Long-term Maintenance and Monitoring Report 2015

On behalf of the University of Massachusetts, this report has been prepared and is being submitted to document the results from the 2015 long term monitoring activities conducted at the following buildings on the University of Massachusetts Amherst Campus:

  • Tobin Hall Deck – The Monitoring and Maintenance Implementation Plan (MMIP) was submitted on March 13, 2012 in accordance with Condition 8 of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) PCB Risk-Based Decontamination and Disposal Approval dated February 28, 2012; four rounds of post-remediation monitoring have been conducted (2012 – 2015) as described in this report;
  • Southwest Concourse – The MMIP was submitted on December 29, 2010 in accordance with Condition 13 of the EPA’s Southwest Residential Area Concourse PCB Cleanup and Disposal Approval under 40 CFR 761.61 (a) and (c) and 761.79 (h) dated August 30, 2010; monitoring activities were also conducted at those areas described in the PCB Remediation Plan Amendment dated May 9, 2011; four rounds of post-remediation monitoring have been conducted (2012 – 2015) as described in this report;
  • Dubois Library Elevator Lobbies – The MMIP was submitted on March 29, 2013 in accordance with Condition 12 of the EPA’s Dubois Library PCB Cleanup and Disposal Approval dated April 8, 2010; three rounds of post-remediation monitoring have been conducted (2013 – 2015) as described in this report;
  • Orchard Hill Residential:
    • Webster House – The MMIP was submitted on January 5, 2012 in accordance with   Condition 16 of the EPA’s PCB Decontamination and Disposal Approval dated July 4, 2011; four rounds of post-remediation monitoring have been conducted (2012 – 2015) as described in this report;
    • Field and Grayson Houses – The MMIP was submitted on January 13, 2014 in accordance with Condition 17 of the EPA’s April 30, 2012 PCB Decontamination and Disposal Approval for the window/door replacement project; monitoring activities were also conducted in accordance with the MMIP for the work complete on the exterior joints submitted on April 24, 2012 as part of the PCB Remediation Plan/Close Out Document for Field and Grayson House by ATC Associates, Inc.; four rounds of postremediation monitoring have been conducted (2013 – 2015) as described in this report; and
  • Sylvan Residential – The MMIP was submitted on February 20, 2014 as part of the remediation completion reporting for the exterior and interior renovations conducted at each of the three buildings within the Sylvan Complex (Brown, Cashin, and McNamara). An EPA UMass MMIP (225695) 2 Woodard & Curran 2015.12.22 UMass Campus Report 2015 December 2015 Approval has not been issued for this work; two rounds of post-remediation monitoring have been conducted (2014 and 2015) as described in this report.