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March 6th- Tidewater Site Meeting

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Tidewater Site Meeting

Thursday, March 6

6:30 PM

Frances Varieur Elementary School

486 Pleasant Street

Pawtucket, RI

Dear neighbors of the Tidewater Site,

 

Next Thursday (March 6th), National Grid will be hosting a meeting to share the results of recent testing that was done on the Tidewater Site (the property runs along Taft Avenue in Pawtucket, behind Thorton Avenue, the International Charter School, Blackstone Academy Charter School and Varieur Elementary School).  The testing was done to explore whether there were any hazardous “volatile organic compounds” in the soil.  These are chemicals that can travel through the soil and contaminate the air in neighboring buildings.  Unfortunately, the tests found concentrations of these compounds at levels that exceed safety standards.  Officials from Rhode Island’s Department of Environmental Management and the Environmental Protection Agency will be in attendance to talk about the next steps. 

 

Tidewater Site Meeting

Thursday, March 6

6:30 PM

Frances Varieur Elementary School

486 Pleasant Street

Pawtucket, RI

 

The attached flyer has additional information.  Please forward it to others who should attend the meeting.  We also invite you to join the Tidewater Site Stakeholder Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/TidewaterSite/) to keep up to date on the site.

 

Sincerely,

 

Holly Dygert

Rhode Island College

 

Amelia Rose

Environmental Justice League of Rhode Island

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The report can be found at: http://www.tidewatersite.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/43654.00-Final-Soil-Gas-Sampling-Report-complete.pdf

And the results are on page 8-9: 
"TCE and PCE were detected below CTDEEP criteria but above NJDEP and MADEP screening 
levels and chloroform was detected below CTDEEP criteria and MADEP screening levels but 
above NJDEP screening levels in several perimeter soil gas samples." page 9
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Note also that Nat Grid is doing test borings  and wells on March 10th and for 2-3 days thereafter at the Tidewater Site. Results on http://tidewatersite.com

Michael Leone at 781-907-3651 at National Grid can answer further questions.

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