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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMiscellaneous - 30 BRENTWOOD CIRCLE 4/30/2018A�l L4 C, 0 C9 X m F, (D 0 4 BOARD OF HEALTH 120 MAIN STREET NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 01845 APPLICATION FOR ABANDONMENT OF SUBSURFACE DISPOSAL SYSTEM (SEPTIC SYSTEM) PURSUANT TO SECTION 310 CMR 15.354 OF THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL CODE, TITLE V T'EL. 682-6483 Ext23 This form must be submitted to the Board of Health no less than five (5) days prior to date of abandonment and be accompanied with a copy of the sewer connection Dermit. Name Phone Address Contractor hired for work: Name Phone Address - Date for schedu led abandonment 2 Method of septic tank abandonment (check one). removal sandfill crush other (describe below) Other PLEASE DO NOT WRITE IN THE SPACE BELOW FOR HEALTH AGENT'S USE ONLY Inspecting Agent Date Comments 421 1052 APPLICATION FOR SEWER SERVICE CONNECTION 1) C4 C�,? 511 73 North Andover, Mass. gaa 19 Appli cation by the undersigned is hereby made to connect with the town sewer main in Street, subject to the rules and regulations of the Division of Public Works. The premises are known as No. or subdivision lot no, 4�1" C"r Owner Addr 99�;-ao q 5� 7- 0 Lk- 146 Contractor Address N6, F C-L-"- 7,� 14,-� f 4� cz,7-r ley- UIq � 11;) � Xpplicant's Signature PERMIT TO CONNECT WITH SEWER MAIN The Division of Public Works hereby grants permission to to make a connection with the sewer main at subject to the rules and regulations of the Division of Public Works.. By Inspected by Date See back for rules and regulation's N Street Street Division of Public Works N Board of Health 146 Main Street North Andover, MA 01845 May 30, 1996 Mr. and Mrs. Haig Gulezian. 30 Brentwood Circle North Andover, MA Dear Mr. and Mrs. Gulezian: In accordance with the Title Five guidelines, 310 CMR 15.354, 1 must inform you of a violation concerning you sewer tie-in and septic tank. abandonment. TheDepartmentof Environmental Protection (DEP) states that a septic tank must be abandoned according to the above mention regulation. I have included a copy of this regulation with thi§ correspondence. Any deviation from this procedure must be presented to and approved by the Board of Health. The location of the tank on this property is a clear health risk and proper measures must be taken to ensure the protection of your family. Please contact the Board of Health with your request or any other questions you may have. Sincerely, Susan Ford Health Inspector Enclosure: I — C> 19 -C 0 t& L I- K z", C;_'� _R c., a, i'l, ( 4 /7 4 Iv / N 46 William F. Weld Governor Daniel S. Greenbaum Commissioner Aft Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affai irs eninritment of Env'ironmental Protection. Metro Boston/Northeast Regional Office August 16, 1993 Mass Electric Company RE: NO. ANDOVER - ERB-N93-0976 9 Lowell Road E-q5b�d- C I f �� 1 7e -7 Salem, NH 03079 NOTICE OF RESPONSIBILITY REQUEST FOR TECHNICAL INFORMATION PURSUANT TO M.G.L. CH. 21E & 310 CMR 40.000 Attention I : Ms. Mary Alice Fisher Dear Madam: On July 21, 1993, Department personnel investigated reports concerning the release of approximately 15 gallons of transformer oil with an unknown PCB concentration. Such release was caused when construction activities pulled cables from the transformer, causing a leak which impacted soils around the transformer pad. Such incident is governed by The Massachusetts Contingency Plan (MCP), 310 CMR 40.000 and Chapter 21E of the General Laws of Massachusetts (hereinafter "M.G.L. Chapter 21EII), the Massachusetts Oil and Hazardous Material Release Prevention and Response Act, which was enacted on March 24, 1983. Chapter 21E and the MCP identify as responsible parties the current owner or operator of a site at which there has been a release or threat of release of oil or a hazardous material; the ,past owner or operator of a site where a release of hazardous material has occurred; any person who directly or indirectly arranged for the transport, disposal, storage or treatment of hazardous materials to or at such a site; and any person who caused or is legally responsible for a release or a threat of release of oil or a hazardous material at such a site. Such parties are liable without regard to fault; the nature of this liability is joint and several. (M.G.L. Chapter 21E, Section 5a). 10 Commerce Way 0 . Woburn, Massachusetts 018ol * FAX (617) 935-6393 9 Telephone (617) 935-2160 The Department has determined that a release of transformer oil has occurred at the subject site. (2) Information available to the Department indicates that Mass Electric (hereafter referred to as "You/your") caused or are legally responsible for the release and are a liable and "responsible" party pursuant to Section 5(a) of Chapter 21E. (3) Additional information is needed to better evaluate site conditions and the need for further emergency response action at this site. Please, refer to page 3 for -the required information. (4) Should you fail to implement those actions deemed necessary by this Office, the Department may, pursuant to M.G.L. Chapter 21E, take or arrange for any and all necessary actions at the site. If public funds are expended under such conditions, Chapter 21E, Section 11 stipulates that the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts may initiate legal action against the responsible party(s) to recover all costs incurred by the Department in the assessment, containment, and removal of any release or threat of release of oil or hazardous materials. (5) The liability of responsible parties in (4) above includes: a. Administrative costs incurred by the Department in handling this matter; b. interest charges on the total liability at the statutory rate of.12'-. compounded annually; C. Treble costing (i.e., three (3) times the total amount of response costs the Department incurs); and d. All damages for the injury, destruction or loss of natural resources due to the release. Mass Electric Co. Page 3 This liability constitutes a debt to the Commonwealth. The debt, Logether with interest, creates a lien on all your property in the Commonwealth. Lien placement will increase your administrative cost liability. This liability will further increase if the Department is required to go to court to recover its costs. Administrative and legal costs for simple spill cases which reach this stage total at least $3,300.00. In addition to the foreclosure remedy provided by the lien, the Attorney General of the Commonwealth may recover that debt or any part of it in an action against you. You may also be �_iable under M.G.L. C.21E Section 11 for up to $1oo,000 in fine's !,� or penalties for each violation of C.21E as well as for additional penalties or damages pursuant to other statutes or common law. Your acceptance of responsibility for such release means that: (1) You have entered into a contract with a cleanup contractor, named, Clean Harbors, Inc. of South Boston, Massachusetts and an environmental consultant, named Ransom Environmental of Newburyport, Massachusetts to (a) perform the spill site assessment and cleanup as deemed necessary by the Department; (b) perform necessary analyses of the waste material and make arrangements for its appropriate treatment/disposal; (c) perform analysis of the soil impacted by the release to determine contaminant conditions at the site after the initial response to the incident; and (d) submit a report of their findings and a proposal for any further response actions for review and approval by the Department. And (2) you will pay for all response costs incurred by the Department due to such release. Pursuant to the Department's authority to perform information -gathering activities and its authority to investigate, sample and inspect records, conditions, equipment, practices or property under M.G.L. C.21E Sections 2, 4 and 8, you are directed to provide to the Department, within twenty-one (21) days of the date of this let -ter, an incident report to include the following information: (1) a brief account of why, how and where such release occurred; and (2) a brief description of all emergency remedial actions that have been and/or will be taken relative to such release/threat of release; please include field screening data and analytical data (soil) describing contaminant conditions at the site; and Mass Electric Co. Page 4 (3) an estimate, to the best of your knowledge, of the quantity of oil/hazardous material released; and (4) photocopies of all waste manifests for the oil/hazardous material released; and (5) diagrams and tables indicating locations of test pits, soil sampling points, and laboratory results of soil samples taken from the "cleaned up" environmental media impacted by the release; and You are hereby notified that fai�,�re to respond to this letter in a timely manner, is a violation of 310 CMR 40-008 and the submission of false and inaccurate information is a violation of 310 CMR 40.009 and 40.011. Any such violations may subject you to legal action including criminal prosecution, court -imposed civil penalties, administrative orders and/or civil administrative penalties assessed by the Department pursuant to M.G.L. Chapter 21A. It is to your advantage to respond to this request for information in an adequate and timely manner, demonstrating that you have acted appropriately in taking necessary response actions relative to this release of oil and/or hazardous materials. Depending on the information generated by the above work, the Department may require additional investigations, studies and response actions in conformance with 310 CMR 40.000. If you fail to take these actions or if you fail to perform these tasks in accordance with the standards of the Department, the Department may perform response actions in your stead and recover its costs from you in accordance with the provisions described above. Your cooperation in this matter in promptly accepting responsibility and initiating emergency remedial measures relative to this release is appreciated. Please excuse the legalistic tone of this letter, we are compelled by regulatory Policy to outline statutory provisions relative to your potential liabilities at this site. Mass Electric Co. Page 5 Your response to the requested information and any further questions regarding this matter should be directed to Scott Sayers at the letterhead address or 935-2160 and refer to case number ERB-N93-0976. Very ruly yours, r 1, till � s t -S f-ayer.& 4 ,-nnviu co'nmei�-)�� alyst Anthony ]Z�'/'Guarciariello Chief, Emergency Response Branch ARG/SS/ae CC: DEP, BWSC, Div.of Response & Remediation, Boston DEP, BWSC, Div.of Fiscal Mgmt./Cost Recovery, Boston North Andover BOH North Andover Fire Dept.