In 2015, the Swap Shop was launched in the Acton Transfer Station, which Green Acton’s Zero Waste Group took initiative in designing, developing, and advocating for. Anyone with a recycling or trash sticker can use the Swap Shop: gently used items in good condition can be donated at the shop, and items can be picked up… Continue reading →
Acton Water District letter about the EPA plan for Nuclear Metals superfund site
Available as a downloadable PDF file from the AWD here
Jane Ceraso December 2014 public comments on the Nuclear Metals Superfund Site
EPA Public Hearing on Proposed Remedial Action Plan for the Concord, Massachusetts Nuclear Metals, Inc. Superfund site
Background: the Nuclear Metals Superfund Site: 1958-2015
From the EPA Superfund information site for Nuclear Metals The Nuclear Metals, Inc. (NMI) property is located on a 46.4-acre parcel located at 2229 Main Street in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The facility includes five interconnected buildings, a paved parking area, a sphagnum bog, a cooling water recharge pond, and a holding basin. The topography… Continue reading →
Nuclear Metals Superfund Site
In Concord, Massachusetts, near the border with Acton, there is a federal Superfund site — the Nuclear Metals, Inc. site — that is threatening Acton’s water supply through contamination of Acton’s Assabet wells. The main concern is 1,4-Dioxane, a probable human carcinogen that moves readily through groundwater. These are the same wells that were contaminated… Continue reading →
Tribute to Charlotte Sagoff – Social Justice
From John Abernethy:
Planting Plan and Volunteer Opportunities
The garden design seeks to create a sustainable tribute to Charlotte, with: flower/foliage characteristics that include drought tolerance; use of native plants, herbs, daisies, groundcovers, bulbs and wildflowers; easy care; fragrant tall plants along the sidewalk to provide screening, and between the children’s library windows; spring to fall continuum of bloom; and a tapestry of… Continue reading →
Additional Sources of Information
For more information on the WR Grace Superfund Site in Acton, Massachusetts:
Public Repository of WR Grace Documents – Additional Information
The Acton Memorial Library maintains a public repository of documents about the WR Grace Site. These documents, dating back to the 1970’s, can be found in a loft area (accessed by a small spiral staircase), above the Civil War exhibit on the second floor of the library. (Please ask at the reference desk, if you… Continue reading →
Public Repository of WR Grace Documents
The Acton Memorial Library maintains a public repository of documents about the WR Grace Site. These documents, dating back to the 1970’s, can be found on the second floor, in the oldest portion of the library. (Please ask at the reference desk, if you need assistance.) WR Grace documents are also available for public review… Continue reading →