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As a f)llow-ui) to your letter recues~ to EP to formulate a ccl~=bullhensite site renedy at the osvs Licu i d waste site to irlucl a wetlands restoration s-lgttlon let ne clarify the j~ i scition of EPA actions take middotln1er CERCLmiddot The scope of

=~~~~ ~~middot~~~i~~~~~~~~~~t~~d~) i~~~~e ~d~~~~~~~ant airai)n ~sthwaylf 3) assess the ilk to public health and the ervronlent which the site poees J arj 4) determine the clean-up measuetsl to be taken To adequsttll meet these oals and ass-rbull that the remedy to eliminste ard or minimize the risk vih t~e site poses to the envio-rert (in particular) are metJ ar- assesrnent of on-bull1 te and o~ f-bull i I nttural resources ie vta~~bull) 11 inveatigated

A- -he ~via Liquid Waste site tt-e h~ur1oua waste d~sposal a-eu are adjacent to the Nipsachuc~ Swami) (wetlands) Con-ainat i on habull migrated into ne wetlands via the surface water trainage and into the setire~ts in a localized area of t e aLP (under the tire pile middothbullre 5nms were found) To r ertdy this contamination at this gtaint in time it appears t-ti ~easues to eliminate hazadous middotbullaste source areas will be ltjesaad and a possiraquole gro-nCtttr purp and treat systeft wi ll ~a gtut in place Let me e-p~ Hi s that this is speculative 8 sire ou- feasibility study is st-bull very much in draft form E n i-s actions must conply middotbullil state and federal laws and middotil l ~~ e v lluating the impact o -e le1 al alternatives on the ampJr-u -dr1 wetlands EPA does n-gtt tamiddot ~ the jurisdiction under cCI t~ sddress the pt-ysical e3ttion of the wetlands

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If UilE~ would like to inplement t~e bullph ysicalbull restoration of -he Wetlands with the Superfund ( hazar1ous waste) Restoration of the site it is necessary that the State ~middotetlands Division deteoine and write the Restoration Order EPA arranged a site inaraquoetion fer the RI Wetlands Division in April 198S and

forardec ~r-aps of historical retlancs boundaries and present site boundaries to the Division for the purpose of assisting you- staff h evaluating tha site to formulate the Restoration middotorder

we woJld be eore than willing to try to coordinate our up-coming remedial actions with the state restoration actions If you have any tUeetions concerning the site or PARIDEM coordination of the amp)eve issue feel free to call ne or Susan Pat1 of my staff

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Dln~la Huebner Chief waste Managbullent Branch

CCI R Boynton EPA Jaaie Jteta EPA Suaan Patz EPA Frank Stevenbullon RIDEM Jea Fester RIDWR

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