421 Tighe and Bonde Contigency Plan LEtter Tighe&Bond
Consulting En ginsers
Environmental Specia'ists
N467-1-70(1151)
November 26, 2001
Ms. Mary Clare Higgins, Mayor
Northampton Town Hall
210 Main Street
Northampton, MA 01060
Re: Response Action Outcome
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
421 North Main Street, Leeds, MA
Release Tracking No.: 1-14130
Dear Ms. Higgins:
In accordance with the Public Notification Procedures of the Massachusetts Contingency Plan (MCP) 31C
CMR 40.1403, we are hereby notifying you of submittal to the Massachusetts Department of Environmental
Protection (DEP) of an Immediate Response Action (IRA) Completion Report and Response Actior
Outcome(RAO)for the above-referenced site. A release tracking number of 1-14130 was issued for the site
following the suspected"threat of release"of gasoline from a 500 gallon underground storage tank(UST).
On July 25, 2001, the tank alarm indicated that gasoline had penetrated the interstitial space between the.
inner and outer walls of the UST. On October 19,2001, the UST was removed and no evidence of a
release to the surrounding soil was identified. Consequently, the site is being closed under the
Massachusetts Contingency Plan(MCP).
The IRA Completion Report and RAO Statement is available for public review and copying at the Western
Regional office of the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) at 436 Dwight Street in
Springfield, Massachusetts. Public file review sessions are held every Wednesday. For more information
about file review, please call the DEP at(413)784-1100.
If you have any questions or comments relative to this correspondence, please feel free to contact Nancy
Milkey or the undersigned at your earliest convenience.
Very truly yours,
TIGHE& BOND, INC.
v�Johnson, .E., LSP
Vide President
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Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
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