be held on an aa-neadad baaia1 apecitically it there ia a cbanqe in achadule or if aiqnificant findinqa are aade at the alta
Conduct inforul bullbullbulltiMe yitb reeidentbull and gtheraf(ested partiee
Inforaal aeatinqa with reaidenta and other affected partiea will be held on an aa-neadad baaia1 apecifically before RI activitiea bein and at the coaptation of the draft rs report The aaetinqa will include intereated citiaena the IP- reqional aite project officer and an PA couunity relationbullcoordinator
~~tabera of the preea prigr to firbullt publis
Area newepapera auch aa Thbull Proyidance Jgurnol lbl_ Wognegcket Call and Thbull Qbeervar are read widely in the couunity and have cqverec1 the URR atory extenaively tor a number of yeara Given the coDunitybulla confuaion over activitiea that have taken place at the aite a feature atory eorting out the facta and outlining the work atill to be done will greatly facilitate the tirat public aaetinga EPA technical and coiiJDunity relationbull ataff will arrange praaa briatinqa ten daya to two weeki before the tirat achedulecl aeetinq
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6 Condyst a pyhlic intoraetign weetinq on the vorls plan
Prior to initiating field activitiea EPA will conduct a public intollation aeeting to infoll reaidenta and other interested partiea about RIFS activitiea planned at the aita At thia aaeting the public will be encouraged to aak questions about the acope of work praaantad in the workplan and othar related iaauea EPA will coordinate closely with local otficiala regarding tht loqiatica and agenda of this bulleetinq Sugqaated matting locations ara included in Appendix B
7 Prtpart fact abeeta
A tact sheet ia required on the FS outlining the cleanup alternatives considered at the LRR site Additional tact ahttta ara required to explain EPA bulla selected alternative aa announce in the Record of Daciaion (ROD an4 when the engineering 4ea iqn ot the r adial alternative ia coapleted
Ac14itional fact aheeta aay be relaaat4 at the beginning of the reatc1ial invtatqation to intona area raai4anta and other interaattc1 citiaena about EPA 1 a site plana and the proce4urea ot the Superfun4 proqraa an4 at the conclusion of the RI to infona the public of aiqnificant finclinvo Anothor fact ohoot y bo proHirocl Vhich explaina the EPA enforcnt process at Superfunc aitea
Fact aheata will be aailtc1 to intertatac1 cithena the North Saithfiel4 town offices JUDD and Rhoda Ialanc Opartaant of Health (RIDOH) staff an4 area navapapara
I Proyidt Y reltttta to losal newapaPra
Prapart4 atattaenta will be released to local and area newspapers to notify the couunity of any public aaetings to notify the public when site activity ia achedultd to btqin and to announce discovery of any aiqnificant findings at the aitt during the RIS
Additional newa raleaaaa will be prepared prior to tha public couent period on the draft S report and at the tiaa of the announceaent of the ROD
Addresses and telephone numbers of local and area newspapers art included in Appendix A
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A ainiaua three-week public couent period with at leaat two weeks review tiae before the atart of the couent period is required to allow citizenbull to expreaa their opiniona on EPAbull preferred alternative for reaedial action at the LIIRR site Couunity participation will be encouraqtd at thia point by tellinq citiztna that their opinionbull will be incorporated in the final cltanupdeciaion
A public aeetinq held durinq the public comment period will provide PA the opportunity to anawer citizenbullbull queationa directly and to explain the recouended reaedial alternativea A public aeetinq will alae provide intereated citizenbull an opportunity to aak queationa and aake coaenta to EPA Suqqested locationa for the aeetinCJ are included in Appendix B The lOCJittica and aqenda of the aeetinq will be coordinated with Korth Saithfield town officiala
rreart a reapgneiyeneaa bullUWMry
A reaponaiveneaa auaary ia required aa part of the ROD for the aite It will IUJU1ari1e pul)lic concernbull and iaaues raiaed throuqhout the RIFS and indicate hov EPA reapondtd to theae concerna
Btyiee the eggunity relttigna plan tor thbull LiBR bullitbull Once the ROD for the L6RR lite hat been iaaued thit coaunity relatione plan will be reviaed to include coaunity relations activitiea appropriate to the reaedial daaiqn and r edial action (RDRA) phbullbullbullbull The reviaion of the coaunity relatione plan will
o Update facta and verify the inforaation included in thia coaaunity relatione plan prtpared for the RIFS
o Alaeaa the couunity relations proqru to date and indicate whether the aame or different approachtawill be talten during the RDRA phaae11
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0 Identity any new concerna that uy have ariaen in tho couunity oinco thio roviooltl couunityrelatione plan vaa prepared and
0 Develop a atrateqy to pr1par1 the couunity for ita future role in thbull RDRA procbullbullbull and in tha onqoinqoperation and aaintananca ot the ~RR aite
Givan tha high level of intaraat in tha LRR aitbull counity intarviava will be hale prior to tha ravbion of tha ~RR co-unity relatione plan
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A liat of the indivicuala and organization area contacta includinq federal officiala atata and local ofticiala intareata4 raaidenta and udia repreaentativbulla ia includoltl in Appendix A EPA will expand one rovioo thio liat aa naceaaary middot
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APPEIIDIX A
IIITRSTD PARTIES
A Ftdttal ltgtad Otticitla
Senator Claiborne Ptll
Diatrist Office 418 Ft4tral Courthouat Building Providence RI 02903
Waahinqton DC Office 335 Ruaatll Senate Office BuildingWaahinqton DC 20510
Senator John Chaftt
Dietricent Office 301 Paatort Ftctral Building Providence RI 02903
blhinetqn rx OfCiee s 567 Diruen senate Office Buildift9 Wallbinvton DC 20511
lbpruentative lernand J st Ganaain let Diatrict
Dietriet oCUcts 204 John z r09arty Buildin9 Providence RI 02903
lathinqton QC Oftiee 2108 Rayburn Mouat Office luildinq Waahinqton DC 20510
8 State Elected Officialbull
Senator Paul s Jttlly 30th Diotrict
Diatrict Offiee 451 Victory Highway North Saithfiald RI 02895
Proyictnct Oftict co Deputy Majority Leaderbull Office State Houae Room 117 Providence RI 02903
401528-5456
202224-4642
401528-5294
202224-2921
401521-5050
202225-Ull
401767-3567
401227-6896
Rapraaantativa Jticlt Roaati Uat Diatrict
EUISiJigt QIUgl t Roaelavn Avenue P O lkgtx 131 Slateraville RI 03176
401766-4854
ltsaidiDsil Qllit t co Office of the SpeakerState Houae Providence RI 02903
401227-2466
Repreaentative Albert G Brien 6Znd Diatrict
12iiSiJisiSi QIUsil t 13 s outh Mai n s t reet Woonaocltat RI 02195
bszxidiDSil QIUsil CO Office of the Speaker atate Bouaa Providence RI 02103
RaproHJltativo Maney L Benoit 64th Diatrict
401766-3416
401227-2466
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e DiBtimi Qllisat 21 larkaly Strut WocmaocJtet AI 02115
401766-7101
bllidiDSil fUIislt co Oftico of tho Speaker state Bouaa Provictance RI 02903
401227-2466
c lampsiill Qllisiilll
Arthur Denoaae Town Maini atrator Mnorial Town Ha l l Slateravil le RI 02876
401 767-2200
Xenneth M Bianchi Town council Preaictent 23 Saithfiold Road North Saithtiold RI 02895
401463-8700
Roland Boucher Town Councilor Great Road North Smithfield RI 02895
401765-2000
DavieS A tovett Town Councilor 410 Victory Hiqhvay North saithfio1d RI oags
Ronald N Renaud Town Councilor Wildwood Road Foreatdale RI
Jaaea X Saloae Town Councilor 18 Pound Hill Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Paul Boulaqerone Town Solicitor Meaorial Town Hall Slateraville RI 02876
Richard Brady Chief of Police IS Saithfio1d Rood lrforth Sa ithfield RI 02895
Edward Cournoyer Fire Chief Buaineaa Office St Peul Street lrforth laithfield RI 02195
llorth laithfio1cl Firo Dopartaont 24 Boou- laorqoncy _r
D D I KnyirpQMn1tl Prottstign Wncy
Patty D1Andrea Coaunity Relatione Coordinator 01 nvironaental Protection AqencyRPA-2203 J r JtennecSy Federal Buildinq Beaton MA 02203
John Gallagher Reaectial Project Officer Us nvironaantal Protection AgencyIISV-1107 J r XbullNlbullcSy Federal BuildingBoaton MA 02203
Richard Boynton Chief Rhode Ialand and
Ver111ont Superfund Section US Environaantal Protection AqancyHSV-1107 J F Cannady Federal Building Boston MA 02203
401767-2400
401438-67SO
401762-0434 401767-6633
401762-1212
401762-1135
401762-1414
617S65-342S
617565-3641
617565-3688
lt1t1 biiUilill
Pelix Harvey Diviaion ot Air and 401277-2797
Ha1ardoua Materiala Rhoca Ialand Departant at
Environaantal Manaqnt 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providence RI 02908
John Haqopoian 401277-6867Chiat ot Diviaion ot Watar Supply
Rhoda I a land Departaant at Haalth 75 middot Davia Straat Rooa 209 Providence RI 02908 ~tl=
~ Anthony patain Ito401277-2797 Rhoda Ialand Departaant ot
Environaantal ManaC)ant 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providanea RI 02901 ~c==
r lfiIQIPra =~ llampjsu HIDHRIZIt Bt
~U ltsDidiDQI ZSiWCIII 401277-7000(Providence Edition) e() 75 Fountain Street
Providence RI
111 bszidiDiiil allmtDII 401277-7091(lloonaocJltat Edition)1 Social Street Wooneockat RI 02195
Dl JlgQQIQSiklt 1111 401762-3000
Woonaockat RI 02895 75 Main Street
tQiill lfiKII21RIZt
b1 212bullbullabullz 401949-2700PO Box C358 Graanvilla RI 02828 (Publiahad waaltly on Thuraday)
APPDDIX B
LOCATIONS POR INPORIIAlIOII UPOSlORIS AND PUBLIC llllIIIGS
A Intoraation Rtpgaitoriea
North Saithfie1d Public Library 4017S7-278020 Main street PO Bcx 296 Slataraville RI 02876
Winter Houra Monday Wec1neaday - 12 PM-5 PH 6 PM-8 PM Tuaaday Thuraday Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - 10 All-2 PM
Suaaer Houra Konday Wednaaday - 12 PM-5 PM 6 PM-8 PM lueedey lhureday - 10 All-5 PM Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - Cloaed
Contact Robin Glaaaar Li))rarian
North laithfie1d Nnor1e1 lovn Ball 401767-2200llaterville RI 02171
Soura Monday - Friday - 130 M-430 PM
Contact1 Arthur Denoae Town Adainiatrator
1 bt1ins Loqatione
llun1cipa1 Annex lluildi~ 401767-220215 laithfie1d Road llorth Saithfie1d RI 02195
Contact Barbara Walab
Halliwell Eleaantary School 401769-5492North Saithtiald School Departaant
Adainiatration RPD 2 Graanvillt Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Contact Jaan Korriaon
APPEIIDIX C
KUIIICIPAL STRUCTUR OP NORTH SMITHFIELD
The Town of North Sbullithtiald Rhode Ialand ia made up ot tiva villagaa Slataravilla Foraatdala Priaroaa Union Village and Waterford Tha villaqaa have no juriadictional municipal or rapraaantativa autonomy
The Town of North Saithfiald ia run by a fiva-aallbar town council Council aallbara are alactad at-larqa for two-year taraa lactiona are non-partban The council maata avery Monday niqht Daily adminiatration of tha town ia the duty of tha town aCSiniatrator who ia alae alactad for a two-year tara Tha town budqat ia dacidad by town uatinq
North Sbullithtiald hae alao recently aatabliahad a water authority which ia appointed by tha town council Tha council praaidant ia currently chairaan of the vatar authority In Novallber 1916 a propoaal tor a new town charter will be put on the ballot The new charter would aatabliah a poaition tor a aalariad town aanagar who would be appointed by the town council
In the atata leialatura North Sbullithtiald ia part of three repreaantative diatricta The veatarn half of the tovn ia part of the lbullt Diatrict which alao includaa the Town of Burrillville The aaatarn portion of the town ia part of the 2nd and lrd diatr1cta which amplao includea the City of Woonaocltet The entire town ia repreaentated in the 30th diatrict of the State Senate
The Town of North Saithtiel4 ia aervice4 by two Poet Otf1cea and haa the following aip codea and acScreaaee
Slateravilla 02876Foreatdale 02824 llorth Saithtiold 02895Woonaockat 02895
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APPIIDIX D
LIST OP PERSONS CONTACTED IN DVZLOPIINT OP THE REVISED COIIIIUIIITY RELATIONS PLAN
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JCenneth K Bianchi June 18 1986 Town Council Prabullidant23 Saithfiold Rd North Saithfiold 02895
i Paul Boulaqerone June 16 1986 Town Solicitor ~ Meaorial Town Hall 0~ Slaterbullville RI 02876 it George Cournoyer June 17 1986 Rabullident living nearPO Box 166
landfill on Tifft Rd lSlateraville RI 02876 ltlc Arthur Dencmae June 16 1986 Town adainiatrator =l-riol Town Ball l l a t erav ille RI 02176 ~iRoland carol Drainvil l o J uno 17 1986 Active aeabera ot 750 Pound Bill lld P o w ebull orth hithfi o l d RI 0219 5
llllrial Halloran Juno 11 1916 Founder at Po wPound Bill lld Reaident livinq nearlforth laithtielcS RI 02195 landfill
m eat Moulico Juno 11 1986 Reaident livinq near1U2 Pound Bill lld landfill North Saithfiold RI 02895
JCate Racine June 17 1986 Rabullidant livinq near153 Old Groat Rd landfillKorth Saithtield RI 02895
Jia llamprion llhito Juno 16 1986 Rabullidenta livinq nearPO Box 437 landfillSlateravilla RI 02876
Carole Whiteley Juno 17 1986 Active in aavaral40 Lapre Rd town ieauaaNorth Saithfield RI 02895
meat Woodworth Juno 17 1986 Raaident livinq nearRPD fl landfill Paat memberPound Hill Rd ot Planning Board Woonaockatt RI 02895
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1) Proyidt a bulltatubull rtpgrt of tht eitbull to area raeidtn1bullan4 local officiala To diapel the contuaion regardingtht atatua of tht LRR aitt and EPAbull roltactivitiea in altaan attort ahould be aada to diaatminatabaaic intorwation to the cOJUtunity that deacribearolt and EPAbull activitiea
providebull a achtdulbull of tht planned rtmedial
2) Enliat thbull aupport and participation of local officialaand rtaidtnts in coordinatinq cogunity rtlationsactiyitibullbull To ancouraqa the aupport and participationof local officialbull and intereated citizenbull in theremedial effort it ia bullbullbullbullntial that theae individualbullare reqularly and tully intoratd ot aite activitieaplana findingbull and developatnta contact aay be madaby ttlephonbull calla or by aail Intoraal aeetinga mightalao be achedultd periodically to aolicit and reapond toqueationa frobull the couunity
In addition holding brietinga and meetina with localotticiala aaintainin intorwation rtpoeitoritl and acurrent aailing lilt are all effective waya to kltpintertattd public and local officialbull the
inforatd aboutaitt activitita Zncourain inttreattd partiebull toparticipate in planninq and coordinating coaunityrelationbull activitbullbull ia anotbtr approach for kttpinthu involved in and aupportive ot ruecUalunclortallten at tho oito tftorta
The North Saithfitld town adainiatrator and tht fivetown council aUra art appropriate local officialbull toinvolve in a coaaunity rtlationa proqru M-bera ofPOW and reaidenta who live in cloat proxiaity to thtoito ohould be an intoral port of all c01111unityrtlationa activitbullbullmiddot
3) Notify local ofticiala and araa rtaidentbullactiyitiee of titbulland prqyidt folloy-up inforwation on tbtaaactiyi1iea conciae and eaaily underatandablaintonation about the purpoat and achtdule of technicaland other aita-rtlattd activitiea ahould bt aadeavailable to local otticiala and area reaidanta Beforeaitt activity bagina local officialbull and atfactadreaidanta ahould be notified by telephone In additionZPA may wiah to intora theat individualbull ot thepottntial impacta (a q noiae and increaeed traffic)that might reault froa aite activity Information onthe outcome of technical activitiea auch bullbull aamplinq andmonitaring alao ahould be aade available
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Where intonation cannot be released to the publicexaaple enforceaent-aenaitive inforaation) a clear (forandaiaple explanation aa to why the inforaation auat bewithheld ia appropriate EPA couunity relationbull ataff
~~~~erou~eteto ~ifiz~ecf~~~raiiti ~required or where certain typea of intonation aradeaired by specific individualamp or qroupa ownerbull For exaapleof property where aamplas are taken ahould baprovided with follow-up explanationbull of what waaand the aaaplectteat reaulta of the aamplea taken froaproperty thair
4) Enwura that inguiritw from thbull copunity art handledefficientlyable to
The couunity and local officialbull auat becontact aomeone knowledqeable about tha XRRaite for intonation about aite activitiaa and toexpreaa other quaationa or concernbull that uy ariaethe Ifexiatinq contact person ia replaced the co-unityahould be notified proaptly 5) coordinate actiyitibullbull at all Supartun4IUImiddot Diss-ination of inforaation
witbullbull in thbullSuperfund reqarcUnq theprogru and other relevant inforaationia not apecific to the URR aite ahould be
thatcoordinated UOft9 the various r-edial actiona
carefullytakift9 place currentlyInfonaation disa-ination effortbullbe integrated not dupl icatad
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G COIOMIIlY ULJTIONS ACTIVITIES
Several activitiaa are outlined below to achievedeacribed the objectivebullin aection P A achedule illuatratinqthaaa activitiea ia on paqe 17 the tiainq of
1 Maintain information rtpgsitories
Maintaininq inforaation repositories willltey aateriala on the URR alta -- auch as ensure that
technical suaaries site reports fact sheeta
plana co-unity relationbulland other relevant inforaation on the Superfundproqraa -- are available to the public The locationbullfor theabull repositories are the North Smithfield PublicLibrary and the North Saithfiald Memorial Town HallThese repositories will be coordinated withrepositories aatablillhed informationfor other Superfund aitea inNorth Saithtiold
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An PA technical and coaunity relationa atatt peraon are deaiqnated to reaponcl directly to all public inquiriea regarding aite activitiea The naae addreaa and telephone nUJibar ot the contacta are liated in Appendix A and will ba indicated clearly on au aateriala bullada available to the public Theae EPA contact peraona will coordinate with atate and local otticiala when aaking contact with the aedia
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The North Smithfield town adainiatrator and town council preaiclent have indicated that they want to be kept informed about plana and findinga on the URR aite Thia effort aay be accoapliahed through periodic corraapondence brietinga and intonal aeatinqa
Whenever poaaible bullbullbulltinge with local otticiala will include both EPA technical and PA COJUIUnity ralationa ataft Meatinqa will be held on an aa-neadad baaia1 apecitically it there ia a cbanqe in achadule or if aiqnificant findinqa are aade at the alta
Conduct inforul bullbullbulltiMe yitb reeidentbull and gtheraf(ested partiee
Inforaal aeatinqa with reaidenta and other affected partiea will be held on an aa-neadad baaia1 apecifically before RI activitiea bein and at the coaptation of the draft rs report The aaetinqa will include intereated citiaena the IP- reqional aite project officer and an PA couunity relationbullcoordinator
~~tabera of the preea prigr to firbullt publis
Area newepapera auch aa Thbull Proyidance Jgurnol lbl_ Wognegcket Call and Thbull Qbeervar are read widely in the couunity and have cqverec1 the URR atory extenaively tor a number of yeara Given the coDunitybulla confuaion over activitiea that have taken place at the aite a feature atory eorting out the facta and outlining the work atill to be done will greatly facilitate the tirat public aaetinga EPA technical and coiiJDunity relationbull ataff will arrange praaa briatinqa ten daya to two weeki before the tirat achedulecl aeetinq
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Prior to initiating field activitiea EPA will conduct a public intollation aeeting to infoll reaidenta and other interested partiea about RIFS activitiea planned at the aita At thia aaeting the public will be encouraged to aak questions about the acope of work praaantad in the workplan and othar related iaauea EPA will coordinate closely with local otficiala regarding tht loqiatica and agenda of this bulleetinq Sugqaated matting locations ara included in Appendix B
7 Prtpart fact abeeta
A tact sheet ia required on the FS outlining the cleanup alternatives considered at the LRR site Additional tact ahttta ara required to explain EPA bulla selected alternative aa announce in the Record of Daciaion (ROD an4 when the engineering 4ea iqn ot the r adial alternative ia coapleted
Ac14itional fact aheeta aay be relaaat4 at the beginning of the reatc1ial invtatqation to intona area raai4anta and other interaattc1 citiaena about EPA 1 a site plana and the proce4urea ot the Superfun4 proqraa an4 at the conclusion of the RI to infona the public of aiqnificant finclinvo Anothor fact ohoot y bo proHirocl Vhich explaina the EPA enforcnt process at Superfunc aitea
Fact aheata will be aailtc1 to intertatac1 cithena the North Saithfiel4 town offices JUDD and Rhoda Ialanc Opartaant of Health (RIDOH) staff an4 area navapapara
I Proyidt Y reltttta to losal newapaPra
Prapart4 atattaenta will be released to local and area newspapers to notify the couunity of any public aaetings to notify the public when site activity ia achedultd to btqin and to announce discovery of any aiqnificant findings at the aitt during the RIS
Additional newa raleaaaa will be prepared prior to tha public couent period on the draft S report and at the tiaa of the announceaent of the ROD
Addresses and telephone numbers of local and area newspapers art included in Appendix A
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Conduct a public coptnt ptriod gn the draft ftaeihilitxatudy rtport
A ainiaua three-week public couent period with at leaat two weeks review tiae before the atart of the couent period is required to allow citizenbull to expreaa their opiniona on EPAbull preferred alternative for reaedial action at the LIIRR site Couunity participation will be encouraqtd at thia point by tellinq citiztna that their opinionbull will be incorporated in the final cltanupdeciaion
A public aeetinq held durinq the public comment period will provide PA the opportunity to anawer citizenbullbull queationa directly and to explain the recouended reaedial alternativea A public aeetinq will alae provide intereated citizenbull an opportunity to aak queationa and aake coaenta to EPA Suqqested locationa for the aeetinCJ are included in Appendix B The lOCJittica and aqenda of the aeetinq will be coordinated with Korth Saithfield town officiala
rreart a reapgneiyeneaa bullUWMry
A reaponaiveneaa auaary ia required aa part of the ROD for the aite It will IUJU1ari1e pul)lic concernbull and iaaues raiaed throuqhout the RIFS and indicate hov EPA reapondtd to theae concerna
Btyiee the eggunity relttigna plan tor thbull LiBR bullitbull Once the ROD for the L6RR lite hat been iaaued thit coaunity relatione plan will be reviaed to include coaunity relations activitiea appropriate to the reaedial daaiqn and r edial action (RDRA) phbullbullbullbull The reviaion of the coaunity relatione plan will
o Update facta and verify the inforaation included in thia coaaunity relatione plan prtpared for the RIFS
o Alaeaa the couunity relations proqru to date and indicate whether the aame or different approachtawill be talten during the RDRA phaae11
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0 Develop a atrateqy to pr1par1 the couunity for ita future role in thbull RDRA procbullbullbull and in tha onqoinqoperation and aaintananca ot the ~RR aite
Givan tha high level of intaraat in tha LRR aitbull counity intarviava will be hale prior to tha ravbion of tha ~RR co-unity relatione plan
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A liat of the indivicuala and organization area contacta includinq federal officiala atata and local ofticiala intareata4 raaidenta and udia repreaentativbulla ia includoltl in Appendix A EPA will expand one rovioo thio liat aa naceaaary middot
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The Town of Jlorth Saithfielct baa recently eatablillhlc a vator authority that 1o bucloltl by tho town council pruiclent With tha conatruction at a vatar line to lurrillvillo one tho inotollotion by IPA ot vator oyotou at nearby auportuncl oitoo tho town io bopin9 to develop an overall vatar atratetn lecauae BPA actiona will bo intaltJral in any oucb plano tho tocbnical anc1 coaaunity relatione atatt tor ~RR Waatem land Cravol Staaina llillo and tho Davia Liquicl Waoto Superfund aitea llhoulc be preparlc to t toqether an4 with atate and local otficiala to coordinate activitiaa attactivaly
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APPEIIDIX A
IIITRSTD PARTIES
A Ftdttal ltgtad Otticitla
Senator Claiborne Ptll
Diatrist Office 418 Ft4tral Courthouat Building Providence RI 02903
Waahinqton DC Office 335 Ruaatll Senate Office BuildingWaahinqton DC 20510
Senator John Chaftt
Dietricent Office 301 Paatort Ftctral Building Providence RI 02903
blhinetqn rx OfCiee s 567 Diruen senate Office Buildift9 Wallbinvton DC 20511
lbpruentative lernand J st Ganaain let Diatrict
Dietriet oCUcts 204 John z r09arty Buildin9 Providence RI 02903
lathinqton QC Oftiee 2108 Rayburn Mouat Office luildinq Waahinqton DC 20510
8 State Elected Officialbull
Senator Paul s Jttlly 30th Diotrict
Diatrict Offiee 451 Victory Highway North Saithfiald RI 02895
Proyictnct Oftict co Deputy Majority Leaderbull Office State Houae Room 117 Providence RI 02903
401528-5456
202224-4642
401528-5294
202224-2921
401521-5050
202225-Ull
401767-3567
401227-6896
Rapraaantativa Jticlt Roaati Uat Diatrict
EUISiJigt QIUgl t Roaelavn Avenue P O lkgtx 131 Slateraville RI 03176
401766-4854
ltsaidiDsil Qllit t co Office of the SpeakerState Houae Providence RI 02903
401227-2466
Repreaentative Albert G Brien 6Znd Diatrict
12iiSiJisiSi QIUsil t 13 s outh Mai n s t reet Woonaocltat RI 02195
bszxidiDSil QIUsil CO Office of the Speaker atate Bouaa Providence RI 02103
RaproHJltativo Maney L Benoit 64th Diatrict
401766-3416
401227-2466
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e DiBtimi Qllisat 21 larkaly Strut WocmaocJtet AI 02115
401766-7101
bllidiDSil fUIislt co Oftico of tho Speaker state Bouaa Provictance RI 02903
401227-2466
c lampsiill Qllisiilll
Arthur Denoaae Town Maini atrator Mnorial Town Ha l l Slateravil le RI 02876
401 767-2200
Xenneth M Bianchi Town council Preaictent 23 Saithfiold Road North Saithtiold RI 02895
401463-8700
Roland Boucher Town Councilor Great Road North Smithfield RI 02895
401765-2000
DavieS A tovett Town Councilor 410 Victory Hiqhvay North saithfio1d RI oags
Ronald N Renaud Town Councilor Wildwood Road Foreatdale RI
Jaaea X Saloae Town Councilor 18 Pound Hill Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Paul Boulaqerone Town Solicitor Meaorial Town Hall Slateraville RI 02876
Richard Brady Chief of Police IS Saithfio1d Rood lrforth Sa ithfield RI 02895
Edward Cournoyer Fire Chief Buaineaa Office St Peul Street lrforth laithfield RI 02195
llorth laithfio1cl Firo Dopartaont 24 Boou- laorqoncy _r
D D I KnyirpQMn1tl Prottstign Wncy
Patty D1Andrea Coaunity Relatione Coordinator 01 nvironaental Protection AqencyRPA-2203 J r JtennecSy Federal Buildinq Beaton MA 02203
John Gallagher Reaectial Project Officer Us nvironaantal Protection AgencyIISV-1107 J r XbullNlbullcSy Federal BuildingBoaton MA 02203
Richard Boynton Chief Rhode Ialand and
Ver111ont Superfund Section US Environaantal Protection AqancyHSV-1107 J F Cannady Federal Building Boston MA 02203
401767-2400
401438-67SO
401762-0434 401767-6633
401762-1212
401762-1135
401762-1414
617S65-342S
617565-3641
617565-3688
lt1t1 biiUilill
Pelix Harvey Diviaion ot Air and 401277-2797
Ha1ardoua Materiala Rhoca Ialand Departant at
Environaantal Manaqnt 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providence RI 02908
John Haqopoian 401277-6867Chiat ot Diviaion ot Watar Supply
Rhoda I a land Departaant at Haalth 75 middot Davia Straat Rooa 209 Providence RI 02908 ~tl=
~ Anthony patain Ito401277-2797 Rhoda Ialand Departaant ot
Environaantal ManaC)ant 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providanea RI 02901 ~c==
r lfiIQIPra =~ llampjsu HIDHRIZIt Bt
~U ltsDidiDQI ZSiWCIII 401277-7000(Providence Edition) e() 75 Fountain Street
Providence RI
111 bszidiDiiil allmtDII 401277-7091(lloonaocJltat Edition)1 Social Street Wooneockat RI 02195
Dl JlgQQIQSiklt 1111 401762-3000
Woonaockat RI 02895 75 Main Street
tQiill lfiKII21RIZt
b1 212bullbullabullz 401949-2700PO Box C358 Graanvilla RI 02828 (Publiahad waaltly on Thuraday)
APPDDIX B
LOCATIONS POR INPORIIAlIOII UPOSlORIS AND PUBLIC llllIIIGS
A Intoraation Rtpgaitoriea
North Saithfie1d Public Library 4017S7-278020 Main street PO Bcx 296 Slataraville RI 02876
Winter Houra Monday Wec1neaday - 12 PM-5 PH 6 PM-8 PM Tuaaday Thuraday Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - 10 All-2 PM
Suaaer Houra Konday Wednaaday - 12 PM-5 PM 6 PM-8 PM lueedey lhureday - 10 All-5 PM Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - Cloaed
Contact Robin Glaaaar Li))rarian
North laithfie1d Nnor1e1 lovn Ball 401767-2200llaterville RI 02171
Soura Monday - Friday - 130 M-430 PM
Contact1 Arthur Denoae Town Adainiatrator
1 bt1ins Loqatione
llun1cipa1 Annex lluildi~ 401767-220215 laithfie1d Road llorth Saithfie1d RI 02195
Contact Barbara Walab
Halliwell Eleaantary School 401769-5492North Saithtiald School Departaant
Adainiatration RPD 2 Graanvillt Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Contact Jaan Korriaon
APPEIIDIX C
KUIIICIPAL STRUCTUR OP NORTH SMITHFIELD
The Town of North Sbullithtiald Rhode Ialand ia made up ot tiva villagaa Slataravilla Foraatdala Priaroaa Union Village and Waterford Tha villaqaa have no juriadictional municipal or rapraaantativa autonomy
The Town of North Saithfiald ia run by a fiva-aallbar town council Council aallbara are alactad at-larqa for two-year taraa lactiona are non-partban The council maata avery Monday niqht Daily adminiatration of tha town ia the duty of tha town aCSiniatrator who ia alae alactad for a two-year tara Tha town budqat ia dacidad by town uatinq
North Sbullithtiald hae alao recently aatabliahad a water authority which ia appointed by tha town council Tha council praaidant ia currently chairaan of the vatar authority In Novallber 1916 a propoaal tor a new town charter will be put on the ballot The new charter would aatabliah a poaition tor a aalariad town aanagar who would be appointed by the town council
In the atata leialatura North Sbullithtiald ia part of three repreaantative diatricta The veatarn half of the tovn ia part of the lbullt Diatrict which alao includaa the Town of Burrillville The aaatarn portion of the town ia part of the 2nd and lrd diatr1cta which amplao includea the City of Woonaocltet The entire town ia repreaentated in the 30th diatrict of the State Senate
The Town of North Saithtiel4 ia aervice4 by two Poet Otf1cea and haa the following aip codea and acScreaaee
Slateravilla 02876Foreatdale 02824 llorth Saithtiold 02895Woonaockat 02895
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LIST OP PERSONS CONTACTED IN DVZLOPIINT OP THE REVISED COIIIIUIIITY RELATIONS PLAN
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JCenneth K Bianchi June 18 1986 Town Council Prabullidant23 Saithfiold Rd North Saithfiold 02895
i Paul Boulaqerone June 16 1986 Town Solicitor ~ Meaorial Town Hall 0~ Slaterbullville RI 02876 it George Cournoyer June 17 1986 Rabullident living nearPO Box 166
landfill on Tifft Rd lSlateraville RI 02876 ltlc Arthur Dencmae June 16 1986 Town adainiatrator =l-riol Town Ball l l a t erav ille RI 02176 ~iRoland carol Drainvil l o J uno 17 1986 Active aeabera ot 750 Pound Bill lld P o w ebull orth hithfi o l d RI 0219 5
llllrial Halloran Juno 11 1916 Founder at Po wPound Bill lld Reaident livinq nearlforth laithtielcS RI 02195 landfill
m eat Moulico Juno 11 1986 Reaident livinq near1U2 Pound Bill lld landfill North Saithfiold RI 02895
JCate Racine June 17 1986 Rabullidant livinq near153 Old Groat Rd landfillKorth Saithtield RI 02895
Jia llamprion llhito Juno 16 1986 Rabullidenta livinq nearPO Box 437 landfillSlateravilla RI 02876
Carole Whiteley Juno 17 1986 Active in aavaral40 Lapre Rd town ieauaaNorth Saithfield RI 02895
meat Woodworth Juno 17 1986 Raaident livinq nearRPD fl landfill Paat memberPound Hill Rd ot Planning Board Woonaockatt RI 02895
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- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 561476
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Where intonation cannot be released to the publicexaaple enforceaent-aenaitive inforaation) a clear (forandaiaple explanation aa to why the inforaation auat bewithheld ia appropriate EPA couunity relationbull ataff
~~~~erou~eteto ~ifiz~ecf~~~raiiti ~required or where certain typea of intonation aradeaired by specific individualamp or qroupa ownerbull For exaapleof property where aamplas are taken ahould baprovided with follow-up explanationbull of what waaand the aaaplectteat reaulta of the aamplea taken froaproperty thair
4) Enwura that inguiritw from thbull copunity art handledefficientlyable to
The couunity and local officialbull auat becontact aomeone knowledqeable about tha XRRaite for intonation about aite activitiaa and toexpreaa other quaationa or concernbull that uy ariaethe Ifexiatinq contact person ia replaced the co-unityahould be notified proaptly 5) coordinate actiyitibullbull at all Supartun4IUImiddot Diss-ination of inforaation
witbullbull in thbullSuperfund reqarcUnq theprogru and other relevant inforaationia not apecific to the URR aite ahould be
thatcoordinated UOft9 the various r-edial actiona
carefullytakift9 place currentlyInfonaation disa-ination effortbullbe integrated not dupl icatad
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G COIOMIIlY ULJTIONS ACTIVITIES
Several activitiaa are outlined below to achievedeacribed the objectivebullin aection P A achedule illuatratinqthaaa activitiea ia on paqe 17 the tiainq of
1 Maintain information rtpgsitories
Maintaininq inforaation repositories willltey aateriala on the URR alta -- auch as ensure that
technical suaaries site reports fact sheeta
plana co-unity relationbulland other relevant inforaation on the Superfundproqraa -- are available to the public The locationbullfor theabull repositories are the North Smithfield PublicLibrary and the North Saithfiald Memorial Town HallThese repositories will be coordinated withrepositories aatablillhed informationfor other Superfund aitea inNorth Saithtiold
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An PA technical and coaunity relationa atatt peraon are deaiqnated to reaponcl directly to all public inquiriea regarding aite activitiea The naae addreaa and telephone nUJibar ot the contacta are liated in Appendix A and will ba indicated clearly on au aateriala bullada available to the public Theae EPA contact peraona will coordinate with atate and local otticiala when aaking contact with the aedia
0~todtfteauiitglig~t=n and sgntast tho
The North Smithfield town adainiatrator and town council preaiclent have indicated that they want to be kept informed about plana and findinga on the URR aite Thia effort aay be accoapliahed through periodic corraapondence brietinga and intonal aeatinqa
Whenever poaaible bullbullbulltinge with local otticiala will include both EPA technical and PA COJUIUnity ralationa ataft Meatinqa will be held on an aa-neadad baaia1 apecitically it there ia a cbanqe in achadule or if aiqnificant findinqa are aade at the alta
Conduct inforul bullbullbulltiMe yitb reeidentbull and gtheraf(ested partiee
Inforaal aeatinqa with reaidenta and other affected partiea will be held on an aa-neadad baaia1 apecifically before RI activitiea bein and at the coaptation of the draft rs report The aaetinqa will include intereated citiaena the IP- reqional aite project officer and an PA couunity relationbullcoordinator
~~tabera of the preea prigr to firbullt publis
Area newepapera auch aa Thbull Proyidance Jgurnol lbl_ Wognegcket Call and Thbull Qbeervar are read widely in the couunity and have cqverec1 the URR atory extenaively tor a number of yeara Given the coDunitybulla confuaion over activitiea that have taken place at the aite a feature atory eorting out the facta and outlining the work atill to be done will greatly facilitate the tirat public aaetinga EPA technical and coiiJDunity relationbull ataff will arrange praaa briatinqa ten daya to two weeki before the tirat achedulecl aeetinq
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6 Condyst a pyhlic intoraetign weetinq on the vorls plan
Prior to initiating field activitiea EPA will conduct a public intollation aeeting to infoll reaidenta and other interested partiea about RIFS activitiea planned at the aita At thia aaeting the public will be encouraged to aak questions about the acope of work praaantad in the workplan and othar related iaauea EPA will coordinate closely with local otficiala regarding tht loqiatica and agenda of this bulleetinq Sugqaated matting locations ara included in Appendix B
7 Prtpart fact abeeta
A tact sheet ia required on the FS outlining the cleanup alternatives considered at the LRR site Additional tact ahttta ara required to explain EPA bulla selected alternative aa announce in the Record of Daciaion (ROD an4 when the engineering 4ea iqn ot the r adial alternative ia coapleted
Ac14itional fact aheeta aay be relaaat4 at the beginning of the reatc1ial invtatqation to intona area raai4anta and other interaattc1 citiaena about EPA 1 a site plana and the proce4urea ot the Superfun4 proqraa an4 at the conclusion of the RI to infona the public of aiqnificant finclinvo Anothor fact ohoot y bo proHirocl Vhich explaina the EPA enforcnt process at Superfunc aitea
Fact aheata will be aailtc1 to intertatac1 cithena the North Saithfiel4 town offices JUDD and Rhoda Ialanc Opartaant of Health (RIDOH) staff an4 area navapapara
I Proyidt Y reltttta to losal newapaPra
Prapart4 atattaenta will be released to local and area newspapers to notify the couunity of any public aaetings to notify the public when site activity ia achedultd to btqin and to announce discovery of any aiqnificant findings at the aitt during the RIS
Additional newa raleaaaa will be prepared prior to tha public couent period on the draft S report and at the tiaa of the announceaent of the ROD
Addresses and telephone numbers of local and area newspapers art included in Appendix A
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A public aeetinq held durinq the public comment period will provide PA the opportunity to anawer citizenbullbull queationa directly and to explain the recouended reaedial alternativea A public aeetinq will alae provide intereated citizenbull an opportunity to aak queationa and aake coaenta to EPA Suqqested locationa for the aeetinCJ are included in Appendix B The lOCJittica and aqenda of the aeetinq will be coordinated with Korth Saithfield town officiala
rreart a reapgneiyeneaa bullUWMry
A reaponaiveneaa auaary ia required aa part of the ROD for the aite It will IUJU1ari1e pul)lic concernbull and iaaues raiaed throuqhout the RIFS and indicate hov EPA reapondtd to theae concerna
Btyiee the eggunity relttigna plan tor thbull LiBR bullitbull Once the ROD for the L6RR lite hat been iaaued thit coaunity relatione plan will be reviaed to include coaunity relations activitiea appropriate to the reaedial daaiqn and r edial action (RDRA) phbullbullbullbull The reviaion of the coaunity relatione plan will
o Update facta and verify the inforaation included in thia coaaunity relatione plan prtpared for the RIFS
o Alaeaa the couunity relations proqru to date and indicate whether the aame or different approachtawill be talten during the RDRA phaae11
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0 Identity any new concerna that uy have ariaen in tho couunity oinco thio roviooltl couunityrelatione plan vaa prepared and
0 Develop a atrateqy to pr1par1 the couunity for ita future role in thbull RDRA procbullbullbull and in tha onqoinqoperation and aaintananca ot the ~RR aite
Givan tha high level of intaraat in tha LRR aitbull counity intarviava will be hale prior to tha ravbion of tha ~RR co-unity relatione plan
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A liat of the indivicuala and organization area contacta includinq federal officiala atata and local ofticiala intareata4 raaidenta and udia repreaentativbulla ia includoltl in Appendix A EPA will expand one rovioo thio liat aa naceaaary middot
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The Town of Jlorth Saithfielct baa recently eatablillhlc a vator authority that 1o bucloltl by tho town council pruiclent With tha conatruction at a vatar line to lurrillvillo one tho inotollotion by IPA ot vator oyotou at nearby auportuncl oitoo tho town io bopin9 to develop an overall vatar atratetn lecauae BPA actiona will bo intaltJral in any oucb plano tho tocbnical anc1 coaaunity relatione atatt tor ~RR Waatem land Cravol Staaina llillo and tho Davia Liquicl Waoto Superfund aitea llhoulc be preparlc to t toqether an4 with atate and local otficiala to coordinate activitiaa attactivaly
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APPEIIDIX A
IIITRSTD PARTIES
A Ftdttal ltgtad Otticitla
Senator Claiborne Ptll
Diatrist Office 418 Ft4tral Courthouat Building Providence RI 02903
Waahinqton DC Office 335 Ruaatll Senate Office BuildingWaahinqton DC 20510
Senator John Chaftt
Dietricent Office 301 Paatort Ftctral Building Providence RI 02903
blhinetqn rx OfCiee s 567 Diruen senate Office Buildift9 Wallbinvton DC 20511
lbpruentative lernand J st Ganaain let Diatrict
Dietriet oCUcts 204 John z r09arty Buildin9 Providence RI 02903
lathinqton QC Oftiee 2108 Rayburn Mouat Office luildinq Waahinqton DC 20510
8 State Elected Officialbull
Senator Paul s Jttlly 30th Diotrict
Diatrict Offiee 451 Victory Highway North Saithfiald RI 02895
Proyictnct Oftict co Deputy Majority Leaderbull Office State Houae Room 117 Providence RI 02903
401528-5456
202224-4642
401528-5294
202224-2921
401521-5050
202225-Ull
401767-3567
401227-6896
Rapraaantativa Jticlt Roaati Uat Diatrict
EUISiJigt QIUgl t Roaelavn Avenue P O lkgtx 131 Slateraville RI 03176
401766-4854
ltsaidiDsil Qllit t co Office of the SpeakerState Houae Providence RI 02903
401227-2466
Repreaentative Albert G Brien 6Znd Diatrict
12iiSiJisiSi QIUsil t 13 s outh Mai n s t reet Woonaocltat RI 02195
bszxidiDSil QIUsil CO Office of the Speaker atate Bouaa Providence RI 02103
RaproHJltativo Maney L Benoit 64th Diatrict
401766-3416
401227-2466
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e DiBtimi Qllisat 21 larkaly Strut WocmaocJtet AI 02115
401766-7101
bllidiDSil fUIislt co Oftico of tho Speaker state Bouaa Provictance RI 02903
401227-2466
c lampsiill Qllisiilll
Arthur Denoaae Town Maini atrator Mnorial Town Ha l l Slateravil le RI 02876
401 767-2200
Xenneth M Bianchi Town council Preaictent 23 Saithfiold Road North Saithtiold RI 02895
401463-8700
Roland Boucher Town Councilor Great Road North Smithfield RI 02895
401765-2000
DavieS A tovett Town Councilor 410 Victory Hiqhvay North saithfio1d RI oags
Ronald N Renaud Town Councilor Wildwood Road Foreatdale RI
Jaaea X Saloae Town Councilor 18 Pound Hill Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Paul Boulaqerone Town Solicitor Meaorial Town Hall Slateraville RI 02876
Richard Brady Chief of Police IS Saithfio1d Rood lrforth Sa ithfield RI 02895
Edward Cournoyer Fire Chief Buaineaa Office St Peul Street lrforth laithfield RI 02195
llorth laithfio1cl Firo Dopartaont 24 Boou- laorqoncy _r
D D I KnyirpQMn1tl Prottstign Wncy
Patty D1Andrea Coaunity Relatione Coordinator 01 nvironaental Protection AqencyRPA-2203 J r JtennecSy Federal Buildinq Beaton MA 02203
John Gallagher Reaectial Project Officer Us nvironaantal Protection AgencyIISV-1107 J r XbullNlbullcSy Federal BuildingBoaton MA 02203
Richard Boynton Chief Rhode Ialand and
Ver111ont Superfund Section US Environaantal Protection AqancyHSV-1107 J F Cannady Federal Building Boston MA 02203
401767-2400
401438-67SO
401762-0434 401767-6633
401762-1212
401762-1135
401762-1414
617S65-342S
617565-3641
617565-3688
lt1t1 biiUilill
Pelix Harvey Diviaion ot Air and 401277-2797
Ha1ardoua Materiala Rhoca Ialand Departant at
Environaantal Manaqnt 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providence RI 02908
John Haqopoian 401277-6867Chiat ot Diviaion ot Watar Supply
Rhoda I a land Departaant at Haalth 75 middot Davia Straat Rooa 209 Providence RI 02908 ~tl=
~ Anthony patain Ito401277-2797 Rhoda Ialand Departaant ot
Environaantal ManaC)ant 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providanea RI 02901 ~c==
r lfiIQIPra =~ llampjsu HIDHRIZIt Bt
~U ltsDidiDQI ZSiWCIII 401277-7000(Providence Edition) e() 75 Fountain Street
Providence RI
111 bszidiDiiil allmtDII 401277-7091(lloonaocJltat Edition)1 Social Street Wooneockat RI 02195
Dl JlgQQIQSiklt 1111 401762-3000
Woonaockat RI 02895 75 Main Street
tQiill lfiKII21RIZt
b1 212bullbullabullz 401949-2700PO Box C358 Graanvilla RI 02828 (Publiahad waaltly on Thuraday)
APPDDIX B
LOCATIONS POR INPORIIAlIOII UPOSlORIS AND PUBLIC llllIIIGS
A Intoraation Rtpgaitoriea
North Saithfie1d Public Library 4017S7-278020 Main street PO Bcx 296 Slataraville RI 02876
Winter Houra Monday Wec1neaday - 12 PM-5 PH 6 PM-8 PM Tuaaday Thuraday Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - 10 All-2 PM
Suaaer Houra Konday Wednaaday - 12 PM-5 PM 6 PM-8 PM lueedey lhureday - 10 All-5 PM Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - Cloaed
Contact Robin Glaaaar Li))rarian
North laithfie1d Nnor1e1 lovn Ball 401767-2200llaterville RI 02171
Soura Monday - Friday - 130 M-430 PM
Contact1 Arthur Denoae Town Adainiatrator
1 bt1ins Loqatione
llun1cipa1 Annex lluildi~ 401767-220215 laithfie1d Road llorth Saithfie1d RI 02195
Contact Barbara Walab
Halliwell Eleaantary School 401769-5492North Saithtiald School Departaant
Adainiatration RPD 2 Graanvillt Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Contact Jaan Korriaon
APPEIIDIX C
KUIIICIPAL STRUCTUR OP NORTH SMITHFIELD
The Town of North Sbullithtiald Rhode Ialand ia made up ot tiva villagaa Slataravilla Foraatdala Priaroaa Union Village and Waterford Tha villaqaa have no juriadictional municipal or rapraaantativa autonomy
The Town of North Saithfiald ia run by a fiva-aallbar town council Council aallbara are alactad at-larqa for two-year taraa lactiona are non-partban The council maata avery Monday niqht Daily adminiatration of tha town ia the duty of tha town aCSiniatrator who ia alae alactad for a two-year tara Tha town budqat ia dacidad by town uatinq
North Sbullithtiald hae alao recently aatabliahad a water authority which ia appointed by tha town council Tha council praaidant ia currently chairaan of the vatar authority In Novallber 1916 a propoaal tor a new town charter will be put on the ballot The new charter would aatabliah a poaition tor a aalariad town aanagar who would be appointed by the town council
In the atata leialatura North Sbullithtiald ia part of three repreaantative diatricta The veatarn half of the tovn ia part of the lbullt Diatrict which alao includaa the Town of Burrillville The aaatarn portion of the town ia part of the 2nd and lrd diatr1cta which amplao includea the City of Woonaocltet The entire town ia repreaentated in the 30th diatrict of the State Senate
The Town of North Saithtiel4 ia aervice4 by two Poet Otf1cea and haa the following aip codea and acScreaaee
Slateravilla 02876Foreatdale 02824 llorth Saithtiold 02895Woonaockat 02895
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LIST OP PERSONS CONTACTED IN DVZLOPIINT OP THE REVISED COIIIIUIIITY RELATIONS PLAN
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JCenneth K Bianchi June 18 1986 Town Council Prabullidant23 Saithfiold Rd North Saithfiold 02895
i Paul Boulaqerone June 16 1986 Town Solicitor ~ Meaorial Town Hall 0~ Slaterbullville RI 02876 it George Cournoyer June 17 1986 Rabullident living nearPO Box 166
landfill on Tifft Rd lSlateraville RI 02876 ltlc Arthur Dencmae June 16 1986 Town adainiatrator =l-riol Town Ball l l a t erav ille RI 02176 ~iRoland carol Drainvil l o J uno 17 1986 Active aeabera ot 750 Pound Bill lld P o w ebull orth hithfi o l d RI 0219 5
llllrial Halloran Juno 11 1916 Founder at Po wPound Bill lld Reaident livinq nearlforth laithtielcS RI 02195 landfill
m eat Moulico Juno 11 1986 Reaident livinq near1U2 Pound Bill lld landfill North Saithfiold RI 02895
JCate Racine June 17 1986 Rabullidant livinq near153 Old Groat Rd landfillKorth Saithtield RI 02895
Jia llamprion llhito Juno 16 1986 Rabullidenta livinq nearPO Box 437 landfillSlateravilla RI 02876
Carole Whiteley Juno 17 1986 Active in aavaral40 Lapre Rd town ieauaaNorth Saithfield RI 02895
meat Woodworth Juno 17 1986 Raaident livinq nearRPD fl landfill Paat memberPound Hill Rd ot Planning Board Woonaockatt RI 02895
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jetahl itb middot inforwation sontaet
An PA technical and coaunity relationa atatt peraon are deaiqnated to reaponcl directly to all public inquiriea regarding aite activitiea The naae addreaa and telephone nUJibar ot the contacta are liated in Appendix A and will ba indicated clearly on au aateriala bullada available to the public Theae EPA contact peraona will coordinate with atate and local otticiala when aaking contact with the aedia
0~todtfteauiitglig~t=n and sgntast tho
The North Smithfield town adainiatrator and town council preaiclent have indicated that they want to be kept informed about plana and findinga on the URR aite Thia effort aay be accoapliahed through periodic corraapondence brietinga and intonal aeatinqa
Whenever poaaible bullbullbulltinge with local otticiala will include both EPA technical and PA COJUIUnity ralationa ataft Meatinqa will be held on an aa-neadad baaia1 apecitically it there ia a cbanqe in achadule or if aiqnificant findinqa are aade at the alta
Conduct inforul bullbullbulltiMe yitb reeidentbull and gtheraf(ested partiee
Inforaal aeatinqa with reaidenta and other affected partiea will be held on an aa-neadad baaia1 apecifically before RI activitiea bein and at the coaptation of the draft rs report The aaetinqa will include intereated citiaena the IP- reqional aite project officer and an PA couunity relationbullcoordinator
~~tabera of the preea prigr to firbullt publis
Area newepapera auch aa Thbull Proyidance Jgurnol lbl_ Wognegcket Call and Thbull Qbeervar are read widely in the couunity and have cqverec1 the URR atory extenaively tor a number of yeara Given the coDunitybulla confuaion over activitiea that have taken place at the aite a feature atory eorting out the facta and outlining the work atill to be done will greatly facilitate the tirat public aaetinga EPA technical and coiiJDunity relationbull ataff will arrange praaa briatinqa ten daya to two weeki before the tirat achedulecl aeetinq
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6 Condyst a pyhlic intoraetign weetinq on the vorls plan
Prior to initiating field activitiea EPA will conduct a public intollation aeeting to infoll reaidenta and other interested partiea about RIFS activitiea planned at the aita At thia aaeting the public will be encouraged to aak questions about the acope of work praaantad in the workplan and othar related iaauea EPA will coordinate closely with local otficiala regarding tht loqiatica and agenda of this bulleetinq Sugqaated matting locations ara included in Appendix B
7 Prtpart fact abeeta
A tact sheet ia required on the FS outlining the cleanup alternatives considered at the LRR site Additional tact ahttta ara required to explain EPA bulla selected alternative aa announce in the Record of Daciaion (ROD an4 when the engineering 4ea iqn ot the r adial alternative ia coapleted
Ac14itional fact aheeta aay be relaaat4 at the beginning of the reatc1ial invtatqation to intona area raai4anta and other interaattc1 citiaena about EPA 1 a site plana and the proce4urea ot the Superfun4 proqraa an4 at the conclusion of the RI to infona the public of aiqnificant finclinvo Anothor fact ohoot y bo proHirocl Vhich explaina the EPA enforcnt process at Superfunc aitea
Fact aheata will be aailtc1 to intertatac1 cithena the North Saithfiel4 town offices JUDD and Rhoda Ialanc Opartaant of Health (RIDOH) staff an4 area navapapara
I Proyidt Y reltttta to losal newapaPra
Prapart4 atattaenta will be released to local and area newspapers to notify the couunity of any public aaetings to notify the public when site activity ia achedultd to btqin and to announce discovery of any aiqnificant findings at the aitt during the RIS
Additional newa raleaaaa will be prepared prior to tha public couent period on the draft S report and at the tiaa of the announceaent of the ROD
Addresses and telephone numbers of local and area newspapers art included in Appendix A
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Conduct a public coptnt ptriod gn the draft ftaeihilitxatudy rtport
A ainiaua three-week public couent period with at leaat two weeks review tiae before the atart of the couent period is required to allow citizenbull to expreaa their opiniona on EPAbull preferred alternative for reaedial action at the LIIRR site Couunity participation will be encouraqtd at thia point by tellinq citiztna that their opinionbull will be incorporated in the final cltanupdeciaion
A public aeetinq held durinq the public comment period will provide PA the opportunity to anawer citizenbullbull queationa directly and to explain the recouended reaedial alternativea A public aeetinq will alae provide intereated citizenbull an opportunity to aak queationa and aake coaenta to EPA Suqqested locationa for the aeetinCJ are included in Appendix B The lOCJittica and aqenda of the aeetinq will be coordinated with Korth Saithfield town officiala
rreart a reapgneiyeneaa bullUWMry
A reaponaiveneaa auaary ia required aa part of the ROD for the aite It will IUJU1ari1e pul)lic concernbull and iaaues raiaed throuqhout the RIFS and indicate hov EPA reapondtd to theae concerna
Btyiee the eggunity relttigna plan tor thbull LiBR bullitbull Once the ROD for the L6RR lite hat been iaaued thit coaunity relatione plan will be reviaed to include coaunity relations activitiea appropriate to the reaedial daaiqn and r edial action (RDRA) phbullbullbullbull The reviaion of the coaunity relatione plan will
o Update facta and verify the inforaation included in thia coaaunity relatione plan prtpared for the RIFS
o Alaeaa the couunity relations proqru to date and indicate whether the aame or different approachtawill be talten during the RDRA phaae11
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0 Identity any new concerna that uy have ariaen in tho couunity oinco thio roviooltl couunityrelatione plan vaa prepared and
0 Develop a atrateqy to pr1par1 the couunity for ita future role in thbull RDRA procbullbullbull and in tha onqoinqoperation and aaintananca ot the ~RR aite
Givan tha high level of intaraat in tha LRR aitbull counity intarviava will be hale prior to tha ravbion of tha ~RR co-unity relatione plan
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A liat of the indivicuala and organization area contacta includinq federal officiala atata and local ofticiala intareata4 raaidenta and udia repreaentativbulla ia includoltl in Appendix A EPA will expand one rovioo thio liat aa naceaaary middot
14 bull Cpordinett clean yatar itiUII yi1h IPA t1att yorldns at ptbtr eitbullbullmiddot tnd lpcal ptficiale
The Town of Jlorth Saithfielct baa recently eatablillhlc a vator authority that 1o bucloltl by tho town council pruiclent With tha conatruction at a vatar line to lurrillvillo one tho inotollotion by IPA ot vator oyotou at nearby auportuncl oitoo tho town io bopin9 to develop an overall vatar atratetn lecauae BPA actiona will bo intaltJral in any oucb plano tho tocbnical anc1 coaaunity relatione atatt tor ~RR Waatem land Cravol Staaina llillo and tho Davia Liquicl Waoto Superfund aitea llhoulc be preparlc to t toqether an4 with atate and local otficiala to coordinate activitiaa attactivaly
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IIITRSTD PARTIES
A Ftdttal ltgtad Otticitla
Senator Claiborne Ptll
Diatrist Office 418 Ft4tral Courthouat Building Providence RI 02903
Waahinqton DC Office 335 Ruaatll Senate Office BuildingWaahinqton DC 20510
Senator John Chaftt
Dietricent Office 301 Paatort Ftctral Building Providence RI 02903
blhinetqn rx OfCiee s 567 Diruen senate Office Buildift9 Wallbinvton DC 20511
lbpruentative lernand J st Ganaain let Diatrict
Dietriet oCUcts 204 John z r09arty Buildin9 Providence RI 02903
lathinqton QC Oftiee 2108 Rayburn Mouat Office luildinq Waahinqton DC 20510
8 State Elected Officialbull
Senator Paul s Jttlly 30th Diotrict
Diatrict Offiee 451 Victory Highway North Saithfiald RI 02895
Proyictnct Oftict co Deputy Majority Leaderbull Office State Houae Room 117 Providence RI 02903
401528-5456
202224-4642
401528-5294
202224-2921
401521-5050
202225-Ull
401767-3567
401227-6896
Rapraaantativa Jticlt Roaati Uat Diatrict
EUISiJigt QIUgl t Roaelavn Avenue P O lkgtx 131 Slateraville RI 03176
401766-4854
ltsaidiDsil Qllit t co Office of the SpeakerState Houae Providence RI 02903
401227-2466
Repreaentative Albert G Brien 6Znd Diatrict
12iiSiJisiSi QIUsil t 13 s outh Mai n s t reet Woonaocltat RI 02195
bszxidiDSil QIUsil CO Office of the Speaker atate Bouaa Providence RI 02103
RaproHJltativo Maney L Benoit 64th Diatrict
401766-3416
401227-2466
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e DiBtimi Qllisat 21 larkaly Strut WocmaocJtet AI 02115
401766-7101
bllidiDSil fUIislt co Oftico of tho Speaker state Bouaa Provictance RI 02903
401227-2466
c lampsiill Qllisiilll
Arthur Denoaae Town Maini atrator Mnorial Town Ha l l Slateravil le RI 02876
401 767-2200
Xenneth M Bianchi Town council Preaictent 23 Saithfiold Road North Saithtiold RI 02895
401463-8700
Roland Boucher Town Councilor Great Road North Smithfield RI 02895
401765-2000
DavieS A tovett Town Councilor 410 Victory Hiqhvay North saithfio1d RI oags
Ronald N Renaud Town Councilor Wildwood Road Foreatdale RI
Jaaea X Saloae Town Councilor 18 Pound Hill Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Paul Boulaqerone Town Solicitor Meaorial Town Hall Slateraville RI 02876
Richard Brady Chief of Police IS Saithfio1d Rood lrforth Sa ithfield RI 02895
Edward Cournoyer Fire Chief Buaineaa Office St Peul Street lrforth laithfield RI 02195
llorth laithfio1cl Firo Dopartaont 24 Boou- laorqoncy _r
D D I KnyirpQMn1tl Prottstign Wncy
Patty D1Andrea Coaunity Relatione Coordinator 01 nvironaental Protection AqencyRPA-2203 J r JtennecSy Federal Buildinq Beaton MA 02203
John Gallagher Reaectial Project Officer Us nvironaantal Protection AgencyIISV-1107 J r XbullNlbullcSy Federal BuildingBoaton MA 02203
Richard Boynton Chief Rhode Ialand and
Ver111ont Superfund Section US Environaantal Protection AqancyHSV-1107 J F Cannady Federal Building Boston MA 02203
401767-2400
401438-67SO
401762-0434 401767-6633
401762-1212
401762-1135
401762-1414
617S65-342S
617565-3641
617565-3688
lt1t1 biiUilill
Pelix Harvey Diviaion ot Air and 401277-2797
Ha1ardoua Materiala Rhoca Ialand Departant at
Environaantal Manaqnt 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providence RI 02908
John Haqopoian 401277-6867Chiat ot Diviaion ot Watar Supply
Rhoda I a land Departaant at Haalth 75 middot Davia Straat Rooa 209 Providence RI 02908 ~tl=
~ Anthony patain Ito401277-2797 Rhoda Ialand Departaant ot
Environaantal ManaC)ant 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providanea RI 02901 ~c==
r lfiIQIPra =~ llampjsu HIDHRIZIt Bt
~U ltsDidiDQI ZSiWCIII 401277-7000(Providence Edition) e() 75 Fountain Street
Providence RI
111 bszidiDiiil allmtDII 401277-7091(lloonaocJltat Edition)1 Social Street Wooneockat RI 02195
Dl JlgQQIQSiklt 1111 401762-3000
Woonaockat RI 02895 75 Main Street
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b1 212bullbullabullz 401949-2700PO Box C358 Graanvilla RI 02828 (Publiahad waaltly on Thuraday)
APPDDIX B
LOCATIONS POR INPORIIAlIOII UPOSlORIS AND PUBLIC llllIIIGS
A Intoraation Rtpgaitoriea
North Saithfie1d Public Library 4017S7-278020 Main street PO Bcx 296 Slataraville RI 02876
Winter Houra Monday Wec1neaday - 12 PM-5 PH 6 PM-8 PM Tuaaday Thuraday Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - 10 All-2 PM
Suaaer Houra Konday Wednaaday - 12 PM-5 PM 6 PM-8 PM lueedey lhureday - 10 All-5 PM Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - Cloaed
Contact Robin Glaaaar Li))rarian
North laithfie1d Nnor1e1 lovn Ball 401767-2200llaterville RI 02171
Soura Monday - Friday - 130 M-430 PM
Contact1 Arthur Denoae Town Adainiatrator
1 bt1ins Loqatione
llun1cipa1 Annex lluildi~ 401767-220215 laithfie1d Road llorth Saithfie1d RI 02195
Contact Barbara Walab
Halliwell Eleaantary School 401769-5492North Saithtiald School Departaant
Adainiatration RPD 2 Graanvillt Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Contact Jaan Korriaon
APPEIIDIX C
KUIIICIPAL STRUCTUR OP NORTH SMITHFIELD
The Town of North Sbullithtiald Rhode Ialand ia made up ot tiva villagaa Slataravilla Foraatdala Priaroaa Union Village and Waterford Tha villaqaa have no juriadictional municipal or rapraaantativa autonomy
The Town of North Saithfiald ia run by a fiva-aallbar town council Council aallbara are alactad at-larqa for two-year taraa lactiona are non-partban The council maata avery Monday niqht Daily adminiatration of tha town ia the duty of tha town aCSiniatrator who ia alae alactad for a two-year tara Tha town budqat ia dacidad by town uatinq
North Sbullithtiald hae alao recently aatabliahad a water authority which ia appointed by tha town council Tha council praaidant ia currently chairaan of the vatar authority In Novallber 1916 a propoaal tor a new town charter will be put on the ballot The new charter would aatabliah a poaition tor a aalariad town aanagar who would be appointed by the town council
In the atata leialatura North Sbullithtiald ia part of three repreaantative diatricta The veatarn half of the tovn ia part of the lbullt Diatrict which alao includaa the Town of Burrillville The aaatarn portion of the town ia part of the 2nd and lrd diatr1cta which amplao includea the City of Woonaocltet The entire town ia repreaentated in the 30th diatrict of the State Senate
The Town of North Saithtiel4 ia aervice4 by two Poet Otf1cea and haa the following aip codea and acScreaaee
Slateravilla 02876Foreatdale 02824 llorth Saithtiold 02895Woonaockat 02895
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LIST OP PERSONS CONTACTED IN DVZLOPIINT OP THE REVISED COIIIIUIIITY RELATIONS PLAN
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JCenneth K Bianchi June 18 1986 Town Council Prabullidant23 Saithfiold Rd North Saithfiold 02895
i Paul Boulaqerone June 16 1986 Town Solicitor ~ Meaorial Town Hall 0~ Slaterbullville RI 02876 it George Cournoyer June 17 1986 Rabullident living nearPO Box 166
landfill on Tifft Rd lSlateraville RI 02876 ltlc Arthur Dencmae June 16 1986 Town adainiatrator =l-riol Town Ball l l a t erav ille RI 02176 ~iRoland carol Drainvil l o J uno 17 1986 Active aeabera ot 750 Pound Bill lld P o w ebull orth hithfi o l d RI 0219 5
llllrial Halloran Juno 11 1916 Founder at Po wPound Bill lld Reaident livinq nearlforth laithtielcS RI 02195 landfill
m eat Moulico Juno 11 1986 Reaident livinq near1U2 Pound Bill lld landfill North Saithfiold RI 02895
JCate Racine June 17 1986 Rabullidant livinq near153 Old Groat Rd landfillKorth Saithtield RI 02895
Jia llamprion llhito Juno 16 1986 Rabullidenta livinq nearPO Box 437 landfillSlateravilla RI 02876
Carole Whiteley Juno 17 1986 Active in aavaral40 Lapre Rd town ieauaaNorth Saithfield RI 02895
meat Woodworth Juno 17 1986 Raaident livinq nearRPD fl landfill Paat memberPound Hill Rd ot Planning Board Woonaockatt RI 02895
- barcode 561476
- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 561476
6 Condyst a pyhlic intoraetign weetinq on the vorls plan
Prior to initiating field activitiea EPA will conduct a public intollation aeeting to infoll reaidenta and other interested partiea about RIFS activitiea planned at the aita At thia aaeting the public will be encouraged to aak questions about the acope of work praaantad in the workplan and othar related iaauea EPA will coordinate closely with local otficiala regarding tht loqiatica and agenda of this bulleetinq Sugqaated matting locations ara included in Appendix B
7 Prtpart fact abeeta
A tact sheet ia required on the FS outlining the cleanup alternatives considered at the LRR site Additional tact ahttta ara required to explain EPA bulla selected alternative aa announce in the Record of Daciaion (ROD an4 when the engineering 4ea iqn ot the r adial alternative ia coapleted
Ac14itional fact aheeta aay be relaaat4 at the beginning of the reatc1ial invtatqation to intona area raai4anta and other interaattc1 citiaena about EPA 1 a site plana and the proce4urea ot the Superfun4 proqraa an4 at the conclusion of the RI to infona the public of aiqnificant finclinvo Anothor fact ohoot y bo proHirocl Vhich explaina the EPA enforcnt process at Superfunc aitea
Fact aheata will be aailtc1 to intertatac1 cithena the North Saithfiel4 town offices JUDD and Rhoda Ialanc Opartaant of Health (RIDOH) staff an4 area navapapara
I Proyidt Y reltttta to losal newapaPra
Prapart4 atattaenta will be released to local and area newspapers to notify the couunity of any public aaetings to notify the public when site activity ia achedultd to btqin and to announce discovery of any aiqnificant findings at the aitt during the RIS
Additional newa raleaaaa will be prepared prior to tha public couent period on the draft S report and at the tiaa of the announceaent of the ROD
Addresses and telephone numbers of local and area newspapers art included in Appendix A
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A ainiaua three-week public couent period with at leaat two weeks review tiae before the atart of the couent period is required to allow citizenbull to expreaa their opiniona on EPAbull preferred alternative for reaedial action at the LIIRR site Couunity participation will be encouraqtd at thia point by tellinq citiztna that their opinionbull will be incorporated in the final cltanupdeciaion
A public aeetinq held durinq the public comment period will provide PA the opportunity to anawer citizenbullbull queationa directly and to explain the recouended reaedial alternativea A public aeetinq will alae provide intereated citizenbull an opportunity to aak queationa and aake coaenta to EPA Suqqested locationa for the aeetinCJ are included in Appendix B The lOCJittica and aqenda of the aeetinq will be coordinated with Korth Saithfield town officiala
rreart a reapgneiyeneaa bullUWMry
A reaponaiveneaa auaary ia required aa part of the ROD for the aite It will IUJU1ari1e pul)lic concernbull and iaaues raiaed throuqhout the RIFS and indicate hov EPA reapondtd to theae concerna
Btyiee the eggunity relttigna plan tor thbull LiBR bullitbull Once the ROD for the L6RR lite hat been iaaued thit coaunity relatione plan will be reviaed to include coaunity relations activitiea appropriate to the reaedial daaiqn and r edial action (RDRA) phbullbullbullbull The reviaion of the coaunity relatione plan will
o Update facta and verify the inforaation included in thia coaaunity relatione plan prtpared for the RIFS
o Alaeaa the couunity relations proqru to date and indicate whether the aame or different approachtawill be talten during the RDRA phaae11
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0 Identity any new concerna that uy have ariaen in tho couunity oinco thio roviooltl couunityrelatione plan vaa prepared and
0 Develop a atrateqy to pr1par1 the couunity for ita future role in thbull RDRA procbullbullbull and in tha onqoinqoperation and aaintananca ot the ~RR aite
Givan tha high level of intaraat in tha LRR aitbull counity intarviava will be hale prior to tha ravbion of tha ~RR co-unity relatione plan
l3 Pbullripdically uJ)sate piling Hat
A liat of the indivicuala and organization area contacta includinq federal officiala atata and local ofticiala intareata4 raaidenta and udia repreaentativbulla ia includoltl in Appendix A EPA will expand one rovioo thio liat aa naceaaary middot
14 bull Cpordinett clean yatar itiUII yi1h IPA t1att yorldns at ptbtr eitbullbullmiddot tnd lpcal ptficiale
The Town of Jlorth Saithfielct baa recently eatablillhlc a vator authority that 1o bucloltl by tho town council pruiclent With tha conatruction at a vatar line to lurrillvillo one tho inotollotion by IPA ot vator oyotou at nearby auportuncl oitoo tho town io bopin9 to develop an overall vatar atratetn lecauae BPA actiona will bo intaltJral in any oucb plano tho tocbnical anc1 coaaunity relatione atatt tor ~RR Waatem land Cravol Staaina llillo and tho Davia Liquicl Waoto Superfund aitea llhoulc be preparlc to t toqether an4 with atate and local otficiala to coordinate activitiaa attactivaly
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APPEIIDIX A
IIITRSTD PARTIES
A Ftdttal ltgtad Otticitla
Senator Claiborne Ptll
Diatrist Office 418 Ft4tral Courthouat Building Providence RI 02903
Waahinqton DC Office 335 Ruaatll Senate Office BuildingWaahinqton DC 20510
Senator John Chaftt
Dietricent Office 301 Paatort Ftctral Building Providence RI 02903
blhinetqn rx OfCiee s 567 Diruen senate Office Buildift9 Wallbinvton DC 20511
lbpruentative lernand J st Ganaain let Diatrict
Dietriet oCUcts 204 John z r09arty Buildin9 Providence RI 02903
lathinqton QC Oftiee 2108 Rayburn Mouat Office luildinq Waahinqton DC 20510
8 State Elected Officialbull
Senator Paul s Jttlly 30th Diotrict
Diatrict Offiee 451 Victory Highway North Saithfiald RI 02895
Proyictnct Oftict co Deputy Majority Leaderbull Office State Houae Room 117 Providence RI 02903
401528-5456
202224-4642
401528-5294
202224-2921
401521-5050
202225-Ull
401767-3567
401227-6896
Rapraaantativa Jticlt Roaati Uat Diatrict
EUISiJigt QIUgl t Roaelavn Avenue P O lkgtx 131 Slateraville RI 03176
401766-4854
ltsaidiDsil Qllit t co Office of the SpeakerState Houae Providence RI 02903
401227-2466
Repreaentative Albert G Brien 6Znd Diatrict
12iiSiJisiSi QIUsil t 13 s outh Mai n s t reet Woonaocltat RI 02195
bszxidiDSil QIUsil CO Office of the Speaker atate Bouaa Providence RI 02103
RaproHJltativo Maney L Benoit 64th Diatrict
401766-3416
401227-2466
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e DiBtimi Qllisat 21 larkaly Strut WocmaocJtet AI 02115
401766-7101
bllidiDSil fUIislt co Oftico of tho Speaker state Bouaa Provictance RI 02903
401227-2466
c lampsiill Qllisiilll
Arthur Denoaae Town Maini atrator Mnorial Town Ha l l Slateravil le RI 02876
401 767-2200
Xenneth M Bianchi Town council Preaictent 23 Saithfiold Road North Saithtiold RI 02895
401463-8700
Roland Boucher Town Councilor Great Road North Smithfield RI 02895
401765-2000
DavieS A tovett Town Councilor 410 Victory Hiqhvay North saithfio1d RI oags
Ronald N Renaud Town Councilor Wildwood Road Foreatdale RI
Jaaea X Saloae Town Councilor 18 Pound Hill Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Paul Boulaqerone Town Solicitor Meaorial Town Hall Slateraville RI 02876
Richard Brady Chief of Police IS Saithfio1d Rood lrforth Sa ithfield RI 02895
Edward Cournoyer Fire Chief Buaineaa Office St Peul Street lrforth laithfield RI 02195
llorth laithfio1cl Firo Dopartaont 24 Boou- laorqoncy _r
D D I KnyirpQMn1tl Prottstign Wncy
Patty D1Andrea Coaunity Relatione Coordinator 01 nvironaental Protection AqencyRPA-2203 J r JtennecSy Federal Buildinq Beaton MA 02203
John Gallagher Reaectial Project Officer Us nvironaantal Protection AgencyIISV-1107 J r XbullNlbullcSy Federal BuildingBoaton MA 02203
Richard Boynton Chief Rhode Ialand and
Ver111ont Superfund Section US Environaantal Protection AqancyHSV-1107 J F Cannady Federal Building Boston MA 02203
401767-2400
401438-67SO
401762-0434 401767-6633
401762-1212
401762-1135
401762-1414
617S65-342S
617565-3641
617565-3688
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Pelix Harvey Diviaion ot Air and 401277-2797
Ha1ardoua Materiala Rhoca Ialand Departant at
Environaantal Manaqnt 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providence RI 02908
John Haqopoian 401277-6867Chiat ot Diviaion ot Watar Supply
Rhoda I a land Departaant at Haalth 75 middot Davia Straat Rooa 209 Providence RI 02908 ~tl=
~ Anthony patain Ito401277-2797 Rhoda Ialand Departaant ot
Environaantal ManaC)ant 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providanea RI 02901 ~c==
r lfiIQIPra =~ llampjsu HIDHRIZIt Bt
~U ltsDidiDQI ZSiWCIII 401277-7000(Providence Edition) e() 75 Fountain Street
Providence RI
111 bszidiDiiil allmtDII 401277-7091(lloonaocJltat Edition)1 Social Street Wooneockat RI 02195
Dl JlgQQIQSiklt 1111 401762-3000
Woonaockat RI 02895 75 Main Street
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b1 212bullbullabullz 401949-2700PO Box C358 Graanvilla RI 02828 (Publiahad waaltly on Thuraday)
APPDDIX B
LOCATIONS POR INPORIIAlIOII UPOSlORIS AND PUBLIC llllIIIGS
A Intoraation Rtpgaitoriea
North Saithfie1d Public Library 4017S7-278020 Main street PO Bcx 296 Slataraville RI 02876
Winter Houra Monday Wec1neaday - 12 PM-5 PH 6 PM-8 PM Tuaaday Thuraday Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - 10 All-2 PM
Suaaer Houra Konday Wednaaday - 12 PM-5 PM 6 PM-8 PM lueedey lhureday - 10 All-5 PM Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - Cloaed
Contact Robin Glaaaar Li))rarian
North laithfie1d Nnor1e1 lovn Ball 401767-2200llaterville RI 02171
Soura Monday - Friday - 130 M-430 PM
Contact1 Arthur Denoae Town Adainiatrator
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llun1cipa1 Annex lluildi~ 401767-220215 laithfie1d Road llorth Saithfie1d RI 02195
Contact Barbara Walab
Halliwell Eleaantary School 401769-5492North Saithtiald School Departaant
Adainiatration RPD 2 Graanvillt Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Contact Jaan Korriaon
APPEIIDIX C
KUIIICIPAL STRUCTUR OP NORTH SMITHFIELD
The Town of North Sbullithtiald Rhode Ialand ia made up ot tiva villagaa Slataravilla Foraatdala Priaroaa Union Village and Waterford Tha villaqaa have no juriadictional municipal or rapraaantativa autonomy
The Town of North Saithfiald ia run by a fiva-aallbar town council Council aallbara are alactad at-larqa for two-year taraa lactiona are non-partban The council maata avery Monday niqht Daily adminiatration of tha town ia the duty of tha town aCSiniatrator who ia alae alactad for a two-year tara Tha town budqat ia dacidad by town uatinq
North Sbullithtiald hae alao recently aatabliahad a water authority which ia appointed by tha town council Tha council praaidant ia currently chairaan of the vatar authority In Novallber 1916 a propoaal tor a new town charter will be put on the ballot The new charter would aatabliah a poaition tor a aalariad town aanagar who would be appointed by the town council
In the atata leialatura North Sbullithtiald ia part of three repreaantative diatricta The veatarn half of the tovn ia part of the lbullt Diatrict which alao includaa the Town of Burrillville The aaatarn portion of the town ia part of the 2nd and lrd diatr1cta which amplao includea the City of Woonaocltet The entire town ia repreaentated in the 30th diatrict of the State Senate
The Town of North Saithtiel4 ia aervice4 by two Poet Otf1cea and haa the following aip codea and acScreaaee
Slateravilla 02876Foreatdale 02824 llorth Saithtiold 02895Woonaockat 02895
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LIST OP PERSONS CONTACTED IN DVZLOPIINT OP THE REVISED COIIIIUIIITY RELATIONS PLAN
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JCenneth K Bianchi June 18 1986 Town Council Prabullidant23 Saithfiold Rd North Saithfiold 02895
i Paul Boulaqerone June 16 1986 Town Solicitor ~ Meaorial Town Hall 0~ Slaterbullville RI 02876 it George Cournoyer June 17 1986 Rabullident living nearPO Box 166
landfill on Tifft Rd lSlateraville RI 02876 ltlc Arthur Dencmae June 16 1986 Town adainiatrator =l-riol Town Ball l l a t erav ille RI 02176 ~iRoland carol Drainvil l o J uno 17 1986 Active aeabera ot 750 Pound Bill lld P o w ebull orth hithfi o l d RI 0219 5
llllrial Halloran Juno 11 1916 Founder at Po wPound Bill lld Reaident livinq nearlforth laithtielcS RI 02195 landfill
m eat Moulico Juno 11 1986 Reaident livinq near1U2 Pound Bill lld landfill North Saithfiold RI 02895
JCate Racine June 17 1986 Rabullidant livinq near153 Old Groat Rd landfillKorth Saithtield RI 02895
Jia llamprion llhito Juno 16 1986 Rabullidenta livinq nearPO Box 437 landfillSlateravilla RI 02876
Carole Whiteley Juno 17 1986 Active in aavaral40 Lapre Rd town ieauaaNorth Saithfield RI 02895
meat Woodworth Juno 17 1986 Raaident livinq nearRPD fl landfill Paat memberPound Hill Rd ot Planning Board Woonaockatt RI 02895
- barcode 561476
- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 561476
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Conduct a public coptnt ptriod gn the draft ftaeihilitxatudy rtport
A ainiaua three-week public couent period with at leaat two weeks review tiae before the atart of the couent period is required to allow citizenbull to expreaa their opiniona on EPAbull preferred alternative for reaedial action at the LIIRR site Couunity participation will be encouraqtd at thia point by tellinq citiztna that their opinionbull will be incorporated in the final cltanupdeciaion
A public aeetinq held durinq the public comment period will provide PA the opportunity to anawer citizenbullbull queationa directly and to explain the recouended reaedial alternativea A public aeetinq will alae provide intereated citizenbull an opportunity to aak queationa and aake coaenta to EPA Suqqested locationa for the aeetinCJ are included in Appendix B The lOCJittica and aqenda of the aeetinq will be coordinated with Korth Saithfield town officiala
rreart a reapgneiyeneaa bullUWMry
A reaponaiveneaa auaary ia required aa part of the ROD for the aite It will IUJU1ari1e pul)lic concernbull and iaaues raiaed throuqhout the RIFS and indicate hov EPA reapondtd to theae concerna
Btyiee the eggunity relttigna plan tor thbull LiBR bullitbull Once the ROD for the L6RR lite hat been iaaued thit coaunity relatione plan will be reviaed to include coaunity relations activitiea appropriate to the reaedial daaiqn and r edial action (RDRA) phbullbullbullbull The reviaion of the coaunity relatione plan will
o Update facta and verify the inforaation included in thia coaaunity relatione plan prtpared for the RIFS
o Alaeaa the couunity relations proqru to date and indicate whether the aame or different approachtawill be talten during the RDRA phaae11
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0 Develop a atrateqy to pr1par1 the couunity for ita future role in thbull RDRA procbullbullbull and in tha onqoinqoperation and aaintananca ot the ~RR aite
Givan tha high level of intaraat in tha LRR aitbull counity intarviava will be hale prior to tha ravbion of tha ~RR co-unity relatione plan
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A liat of the indivicuala and organization area contacta includinq federal officiala atata and local ofticiala intareata4 raaidenta and udia repreaentativbulla ia includoltl in Appendix A EPA will expand one rovioo thio liat aa naceaaary middot
14 bull Cpordinett clean yatar itiUII yi1h IPA t1att yorldns at ptbtr eitbullbullmiddot tnd lpcal ptficiale
The Town of Jlorth Saithfielct baa recently eatablillhlc a vator authority that 1o bucloltl by tho town council pruiclent With tha conatruction at a vatar line to lurrillvillo one tho inotollotion by IPA ot vator oyotou at nearby auportuncl oitoo tho town io bopin9 to develop an overall vatar atratetn lecauae BPA actiona will bo intaltJral in any oucb plano tho tocbnical anc1 coaaunity relatione atatt tor ~RR Waatem land Cravol Staaina llillo and tho Davia Liquicl Waoto Superfund aitea llhoulc be preparlc to t toqether an4 with atate and local otficiala to coordinate activitiaa attactivaly
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APPEIIDIX A
IIITRSTD PARTIES
A Ftdttal ltgtad Otticitla
Senator Claiborne Ptll
Diatrist Office 418 Ft4tral Courthouat Building Providence RI 02903
Waahinqton DC Office 335 Ruaatll Senate Office BuildingWaahinqton DC 20510
Senator John Chaftt
Dietricent Office 301 Paatort Ftctral Building Providence RI 02903
blhinetqn rx OfCiee s 567 Diruen senate Office Buildift9 Wallbinvton DC 20511
lbpruentative lernand J st Ganaain let Diatrict
Dietriet oCUcts 204 John z r09arty Buildin9 Providence RI 02903
lathinqton QC Oftiee 2108 Rayburn Mouat Office luildinq Waahinqton DC 20510
8 State Elected Officialbull
Senator Paul s Jttlly 30th Diotrict
Diatrict Offiee 451 Victory Highway North Saithfiald RI 02895
Proyictnct Oftict co Deputy Majority Leaderbull Office State Houae Room 117 Providence RI 02903
401528-5456
202224-4642
401528-5294
202224-2921
401521-5050
202225-Ull
401767-3567
401227-6896
Rapraaantativa Jticlt Roaati Uat Diatrict
EUISiJigt QIUgl t Roaelavn Avenue P O lkgtx 131 Slateraville RI 03176
401766-4854
ltsaidiDsil Qllit t co Office of the SpeakerState Houae Providence RI 02903
401227-2466
Repreaentative Albert G Brien 6Znd Diatrict
12iiSiJisiSi QIUsil t 13 s outh Mai n s t reet Woonaocltat RI 02195
bszxidiDSil QIUsil CO Office of the Speaker atate Bouaa Providence RI 02103
RaproHJltativo Maney L Benoit 64th Diatrict
401766-3416
401227-2466
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e DiBtimi Qllisat 21 larkaly Strut WocmaocJtet AI 02115
401766-7101
bllidiDSil fUIislt co Oftico of tho Speaker state Bouaa Provictance RI 02903
401227-2466
c lampsiill Qllisiilll
Arthur Denoaae Town Maini atrator Mnorial Town Ha l l Slateravil le RI 02876
401 767-2200
Xenneth M Bianchi Town council Preaictent 23 Saithfiold Road North Saithtiold RI 02895
401463-8700
Roland Boucher Town Councilor Great Road North Smithfield RI 02895
401765-2000
DavieS A tovett Town Councilor 410 Victory Hiqhvay North saithfio1d RI oags
Ronald N Renaud Town Councilor Wildwood Road Foreatdale RI
Jaaea X Saloae Town Councilor 18 Pound Hill Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Paul Boulaqerone Town Solicitor Meaorial Town Hall Slateraville RI 02876
Richard Brady Chief of Police IS Saithfio1d Rood lrforth Sa ithfield RI 02895
Edward Cournoyer Fire Chief Buaineaa Office St Peul Street lrforth laithfield RI 02195
llorth laithfio1cl Firo Dopartaont 24 Boou- laorqoncy _r
D D I KnyirpQMn1tl Prottstign Wncy
Patty D1Andrea Coaunity Relatione Coordinator 01 nvironaental Protection AqencyRPA-2203 J r JtennecSy Federal Buildinq Beaton MA 02203
John Gallagher Reaectial Project Officer Us nvironaantal Protection AgencyIISV-1107 J r XbullNlbullcSy Federal BuildingBoaton MA 02203
Richard Boynton Chief Rhode Ialand and
Ver111ont Superfund Section US Environaantal Protection AqancyHSV-1107 J F Cannady Federal Building Boston MA 02203
401767-2400
401438-67SO
401762-0434 401767-6633
401762-1212
401762-1135
401762-1414
617S65-342S
617565-3641
617565-3688
lt1t1 biiUilill
Pelix Harvey Diviaion ot Air and 401277-2797
Ha1ardoua Materiala Rhoca Ialand Departant at
Environaantal Manaqnt 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providence RI 02908
John Haqopoian 401277-6867Chiat ot Diviaion ot Watar Supply
Rhoda I a land Departaant at Haalth 75 middot Davia Straat Rooa 209 Providence RI 02908 ~tl=
~ Anthony patain Ito401277-2797 Rhoda Ialand Departaant ot
Environaantal ManaC)ant 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providanea RI 02901 ~c==
r lfiIQIPra =~ llampjsu HIDHRIZIt Bt
~U ltsDidiDQI ZSiWCIII 401277-7000(Providence Edition) e() 75 Fountain Street
Providence RI
111 bszidiDiiil allmtDII 401277-7091(lloonaocJltat Edition)1 Social Street Wooneockat RI 02195
Dl JlgQQIQSiklt 1111 401762-3000
Woonaockat RI 02895 75 Main Street
tQiill lfiKII21RIZt
b1 212bullbullabullz 401949-2700PO Box C358 Graanvilla RI 02828 (Publiahad waaltly on Thuraday)
APPDDIX B
LOCATIONS POR INPORIIAlIOII UPOSlORIS AND PUBLIC llllIIIGS
A Intoraation Rtpgaitoriea
North Saithfie1d Public Library 4017S7-278020 Main street PO Bcx 296 Slataraville RI 02876
Winter Houra Monday Wec1neaday - 12 PM-5 PH 6 PM-8 PM Tuaaday Thuraday Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - 10 All-2 PM
Suaaer Houra Konday Wednaaday - 12 PM-5 PM 6 PM-8 PM lueedey lhureday - 10 All-5 PM Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - Cloaed
Contact Robin Glaaaar Li))rarian
North laithfie1d Nnor1e1 lovn Ball 401767-2200llaterville RI 02171
Soura Monday - Friday - 130 M-430 PM
Contact1 Arthur Denoae Town Adainiatrator
1 bt1ins Loqatione
llun1cipa1 Annex lluildi~ 401767-220215 laithfie1d Road llorth Saithfie1d RI 02195
Contact Barbara Walab
Halliwell Eleaantary School 401769-5492North Saithtiald School Departaant
Adainiatration RPD 2 Graanvillt Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Contact Jaan Korriaon
APPEIIDIX C
KUIIICIPAL STRUCTUR OP NORTH SMITHFIELD
The Town of North Sbullithtiald Rhode Ialand ia made up ot tiva villagaa Slataravilla Foraatdala Priaroaa Union Village and Waterford Tha villaqaa have no juriadictional municipal or rapraaantativa autonomy
The Town of North Saithfiald ia run by a fiva-aallbar town council Council aallbara are alactad at-larqa for two-year taraa lactiona are non-partban The council maata avery Monday niqht Daily adminiatration of tha town ia the duty of tha town aCSiniatrator who ia alae alactad for a two-year tara Tha town budqat ia dacidad by town uatinq
North Sbullithtiald hae alao recently aatabliahad a water authority which ia appointed by tha town council Tha council praaidant ia currently chairaan of the vatar authority In Novallber 1916 a propoaal tor a new town charter will be put on the ballot The new charter would aatabliah a poaition tor a aalariad town aanagar who would be appointed by the town council
In the atata leialatura North Sbullithtiald ia part of three repreaantative diatricta The veatarn half of the tovn ia part of the lbullt Diatrict which alao includaa the Town of Burrillville The aaatarn portion of the town ia part of the 2nd and lrd diatr1cta which amplao includea the City of Woonaocltet The entire town ia repreaentated in the 30th diatrict of the State Senate
The Town of North Saithtiel4 ia aervice4 by two Poet Otf1cea and haa the following aip codea and acScreaaee
Slateravilla 02876Foreatdale 02824 llorth Saithtiold 02895Woonaockat 02895
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LIST OP PERSONS CONTACTED IN DVZLOPIINT OP THE REVISED COIIIIUIIITY RELATIONS PLAN
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JCenneth K Bianchi June 18 1986 Town Council Prabullidant23 Saithfiold Rd North Saithfiold 02895
i Paul Boulaqerone June 16 1986 Town Solicitor ~ Meaorial Town Hall 0~ Slaterbullville RI 02876 it George Cournoyer June 17 1986 Rabullident living nearPO Box 166
landfill on Tifft Rd lSlateraville RI 02876 ltlc Arthur Dencmae June 16 1986 Town adainiatrator =l-riol Town Ball l l a t erav ille RI 02176 ~iRoland carol Drainvil l o J uno 17 1986 Active aeabera ot 750 Pound Bill lld P o w ebull orth hithfi o l d RI 0219 5
llllrial Halloran Juno 11 1916 Founder at Po wPound Bill lld Reaident livinq nearlforth laithtielcS RI 02195 landfill
m eat Moulico Juno 11 1986 Reaident livinq near1U2 Pound Bill lld landfill North Saithfiold RI 02895
JCate Racine June 17 1986 Rabullidant livinq near153 Old Groat Rd landfillKorth Saithtield RI 02895
Jia llamprion llhito Juno 16 1986 Rabullidenta livinq nearPO Box 437 landfillSlateravilla RI 02876
Carole Whiteley Juno 17 1986 Active in aavaral40 Lapre Rd town ieauaaNorth Saithfield RI 02895
meat Woodworth Juno 17 1986 Raaident livinq nearRPD fl landfill Paat memberPound Hill Rd ot Planning Board Woonaockatt RI 02895
- barcode 561476
- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 561476
0 Identity any new concerna that uy have ariaen in tho couunity oinco thio roviooltl couunityrelatione plan vaa prepared and
0 Develop a atrateqy to pr1par1 the couunity for ita future role in thbull RDRA procbullbullbull and in tha onqoinqoperation and aaintananca ot the ~RR aite
Givan tha high level of intaraat in tha LRR aitbull counity intarviava will be hale prior to tha ravbion of tha ~RR co-unity relatione plan
l3 Pbullripdically uJ)sate piling Hat
A liat of the indivicuala and organization area contacta includinq federal officiala atata and local ofticiala intareata4 raaidenta and udia repreaentativbulla ia includoltl in Appendix A EPA will expand one rovioo thio liat aa naceaaary middot
14 bull Cpordinett clean yatar itiUII yi1h IPA t1att yorldns at ptbtr eitbullbullmiddot tnd lpcal ptficiale
The Town of Jlorth Saithfielct baa recently eatablillhlc a vator authority that 1o bucloltl by tho town council pruiclent With tha conatruction at a vatar line to lurrillvillo one tho inotollotion by IPA ot vator oyotou at nearby auportuncl oitoo tho town io bopin9 to develop an overall vatar atratetn lecauae BPA actiona will bo intaltJral in any oucb plano tho tocbnical anc1 coaaunity relatione atatt tor ~RR Waatem land Cravol Staaina llillo and tho Davia Liquicl Waoto Superfund aitea llhoulc be preparlc to t toqether an4 with atate and local otficiala to coordinate activitiaa attactivaly
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IIITRSTD PARTIES
A Ftdttal ltgtad Otticitla
Senator Claiborne Ptll
Diatrist Office 418 Ft4tral Courthouat Building Providence RI 02903
Waahinqton DC Office 335 Ruaatll Senate Office BuildingWaahinqton DC 20510
Senator John Chaftt
Dietricent Office 301 Paatort Ftctral Building Providence RI 02903
blhinetqn rx OfCiee s 567 Diruen senate Office Buildift9 Wallbinvton DC 20511
lbpruentative lernand J st Ganaain let Diatrict
Dietriet oCUcts 204 John z r09arty Buildin9 Providence RI 02903
lathinqton QC Oftiee 2108 Rayburn Mouat Office luildinq Waahinqton DC 20510
8 State Elected Officialbull
Senator Paul s Jttlly 30th Diotrict
Diatrict Offiee 451 Victory Highway North Saithfiald RI 02895
Proyictnct Oftict co Deputy Majority Leaderbull Office State Houae Room 117 Providence RI 02903
401528-5456
202224-4642
401528-5294
202224-2921
401521-5050
202225-Ull
401767-3567
401227-6896
Rapraaantativa Jticlt Roaati Uat Diatrict
EUISiJigt QIUgl t Roaelavn Avenue P O lkgtx 131 Slateraville RI 03176
401766-4854
ltsaidiDsil Qllit t co Office of the SpeakerState Houae Providence RI 02903
401227-2466
Repreaentative Albert G Brien 6Znd Diatrict
12iiSiJisiSi QIUsil t 13 s outh Mai n s t reet Woonaocltat RI 02195
bszxidiDSil QIUsil CO Office of the Speaker atate Bouaa Providence RI 02103
RaproHJltativo Maney L Benoit 64th Diatrict
401766-3416
401227-2466
=~ ~ ~~= =~ ~ sect ~
e DiBtimi Qllisat 21 larkaly Strut WocmaocJtet AI 02115
401766-7101
bllidiDSil fUIislt co Oftico of tho Speaker state Bouaa Provictance RI 02903
401227-2466
c lampsiill Qllisiilll
Arthur Denoaae Town Maini atrator Mnorial Town Ha l l Slateravil le RI 02876
401 767-2200
Xenneth M Bianchi Town council Preaictent 23 Saithfiold Road North Saithtiold RI 02895
401463-8700
Roland Boucher Town Councilor Great Road North Smithfield RI 02895
401765-2000
DavieS A tovett Town Councilor 410 Victory Hiqhvay North saithfio1d RI oags
Ronald N Renaud Town Councilor Wildwood Road Foreatdale RI
Jaaea X Saloae Town Councilor 18 Pound Hill Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Paul Boulaqerone Town Solicitor Meaorial Town Hall Slateraville RI 02876
Richard Brady Chief of Police IS Saithfio1d Rood lrforth Sa ithfield RI 02895
Edward Cournoyer Fire Chief Buaineaa Office St Peul Street lrforth laithfield RI 02195
llorth laithfio1cl Firo Dopartaont 24 Boou- laorqoncy _r
D D I KnyirpQMn1tl Prottstign Wncy
Patty D1Andrea Coaunity Relatione Coordinator 01 nvironaental Protection AqencyRPA-2203 J r JtennecSy Federal Buildinq Beaton MA 02203
John Gallagher Reaectial Project Officer Us nvironaantal Protection AgencyIISV-1107 J r XbullNlbullcSy Federal BuildingBoaton MA 02203
Richard Boynton Chief Rhode Ialand and
Ver111ont Superfund Section US Environaantal Protection AqancyHSV-1107 J F Cannady Federal Building Boston MA 02203
401767-2400
401438-67SO
401762-0434 401767-6633
401762-1212
401762-1135
401762-1414
617S65-342S
617565-3641
617565-3688
lt1t1 biiUilill
Pelix Harvey Diviaion ot Air and 401277-2797
Ha1ardoua Materiala Rhoca Ialand Departant at
Environaantal Manaqnt 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providence RI 02908
John Haqopoian 401277-6867Chiat ot Diviaion ot Watar Supply
Rhoda I a land Departaant at Haalth 75 middot Davia Straat Rooa 209 Providence RI 02908 ~tl=
~ Anthony patain Ito401277-2797 Rhoda Ialand Departaant ot
Environaantal ManaC)ant 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providanea RI 02901 ~c==
r lfiIQIPra =~ llampjsu HIDHRIZIt Bt
~U ltsDidiDQI ZSiWCIII 401277-7000(Providence Edition) e() 75 Fountain Street
Providence RI
111 bszidiDiiil allmtDII 401277-7091(lloonaocJltat Edition)1 Social Street Wooneockat RI 02195
Dl JlgQQIQSiklt 1111 401762-3000
Woonaockat RI 02895 75 Main Street
tQiill lfiKII21RIZt
b1 212bullbullabullz 401949-2700PO Box C358 Graanvilla RI 02828 (Publiahad waaltly on Thuraday)
APPDDIX B
LOCATIONS POR INPORIIAlIOII UPOSlORIS AND PUBLIC llllIIIGS
A Intoraation Rtpgaitoriea
North Saithfie1d Public Library 4017S7-278020 Main street PO Bcx 296 Slataraville RI 02876
Winter Houra Monday Wec1neaday - 12 PM-5 PH 6 PM-8 PM Tuaaday Thuraday Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - 10 All-2 PM
Suaaer Houra Konday Wednaaday - 12 PM-5 PM 6 PM-8 PM lueedey lhureday - 10 All-5 PM Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - Cloaed
Contact Robin Glaaaar Li))rarian
North laithfie1d Nnor1e1 lovn Ball 401767-2200llaterville RI 02171
Soura Monday - Friday - 130 M-430 PM
Contact1 Arthur Denoae Town Adainiatrator
1 bt1ins Loqatione
llun1cipa1 Annex lluildi~ 401767-220215 laithfie1d Road llorth Saithfie1d RI 02195
Contact Barbara Walab
Halliwell Eleaantary School 401769-5492North Saithtiald School Departaant
Adainiatration RPD 2 Graanvillt Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Contact Jaan Korriaon
APPEIIDIX C
KUIIICIPAL STRUCTUR OP NORTH SMITHFIELD
The Town of North Sbullithtiald Rhode Ialand ia made up ot tiva villagaa Slataravilla Foraatdala Priaroaa Union Village and Waterford Tha villaqaa have no juriadictional municipal or rapraaantativa autonomy
The Town of North Saithfiald ia run by a fiva-aallbar town council Council aallbara are alactad at-larqa for two-year taraa lactiona are non-partban The council maata avery Monday niqht Daily adminiatration of tha town ia the duty of tha town aCSiniatrator who ia alae alactad for a two-year tara Tha town budqat ia dacidad by town uatinq
North Sbullithtiald hae alao recently aatabliahad a water authority which ia appointed by tha town council Tha council praaidant ia currently chairaan of the vatar authority In Novallber 1916 a propoaal tor a new town charter will be put on the ballot The new charter would aatabliah a poaition tor a aalariad town aanagar who would be appointed by the town council
In the atata leialatura North Sbullithtiald ia part of three repreaantative diatricta The veatarn half of the tovn ia part of the lbullt Diatrict which alao includaa the Town of Burrillville The aaatarn portion of the town ia part of the 2nd and lrd diatr1cta which amplao includea the City of Woonaocltet The entire town ia repreaentated in the 30th diatrict of the State Senate
The Town of North Saithtiel4 ia aervice4 by two Poet Otf1cea and haa the following aip codea and acScreaaee
Slateravilla 02876Foreatdale 02824 llorth Saithtiold 02895Woonaockat 02895
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LIST OP PERSONS CONTACTED IN DVZLOPIINT OP THE REVISED COIIIIUIIITY RELATIONS PLAN
Hlmll6~~zbullbullbull ~ ~
JCenneth K Bianchi June 18 1986 Town Council Prabullidant23 Saithfiold Rd North Saithfiold 02895
i Paul Boulaqerone June 16 1986 Town Solicitor ~ Meaorial Town Hall 0~ Slaterbullville RI 02876 it George Cournoyer June 17 1986 Rabullident living nearPO Box 166
landfill on Tifft Rd lSlateraville RI 02876 ltlc Arthur Dencmae June 16 1986 Town adainiatrator =l-riol Town Ball l l a t erav ille RI 02176 ~iRoland carol Drainvil l o J uno 17 1986 Active aeabera ot 750 Pound Bill lld P o w ebull orth hithfi o l d RI 0219 5
llllrial Halloran Juno 11 1916 Founder at Po wPound Bill lld Reaident livinq nearlforth laithtielcS RI 02195 landfill
m eat Moulico Juno 11 1986 Reaident livinq near1U2 Pound Bill lld landfill North Saithfiold RI 02895
JCate Racine June 17 1986 Rabullidant livinq near153 Old Groat Rd landfillKorth Saithtield RI 02895
Jia llamprion llhito Juno 16 1986 Rabullidenta livinq nearPO Box 437 landfillSlateravilla RI 02876
Carole Whiteley Juno 17 1986 Active in aavaral40 Lapre Rd town ieauaaNorth Saithfield RI 02895
meat Woodworth Juno 17 1986 Raaident livinq nearRPD fl landfill Paat memberPound Hill Rd ot Planning Board Woonaockatt RI 02895
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IIITRSTD PARTIES
A Ftdttal ltgtad Otticitla
Senator Claiborne Ptll
Diatrist Office 418 Ft4tral Courthouat Building Providence RI 02903
Waahinqton DC Office 335 Ruaatll Senate Office BuildingWaahinqton DC 20510
Senator John Chaftt
Dietricent Office 301 Paatort Ftctral Building Providence RI 02903
blhinetqn rx OfCiee s 567 Diruen senate Office Buildift9 Wallbinvton DC 20511
lbpruentative lernand J st Ganaain let Diatrict
Dietriet oCUcts 204 John z r09arty Buildin9 Providence RI 02903
lathinqton QC Oftiee 2108 Rayburn Mouat Office luildinq Waahinqton DC 20510
8 State Elected Officialbull
Senator Paul s Jttlly 30th Diotrict
Diatrict Offiee 451 Victory Highway North Saithfiald RI 02895
Proyictnct Oftict co Deputy Majority Leaderbull Office State Houae Room 117 Providence RI 02903
401528-5456
202224-4642
401528-5294
202224-2921
401521-5050
202225-Ull
401767-3567
401227-6896
Rapraaantativa Jticlt Roaati Uat Diatrict
EUISiJigt QIUgl t Roaelavn Avenue P O lkgtx 131 Slateraville RI 03176
401766-4854
ltsaidiDsil Qllit t co Office of the SpeakerState Houae Providence RI 02903
401227-2466
Repreaentative Albert G Brien 6Znd Diatrict
12iiSiJisiSi QIUsil t 13 s outh Mai n s t reet Woonaocltat RI 02195
bszxidiDSil QIUsil CO Office of the Speaker atate Bouaa Providence RI 02103
RaproHJltativo Maney L Benoit 64th Diatrict
401766-3416
401227-2466
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e DiBtimi Qllisat 21 larkaly Strut WocmaocJtet AI 02115
401766-7101
bllidiDSil fUIislt co Oftico of tho Speaker state Bouaa Provictance RI 02903
401227-2466
c lampsiill Qllisiilll
Arthur Denoaae Town Maini atrator Mnorial Town Ha l l Slateravil le RI 02876
401 767-2200
Xenneth M Bianchi Town council Preaictent 23 Saithfiold Road North Saithtiold RI 02895
401463-8700
Roland Boucher Town Councilor Great Road North Smithfield RI 02895
401765-2000
DavieS A tovett Town Councilor 410 Victory Hiqhvay North saithfio1d RI oags
Ronald N Renaud Town Councilor Wildwood Road Foreatdale RI
Jaaea X Saloae Town Councilor 18 Pound Hill Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Paul Boulaqerone Town Solicitor Meaorial Town Hall Slateraville RI 02876
Richard Brady Chief of Police IS Saithfio1d Rood lrforth Sa ithfield RI 02895
Edward Cournoyer Fire Chief Buaineaa Office St Peul Street lrforth laithfield RI 02195
llorth laithfio1cl Firo Dopartaont 24 Boou- laorqoncy _r
D D I KnyirpQMn1tl Prottstign Wncy
Patty D1Andrea Coaunity Relatione Coordinator 01 nvironaental Protection AqencyRPA-2203 J r JtennecSy Federal Buildinq Beaton MA 02203
John Gallagher Reaectial Project Officer Us nvironaantal Protection AgencyIISV-1107 J r XbullNlbullcSy Federal BuildingBoaton MA 02203
Richard Boynton Chief Rhode Ialand and
Ver111ont Superfund Section US Environaantal Protection AqancyHSV-1107 J F Cannady Federal Building Boston MA 02203
401767-2400
401438-67SO
401762-0434 401767-6633
401762-1212
401762-1135
401762-1414
617S65-342S
617565-3641
617565-3688
lt1t1 biiUilill
Pelix Harvey Diviaion ot Air and 401277-2797
Ha1ardoua Materiala Rhoca Ialand Departant at
Environaantal Manaqnt 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providence RI 02908
John Haqopoian 401277-6867Chiat ot Diviaion ot Watar Supply
Rhoda I a land Departaant at Haalth 75 middot Davia Straat Rooa 209 Providence RI 02908 ~tl=
~ Anthony patain Ito401277-2797 Rhoda Ialand Departaant ot
Environaantal ManaC)ant 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providanea RI 02901 ~c==
r lfiIQIPra =~ llampjsu HIDHRIZIt Bt
~U ltsDidiDQI ZSiWCIII 401277-7000(Providence Edition) e() 75 Fountain Street
Providence RI
111 bszidiDiiil allmtDII 401277-7091(lloonaocJltat Edition)1 Social Street Wooneockat RI 02195
Dl JlgQQIQSiklt 1111 401762-3000
Woonaockat RI 02895 75 Main Street
tQiill lfiKII21RIZt
b1 212bullbullabullz 401949-2700PO Box C358 Graanvilla RI 02828 (Publiahad waaltly on Thuraday)
APPDDIX B
LOCATIONS POR INPORIIAlIOII UPOSlORIS AND PUBLIC llllIIIGS
A Intoraation Rtpgaitoriea
North Saithfie1d Public Library 4017S7-278020 Main street PO Bcx 296 Slataraville RI 02876
Winter Houra Monday Wec1neaday - 12 PM-5 PH 6 PM-8 PM Tuaaday Thuraday Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - 10 All-2 PM
Suaaer Houra Konday Wednaaday - 12 PM-5 PM 6 PM-8 PM lueedey lhureday - 10 All-5 PM Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - Cloaed
Contact Robin Glaaaar Li))rarian
North laithfie1d Nnor1e1 lovn Ball 401767-2200llaterville RI 02171
Soura Monday - Friday - 130 M-430 PM
Contact1 Arthur Denoae Town Adainiatrator
1 bt1ins Loqatione
llun1cipa1 Annex lluildi~ 401767-220215 laithfie1d Road llorth Saithfie1d RI 02195
Contact Barbara Walab
Halliwell Eleaantary School 401769-5492North Saithtiald School Departaant
Adainiatration RPD 2 Graanvillt Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Contact Jaan Korriaon
APPEIIDIX C
KUIIICIPAL STRUCTUR OP NORTH SMITHFIELD
The Town of North Sbullithtiald Rhode Ialand ia made up ot tiva villagaa Slataravilla Foraatdala Priaroaa Union Village and Waterford Tha villaqaa have no juriadictional municipal or rapraaantativa autonomy
The Town of North Saithfiald ia run by a fiva-aallbar town council Council aallbara are alactad at-larqa for two-year taraa lactiona are non-partban The council maata avery Monday niqht Daily adminiatration of tha town ia the duty of tha town aCSiniatrator who ia alae alactad for a two-year tara Tha town budqat ia dacidad by town uatinq
North Sbullithtiald hae alao recently aatabliahad a water authority which ia appointed by tha town council Tha council praaidant ia currently chairaan of the vatar authority In Novallber 1916 a propoaal tor a new town charter will be put on the ballot The new charter would aatabliah a poaition tor a aalariad town aanagar who would be appointed by the town council
In the atata leialatura North Sbullithtiald ia part of three repreaantative diatricta The veatarn half of the tovn ia part of the lbullt Diatrict which alao includaa the Town of Burrillville The aaatarn portion of the town ia part of the 2nd and lrd diatr1cta which amplao includea the City of Woonaocltet The entire town ia repreaentated in the 30th diatrict of the State Senate
The Town of North Saithtiel4 ia aervice4 by two Poet Otf1cea and haa the following aip codea and acScreaaee
Slateravilla 02876Foreatdale 02824 llorth Saithtiold 02895Woonaockat 02895
0
APPIIDIX D
LIST OP PERSONS CONTACTED IN DVZLOPIINT OP THE REVISED COIIIIUIIITY RELATIONS PLAN
Hlmll6~~zbullbullbull ~ ~
JCenneth K Bianchi June 18 1986 Town Council Prabullidant23 Saithfiold Rd North Saithfiold 02895
i Paul Boulaqerone June 16 1986 Town Solicitor ~ Meaorial Town Hall 0~ Slaterbullville RI 02876 it George Cournoyer June 17 1986 Rabullident living nearPO Box 166
landfill on Tifft Rd lSlateraville RI 02876 ltlc Arthur Dencmae June 16 1986 Town adainiatrator =l-riol Town Ball l l a t erav ille RI 02176 ~iRoland carol Drainvil l o J uno 17 1986 Active aeabera ot 750 Pound Bill lld P o w ebull orth hithfi o l d RI 0219 5
llllrial Halloran Juno 11 1916 Founder at Po wPound Bill lld Reaident livinq nearlforth laithtielcS RI 02195 landfill
m eat Moulico Juno 11 1986 Reaident livinq near1U2 Pound Bill lld landfill North Saithfiold RI 02895
JCate Racine June 17 1986 Rabullidant livinq near153 Old Groat Rd landfillKorth Saithtield RI 02895
Jia llamprion llhito Juno 16 1986 Rabullidenta livinq nearPO Box 437 landfillSlateravilla RI 02876
Carole Whiteley Juno 17 1986 Active in aavaral40 Lapre Rd town ieauaaNorth Saithfield RI 02895
meat Woodworth Juno 17 1986 Raaident livinq nearRPD fl landfill Paat memberPound Hill Rd ot Planning Board Woonaockatt RI 02895
- barcode 561476
- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 561476
APPEIIDIX A
IIITRSTD PARTIES
A Ftdttal ltgtad Otticitla
Senator Claiborne Ptll
Diatrist Office 418 Ft4tral Courthouat Building Providence RI 02903
Waahinqton DC Office 335 Ruaatll Senate Office BuildingWaahinqton DC 20510
Senator John Chaftt
Dietricent Office 301 Paatort Ftctral Building Providence RI 02903
blhinetqn rx OfCiee s 567 Diruen senate Office Buildift9 Wallbinvton DC 20511
lbpruentative lernand J st Ganaain let Diatrict
Dietriet oCUcts 204 John z r09arty Buildin9 Providence RI 02903
lathinqton QC Oftiee 2108 Rayburn Mouat Office luildinq Waahinqton DC 20510
8 State Elected Officialbull
Senator Paul s Jttlly 30th Diotrict
Diatrict Offiee 451 Victory Highway North Saithfiald RI 02895
Proyictnct Oftict co Deputy Majority Leaderbull Office State Houae Room 117 Providence RI 02903
401528-5456
202224-4642
401528-5294
202224-2921
401521-5050
202225-Ull
401767-3567
401227-6896
Rapraaantativa Jticlt Roaati Uat Diatrict
EUISiJigt QIUgl t Roaelavn Avenue P O lkgtx 131 Slateraville RI 03176
401766-4854
ltsaidiDsil Qllit t co Office of the SpeakerState Houae Providence RI 02903
401227-2466
Repreaentative Albert G Brien 6Znd Diatrict
12iiSiJisiSi QIUsil t 13 s outh Mai n s t reet Woonaocltat RI 02195
bszxidiDSil QIUsil CO Office of the Speaker atate Bouaa Providence RI 02103
RaproHJltativo Maney L Benoit 64th Diatrict
401766-3416
401227-2466
=~ ~ ~~= =~ ~ sect ~
e DiBtimi Qllisat 21 larkaly Strut WocmaocJtet AI 02115
401766-7101
bllidiDSil fUIislt co Oftico of tho Speaker state Bouaa Provictance RI 02903
401227-2466
c lampsiill Qllisiilll
Arthur Denoaae Town Maini atrator Mnorial Town Ha l l Slateravil le RI 02876
401 767-2200
Xenneth M Bianchi Town council Preaictent 23 Saithfiold Road North Saithtiold RI 02895
401463-8700
Roland Boucher Town Councilor Great Road North Smithfield RI 02895
401765-2000
DavieS A tovett Town Councilor 410 Victory Hiqhvay North saithfio1d RI oags
Ronald N Renaud Town Councilor Wildwood Road Foreatdale RI
Jaaea X Saloae Town Councilor 18 Pound Hill Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Paul Boulaqerone Town Solicitor Meaorial Town Hall Slateraville RI 02876
Richard Brady Chief of Police IS Saithfio1d Rood lrforth Sa ithfield RI 02895
Edward Cournoyer Fire Chief Buaineaa Office St Peul Street lrforth laithfield RI 02195
llorth laithfio1cl Firo Dopartaont 24 Boou- laorqoncy _r
D D I KnyirpQMn1tl Prottstign Wncy
Patty D1Andrea Coaunity Relatione Coordinator 01 nvironaental Protection AqencyRPA-2203 J r JtennecSy Federal Buildinq Beaton MA 02203
John Gallagher Reaectial Project Officer Us nvironaantal Protection AgencyIISV-1107 J r XbullNlbullcSy Federal BuildingBoaton MA 02203
Richard Boynton Chief Rhode Ialand and
Ver111ont Superfund Section US Environaantal Protection AqancyHSV-1107 J F Cannady Federal Building Boston MA 02203
401767-2400
401438-67SO
401762-0434 401767-6633
401762-1212
401762-1135
401762-1414
617S65-342S
617565-3641
617565-3688
lt1t1 biiUilill
Pelix Harvey Diviaion ot Air and 401277-2797
Ha1ardoua Materiala Rhoca Ialand Departant at
Environaantal Manaqnt 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providence RI 02908
John Haqopoian 401277-6867Chiat ot Diviaion ot Watar Supply
Rhoda I a land Departaant at Haalth 75 middot Davia Straat Rooa 209 Providence RI 02908 ~tl=
~ Anthony patain Ito401277-2797 Rhoda Ialand Departaant ot
Environaantal ManaC)ant 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providanea RI 02901 ~c==
r lfiIQIPra =~ llampjsu HIDHRIZIt Bt
~U ltsDidiDQI ZSiWCIII 401277-7000(Providence Edition) e() 75 Fountain Street
Providence RI
111 bszidiDiiil allmtDII 401277-7091(lloonaocJltat Edition)1 Social Street Wooneockat RI 02195
Dl JlgQQIQSiklt 1111 401762-3000
Woonaockat RI 02895 75 Main Street
tQiill lfiKII21RIZt
b1 212bullbullabullz 401949-2700PO Box C358 Graanvilla RI 02828 (Publiahad waaltly on Thuraday)
APPDDIX B
LOCATIONS POR INPORIIAlIOII UPOSlORIS AND PUBLIC llllIIIGS
A Intoraation Rtpgaitoriea
North Saithfie1d Public Library 4017S7-278020 Main street PO Bcx 296 Slataraville RI 02876
Winter Houra Monday Wec1neaday - 12 PM-5 PH 6 PM-8 PM Tuaaday Thuraday Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - 10 All-2 PM
Suaaer Houra Konday Wednaaday - 12 PM-5 PM 6 PM-8 PM lueedey lhureday - 10 All-5 PM Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - Cloaed
Contact Robin Glaaaar Li))rarian
North laithfie1d Nnor1e1 lovn Ball 401767-2200llaterville RI 02171
Soura Monday - Friday - 130 M-430 PM
Contact1 Arthur Denoae Town Adainiatrator
1 bt1ins Loqatione
llun1cipa1 Annex lluildi~ 401767-220215 laithfie1d Road llorth Saithfie1d RI 02195
Contact Barbara Walab
Halliwell Eleaantary School 401769-5492North Saithtiald School Departaant
Adainiatration RPD 2 Graanvillt Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Contact Jaan Korriaon
APPEIIDIX C
KUIIICIPAL STRUCTUR OP NORTH SMITHFIELD
The Town of North Sbullithtiald Rhode Ialand ia made up ot tiva villagaa Slataravilla Foraatdala Priaroaa Union Village and Waterford Tha villaqaa have no juriadictional municipal or rapraaantativa autonomy
The Town of North Saithfiald ia run by a fiva-aallbar town council Council aallbara are alactad at-larqa for two-year taraa lactiona are non-partban The council maata avery Monday niqht Daily adminiatration of tha town ia the duty of tha town aCSiniatrator who ia alae alactad for a two-year tara Tha town budqat ia dacidad by town uatinq
North Sbullithtiald hae alao recently aatabliahad a water authority which ia appointed by tha town council Tha council praaidant ia currently chairaan of the vatar authority In Novallber 1916 a propoaal tor a new town charter will be put on the ballot The new charter would aatabliah a poaition tor a aalariad town aanagar who would be appointed by the town council
In the atata leialatura North Sbullithtiald ia part of three repreaantative diatricta The veatarn half of the tovn ia part of the lbullt Diatrict which alao includaa the Town of Burrillville The aaatarn portion of the town ia part of the 2nd and lrd diatr1cta which amplao includea the City of Woonaocltet The entire town ia repreaentated in the 30th diatrict of the State Senate
The Town of North Saithtiel4 ia aervice4 by two Poet Otf1cea and haa the following aip codea and acScreaaee
Slateravilla 02876Foreatdale 02824 llorth Saithtiold 02895Woonaockat 02895
0
APPIIDIX D
LIST OP PERSONS CONTACTED IN DVZLOPIINT OP THE REVISED COIIIIUIIITY RELATIONS PLAN
Hlmll6~~zbullbullbull ~ ~
JCenneth K Bianchi June 18 1986 Town Council Prabullidant23 Saithfiold Rd North Saithfiold 02895
i Paul Boulaqerone June 16 1986 Town Solicitor ~ Meaorial Town Hall 0~ Slaterbullville RI 02876 it George Cournoyer June 17 1986 Rabullident living nearPO Box 166
landfill on Tifft Rd lSlateraville RI 02876 ltlc Arthur Dencmae June 16 1986 Town adainiatrator =l-riol Town Ball l l a t erav ille RI 02176 ~iRoland carol Drainvil l o J uno 17 1986 Active aeabera ot 750 Pound Bill lld P o w ebull orth hithfi o l d RI 0219 5
llllrial Halloran Juno 11 1916 Founder at Po wPound Bill lld Reaident livinq nearlforth laithtielcS RI 02195 landfill
m eat Moulico Juno 11 1986 Reaident livinq near1U2 Pound Bill lld landfill North Saithfiold RI 02895
JCate Racine June 17 1986 Rabullidant livinq near153 Old Groat Rd landfillKorth Saithtield RI 02895
Jia llamprion llhito Juno 16 1986 Rabullidenta livinq nearPO Box 437 landfillSlateravilla RI 02876
Carole Whiteley Juno 17 1986 Active in aavaral40 Lapre Rd town ieauaaNorth Saithfield RI 02895
meat Woodworth Juno 17 1986 Raaident livinq nearRPD fl landfill Paat memberPound Hill Rd ot Planning Board Woonaockatt RI 02895
- barcode 561476
- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 561476
Rapraaantativa Jticlt Roaati Uat Diatrict
EUISiJigt QIUgl t Roaelavn Avenue P O lkgtx 131 Slateraville RI 03176
401766-4854
ltsaidiDsil Qllit t co Office of the SpeakerState Houae Providence RI 02903
401227-2466
Repreaentative Albert G Brien 6Znd Diatrict
12iiSiJisiSi QIUsil t 13 s outh Mai n s t reet Woonaocltat RI 02195
bszxidiDSil QIUsil CO Office of the Speaker atate Bouaa Providence RI 02103
RaproHJltativo Maney L Benoit 64th Diatrict
401766-3416
401227-2466
=~ ~ ~~= =~ ~ sect ~
e DiBtimi Qllisat 21 larkaly Strut WocmaocJtet AI 02115
401766-7101
bllidiDSil fUIislt co Oftico of tho Speaker state Bouaa Provictance RI 02903
401227-2466
c lampsiill Qllisiilll
Arthur Denoaae Town Maini atrator Mnorial Town Ha l l Slateravil le RI 02876
401 767-2200
Xenneth M Bianchi Town council Preaictent 23 Saithfiold Road North Saithtiold RI 02895
401463-8700
Roland Boucher Town Councilor Great Road North Smithfield RI 02895
401765-2000
DavieS A tovett Town Councilor 410 Victory Hiqhvay North saithfio1d RI oags
Ronald N Renaud Town Councilor Wildwood Road Foreatdale RI
Jaaea X Saloae Town Councilor 18 Pound Hill Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Paul Boulaqerone Town Solicitor Meaorial Town Hall Slateraville RI 02876
Richard Brady Chief of Police IS Saithfio1d Rood lrforth Sa ithfield RI 02895
Edward Cournoyer Fire Chief Buaineaa Office St Peul Street lrforth laithfield RI 02195
llorth laithfio1cl Firo Dopartaont 24 Boou- laorqoncy _r
D D I KnyirpQMn1tl Prottstign Wncy
Patty D1Andrea Coaunity Relatione Coordinator 01 nvironaental Protection AqencyRPA-2203 J r JtennecSy Federal Buildinq Beaton MA 02203
John Gallagher Reaectial Project Officer Us nvironaantal Protection AgencyIISV-1107 J r XbullNlbullcSy Federal BuildingBoaton MA 02203
Richard Boynton Chief Rhode Ialand and
Ver111ont Superfund Section US Environaantal Protection AqancyHSV-1107 J F Cannady Federal Building Boston MA 02203
401767-2400
401438-67SO
401762-0434 401767-6633
401762-1212
401762-1135
401762-1414
617S65-342S
617565-3641
617565-3688
lt1t1 biiUilill
Pelix Harvey Diviaion ot Air and 401277-2797
Ha1ardoua Materiala Rhoca Ialand Departant at
Environaantal Manaqnt 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providence RI 02908
John Haqopoian 401277-6867Chiat ot Diviaion ot Watar Supply
Rhoda I a land Departaant at Haalth 75 middot Davia Straat Rooa 209 Providence RI 02908 ~tl=
~ Anthony patain Ito401277-2797 Rhoda Ialand Departaant ot
Environaantal ManaC)ant 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providanea RI 02901 ~c==
r lfiIQIPra =~ llampjsu HIDHRIZIt Bt
~U ltsDidiDQI ZSiWCIII 401277-7000(Providence Edition) e() 75 Fountain Street
Providence RI
111 bszidiDiiil allmtDII 401277-7091(lloonaocJltat Edition)1 Social Street Wooneockat RI 02195
Dl JlgQQIQSiklt 1111 401762-3000
Woonaockat RI 02895 75 Main Street
tQiill lfiKII21RIZt
b1 212bullbullabullz 401949-2700PO Box C358 Graanvilla RI 02828 (Publiahad waaltly on Thuraday)
APPDDIX B
LOCATIONS POR INPORIIAlIOII UPOSlORIS AND PUBLIC llllIIIGS
A Intoraation Rtpgaitoriea
North Saithfie1d Public Library 4017S7-278020 Main street PO Bcx 296 Slataraville RI 02876
Winter Houra Monday Wec1neaday - 12 PM-5 PH 6 PM-8 PM Tuaaday Thuraday Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - 10 All-2 PM
Suaaer Houra Konday Wednaaday - 12 PM-5 PM 6 PM-8 PM lueedey lhureday - 10 All-5 PM Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - Cloaed
Contact Robin Glaaaar Li))rarian
North laithfie1d Nnor1e1 lovn Ball 401767-2200llaterville RI 02171
Soura Monday - Friday - 130 M-430 PM
Contact1 Arthur Denoae Town Adainiatrator
1 bt1ins Loqatione
llun1cipa1 Annex lluildi~ 401767-220215 laithfie1d Road llorth Saithfie1d RI 02195
Contact Barbara Walab
Halliwell Eleaantary School 401769-5492North Saithtiald School Departaant
Adainiatration RPD 2 Graanvillt Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Contact Jaan Korriaon
APPEIIDIX C
KUIIICIPAL STRUCTUR OP NORTH SMITHFIELD
The Town of North Sbullithtiald Rhode Ialand ia made up ot tiva villagaa Slataravilla Foraatdala Priaroaa Union Village and Waterford Tha villaqaa have no juriadictional municipal or rapraaantativa autonomy
The Town of North Saithfiald ia run by a fiva-aallbar town council Council aallbara are alactad at-larqa for two-year taraa lactiona are non-partban The council maata avery Monday niqht Daily adminiatration of tha town ia the duty of tha town aCSiniatrator who ia alae alactad for a two-year tara Tha town budqat ia dacidad by town uatinq
North Sbullithtiald hae alao recently aatabliahad a water authority which ia appointed by tha town council Tha council praaidant ia currently chairaan of the vatar authority In Novallber 1916 a propoaal tor a new town charter will be put on the ballot The new charter would aatabliah a poaition tor a aalariad town aanagar who would be appointed by the town council
In the atata leialatura North Sbullithtiald ia part of three repreaantative diatricta The veatarn half of the tovn ia part of the lbullt Diatrict which alao includaa the Town of Burrillville The aaatarn portion of the town ia part of the 2nd and lrd diatr1cta which amplao includea the City of Woonaocltet The entire town ia repreaentated in the 30th diatrict of the State Senate
The Town of North Saithtiel4 ia aervice4 by two Poet Otf1cea and haa the following aip codea and acScreaaee
Slateravilla 02876Foreatdale 02824 llorth Saithtiold 02895Woonaockat 02895
0
APPIIDIX D
LIST OP PERSONS CONTACTED IN DVZLOPIINT OP THE REVISED COIIIIUIIITY RELATIONS PLAN
Hlmll6~~zbullbullbull ~ ~
JCenneth K Bianchi June 18 1986 Town Council Prabullidant23 Saithfiold Rd North Saithfiold 02895
i Paul Boulaqerone June 16 1986 Town Solicitor ~ Meaorial Town Hall 0~ Slaterbullville RI 02876 it George Cournoyer June 17 1986 Rabullident living nearPO Box 166
landfill on Tifft Rd lSlateraville RI 02876 ltlc Arthur Dencmae June 16 1986 Town adainiatrator =l-riol Town Ball l l a t erav ille RI 02176 ~iRoland carol Drainvil l o J uno 17 1986 Active aeabera ot 750 Pound Bill lld P o w ebull orth hithfi o l d RI 0219 5
llllrial Halloran Juno 11 1916 Founder at Po wPound Bill lld Reaident livinq nearlforth laithtielcS RI 02195 landfill
m eat Moulico Juno 11 1986 Reaident livinq near1U2 Pound Bill lld landfill North Saithfiold RI 02895
JCate Racine June 17 1986 Rabullidant livinq near153 Old Groat Rd landfillKorth Saithtield RI 02895
Jia llamprion llhito Juno 16 1986 Rabullidenta livinq nearPO Box 437 landfillSlateravilla RI 02876
Carole Whiteley Juno 17 1986 Active in aavaral40 Lapre Rd town ieauaaNorth Saithfield RI 02895
meat Woodworth Juno 17 1986 Raaident livinq nearRPD fl landfill Paat memberPound Hill Rd ot Planning Board Woonaockatt RI 02895
- barcode 561476
- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 561476
DavieS A tovett Town Councilor 410 Victory Hiqhvay North saithfio1d RI oags
Ronald N Renaud Town Councilor Wildwood Road Foreatdale RI
Jaaea X Saloae Town Councilor 18 Pound Hill Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Paul Boulaqerone Town Solicitor Meaorial Town Hall Slateraville RI 02876
Richard Brady Chief of Police IS Saithfio1d Rood lrforth Sa ithfield RI 02895
Edward Cournoyer Fire Chief Buaineaa Office St Peul Street lrforth laithfield RI 02195
llorth laithfio1cl Firo Dopartaont 24 Boou- laorqoncy _r
D D I KnyirpQMn1tl Prottstign Wncy
Patty D1Andrea Coaunity Relatione Coordinator 01 nvironaental Protection AqencyRPA-2203 J r JtennecSy Federal Buildinq Beaton MA 02203
John Gallagher Reaectial Project Officer Us nvironaantal Protection AgencyIISV-1107 J r XbullNlbullcSy Federal BuildingBoaton MA 02203
Richard Boynton Chief Rhode Ialand and
Ver111ont Superfund Section US Environaantal Protection AqancyHSV-1107 J F Cannady Federal Building Boston MA 02203
401767-2400
401438-67SO
401762-0434 401767-6633
401762-1212
401762-1135
401762-1414
617S65-342S
617565-3641
617565-3688
lt1t1 biiUilill
Pelix Harvey Diviaion ot Air and 401277-2797
Ha1ardoua Materiala Rhoca Ialand Departant at
Environaantal Manaqnt 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providence RI 02908
John Haqopoian 401277-6867Chiat ot Diviaion ot Watar Supply
Rhoda I a land Departaant at Haalth 75 middot Davia Straat Rooa 209 Providence RI 02908 ~tl=
~ Anthony patain Ito401277-2797 Rhoda Ialand Departaant ot
Environaantal ManaC)ant 75 Davia Straat Rooa 204 Providanea RI 02901 ~c==
r lfiIQIPra =~ llampjsu HIDHRIZIt Bt
~U ltsDidiDQI ZSiWCIII 401277-7000(Providence Edition) e() 75 Fountain Street
Providence RI
111 bszidiDiiil allmtDII 401277-7091(lloonaocJltat Edition)1 Social Street Wooneockat RI 02195
Dl JlgQQIQSiklt 1111 401762-3000
Woonaockat RI 02895 75 Main Street
tQiill lfiKII21RIZt
b1 212bullbullabullz 401949-2700PO Box C358 Graanvilla RI 02828 (Publiahad waaltly on Thuraday)
APPDDIX B
LOCATIONS POR INPORIIAlIOII UPOSlORIS AND PUBLIC llllIIIGS
A Intoraation Rtpgaitoriea
North Saithfie1d Public Library 4017S7-278020 Main street PO Bcx 296 Slataraville RI 02876
Winter Houra Monday Wec1neaday - 12 PM-5 PH 6 PM-8 PM Tuaaday Thuraday Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - 10 All-2 PM
Suaaer Houra Konday Wednaaday - 12 PM-5 PM 6 PM-8 PM lueedey lhureday - 10 All-5 PM Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - Cloaed
Contact Robin Glaaaar Li))rarian
North laithfie1d Nnor1e1 lovn Ball 401767-2200llaterville RI 02171
Soura Monday - Friday - 130 M-430 PM
Contact1 Arthur Denoae Town Adainiatrator
1 bt1ins Loqatione
llun1cipa1 Annex lluildi~ 401767-220215 laithfie1d Road llorth Saithfie1d RI 02195
Contact Barbara Walab
Halliwell Eleaantary School 401769-5492North Saithtiald School Departaant
Adainiatration RPD 2 Graanvillt Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Contact Jaan Korriaon
APPEIIDIX C
KUIIICIPAL STRUCTUR OP NORTH SMITHFIELD
The Town of North Sbullithtiald Rhode Ialand ia made up ot tiva villagaa Slataravilla Foraatdala Priaroaa Union Village and Waterford Tha villaqaa have no juriadictional municipal or rapraaantativa autonomy
The Town of North Saithfiald ia run by a fiva-aallbar town council Council aallbara are alactad at-larqa for two-year taraa lactiona are non-partban The council maata avery Monday niqht Daily adminiatration of tha town ia the duty of tha town aCSiniatrator who ia alae alactad for a two-year tara Tha town budqat ia dacidad by town uatinq
North Sbullithtiald hae alao recently aatabliahad a water authority which ia appointed by tha town council Tha council praaidant ia currently chairaan of the vatar authority In Novallber 1916 a propoaal tor a new town charter will be put on the ballot The new charter would aatabliah a poaition tor a aalariad town aanagar who would be appointed by the town council
In the atata leialatura North Sbullithtiald ia part of three repreaantative diatricta The veatarn half of the tovn ia part of the lbullt Diatrict which alao includaa the Town of Burrillville The aaatarn portion of the town ia part of the 2nd and lrd diatr1cta which amplao includea the City of Woonaocltet The entire town ia repreaentated in the 30th diatrict of the State Senate
The Town of North Saithtiel4 ia aervice4 by two Poet Otf1cea and haa the following aip codea and acScreaaee
Slateravilla 02876Foreatdale 02824 llorth Saithtiold 02895Woonaockat 02895
0
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LIST OP PERSONS CONTACTED IN DVZLOPIINT OP THE REVISED COIIIIUIIITY RELATIONS PLAN
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JCenneth K Bianchi June 18 1986 Town Council Prabullidant23 Saithfiold Rd North Saithfiold 02895
i Paul Boulaqerone June 16 1986 Town Solicitor ~ Meaorial Town Hall 0~ Slaterbullville RI 02876 it George Cournoyer June 17 1986 Rabullident living nearPO Box 166
landfill on Tifft Rd lSlateraville RI 02876 ltlc Arthur Dencmae June 16 1986 Town adainiatrator =l-riol Town Ball l l a t erav ille RI 02176 ~iRoland carol Drainvil l o J uno 17 1986 Active aeabera ot 750 Pound Bill lld P o w ebull orth hithfi o l d RI 0219 5
llllrial Halloran Juno 11 1916 Founder at Po wPound Bill lld Reaident livinq nearlforth laithtielcS RI 02195 landfill
m eat Moulico Juno 11 1986 Reaident livinq near1U2 Pound Bill lld landfill North Saithfiold RI 02895
JCate Racine June 17 1986 Rabullidant livinq near153 Old Groat Rd landfillKorth Saithtield RI 02895
Jia llamprion llhito Juno 16 1986 Rabullidenta livinq nearPO Box 437 landfillSlateravilla RI 02876
Carole Whiteley Juno 17 1986 Active in aavaral40 Lapre Rd town ieauaaNorth Saithfield RI 02895
meat Woodworth Juno 17 1986 Raaident livinq nearRPD fl landfill Paat memberPound Hill Rd ot Planning Board Woonaockatt RI 02895
- barcode 561476
- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 561476
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Rhoda I a land Departaant at Haalth 75 middot Davia Straat Rooa 209 Providence RI 02908 ~tl=
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Woonaockat RI 02895 75 Main Street
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APPDDIX B
LOCATIONS POR INPORIIAlIOII UPOSlORIS AND PUBLIC llllIIIGS
A Intoraation Rtpgaitoriea
North Saithfie1d Public Library 4017S7-278020 Main street PO Bcx 296 Slataraville RI 02876
Winter Houra Monday Wec1neaday - 12 PM-5 PH 6 PM-8 PM Tuaaday Thuraday Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - 10 All-2 PM
Suaaer Houra Konday Wednaaday - 12 PM-5 PM 6 PM-8 PM lueedey lhureday - 10 All-5 PM Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - Cloaed
Contact Robin Glaaaar Li))rarian
North laithfie1d Nnor1e1 lovn Ball 401767-2200llaterville RI 02171
Soura Monday - Friday - 130 M-430 PM
Contact1 Arthur Denoae Town Adainiatrator
1 bt1ins Loqatione
llun1cipa1 Annex lluildi~ 401767-220215 laithfie1d Road llorth Saithfie1d RI 02195
Contact Barbara Walab
Halliwell Eleaantary School 401769-5492North Saithtiald School Departaant
Adainiatration RPD 2 Graanvillt Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Contact Jaan Korriaon
APPEIIDIX C
KUIIICIPAL STRUCTUR OP NORTH SMITHFIELD
The Town of North Sbullithtiald Rhode Ialand ia made up ot tiva villagaa Slataravilla Foraatdala Priaroaa Union Village and Waterford Tha villaqaa have no juriadictional municipal or rapraaantativa autonomy
The Town of North Saithfiald ia run by a fiva-aallbar town council Council aallbara are alactad at-larqa for two-year taraa lactiona are non-partban The council maata avery Monday niqht Daily adminiatration of tha town ia the duty of tha town aCSiniatrator who ia alae alactad for a two-year tara Tha town budqat ia dacidad by town uatinq
North Sbullithtiald hae alao recently aatabliahad a water authority which ia appointed by tha town council Tha council praaidant ia currently chairaan of the vatar authority In Novallber 1916 a propoaal tor a new town charter will be put on the ballot The new charter would aatabliah a poaition tor a aalariad town aanagar who would be appointed by the town council
In the atata leialatura North Sbullithtiald ia part of three repreaantative diatricta The veatarn half of the tovn ia part of the lbullt Diatrict which alao includaa the Town of Burrillville The aaatarn portion of the town ia part of the 2nd and lrd diatr1cta which amplao includea the City of Woonaocltet The entire town ia repreaentated in the 30th diatrict of the State Senate
The Town of North Saithtiel4 ia aervice4 by two Poet Otf1cea and haa the following aip codea and acScreaaee
Slateravilla 02876Foreatdale 02824 llorth Saithtiold 02895Woonaockat 02895
0
APPIIDIX D
LIST OP PERSONS CONTACTED IN DVZLOPIINT OP THE REVISED COIIIIUIIITY RELATIONS PLAN
Hlmll6~~zbullbullbull ~ ~
JCenneth K Bianchi June 18 1986 Town Council Prabullidant23 Saithfiold Rd North Saithfiold 02895
i Paul Boulaqerone June 16 1986 Town Solicitor ~ Meaorial Town Hall 0~ Slaterbullville RI 02876 it George Cournoyer June 17 1986 Rabullident living nearPO Box 166
landfill on Tifft Rd lSlateraville RI 02876 ltlc Arthur Dencmae June 16 1986 Town adainiatrator =l-riol Town Ball l l a t erav ille RI 02176 ~iRoland carol Drainvil l o J uno 17 1986 Active aeabera ot 750 Pound Bill lld P o w ebull orth hithfi o l d RI 0219 5
llllrial Halloran Juno 11 1916 Founder at Po wPound Bill lld Reaident livinq nearlforth laithtielcS RI 02195 landfill
m eat Moulico Juno 11 1986 Reaident livinq near1U2 Pound Bill lld landfill North Saithfiold RI 02895
JCate Racine June 17 1986 Rabullidant livinq near153 Old Groat Rd landfillKorth Saithtield RI 02895
Jia llamprion llhito Juno 16 1986 Rabullidenta livinq nearPO Box 437 landfillSlateravilla RI 02876
Carole Whiteley Juno 17 1986 Active in aavaral40 Lapre Rd town ieauaaNorth Saithfield RI 02895
meat Woodworth Juno 17 1986 Raaident livinq nearRPD fl landfill Paat memberPound Hill Rd ot Planning Board Woonaockatt RI 02895
- barcode 561476
- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 561476
APPDDIX B
LOCATIONS POR INPORIIAlIOII UPOSlORIS AND PUBLIC llllIIIGS
A Intoraation Rtpgaitoriea
North Saithfie1d Public Library 4017S7-278020 Main street PO Bcx 296 Slataraville RI 02876
Winter Houra Monday Wec1neaday - 12 PM-5 PH 6 PM-8 PM Tuaaday Thuraday Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - 10 All-2 PM
Suaaer Houra Konday Wednaaday - 12 PM-5 PM 6 PM-8 PM lueedey lhureday - 10 All-5 PM Friday - 1 PM-5 PM Saturday - Cloaed
Contact Robin Glaaaar Li))rarian
North laithfie1d Nnor1e1 lovn Ball 401767-2200llaterville RI 02171
Soura Monday - Friday - 130 M-430 PM
Contact1 Arthur Denoae Town Adainiatrator
1 bt1ins Loqatione
llun1cipa1 Annex lluildi~ 401767-220215 laithfie1d Road llorth Saithfie1d RI 02195
Contact Barbara Walab
Halliwell Eleaantary School 401769-5492North Saithtiald School Departaant
Adainiatration RPD 2 Graanvillt Road North Saithfield RI 02895
Contact Jaan Korriaon
APPEIIDIX C
KUIIICIPAL STRUCTUR OP NORTH SMITHFIELD
The Town of North Sbullithtiald Rhode Ialand ia made up ot tiva villagaa Slataravilla Foraatdala Priaroaa Union Village and Waterford Tha villaqaa have no juriadictional municipal or rapraaantativa autonomy
The Town of North Saithfiald ia run by a fiva-aallbar town council Council aallbara are alactad at-larqa for two-year taraa lactiona are non-partban The council maata avery Monday niqht Daily adminiatration of tha town ia the duty of tha town aCSiniatrator who ia alae alactad for a two-year tara Tha town budqat ia dacidad by town uatinq
North Sbullithtiald hae alao recently aatabliahad a water authority which ia appointed by tha town council Tha council praaidant ia currently chairaan of the vatar authority In Novallber 1916 a propoaal tor a new town charter will be put on the ballot The new charter would aatabliah a poaition tor a aalariad town aanagar who would be appointed by the town council
In the atata leialatura North Sbullithtiald ia part of three repreaantative diatricta The veatarn half of the tovn ia part of the lbullt Diatrict which alao includaa the Town of Burrillville The aaatarn portion of the town ia part of the 2nd and lrd diatr1cta which amplao includea the City of Woonaocltet The entire town ia repreaentated in the 30th diatrict of the State Senate
The Town of North Saithtiel4 ia aervice4 by two Poet Otf1cea and haa the following aip codea and acScreaaee
Slateravilla 02876Foreatdale 02824 llorth Saithtiold 02895Woonaockat 02895
0
APPIIDIX D
LIST OP PERSONS CONTACTED IN DVZLOPIINT OP THE REVISED COIIIIUIIITY RELATIONS PLAN
Hlmll6~~zbullbullbull ~ ~
JCenneth K Bianchi June 18 1986 Town Council Prabullidant23 Saithfiold Rd North Saithfiold 02895
i Paul Boulaqerone June 16 1986 Town Solicitor ~ Meaorial Town Hall 0~ Slaterbullville RI 02876 it George Cournoyer June 17 1986 Rabullident living nearPO Box 166
landfill on Tifft Rd lSlateraville RI 02876 ltlc Arthur Dencmae June 16 1986 Town adainiatrator =l-riol Town Ball l l a t erav ille RI 02176 ~iRoland carol Drainvil l o J uno 17 1986 Active aeabera ot 750 Pound Bill lld P o w ebull orth hithfi o l d RI 0219 5
llllrial Halloran Juno 11 1916 Founder at Po wPound Bill lld Reaident livinq nearlforth laithtielcS RI 02195 landfill
m eat Moulico Juno 11 1986 Reaident livinq near1U2 Pound Bill lld landfill North Saithfiold RI 02895
JCate Racine June 17 1986 Rabullidant livinq near153 Old Groat Rd landfillKorth Saithtield RI 02895
Jia llamprion llhito Juno 16 1986 Rabullidenta livinq nearPO Box 437 landfillSlateravilla RI 02876
Carole Whiteley Juno 17 1986 Active in aavaral40 Lapre Rd town ieauaaNorth Saithfield RI 02895
meat Woodworth Juno 17 1986 Raaident livinq nearRPD fl landfill Paat memberPound Hill Rd ot Planning Board Woonaockatt RI 02895
- barcode 561476
- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 561476
APPEIIDIX C
KUIIICIPAL STRUCTUR OP NORTH SMITHFIELD
The Town of North Sbullithtiald Rhode Ialand ia made up ot tiva villagaa Slataravilla Foraatdala Priaroaa Union Village and Waterford Tha villaqaa have no juriadictional municipal or rapraaantativa autonomy
The Town of North Saithfiald ia run by a fiva-aallbar town council Council aallbara are alactad at-larqa for two-year taraa lactiona are non-partban The council maata avery Monday niqht Daily adminiatration of tha town ia the duty of tha town aCSiniatrator who ia alae alactad for a two-year tara Tha town budqat ia dacidad by town uatinq
North Sbullithtiald hae alao recently aatabliahad a water authority which ia appointed by tha town council Tha council praaidant ia currently chairaan of the vatar authority In Novallber 1916 a propoaal tor a new town charter will be put on the ballot The new charter would aatabliah a poaition tor a aalariad town aanagar who would be appointed by the town council
In the atata leialatura North Sbullithtiald ia part of three repreaantative diatricta The veatarn half of the tovn ia part of the lbullt Diatrict which alao includaa the Town of Burrillville The aaatarn portion of the town ia part of the 2nd and lrd diatr1cta which amplao includea the City of Woonaocltet The entire town ia repreaentated in the 30th diatrict of the State Senate
The Town of North Saithtiel4 ia aervice4 by two Poet Otf1cea and haa the following aip codea and acScreaaee
Slateravilla 02876Foreatdale 02824 llorth Saithtiold 02895Woonaockat 02895
0
APPIIDIX D
LIST OP PERSONS CONTACTED IN DVZLOPIINT OP THE REVISED COIIIIUIIITY RELATIONS PLAN
Hlmll6~~zbullbullbull ~ ~
JCenneth K Bianchi June 18 1986 Town Council Prabullidant23 Saithfiold Rd North Saithfiold 02895
i Paul Boulaqerone June 16 1986 Town Solicitor ~ Meaorial Town Hall 0~ Slaterbullville RI 02876 it George Cournoyer June 17 1986 Rabullident living nearPO Box 166
landfill on Tifft Rd lSlateraville RI 02876 ltlc Arthur Dencmae June 16 1986 Town adainiatrator =l-riol Town Ball l l a t erav ille RI 02176 ~iRoland carol Drainvil l o J uno 17 1986 Active aeabera ot 750 Pound Bill lld P o w ebull orth hithfi o l d RI 0219 5
llllrial Halloran Juno 11 1916 Founder at Po wPound Bill lld Reaident livinq nearlforth laithtielcS RI 02195 landfill
m eat Moulico Juno 11 1986 Reaident livinq near1U2 Pound Bill lld landfill North Saithfiold RI 02895
JCate Racine June 17 1986 Rabullidant livinq near153 Old Groat Rd landfillKorth Saithtield RI 02895
Jia llamprion llhito Juno 16 1986 Rabullidenta livinq nearPO Box 437 landfillSlateravilla RI 02876
Carole Whiteley Juno 17 1986 Active in aavaral40 Lapre Rd town ieauaaNorth Saithfield RI 02895
meat Woodworth Juno 17 1986 Raaident livinq nearRPD fl landfill Paat memberPound Hill Rd ot Planning Board Woonaockatt RI 02895
- barcode 561476
- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 561476
0
APPIIDIX D
LIST OP PERSONS CONTACTED IN DVZLOPIINT OP THE REVISED COIIIIUIIITY RELATIONS PLAN
Hlmll6~~zbullbullbull ~ ~
JCenneth K Bianchi June 18 1986 Town Council Prabullidant23 Saithfiold Rd North Saithfiold 02895
i Paul Boulaqerone June 16 1986 Town Solicitor ~ Meaorial Town Hall 0~ Slaterbullville RI 02876 it George Cournoyer June 17 1986 Rabullident living nearPO Box 166
landfill on Tifft Rd lSlateraville RI 02876 ltlc Arthur Dencmae June 16 1986 Town adainiatrator =l-riol Town Ball l l a t erav ille RI 02176 ~iRoland carol Drainvil l o J uno 17 1986 Active aeabera ot 750 Pound Bill lld P o w ebull orth hithfi o l d RI 0219 5
llllrial Halloran Juno 11 1916 Founder at Po wPound Bill lld Reaident livinq nearlforth laithtielcS RI 02195 landfill
m eat Moulico Juno 11 1986 Reaident livinq near1U2 Pound Bill lld landfill North Saithfiold RI 02895
JCate Racine June 17 1986 Rabullidant livinq near153 Old Groat Rd landfillKorth Saithtield RI 02895
Jia llamprion llhito Juno 16 1986 Rabullidenta livinq nearPO Box 437 landfillSlateravilla RI 02876
Carole Whiteley Juno 17 1986 Active in aavaral40 Lapre Rd town ieauaaNorth Saithfield RI 02895
meat Woodworth Juno 17 1986 Raaident livinq nearRPD fl landfill Paat memberPound Hill Rd ot Planning Board Woonaockatt RI 02895
- barcode 561476
- barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 561476