BOSTON, MASS (July 3, 2024) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a plan to clean up the Collins & Aikman Plant (former) Superfund Site and will hold a public meeting and hearing to update the community on the proposed remediation plan and to accept comments.
The EPA's proposed plan summarizes risks posed by contamination at the site and presents an evaluation of cleanup options. The EPA also identifies the Agency's preferred cleanup alternative along with other cleanup options considered.
The community is invited to attend the public meeting and hearing in person:
When: July 16, 2024 - 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Where: Old Town Hall located at 531 Main St in Farmington, NH.
Those interested in attending virtually can register at: www.epa.gov/superfund/collins.
The EPA will accept public comments during a 30-day formal public comment period from July 1, 2024 – July 30, 2024. Email comments no later than July 30, 2024, to Hull.Richard@epa.gov or mail them to:
Richard Hull
EPA Region 1 New England
5 Post Office Square, Suite 100
Mail Code: 07-1
Boston, MA 02109-3912
Additionally, verbal comments may be made during the formal public hearing following the informational meeting on July 16, 2024.
Links to Proposed Plan and Administrative Record:
Proposed Plan, June 26, 2024 (pdf)(9.3 MB).
Administrative Record for Proposed Plan
Additional information about the Collins & Aikman Plant (former) Superfund Site can be found at: www.epa.gov/superfund/collins.
Background
The Collins & Aikman Plant (former) site is located on a 123-acre parcel in Farmington, New Hampshire. The majority of the property consists of undeveloped wooded areas and remnants of the concrete floor from the former manufacturing building which was demolished in 2010. The former actively used area of the property reportedly occupied approximately 33 acres and included a manufacturing building, a warehouse measuring around sixty thousand square feet, and paved areas.
From1966 to2006 operations included manufacturing automotive instrument panels and other injection molded automotive interior components. Manufacturing operations included polyurethane foam molding and construction of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) shells. These operations used solvents such as tetrachloroethene (PCE), trichloroethene (TCE), vinyl chloride as well as other hazardous chemicals some of which were released into environment.In1984 water supply well operated by Town of Farmington located approximately three thousand five hundred feet from Collins & Aikman Plant(former)site was found contaminated with VOCs.Numerous investigation remedial activities were undertaken prior EPA placing Collins & Aikman Plant(former)site Superfund program's National Priorities List(NPL)for cleanup December2013.
