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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWell Correspondence 00 Burgess Road STATE OF CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL3 PROTECTION STATE OFFICE BUILDING HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06115 August 25, 1978 Mr. Paul F. Talbot Town Manager Town Hall 1540 Sullivan Avenue South Windsor, CT 06074 Dear Mr. Talbot: Enclosed is a copy of an inspection report made July 28, 1978, at the Town's _closed landfill on Strong Road. The inspection was made in response to a request from Billy Mitchell concerning rodent baiting during this closing pro- cedure. It is important to note that .any rodent control program should have been undertaken prior to the cessation of dumping at this location. Since so much time has passed since the site has been closed, graded, and somewhat covered, it is anticipated that any rodents �.at the area have long since gone. The inspection did note, however, that there was no evidence of rodent activity at the site and reports a previous extermination program at this location probably has taken adequate control .of the matter. If you do insist upon further baiting, I would suggest a local exterminator be hired to do the job immediately since the Department would be involved in several weeks of delay in the ordering of poison and conducting the program with local public works people. Again, we do not anticipate any problems with this location. If you have any further questions or comments, please contact Thomas Pregman at 566-5847. Very truly yours, Charles Kurker, Director Solid Waste Management Unit CK/TP/cys Enclosure cc: Director of Health William Mitchell STATE OF CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SUBJECT: INSPECTION OF SOUTH WINDSOR'S CLOSED LANDFILL, STRONG ROAD, JULY 28, 1978. TO: Charles Kurker, Director, Solid Waste Management Unit �,� cc: Mr. Talbot FROM: Helen McQuillan, Field Inspector I Director of Health Mr. Billy Mitchell contractor for closing the South Windsor landfill, Allan Young, and Mel Stead of South Windsor's public works department, and Bob Foss, town dog warden were all present during an inspection by the writer of the closed landfill to note whether a final rat baiting program would be necessary at this late date. , Appromixately 90% of the area has been completely regraded according to the plan prepared by Fuss and O'Neill. At this time, some wastes were still exposed along the surface area due to the regrading work. This does not present any serious problem, and subsequently there is no food supply available. Inspection of the south slope, the area previously noted as "undisturbed and ideal for shelter" revealed no signs of activities now. The south east corner was not yet regraded as the removal of. trees hindered completion of this section. Again, no signs of activity was observed here. A final rat baiting program under supervision of the state, should have been done prior to closing data of this site. Now that the area has been regraded, the food supply eliminated, and all sheltered area covered, there is no longer any need to bait this site on a full scale. Applications of poison had been administered fay private exterminators in recent months, according to Mr. Young. Upon completion of the application of final cover, inspection will be made by the Department to insure proper grades were met and all work completed as required. HMc/cyb cc: William Mitchell STATE OF' CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF ENV IRONMENTAL PROTECTION STATE OFFICE BUILDING HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06115 1 August 25, 1978 Mr. Paul F. Talbot Town Manager Town Hall 1540 Sullivan Avenue South Windsor,* CT 06074 Dear Mr. Talbot: Enclosed is a copy of an inspection report made July 28, 1978, at the Town's closed landfill on Strong Road. The inspection was made in 'response to a request from Billy Mitchell concerning rodent baiting during this closing pro- cedure. It is important to note that any rodent control program should have been undertaken prior to the cessation of dumping at this location. Since so much time has passed since the site has been closed, graded, and somewhat covered, it is anticipated that any rodents -at the area have long since gone. The inspection did note, however, that there was no evidence of rodent activity at the site and reports a previous extermination program at this location probably has taken adequate control of the matter. If you do insist upon further baiting, I would suggest a local exterminator be hired to do the job immediately since the Department would be involved in several weeks of delay in the ordering of poison and conducting the program with local public works people. Again, we do not anticipate any problems with this location. If you have any further questions or comments, please contact Thomas Pregman at 566-5847. Very truly yours, V/1 Charles Kurker, Director Solid Waste Management Unit CK/TP/cys Enclosure cc: Director of Health William Mitchell STATE OF CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SUBJECT: INSPECTION OF SOUTH WINDSOR'S CLOSED LANDFILL, STRONG ROAD, JULY 28, 1978. TO: Charles Kurker, Director, Solid Waste Management Unit L), cc: Mr. Talbot FROM: Helen McQuillan, Field Inspector I Director ofHealth �A Mr. Billy Mitchell contractor for closing the South Windsor landfill, Allan Young, and Mel Stead of South Windsor's public works department, and Bob Foss, town dog warden were all present during an inspection by the writer of the closed landfill to note whether a final rat baiting program would be necessary at'this late date. Appromixately 90% of the area has been completely regraded according to the plan prepared by Fuss and O'Neill. Atthis time, some wastes were still exposed along the surface area due to the regrading work. This does not present any serious problem, and subsequently there is no food supply available. Inspection of the south slope, the area previously noted as "undisturbed and ideal for shelter" revealed no signs of activities now. The south east corner was not yet regraded as the removal of trees hindered completion of this section. Again, no signs of activity was observed here. A final rat baiting program under supervision of the state, should have been done prior to closing date of this site. Now that the area has been regraded, the food supply eliminated, and all sheltered area covered, there is no longer any need to bait this site on a full scale. Applications of poison had been administered by private exterminators in recent months, according to Mr. Young. Upon completion of the application of final cover, inspection will be made by the Department to insure proper grades were met and all work completed as required. HMc/cyb cc: William Mitchell MEMORANDUM March 22, 1983 TO: Richard J. Sartor, Town Manager RE: Questionable Material At The Burgess Road Landfill As a follow-up to Mr. Arsenault's conversation with Mrs. Betty Sazinski on March 15, 1983, I contacted her at her office on March 22, 1983 to determine if Mr. Sazinski would be able to locate the area in the land- fill where the materials were buried. She informed me that her husband was feeling better, but was not quite ready to get around at this time, and that she would call me some day next week to set up an appointment when Mr. Sazinski would be able to locate the area where the questionable materials are buried. This situation will continue to be closely followed. Robert Dep ula., R.S . Town Sanitarian RD/ds cc: Robert Arsenault, Public Works Director 4�w" aE4 C w r 70� �slot P �i 6 1540 SULLIVAN AVENUE • SOUTH WINDSOR, CONN. 06074 R•co�'�w AREA CODE 203/644-2511 M E M O R A N D U M March 15, 1983 TO: Richard J. Sartor, Town Manager RE: THE LOCATION OF QUESTIONABLE MATERIAL AT THE BURGESS ROAD LANDFILL Pursuant to our discussion on 3/15/83 concerning your phone conversation with Mrs. Betty Sazinski, I wish to offer the following report: I contacted Mr. Joseph Sazinski by phone on 3/15/83 to discuss the situation. He indicated to me that he merely mentioned the possibility of questionable materials being located at Burgess Road to his wife (Betty) after hearing about the situation behind Diane Drive through the news media. He could not tell me when the alleged materials were buried, nor did he know exactly where they would be located in the landfill. He appeared very reluctant to discuss the matter because he is ill, and indicated that he would contact me in a week or so if I wished to pursue the investigation. I then contacted Mrs. Sazinski at her office to discuss the matter further. She assured me that her husband actually knows more than he indicated to me by phone, and that he would cooperate to a greater extent when he is feeling better. Because of the seriousness of the allegations being made by Mrs. Sazinski, I will be following this situation as closely as possible. If I have not heard anything from the Sazinski's within a week, I will contact them again for further discussion. Until more concrete evidence can be produced, I see no need for D.E.P. involvement in this matter. Ro a J. Arse ault Director of Public Works RJA:bw cc: Robert Deptula, Town Sanitarian t STATE OF CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Aµ Solid Waste Management January 28, 1982 Gerald Schwartz, M, D, Town Hall 1540 Sullivan Avenue So. Windsor, CT 06074 Dear Dr. Schwartz: The town of South Windsor is included in a listing of towns which have been identified by our monitoring group as having public or private water supply wells located near refuse disposal areas. Some of these wells are Public Works water supply wells, bent most are private residence wells. We have been able to sample most of these wells once or twice during the past two years and have involved local authorities in those instances where a contamination problem was becoming evident. There are some, however, that have never been sampled by anyone, to the best of our knowledge. It has now become apparent that we will no longer be able to carry on water supply well monitoring near landfills due to the recent cuts in federal funding and the subsequent loss of personnel in our unit. We do, however, still feel that this is such an important area of concern that someone ought to monitor these wells at least once a year for typical leachate indicators. It appears to us that the most likely candidates for continuing this yearly monitoring are the local health departments in whose towns the landfills are located. We are, therefore, notifying all of those involved and request- ing that each office begin sampling the critical wells on at least a yearly basis. The particular sampling schedule for each water supply well should be based on a site-specific criteria. We will , of course, be available to assist in identifying those wells most likely to be affected. It is quite likely that upon further examination, some of these sites may, in fact, be eliminated from the list. It is important for our office to receive copies of analyses done on these wells, since these reports will provide valuable information on landfill Phone: State Office Building, Hartford, Connecticut 06115 An Equal Opportunity Employer Page 2 leachate plume configurations and will add significantly to our substantial data base. If you have any questions concerning this matter, please call Harry Cooper at 566-5847. Very truly yours, Charles Kurker Director CKJcm STATE OF CONNECTICUT N.�t DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION April 20, 1982 Richard J. Sartor Town Manager 1540 Sullivan Avenue South Windsor, Conn. 06074 Dear Mr. Sartor: In February a letter was sent from the Solid Waste Management Unit of the Department of Environmental Protection to . the local director of health in your town regarding sampling of private wells in the vicinity of a landfill within your town. The letter requested- the local health department to monitor these wells on a routine basis. This letter is to clarify the Department's position in regard to such monitoring and hopefully to answer questions which may have arisen as a result of the previous letter. The Department recognizes that sampling of water supply wells which might be affected by landfill leachate is rightfully the responsibility of the owner/operator of the landfill. Through the modification of existing Solid Waste permits and the issuance of orders where no permit exists, the Department will be moving to require the responsible party to perform the needed well sampling. In most cases, a municipality is the landfill owner/operator and thus the responsible party. The municipality may well decide to assign this water sampling program to the local health department, hopefully recognizing that an additional task with its attendant costs has been placed on their health department. Establishing the legal means to require the necessary monitoring (permit modification and order issuance) will take time. Because local health departments have both the legal ability and interest to be involved in private well water sampling as part of their charge to protect the public health, we are by this letter alerting them to the disirability of monitoring the wells within the area shown on the attached map on a semi-annual basis. We would view this as a temporary measure until the landfill owner/operator has been required to assume this responsibility. Phone: State Office Building, Hartford, Connecticut 06115 An Equal Opportunity Employer 2 Enclosed is a list of parameters which includethose which in our experience are good indicators of leachate contamination. Often it is not so much the absolute concentration of these parameters, but the increases over time, which indicate that a well is being affected by leachate. We would receiving a copy of any analyses greatly appreciate assistance in interpreting the resultsrmed and offer our Contaquestions should be directed to Harry Cooper of the Solidcts WastedManagement Unit of the Department of Environmental Protection (566-5847) . Maps indicating the area of concern are being prepared and will be sent to you in about a month. . Thank you for your interest, concern, and cooperation. You s t uiy, John An / Deputy Commissioner JA.:mc cc:Local Director of Health State Health Dept. , wSS Charles Kurker, SWMU Enclosure ------------- ------