Key Dates

On June 6, 2022 the EPA plans on starting remediation work on certain residential parcels in the Bliss Corner area. CLICK HERE to learn more

MassDEP condicted an informational public meeting where they provided an update on the recent investigation activities that have occurred since the previous public meeting in October 2019. In addition, US EPA Region 1 provided information on their removal action program.  A question-and-answer session followed the presentations. Click here to watch the recorded public meeting.

In August 2021, MassDEP requested support from the EPA to conduct removal actions at certain residential properties in the Bliss Corner neighborhood where elevated levels of lead and/or polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have been identified in surficial soil.  

In September 2021, the Town of Dartmouth received the official request from the EPA to conduct a Removal Action. The EPA Case Team reviewed the information and determined that levels of PCBs and lead in residential soils pose a significant health risk to human health. The time-critical removal action proposed will address the five residential properties which exceed both the MassDEP IH and the EPA RMLs for either lead or PCBs.

View the Town of Dartmouth Press Release from September 22, 2021 here.

View the EPA Request for Removal Action here.

View the EPA Notice of Potential Liability here.

View the Response to Notice of Potential Liability here.

In July and September 2020, MassDEP and EPA sampled 37 residential properties located in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. In June of 2021, MassDEP and EPA sampled nine additional residential properties based on proximity to properties where contamination had been identified. EPA has identified five of the studied properties containing lead and/or PCBs in soil above EPA Removal Management Levels. 

On June 12 2020, MassDEP provided several updates to the Bliss Corner Investigation. 

Click here to view a presentation of these updates.

MassDEP conducted an informational meeting regarding the preliminary investigation into historic dumping in the Bliss Corner neighborhood.  MassDEP provided an update on the investigation and the progress made since the first public meeting, held on March 21, 2019.

Click here to view the presentation from this public meeting.

Analytical results for groundwater samples collected from monitoring wells installed between May 6th-May 8th 2019 were released. 

View the groundwater sample results here.

Analytical results for soil samples collected from soil borings installed between May 6th-May 8th 2019 were released. 

View the soil sample results here.

MassDEP and its contractor, Green Environmental, installed soil borings and monitoring wells within Town-owned right-of-ways in the Bliss Corner neighborhood.

MassDEP conducted an informational meeting regarding the Bliss Corner preliminary investigation into historic dumping in a residential neighborhood. 

Click here to view the presentation from this public meeting.