New Hartford, NY
Lockheed Martin is actively cleaning up a New Hartford, N.Y., site where a septic tank service company reportedly disposed of industrial waste generated by a predecessor of Lockheed Martin in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
S.O.S. Septic Tank Service reportedly transported industrial waste from the former General Electric Company (GE) French Road plant in Utica, N.Y., from 1966 to 1973 and disposed of the waste at a property located at 204 Valley View Road in New Hartford, which is known as the S.O.S. Septic Service Tank site; it is also known as the Scully site. Martin Marietta Corporation purchased the former GE French Road plant when it acquired the GE Aerospace business in 1993. Lockheed Martin, a successor by merger to Martin Marietta, has taken responsibility for the site cleanup.
Working closely with the site neighbors and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), Lockheed Martin has extensively tested for contaminants in soil, sediment and groundwater on the S.O.S. site and in the nearby Sylvan Glen Creek. Lockheed Martin installed a groundwater treatment system at the site in 1994 and operated a soil-vapor extraction system in the former S.O.S. refuse area from 1996 to 2002. During the first part of 2006, Lockheed Martin removed more than 1,700 truckloads of soil from the S.O.S. site.
In order to continue with the cleanup, Lockheed Martin submitted a Conceptual Remedial Design Plan to the NYSDEC in January 2008. Under the plan, Lockheed Martin will remove an additional 2,200 truckloads of soil and execute cleanup activities for the site and Sylvan Glen Creek. Cleanup is expected to begin in spring 2008 and to be completed by December 2008.
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