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UNITEO ST.\TES OISTRICT COURT FOR TliE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND

li~ITEO ST.\TES, on behalf of the Environmental protection 'gency,

.. Plaintiff,

Civil •ction No, ~

mLt.IV' D'VIS, SR. r ELE,~OW. MVIS, \flLLl-'11 D'VIS, JR.

o\lfO No\fi!CY 0.\VIS

oefendanta .

Ull OO.VIT or SU8U P•TI ,

STU£ llr H'S"C"USETTS

0 Cfl!NTY or KI OOLESEX

1. "Y na11e 11 suaan Pata. 1 baea thh affidavit upon

pereonal knovled11• and 11y revlev of gcwerMent and other

recorde.

z. t _... a llydro;eolOCJ ht •ployad by the \Iaate Kanage­

Nent oiv hion, Superfund "ranch, lte;lon I, United Statal

tnvlro""'antAl Protection J.gency (!Po\). 11y reaponlibllltlea

inclu"'e '1\anaging National Priority Lilt quperfund altea

and providlno tectanlesl aupport for enfore..ant actlvltiea.

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). tty education and related profeedond experience

is as follows l 1 received a Bachelor of Schnee degree in

Biology from 4as llinCJtOn university in 19'74 and a Kaatar of

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·. ~ 'rts de~ree in Geology frO"'I aoston university in 19"4·

have been eoa.ployed by EP~ since 198).

4. since 198), 1 have l'ftanaged Rel'tladial tnvestigation/ .

reaaibility study activities at the following aites' oavia

Liquid uaste, stamina Hilla, saco Tannery Pita and Tinkham'•

Garage. s • .;inca october, lctU 1 have been aalionad the raapon- \

dbility of conducting !P~'• Re11edlal tnveatioation/Paalibil­

ity study at the nav h Liquid waate Site (•stte•l located on

Tar~tiln Jt.OIId in S•dthUeld, ttho48 taland.

~. 1 have been on the Site anywhere frCJII 1 to 5 daya a

weak to aupervbe acttvitlea and to cCJ~Munlcate vlttl the

Davia fa11lly, in particular uuu.. oavta, sr., who owna a

portiOn of the property on which the site i.e located, and wtt.o

rapreaenta navla fa•ilY .,...bare .'!'ho own ~her propart)' upon

which the site alta. 1. The site has eened •• a landfill and a• a liquid

waste 4hpoaal facility. It contains three lar;e unlined

dhpoaal pits coverlno s-1n acres. BP' haa photo• indicating

that dru"'• and bulk chnicals went into the cUapoaal pita.

EP' haa alao found over ·6nO I'Sru•• on the Site, of which over

2'i0 dru11a contained Uquld and/or aolid waate prOI!uctar aany

of these dru•• ha"• sufferei'S corroalon and have lea\ad wast•• ­~

!· into ttte ;round. EP' la currently conducting teat pitting and

expects to fin1 •ore dru••· lt . Tl'!.e c;ite pre•ente unique prot>leM•• .,t present , E"P-.

is eo•pletin; the collection of field data for the lte..dlal " .'i ;

we have not done ~ · :

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:.~ a preli~ttary rislt assessment, but early data concerning

volatile organiz cO'IIpounds shows high levels of contamination

on-site in the soU, sedime nts, surface and groundwater. con­

tamination persists distally frCJift hazardous waste source

areas in both surface vater and groundwater. Vegetative ·

stren in the form of dying trees and algal blOO'I is seen

downgradient of vane areas. The surface water exhibits an

oily eheen and ,iecoloration, and it 1a odorous.

'*· Surface water, and the OYerburden and groundwater

aquifere are conta,ainated at t._e Site. The interconnection

between aquifen 11u8t be analyzed, 8() that conta-..inant path­

ways are eatabUehed '"" the volu:ae of the cont•inanta quan­

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; 0 10. TO date, EP' has dtlcOYered 2:0 organic ch..icala oft­

dte, aOfle knovn carcinogena. ~ few of tbe orgenica detected

in tlle north end aouth diapoaal pit areaa on-aite by IP~ in

U84 ant1 148~ include• trichloroethene t•, 100 ppb in north

pit), tetrachloroetllene (17 , 001) ppb in aouth pit, 82,000 ppb

in north pit), bensene (18 ppb in north pit), ethylbensene

(71,000 in aoutll pit, ltt,oon ppb in nortll pit), toluene

(181),r)On ppb in south pit), tot8l xylene• u,ooo,onn ppb in

aoutll pit, \li),OOn in nortll pit), Mphtllalene Ul,nno ppb in

aoutll pit), and chlorofof"'ll (11;20 ppb in north pit).

1\ . EP-. ard tlle State of 1th011e IalenrJ have •l•o l!h­

covered contamination in residential willa •dj•cent to the

Site. Forty-four b011e•, each with private drinking water

well5, lie vith i n one 11ile tn the north of the Site.

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. 12 . Prior to U8S, tvo t\0'1188 north, and within 1/2 mile

of the Site had their private drinkint;~ wells closed as a

result of ch4r.ftical contamination found by the State of Rhode

Island. The state provided thoae h()l'fteS with bottled drinkin~

water.

11. tn the eprinQ of 1985, EP1\ conducted testa and ana­

lyzed aalftplea vltich revealed that three •ore privata drinkinQ

walla north, and vitt'iin one half •11• of, the site showed

new, higher levels of ch..ical conta•llnation which exceed

!P' healtlt atSvhoriel en1/or which pose an uucceptable

cancer rialt to inhabitants. '• a result, EP' closed thoae

three l!rinltin; walla 8'"M these ha.ea receive bottled ISrinkin;~

water fr011 the state of Rhode talantl.J u. In adtUtion, IP' haa recently diaccwered, after

teatino and tnithl analyail, private drinlting wlll C•lao

not ttr...,ioualy cont..lnated) which EPk •ay cloee after

cot~pletino an internal toxicology review of the contaaination

deligned to ace••• the health ri•k• which the cont"inantl

po•• to relldente.

1-;. ou• to ttl••• finding• in UIS of new cont•lnation

in drinking vella, all of the velll lying north of ttle Site

rl'llaln Jill potential receptor• of conta•irwtion. EP' teeta

ehow that Ctlnta,.ination continue• to apread north and eaat of

the site.

U . 'ny delay in tt'te Rt/PS will 111ean a delay in l•ple­

•enting re"'erHal action designed to prevent the conta•dnation' ~)

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-s­ ~n1·_............ froon spreading further nortt\, to the potential receptors,

the environ"'ent and wells north of the Site.

17. EP-' has not deterl'fti ned how 11uch waste was dumped On lmf. . II

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the Site, but volutnes were substantial. There r ..ainl a ~igh

volu~t~e aM concentration of waste on-aite.

19 . The Site shows considerable contPllnation in ita

surface waters . Hhile da11age to wethnda and wildl Ue ia

unltnovn, pending the con~~pletion of the Rt/rs, it aay be

conait!erable. The Site lies in a aajor wetlands, with the

nortl, rUapoaal pit drainin; directly into the wetlanda. The

Site also creates a potent tal haaard for •tillwetar Reser­

voir, a 11owngradient lake used for recreational purpose.

19. tn adt!itlon to t"• liquid wastes on-alta, the Site

contains an enorttoua tire pile. The DeVil f•ily atorea,

diapoeee of, and re-cycle• tire• on the Site. letiutea of

the nu•ber of tire• piled on the Site run up to l5 •Ulion.

The tire pile ie 60 feet high at place.

21'). The tire• are adjacent to pit areal where IP~ hae

found walta conta•inante through analyal• of groundwater,

aurface water, eoll and aedlaent , ..plee.

21. IP' and CDH have dhcovered barrell of liquid waate

in area• within and adjacent to a llnown diapoaal pit area.

"•nv barrell were covered by tire• ancl/or burled underground.

EP~ ha111 uncovered over 30 auch barrall containing waate by

creatli"'O hnes tt-trouoh the tlrea on the overlap area.

22. EP' has uncovered the•• barrel" by u•• of a crane,

which lifts tires off of the pile and place• thM on a truck I

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for ternporary transfer to another location. Uith the use of

the crane, EP' has created two clear access lanes into the

tire pile. These access lanes l'lave allowed EPA to conduct

aa"'lpling and testing under the tire pile, aa vall as to

inspect for the presence of barrels.

23. EP' began movi~ tires vith the use of a crane on

June 11, U8S and finiehed vith the crane in late August.

24. 't present, t,_e Davia fully operates a tire shred­

ding operation in one corner of the southern disposal pit.

That shredding operation has created a pile of shredded

tires vhich covers portions of the southern dhpoaal pit.

TO insure tltat E1!t' ha8.. cortductett a tborough •trs, IP' through

COf1 plane to teet in the soil now covered by the pile of

ahre<ided tires on tlle southern cUapoeal pit.

2:~. t:P' ltaa conduct~ a rew:wal act ion to abate a dan­

;eroua con4ition at the Site. IPA r•cwed 19 barrela frc.

under, and in, the tire pile, while another §91 dru•• were

fouM on the Site and were ataged in the aouthern diapoaal

pit area. Thea• drullla, aO'Ie full and othera partially

full, were placed in OYer-packa and/or ataged in a contain­

11ent area created by t:P' on the Site. IP' haa aaintalned

24 hour security on the Site.

21i. J1any dru•• reftlain in the tire pile and buried

below the ground aurface.

2'7. Since l)ctoher 1, U84, EP' and the State of Rhode

Island have entered lnto a contract uMer which EP~ has

assu~t~e~ the lead role in inveatigating and re~~edylno probl"a

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at the Site. 't present, the EP.\ rederal R£11 contractor,

Ca!'llp, Dresser and Kc1t.ee c•cOH•) ia conducting the 'RI/P'S at

the Site. CDM and EP~ have placed teat pita and walla over

approd•ataly SO acrea on the Site.

28. EP.\ and CDrl have achaduled the field work for th- · .

RI/P'S to and .on Septftbar Zl, with continuing o~oing aoni­

torino of aurface water, after that, •• wll the poaalbUtty

of returning for additional taatlng and a•pllng.

29. The written report which will praaant the ..tar­

tal learned a~ developed in the RI/r& la acheduled for

praaantatlon by COM in Jaruary, 1916. DA haa achaduled the

atoning of the aecorcf of oectaion for thla Bite in June,

1986, v1th r-1•1 ••U•1ty H91nn1ng 1-•ll•te1y theredter. )

10. O¥ar the couraa of the U/PI, IPA and CDII peraonnel

have had conatdarabla 4Uflculty both in obtat•llng aoo..a to

the lit• and tn conducting the acttwltlaa neceaaary fOI'

••pllng and teatlng on the lite becauae of the dtrecttwea

and actlona of the oavta f•Uy, particularly Mr. DaYla,

sr. n. t h8Ve docuaanted incidenta where ...bera of the

oawta faally have dented ~ccaaa to, and/or obatructed the

field work of, IPA and COM peraonnel tn the proceaa of ca.­

plating ltl/PS taaka on the following date•• october 26,

1914f NOY..,ber 21, and 28, lt841 April JO, ltl5• June 25, and

26, 1985.

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3,1... More recently, the navis fa~T~ily obstructed our

crane operation on 'ugust U, lS, U, 19, 21'), and 21, 1985.

''3 an e)(a:nple, '1r . Davis, Sr. agreed to discontinue any

furt~er disposal of tires in the northern and southern dis­

posal pits on Hay 1, 1945. On Hay 2, 198S, I observed a

truck unloat1ing tires in the southern dhpoaal pit on the

Site.

ll. On September 6 and l'i, 1985, Kro Davia, Sr. told

•• that he would not grant EP' or COf1 accaea to do required

field work on the -property, adjacent to the road entering

the Site, running fro. Tarkiln ltoad eaat to the kiln on the

property.

)4. ,. an additional axnpla, on or about Kay JO, lt85,

ttr. oavia, sr. agreed to •Y request that whUa 1ft. vat co~

ductlng our field work ln the tlra pile, he would not flll

the ace••• lanes vhlch we were creating with tiree • . on ~uguet

u, a •nber of the Davie fnUy directed two tire truck• to

du.p full loade of tire• into the ace••• lanee.

l~. In addition to tlle incident• deacribed abOYe, nra.

oav h told •• today on septnber 24 that U IP.\ goea to court

to obtain ace••• to tlle areaa adjacent to the ace••• road on

septMber 25, the navis fa•Uy vUl ahut down the entire IP.\

....o! operatlo.,, prohibiting all EPA and CDH peraonnel fr011 enter­

ino the ~;tte. Thia will •ean that teat pitting, water well! 'llO.,ito"dno, establhh!lent of water table elavattona, and

eurveyino scheliulad for septe111>er 2~ does not occur.

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-·­to deny access to all EP' and COf1 personnel if EP~ atte'ftpted

to ~ain access to the disputed area.

]I;. This new threat to deny EP' and COH access to the

Site further colftplicates and jeopardizes timely completion of

the JU/FS. '"Y colftplete shutdown of the 1U/FS field vork

will obviously leave !lOre work tnco:aplete •• of Septem.ber 27,

U85, creating further difficulty in obtaining slots for con­

tract Laboratory analyda, uong other problMe.

17. The act tone of uUU•• oevie, 9r. in 'uguet, 1985

are only 11ore recent e'lta•plee of the aanner in which ttr.

oavte, 4Jr. and his fa•llY have conaletently harassed person­

nel at the Site, ~taNpt.S IP' wor~, blocked EP' acceea to

the Site, ancS 11ade the Ett''• teak at the Site •ore dt.fflcult,

tl•e-coneu•dng, aM ••penatve.

1"· t hr~e received first-hand intonation frOII red­

dents and other lndividuah fal'lliliar with the Site auooeatina

tt\at ttu•ping of liquid waatea haa occurred on either aide of

the road leadino into the Site. (the road apparently Uea on .

tt'le land belonging to "illia• oavia, Jr. and Nancy oavia).

which show dvi~ vegetation at various points on both

of the access road, and 1 have personally viewed area•

appear to have suffered frMI du•plng of wastes.

let. To ensure a thorough RI/FIII bV diacOYering all ,. sources of hazardous substances and addresaino all potential ... :,1

threats of release, and to esta?lhh bac'c:ground leveh and ·:i infol"111ation concerning soil on the Site, EP' •uat do approxi- :.·1·

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."\ "'ately tilree days more of te11ting and s ampling. This tel'ltino

aM sal'llplino will occur at random points on the Site, as

well as at points adjace nt to the road and in the known dis­

posal pit locations.

40. SaiTlplino vest of the kiln, adjacent to the accaaa ·

road vill not i nterfere with the use of the road, or with

the on-going tire operation. The necessary anpllng requires

the usa of three foot hand auger to obtain soil corea.

41. Jn addition, E'' needs to have the accaaa lanes,

staging areas and decontafllnation zones, roed, •onitorin;

walla and dhpoaal pit areas r ..arn unobstructed and dia­

turbett ao a1 to ensure tt\at tt\a intarority of the IUH ta

preserved, aftli eo that IP' can h8Ye access to tt\a teat pita1:) and aa•pla pointe in these areas in the future for taatiftQ

or r•edid excavation.

42. The area• which EPA requeete to be left uncSiaturbed

tl\rough the c~pletion of !luperfund work on the Site are ••

follOWII

a) The north dhpoaal plt and. a 20 foot perl•eter bOr­

der around it.

b) The aouthern diapoaa\ plt and a 20 foot peri•eter

border around lt. The aouthern dlepoaal plt le bounded by ....,

the prl"mary road to the north an the aecondary road to the

east. To the aouth and west the plt ia bounded by a 3 ­

foot el'flbankment . tncludve in the aouthern dlapoad plt 11\I t))e stagino area upon vhlch dru•• containing waate are

atored.

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e) "11 "'onitorino wells, totalling 'i8, present on the

Site.

d) The deconta"'ination zone, sltuated between the north

and south disposal pit.

e) The two EP.\-created access lanes in the tire pile.•··

43. Both the northern and eouthern ·diepoaal pit areas

contain highly eonta~dnated aoile. tn addition to tl'rlia con­

ta•ination, 2Sl laaldno dru11a found in the aouthern diapoaal

pit and u~er the tlt·e pile are staged in a portion of the

eoutl'lern diepoaal pit. Thaae dru•• have been place4 in an

oversized barrel to aU,dnate further releaaaa of aubatancea

into tl'r.e enviroMent . ... It la t•portant to reatrlct all acceaa

into the aouttter dlapoaal pit to avoid potential rupturing of1:) dru111 (ant! " consequent releaae of contalllnenta) or daatruc­

tlon of tlla contalPIIIent area by helrly equipt~ent.

44. '1oreover, the rnedial action (clean-up r..-dy) at

tl\e !'lite will ..oat likely inclutte excll'lation of a lar"• quan­

tity of conta~~oinated aoila in the pt.t. Any dlaturbance of

the apecified area• in the fom of attcUtional ..terlala re­

quiring re'lovllll vlll i•pair EP~'• •billty to relocate anp­

ling point• and will lncreaae the tl•e, effort, and coat of

future vork on the Site.

41i. '11 !llonltoring vella 11uat r ..ain for uae in future

aa•pling to deter11ine whether conta•lination contlN.Iea to •ove

north t<Nard potential receptor• and to detetwiM the effec­

tlveneas of re•el1hl aetiona.

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41i. F.:P' will use the decontarllination zone if futhar

sampling of the removal barrels occurs, and may use it during

tt\e relftedial action.

47. The access lanes into the tire plle are pathway• to

a cactle of drums discovered unt1er the Urea. EP~ will uee.: ·

the accese lane• to rraove buried drurl8 which r•ain o~aite.

413. The 20 acre area which EP' haa requeated re111i n

undiaturbed 11 a aaall portion of the propertiea owned by the

DaYle family in salthfield, Rho4e leland and we do not foreeee

that reetrlctlno acltlvlty in the requeated area• will inhibit

the oavla fa'lily tire operation.

4t. the long ht8tory of cUfflculty with willln oavla,

llr. on the Site, and COII'Ienta he haa ••de to ••• lead •• to

bellwe that ttf!e 1t11tue quo at the Site will not be ••lr. ­

talrtef1 once IP' no longer hal a rlaily preaence at the lite.

51). The irweatlgatlon and •••••••nt of a hasal'doua

waate aite ia e lengthy, co-aplex proceaa requiring repeated

lite vilite and eaae of ace•••· unU•ited acceaa without

interference to tl\e Site il required for IP' ataff and con­

tractor• to perfor-. the required technical atudlee.

Sl. The need for full ace••• to c011plete the urs ia

underecorld by1 .

a. the conta•ination docu•ented at the Site and the

present release and threat of releaee of hasardoul vaatea

b. the ranlting of the Site as one of the voret in

the nat ion1

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c. the contamin..tion of local drinking vater auppU•••

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d. the loc~tion of tl'le hazardoua waste dhpoaal dte

at the heaoiwaters of the Stillwater Reaervoir, which ia ··uaed

for recreation downstreaon of the Site.

S2. EP.\ c:.tnnot c:O'Ilplete the RI/rs without the •••plea

frO'Il the areaa adjacent to the accea1 road. EPA haa a atat­

utory •antiate to docuflllent all aource areal of conta~~oinanta,

including the nature a~ extent of conta~~iunta .

5). one aurface water aattple. fr011 a pond in an area

adjacent to the acceae· road, ttle area which nr. Dwia haa

pre'lented EP' fr011 entering, haa ahown trace levela of con­

I ~ t•lnanta.

1\4. ~~' hal achedulett and budgeted to CO'Iplete Uel"

actlvitiea at the Site by Sept..ber 27, 1915. 'ny furtl'ler

dally will create the neceaaity to enter- into an Mended

contr-act vith the appropriate contractora, thereby cauaing

EP' conliderable expen•• and delay. rurttaer, any delaya in

ot)taining •••plea vill •ate tl•ly analyaia of thoae aa,plea

by the Contract Laboratory l•poalible. IPP. aaplea go to a

Jriational Contract Laboratory, which analyaea ••plea fr011

hazardous vaete sitae acroae the country. The Contract Lab­

oratory cannot guarantee ita ability to analyse the •••plea

until November. The RI/PS written report 11 acheduled for

January, 1986 and it vill be eerioualy delayed if tl\e ••plea

are not obtained for analyeh until later thh fdl .

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55. Any delay will allow further apreading of the

contuinanta on, and fro•, the Site. 'fhia will further

'eopardile thoM lhing north of the Bite, u well u the

Da•i• faaily, and thou indi•iduala wrking on the Bite.

56. 'I'M che•ical coJII)Ounda referred to in paratraph 10

conatituta baaardoua aubatancaa within tbl Manin9 of lection

101114) of CIRCIA, 42 o.a.c. 19101(14). 11orao..r, tooting of

the contenta of M•aral of the dn•• referred to in paratrapb

1, aleo ra•eal tbl preaen~ of baaardoae aabatancea.

ri...uy, tooting of tho contan~o of tbo dr,.. wblch IPA

otogod ln tbo ooatbarn diopooo1 pit, u daacrl- in

:J parqrapb 25, r••••l tbl priMDW of haurdou •Mtuoee.

57. 'lbo aivratinn of baoardoao oabotanoaa iato tbo ooll

aad troan4weter below the lite, Md t:ht •ltratioa of

baaarto• aubatucn toward t.hl drlllkiDI water wella,

•tlando and ltill•tar ..oonoir · to tbo oortb _. _.t of

tbl lltl conatlt~atea a rele... of baaardo• aabat&DCn into

- an•lronoant u defined by -Uono 101(22) and 104(a)(l)

of cUCLA, 42 o.a.c. 119101(22) and tt04Callll.

51. llany of tba haurdoao oabotancaa fo..,. in drlnkinv

•t•r wella to thl nortb of the Site are identical to

baaardo\11 aubatancea which IPA baa found on tbl lite.

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59. !'be facta aet forth above are true an4 C'Orrect to

the beat of .y peraonal knowledt• and infor..tion and 1 -

COIIpetant to teatify to thea.

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lwora before M thh

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