The transformer has been removed. The soils have been placed in containers and are awaiting transport to an approved disposal facility early next week. The 79-acre New Bedford Industrial Park is an unoccupied industrial complex used for several years for various manufacturing purposes. The City of New Bedford took over the property due to non-payment of taxes by the previous owner, Exeter Equities. The site is bordered by wetlands.
Vandals have extensively damaged buildings on the site.
The Environmental Protection Agency has removed 180 cubic yards of PCB-contaminated soil and debris from an abandoned electrical transformer spill and on a section of the New Bedford Industrial Park on John Vertente Jr. Boulevard.