2011 ICM

2011 Interim Corrective Measure

FMC Corporation, with approval from the governmental regulatory Agencies (USEPA, NYSDEC, NYSDOH), will be conducting an Interim Corrective Measure (ICM) this fall on a property in the Village of Middleport. The property is within the Culvert 105 Study Area which is currently being evaluated as part of FMC’s Corrective Measures Study (CMS). This 2011 ICM is being undertaken while the CMS process continues.

The ICM will involve the excavation of surface soils that contain elevated levels of arsenic on two lots on a proposed subdivision located north of Sleeper Street in Middleport, construction of a portion of a proposed 50-ft.wide road for the subdivision and adjoining utility easements, and construction of a portion of the proposed utility corridor between the proposed road and N. Hartland Street. ICM work will be performed from late August until early to mid October 2011, weather permitting.

Project activities will include surveying to establish property boundaries, excavation areas and elevations, soil sampling and analysis, establishing erosion controls, clearing surface vegetation, soil excavation, backfilling with clean soil and/or stone, installation of a temporary buried culvert for the segment of the current open ditch section of Culvert 105 across the utility corridor, and restoration of the area.

A Health and Safety Plan will be followed during all phases of the project. The Health and Safety Plan describes the procedures used for the protection of site workers and the public, including emergency response procedures. Particular attention will be given to controlling the soil and dust that might be generated as the excavation takes place.

Dust monitoring on the work site will be conducted continuously during soil removal activities to ensure that dust levels are within acceptable limits for both on-site workers and residents. Dust suppression techniques will be used whenever activities that might create any airborne dust at the excavation areas occur. Air monitoring will also be performed during all soil excavation, handling, and/or removal activities.

Excavated soils are expected to be a non-hazardous waste and will be transported by truck to and placed in an approved area on the east side of the FMC Plant Site where similar materials from past remediation projects have been placed. The excavated soils will be covered with clean soil or temporarily covered with plastic sheeting at the end of each work day and graded to promote drainage.

At the completion of the 2011 ICM, the approved area will be covered with clean soil and revegetated in accordance with a plan approved by the environmental regulatory Agencies to protect human health and the environment.

Read the ICM Work Plan online.

Please call (716) 7-9769 with any questions you many have.