Chemical Lane/Monsanto

Kristen Babicz

Kristen Queenan

EEOS 476

Dr. Anamarija Frankic

Frankic, 2011

Google Maps, 2011

Bing, 2011

History

Cochrane Chemical Company—Early 1900s

113 acres on East and West parcels

50 Buildings!

Hydraulic Acid invented on this site during WWI.

History (con.)

Monsanto Chemical Company—1929-1995

Plasticizer, sulfuric acid, polyvinyl butyral

Storage of dyes, acid, and aluminum

Complete disregard for environment!

History (con.)More than Chemical Companies…

MBTA dumping

Container Ships

Publicized Remediation Efforts

Licensed Site Professional obtained—1995

Efforts focused on WEST Side parcel!

Asbestos removal—2000

What else remains unknown

Methodology

Short Term Goals

1. Weekly meetings

2. Informational databases:

Massachusetts Archives

MassDEP

MyRWA

Long Term Goals1. Officer Patrick

Johnston, Everett Police Department Marine Unit

2. EkOngKar Singh Khalsa, Executive Director of the Mystic River Watershed Association

3. Frequent visits to the site

Objective (Project Goal)

Assign a project for the site that is appropriate with the site’s location and history

Findings: Water Quality

MassDEP’s Division of Watershed Management

Boston Harbor 1999 Water Quality Assessment Report; published in 2002

Mystic River Watershed and Coastal Drainage Area -2004-2008 Water Quality Assessment Report; published in 2010

MassDEP’s Division of Watershed Management segment three rivers in the Boston area

Water around Chemical Lane classified as ―Segment MA71-03‖

O’Brien et al, 2002

East Side

Mystic River

Charles River

Neponset River

Segment MA71-03

Carr, 2010

East Side

Boston Harbor 1999 Water Quality Assessment Report

DESIGN ATED USE USE ASSESSMENT CAUSES

Aquatic Life Non-support Priority organics, pH, metals,

other inorganics, contaminated

sediments

Fish Consumption Non-support Primary organics

Shellfish Non-support (No causes provided)

Primary Contact Partial Support Pathogens

Secondary Contact Partial Support Pathogens

Aesthetics Non-support Odors, oil sheens

O’Brien et al, 2002

Mystic River Watershed and Coastal Drainage Area - 2004-2008 Water Quality Assessment

DESIGN ATED USE USE ASSESSMENT CAUSES

Aquatic Life Impaired Contaminated sediment

Fish Consumption Non-assessed (No causes)

Shellfish Impaired Fecal coliform

Primary Contact Support No hazards that would cause

restrictions on primary contact

Secondary Contact Support No hazards that would cause

restrictions on secondary

contact

Aesthetics Non-assessed (No causes)

Carr, 2010

Comparing Water Quality Tests

Pros

Consistent with contaminants

Improvements in primary and secondary contact

Assessed

Cons Only two reports

Sporadic

Aquatic life, fish consumption, shellfish, and aesthetics decline

Vague and missing details

Odd publishing years

Different researchers

Sediments?

Results: Developing

the Site

ObjectiveAssign a project for the

site that is appropriate with the site’s location and history

Options

1. Marina

2. Environmental Research Center

3. Park

1. Marina Oyster House Marina, Providence, RI

Marinas.com, 2011

2. Environmental Research Center

Similar to the New England Aquarium

Focused more on research

New England

Aquarium, 2010

3. Park

Continuation of West Side’s Park

Set up similar to Pope John Paul II Park

Bing, 2011

Uncertainties About Developing the Site

Current status of the condition is unknown

Alternative Ideas

Mixed use community

Condominiums/Housing

Shopping Center

Chemical manufacturing facility

Other possibilities

Acknowledgements

Officer Patrick Johnston, Everett Police Department, Marine Unit

EkOngKar Singh Khalsa, Executive Director

of the Mystic River Watershed

Association

Dr. Anamarija Frankic

Massachusetts Archives

EEOS 476 class

References Bing. 2011. Bing Maps. Retrieved from: http://www.bing.com/maps/

Carr, J.W. 2010. Mystic River Watershed and Coastal Drainage Area 2004-2008 Water Quality Assessment Report. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Division of Watershed Management. Retrieved from: http://www.mass.gov/dep/water/resources/71wqar09.pdf

City of Providence, Rhode Island. 2006. History and Facts – America’s Renaissance City. Retrieved from: http://www.providenceri.com/history/centuries2.html

Denning, Jim.―Cochrane Chemical Company-Everett Ma‖ Rootworks.2005. Retrieved on April 17, 2011from http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/MAMIDDLE/2005-03/1111114840

Frankic, A. 2011. ―EEOS 476.‖ Retrieved from http://faculty.umb.edu/anamarija.frankic/eeos476/eeos476home.html

Google Maps. 2011. ―22 Chemical Lane, Everett, MA.‖ Retrieved from http://maps.google.com

Johnson, Patrick. ―The Former Monsanto Chemical Company Site ‘East Side’ Everett, Massachusetts ‘The unique parcel that slipped through the cracks.’” October 26, 2010.

Marinas.com. 2011. Oyster House Marina. Retrieved from: http://marinas.com/view/marina/4025_Oyster_House_Marina_East_Providence_RI

New England Aquarium. 2010. Visit Planning. Retrieved from: http://www.neaq.org/visit_planning/index.php

O’Brien, K., M. Weinstein, & R. McVoy, PhD. 2002. Boston Harbor 1999 Water Quality Assessment Report. Department of Environmental Protection – Division of Watershed Management. Department of Environmental Protection Division of Watershed Management. Retrieved from: http://www.mass.gov/dep/water/resources/70wqar1.pdf

O’Reilly, Talbot &Okun.Monsanto Chemical Company MCP Compliance Report.Retrieved on April 18,2011 from http://www.oto-env.com/projects/Monsanto-Everett-MA.pdf.