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Property Details for Commonwealth Chemical Corp.


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Government
12891
1052 & 1058 Gorham Street Lowell, MA 01852
1.09
42.626545 / -71.307274
3
Peterson, Alan
Peterson.Alan@epa.gov
617-918-1022


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Property Progress


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CAs Associated with this Property

CA NameCA #StateTypeAnnouncement Year
City of LowellBF00A00546MAAssessment2020
City of Lowell - Division of Planning and DevelopmentBF96190701MAAssessment2014
Lowell, City ofV99177901MAAssessment1997


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Assessment Activities at this Property

ActivityEPA FundingStart DateCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Counted When?
Phase I Environmental Assessment03/31/199803/31/1998Lowell, City ofN
Phase II Environmental Assessment$93,247.1112/06/202210/16/2023City of Lowell
Supplemental Assessment$22,755.0008/21/201809/28/2018City of Lowell - Division of Planning and DevelopmentYFY19


Is Cleanup Necessary? Unknown
EPA Assessment Funding: $116,002.11
Leveraged Funding:
Total Funding: $116,002.11


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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


Arsenic
Chromium (Cr)
Lead
Nickel (Ni)
Other Metals
PAHS
VOCs
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
Ground Water
Soil
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up


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Cleanup Activities

There are no current cleanup activities.


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Total ACRES Cleaned Up: 1.09
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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup

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Institutional and Engineering Controls



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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

Former Use: 1058 Gorham Street has been utilized for the storage of coal, petroleum products, and chemicals since the early 1900s. The Commonwealth Chemical property was owned by Lajoie Coal Company from 1916 until 1930, when the property was transferred to Cities Services Oil Company for the storage of petroleum products. The property was sold to Charles Atkinson in 1972. Commonwealth Chemical leased the property from Charles Atkinson from 1975 to 1983 for use as a chemical and fuel oil storage facility. The property is currently vacant and unused. The City of Lowell acquired the property via a tax taking in 2011. In 1979, a downgradient property owner issued a complaint to the US EPA Division of Water Pollution Control that liquid had been flowing onto his property causing flash fires, flooding, and foul odors. MassDEP and US EPA completed various reponse actions at the site following this report. EPA installed monitoring wells, collection ponds, and an oil/water separator. Investigation showed that both soil and groundwater were impacted with VOCs and oil and grease compounds. MassDEP has maintained the oil/water separator since 1984. A Phase II Addendum performed by MassDEP in 2003 revealed that VOCs, metals, VPH, SVOCs, and EPH were detected in soil and groundwater at the property. Additionally, during a GPR survey, several possible areas of buried s were identified that may be potential sources of contamination.
Industry (1.09)
ID Number (if Applicable): RTN 3-349 Enrolled:


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