Conway Park’s Public Involvement Plan (PIP) meeting

The City of Somerville (“the City”) is hereby notifying you, in accordance with the Public Involvement Plan (“PIP”) for the Conway Park disposal site (“the Site”) of a PIP meeting to present the Activity and Use Limitation (“AUL”) and Permanent Solution Statement (“PSS”) for the Site. The Meeting will be held on Zoom, on May 25, 2023, at 6:30 PM.

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Mayor Katjana Ballantyne, Ward 2 Councilor J.T. Scott, and the City of Somerville Public Space and Urban Forestry Division invite you to the final virtual community meeting to conclude the remediation process at Conway Park.  

Visit somervillema.gov/conwaypip to register to attend. 

Conway Park and the adjacent splash pad were closed in 2018 after soil testing conducted in advance of the proposed renovation of the park revealed contaminants. Over the following years, the City worked closely with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to remediate the park in accordance with state and federal environmental regulations. After five years of extensive soil testing and remediation, including the removal of 8,700 tons of contaminated soil, Somerville’s Conway Park reopened in its entirety on Friday, May 27, 2022. 
 
The remediation effort included a Public Involvement Plan (PIP) to keep the community informed about the process and solicit public comment. This meeting represents the final stage of the PIP process, during which City staff will present drafts of two documents to the public: 

• Activity and Use Limitation (AUL): A document recorded at the Registry of Deeds to provide information about any remaining contamination, the appropriateness of certain uses and activities, and a property owner's obligations to ensure that the requirements of the AUL continue to be met. 
• Permanent Solution Statement (PSS): Once a condition of “No Significant Risk” has been demonstrated, the PSS provides a clear endpoint to the process so that future owners and tenants can find out what cleanup has been done at a site and access relevant documentation. 

Visit somervillema.gov/conwaypip to register to attend. 

The Draft AUL and PSS will be available for public view beginning May 25 at somervillema.gov/conwaypip, via MassDEP’s online database for disposal sites, and at each branch of the Somerville Public Library. 

A 20-day public comment period will follow the meeting, ending on June 14. Comments on the Draft AUL and PSS can be submitted to the City’s Environmental Health Coordinator, Colin Zeigler via email at czeigler@somervillema.gov or mail at Inspectional Services Department, ATTN: Colin Zeigler, 1 Franey Rd., Somerville, MA 02145.  

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