Join us for a conversation on the updates and plans for the Centredale Superfund Site.
HOSTED BY WRWC & TRICOUNTY HEALTH EQUITY ZONE
TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2024
6PM – 7:30PM
104 Greenville Avenue, Johnston RI 02919
Staff from the United States Environmental Protection Agency will be on hand to answer questions. Light refreshments will be served.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) added the Centredale Manor to the National Priorities List in 1999, and it became part of the EPA’s Superfund program.
The EPA investigated the site from 1999 until 2012 and identified Potential Responsible Parties (PRPs). During this time the EPA and the PRPs took emergency action. These included capping the site where the chemicals were first dumped “Source Area” and replacing the dam at Allendale Pond. In September 2012, the EPA laid out a plan for cleaning the site in a document called the “Record of Decision” (ROD).
Remediation will start at the Source Area and extend downstream about 1.5 miles. This section of the Woonasquatucket River includes two ponds (Allendale and Lyman Mill Ponds) and a 30 acre forested wetland called “the Oxbow.”
