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I didn’t like the quality of the water.” “It seemed like it had oil in it to me,” Brencher added. “I noticed a guy at Lexington Gardens running an excavator in cleaning out the basement. At the rate that the water was coming out, I was not really quite sure if he hadn’t hit something.” Brencher contacted his boss, Victor Palma, superintendent of public works field operations. “My main concern was the freezing of the roadways,” Palma said. “I wasn’t privy to any oil in the water. I dispatched one of our trucks to take care of the roadways.” Palma said that he contacted Maiden to tell him that water was being pumped into the roadways. “I was told that there had been a possible water main break,” Maiden added. “When I got onto the site, it appeared to originate from the foundation of the old factory building.” Maiden said that as the building department became involved with the leak, further help was sought. “The fire department was called to assess the situation,” Maiden said. “They determined that the water contained some
oil, an undeterminable amount, and the job was shut down at that time.” The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection was also contacted. DEP Emergency Response Coordinator John Aceto inspected the site, Maiden said, and required that an environmental company be hired to remove the remaining liquid from the underground fuel tanks. McVac Environmental Services was brought to clean the liquid and remove the tanks. Aceto could not be reached for comment. A McVac Environmental Services representative declined comment. Maiden said that the DEP allowed the continued demolition of the site on Jan. 6. The few remaining debris piles at the former greenhouse and factory property represent the last materials to be carted off by Mineri Excavating of North Haven and Abcon Environmental Inc. of New Haven. Mineri began the original demolition efforts in July. However, a July 17 inspection by the Connecticut Department of Public Health and the Quinnipiac Valley Health District halted the demolition after toxic materials, including asbestos, were discovered on the site. The inspection also deter-
mined that the demolition had been started without prior notification to the DPH and without the payment of a $25 demolition fee. In response, property owner Loretta Mufson hired Abcon Environmental Inc. for the asbestos abatement. “I’m all done there,” said Mark Sergi, director of operations for Abcon Environmental Inc. “The only thing that is left are very little debris piles.” Sergi said that the all the piles of debris had been removed, including piles from demolition that occurred before the July 17 inspection. Such piles could have possibly contained asbestos and other hazardous materials, and their removal was barred until they had been successfully tested. Sergi said that Mineri would finish the demolition work. A Mineri representative could not be reached. Eagle Environmental Inc., of Bristol, was hired to monitor asbestos abatement at the site, according to company representative Chris Liberty. The 500 Middletown Ave. property remains for sale. The 23-acre site had been previously approved for a housing subdivision project, which was ultimately stymied by the housing market’s collapse.
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