THE OBSERVER | WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2015
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tion.” And Councilman down the old CongoAlbino Cardoso joined leum-Nairn factory to the chorus, saying that clear the way for a BJ’s in recent weeks, “we Wholesale Club as the received complaints anchor tenant for a from neighbors and ShopRite [about Sunnew mall. day work] so I don’t Two weeks earlier, a think it’s a good idea.” majority of the govAfter the council erning body agreed to invited the public to waive a Sunday prohibition on such work for speak, two Belgrove Drive residents who one “trial” Sunday to live above the work site see if Belgrove Drive residents closest to the added their opposition to Sunday demolition. site would complain Maria Saraiva said: about noise and/or “I do not agree with dust conditions. working on Sundays. However, Mayor AlIt’s the only day we berto Santos said that have to relax.” And because a company notice to area residents Nick Kintos said that was found to be “defec- while he welcomes BJ’s as a prospective tive,” the town withdrew the one-time-only neighbor, he was upset over having had to call waiver and Carames the police last Oct. 7 acknowledged that no to get a DVL contracwork was done that tor to stop working Sunday. late at night and on Still, Carames said, DVL remains “in a tight a particular Sunday bind for time” because morning. Kintos said his driveway is “full of it is trying to get steel dust when they’re doup for the new BJ’s ing demolition,” which Wholesale Club by concerned him even September. It prefers more because he had not to ask its employheard that “one buildees to work overtime ing came back contamiduring the week or nated.” Saturday because Town Administra“the guys are stressed tor/Construction Code enough six days a week, so we’re afraid to Official Michael Martello responded that push them,” he said. several previously That explanation demolished buildings struck Councilman that were part of the Richard Konopka as a old factory complex strange because when were found to have “a he recently visited the lot of asbestos around work site on separate the window openings.” days, “I didn’t see any major demolition going He said that situation on. If you’re so pressed was “remediated” with for time, I don’t under- state Department of Environmental Protecstand that.” Konopka, tion (DEP) and state who voted against the Department of Labor trial Sunday meas(DOL) oversight. ure, said he remained But then came a “strongly against Sunsurprise announceday” work. “I see no ment from Kenneth reason you should be doing it then, especial- Nieuwenhuis, the LSRP (Licensed Site Remely in the summer.” Councilwoman Susan diation Professional) McCurrie said she, too, retained by DVL to report back to DEP, who was puzzled over the said that minor levels seeming non-producof PCBs (polychlorintivity. “I don’t know ated biphenyls) were why that building is being removed from still there. It should flooring adhesive in probably be done by the remaining building mid-August if you do three weeks [excluding by high-pressure water blasting. The residue Sundays] of demoliis placed in a tank and DEMO from
disposed off-site, he said. So, Santos asked, “You can’t begin the demolition work [on the still-standing building] until the remediation process is complete?” “That’s right,” Nieuwenhuis replied. Asked about the risk of human exposure to contaminants, Nieuwenhuis said there are “air-monitoring stations positioned at the four corners of the property that are calibrated to national ambient air standards” checking for excessive levels. So far, there have been no alarming findings, he said. Santos countered that on days he’s visited the site, he has found that, “just about every car in the [adjacent] ShopRite lot is covered with dust. … It shouldn’t be migrating from the site.” Nieuwenhuis said that on days when demolition was proceeding, “three or four water cannons” were spraying the work site in an effort to mitigate the spread of dust. Neither Carames nor Neiuwenhuis gave any indication how long the PCB remediation would take to complete. In the end, the council voted to deny DVL’s request for the Sunday waiver. Asked later why the company was pressing its Sunday work proposal, Santos said he presumed that it wanted to have the waiver in hand when it was ready to resume the demolition work. Asked whether the surprise revelation would trigger a rethink on DVL’s right to proceed as the redeveloper, Santos said the town certainly “should have been informed” about the PCBs and “not have learned about it” after the fact. But he said that as the developer and owner of the property, DVL “will have to comply with the law.”
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