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TO US EPA Region I Barbara Ika1a1nen

FROM John Zupkus and Joe Downing

SUBJECT Preliminary Draft Site Chronology Bibliography and References for

Cannons En91neerilng Site Brf dgewater MA Cannons Engineering Site Plymouth MA

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CANNONS ENGINEERING bull BRIOGEWATER MA

Deceaber 28 1973 Bridgewater Board of selectmen licensing Au~hor1ty

~hv~t~J~~r~~5 ~t the land located at First Street Lot 4 for

February 13 1974 Site assignment granted at Lot 4 on First Street 8r1 dgewater

November 1974 Cannons purchased lot 4 on Ftrst Street from Benson ReaUty Trust

1974 cannons Engineering Corporation (CEC) enters business of collecting trinsporttng storing and dtspostng of hazardous waste

Decetllber 8 1977 CEC applied to t he Massachusetts ntvts t on of Water Pollution Control for 11cense to operate a Hazardous Waste Collection and Disposal Facility on First Street Bridgewater MA for 1978 The materials to be conveyed stored or disposed of were hydrocarbon liquids aqueousliquids and solids and sludges

Jlnuery 1 1978 The Hazardous Waste Board of the Dtvtsion of Water Poi1utton COntrol tssued a 1978 license for Hazardous Waste Collection and Disposal to CEC for a facility on Ftrst Street tn Bridgewater

Jttvlllber 30 1978 Cannons applied for a hazardous waste license for 1979

Jlnuary 1 1979 Cannons received a hazardous waste li cense

NDvlllbtr 29 1979 Cannons applied to DEQE for a hazardous waste license

January 1 1980 The old Hazardous Waste Act was repealed Licenses issued pursuant to the old Act remained in effect cannons continued to operate under tts 1979 license

January 2 1980 Waste Product Survey conducted by cannons

~rtl 24 1980 Envtrorwntntal Notification Fofll f rCIII Executive Office of nv1rorwental Affairs (EOEA) indicated that following the 414 site vtstt

1t was decided that the proposed Hazardous Waste Processing Facility would

~i ff~~i~~t~l rrn~~ i~csf~l ~v~~~~~t~~t ~~~~~re~~ac~~~u~~ea residential neighborhood

May 22 1980 Article in Boston Globe reported Associated Press ftndtngs concerning illegal dumping of hazardous lfastes Cannons reported burning 63 1111l1ton gallons of lfaste but company records tndtcated only 1 42 n~tllton gallons ~~~ere burned at the Srtdgelfater factltty Drivers logs and shipping manifests and bills indicated most of the 5 million gallons of

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) Drivers stated that they wou l d dump truckloads of toxic wastes i nto a pipe

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June 12 1980 The EOEA revoked Cannons 1979 hazaldous waste license and tts appltcat1on for renewal of that license for 1980 In t he rjvocatton 1t was stated that CEC submitted false monthly reports fo r every month from October 1978 to March 1980 Cannons reported 1nc1nerattng quantities of hazardous waste far in excess of the actual quantities incinerated Ca nnons failed to repo rt t he de l ivery of hazardous waste t o persons not licensed t o handl e haza rdous waste Ca nnons i ndicated receiv ing hazardous wa st e from ChemWaste Inc when t n fact t t had rece ived no such wa st e Furthermore Cannons wa s requi red to retai n the se rvices of a cont ractor t o prepare a pla for re1110val and di sposal of all hazardous wa stes

June 12 1980 Two principals at Cannons tndi tted in Ma ssachusetts

~ge~~~ c~f~n aJ~f~~nk~o~~(~o~ s2 ~ters z6~~~sa~~s~n~1~~~ Act c01111ft those violat i ons

June 14 1980 Cannons Engineering Corporation et als v Departent of Envtrorwental ~a11ty Engineering et al ftled by Cannons The court te~~porartly vacated the DEQE Order of Revocation but prohfbtted Cannons fr0111 tnctnerattng any ~~ater1a1s at fts Bridgewater facffty

June 23 1980 David A Mtlls Esquire of Mtlls amp Teague appointed Special Receiver for Cannons Engineering Corporation (CEC)

July 15 1980 Water s~~~ples were collected by DEQE on June 26 1980 at three locations and tested for twelve con~pounds Trace concentrations of 12 Trans-dichloroethylene and 12 dtchloroethane were found tn one slfftple None of the cheatcals a~alyzed were detected tn the other two Sllples

July 17 1980 Potential Hazardous Waste Site Identfft catfon and

r~1~=~r~~~~~=ifo-~~~~~red for Bridgewater stte by the

July 23 1980 Tank Wastes Inventory prepared by Cannons for Bridgewater PlywMJuth and West Yarwouth facfltttes

July 25 1980 Letter Robert Donovan t o Board of Heal t h Donovans offices would be respons i bl e for afr quality consi derat i ons at Ca nnons

Jgust 1 1980 Tests we re conducted on the Bridgewater tank farm waste

September 8 1980 Robert Cannon proposed to EPA fntertm mod i fications to the hazardous waste incinerator These modtffcattons were the fnstallatton of two auxiliary burners (to control the main fuel burner by hand and new aqueous spray nozzles

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September 18 1980 letter Frank Gaynor to David Mills EPA allowed

~jllSt tow~~c~fs w~~ ~~~e ~e~~[~rPf~~~s~~r~nw~~id~~st~e~e~o~~ucted to determine the incinerators capabilities

November 7 1980 Letter David Mills to creditors and customers of CEC Following test burn analysts safe burning of hazardous waste can rec01m1ence on 111080 Receiver states that $200000 in capital ts needed to tide the corporation over until it can eliminate its existing inventory and take in revenue~bearing inventory Also notice was given to creditors of CEC that Special Receivers Petition for Instructions would be heard in Plymou t h Superior Court on 112082 At thts hearing t he Court wou ld determine the future course of the receivership

lklvember 20 1980 A hearing was held in whi ch the judge ordered that special receivership be continued that incineration at Bridgewater continue under expert and agency supervision and negotiate for the sale of the corporate assets

Novtllber 22 1980 A newpaper reports hearing was held in which the judge ordered Cannons to continue burning chstcals in Bridgewater unttl 111oney ran out (Another hearing was scheduled for 1210) Cannons and Chbull-Waste of Londonderry NH and their principal officers were na~~ed tn 401 counts of dtaping chet~icals into the Mtrriuck River

_) NovSer 24 1980 letter Nancy Oliveira to Anthony Cortese Inforution

~ ~~~e~dc~~=t~J ~~~sSkr~~ew~rs~~l ~YCa~~~~ r~d~~of of Health WIS not given prior notification of burning frOM Lakeville

Movellber 25 1980 The Bridgewater facility was inspected by EPA Two vtolattons were sited the contingency plan had not been drafted and there did not appear to be a danger sign posted at the entrance It was recaended that no action be taken at that thwe and that the factltty be reinspected before tt started to receive additional waste to detern~tne tf the factltty would be capable of operating in contpttance wtth SUbtitle C

ftJvetlber 28 198~ Cannons closed for business

Decellber 18 1980 A Boston Globe article stated that an FBI informer told

~m f~ae~~n~~t~~~~riftr~~ f~f~hfs~~r ~ef~~~~~ntth organized crime SCA told a Massachusetts court that tt was thinki ng of bujtng Cannons Engineering in Bridgewater

January fi 1981 John Scott Cannon pleaded gutlty to 33 counts of

r~~~ci~1~1 ~n1 ~tr~h~n~r~1~c~h~v~ ~ eg~~~o~~~~t ~~middot~~n~a~~s of sentence with the last six 111onths to be spent in comunity service J Robert Cannon also faced the 33 counts and accepted 6 month probation in return for the State dropping all charges against htm Conspiracy charges against the Cannons and the Company were dropped (Boston Globe January 6 1981)

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January 8 1g81 Ca nnons Engineering Corporation was fined $50000 by lowell Superior Court The fine was suspended for up to 120 days until the sale of the firm would be completed reportedly SCA would buy Cannons) In a Nashua trial John Tin~ham received a sentence of a nine month jail term and $40000 fine William Sylvester who pleaded guilty was sentenced to a shmonth jail term and $5000 fine Hr Sylvester received a six month sentence after pleading guilty tn the lowell case Eagle Tribune 18Al)

January g 1g81 Letter Robert Donovan to Nancy Oliveira The Board of Health was not informed of burning at Cannons during the week of November 17 because DEQE was not aware that burning had been authorized by the court

~k~~r~~Bo~g~81 Cannons was sent the resul ts of the surface water samples

January 12 1g81 The Br idgewater Board of Health was taki ng steps to hold a publtc hearing dea ling with the site assignment granted to Cannons

Ja nuary 14 1981 Report by Ron White Mr Wh ite received a ccnplai nt of leaking 55 gallon dr111s at Bridgewater facility on 18 On that day Mr ltlite observed several drUIIIs leaking On 19 facility personnel were

f~t~s c~~~J ln3PdJ~tenJe~2que~ itPtrfOt(it~2i~cf~l ~t~~anup J act1vtt1es were observed

January 21 1981 Letter Robert Donovan to state representative Allan Chtocca Inforwetion on uterhls stored at the site was included Jnforaatton on aatertals burned during Novlllber would be forwarded tt was rec-ended that surveillance be increased at the facility for the sake of security OEOE had been observing the facility once a week and would

~~Nr~ 1~e~e~~iy tt()JWtr~r ft~i~fi 1ou~~r~~so~b~rde~~~e r would have to be addressed to the Town Counsel

January 30 1981 John Tinkham Ronald Mead Roland Beaudry and Gary SChwart z were sentenced to 18 months tn the Bfllertca House of Correction and Richard French presi dent of ChemWaste was sentenced to sh 110nths The defendants waived a jury trial because of recent newspaper articles dealing wtth the dtJaptng of toxic wastes (Boston Globe 13181)

Special Receiver ftled Notice of Intention to Comence Incineration

February 10 1g81 letter SCA Services Inc to DEQE SCA proposed to acquire the land and equipment owned by Cannons tn Bridgewater and to carry on with the business for~~~erly conducted there SCA also proposed to make improvements in landscaping cleanup storage and safety andwanted to know if compliance with Chapter 210 of the Massachusetts General laws would be required

February 10 1ga1 DEQE cited Cannons for violation of 201 of Hazardous J Waste Regulations 315CMR2 00

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) Drivers stated that they wou l d dump truckloads of toxic wastes i nto a pipe

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June 12 1980 The EOEA revoked Cannons 1979 hazaldous waste license and tts appltcat1on for renewal of that license for 1980 In t he rjvocatton 1t was stated that CEC submitted false monthly reports fo r every month from October 1978 to March 1980 Cannons reported 1nc1nerattng quantities of hazardous waste far in excess of the actual quantities incinerated Ca nnons failed to repo rt t he de l ivery of hazardous waste t o persons not licensed t o handl e haza rdous waste Ca nnons i ndicated receiv ing hazardous wa st e from ChemWaste Inc when t n fact t t had rece ived no such wa st e Furthermore Cannons wa s requi red to retai n the se rvices of a cont ractor t o prepare a pla for re1110val and di sposal of all hazardous wa stes

June 12 1980 Two principals at Cannons tndi tted in Ma ssachusetts

~ge~~~ c~f~n aJ~f~~nk~o~~(~o~ s2 ~ters z6~~~sa~~s~n~1~~~ Act c01111ft those violat i ons

June 14 1980 Cannons Engineering Corporation et als v Departent of Envtrorwental ~a11ty Engineering et al ftled by Cannons The court te~~porartly vacated the DEQE Order of Revocation but prohfbtted Cannons fr0111 tnctnerattng any ~~ater1a1s at fts Bridgewater facffty

June 23 1980 David A Mtlls Esquire of Mtlls amp Teague appointed Special Receiver for Cannons Engineering Corporation (CEC)

July 15 1980 Water s~~~ples were collected by DEQE on June 26 1980 at three locations and tested for twelve con~pounds Trace concentrations of 12 Trans-dichloroethylene and 12 dtchloroethane were found tn one slfftple None of the cheatcals a~alyzed were detected tn the other two Sllples

July 17 1980 Potential Hazardous Waste Site Identfft catfon and

r~1~=~r~~~~~=ifo-~~~~~red for Bridgewater stte by the

July 23 1980 Tank Wastes Inventory prepared by Cannons for Bridgewater PlywMJuth and West Yarwouth facfltttes

July 25 1980 Letter Robert Donovan t o Board of Heal t h Donovans offices would be respons i bl e for afr quality consi derat i ons at Ca nnons

Jgust 1 1980 Tests we re conducted on the Bridgewater tank farm waste

September 8 1980 Robert Cannon proposed to EPA fntertm mod i fications to the hazardous waste incinerator These modtffcattons were the fnstallatton of two auxiliary burners (to control the main fuel burner by hand and new aqueous spray nozzles

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September 18 1980 letter Frank Gaynor to David Mills EPA allowed

~jllSt tow~~c~fs w~~ ~~~e ~e~~[~rPf~~~s~~r~nw~~id~~st~e~e~o~~ucted to determine the incinerators capabilities

November 7 1980 Letter David Mills to creditors and customers of CEC Following test burn analysts safe burning of hazardous waste can rec01m1ence on 111080 Receiver states that $200000 in capital ts needed to tide the corporation over until it can eliminate its existing inventory and take in revenue~bearing inventory Also notice was given to creditors of CEC that Special Receivers Petition for Instructions would be heard in Plymou t h Superior Court on 112082 At thts hearing t he Court wou ld determine the future course of the receivership

lklvember 20 1980 A hearing was held in whi ch the judge ordered that special receivership be continued that incineration at Bridgewater continue under expert and agency supervision and negotiate for the sale of the corporate assets

Novtllber 22 1980 A newpaper reports hearing was held in which the judge ordered Cannons to continue burning chstcals in Bridgewater unttl 111oney ran out (Another hearing was scheduled for 1210) Cannons and Chbull-Waste of Londonderry NH and their principal officers were na~~ed tn 401 counts of dtaping chet~icals into the Mtrriuck River

_) NovSer 24 1980 letter Nancy Oliveira to Anthony Cortese Inforution

~ ~~~e~dc~~=t~J ~~~sSkr~~ew~rs~~l ~YCa~~~~ r~d~~of of Health WIS not given prior notification of burning frOM Lakeville

Movellber 25 1980 The Bridgewater facility was inspected by EPA Two vtolattons were sited the contingency plan had not been drafted and there did not appear to be a danger sign posted at the entrance It was recaended that no action be taken at that thwe and that the factltty be reinspected before tt started to receive additional waste to detern~tne tf the factltty would be capable of operating in contpttance wtth SUbtitle C

ftJvetlber 28 198~ Cannons closed for business

Decellber 18 1980 A Boston Globe article stated that an FBI informer told

~m f~ae~~n~~t~~~~riftr~~ f~f~hfs~~r ~ef~~~~~ntth organized crime SCA told a Massachusetts court that tt was thinki ng of bujtng Cannons Engineering in Bridgewater

January fi 1981 John Scott Cannon pleaded gutlty to 33 counts of

r~~~ci~1~1 ~n1 ~tr~h~n~r~1~c~h~v~ ~ eg~~~o~~~~t ~~middot~~n~a~~s of sentence with the last six 111onths to be spent in comunity service J Robert Cannon also faced the 33 counts and accepted 6 month probation in return for the State dropping all charges against htm Conspiracy charges against the Cannons and the Company were dropped (Boston Globe January 6 1981)

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January 8 1g81 Ca nnons Engineering Corporation was fined $50000 by lowell Superior Court The fine was suspended for up to 120 days until the sale of the firm would be completed reportedly SCA would buy Cannons) In a Nashua trial John Tin~ham received a sentence of a nine month jail term and $40000 fine William Sylvester who pleaded guilty was sentenced to a shmonth jail term and $5000 fine Hr Sylvester received a six month sentence after pleading guilty tn the lowell case Eagle Tribune 18Al)

January g 1g81 Letter Robert Donovan to Nancy Oliveira The Board of Health was not informed of burning at Cannons during the week of November 17 because DEQE was not aware that burning had been authorized by the court

~k~~r~~Bo~g~81 Cannons was sent the resul ts of the surface water samples

January 12 1g81 The Br idgewater Board of Health was taki ng steps to hold a publtc hearing dea ling with the site assignment granted to Cannons

Ja nuary 14 1981 Report by Ron White Mr Wh ite received a ccnplai nt of leaking 55 gallon dr111s at Bridgewater facility on 18 On that day Mr ltlite observed several drUIIIs leaking On 19 facility personnel were

f~t~s c~~~J ln3PdJ~tenJe~2que~ itPtrfOt(it~2i~cf~l ~t~~anup J act1vtt1es were observed

January 21 1981 Letter Robert Donovan to state representative Allan Chtocca Inforwetion on uterhls stored at the site was included Jnforaatton on aatertals burned during Novlllber would be forwarded tt was rec-ended that surveillance be increased at the facility for the sake of security OEOE had been observing the facility once a week and would

~~Nr~ 1~e~e~~iy tt()JWtr~r ft~i~fi 1ou~~r~~so~b~rde~~~e r would have to be addressed to the Town Counsel

January 30 1981 John Tinkham Ronald Mead Roland Beaudry and Gary SChwart z were sentenced to 18 months tn the Bfllertca House of Correction and Richard French presi dent of ChemWaste was sentenced to sh 110nths The defendants waived a jury trial because of recent newspaper articles dealing wtth the dtJaptng of toxic wastes (Boston Globe 13181)

Special Receiver ftled Notice of Intention to Comence Incineration

February 10 1g81 letter SCA Services Inc to DEQE SCA proposed to acquire the land and equipment owned by Cannons tn Bridgewater and to carry on with the business for~~~erly conducted there SCA also proposed to make improvements in landscaping cleanup storage and safety andwanted to know if compliance with Chapter 210 of the Massachusetts General laws would be required

February 10 1ga1 DEQE cited Cannons for violation of 201 of Hazardous J Waste Regulations 315CMR2 00

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September 18 1980 letter Frank Gaynor to David Mills EPA allowed

~jllSt tow~~c~fs w~~ ~~~e ~e~~[~rPf~~~s~~r~nw~~id~~st~e~e~o~~ucted to determine the incinerators capabilities

November 7 1980 Letter David Mills to creditors and customers of CEC Following test burn analysts safe burning of hazardous waste can rec01m1ence on 111080 Receiver states that $200000 in capital ts needed to tide the corporation over until it can eliminate its existing inventory and take in revenue~bearing inventory Also notice was given to creditors of CEC that Special Receivers Petition for Instructions would be heard in Plymou t h Superior Court on 112082 At thts hearing t he Court wou ld determine the future course of the receivership

lklvember 20 1980 A hearing was held in whi ch the judge ordered that special receivership be continued that incineration at Bridgewater continue under expert and agency supervision and negotiate for the sale of the corporate assets

Novtllber 22 1980 A newpaper reports hearing was held in which the judge ordered Cannons to continue burning chstcals in Bridgewater unttl 111oney ran out (Another hearing was scheduled for 1210) Cannons and Chbull-Waste of Londonderry NH and their principal officers were na~~ed tn 401 counts of dtaping chet~icals into the Mtrriuck River

_) NovSer 24 1980 letter Nancy Oliveira to Anthony Cortese Inforution

~ ~~~e~dc~~=t~J ~~~sSkr~~ew~rs~~l ~YCa~~~~ r~d~~of of Health WIS not given prior notification of burning frOM Lakeville

Movellber 25 1980 The Bridgewater facility was inspected by EPA Two vtolattons were sited the contingency plan had not been drafted and there did not appear to be a danger sign posted at the entrance It was recaended that no action be taken at that thwe and that the factltty be reinspected before tt started to receive additional waste to detern~tne tf the factltty would be capable of operating in contpttance wtth SUbtitle C

ftJvetlber 28 198~ Cannons closed for business

Decellber 18 1980 A Boston Globe article stated that an FBI informer told

~m f~ae~~n~~t~~~~riftr~~ f~f~hfs~~r ~ef~~~~~ntth organized crime SCA told a Massachusetts court that tt was thinki ng of bujtng Cannons Engineering in Bridgewater

January fi 1981 John Scott Cannon pleaded gutlty to 33 counts of

r~~~ci~1~1 ~n1 ~tr~h~n~r~1~c~h~v~ ~ eg~~~o~~~~t ~~middot~~n~a~~s of sentence with the last six 111onths to be spent in comunity service J Robert Cannon also faced the 33 counts and accepted 6 month probation in return for the State dropping all charges against htm Conspiracy charges against the Cannons and the Company were dropped (Boston Globe January 6 1981)

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January 8 1g81 Ca nnons Engineering Corporation was fined $50000 by lowell Superior Court The fine was suspended for up to 120 days until the sale of the firm would be completed reportedly SCA would buy Cannons) In a Nashua trial John Tin~ham received a sentence of a nine month jail term and $40000 fine William Sylvester who pleaded guilty was sentenced to a shmonth jail term and $5000 fine Hr Sylvester received a six month sentence after pleading guilty tn the lowell case Eagle Tribune 18Al)

January g 1g81 Letter Robert Donovan to Nancy Oliveira The Board of Health was not informed of burning at Cannons during the week of November 17 because DEQE was not aware that burning had been authorized by the court

~k~~r~~Bo~g~81 Cannons was sent the resul ts of the surface water samples

January 12 1g81 The Br idgewater Board of Health was taki ng steps to hold a publtc hearing dea ling with the site assignment granted to Cannons

Ja nuary 14 1981 Report by Ron White Mr Wh ite received a ccnplai nt of leaking 55 gallon dr111s at Bridgewater facility on 18 On that day Mr ltlite observed several drUIIIs leaking On 19 facility personnel were

f~t~s c~~~J ln3PdJ~tenJe~2que~ itPtrfOt(it~2i~cf~l ~t~~anup J act1vtt1es were observed

January 21 1981 Letter Robert Donovan to state representative Allan Chtocca Inforwetion on uterhls stored at the site was included Jnforaatton on aatertals burned during Novlllber would be forwarded tt was rec-ended that surveillance be increased at the facility for the sake of security OEOE had been observing the facility once a week and would

~~Nr~ 1~e~e~~iy tt()JWtr~r ft~i~fi 1ou~~r~~so~b~rde~~~e r would have to be addressed to the Town Counsel

January 30 1981 John Tinkham Ronald Mead Roland Beaudry and Gary SChwart z were sentenced to 18 months tn the Bfllertca House of Correction and Richard French presi dent of ChemWaste was sentenced to sh 110nths The defendants waived a jury trial because of recent newspaper articles dealing wtth the dtJaptng of toxic wastes (Boston Globe 13181)

Special Receiver ftled Notice of Intention to Comence Incineration

February 10 1g81 letter SCA Services Inc to DEQE SCA proposed to acquire the land and equipment owned by Cannons tn Bridgewater and to carry on with the business for~~~erly conducted there SCA also proposed to make improvements in landscaping cleanup storage and safety andwanted to know if compliance with Chapter 210 of the Massachusetts General laws would be required

February 10 1ga1 DEQE cited Cannons for violation of 201 of Hazardous J Waste Regulations 315CMR2 00

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January 8 1g81 Ca nnons Engineering Corporation was fined $50000 by lowell Superior Court The fine was suspended for up to 120 days until the sale of the firm would be completed reportedly SCA would buy Cannons) In a Nashua trial John Tin~ham received a sentence of a nine month jail term and $40000 fine William Sylvester who pleaded guilty was sentenced to a shmonth jail term and $5000 fine Hr Sylvester received a six month sentence after pleading guilty tn the lowell case Eagle Tribune 18Al)

January g 1g81 Letter Robert Donovan to Nancy Oliveira The Board of Health was not informed of burning at Cannons during the week of November 17 because DEQE was not aware that burning had been authorized by the court

~k~~r~~Bo~g~81 Cannons was sent the resul ts of the surface water samples

January 12 1g81 The Br idgewater Board of Health was taki ng steps to hold a publtc hearing dea ling with the site assignment granted to Cannons

Ja nuary 14 1981 Report by Ron White Mr Wh ite received a ccnplai nt of leaking 55 gallon dr111s at Bridgewater facility on 18 On that day Mr ltlite observed several drUIIIs leaking On 19 facility personnel were

f~t~s c~~~J ln3PdJ~tenJe~2que~ itPtrfOt(it~2i~cf~l ~t~~anup J act1vtt1es were observed

January 21 1981 Letter Robert Donovan to state representative Allan Chtocca Inforwetion on uterhls stored at the site was included Jnforaatton on aatertals burned during Novlllber would be forwarded tt was rec-ended that surveillance be increased at the facility for the sake of security OEOE had been observing the facility once a week and would

~~Nr~ 1~e~e~~iy tt()JWtr~r ft~i~fi 1ou~~r~~so~b~rde~~~e r would have to be addressed to the Town Counsel

January 30 1981 John Tinkham Ronald Mead Roland Beaudry and Gary SChwart z were sentenced to 18 months tn the Bfllertca House of Correction and Richard French presi dent of ChemWaste was sentenced to sh 110nths The defendants waived a jury trial because of recent newspaper articles dealing wtth the dtJaptng of toxic wastes (Boston Globe 13181)

Special Receiver ftled Notice of Intention to Comence Incineration

February 10 1g81 letter SCA Services Inc to DEQE SCA proposed to acquire the land and equipment owned by Cannons tn Bridgewater and to carry on with the business for~~~erly conducted there SCA also proposed to make improvements in landscaping cleanup storage and safety andwanted to know if compliance with Chapter 210 of the Massachusetts General laws would be required

February 10 1ga1 DEQE cited Cannons for violation of 201 of Hazardous J Waste Regulations 315CMR2 00

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) February 12 1981 OEQE inspected the fa c111ty agatn bull Leaki ng drums were removed to indoor storage but were st ill tn poor condition A tank t railer wa s found to have a l eak As a result of th1s inspection Can non s was sttll tn violation of Section 201

February 25 1981 Letter Robert Donovan to Bridgewater Board of Hea lth DEQE informed the Board of SCAs offer to take over the Cannons factltty Also enclosed was the Special Receivers bullproposal Procedures for Disposa l of Stored Wastes bull

March 5 1981 Letter Robert Clark Ill (Bridgewater Town Counsel to

~7~~~~1 or~o~fdge~te~poundv~t~1 ~fr~nJn Pf~~~~s~e=~~~f dt~eb~e~~~~d~n Mlrch 6 1981 Cannons and Special Recetever fatl to respond to Sectton 201 violat i on notice by 3681 as requested

March 9 1981 All i nspection was conducted to deten~~fne the safety of t he Bridgewater facility Attending the inspection were Ron White Haney 011vefra Clarence levy- Fire Chief Lt John Mowles- State Fire

rrs~~n~f~ middot5~~~~a~p0~oft3i FJ darrso~fdi ft~dis~o~ted at the facility in addition to tank storage

March 25 1981 Letter Robert Donovan to Anton Moehrke DEOE had recently been infod that Mr Moehrke was nliiMd Special Receiver for Cannons Engineering Corporation Mr Moehrke was fnforwed that Cannons was still in violation of the Hazardous Waste Reguhtions

Aprfl 3 1981 letter Wfllfabull Cass of DEOE to Subulluel P Hunt III SCA Assistant General Counsel DEOE fnforwed SCA that new operation of the existing facility will require a hazardous waste license issued by the Departnlent pursuant to Chaper 210 of Massachusetts General taws

frtl 13 198~ letter Wf111abull Cass to SaMuel Hunt III Response to letter of 21081 Mr Hunt of SCA Services Inc was fnfor~~~ed of the requirements fo r operation and IIIOdfftcatfon of the Bridgewater facflfty SCA would need a hazardous waste license fr011 EOEA and review and approval of IIOdiffcations by the Dfvfsfon of Afr Quality Control

lfrfl 15 1981 letter Robert Fletcher (SCA Services Inc ) to the Selectmen and Board of Health of 8rfdgewater Mr Fletcher stJIIIIlrfzed SCAs proposals for the 8rtdgewahr fac111ty The proposals are set forth tn detail fn two documents bullsite-Assessr~~ent-Hazardous Waste Incinerati on Factlf ty - Br i dgewater Massachusetts 4381 and the 2110 letter from SCA to OEQE Principal features were fmprovfng and upgrading the thermal reduction unit upgrading the site and support facflitfes employing safe

g~mrglera~fi[aat~3nlJo PJ~~ st~3gistbi g1n~00s~lc1~r~ to spend over three million dollars to improve the factlfty

poundril 27 1991 Selectmen held hearing regarding Cannons s1te assignment No decision was reached Hearing was continued to a later date

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~ Ron White conducted an inspection of t he Srtdgewater factHty

rJt~le~~e~ pc~~t0Us1~ 11fu~lL(S an~o~~t fj~t o~~~~v~~ ~~~~~~s to drums was limited or impossible Report was made of this inspection by tel ephone to Anton Moehrke on 51 and put in wrftfng on 5481

fray 22 1981 Sotl sample taken by OEOE at Bridgewater sfte

June 9 1981 Plymouth Superior Court issued temporary fnjunctfon which

fhv~~~n~~tg~~~ town offfctals from withdrawing site assig nment fo r

June 16 1981 Menlo Richard Chalpfn to Merrill Hohman Site ranking for Cannons Bridgewat er and Plymouth factlttfes were prepared and sent wtth this IIIMO Bridgewaters model ranki ng score was 58 37

June 25 1981 letter Vaughan Steeves DEQE to Recycling Industries Inc DEQE reviewed Recycling Industries (SCA) request to incinerate all wastes at Cannons tn Bridgewater Recycling Industries was not tn a posttton to subnltt these plans because it does not own the Bridgewater factltty but DEQE reviewed the Nterfal and told Recycling Industries what further tnfomatton would be needed

June 26 1981 Letter Robert Donovan to Bridgewater Board of Health The sot saMples taken tn Bridgewater on 522 were tested at lawrence Expert~~e~~tal Statton and the results sent to the Board of Health Eleven ujor responses wre chroutographtcally observed Possible COIIIPounds present wre acetone ntethylethyl ketone benzene toluene ethyl benzene

middot and xylenes

July 2 1981 Ronald White and Haney Oliveira met wtth Robert and Scott Cannon to inspect the Bridgewater stte and sample sotl and water Waste 111terfal s were stored as noted tn previous reports Three sotl samples and one water sa~aple were taken An explosimeter was used to detect vapor No vapo r readings were detected during the tnspectton

July 8 1981 letter Donald Cory (Recycling Industries) to Chief Clarence

t~i~ ~Jtgtf~~rfira~Jffc~f~tr~t~ 1f~nr~c~~r=e~f~~l ~n~~~~~ ~5 at the Bridgewate r stte The application was submitted with a copy of the Herzog Hart report of 63081 describing the improvements and modtftcattons SCA proposed for the factlfty

July 14 1981 Robert Donovan Mr White and Mr Stnwnons examned the Bridgewater facility to assess the secu rity of hazardous wasts stored at the site Tank No 1 was found to be leaking Laboratory testing showed

~~~~~om~~a r~~~~e~n~ocn~~t~~n~u~~~~ ~~Fen~~~Yo~~~nc~~~Yt~t he belfeved the facfltty constituted a threat to the environment and to public safety Storage drums were deteriorating in quality Cannons

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i nspections were not adequate because t hey did not detect t he leak ing drum and security was inadequate since the fac il ity wa s only ma nned duri ng scheduled vis i ts by Cannons per sonnel

July 30 1981 State Ohtston of Water Pollution Control declared that an emergency sttuatton existed at the Cannons Bridgewater site

July 31 1981 Letter Anthony Cortese of DEOE to Nancy Oliveiri The

~)Gopound~ trJJpi~dJ na[ii~pound~~r and Plymouth we re subnitted by

ltJgust 4 1981 Rona l d White i nspected t he Bridgewater fac tl tty and wi t nessed the remova l of leaking wa st e products f rom storage tank f l bull

ltlgust 14 1981 letter Bridgewater Board of Health to Robert Donovan In vtew of the result s of samples taken at the site on 522 and 72 the Board requested DEQE to declare the condition in Br idgewater an emergency and subject to provisions under the Hazardous Waste Act bull

tugust 28 1981 letter William Cass to Julian Soshntck Esq It was brought to the attention of OEOE that Cannons had been cleaning up hazardous wastes tn Bridgewater The Deparbnent ordered Cannons to cease and desist from engaging tn any hazardous waste activity because the Order of Revocation issued to Cannons was tn full force

SepteMber 2 1981 Letter Halcol~n PtttNn (Asststant Attorney General EPO)) to Judge Franc1s Keating Cannons would be ftnanctally unable to take certain riMdtal actions as spectfted tn paragraph 3 of the Agreent of 730 between OEQE Cannons and Mr Moehrke The Deparblent of the Attorney General planned to enter the property to take shortterm remedial action

Stptetlber 9 1981 Letter Robert Donovan to Bridgewater Board of Health

~t~~1~t~1 ~~fkfo~~=~z~~~~e~~Wth~~e~~=~~ ea~~e~~~e~f1 n sotl sa~~plls Cmiddotl and CmiddotlA Acetone 11ethylketone benzene and toluene were present tn sotl sample C-2 No compounds were detected tn Sa111ple C-3 of a stagnant strea111

Stpteber 3 1981 Report of phone call Barbara lkalatnen to Robert Donovan Due to OEQE negotiations Mr Cannon provided 24-hour site security and transferred the fll tertal from the leaki ng tank OEQE was paying Jet 11ne Ser vices to sample label and store the barrels 1n the warehouse

Septeaber 18 1981 Letter Robe rt Cla rk to EPA Representing the Town of Bri dgewater Mr Cla rk requested t he EPA to take actton tn t he 1nvestt9at1 on of the Bridgewater facility and the removal of wastes from the site Hr Cl ark made reference to t he rel ease of $55000)00 of Superfund montes for t he purpose of removal of 4400 barrels of industrial waste in Kingston Hew Hampshire

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~ Ron White conducted an inspection of t he Srtdgewater factHty

rJt~le~~e~ pc~~t0Us1~ 11fu~lL(S an~o~~t fj~t o~~~~v~~ ~~~~~~s to drums was limited or impossible Report was made of this inspection by tel ephone to Anton Moehrke on 51 and put in wrftfng on 5481

fray 22 1981 Sotl sample taken by OEOE at Bridgewater sfte

June 9 1981 Plymouth Superior Court issued temporary fnjunctfon which

fhv~~~n~~tg~~~ town offfctals from withdrawing site assig nment fo r

June 16 1981 Menlo Richard Chalpfn to Merrill Hohman Site ranking for Cannons Bridgewat er and Plymouth factlttfes were prepared and sent wtth this IIIMO Bridgewaters model ranki ng score was 58 37

June 25 1981 letter Vaughan Steeves DEQE to Recycling Industries Inc DEQE reviewed Recycling Industries (SCA) request to incinerate all wastes at Cannons tn Bridgewater Recycling Industries was not tn a posttton to subnltt these plans because it does not own the Bridgewater factltty but DEQE reviewed the Nterfal and told Recycling Industries what further tnfomatton would be needed

June 26 1981 Letter Robert Donovan to Bridgewater Board of Health The sot saMples taken tn Bridgewater on 522 were tested at lawrence Expert~~e~~tal Statton and the results sent to the Board of Health Eleven ujor responses wre chroutographtcally observed Possible COIIIPounds present wre acetone ntethylethyl ketone benzene toluene ethyl benzene

middot and xylenes

July 2 1981 Ronald White and Haney Oliveira met wtth Robert and Scott Cannon to inspect the Bridgewater stte and sample sotl and water Waste 111terfal s were stored as noted tn previous reports Three sotl samples and one water sa~aple were taken An explosimeter was used to detect vapor No vapo r readings were detected during the tnspectton

July 8 1981 letter Donald Cory (Recycling Industries) to Chief Clarence

t~i~ ~Jtgtf~~rfira~Jffc~f~tr~t~ 1f~nr~c~~r=e~f~~l ~n~~~~~ ~5 at the Bridgewate r stte The application was submitted with a copy of the Herzog Hart report of 63081 describing the improvements and modtftcattons SCA proposed for the factlfty

July 14 1981 Robert Donovan Mr White and Mr Stnwnons examned the Bridgewater facility to assess the secu rity of hazardous wasts stored at the site Tank No 1 was found to be leaking Laboratory testing showed

~~~~~om~~a r~~~~e~n~ocn~~t~~n~u~~~~ ~~Fen~~~Yo~~~nc~~~Yt~t he belfeved the facfltty constituted a threat to the environment and to public safety Storage drums were deteriorating in quality Cannons

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i nspections were not adequate because t hey did not detect t he leak ing drum and security was inadequate since the fac il ity wa s only ma nned duri ng scheduled vis i ts by Cannons per sonnel

July 30 1981 State Ohtston of Water Pollution Control declared that an emergency sttuatton existed at the Cannons Bridgewater site

July 31 1981 Letter Anthony Cortese of DEOE to Nancy Oliveiri The

~)Gopound~ trJJpi~dJ na[ii~pound~~r and Plymouth we re subnitted by

ltJgust 4 1981 Rona l d White i nspected t he Bridgewater fac tl tty and wi t nessed the remova l of leaking wa st e products f rom storage tank f l bull

ltlgust 14 1981 letter Bridgewater Board of Health to Robert Donovan In vtew of the result s of samples taken at the site on 522 and 72 the Board requested DEQE to declare the condition in Br idgewater an emergency and subject to provisions under the Hazardous Waste Act bull

tugust 28 1981 letter William Cass to Julian Soshntck Esq It was brought to the attention of OEOE that Cannons had been cleaning up hazardous wastes tn Bridgewater The Deparbnent ordered Cannons to cease and desist from engaging tn any hazardous waste activity because the Order of Revocation issued to Cannons was tn full force

SepteMber 2 1981 Letter Halcol~n PtttNn (Asststant Attorney General EPO)) to Judge Franc1s Keating Cannons would be ftnanctally unable to take certain riMdtal actions as spectfted tn paragraph 3 of the Agreent of 730 between OEQE Cannons and Mr Moehrke The Deparblent of the Attorney General planned to enter the property to take shortterm remedial action

Stptetlber 9 1981 Letter Robert Donovan to Bridgewater Board of Health

~t~~1~t~1 ~~fkfo~~=~z~~~~e~~Wth~~e~~=~~ ea~~e~~~e~f1 n sotl sa~~plls Cmiddotl and CmiddotlA Acetone 11ethylketone benzene and toluene were present tn sotl sample C-2 No compounds were detected tn Sa111ple C-3 of a stagnant strea111

Stpteber 3 1981 Report of phone call Barbara lkalatnen to Robert Donovan Due to OEQE negotiations Mr Cannon provided 24-hour site security and transferred the fll tertal from the leaki ng tank OEQE was paying Jet 11ne Ser vices to sample label and store the barrels 1n the warehouse

Septeaber 18 1981 Letter Robe rt Cla rk to EPA Representing the Town of Bri dgewater Mr Cla rk requested t he EPA to take actton tn t he 1nvestt9at1 on of the Bridgewater facility and the removal of wastes from the site Hr Cl ark made reference to t he rel ease of $55000)00 of Superfund montes for t he purpose of removal of 4400 barrels of industrial waste in Kingston Hew Hampshire

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i nspections were not adequate because t hey did not detect t he leak ing drum and security was inadequate since the fac il ity wa s only ma nned duri ng scheduled vis i ts by Cannons per sonnel

July 30 1981 State Ohtston of Water Pollution Control declared that an emergency sttuatton existed at the Cannons Bridgewater site

July 31 1981 Letter Anthony Cortese of DEOE to Nancy Oliveiri The

~)Gopound~ trJJpi~dJ na[ii~pound~~r and Plymouth we re subnitted by

ltJgust 4 1981 Rona l d White i nspected t he Bridgewater fac tl tty and wi t nessed the remova l of leaking wa st e products f rom storage tank f l bull

ltlgust 14 1981 letter Bridgewater Board of Health to Robert Donovan In vtew of the result s of samples taken at the site on 522 and 72 the Board requested DEQE to declare the condition in Br idgewater an emergency and subject to provisions under the Hazardous Waste Act bull

tugust 28 1981 letter William Cass to Julian Soshntck Esq It was brought to the attention of OEOE that Cannons had been cleaning up hazardous wastes tn Bridgewater The Deparbnent ordered Cannons to cease and desist from engaging tn any hazardous waste activity because the Order of Revocation issued to Cannons was tn full force

SepteMber 2 1981 Letter Halcol~n PtttNn (Asststant Attorney General EPO)) to Judge Franc1s Keating Cannons would be ftnanctally unable to take certain riMdtal actions as spectfted tn paragraph 3 of the Agreent of 730 between OEQE Cannons and Mr Moehrke The Deparblent of the Attorney General planned to enter the property to take shortterm remedial action

Stptetlber 9 1981 Letter Robert Donovan to Bridgewater Board of Health

~t~~1~t~1 ~~fkfo~~=~z~~~~e~~Wth~~e~~=~~ ea~~e~~~e~f1 n sotl sa~~plls Cmiddotl and CmiddotlA Acetone 11ethylketone benzene and toluene were present tn sotl sample C-2 No compounds were detected tn Sa111ple C-3 of a stagnant strea111

Stpteber 3 1981 Report of phone call Barbara lkalatnen to Robert Donovan Due to OEQE negotiations Mr Cannon provided 24-hour site security and transferred the fll tertal from the leaki ng tank OEQE was paying Jet 11ne Ser vices to sample label and store the barrels 1n the warehouse

Septeaber 18 1981 Letter Robe rt Cla rk to EPA Representing the Town of Bri dgewater Mr Cla rk requested t he EPA to take actton tn t he 1nvestt9at1 on of the Bridgewater facility and the removal of wastes from the site Hr Cl ark made reference to t he rel ease of $55000)00 of Superfund montes for t he purpose of removal of 4400 barrels of industrial waste in Kingston Hew Hampshire

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ltktober 7 1981 l etter Barbara lkalatnen to Robert Clark Mr Clarks letter of 918 was forwarded to the Office of Uncontrolled Waste Sites An EPA engineer inspected the Bridgewater stte on 72781 and detemtned that the situation dtd not constitute an i11111i nent danger for severa l reasons 24-hour security was provided wastes were conta1ner1zed and the facility

~th9irs fe0dhuac~t~ts0hd ~f1 tdaJ~J1 ~a~cteetcleoc~tortSa~nh~u~~~~d candidates

October 23 1981 FIT Project Hftre Hode l Scoring of Cannons Engineering Bridgewater The Field lnvesttgat tons of Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Si tes described the conditions at the Bridgewater facility and incl uded site ranking for Bridgewater The FIT site ranking was 3538

November 3 1981 Letter Robert Clark to Barbara Ikalainen The reasons

w~r~~n~-p~~~~~e~e 1 ~tf~nr 1~lt0~e~~e~=~~~~ e~~hout funds to continue 24-hour site security Hr Clark requested a re-evaluation of position with regard to Bridgewaters eltgib1lfty for Superfundbull montes

June 28 1982 The Doclnentation Records for Hazard Ranking Systllll was prepared for the Bridgewater facility This doc-ent contains all the data and doc~~~entation used to apply the Hazard Ranking Syste~~~ (HRS) bull

klly 19 1982 The Field Investigation Team Ecology and Envirorwent Inc

f~rr~ J~er~~f~t~~~ ~1r~~f~ai~~ ~S th~~~u~d~~~ng surface water to the south and west of the site and analyzing it for extractable organics If the swamp waters to the west of the sfte were contbullfnated the hydraulic relationship between the sfte Lake Nippenicket and the Raynhaa Town Well should be established and the t1yers private well should be saiiJ)led and analyzed for volatile organics on a quarterly basis

July 21 1982 The Bridgewater facility was reviewed by W R Honun of Ecology amp Envirornent Inc Mr Norman scored the facility in three categories For groundwater surface water and afr routes the score was 442 For fire and explosion the facility was given a score of 158 And for direct contact the score was zero

July 26 1982 An EPA Potential Hazardous Waste Site Inspection Report was

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security was inadequate

July 28 2 1982 FIT Memo John Panaro to Sill Norman and Paul Clay Results from samples taken fn Bridgewater on 71982 showed 500 ppm of 1 11-trtchloroethane 2 ppm of benzene and 5 ppm of toluene 1f one sofl sample and 4 ppm of tetrachloroethylene 1 ppm of 111-trtchloroethane and 4 ppm of toluene fn one so1l sample

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October 15 1982 Press Re lease Jet-l ine services Incmiddot was awarded

~~fl~gf~fQi~~~ ~~a~ou~n t~~r 8~l~g~=~~ s~~rt C~~=~-~~~f~~~~ad begun in Bridgewater was 1n Patriot Ledger 102782

November 2 1982 Bridgewater Town Officials were infomed that the temporary injunction had been rescinded middot

November 22 1982 Town of Bridgewater public hearing held to detem1ne whether or not Cannons property site ass1grment should be revoked altered or amended

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1. barcode 558224
2. barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 558224

October 15 1982 Press Re lease Jet-l ine services Incmiddot was awarded

~~fl~gf~fQi~~~ ~~a~ou~n t~~r 8~l~g~=~~ s~~rt C~~=~-~~~f~~~~ad begun in Bridgewater was 1n Patriot Ledger 102782

November 2 1982 Bridgewater Town Officials were infomed that the temporary injunction had been rescinded middot

November 22 1982 Town of Bridgewater public hearing held to detem1ne whether or not Cannons property site ass1grment should be revoked altered or amended

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1. barcode 558224
2. barcodetext SDMS Doc ID 558224