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April 15,1987

He. Sharon Chtiatopher Regional Environmental Officer U.S. Environmental Protection AQency Room 1907-HSL J,F,K.Federal Building Boston, HA 02203

Ret AUburn Road Landfill Superfund Site, Londonderry, N.H . (hereinafte r •site• )

oear Ha. Christopher:

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has documented the release or threatened release of hazardous subs tancea, pollu tents or contaminants at the above referenced Site.

sections 104(b-c), 12l(f), 122(j), 126 and other sections of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), 42 u.s.c. 55 9601 et. !!S•, as •ended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act 1986 (SARA), P.L. 99-499, 100 Stat. 1613 (Oc tober 17,1986) clarify and define the respective r oles of EPA and Federal, State, and Tribal natural resources trustees. Specifically, those sections of CERCLA require EPA to notify the appropriate trustee of potential natural resource damages emanating from a release or threatened release of hazardous substances, pollutants, ot contaiDinants and to coordi nate with that trustee in assessments, investigations, planning, and negotiations in reference to the release.

Pursuant to Section S 104(b) (2) which requires EPA to provide notice to Federal and State Natural Resource Trustees of potential damages to natural resources and of actions under S 104, EPA hereby notifies the Department of Commerce of potential daiDages to natural resources under your jurisdiction resulting from a release under investigation at the Auburn Road Landfill Site and seeks to coordinate the investigation of the Site and negotiations with you.

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Attached you will find a list of contacts and information pertaining to the Site. Please review this information and contact Chester Janowski, the Regional Project Manager for the Site, at 565-3652 as soon as possible. This vill provide EPA with the maximum benefit of your expertise and unique perspective .

Thank you for your support and cooperation.

Sincerely ,

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Director, Waste Management Division

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TRUSTEE NOTIFICATIOII FOIUI

1. Si t e Ide ntifi cation

Auburn Road Landfill, Londonderry, N.H . CERCLIS Number NHD980524086

2. EPA Contacts

Regional Project Manager- Chester Janowski ( 617-565-3 652)

3. Site Description and Relevant History

RAS

4. Respons e Category

Federal Enforcement Lead

s. Current Status of Site

Rl/FS

6. Actual or Anticipated Date of ROD : February 1988

1. Lht operable ~

Water line to replace threatened residential vater supplies.

8. On- Going or Planned Negotiations

N/A

g, Request for a Covenant Not to sue for Natural Resource Damages

N/A

10. Schedule for Coordination of Planned or on-Going Investigations

Completion of the rs for site cleanup h anticipated in the Fall of 1987.

RAS- refer to attached sheet N/A- not applicable

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How does a Project 11anager Identify whiCh natural resource trust~es to cooramate w1th on a site? Below is a simple exerc1se to help the Project Manager. For each or the choices below, place a chec~ If contamination at your site nas damaged, or has the potential for damagmg the habitat or biota descrlbea

DOl Natural Rcsoyrcc Trystce

Fish and.WIIdllfe Service 10 '!Vttlands, streams, rivers or ponds · o wildlife Including fish, Invertebrates, birds and mammals o terrestrial or Inland endangered species o national wildlife refuge lands

National Park Service o national park lands and historic sites

Bureau or indian Affairs o Indian tribal lands

DOC Natural Resource Trustee

o coastal environments Including saltmarSheS, tide flats, estuaries or otner tidal wetlands

~rivers or tributaries to rivers which historically or presently support anaoromous fish <see Note I)

0 marine mammals 0 endangered marine species 0 designated Estaurlne Research Reserves or Marine Sanctuaries

(see Note 2)

OOA Natural Resoyrcc Trustee

0 National Forest Lands

DOQ Natyral Resource Trustee

o Navy, Army, Air Force or Defense Logistics Agency facilities

OOF Natyral Rcsoyrcc Trustee

o DOE facilities

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SITE AHD A1tEA DESCI.IPTIOit

Thte eecttoa d .. ertb .. 11t1 locatloa; elte ht.tory lncll.ldtq nepoue

aetloae ; the varloue coatuia.aat eource au.ae at tha dte; topoarapb.y and Uad

u .. f or the 1lt1 area ; eliaate ; a•oloay, tadwtlq 1urflclal aD4 bedrock

depodta ; aad byclroloay, eovedq nrfaee aad ll'OUDd ntue at the Aubura. Rod.

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SITE LOCATION

The Aubun bad l.aDcUlll elte 11 located tn thl: oorthean corur of the

Tow of Loadoaderry, New Haapehira <rtaure 2-1). It uy M foUDcl on the

lJDJ.ted Stat .. Geoloatcal Survey (U.S.G,S.) Drlt'ry 7, S' quadraqle up, at the

appro:llute coordllwtae of 42° 56' oorth aDd 71° 21' wet (Ptpn 2-2) .

1be !!!!. uee b d .. tpated. lot 23 oo. 14odoDderry tu upe 16 aDd 18 aad 11

the proputy owed by Derry Sud aDd Craval, lac , For the pu.rpoeae of thh

Eodaqer..at u ...... ar (EA.)' the !!!!!!I!!!! ta approdutely bounded by

Aubura load to the net, Old Deny load to the eouth, lypau 28 to the aaat,

aad the Loadoadarry-Aubura. tow 11ae to the oortb. This uca.p .. a .. the

ae tu.al landfill property aa vel_l aa adjaeeQt developed aad Wldevdoped lalld lo.

Londooderry and Derry, Mev Haapahire, and h alao eoaaiatut vith the

definition of • l te eQII study ana u• ed by NUS 1a the leMdial Iav .. ttaatton

(Rl) Report (NUS, 1986) ,

SITE lllSTORY AND l!SPONSE ACTIONS

A detailed dueriptioa and chronolon of hlatorted ac:tivttt .. at the

Aubum Road site uy be found to the Ftul l.u~tal Invuttaetton (11)

report , Site hhtory 1a briefly •~rlud here to provide the reader vtth

backaround fur the endanaeraeat auen•ent .

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Sourc:a: U.S.C . S., 1974 7.5' quadnngle .

NOTE : Designations are •I'Prt.>dute.

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Prior to the l~SO'a, activitiu at the Auburn Road aiu were likely

••all·acale aod li•itecl to und and arne! ucavation. At that tiM, the hnd

wu ovned by H. ~o110poulua. Sand and l!,nvel ucavationa iocreued throuah

tha 1\fSO'a and continue today. lly 19b2, the area rderred to aa the town du•p

"''' bein, •.ued for hndfillina operations. LandfilHna in the tire duap uea

beaan in 1961S, with auapected u .. of thh area for induftl'hl wane dhpoaal

aa well.

Ia 1970, a lar~~oa fire broke out at the laadfill, attractiaa public

attent i on to tha lite. la January, 1974 1 tha Loodoa.du·ry .. hct•D. nqu .. telll

a perait to operate a aaaitary landfill (alooa vith tha •ahtina tow d..,.p) io

the area oov rdarn d to aa the llptaa• haooa. aad ia October, 1974, the

Nev Kl•pabire Divieion of Public Health approved a five-acre laadfill a ite

adjacent to the ,.pta&• laaooa ( thh nav area h oov re fer red to aa the 10lid

wa1ta area).

In Auau•t, 1979, the State of New tla•p•hira received alleaatiooe that

dr~d indu1trial waataa were baio1 ditpoaed of oalita. t'be1a allaaatiou

ware inv .. ti~~;atad ud IUbltaatiated ia SeptaUu, 1979, when the New a..,lbira

Divhioa of 1\lblic Health .. at a letter to the Londonderry Board of Selact•o

confi r•i n~~: that • State iavattiaatioa had ideatifiad haaudou• v .. te at tbe

uhtiaa five-acre •olid v .. ta landfill, and required tbat ao additioaal dr-.

b• acce pted by tba landfill. In Novnber, 1979, the Mev w..,,bin W...tar

Supply and Pollution Control eo-iuioa (NtiiSUCC) , ... lad .oaitoriaa and

ruidantial wlh u vall a1 aurfaca watar oa aad arouad the lite. U.lyah

1howad tha .. u•pl .. , includia& r .. idaatial t apwatar, to be coataaiutad by

volatile oraaaic co.pouad• (IIOCI).

Landfillia& onlita val ter•in~tad in Jnuary lYtsO by the currant lite

01ornar, Darry Saad and Craval, lac., vbo bou.&ht tba laod io llarch, 1979 1 fro•

Caoraa Tba-opoulu.•, who bad i nherited it fro. H. t'ba-opoulu1.

The Auburn &oad Laadfill • ita wa1 oriainally propoud for the Natioaal

Prioritiu Lilt (NPL) on Dec .. bar 30. 19112, and offichlly lilted oa the NPL

on Sa pta•ber IS, 19113. Tba 1ita rank.t Jill out of SBl lit... In March, 19114 0

the NUS Corporatioa ka1ioa 1 Field lnvutiaatiOG T••• (NUS/FIT) waa raquaatad

by the Superfund lranch of the laaion 1 U.S. Eaviroa.eatal Protactioa A&ancy

(EPA) to duian and i•pleMnt a Ra•dial lnvuti~~:ation/

Futibil i t y Study (Rl/FS) for thi1 1ite.

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¥ill! in whlch all '!&pond •nd partially expo .. ca dru•• au to bt re.uved . 'Ilia

aitt will alto be fenced to prevent public accua at thh tiat; it il

currently ,,n:aftoced, per.ittina uorutl'icted acceu to date. lo addition, a

full-tiae .. curity auard h .. btu placed at the eite. Concurreat with the

reaoval acttoo., NUS, utiltllna a drllllna contractor, la llutalllna three

ad.dltioaal bedrock 110o.itorlD1 vella at the dta. !PA taak.ed CCA TechnoloiJ',

lac. (teA) to cOGduct an tadaqemeot aaaue .. ut for the A&lbun load Site to

detu,lu pre .. at ud potutlal bpacta to tua..n healt~ aDd the eovirO&UMat

aad to aupport tbe oqolq fullblllty Uwiy,

COHTAMINANT SOUIC! AUAS AT TH! SITE

Aa previouely atated, the Auburn lto4lcl landfill aita iodudu four .. jar

valte source anu bee Pipn 2-l) :

tow duap

Activitie• wn i aitiated at the.!.!!!!!.!!:!!£ aa far back •• 19b2 or

earlier, ukiaa it the oldut of the four anaa . &vidence baa ahowa

induatrial vute to be prueat, likely oria i na tin& fro. au.eroua buried druaa

ia thia aru (MUS, 1986).

Tbe !!.!!. ~ vu tba aut ana uti.U .. d chronoloaically. Mu•roua druu

have aha been fouad diacardad oa the aurface ia tbia ana, iacludiaa aa

uaoc.iatad truch i-diately to the veat of the tire du•p and thua coaaiderad

u part of thia •ource (NUS, l9t16).

In the •id-197U'a, the tire du., r-eached capacity and landfill oparatioaa

ahifted to the uptaae haoon aru. Thia ana received liquid vutu, and a

nurby vaate 110und, alao conaidered aloa~t vith the aepta1e laaoon aource,

received landfill .. uriah at thia tiM. Truh and tina, u vell ••

•iacelhneoul auel ss-,allon dru••· have beea noted in thia area throuah

onaite reconnaiuance (NUS, lYIIb).

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.. ptaaa laaoon, referred to u tha aolid !!!.!.!.!. !!!!.• Thh area vu active

until the entire tit. vu cloud in 1980 aad appuu to bt the larcut

landfillina ana at the aite . qain, nuMrout axpoatd dl'uu exht in thh

area (NUS, 1986),

Other •inor tourcaa uy be found oodta, tuch aa diaeardad druu. lo

addition, offaita diapoul tOYth of the aita (aerou Old Derry Road) occunioa

•• put of aita activitiu baa alto been noted •• a potential offliu 10urca,

at bu an upetnaa loutioa oo Cohea lrook (NUS, l91t6).

TOPOCRAPHY/LAND USI

Tba area aurroundina tba Aulnaro load aita h auantially rural

ruidaatial . Privata raaidaac:u border the aiu to the aoutb, aalt, and watt,

houlinc approai .. tely tvo hundred aDd sixty fa•iliat (aaa Section 6 for •n detail). To the aorthaut li.aa the Wbhperiaa Piaea Mobile YoM Park ,

coadatiaa of 260 unit• that bouae •r• that SOO people . •11 of tbe b-• aa4

the •bile ho.e park rely oa around water obtained throuah private velh for

tbdr potable water aupply (NUS, 1986),

'nlere are a..-roua hilh aad water bodiaa oa ead about the lite. lurfece

waten iaclu.de brooka aad atr•••• draiaina tha local area and floviaa

a•nerally aortbveaterly throuah the lite. Tvo uaaa•d brooka oaaite joia

toaether :aad flow aortherly into Wbilperia1 Piau Pond , vbicb ~~ beea for.ed

throu.ah the iaatallation of a concrete Oa• ill the northweat coroer of tbe

atudy area. Soon after pan ina over the coacreta da•, the atna• diacharaea

to Cohaa lrook which evefttually diacharaea to the Mlrriaack liver (NUS, 1!186) ,

the .. d.,. elevuioa in the atudy area ia ia u .cen of 380 feet above

•••n 111 level (MSL), juat north of Uld Derry load , St•il•rly, in the eaatera

portion of the atudy aree ia another area of hi&h elevation. The lovut point

of ehwation in the atudy area i1 Whiaperina Piau Pond at approaiutdy 270

ie•t MSL (NUS 0 IYtUd.

Land uae ia the area h naidential for the .oat part, but aho include

aaricultunl, co.aercial and induatrial. Two critical lend typu uiat et the

aite: floodway/flood pldn and wethnd, Thia ia due to the aite'a proai•ity

to Cohu lrook and the Herriuck Kiver (NUS, 198t.).

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aho pruant in ctrillia1 u•plaa and locd outc:ropa; tbh h probably because

U1e contact bHwaen the upper llerviclr. lo'orution and the Kuubuic Cnaiu li.u

juat to tha north of the aita. Ficura 2·1J dapictt the badroclt auloay in t:t1a

vicinity of tba Auburn &od aita.

Thera ia avictanu that auquta that than h a fault which tnnda

aorthaaat-aouthvaat au·ou the aita, Minerd alteration, brecciation aad tba

pra .. oca of dickanaidaa iDdicata thu a fault aona .. , ba pnaant io tbh

Dovahola aeophyliul 1011 iodicata that tha bedrock h utanlinly

fncturd; aoee wlh are fractured ovar thdr entire laaath. 'nla fraeturu

control tha flov of around vatar throuah tha bedrock; bovaval', tba fractuu

~ttarna au i rraaulu aQd uapradictabh. Thera fora, the flov of around vatar

throu1h bedrock fracturaa h diff icul t to chractuiae.

HYDIOLOCY

Surface water and cround water characteriutioa at th Au.bun load aite

au au ... dzad here fro. data preuated in the 11.1 (IIUS, J.Uta).

Surface W.ter

In the vicinity of the Aubura load Laadfill aite, theca are aeveral

bodiu of aurface water, abown oa Piauu 2·9. Whiaperiaa Pinea l'oad, two

unn&Hd brooks (referred to •• Cantril llrook aod Eaat lrook) aad Cohaa lrook

an the predo•inant bodiu of aurface water on and adjaceftt to the aite. The

two a ... ll brooka flow ••nerally toward tha nort h . One a f tbe brooka, C.ntuJ.

lrook , flowa throuah the ceatu of the aite between tha Solid w ... t• Landfill

and the Tire Duap . The othar brook, Eut lllrook, flows al0111 the eastern aida

of tha lite. Tbe two brooka eventually join, aad then · flow into Wbiapf:rina

Pinu Pond. The pond diachacau toward tha north into Cohu lrook, which

flowa toward the vut and ••ptiea into tha Nlrri .. ck livar, S •ilea welt of

the aite. lue flow in Cohaa Brook ia apparently auatained by around vatu

diacharae. Upward aradieata MUurad ia vella near Cobu lrook augut that

1round water diuharaaa to the brook.

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overburden and vithiu fracture&, jotnu and fault• 1a the bedrock. The

overburdea 1a .oderatdy c.OD.duc.tive with hydraullc. conductivity value& raqtna

fro. 4.12 • 10-2 a/ .. c to 1.19 a 10-3 ca/aac (IIUS, 1986). ~u .. raa of

hydraulic cocduc.t1Ylty wttbia the tlll b.dtc.ate that it has nry low

per.eabiltty. lecaua of ita hiah dudty alld low per.ublltty, vbua it la

preuat, the till acta to iuhtblt around .. ,.r nov be~all tiM drift dapodta

aad the Ulldadylq frac.turecl bedrock.

QrOUDd. water levab ill -.ttorin& v.Ua wre .... ur.cl tty liUI/Pn to

datanlM flow diractiou. nov iD the O'f'lt'burda 18 Mioly toward tbli

nonb-aortbwut. NUS auaiaed tha nrlatioa.a iD ale•atlou of potntl-trtc

aurfacaa vithiu n .. ted. vella to llatamlaa nrttc.al aradlnte at tbe dta &ad

h .. datat.s.ud that ctownard andienu are preant throuaboat ~b of tbe

dta. lloWiver, eoee of tbb 4aU 1s queatloubt. 1lac:a 41ffernc.aa la &road

water elevatlou betveaa aoee wlb are oaly buDdredtlw of a foot ad •1

npr .. ut borhoatal rather tbaa vertical aradlnta. liUS bu Utaralud the

) praaeac:e of upvar4 Yert1cel arad.luta Sa the aru of MUS-7 (a" Plata 1 ta.

back pocket of thia nport) . Tbia auu .. u that aroua.4 w.ter .. , M

d.ilcbarataa to CoMa lroolt Sa tbia "11c1n1ty. &ow.Yer, tblt coaclue10D baa

beaG .,_INd. em. 4ata fro. ODly ooa Uta. Other wll.a DUr Cohaa lroolt, auch aa

NUS-6 u4 NUS-8, abould. be obaaned to coafin. wbatblr or aot upward arad.tnta

a.n prnaleat ta thh vtc1RJ.ty.

Cro\md. water flow vtthta the fractured bedrock ha.a DOt ben fullJ

characterized. The arouod vatar flova throuah jotata, faultl IDd fractur .. ,

vithto the bedrock, that bava beea daacrlbed aa belq trreaular ud.

uopredtcUbla. Addlt1oaal aubaurface atud.tea would be ... ceaaarJ Sa ord.ar to

adequately deacrtbl the arouocl vatu flow raat.e vlthto. tba bedrock 1D the

lite area. NUS b curreotlJ add1n& tbrae bedrock .altortaa vella ODdta to.

an attt:•pt to further charactar1u coo.taalo.aat IIOYIM:at 1a tM: bedrock at the

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