HATHAWAY RD
The 12-acre Sullivan's Ledge disposal area, in the northwestern corner of New Bedford, operated as a quarry until about 1932. In 1935, the City of New Bedford acquired the site through tax title foreclosure. Between the 1940s and the 1970s, local industries used the quarry pits and adjacent areas for disposal of hazardous material and other wastes including electrical capacitors, fuel oil, volatile liquids, tires, scrap rubber, demolition materials, brush and trees. After a fire at the site in the 1970s, the City backfilled the only existing open pit and covered all exposed refuse. In 1982, when the Massachusetts Department of Public Works drilled test borings as part of a plan to build a commuter parking lot, electrical capacitors, which may have caused polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contamination, were unearthed. Approximately 98,500 people live within 3 miles of the site in this residential area. Within 1 mile of the site are two nursing homes and three schools. The New Bedford Municipal Golf Course is located immediately north of the site. An unnamed stream borders the site and discharges into Middle Marsh, which is on the golf course. Immediately north of the marsh lie railroad tracks, the Apponagansett Swamp, and the City of New Bedford municipal landfill.
8,381 |
People living within a 1 mile radius |
$48,470 |
Average Income |
3,254 |
Occupied homes |
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