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Chemical Lane/Monsanto

Kristen Babicz Kristen Queenan EEOS 476

• Dr. Anamarija Frankic

Frankic, 2011

Google Maps, 2011

Bing, 2011

History

Cochrane Chemical Company— Early 1900s  113 acres on East and West parcels  50 Buildings!  Hydraulic Acid invented on this site during WWI.

History (con.)

Monsanto Chemical Company—1929-1995  Plasticizer, sulfuric acid, polyvinyl butyral  Storage of dyes, acid, and aluminum  Complete disregard for environment!

History (con.) More than Chemical Companies…

 MBTA dumping  Container Ships

Publicized Remediation Efforts

 Licensed Site Professional

• btained—1995

 Efforts focused on WEST Side parcel!  Asbestos removal—2000  What else remains unknown

Methodology

 Short Term Goals

1. Weekly meetings 2. Informational databases:  Massachusetts Archives  MassDEP  MyRWA

 Long Term Goals

1. Officer Patrick Johnston, Everett Police Department Marine Unit 2. EkOngKar Singh Khalsa, Executive Director of the Mystic River Watershed Association 3. Frequent visits to the site

 Objective (Project Goal)

 Assign a project for the site that is appropriate with the site’s location and history

Findings: Water Quality

 MassDEP’s Division of Watershed Management

 Boston Harbor 1999 Water Quality Assessment Report; published in 2002  Mystic River Watershed and Coastal Drainage Area - 2004-2008 Water Quality Assessment Report; published in 2010

 MassDEP’s Division

• f Watershed

Management segment three rivers in the Boston area  Water around Chemical Lane classified as ―Segment MA71-03‖

O’Brien et al, 2002 East Side Mystic River Charles River Neponset River

 Segment MA71-03

Carr, 2010

East Side

Boston Harbor 1999 Water Quality Assessment Report

DESIGNATED USE USE ASSESSMENT CAUSES Aquatic Life Non-support Priority organics, pH, metals,

• ther inorganics, contaminated

sediments Fish Consumption Non-support Primary organics Shellfish Non-support (No causes provided) Primary Contact Partial Support Pathogens Secondary Contact Partial Support Pathogens Aesthetics Non-support Odors, oil sheens

O’Brien et al, 2002

Mystic River Watershed and Coastal Drainage Area - 2004-2008 Water Quality Assessment

DESIGNATED USE USE ASSESSMENT CAUSES Aquatic Life Impaired Contaminated sediment Fish Consumption Non-assessed (No causes) Shellfish Impaired Fecal coliform Primary Contact Support No hazards that would cause restrictions on primary contact Secondary Contact Support No hazards that would cause restrictions

• n

secondary contact Aesthetics Non-assessed (No causes)

Carr, 2010

Comparing Water Quality Tests

 Pros

 Consistent with contaminants  Improvements in primary and secondary contact  Assessed

 Cons

 Only two reports  Sporadic  Aquatic life, fish consumption, shellfish, and aesthetics decline  Vague and missing details  Odd publishing years  Different researchers  Sediments?

Results: Developing the Site

 Objective

Assign a project for the site that is appropriate with the site’s location and history

 Options

• 1. Marina
• 2. Environmental Research

Center

• 3. Park

• 1. Marina

 Oyster House Marina, Providence, RI

Marinas.com, 2011

• 2. Environmental Research Center

 Similar to the New England Aquarium  Focused more on research

New England Aquarium, 2010

• 3. Park

 Continuation of West Side’s Park  Set up similar to Pope John Paul II Park

Bing, 2011

Uncertainties About Developing the Site

 Current status of the condition is unknown  Alternative Ideas

 Mixed use community  Condominiums/Housing  Shopping Center  Chemical manufacturing facility  Other possibilities

Acknowledgements

 Officer Patrick Johnston, Everett Police Department, Marine Unit  EkOngKar Singh Khalsa, Executive Director

• f the Mystic River Watershed

Association

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• Dr. Anamarija Frankic

 Massachusetts Archives  EEOS 476 class

References

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• Bing. 2011. Bing Maps. Retrieved from: http://www.bing.com/maps/

 Carr, J.W. 2010. Mystic River Watershed and Coastal Drainage Area 2004-2008 Water Quality Assessment Report. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Division of Watershed

• Management. Retrieved from: http://www.mass.gov/dep/water/resources/71wqar09.pdf

 City of Providence, Rhode Island. 2006. History and Facts – America’s Renaissance City. Retrieved from: http://www.providenceri.com/history/centuries2.html  Denning, Jim.―Cochrane Chemical Company-Everett Ma‖ Rootworks.2005. Retrieved on April 17, 2011 from http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/MAMIDDLE/2005-03/1111114840  Frankic, A. 2011. ―EEOS 476.‖ Retrieved from http://faculty.umb.edu/anamarija.frankic/eeos476/eeos476home.html  Google Maps. 2011. ―22 Chemical Lane, Everett, MA.‖ Retrieved from http://maps.google.com  Johnson, Patrick. ―The Former Monsanto Chemical Company Site ‘East Side’ Everett, Massachusetts ‘The unique parcel that slipped through the cracks.’” October 26, 2010.  Marinas.com. 2011. Oyster House Marina. Retrieved from: http://marinas.com/view/marina/4025_Oyster_House_Marina_East_Providence_RI  New England Aquarium. 2010. Visit Planning. Retrieved from: http://www.neaq.org/visit_planning/index.php  O’Brien, K., M. Weinstein, & R. McVoy, PhD. 2002. Boston Harbor 1999 Water Quality Assessment

• Report. Department of Environmental Protection – Division of Watershed Management. Department of

Environmental Protection Division of Watershed Management. Retrieved from: http://www.mass.gov/dep/water/resources/70wqar1.pdf  O’Reilly, Talbot &Okun.Monsanto Chemical Company MCP Compliance Report.Retrieved on April 18, 2011 from http://www.oto-env.com/projects/Monsanto-Everett-MA.pdf.