February 17, 2026 - ADMINISTRATIVE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT FOR CERTAIN RESPONSE ACTIONS BY BONA FIDE
PROSPECTIVE PURCHASER AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
In September 2005, the EPA signed an Administrative Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent with a group of potentially responsible parties to perform the time critical removal action at the Ward Transformer facility and some immediately surrounding
areas, including Reach A, subsequently identified as OU-2. The agreement required the removal of soil and sediment containing PCBs and prevention of off-site migration of material that may contain PCBs (?OU-2 Removal Action?). The OU-2 Removal Action began in 2007.
The OU-2 Removal Action soil cleanup level for PCBs was 1 milligram per kilogram (mg/kg). The EPA later approved a revised cleanup level of 10 mg/kg for soil that was thermally treated or beneath the treated soil final cover system (located within the footprint. The treated soil final cover system included a geotextile fabric as a marker layer and a minimum of 1 foot of off-site soil covered with vegetation or stone.
Geotextile/plastic liners, crushed stone, concrete, soil or other engineering controls were also placed in areas where PCB-contaminated soil above the 1 mg/kg cleanup level was left in place. Table 1 of the OU-2 ROD includes a summary of the engineering controls in
place. These areas include areas with excavation refusal, a limited area close to Interstate 540, an embankment along Lumley Road and the former E