New Bedford Harbor

Third Five Year Review Report, September 30, 2015

This is the third Five-Year Review (FYR) for the New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site (the Site) located in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts covering the years 2010 through 2015. The purpose of this FYR is to review information to determine if the remedy is and will continue to be protective of human health and the environment. The triggering action for this statutory FYR was the signing of the previous FYR on 9/30/2010. This Five-Year Review is for the entire Site (Operable Units One, Two and Three). The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region I, conducted this review pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Section 121(c), 42 U.S.C. § 9621(c); National Contingency Plan (NCP), 40 C.F.R. § 300.400(f)(4)(ii); and it is consistent with OSWER Directive 9355.7-03B-P (June 2001).

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