GE Fort Edward

Capacitor Manufacturing Plant

Broadway / US Hwy 4
Lower Allen St.

N
Park Ave.
W E
S
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Reported LNAPL/DNAPL Contamination and Recovery Systems
Lower Allen St.

Pretreatment Facility

# Tank
Sump with # # # Farm
Product Skimmer # #
# # # #
# # # # # HEW-2
# # # # #
# #
GM-11D #
8
" ORW-3 8
8
" GM-8DR " RW-10
8
ORW-2
GM-27 88
RW-9
RW-7
8
" 8" 8
"
Air Stripper RW-8
HEW-1
ORW-1 RW-1
8 8
"8" 8
" 8
"
RW-3 8
"8 8
"
RW-4 RW-1A RW-5 RW-6
Park Ave. DGC-41
" Bedrock Groundwater Recovery Wells
8
8 DNAPL Recovery Wells
" Overburden Groundwater Recovery Well System
8
Approximate Location of Groundwater Divide
Generalized Groundwater Flow
Foil Mill Groundwater and LNAPL Recovery Trench
# Groundwater Recovery from Abandoned Sewers
Horizontal Extraction Wells
PCB DNAPL
Septic Tanks N
# Cess Pools RW-2
Tank Farm W E 8
"
Structures
Equalization Basin S
Streets - Washington County
Towns
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Aerial Photo of Reported LNAPL/DNAPL
Contamination and Recovery System

W-12 Lower Allen St.

W-14 #
A #
GM-3
GM-1
#
#
8
#

Sump with Product Skimmer

GM-8D
# HEW-2
# # GM-21
#
GM-13

HEW-1
A'
8 Sump with Product Skimmer
#
# Groundwater Recovery Trench
# Groundwater Recovery from Abandoned Sewers GM-12D
Horizontal Extraction Wells Park Ave.
# Wells N
Geologic Cross Section from A to A'
PCB DNAPL W E
S
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"12 to 18 Inches" of "Essentially Pure Arochlor 1242"
Identified April 1990 At Monitoring Well DGS-41

Broadway / US Hwy 4
"mid way between Broadway and Allen Streets" Tank
Farm

St.
Lower Allen

Approximate Location of
DGS-41
8
Park Ave.
Sullivan Pkwy
s St.
Charle

8 Approximate Location of DGS-41

Approximate Location of Groundwater Divide
Generalized Groundwater Flow
PCB DNAPL N
Tank Farm
Structures
Equalization Basin W E
Streets - Washington County
Towns S

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 PCBs Detected at 25% Solubility in Groundwater at Monitoring Well 20D-8
Potential Presence of PCB DNAPL Reported

Broadway / US Hwy 4
n St.
Lower Alle
r
n Rive
8
Hudso

8
8
88

MW-20D8 depth = 400ft

Arochlor 1242 Detected in Groundwater at Park Ave.
Approximately 25% of Solubility
Potential Presence of PCB DNAPL Indicated
n St.

8
t.

s St.

8
May S

Monitoring Wells
Hudso

Soil Excavation
Charle

Approximate Location of Groundwater Divide

Generalized Groundwater Flow
Horizontal Extraction Wells
wy
PCB DNAPL N
Structures
Sullivan Pk

Juliet S Equalization Basin

W E
t. Streets - Washington County
Hudson River
Towns S

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PCB Removal at Fort Edward 004 Outfall Area
MW-7D: 848 ug/L

8
River

8
Hudson

MW-7: 276.1 ug/L

MW-8: 12,600 ug/L

MW-1D: 162,00 ug/L

8 8
8

MW-8D: 51,000 ug/L

8 MW-2D: 27,100,000 ug/L

8 Monitoring Wells
Soil Excavation 8
Former 004 Outfall Concrete Box
Former 004 Outfall Pipe Monitoring Well Location
Towns
N Wells
MW-3D: 133,000 ug/L 88
W E GE Plant
S Fort Edward
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 16 GE Fort Edward
St.
Lower Allen 8 Solid Waste Management Units

Broadway / US Hwy 4
8
8

17 19
8 8
18
8
10
5 8
8 Gates Ave.
20
8 8
14 9 12
8 8 7
Tank
13 8
8 3 Farm 8 8 Solid Waste Management Units
15 14 11 8 Approximate Location of Groundwater Divide
8 8 Generalized Groundwater Flow
Tank Farm
48
8 Structures
Equalization Basin
2 Streets - Washington County
Towns
8 8 N
1
8 14
6 W E
S
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 Solid Waste Management Units – GE Fort Edward Plant

SWMU #1 – Past Drum Storage Area***

SMWU #2 – Bay Storage Area*
SMWU #3 – Bldg. 31 Hazardous Waste Storage*
SMWU #4 – Oil House Storage Area*
SMWU #5 – Pyranol Unload Area***; Closed Pyranol Unload Area++
SMWU #6 – Equalization Basin*****
SMWU #7 – TCE Still*
SMWU #8 – 1,1,1-TCA Still*
SMWU #9 – Waste TCE Storage Tank*
SMWU #10 – PCB Railroad Storage Tank***; Former PCB Railroad Storage Tank++
SMWU #11 – PCB Railroad Storage Tank**
SMWU #12 – PCB Railroad Storage Tank***; Former PCB Railroad Storage Tank++
SMWU #13 – PCB Railroad Storage Tank**
SMWU #14 – Sanitary Leach Field***
SMWU #15 – Sanitary Plant*****
SMWU #16 – Soil Disposal Area****
SMWU #17 – Waste Kerosene Tank*
SMWU #18 – Waste Kerosene Tank*
SMWU #19 – New Waste Kerosene Storage Area*
SMWU #20 – Industry Sewers****

* = Have been identified as not requiring further investigation or corrective action.

** = Corrective Action Requirements were addressed through closure of the units, as
described in the Closure Plan submitted on April 1, 1991 and approved by NYSDEC on
January 7, 1992, no additional action is required.
*** = Were addressed by the remediation conducted pursuant to the Order on Consent
Index T032785. Continue to be addressed by the on-going remedial measures conducted
at the facility. Remedial operation and maintenance activities will continue.
**** = Were addressed pursuant to the comprehensive site Remedial
Investigation/Feasibility Study.
***** = Corrective Action Requirements were satisfied by performing integrity
assessments, as described in an Engineering Certification Report (O’Brien & Gere, 1999)
submitted to NYSDEC on October 28, 1999 and approved by NYSDEC on July 25,
2000. Based on NYSDEC’s July 25, 2000 letter, no further action is required.
++ = In 1990, soils from beneath SWMUs were excavated and disposed off-site.
Volatile Organic Compound
Contamination at
GE Fort Edward Plant
Gates Ave.
8#

St.
Orsola Ave.

Lower Allen
#

Broadway / US Hwy 4
Park Ave.
r
ive

May St.

St.
nR

Charles
dso

St.
Hu

Hudson

Sullivan Pkwy
Juliet St e.
. Putnam Av

St.
Ethan Allen

Stevens Ln.

e.
Hillview Av

Harrison St.
Griffin Ave.
Approximate Location of Groundwater Divide
Generalized Groundwater Flow
8 Sump with Product Skimmer Summit St.
St.
W. Summit
# Groundwater Recovery Trench
Thornwoo

# Groundwater Recovery from Abandoned Sewers

Horizontal Extraction Wells
VOC isoconcentration - 10 ppb March 1987
VOC isoconcentration - 10 ppb January 1995
.
ne Ave

VOC isoconcentration - 10 ppb June 2002

PCB DNAPL N
d Dr.

Structures
Equalization Basin
W E
Burgoy

Streets - Washington County

Hudson River
.
Marion St
Towns S
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