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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-03-22 99-131 ORDERCOUICIL ACTION _ Date: March 22 1999 Item No. 99=131 Item/subject: Authorizing Grant Application to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Brownfield's Assessment Demonstration Pilot Program Responsible Department Community A Economic Development This order would authorize the City Manager to apply to the Environmental Protection Agency for $100,000 in grant funds to undertake ans smant of the problems created by coal tar deposits in the Penobscot River, andfor planning and design of site cleanup. A complete environmental s assessment will be helpful, if not necessary, in moving the dredging process forward. neper tment xe d danger's Comments: Budget Approval: - Legal Approval: Kl ` D PinanC Director 94 ftt City Solicitor Introduced For JK -Passage g First Reading ❑ Referral Page 1 of 1 jjjw City ` Manager Associated InYormatlon QA Budget Approval: - Legal Approval: Kl ` D PinanC Director 94 ftt City Solicitor Introduced For JK -Passage g First Reading ❑ Referral Page 1 of 1 (TITLE) Mrl Anignell to C,u!ncilor Avbe Rarch 22. 1999 CITY OF BANGOR AuthorrAng Great Applicationto the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Brownfield's Assessment Demonstration Pilot Program By Cita Oamol effAe CAV gflldp ) ORDERED, MT WHEREAS the City has taken the necessary steps to imitate a feasibility study of navigation improvements and dredging ofthe Penobscot River necessary to maintain and improve the flow of goods to the Bangor region; and WHEREAS, the City has periodically reviewed and discussed the problems created by mal tar deposits in the Penobscot River adjacent to and near the Bangor Harbor, and WHEREAS; the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made available grants to assist communities assess, safely cleanup and promote the sustainable reuse ofbrosmfields ander the Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Assessment Demonstration Pilot program; and WHEREAS, these grants can be used for activities preliminary to cleanup such as site assessment, site clumnarvention and/or site cleanup planning and design; and WHEREAS, grant funds would enable the City to undertake the steps necessary to perform a site assessmerA, site chamcteriration and site cleanup plamung and design for the Penobscot River, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BANGOR THAT, the City Manager is hereby authorized to submit an application to the Environmental Protection Agency for a Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Assessment Demonstration Pilot grant, a copy of which is on file in the Office of the City Clerk, to provide such additional information as may be requested by EPA, and upon grant approval, to take all necessary actions and execute such documents as may be necessary to receive and disburse such funds in accordance with grant ..guidelines. IN CITY COO n !larch 22. 1999 passed 99-131 ORDER Title. Antho ioE Stant Application to the O.S. Eav tal Protection Ageocy- Sro n ield'n Aasesament Deaonstration i roar.p[oBrin......................... ......................... ......... G Arigned 1p Councilman 99-131 Assigned to Councilor February 22, 1999 CITY OF BANGOR Authorizing Grant Application to the U.S. Envrromnental Protection (TITLE.) (®rber, .... ._... --- ....... _. __... Agency - Brownfield'a Assessment Demonstration Pilot Program By tea City Coaxil of W City ofBaayor: ORDERED, THAT WHEREAS the City has taken the necessary steps to initiate a feasibility study of navigation improvements and dredging of the Penobscot River necessary to maintain and improve the flow of goods to the Bangor region; and WHEREAS, the City has periodically reviewed and discussed the problems created by coal tar deposits in the Penobscot River adjacent to and near the Bangor Harbor; and WHEREAS the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made available grants of up to $200,000 to assist communities assess, safely cleanup and promote the sustainable reuse ofbrownfields under the Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Assessment Demonstration Pilot program; and WHEREAS these grants can be used for activities preliminary to cleanup such as site assessment; site characterization and/or site cleanup planning and design; and WHEREAS grant funds would enable the City to undertake the steps necessary to perform a site assessment, site characterization and site cleanup planning and design for the Penobscot River; and WHEREAS the application deadline is March 22, 1999; NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BANGOR THAT, the City Manager is hereby authorized to submit an application to the Envimmnental Protection Agency for a Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Assessment Demonstration Pilot grant, a copy of which is on file in the Office of the City Clerk, to provide such additional information as may be requested by EPA, and upon grant approval, to rake all necessary actions and execute such documents as may be necessary In receive and disburse such funds in accordance with grant guidelines. `+ UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ?A REGION 1 pg e Jg N F. KENNEDY FEDERAL BUILDING F � BOSTON. MASSACHUSETTS 02203 Wit February 26, 1999 Mayor Joseph M. Baldacci City Hall 73 Harlow Street Bangor, ME 04401 Dear Mayor Baldwci: I two writing to let you know of a grant opportunity that may assist your city's growth planning On Febmary, 2, EPA -New England announced our Livable CommuninevSmart Growth Action Find. With the assistance of environmental, business, and public sector leaders, we are pursuing a strategy designed to achieve sustainable economic development, a healthy environment, and a high quality of life for New Englanders. A full copy of the plan is enclosed for your review. One of the cornerstones of our Action Plan is our Brownfields program. By redeveloping brownfields rather than greeN'telds, communities are often able to increase economic growth while preserving and enhancing town centers and maintaining open space. Through our Brownfield program, EPA has made available, grants of up to $200,000 to assist continuities ities assess, safely cleanup and promote the sustainable reuse ofbrownields. These grants can be used for activities preliminary to cleanup such as site assessment, site characterization and/or site cleanup planning and design. Enclosed is a package of information including a fact sheet, application guidelines and success stories. 73kooglySA`cpuvg"e yai fd 7• review thepackage pnd apply faFthis gaii[7The grant application deadline is March 22. If you have any questions about EPA -New England's Livable Communines/Smort Growth Action Plan you may call Paula Fitodmmons, Associate Director for Policy, at (617) 918-1204. If you have any questions about applying for a browrlfelds grant you may call John Podgurski, Brownfelds Coordinator at (617) 918-1209. We look forward to working with you. Sincerely, Iter! IN i ) �/`• . John P. DeVillars Administrator Interna AWrezc luRL1. nnyflwmr.WIWI W.res n..vnmi..0VwIdaOs NOdI.u. 11 vegGa eco• tatuinm asn wwXwtIw CITU OF MAINE e<norea aMAMCsw+os E%E(xInvE DWAfRMEM -4400 Edward A. Barth, i4aroper March 22, 1999 U. S. Environmental Protection Agency OSWER Oumeach and Special Projects SUIT (5 101) 401 M Street, SW Room SE 385 Washington, DC 20460 Dear Sir: Enclosed is the City of Bangor, Maine's application for assistance under the Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilots program of the Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative. The requested assistance is in the amount of $2011,000 over two years. The assistance requested is to enable the City to move forward with the assessment of coal tar deposits in Bangor Harbor in the Penobscot River, and to develop a mitigation plan to eliminate or substantially reduce Lie migration of coal tar globules and slicks on the water's surface during the warmest weeks of summer. This continuing condition contaminates shore lands, piers, bulkheads, and vessels with a foul smelling, hard -to -remove, toxics-conaining black sticky on. The presence of [Itis material inhibits growth of pleasure boating, deters redevelopment of shore lands, endangers river fisheries, and makes the river unsuitable for aquatic recreation. An analysis of a coal for sample taken from Bangor Harbor by the Maine Department of Environmental Prediction, Table 3 of dre department's 7/30/98 "Final Assessment Report Penobscot River Project", is atacbed to this letter. The analysis indicated significant levels of six metals including heavy meals, six volatile organic compounds, 19 send volatile organic compounds, petroleum hydrocarbons, and cyanide. Coal tar is not friendly to humans or tlse =rural envlromm nt. Bangor's economic strategy for the early 21st century depends heavily on the growth of the tourism and visitor sector of the economy. The Penobscot River is Bangor's greatest and most visible natural attraction. An effective coal tar mitigation process is essential to the successful implementation of me City's economic strategy. Available local and State of Maine funds have been committed to actions to implement the tourism/visitor strategy. There are insufficient funds to complete the investigation of the coal tm deposit(s) and the preparation of a mitigation plan. EPA funds are requested to assist with this effort. Once the mitigation plan is available, complete with a detail methodology, and cost estimate, we are confdem that some combination of government and private fund; can be sensed to implement the mitigation plan. Thank yen for your favorable consideration of this application for assistance. Application of FPA funds to this project will idemify an effective investigative methodology, and useful mitigation tecMiques which my be used in numerous cases of coal tar contamination of submeargM lands at the sites of coal tar -based fuel gas manufacturing facilities which were supplied with coal by waterborne vessels during the late loth and early 20th centuries. Sincerely Edward A. Ba exit City Manager Attachment: Table 3 EAB/sem 99-131 Table 3 Results bltlu Coal Tal Dea l Seal (11-07) N"ot sNcle] real ne metlua "vlen see JA44mtimrtes K{anpsund earl NN, the repsninp INil a➢ reaves resel an maw All sense Val even 0 IN OF Its All 62 11 OM Tell I IN :u&lo pvul zu,zou) warmers I=hene 35) a 3C ml Real 3 w anal �D) psymene J21 usual I) onmmene ila Nae as , 370 I I'll anneal Plus I N"ot sNcle] real ne metlua "vlen see JA44mtimrtes K{anpsund earl NN, the repsninp INil a➢ reaves resel an maw APPLICATION FOR FUNDS BROWNFIELDS ASSESSMENT DEMONSTRATION PILOTS From U. S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY By CITY OF BANGOR, MAINE MARCH 22, ]999 99-131 Cover Page 1 Project Area Map 2 Project Overview 3-4 Budget 5 Responses to Evaluation Criteria 6- 15 Attachments: Letters of support Maine Dept. of Envir. Prot. 16 Maine Dept. of Transportation 17-18 Maine State Planning Office 19 U.S. Senator Susan Collins 20 Congressman John Baldacei 21 Proposal: Recover Past Costs 22-26 Adgenda: 12/3/98 meeting 27 Dredge Prioritization Process 28 Meeting Notification List 29 Meeting Notice - Penobscot River Dredging 30 Penobscot River Committee 2/10/99 Agenda & Attendees 31 -32 Authorization for Application 33 EPA'S BROWNFIELDS ASSESSMENT DEMONSTRATION PILOTS Amount of assistance requested: $200,000 over two years Population of pilot area: City of Bangor 1990 U. S. Census popula0on - 31,181 Applicant identification: City of Bangor, Maine Ponied Director: Rodney G. McKay Director of Community and Economic Development 73 Harlow Soxtt Bangor, ME 04401 phone: (207) 945-0400 fax: (207) 945-4447 City Council Chairman: Joseph M. Baldami City. Manager: Edward A. Baron Date. submitted: March 22, 1999 Project period: July 1, 1999 -June 30, 2001 Community background: The demonstration pilot will be located is Bangor Harbor on Penobscot River. The immediately adjacent neighborhoods are census marts 1, 6, and 7. Census tract 1 is Bangor's downtown central business district characterized by mixed-use retail, commercial office, government and] institutional, and residential ones. The census tract 1 population of 504 is beavily elderly and 73.8% low and moderate income, and is concentrated in 6 residential facilities including a HUD Section 8 Substantial Rehabilitation of a historic hotel, a recently constructed market -rate congregate housing complex, a luxury condominium reuse of an old parking garage, a market -rate apartment reuse of a former high school building, an assisted living apartment reuse of a former department store building, a market - rate apartment reuse of the upper floors of a former clothing store. Census tract 6 is a mixed residential and ship commercial neighborhood with a population of 2,607 consisting of a low and moderate-morme range of mostly traditional family households. Census tract 7 has extensive industrial, recreational and transportation infrastructure, but also bas one large and two small isolated residential neighborhoods with total population of 3033, mostly of a wide income range of traditional family households. Cooperative partnere Maim Departm rrat of Environmental Protection Maim Department of Transportation Maine Stam Planning Office Coastal Zone Manangement U. S. Coast Guard R'.. PROJECT OVERVIEW Project Title: MITIGATION PLAN: COAL TAR MIGRATION IN BANGOR HARBOR Background: The City of Bangor, Maine was as industrial center during the 1800's and early 1900's, primarily because of its riverboat location and proximity to the northern Maine woods. The successive decline of some industrial sectors left a legacy of abandoned buildings, vacant land, and a polluted river. Action to improve water quality have resulted in the return of the Atlantic Sabnon and a renewed use of the Penobscot River for recreational purposes. During the Inst 20 years, the City of Bangor bas gradually, but consistently, taken steps to redevelop the waterfront and return it W its former prominent roll in consonantly affairs. Examples include the redevelopment of an abandoned shoe factory into a brewpub and restaurant, clean-up of a former petroleum tank faun for conversion to a water from park, and development of a boat docking facility. The City of Bangor bas acquired and is carrying - out clean-up of the largest piece of fire Penobscot River waterfront, a former railroad yard. Despite significant success and a reasonable potential for redevelopment of do sonchront, one legacy of Bangor's past continues to thwart local efforts - coal tar. The river bottom in a cove adjacent W both the existing waterfront park and the former railroad yard, is partially covered with a layer of coal tar "mousse'. Each summer, as the water temperature increases, "blobs' of real tar Float to the surface. Through the tidal action and current of the river, the tat blobs are deposited along the shore, bulkheads, docks, moorings, Midge piers, and boa% within Bangor Harbor. The Maine DEP bas responded to numerous complaints, has investigated and sampled the coal tar "mousse", and has issued a report on the problem. The DEP report suggests father investigation to examine de risks to public health and the environment before deciding if remedial actions would be appropriate. The City believes that if the problem can be further defined, and steps are taken to mitigate the seasonal migration of coal tar, then the Bangor Harbor will once again help sustain the economy, while improving the quality of life for local residents and the Flora and fauna of rise river. Project description: The City of Bangor requests the award of $200,000 in EPA funds to carry out, in a 24 month period, a course of actlou designed to: 1) Incate, identity, ascertain de condition of and quantity of coal tar -like material present in Banger Harbor; and 2) to develop a work plan designed to mitigate the seasonal migration of coal tar and derivative materials to the surface of the river and the subsequent revtamination of the shore tantls, intertidal region, marine facilities and watercraft. Work will be performed by an expert environmental consultant experienced is the control of coal tar migration. Anticipated project results: Determining the location, identification, quantification and condition of coal tar deposit in the Penobscot River in the Bangor Harbor adjacent to the former Maine Central Railroad switching yard; and creating a mitigation plan W eliminate the seasonal migration of air Ile material W the water's surface and rensequent contamination of the shore, intertidal area, Floating docks and water craft, and the diminishment of sit quality due W the aromatic moire of the coal tar contamination. This project will provide a workable plan for the effective mitigation of a long-term environmental problem which has hindered the redevelopment of the Penobscot River waterfront for commercial and recreational uses. Mitigation of recurring coal far migration will eliminate seasmml water, air quality, and shoreland contamination which has fouled decades -long efforts by the City of Bangor to attract as increased level of recreational boating in Bangor Harbor and development of marine services, tourist facilities and shore amenities on the Penobscot River waterfront. Project goals: The ultimate goal of this project is to rerew and protect the waters and associated wetlands and shoreUad of the Penobscot River, increase recreational and commercial use of the Penobscot River and the Bangor waterfront, and to stimulate the recreational and commercial development of adjacent, now vacant, shore lands. The objectives by which this goal will be achieved through flus project are: a. Develop a plan to mitigate the seasonal migration of coal tar from deposits in Bangor Harbor on the Penobscot River to the water's surface and the consaluenf contamination of the intertidal area, the shore, marine structures, floating docks and watercraft, and consequent aromatic degradation of air quality in the immediate area. It. Acquire adjacent IaM from the Maine Central Railroad, remediate on-site environmental hazards which deter commercial/recreational development, market portions of Bre land for commercial and recreational development, and create recreational and leisure opportunities, tourists attractions, and erect interpretive guides to significant historic, cultural, artistic, and natural assets. c. Design, engineer, and replace the severely deteriorated and coal tar -contaminated timber bulkhead in the immediate area. Project strategy: In partnership with the Maim Departments of Environments] Praection, and Transportation; the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Bangor Harbor Committee, the Bangor Harbor Master, and abutting shore]and property owners, the City of Bangor will contract with a professional enviromnenml engineering consutmm to: 1) review the existing documentation relative to the river bottom coal tar deposit(s), 2) investigate the river bottom to determine the extent of coal tar deposits, the quantity and condition of Ne coal tar and its underlying and overlaying sediments, the existence of any active source of new quantities or deposits of coal tor, and any apparent movement or migration of the deposibs); to identify and analyze alternative methodologies of mitigation of coal tar migration for cwt, effectiveness, and feasibility; and, in consultation with the City of Bangor, Maine Depamnent of Envrtoamemal Protection, and U. S. Anny Corps of Engineers, to prepare a plan for the mitigation of coal tar and derivative materials in Bangor Harbor. Authority: Under the State of Maine constitution, the City of Bangor is chattered as a municipal corporation with all the delegated authority of a political subdivision of Maine. The City of Bangor has the authority to apply for and receive funds under CERCIA section 104(d), to enter into an agreement with US EPA, and to carry out the work of Nis application. City of Bangor Brownfield Project Budget nesetlollen of Tasklsl Staff Rale Houm Cost Phase Ill. 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Problem Statement and Needs Assessment Effects of Brownffelds on the Community 1. Def your community or communities: The browafield is locand within the City of Bangor, Maine. The impacts of the brownfreld, however, wend across the Penobscot River to the City of Brewer, and, to a lesser degree, downstream an the town of Hampden. The Project Area is the Penobscot River and adjobdng shore bads located between the downtown, at Union Street and the Joshua Chamberlain Bridge, and Interstate Highway 395, and generally extending intend to the vicinity of Main Suets. See Project Area map. 2. Characterize the impact of brownfrclds on your community: There is, according to documented Maine Department of Environ mal Protection records, at least one known coal tar deposit in the Penobscot River, and located on the river human adjacent to the former Maine Central Railroad switching yard in the area of Main, Railroad, and Fromm Streets in Bangor. There may be other such deposits associated with the known deposit. According m' Final Asseumunit Report Penobscot River Project-, dated July 30, 1998, prepared by Nicholas J. Hodgkins of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), 'The delineation of the deposit indicated that Use current and tide had greatly effected the size and shape of the deposit, limiting it to an area downstream of the old dock cribwork adjacent to the railroad yard...... 'Estimates on the size of the deposit were made using conservative assumptions, such as the deposit is one and a half feet thick (no actual thickness greater than one foot was found); the deposit extends 400 feet down river, and; the deposit extends 150 feet out into the river. Given these measurements, approximately 3300 cubic yards of heavily commitment coal tar sedimens/deposits exist m the area of the river. The deposit 'hugs' Ne shoreline, releasing small blobs of coal tar from the rocks, mibwork, and bosom sediments on But, sumry, days when the fide is low.' The DEP report further describes the environmental impacts of the river bottom coal tar deposit, "The M1DEP Division of Response Services in Bangor has filed numerous spill reports for Nis section of the river; these reports include the preaerce of rod tat globules and slicks in the river, as well as petroleum spills from the bulk petroleum storage facilities (4). A majority of the spill reports regarding coal tar irwidents have occurred during the hottest days of the summer when the dde is low. During such conditions, coal tar residues on the rocks, docks, cribwork, and river bed are beamed enough to flow, producing globules and/or slicks. In addition, the Harbor Muter has reported numerous complaints from boaters of tar deposits on the bottom of boats." Although there are no Brownfields pilots in proximity to the Project Area, there are other contaminated industrial sites which have been or being remadiated including: 1. The site of the former Maine Utility Gas Company's' Gas Works' which for a century convened coal and other hydrocarbons into a utility fuel gas which was distributed to homes, businesses and public facilities by underground pipes throughout the community. This she has been remediated by the City of Bangor, interim owner, and the Brines Company, developer for a Shaw's Supermarket which now occupies the site. A DEP-approved Voluntary Response Action Program (VRAP) agreement gained the remedial action of this sire. 2. The site of a fanner commercial petroleum product tank farm storage facility located on the back of des Penobscot River on Bangor's Front Street was acquired by the City of 99-131 Bangor, and petroleum -saturated soil comaminged by the leaking storage tanks was, with the assistance of the Maine Army National Guard and with the oversight of the DEP, removed and land spread for evaporative decontmnination at an unused sirpon taxiway. 3. The former Maine Central Railroad switching yard and round house locomotive maimmnrace and refueling facility is being rernediated by the City "angor under a DEP- approved VRAP agreement. The remediation effort involves passive recovery of petroleum contaminant from groundwater and a rover system for residually contaminated! soils in the former switching yard which abuts the shores of the Penobscot River at this Project location. Value Added by Federal Support Use of EPA grant funds: The requested funding ($200,000) will be used to carry -out the following investigative tasks: 1. Records of previous investigation will be reviewed (phase I, 66 hours, $61,120) and assimilated to develop a search and sampling plan (phase B, 120 hours, $35,240). 2. A systematic surface and underwater search of the suspected location(s) of the coal tar deposit(s) will be made and documented (phase III, subcontracted by the job, $45,1m)). 3. The extent of the suspected coal w deposit(e) will be mapped and samples of material taken, analyzed and documented for composition and condition. Verified coal tar deposit(s) will be mapped for later mitigation action (phase W, 156 hours, ($29,96)). 4. Alternative mitigation actions will be identified and compared for effectiveness, feasibility and cost (phase V, 132 hours, $10,920). 5. A recommended plan of mitigation action(s) will be prepared for review by Maine DEP, US Army Corps of Engineers, US Coast Guard, Bangor Harbor Committee, and Bangor City Council (phase VI, 94 hours, $6,600) . A 6% contingency is included in grant request. Concurrent with the above listed EPA -funded activities, the following tasks will be carried -out with local funds: I. Complete the acquisition of Maine Central RR land by the City of Bangor. 2. Complete mitigation of environmental hazards on the acquired land. 3. Market and sell for redevelopment suitable portions of the acquired land. 4. Complete the design and engineering of the replacement of deteriorated/coutamiruted bulkhead in the immediate area. Qlasc IlEA assistance which achievement of Bangor' goals by funding further tasks beyond the isssalue of his pilsd Implemention of coal our mitigation plan. No other EPA grants or cooperative agreements are currently being utilized by that City of Bangor, however, it is our understanding that DEP staff Ins informed EPA Region 1 staff of these mitigation projects. EPA assistaace for this Project will leverage additional resources, support, or assistance for addressing browndelds by: 1. The Army Corps of Engimers, United States Coast Guard, Maine Department of Transportation, PenBay Pilots Association, Barrett Paving Materials, Webber Energy Fuels, Maine Congressional Delegation and City of Bangor are cooperating in a joint effort to seek funding for a Penobscot River dredging project to maintain river channel and ship berm depths so lost existing commercial mance activities can continue and new river uses can be planned. Existing commercial activity includes coastal maker and barge delivery of fuel products to the interior of eastern and norhem Maire. Contemplated moire activities unlade high-speed coastal passenger terry service between Bangor and paints along the Maine coast W provide an alternative to auWmobile travel by Wurists and commuters. Theconfirtroulmstenteand extent of coal tar deposits on Ne Penobscot River bottom is needed information for the planning of river and harbor dredging in the Penobscot River. 2. Knowledge of the location, extent, and mnue of river -bottom coal or is essential information for the design, planning, and construction of new waterside, bulkhead, remining wall, and or rip rap bank stabilization to replace existing deteriorated and failing bulkhead. Without this information a $1.2 million State bond issue to fund this bulkhead replacement project may not he implemented out of concern about the potential for construction disturbing coal deposits and the related possibility of currents and titles moving disturbed coal tar deposits into currently uncontamiva[ed areas of the river boaom. 2. Community -Based Planning and Involvement Existing Local Commitment The City of Bangor is acquiring, at a cost of $1,258,484, the adjacent 33+/- acre shorelarM property formerly owned by the Maine Central Railroad, carrying out the mediation of identified soil communication at an estimated cost of $300,", and will market this riverhont IoM for water-rehmed redevelopment for such uses as a marina and associated hotel. The City has also designed, engineered, and partially constructed, at a cost of $350,000, the replacement of a severely deteriorated section of timber bulkhead along the shore of the Penobscot River. The State of Maine Department of Transportation has proposed a State bond issue of $1.2 million to complete the bulkhead replacement project. This section of bulkhead has been seasonally contaminated by migrating coal tar carried by eddying river currents, and Nese contaminating coal tar deposits are, themselves, a source of potential contamination to Ne river and the adjacent intertidal area. During warm weather, these aromatic coal an deposits are the source of air quality complaints frequently received from boaters who lease dock space at the City's nearby floating docks, and from Neater -goers attending the annual Shakespeare Festival held on Ne adjacent shorthand. Total eventual project cost for the land acquisition, environmental remediation, Penobscot River coal tar mitigation plan and the bulkhead replacement is $4,723,415, all of which will be Ideal, state and public funds, including this grant of $200,00. Partnerships With Other Stakeholders Due to this project being located in a navigable river, implementation of the investigation and development of the mitigation plan will require coordination with the US Coast Guard, Maim Stare Planning Office Coastal Zone Management Coordinator, and permitting by the US Army Corps of Engineers. The assistance of the Maine Depart an of Environmental Protection will he sofa:ited m defining the parameters of the investigation and in suggesting approaches W the mitigation plamung. The Maine Department of Transportation is participating in the bulkhead replacement, the nail construction, and the planning of transportation impacts associated with the Maine Strategic Passenger Transportation. The Bangor Harbor Contained, composed of citizens with an interest in the harbor and a City Council representative, will provide citizen input for this project. O st ers and operators of nearby marine and shore facilities will be kept informed of in -river activities to preclude conflicts between the investigation and commercial and recreational water traffic. The Bangor Harbor Masai will he the primary liaison between the City and marine activity and water traffic. Two public meetings, one already conducted and one planned for April 6, 1999, provide forams for public input into the waterfront planning process. The Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce, da Convention unit Visitors Bureau, Bangor Beautiful and Bangor 2000, support, participate in, and encouraged members to auend this public input opportunity. Community ProgBroWnfield Assessment. CI & Revotalization 1. The site of the former Maine Utility Gas Company's "Gas Works" which for a century converted coal and other hydrocarboru into a utility fuel gas which was distributed to berms, businesses and public facilities by underground pipes throughout the community. This site has been remediated by the City of Bangor, rotation owner, and the Scales Company, developer for a Shaw's Supermarket which now occupies the site. A DEP-approval VRAP agreement guided the remedial action of this site across Main St. from the Project Area. 2. The site of a former commercial petroleum product tank farm storage facility located on the bank of the Penobscot River on Bangor's Front Street was acquired by the City of Bangor, and petroleum-saturated soil contaminated by the leaking storage tanks was, with the assistance of the Maine Army leationd Guard and with the oversight of the DEP, removed and land spread for evaporative decontamination at an umrsed ahport taxiway. 3. The former Maine Central Railroad switching yard and round house locomotive maintenance is being remediated by the City of Bangor under a DEP-approved VRAP agreement. The remediation effort involves passive recovery of petroleum contaminants of soil under a former locomotive refueling area, and sod coverage of stained sods N the former switching yard which abuts the shores of the Penobscot River at the Project Area location. Community's Creative Solutians in Master-Planning. Pollution Prevention and Sustainable Development Linked to Brownflelds The browndald involved in this application's Project Area is a river bottom marine environment. Bangor has addressed water quality, wetlands, and shore and issues in its Comprehensive Plan, Land Use Ordinance and Site Plan Review.. Bangor's Comprehensive Plan mcorlromtes Maine environmental scams permuting to Shore land Zoning, Resource Protection, Site Lamaism of Develop Review, and Wetlands Protection to prevent illegal destruction by development of areas of wildlife habitat, special eavirommenml significance, unique and endangered species. Local site plan review and local administration of State Site of Development review requirements ensue that development does not contribute to mereased mnoff, erosion, or water quality degradation. The City of Bangor is implementing a decades-long program to separate storm water from rine samory sewer system to ehumnate system overflows during period of heavy runoff and Flooding. A 1.3 million gallon in-grouts overflow storage tank is oaring completion in Ne Project Area to catch and store, for later release to the waste water treatment plant, sanitary sewer surges during flooding conditions; to prevent outflows of untreated waste water. After several storage tank designs proposed by consulting engineers were dismissed because of excessive cost, inefficient design, and high maintenance requirements, an in-house culvert based design was adopted which reduces cost to a fraction of da other designs, is self cleaning, and does not require a single large expmise of surface area, deep excavation, or internal supports. Another unique feature of this creative design is that its vent system utilizes park nail lamp posts to discharge the vented and odoriferous storage took air well above user of park land to be located over the storage tank. The top of Ws 1300 foot-long concrete tank may also be used as a base for a paved bicycle rad through the planned shore park. Project Addrusec Environmental and Public Health Priorities Bangor was one of the first municipalities in the Penobscot River watershed and in the State of Maine m effectively and comprehensively address issues of water quality through sewerage treatment, shamland management, erosion control, protection of wetlands from development, and a thorough site plan review and permitting process. These efforts, over a sustairred period of time, have resulted in marry health and environmental berefrts: 1. Bangor has permanently protected from development hundreds of acres of wetlands, imiuding bogs, through the use of the Resource Protection Zone. 2. HurWreds of acres of forested watersheds have been acquired and managed with sustainable forest practices by the City of Bangor to provide a permanent source of pure ground water for valuable wetlands and streams. 3. Resource Protection Shoreland Zoning has protected from development extensive continuous riparian areas along Kenduskeag Sue=, Penjajawoc Stream, Meadow Brook, Osgood Brook, the Bangor hrernationd Airport dmhmge flowage, and the Penobscot River. 4. An extensive system of separate storm water sewers, interceptor sewers, a 1.3 million gallon waste water storage tank now being completed, and strict management of development rurwff insures that erosion is controlled, and that untreated sewerage is not allowed to contaminate streams/watersheds, and maintains high water quality in water courses. The one remaining continuing threat to water quality in Ne City of Bangor is the unmitigated presence of coal tar deposits in the Bangor Harbor of the Penobscot River. This coal tar presence exists through no fault of the City of Bangor, as it is believed by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection to have originated at the nearby Maine Utility Gds Company fuel gas production facility and allowed to flow untreated into the river. Neither is the City of Bangor the owner of the submerged land upon which the coal tar deposits rest, as all submerged lands associated with the Penobscot River are owned by the State of Maine. In fact, it is the Maim Department of Environmental Protection which has investigated the existence of the coal tar deposits and speculated as to their origins. It is, however, the citizens, businesses, and property owners of Bangor who are harmed by the presence of the road tar deposits in the harbor, and, thus, the City of Bangor believes it to be appropriate to initiate actions which will eventually lead to the satisfactory mitigation of the presence of this large and active communization along Bangor's redeveloping waterfront. Continued presence of the harbor coal on deposits is a deferent in the expanded use of the Penobscot River for recreational purposes, and inhibits the conversion of shore lands from prior industrial was to water-oriented commercial, remit, residential, and recreational uses. Mitigation will improve the quality of the river water to enhance the Atlantic Salmon and eel fisheries, to permit m- water recreational activity, to remove a seasonal source of frustration and inconvenience to boat owners who most remove coal tar deposits from their pleasure and work craft, and to remove odoriferous and unsightly black coal tar deposits Rom the intertidal area, shore lands, docks, piers, and bulkheads. The decades-long continuous presence of this river contamination must be removed if the scenic Penobscot River is to become the pride of the community and once again be recognized as this city's most important natural asset. Community involvement Pl Although the contamination of the coal tar migrates during hot weather in waters in other municipalities, the source deposit of coal tar is located in Bangor Harbor, where its impacts are concentrated. The City of Bangor owns a mile of shoreline adjacent to the coal tar deposit and Inds its goal of increasing river and shoreland activity is inhibited by the presence of the coal car deposit It is, and will continue to be a powerful motivation for the City of Bangor to seek mitigation of the coal tar Consummation so that progress can be made toward the goal of waterfront revitalization and rejuvenation of recreational river activities. These goals me instimtionalbrA in the City's Penobscot River Waterfront Redevelopment Plan and are the basis for the permitted land uses is the Waterfront Development District of the Land Use Ordinance. Over $3.5 million is public investment to achieve these goals in the past 15 years and an estimated like amount of investment to complete actions necessary to achieve waterfront redevelopment are evidence of the very high level of commitment of the City of Bangor to take appropriate actions to implement its waterfront redevelopment goal. Expertise Available in the Community The City of Bangor has talented engineering staff with considerable expertise for planning and designing creative solutions to shorelznd issues. Exmuples include: 1. Design of a 1300 fcot-long stmorwamr overflow storage tam, which unlike commercially proposed designs, is self clearing, does not require deep or broad excavation, require no internal roof supports, requires no special or unique construction methods, does not reduce Ne developable land area, and costs a fraction of other concepts. 2. Design of a gabion-based waterside bulkhead structure which achieves the goal of a vertical shore remming struuure which is ma isram to the determining effects of tidal action, river currents, ice Rows, vermin, weathering and freezing, is permeable m the passage of title water and ground water in equalize water pressure on both sides of the structure, boundaries no soluble chemical preservatives inns the enviromnenq is constructed of Inial and inexpensive materials, and require no specialized construction equipment or skilled labor. 3. Design of an oblong cross-section drainage conduit for use in the very limited width available through ancient buried cribwork structures. This designochieves the necessary capacity in a narrow profile allowing installation without disturbing the timber cribwork through which it passes, saving the time and excavation and replacement of the cribs. Professional private mu itecong, engineering, and enviromnental consulting expertise also exists in the local area for effectively addressing shoreland and marine issues which require a level of expertise beyond that of City staff. In the past, Bangor has commend with: 1. Ames Corporation to inventory waterfront land uses and structure; 2. Imes W. Sewall Co. as investigate, defint, and evaluate existing bulkhead structures and to identify and evaluate alternative replacement structures where needed; 3. American Concrete industries to design and build custom culvert sections for use in constructing the in-ground stonnwarer overflow storage tadr; 4. WBRC Architect/Euglmers to identify existing waterfront infrastructure, to determine the type and scale of redevelopment possible and appropriate for dat site; and 5. S. W. Cole Engineering Inc. to conduct subsurface investigation of the nature and extent of buried coal tar at the former fuel gas production facility, to create a remediation plan for presentation to, and approval by dw Maine Department of Environmental Protection. Additional specialized expertise exists in the local area including: 1.University of Maine's Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Environmental Chemistry laboratory, Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, School of Marine Sciences, Water Research Imtitue, 2. Maine Divers, 3. U. S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service, 4. U. S. Department of Interior Marine Field Office, 5. Atlantic Sea Run Commission, and 6. Maine Department of Environmental Protection. Environmental Justice Plan Certain; trans 1, 6, and 7 are located adjacent to the Project Area. Respectively, these tracts have populations which are 73.8%, 57.8% and 27.6% low and moderate -income. Residents of Census tract 6 bad been most immediately impacted by the hazardous byproducts of the mal gasification processes used for a century by the Maine Utility Gas Company and its predecessors. These processes produced and released hazardous and noxious materials which fouled me land, water, and air at the gas production facility and the surrounding residential neighborhood. The City of Bangor acquired this industrial intrusion in a residential neighborhood in 1978, and carried out a series of actions over the next decade and a half to: remove the industrial facilities, remove coal tar and contaminated water from in -ground storage tanks, protea buried coal tar deposits from transport by ground water by capping the site, reuse of some of the former industrial lands to expand a neighborhood Fork, and facilitate and partially finance the redevelopment of the site for use by a supermarket, a needed service in the neighborhood. These actions principally benefited the low-income neighborhood sur- rounding the former fuel gas production facility. Residents of this neighborbmd, as well as the general public, participated in aminal public hearings which invited public continent and suggestions concerning the uses of public birds to remove the former fuel gas production facility and m mitigate the hazardous and noxious materials deposited on the site. Neighborhood residents, other interested parties, and the general public are currently participating in a series of public meetings in offer input and help establish goals for the redevelopment of the Penobscot River waterfront which abuts and includes the Project Area. This input is being considered by the Waterfront Redevelopment Steering Committee, and the waterfront planting and design consultant. Input at meetings have centered around public actions necessary to maximize the recreational uses in the waterfront and the Penobscot River. As the source of, and areas most impacted by, the river bottom coal lar deposits are located m and immediately adjacent to the river itself, and as me nearby residential migbbod odds are separated from the river by a former railroad yard, an active railroad track, an area undergoing environmental remediation involving land covering, an area in which a 1.3 million gallon stormwaer storage tank is being constructed, and Main Street, it is un ikely that the neighborhood residents will be adversely impacted by the proposed Demonstration Pilot. 3. Implementation Planning Government Support This project proposal is being initiated by the City of Bangor and will be coordinated and managed by its Engineering Department and its Community and Economic Development Department. The waterfront redevelopment project is being funded by the City of Bangor, with funds from its general revenues and reserves, from its annual HUD Community Development Block Grant, and grants from the Maine Department of Transportation. The waterfront environmental remediation project in the former Maine Cental Railroad lands has 99-131 been reviewed and approved by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, which also provides periodic oversight. The U. S. Coast Guard, the U. S. Anny Corps of Engineers, and the Maine Department of Transportation are now participating in a series of meetings to plan and seek federal funding for the maintenance dredging of the Penobscot River charmel and commercial terminal berths. The proposed Demonstration Pilot will provide dam on, and recommendations for the removal/mitigation of, the river bottom coal tar deposits. Site Selection and EnnimpnenAgil Site Amagiianent Plan The location of the assessment site is defined by de Final Assessment Report Pambscot River Project, dated July 30, 1998, prepared by Nicholas J. Hodgkins, of the Maim Department of Environmental Protection with EPA fulling pursuant to the Multi Site Cooperative Agreement (MSCA). Forder site assessment will be conducted in the Demonstration Pilot in locations established by the above reference report as containing coal Or deposits. The site is publicly owned; the submerged lands are owned by the State of Maine all the adjacent shore lands are owned by the the applicant: the City of Burger. Demonstration Pilot foods are needed because available City of Bangor funds are being expended in complete the environmental mitigation activities and purr development actions previously described. Available Maine Department of Environmental Protection foods have been used in the investigation all assessment for the referenced DEP report by Mr. Hodgkins. Anticipated results of the proposed Demonstmtion Pilot are: 1. Development of a plan to investigate the over bottom for coal tar deposit(s). 2. Conduct a systematic underwater search for coal Or deposit(s). 3. Map prepared of the location(s) of suspected coal Or deposit(s); analysis and documentation of the composition and condition of material samples taken from suspected coal Or deposits, all a map of the verified coal Or deposit(s). 4. A comparison of the effectiveness, feasibility and cost of alternative mitigation actions intended to mitigate the seasonal migration of coal Or from river bottom deposits to the water's surface ad the subsequent contamination of the intertidal area, shore, marine facilities, floating docks and water craft. 5. A plan of recommended mitigation whom for review by state and federal regulatory agencies, the Harbor Committee, interested citizens and groups, all the Bangor City Council. 6. Mitigation of environmental hazards which deter the commercial/recreational development of Use former Maine Central HR lad, estimated cost of $300,000. 7. Marketing of the purchased land by the City of Bangor for commaciallrecreational development, and recovery of the purchase cost all cost of enviunmrevml mitigation. 8. Sale of former railroad lards for commercial/recreatlonal redevelopment. 9. Engmeaing plans for the replacement of the severely deteriorated and coal tar - contaminated amber bulkhead in the immediate area. 10. Tasks will be undertaken subsequent to the tasks listed above in implement the coal Or mitigation plan, sell and redevelop the purchased land and replace the deteriorated and contaminated bulkhead. Tasks j-1 are beyond the scope of the project for which grant fulls are now rtquestd, and will require additional funding from future grant rounds, proteins of the sale of the railroad land purchased by the City, or other public or private funds. Quality of assessment actions will be assured by contracting with a qualified and experienced envirorunental engineering consulting engineer to Prepare, and seek approval from the Maine DEP of a detailed assessment plan for the project area; and to perform professional oversight and contract monitoring during the actual assessment. The consulting engineer will also enforce appropriate health and safety requirements, and prepare a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) to ensure the quality of sampling and analysis. Reuseng and Proposed Cleanup Dung Mechanisms 1. The City of Bangor but contacted with Hunter Interests of Annapolis, MD for planning and design services for the Penobscot River Waterfront. These services include: a physical planning study of reuse potential for the waterfront, a market analysis to determine market support for (be redevelopment of the waterfront, and the preparation of an RFP soliciting redevelopment proposals. Sub-coaoactors assisting Hunter Interests include: Charles Norris of New York, who contributed to the development of a high-speed coastal ferry system wbich could fink Bangor with Mt. Desert Island and Rockland which appears in the Maine Department of Transportation Strategic Passenger Transportation Plan; Caplan Associates of Bar Harbor which assisted in the preparation, for the soliciting town of Hampden, this Hampden Waterfront Study; and The Waterfront Center of Washington, DC, a world-known expert on waterfront redevelopment. Shore-side environmental remediation, currently being implemented by the City of Bangor, will be completed prior m a development agreement being finalized. Should a selected development proposal include a water-side component such as a marina or pier N [be area of the known coal tar deposit, an agreement would be reached between all patties involved m cover the cost of mitigation of the coal tar deposit. Parties to the agreement would include, but not necessarily be limited to, the selected developer, the City of Bangor, and! the State of Maine, owner of the submerged lands on which the coal tar deposits rests. Also m be included are any successor an the Maine Utility Gas Company, believed to be the party originally responsible for the the coal tar deposit. 2. Potential sources of hands to mitigate the river bottom coal tar deposit could, depending upon the waterfront redevelopment proposal selected, include: successors to the Maine Utility Gas Company, the City of Bangor, the selected developer, the State of Maim through its Department of Transportation and/or Department of Environmental Protection, the United Stores Coast Guard, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and private terminal operators. As a viable mitigation plan is not yet available (that would be a product of this proposed project) and, therefore, an estimate of the cost and scope of mitigation actions is not yet available, no funding commitments are possible at this time. Legal research into the existence of a successor to the Maine Utility Gas Company is now being conducted by the City of Bangor Legal Department in consultation with a private legal firm in Georgia. Flow of Ownership Plan L Maine law mandams that submerged lands trader navigable waters, including land within the tidal zone, such as those upon which the coal tar deposit in the Penobscot River is located, are owned by the State. No action by the Maine Legislature is anticipated to modify ownership of the submerged lands applicable to this project. Potential furore developers of structures over submerged lands would pay an annual submerged land use fee to the State. 2. Liability of the owner of the contaminated land, submerged Intel owned by the State of Maine, is a question to be answered by applicable State agencies such as the Department of Environmental Protection and the Sate Planning Office. Liability of the suspected source of the coal ter, Maine Utility Gas Co., is being investigated by the City of Bangor. 4. Long-Term Benefits and Sustainability IsainS Term Renefi[� While a derail description of the technical methods to mitigate the river-bottom coal far must await the preparation of a mitigation plan, it is anticipated that removal by dredging or capping may eliminate or subsmmizlly reduce the bot-weather migration of coal tar to the water's surface and in-river structures and search. The brownfields pilot will provide funding to complete the investigation and analysis of the coal tar deposit and to create a mitigation plan. This plan, with a methodology and cost estimate for mitigation, should make it possible to persuade interested parties in participate in (urging the mitigation. This information would also help to determin the magnitude of settlement with the responsible successors of the Maine Utility Gas Company. It is known that there existed in earlier times a great many coal gasification facilities producing coal tar as a byproduct. It is expected that marry of these facilities were located near navigable waters to faJiace the delivery of coal to the facility. It is, therefore, logical in assume that there are other existences of coal in deposits in navigable waters associated with other gasification facilities, which occurred either by accident during trampon of the coal far from the gasification facility, or which were allowed N he deposited N navigable waterways. This pilot will test mitigation methodology of such coal tar deposits. Sustainable Reuse The City of Bangor will soon distribute an RFP inviting redevelopment proposals for the redevelopment of shore lands in the project area. The City's desigu/plarming consultant has already received developer interest in the area. The waterfront location is expected to encourage submission of development proposals remaining waterside uses. Waterside development proposals will necessitate mitigation of the coal tar migration and create an investment motivation to fund the mitigation plan. Developments will be solicited which invite the public back to the waterfront to enjoy a waterfront experience which is free from the mvimmnenal consequences of former industrial uses including coal on migrdfion. Meacu______res of Such=_ 1. Completion of shore-side remediation of the former railroad lands and mitigation of the river bouom coal tar migration will make possible the successful marketing of this former industrial land for redevelopment for water-related uses. Elimination or substantial reduction of seasonal coal not migration and resulting fouling of the shore, vessels, and structures, ` removes an engramsental threat in aquatic life and a deterrent to waterfront revitalization . 2. River water quality relative to the presence of coal tar contamination in Ne form of globules and/or slick will be monitored on a daily basis by the Harbor Master during the warm temperatures of July and August when water temperatures are highest and water levels are low. Any significant presence of coal tar centam-tuition may indicate a failure of the mitigation effort or unamigated coal tar deposits not identified during river bottom assessment. 3. The measures of success will be functional N nature: numbers of complaints re- ceived annually by the Maine Depart. of Enviromrtemal Protection and US Coast Guard about the presence of coal tar in Bangor Huber. The base lire of past numbers of annual com- plaims is a matter of DEP and Coast Guard rand. Mother measure will be the number of days normally when the Harbor Master observes coal tar on the surface of harbor water. M amoral report of this data will be provided to EPA to document project success. STATE OF MAINE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION March 15, 1999 ME Rodney G. McKay Director of Community and Economic Development TS Harlow Strew Bangor, Maine 04401 RE: EPA Brownfields Asssument Dearonsumion Pilots Grant Application Dear Mr. McKay, The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (the "DepartmenC)has recently received and reviewed your proposed gram application,Earned 'Mitigation Plan: Coal Tar Migration in Bangor Harbor". Based on our previous knowledge of me proposed Brownf Ids propetty and she information you have provided us, she Department supports your application for grant funding from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and racognians the merit of a Brownfields initiative aimed at reclaiming and revitalizing the Bangor Harbor mea of the Penobsroa River. The Department also assures the City of Bangor that we will actively participate as a member in a Brownfields getup composed ofmher saakeholders. in addition, Nicholas Hodgkins, the oordinmor of the Department's voluntary cleanup program, will provide oversight of investigation Bud remedial activities conducted by contractors at she property. The Department shares She City of Bangor's goal m mitigate the environmental and human health threats posed thyme coal tvcona ination in the Iver. Please feel free to call Nicholas Hodgkins at 207-2874854 if the DclB rlment may be of further assistance. erely, w Sullivan Cc:Nicholas Hodgkins 17 STATE HOUSE STATION BANGOR PORTLAND PRESSITTE ISLE AUCUSTA, MAINE 04333.0017 106 HOGAN ROAD 322 CANCO ROAD 1235 CENTRAL DRIVE SKYWAY PARK (207) 267-7698 BANGOR MAINE 04401 PORTIAND, MAINE 04103 P1I$AEA1 ]$Ic MAINE 047SMOR4 RAY BLDG , HODPMAL EF (207) 941-070 PAX DQU 941,1364 (207) SI -000 ROF ('TO 822 foOl (BAD 7644477 FAX, DIO 164,1507 STATE OF MAINE D£PARTMLNT OFTRANSPORTATION 16 STATE HOUSE STATION AOOUSTA. MAINE 04ua0oM NpI561SAA Y QPEeJ1 S February 23, 1999 Joseph M. Baldacci, Mayor City of Bangor 73 Harlow Street Bangrer,ME 04401 Den Mayor Baldaeci Commissioner Melrose asked that I pass on our thanes for your letter of support for the So-megic PassengerTramporrarion Plan Hangar is identified as a'Gateway Intermodal Hub' in the Plan and will be akey component of the proposed h mrinodal transportation network The upcoming bond issue proposal and the Biennial Transportation Improvement Program (HTTP) include projects that will go fa in assisting Bangor in becoming a Incorporation hub. This funding will not only provide necesse y feasibility studies, it supports initial improvernnitsfor many of the infrantocure investment outlined in your herrn. These include: • $12 Million for waterfront development to replace bulkheads. • 8980,000, in addition to funds currently available, for a feasibility study and preliminary engineering fur linking Bangor to Trenton by rail. This includes funds to match S1.3 Million in federal funding for the design and permitting of intermodal facilities at Bangor International Airport and Hancock County -Bar Harbor Airyort in Treatoe. We will work with Bob Zlegelsar to ensure that this work is consistent with BIA's master plan. $2.8 Million to begin the upgrade of the Calais Branch rail line between Brewer and Ellsworth This work will be consistent with the mentioned feasibility study. We will also be requesting 511.2 Million in federal discretionary, funding to bring this segment of the Calais Branch to the FM Class III standards necessary to Support passenger service. • $169,000 in the Airport Program to provide one half of the local Such for projects at BIA THE MAINE DEPARTMENT OF T AIQPORTATION IS AN A Tt4 RMATrvE A=IOry EQUAL OPPORTUNITY SMW1 Joseph M. Baldacci, Mayor February 2J, 1999 Page two $85,000 in the Mass Transit Program to assist with the local match for replacement of five buses for The Bus. These investments will go far in developing the intermodal iNrazvuctme necessary to carry out the Strategic Passenger Transpormrion Plan's goal of creating an intermodal hub in Bangor to support air, mil, marine, and momrcozch services. I look forward to working withyou on these projects. Sincerely, o ed rector Office of Passenger Transportation RLPjdc cc: John G. Melrose, Commissioner, MOOT PRR-22-19Y9 11:13 FR IE STATE P RINIIL OFFICE TU 99454449 P.02 . I : I , 99-131 STATE OF MAINC EAECUTIVE OEPAITMENT STATE PLANNING OFFICE se STATE HOUSE STATION AUGUSTA. MAINS - 04U3403 E'ANO PM IEWAICP veus&OJA I � I a�a�hMr IF ot� tg a�s I t FIT y and em w n c Dave opmem ean, � Ml:i Qa+ot . gear', UT VyeIIHave r Sed the pr Get for the "MiG9ation Plan: Coal Tar Mitigatich In h'an' r 1 ad I ibuld like to support you application for fire BroWnfields grant IF the U S.�ETrvim4 ehW ProteWon Agency We haw: been mncemed about the IBI of tips Waters 4 ling me PenobSmt BaYi and see this project having an imbonantllink Witlti btmaaftons. Wei bunny with the Dent, and the of EnviMaine M mental Bond Protection E,co7omlc a Com[or the'Dtial Phme'l and pre Maine Mutuelpal Bond dank al fMornrlg s kali for Ne initial Phase'l and Phase y to m misty of theses andour (ropM ). Efik's atck Erik Carson wouldre happy to assist you g that eMe4! reeds55). Edk's background n histaFic preservation and planrtilg can t yqu as �s be I Wei kpa II'b City's continuing effort's m Support redevelopment and reuse, eflods 0 premed by our own to foster appropriate development in our state's' $ Ce, � mmmundies. Redevelopment in Mese communities can;inimlie' devlbptlletit awl outside the mmmimay, while providing sustainable Yard fon lot WWM when City services are or can be made available. t'Ie&w let US 1017w if vre Can be of hlmler assistance. Y I I Ei`�dA D R 'AICP ', c I I � ... .^ter II I j i i TOTAL P,@ March 18,1999 Mr. Rodney G. McKay Director CityofBmgor Downtown of Community and Economic Development 73 Iferlow Streit Bangor, ME 04401 Dear Mr. McKay: I write to express my fill support for the application of the City of Bangor to the Environmental Protection Agency for Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilot Grant funding to mitigate potential environmental and health problems from coal tar contamination in the Penobscot River. Your application, "Mitigation Plan: Coal Tar Migration in Bangor Huber," is supported by the State of Maine Department of Environments! Protection. During the briefing, you and other officials of the City of Bangor provided to me on February 26, the issue of the deposits of coal in was explored. The plan provides a means to address the issue and is worthy of support. I wish you every success with this project. Please do not hesitate to call me or a member of my staff at 945-0417 if there is anything more I can do to be of assistance. Sincerely, SMCjdc Susan M.Collins United States Senator 0 mum... wN.awrv.. 99-131 SnSANK(o)(INS ���� �klnited Mates venate ®».,�.w wASHINGTON.oc20510-1904 March 18,1999 Mr. Rodney G. McKay Director CityofBmgor Downtown of Community and Economic Development 73 Iferlow Streit Bangor, ME 04401 Dear Mr. McKay: I write to express my fill support for the application of the City of Bangor to the Environmental Protection Agency for Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilot Grant funding to mitigate potential environmental and health problems from coal tar contamination in the Penobscot River. Your application, "Mitigation Plan: Coal Tar Migration in Bangor Huber," is supported by the State of Maine Department of Environments! Protection. During the briefing, you and other officials of the City of Bangor provided to me on February 26, the issue of the deposits of coal in was explored. The plan provides a means to address the issue and is worthy of support. I wish you every success with this project. Please do not hesitate to call me or a member of my staff at 945-0417 if there is anything more I can do to be of assistance. Sincerely, SMCjdc Susan M.Collins United States Senator 0 mum... wN.awrv.. March 18, 1999 Mr. Rodney McKay Director of Community and Economic Development 73lfarlow St. Bangor, Maine 04401 Dear Mr. McKay: I ran writing in support of the city ofBangoes application under the EPA's Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilots Christ program. As both a member of Congress and a lifelong resident of Bangor, I am aware that the city's waterfront Brea plays a vital role in the economic future of both the community and the Bavgor area as a whole. During the past 20 years, many people have worked extremely hard is reclaim the health of the Penobscot River, as well as the economic viability of this historic asset. Removing the coal tar deposits that have plagued boating enthusiasts in Banger Harbor would be amajor and crucial first step in the city's waterfront redevelopment designs, and would also mitigate the environmental and health hazards now experienced by the contamination. Again, your proposal has my highest recommendation, and I wish you the best of luck. If I can be of additional assistance, please ds not hesitateto contact me. With best wishes, y o E. Bi Member of f Conovgress 99-131 JOHN ELME a4LORCCI P10 WW ANDINFRAEMUCILrRE (CBt[geeSg of the VnfteD tateg JDo119e of AepreSmtafibm Wa9hingtan, 7@620515-1902 "' ME IM March 18, 1999 Mr. Rodney McKay Director of Community and Economic Development 73lfarlow St. Bangor, Maine 04401 Dear Mr. McKay: I ran writing in support of the city ofBangoes application under the EPA's Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilots Christ program. As both a member of Congress and a lifelong resident of Bangor, I am aware that the city's waterfront Brea plays a vital role in the economic future of both the community and the Bavgor area as a whole. During the past 20 years, many people have worked extremely hard is reclaim the health of the Penobscot River, as well as the economic viability of this historic asset. Removing the coal tar deposits that have plagued boating enthusiasts in Banger Harbor would be amajor and crucial first step in the city's waterfront redevelopment designs, and would also mitigate the environmental and health hazards now experienced by the contamination. Again, your proposal has my highest recommendation, and I wish you the best of luck. If I can be of additional assistance, please ds not hesitateto contact me. With best wishes, y o E. Bi Member of f Conovgress Q004 99-131 1. INTRODUCTION This memorandum summarizes a proposed approach for seeldW cost recovery for the envinoumeard costs and other losses sufferedby the City of Bangor ("Bangor) in connection with the former manufactured gas Plant site ("MGP') located on Main Street in Bangor. For Purposes Of this discussion, basic familiarity with the site's history and the various PRps is assumed. Additiowd information may be obtained fiom the briefing booklet delivered to the City Council on November 9,1998. Included in brackets following each subsection below is a preliminary estimate ofdle expected range (i.e., not the but or worst case) Of cumulative torts necessary m complete that stage. The first number is the projected Cumulative total for legal fees (as measured by standard hourly rates) and the second number is the projected total for ether coats and expenses (such ss expert fen). Thus, the entry ($5,000/$25,0001 at the cud Of subsection II(a) indicates that the legal fees for this effort are expected to be less am $5,00) and expenses are expected to be las dsu $25,000. Ibe entry [$10,000/$26,00010 315,000/$28,0003 following subsection 11(b) S 15,000. and indicates that the expected cumulative legal tees Wovgh flat stage might range from and S28,000. 28to ve od for her Further, that yoftheu Ceps be Onamad, me could expect theght cumulative $total W be reduced Fudhea should any of the steps be omitted, one could expect the cumulative total to be reduced by ted amouv¢attnbutable to chat step. The estimates should beunderstood as preliminary and subj act to materia] revision. The presumed 9031 of the e$ort described below is only to recover past coati Acootdingly, the approach outlined seeks to maximize the net recovery to Bangor by facadng on a single PRP, Citizens Utilities Company CCUC), and by attempting m avoid filing a lawsuit or at least aggressively pursuing litigation. In the event Bangor desired (or CUC chose 10 force) a cora npsakLw Ku PATTiIQc $TOCIQON I f P I 1001`0 v ufttw, furry autos5o Tlkob «W.e15.000 ruuimlls: µA815.6$$5 Wepfi¢: rw.ykmh.eem November 16,1998 &=a: obi; n;,l: 404.815u16 Memorandum PRIVILEGED AND CONFWENTL4L TO: Erik M.SVzWfel FROM: William Scott Laseter RE: Bangor MGPSite--Cort Recovery 1. INTRODUCTION This memorandum summarizes a proposed approach for seeldW cost recovery for the envinoumeard costs and other losses sufferedby the City of Bangor ("Bangor) in connection with the former manufactured gas Plant site ("MGP') located on Main Street in Bangor. For Purposes Of this discussion, basic familiarity with the site's history and the various PRps is assumed. Additiowd information may be obtained fiom the briefing booklet delivered to the City Council on November 9,1998. Included in brackets following each subsection below is a preliminary estimate ofdle expected range (i.e., not the but or worst case) Of cumulative torts necessary m complete that stage. The first number is the projected Cumulative total for legal fees (as measured by standard hourly rates) and the second number is the projected total for ether coats and expenses (such ss expert fen). Thus, the entry ($5,000/$25,0001 at the cud Of subsection II(a) indicates that the legal fees for this effort are expected to be less am $5,00) and expenses are expected to be las dsu $25,000. Ibe entry [$10,000/$26,00010 315,000/$28,0003 following subsection 11(b) S 15,000. and indicates that the expected cumulative legal tees Wovgh flat stage might range from and S28,000. 28to ve od for her Further, that yoftheu Ceps be Onamad, me could expect theght cumulative $total W be reduced Fudhea should any of the steps be omitted, one could expect the cumulative total to be reduced by ted amouv¢attnbutable to chat step. The estimates should beunderstood as preliminary and subj act to materia] revision. The presumed 9031 of the e$ort described below is only to recover past coati Acootdingly, the approach outlined seeks to maximize the net recovery to Bangor by facadng on a single PRP, Citizens Utilities Company CCUC), and by attempting m avoid filing a lawsuit or at least aggressively pursuing litigation. In the event Bangor desired (or CUC chose 10 force) a zoos 99-131 PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL, Memorandum to Erik M. Stumpfel November 16,1998 Page 2 broader motor= ofmy issue onsite and offsite habihdes mannotsd with the MGP, the optimal sMahgy would likely involve Sling a lawsuit immedimety age= all known PRPs and Pressing forward towards summmyjvdgmevt on the issue of the City's right to persue a CERCLA Section 107 claim (i.e., adowivgi0int and several liability). In addition to involving a different strategy, R would be expected that such litigation would be significantly more expensive than the limited effort contemplated by this memorandum. Finally, the strategy and cost estimates assume that City personnel would be available assist in so leas[ some additional local, factual reaeaucL FmNer, it is Manuel due one or more attorneys&em the City Solicioes office could act as local counsel. To the extent outside local counsel Proved necessary, additionalcasts would be incurred, par¢cularly if the matter reached the more advanced stages of litigation. H. OUTLINE OF PROPOSED APPROACH a) Prelimivary Aval fC rain Ofki[e Imus As uudined in the lever from the writer to Erik Stumpfel dated November 16, 1998, the City should consider engaging an expert to confins the err -like material in Ne Penobscot River to determine whetharics chemical Properties give a clear indication of its origin This step is not directly related m the cost 1x0very appmach outlived below but is included because any such effort would obviously affect the overall coats. In the event the City chose not be persue this sainal effort' the expected costs should be subtracted from both the low and high ranges for each of the stages that follow. [>$5,0001>$2 ,000) b) Background Resesreh andFormal D d The East direct steps toward Meaning money Som COC would involve E and legal research and padajpg might Pbsereieen, Ira Or formal ing witnesses, and Mal hang f r might include reciting title i96or 0, M aCcv any surs of f ie M wihresses, and searching fsrefuidto Plans, drawings,demand,iirecommended Photographs or ender that c nsidece be cam eical operation Wicmeegacd to theformaldconsuitisrecommendedthatcility, wacarebe takenmsommmuecue thorough and convincing can forCUC's arae tthi at swell would the City's Jude sc u ing an recovery, Wfclai Citym thed0veaeaiatanee,00013agetas$2soincludesec]. and assignment of claims from the developer. [$10,000/$26,000 to $20,000/$30,000]. 0006,., 99-131 PRIVMECrED AND CONFIDMIAL Memorandum to Erik M. Sa mpfel November 16,1998 Page 3 C) Pre -Lith, hum Nee0Oati Ideally (and, the writerbelievee most likely), CUC would respond W the initial demand with some indication of an interest in setting ratherNm a complete demad of any liapiI,ty, Assuming CUC does respond withsomething other thea wmplemdenial, the pre -litigation . negotiationa will be aimed either at tilting to reach an acetal setflement or at seeming the higbat possfblepre-fitigationoffer. Hopefully, the prelitigation offer would then provide a basis alcohol wbich to evaluate Aurher actions. This stege might include one or more face -W -face meetings, the production of relevant documents related W site history and damages, and numerous otbu<ommunicatiovs. Somewhat ironically, the better the results of this stage, the higher the likely costs, because Bangor would quickly dispense with pre -litigation efforts if CUC denies all liability (orrefuses to offer any aumova'huismco value',. Itis possible that Ore matter could be resolved a this stage.[$12,OOW$27,000to$35,000/$33,000) d) Prepare and File Lawsuit Assuming that CUC either denied all liability or refused an offer high cough to justly continued negotiations. the next step would be to file a lawsoir. most likely in federal district court W Maine. The efforts involved'm this step might include additional Incrust and legal research ami would clearly include drafting a complaint and my mandatory discome, required under total rule, and Particlpalm to say seMdalivg/discoveryon eferecOne. [$17,0001$28,OOOto %35,000/533,000)' a) jLs2ond to Possible CIIC COUseterclalmoMird Parte Complaints CUC would likely counterclaim asserting Nat BeJaPr is also a liable party and, deerefoce, my amount it owes should be reduced by Borges and my other viable Ms, mepamonrte share. With regard W Ourd-party practice, CUC would probably prefer to point to Ne -empty chan"but theoretically could move to add other PRPE. [820,000/528,000 to $35,000/$33,000) f) Participate N Addidionad SeedementEN The pretiromary scheduling mail discovery discussions would preset an additional opportunity W pursue m MIYresoludam. Depending on the POsinretakeaby CUC, Bangor would likely be well saved by participating in any informal coun-ydded mediation or oche ' Tbeuppv-evil errOe expmedsaetmmgeumesamesse(c)iamsegnidw spat nye maximum wvastmarivpm LLngetion v<Bosiatiom would ovtYbemede itse_,_ appmrMGWdy. FmNq. Howeser itPould benotteie deomeabc acmes can amowlaoo a bold Maeymr{atmvVpoc. ive certainly cowe5itahouldbe aorcd that cbeor fma¢dfigualsteses or c,aal®i¢d, sous -a bsoowoappmach. Iso cos of doruge Wtdmasa, epperlOr udiw;dwpna8es ersmmWedrelY. soWdmbemtinlly aeeM tlm upper -mad of dr rm8a presenmd 0007.. ..... ..,_. 99-131 PRWILEGED AND CONFIDENnAL MemosavdumOn Erik M. Sturepfel Nov®ber 16, 1998 Paged settlement efforts. Like the pso-litigation seulemrnt eff", the more pmdoctive Nese efforts appear, the more time and money it would make sense to invest at this stage. [$22,000/$29,000 to $38,000/$35,000] g) WVritan Ddscovery Assuming m unusual Procedures, the ordinary near stage would be to serve and respond towrittndiscovery. Bangorwould make everyeltert to keep its costs low during this stage. Obviously, the defendnd(s) would bove the opposite interests. [$27,000/$30,0Wja $501000/$0,0003 h) Deooaitlon of Fact Witnesses Faetwuresses might include one or mom •30(6)(6)" witnesses for each party, redress or neighbors prean[ st or near the MGP during its aluse es- Persons fanuliar with the various real sense trenaactiom involving the site, and present who en account for expenditures made on the Par" of the City and (assuming an assignment of claims can be secured) the developer. [840,000/$37,000 to$75,0001$50p00] 0 Daivnadoo fF art W' p f1'estim dD 'tl As a tactical matter, Bangor would probably be well served to delay the designation of exputsaslongaspossible. Howevet, at somepcint, Bangorwould need 0 identify ata minimum an nvuommnmtal expert to explain the ain (perhaps someone from S.W. Cole) ad an appraisal expert for property valuation. Additonally, particularly if it is unable to identify fact witnesses or other evidence showing releases during the CUC period, it may need to identify sen expert on 60 historical operations of MOPS dust can testify to Ne ways in whinb ordinary Operation ofthe BangorMGP would have resultedin"disposal"ofhaxardone sabsnnnus CUC would likely designate one ormore similar experts in each category, and might also designate raper OR the issue of compliance with the NCP. aEght of the current expectation for the range of likely renvery, it seems unlikely Bangor would prune the matter dueugh the end of this stage Wean additional facts are nnvmW suggesting a higber recovery is probable or the City's objectivesforthelitigationchangemincludereseludonoffrp Wues. [$60,000555,000m $110,000/100,000] )) S J d t Aa suggested above, it sews fairly aalikely Nat the matter would reach this stage Without asetdemeut or without Bangor having decided to terminate the effort. However, the next step in the Ordinary course OfEtigation would be for dre parties m file motions for sumruary 11/16/98 15:19 FAS 404 815 $011 KILPAMICC 6 Si0 GN 99-131 PPIVMEGED AND CONFD)MM7 Memorm lam to Erik M. Stumpfel November 16, 1998 Page 5 judgment Bangor tight seek to eslabl sb that it was entitled 0 pursue a CERCLA acdon 107 claimandthatCUCwasaliablepaity. 7feuceessfiddamages would be the main issue formal. COnvase3y, CVC would likely seek to establish that Bangor u also a liable party. [$75,OON$65,000 to $140,000/5110,000] k) Other PretrialM 5 s/C f /o.a«s 10 de N the mlikely event the matter reach ct this stage, the parties would likely have additional formal and informal settlement confeteoces, scheduling meetings with the coup, and theopportuwtyforvariousmoaoosinlimne. ]leper ieswouldakobegiuworkonapud pmldalorder. f$90,000/$67,000to S175,OOW125,000J 1) mal In the extrmrdmazy event that either the mattarhad not settled crotherwise terminated, the next stage would be niat. (S125,000/$100,000 to 8250,000/8200,000] m) Appeal Prospects for an appeal appear too remote to merit further comment ar this time ($175,000/$110,000 m 1300,000/$225,000] Bangor City Council/Army Corps of Engineers December 3,1998 at 10:00 a.m. City Council Chambers Agenda Introduction Welcome by Mayor Baldacci Opening Remarks by Congressman Baldacci Overall Roles and Responsibilities - Army Corps of Engineers a. Maintenance dredging/discussion of Penobscot River Federal Charnel -Carl Boutilier - b. Improvement dredging -Mike Keegan C. Environmental dredging authority -Mike Keegan d. Regulatory program -Shawn Mahaney Roles and Responsibilities, MDOT-Brian Nutter Objectives and Needs a. Pilotsperspectives on over navigation, maintenance and improvement dredging needs -Capt. Mike Martiolf and Capt. Dave Gelinas b. Terminal operators' perspective on berthing area dredging (1) Barrett Paving -Roland Fogg (2) Webber Oil -Dick Harnum (3) Webber Tanks.JeffMindy (4) Coldbrook Energy -Paul Gerald (5) City of Bangor Future needs -Jim Ring, City Engineer C. City's perspective on other objectives (1) Bulkhead replacement -Jim Ring (2) Environmental cleanup -Jim Ring (3) Waterfront development -Rod McKay, City Director of Economic Development Next Steps (1) Maintenance dredging -information on nips and drafts from pilots -information from City on prospective traffic, trips and drafts -State's assessment of need (2) Improvement dredging -letter of request from City -the same information needed for maintenance (3) Berthing -dredging plans from oil companies, paving company, and City (4) Bulkhead -City's identification of need (5) Environmental cleanup -City's identification of need (6) Waterfront development h��y�p�9-131 Dredge Prioritization Process 1. Communities in the project area 2. Evidence of need a. Safety b. Osage (Current and potential) 3. State Economic Benefit 4. Local Economic Benefit 5, Local Public support b. Public AccesslUse 7. Encroachments S. Special Interests Other factors that affect the decision-making process Enviromnental Issues Alterratives Analysis Causes of Sedimentation and/or pollutants RedesigalReconsttuction 99-131 Meeting Notification List The Honorable Olympia J. Snowe United States Senate One Cumberland Place, Suit 306 Bangor, Maine 04401 ATN: Gail Kelley FAX 941-9525 The Honorable Susan M. Collins United States Senate Room 204 Federal Building 202 Harlow Street Bangor, Maine 04401 ATTN: Judy Cuddy FAX 9904604 The Honorable John E. Baldacci United States House of Representatives Post Office Box 858 Bangor, Maine 04401 Arm John Ripley FAX 942-5907 Michael Keegan, PE US. Army Corps of Engineers 696 Virginia Road Concord. MASS 01742-2751 Shawn B. Mahaney U.S. ACE Maine Project Office RR 92 Box 1555 Manchester. ME 04351 Brian Nutter MDOT - Office of Freight Tmnsporlation 16 Sate House Station Augusta, ME 04333-0016 FAX 0 287-2032 r MAINE ra �N. AM:TFEET eaI y 4400 ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT 45-4400 James 0. Ping, P.E. FAX amAas�aaae City Eng^eer/grecbr of Public Serves February 5, 1999 MEETING NOTICE PENOBSCOT RIVER DREDGING The City of Bangor has scheduled a meeting on February 10, 1999 with representatives from the local offices of our Congressional Delegation, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, MDOT, City Staff. and other interested patties to further discuss potential dredging of the Penobscot River and related projects. This meeting will assemble a working group to further identifyneeds, naluate feasibility, and develop strategies for implementation of these projects. The meeting will be at Location: Third Floor Conference Room Bangor City Hall 73 Halow Street Date: Wednesday. Febrturg 10. 1999 Time 9:30 A. M. antes D. Ring, PE City Engineer "-131 PENOBSCOT RIVER IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE FEBRUARY 10, 1999-9:30 Bangor City Hall — 3rd Floor Conference Room nfA�NDA 1. Introductions 2. Overview of Potential Projects and Needs • Maintenance Dredging • Improvement Dredging • Enviromnental Dredging_ • Bulkhead Replacement n. Process for Development of Projects • Technical Regulmory Funding 4. Implementation Steps Additional Information Support Public Stakeholder Regulatory Agencies Congressional 5. Schedule 1:5kt lJ uTl�il 1'1eWn a seq. 1G'Iles XEEG-4ti 4D4%IID D41V; GScn! 5� S*na�cr i�t/rem Abb�fr AA #,4j �DwivU� US F2ia!Y LCC�P$ CF' �rG-IN'r�[y lkeao THGfne DOT wwre/{ Az,%eF ItFOm(. Azy 5CA, city e4w'.* 4 99-131 `ci I 950.57 3 0 9y2 S �57A 9V2- 4/0196/ iYS'YY%ax3/. 2.346 6`l 4ysaf3�. ucP- y'fiJ- ?5� C23- F3E7 G7b-3r6 - fns 7 X23 -Sot/ !/�Mv vss-zrry W�7-45 t(