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Property Details for Machias Cleaners and Laundry


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Private
111363
12 Colonial Way Machias, ME 04654
.15
44.714078 / -67.459428
2
Ferrari, Joe
Ferrari.Joe@epa.gov
6179181105


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Property Location



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Property Progress


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CAs Associated with this Property

CA NameCA #StateTypeAnnouncement Year
Washington County Council of GovernmentsBF96114701MEAssessment2009
Washington County Council of GovernmentsBF96188201MEAssessment2014


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Assessment Activities at this Property

ActivityEPA FundingStart DateCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Counted When?
Cleanup Planning$6,698.0005/11/201511/25/2015Washington County Council of GovernmentsN
Phase I Environmental Assessment$9,807.0002/02/201503/17/2015Washington County Council of GovernmentsN
Phase I Environmental Assessment$7,034.0002/24/201004/26/2010Washington County Council of GovernmentsYFY11
Phase II Environmental Assessment$54,397.0007/20/201010/31/2010Washington County Council of GovernmentsN


Is Cleanup Necessary? No
EPA Assessment Funding: $77,936.00
Leveraged Funding:
Total Funding: $77,936.00


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Contaminants and Media


Petroleum Products
Asbestos
Lead
Petroleum Products
VOCs
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
Petroleum Products
Ground Water
Soil
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up


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Cleanup Activities

There are no current cleanup activities.


Cleanup/Treatment Implemented:
Cleanup/Treatement Categories:
Addl Cleanup/Treatment info:
Address of Data Source:
Total ACRES Cleaned Up: .15
Number of Cleanup Jobs Leveraged:
EPA Cleanup Funding:
Leveraged Funding:
Cost Share Funding:
Total Funding:


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Institutional and Engineering Controls

No
Voluntary regulatory closure may include environmental covenant to include notification of past dry cleaning solvent release and soil management plan should future excavation be necessary, among others.
No
No
No


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Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments

Start DateLeveraged FundingCACompletion Date
06/05/2015$250,000.00Washington County Council of Governments10/30/2015
06/05/2015$250,000.00Washington County Council of Governments12/31/2015


Number of Redevelopment Jobs Leveraged:
Actual Acreage of Greenspace Created:
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Additional Property Attributes

The Site includes approximately 0.15 acres of land in a downtown commercial area. The building on Site is presently vacant and was formerly occupied by the Machias Cleaners and Laundry. The earliest use of the Site for a dry cleaners and laundry was reportedly in the 1940s. The initial dry cleaning agent was Stoddard solvent, a petroleum-based liquid. The Stoddard solvent was replaced by the chlorinated solvent perchloroethylene PCE in 1984.

Former Use: The earliest identified use of the Site was as a dwelling as indicated on the 1884 Sanborn Map. By 1889, the Site was occupied by a marble works as indicated on a Sanborn map dated 1889. Both maps indicated the layout of a single structure similar in shape to the existing Site building. The Sanborn maps also indicate the abutting properties to the Site as being residential. The Site building was reportedly used as a boarding house and brothel as early as the 1930s. The first dry cleaners was operated at the Site in the 1940s. The cleaning agent was Stoddard solvent, a petroleum-based liquid. The current owner's family acquired the cleaners in 1958 and used the Stoddard machine until its decommissioning in the mid-1970s. The current owner began operating the cleaners in 1984 and installed a dry cleaning machine using perchloroethylene PCE. The owner contracted with Safety-Kleen for waste management and recalled no incidents of leaks or spills of PCE or other OHM at the Site. The cleaners and laundry was closed in June 2006.
Commercial (.15)
Hazardous


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