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Private
145741
26 Whitman Street Norway, ME 04268
3
Lot 62-5, Norway Map 25
44.2157027 / -70.5430809
2
Byrne, James
byrne.james@epa.gov
617-918-1389


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Property Progress


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CAs Associated with this Property

CA NameCA #StateTypeAnnouncement Year
Maine Department of Environmental ProtectionRP96141801MESection 128(a) State/Tribal2011


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Assessment Activities at this Property

ActivityEPA FundingStart DateCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Counted When?
Phase I Environmental Assessment$2,800.0010/04/201111/17/2011Maine Department of Environmental ProtectionYFY13
Phase II Environmental Assessment$14,112.0011/29/201105/17/2012Maine Department of Environmental ProtectionN


Is Cleanup Necessary? No
EPA Assessment Funding: $16,912.00
Leveraged Funding:
Total Funding: $16,912.00


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment

There is no data for Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment.


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Contaminants and Media


Lead
Other Metals
PAHS
Petroleum Products
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
Soil
NOT Cleaned up


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Cleanup Activities

There are no current cleanup activities.


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Total ACRES Cleaned Up: 3
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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup

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Institutional and Engineering Controls

Yes
Information Devices
Phase II ESA Recommendations:

1.Continued use of raised beds constructed of imported gardening soil for growing leafy vegetables and root crops.
2.Maintaining a separation , such as plastic, cardboard or other material between the original ground surface and the raised beds to limit contact with fill at the Site.
3.Development of a Soil Management Plan (SMP) in the event future construction impacts the deeper historic fill at the Site.
4.Submit an application to the Maine DEP Voluntary Response Action Program (VRAP).
No
Yes
Cover Technologies (e.g., Capping) Other SSD system is in place
See Phase II ESA Recommendations. The raised garden beds and plastic/cardboard separation system are currently in place at selected areas of the garden - their continued use is recommended.
Yes


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Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments

There are no current redevelopment activities.


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment

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Additional Property Attributes

Active community garden; Brownfields focus came from concern about prior filling history as site was developed for community use.

Former Use: The approximately 3-acre Site was established in 2009 as a community garden in memory of Alan Day (1954-2008), a community activist and artist. Future plans for the Site include planting and growing herbs and fruit trees. The Site was developed ca. 1886 for the storage of lumber and finished dowels by C.B. Cummings, Inc., a local dowel manufacturer. In the 1950s, fill generated during the excavation of foundations for a new mill building was reportedly brought to the Site by C.B. Cummings, Inc. from its nearby dowel mill. In 2002, C.B. Cummings, Inc. sold the Site to a developer who brought in additional fill as part of a proposed subdivision. During hand digging at the Site in 2009, community garden staff observed metal, brick, wood, and leather scraps, indicative of prior on-Site filling activities. An automotive repair facility abutted the Site to the east from as early as the 1940s to at least the 1960s. No additional information regarding the facility was identified, and the apparent location is now a vacant lot. A private automotive repair and restoration garage, Plum Potter Automotive, has been operated east of the Site since approximately 2003. The Site is presently occupied by vegetable gardens and a historic barn used primarily for storage of supplies and tools. Piles of mulch and soil used for gardening, and stone, wood and gravel placed by a former Site owner were observed in the vicinity of the barn. Municipal water and sewer are available in the Site vicinity, but the Site is not connected.
Commercial (3)
Hazardous & Petroleum


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