Date: 2010-05-25
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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is requiring developer Ferry Landings, LLC to implement a series of corrective actions and pay a $100,000 fine as a result of the company's violations of an agreed upon cleanup plan in Westchester County, Commissioner Pete Grannis announced today.
(Media-Newswire.com) - The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is requiring developer Ferry Landings, LLC to implement a series of corrective actions and pay a $100,000 fine as a result of the company's violations of an agreed upon cleanup plan in Westchester County, Commissioner Pete Grannis announced today. DEC pursued the enforcement action after several breaches of the terms governing the management of the site following the completion of the cleanup at the former Tarrytown Manufactured Gas Plant (MGP).
"Each of the cleanups that DEC monitors has specific provisions to ensure that public health and the environment continues to be protected," Commissioner Grannis said. "At the Tarrytown site, the cleanup had been implemented successfully and a site management plan remained in place, but Ferry Landings did not adhere to the plan. DEC's monitoring uncovered this breach and we are holding the company responsible for its failure to adhere to the plan's terms."
The former Tarrytown MGP site is located along the Hudson River at 129 West Main Street in the Village of Tarrytown, Westchester County. The site's cleanup was completed in June 2007 under the DEC's Brownfield Cleanup Program through an agreement between DEC, Ferry Landings and Consolidated Edison of New York (Con Ed).
The cleanup consisted of the excavation of former manufactured gas storage structures and approximately 21,000 tons of soil with MGP-related contamination, installation of coal tar collection trenches and subsurface cutoff walls, and dredging of contaminated sediments. Three thousand tons of soil contaminated with petroleum was also removed from former oil spill areas. The remedy included installation of a two-foot soil cover. Because all contaminated soil could not be feasibly removed, the environment and public health is protected through the implementation of an approved Site Management Plan.
Following completion of the site cleanup, DEC staff conducted inspections in 2008 to ensure that the terms of the Site Management Plan were being followed. DEC found several violations, including lack of DEC notification prior to excavation into contaminated material, improper handling of contaminated soil, installation of water lines through contaminated soil, improper management of contaminated water and inadequate health and safety procedures. As a result, in April 2008, DEC directed Ferry Landings to suspend all subsurface excavations until the violations were corrected.
Ferry Landings was required to develop a Corrective Measures Plan which, to date, has included replacement and relocation of potable water lines and clean drainage pipes. The soil cover over the site will be replaced by August 2010.
As the result of the cleanup, the site can be used for restricted residential, commercial and industrial development, with some residential units already constructed