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# DEC 2 3 2 015 Ms. Judith A. Enck Regional Administrator United States Environmental Protection Agency Region II 290 Broadway New York, New York 10007-1866 

# DearM ~ ~ Under authority delegated by the Governor of New York in 2010 to the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) , I am proposing that the area ofWappinger Creek impacted by the Three Star Anodizing Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposal Site located in the Village of Wappingers Falls and the Towns of Wappinger and Poughkeepsie in Dutchess County, New York be nominated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for inclusion on the National Priorities List. The Three StarAnodizing Class 2 site (DEC Site No. 314058) is a portion of an area known as the Market Street Industrial Park located within the Village of Wappingers Falls. Waste discharges over the 170 years of activity at the industrial park, which included a large metal plating facility, a felt hat manufacturer and a manufactured gas plant, have resulted in significant heavy metal contamination in the sediment in Wappinger Creek in the area defined as Operable Unit 2 ofthe Class 2 site. Contaminants of concern consist of arsenic, cadmium, chromium , copper, lead, mercury, nickel and zinc, all present well above DEC sediment screening criteria. In addition, sampling of biota (invertebrates, forage fish and predatory fish) conducted as a part of the DEC Remedial Investigation specific to the creek, found invertebrate abundance and that diversity was low, preventing a robust assessment of invertebrate tissue concentrations. Despite this limitation, some of the metals found in sediments (e

.g ., nickel) were also found in invertebrate tissues. The NYS Department of State, Division of Coastal Resources has recognized the importance ofWappinger Creek as a Significant Coastal Fish and Wildlife Habitat, an important tributary to the Hudson River and an important fisheries resource . It will be important that the selection and design of an eventual remedy for this site comply with all NYS ARARs for restoration ofthe stream beds and banks

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## I Dep _artment of r <orr Environ mental Conservation

### If you or your staffwould like to discuss this site further, please contact Mr

. Robert W

. Schick, the Director of the Division of Environmental Remediation , at 518-402
-9706

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Division of Environmental Remediation, Office ofthe Director 62 5 Broadway, 12th Floor, Albany, New Y o rk 12233-7011 P: (5 18) 402
-9706 I F: (518) 4 0 2-9020 www.dec.ny.gov January 7, 2016 

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Mr

. Walter E. Mugdan, Director Emergency and Remedia l Response Division U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region II 290 Broadway, Floor 19 New York , New York 10007
Dear Mr

. Mugdan , I have been asked by your staff to clarify the December 23, 2015 letter from New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Seggos to U.S

. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator Judith Enck regarding the request for Wappinger Creek to be nominated to the National Priorities List (NPL). The December 23 r d letter made reference to a DEC superfund site, Three Star Anodizing (Site No. 314058) , the investigation of which lead to DEC discovering contamination in Wappinger Creek. Sediment in Wappinger Creek is contaminated with arsenic, cadmium , chromium , copper, lead, mercury , nickel, and zinc , at concentrations well above DEC sediment screening criteria. DEC's request is for the nomination of Wappinger Creek itself, not the DEC superfund site

. The environmental investigation and assessment of sources to Wappinger Creek sediment should not be limited to impacts solely from the Three Start Anodizing DEC site

. If you or your staff would like to discuss this site further, please contact me, at 518- 402-9706. Sincerely,

Robert W. Schick, P.E. Director Division of Environmental Remediation
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N ew York State Department of Environmenta l Co nservation 625 Bro<~dway

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# DEC 2 3 2 015 Ms

. Judith A

. Enck Regional Administrator United States Environmental Protection Agency I Region II 290 Broadway NewY ~ NewY o, rk 10007-1866 /-("' _()

.A-. Dear Ms. ck: ~ - Under authority delegated by the Governor of New York in 2010 to the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), I am proposing that the area of Wappinger Creek impacted by the Three Star Anod izing Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposa l Site located in the Village of Wappingers Falls and the Towns of Wappinger and Poughkeepsie in Dutchess County, New York 

### be nominated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for inclusion on the National Priorities List. The Three Star Anodizing Class 2 site (DEC Site No

. 314058) is a portion of an area known as the Market Street Industrial Park located within the Village of Wappingers Falls

. Waste discharges over the 170 years of activity at the industrial park, which included a large metal plating facility, a felt hat manufacturer and a manufactured gas plant, have resulted in significant heavy metal contamination in the sediment i n Wappinger Creek in the area defined as Operable Unit 2 of the Class 2 site. Contam i nants of concern consist of arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead , mercury, nickel and zinc, all present well above DEC sediment screening criteria. In addition, sampling of biota (invertebrates , forage fish and predatory fish) conducted as a part of the DEC Remedial Investigation specific to the creek, found invertebrate abundance and that diversity was low, preventing a robust assessment of invertebrate tissue concentrations . Despite th is limitation , some of the metals found in sediments (e

.g ., nickel) were also found in invertebrate tissues

. The NYS Department of State , Division of Coastal Resources has recognized the importance of Wappinger Creek as a Significant Coastal Fish and Wi ldlife Habitat, an important tributary to the H udson River and an important fisheries resource . It will be important that the selection and design of an eventual remedy for this site comply with all NYS ARARs for restoration of the stream beds and banks

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# I Oep~rtmentof ""'"oo"' Environmental ConservationIfyou or your staff would like to discuss this site further, please contact Mr. Robert W

. Schick, 

### the Director of the Division of Environmental Remediation, at 518-402-9706.

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### P. Rlexinger E. Moore 

### T. Rudolph R. Schick M

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