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Concord site cleaned up

Patricio Robayo - Staff Writer
Posted 1/16/18

MONTICELLO — Along Kiamesha Lake stood the Concord Resort Hotel, one of the largest resorts during the Borscht Belt era until its closing in 1998. Even though the hotel is long gone and a new …

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Concord site cleaned up

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MONTICELLO — Along Kiamesha Lake stood the Concord Resort Hotel, one of the largest resorts during the Borscht Belt era until its closing in 1998. Even though the hotel is long gone and a new casino is being built around it, the effects of its operating all those years could be still felt in the environment.

In 2017, Sullivan County received a $200,000 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant in order to conduct environmental assessments on 14 sites and to develop three cleanup plans.

Four parcels deemed qualified to be part of the cleanup program in Monticello along the 17B corridor which included a former gasoline service station that operated from 1950 to 1990. The primary sources of contamination included aboveground and underground storage tanks, hydraulic lifts, and an oil/water separator. Some of the main contaminants included benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene compounds.

Another was the international clubhouse of the former Concord which included an aboveground storage tank and an area that was utilized as a disposal area. The contaminant that was found was a pesticide called dieldrin and was detected in soil.

Additionally, a former landfilling site which was used to dispose of construction and demolition debris and general waste was also remedied. Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB), pesticides, and metals were some of the contaminants that were found.

The fourth parcel was at the golf maintenance building which included underground and aboveground storage tanks, pesticide and herbicide storage, a disposal area, a septic field, and waste storage which was connected to vehicle maintenance. Volatile organic compounds, pesticides, PCBs, and metals were detected at this site.

All of these past contaminants have been remedied by the EPA standard and was facilitated by EPR Concord II, L.P. with oversight provided by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Records of the progress of the brownfield site can be found at the Ethelbert B. Crawford Public Library of Monticello.

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