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McCague, Steven J (DEC) steven.mccague@dec.ny.gov Attachments

11:38 AM (22 minutes ago) to Zoe Evans, Cat Viega, Pollock, David (DEC), Saucier, Sarah K (DEC), Richard, Ryan W (DEC), Brown, Janet E (DEC), Doroski, Melissa A (HEALTH), Petronella, John W (DEC), George, Meena (DEC), Gandhi, Vijay (DEC), Drumm, Brian R (DEC), Hubicki, Matthew S (DEC), Dan Shapley, Fagel, Jason R (DEC) "Doroski, Melissa A (HEALTH)" melissa.doroski@health.ny.gov, "Petronella, John W (DEC)" john.petronella@dec.ny.gov, "George, Meena (DEC)" meena.george@dec.ny.gov, "Gandhi, Vijay (DEC)" vijay.gandhi@dec.ny.gov, "Drumm, Brian R (DEC)" brian.drumm@dec.ny.gov, "Hubicki, Matthew S (DEC)" matthew.hubicki@dec.ny.gov, Dan Shapley dshapley@riverkeeper.org, "Fagel, Jason R (DEC)" jason.fagel@dec.ny.gov date: December 31, 2025 11:38 AM subject: Site inspection Perx Properties, Red Hook, NY #B00177

Zoe Evans and Cat Viega,

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) conducted a site inspection on November 25, 2025, at the Perx Property Remediation site in regard to the reported dumping of drums and debris on the property. Staff inspected areas of the site that were inaccessible during the May 15, 2025, inspection, including the southern and western areas of the property adjacent to the residential properties along Cambridge Drive to the south and Smith Street to the west.

Staff observed evidence of historic dumping, especially in the southern area on and below the embankment adjacent to the residential properties along Cambridge Drive. The observed dumping, which included tires and rusted barrels (drums) that were photographed and reported by residents, is consistent with non-hazardous debris. There was also evidence of more recent scattered dumping of non-hazardous household waste such as discarded fencing, flowerpots, and plastic buckets. Staff did not observe any hazardous waste during the inspection and there is no evidence of a potential release. Images of the observed debris and dumping are attached.

As DEC stated in the email response on July 17, 2025, soil sampling was previously conducted in areas of the site that were not remediated. These samples met the restricted residential soil cleanup objectives and are within the Environmental Easement (EE). The inspections performed on May 15, 2025, and November 25, 2025, did not discover any contaminated areas of concern.. The observed debris from dumping in the wooded area along the southern border of the site is not characterized as hazardous waste and additional action concerning remedial investigation at the site is not warranted.

Regards,

Steven McCague, P.E. Regional Hazardous Waste Remediation Engineer, Region 3

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation 21 S Putt Corners Rd., New Paltz, NY 12561 P: 845-256-3146

Steven.McCague@dec.ny.gov

www.dec.ny.gov |

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## Village of Red Hook SEWER DEPARTMENT REPORT September 2025 We had an operational meeting on Sept. 10 & 25 where we reviewed sewer operations. H2O’s software platform, Waterly, is now up and running for the Village of Red Hook. This will enable the team to have ready access to all of the testing data in real time. We discussed a list of equipment and supplies needed for the Sewer plant. Karen will review and authorize these purchases. At the “old plant”, Plant 1B, a pump has been installed in the EQ tank to allow for better management of the flow. Now that the biology or “bugs” are growing well, there is a need to maintain the right amount which means sometimes an excess needs to be “wasted”. With the added pump in the EQ tank, that will allow for wasting to occur. The West side aeration tank is waiting for a valve replacement so that the return activated sludge can function on this side. This valve replacement is scheduled for the week of 9/29. The East side is currently handling all the flow. Some adjustment to the floats in the sand filter is needed. The new plant, Plant 1A, the plant is operating smoothly. It functions best when it has consistent, steady flow through the plant. Wasting of the biology or “bugs” needs some adjustment and the sand filter floats also need some adjustments. H2O did discover that our BOD testing, since June, has not been in compliance. The test required changes seasonally so from June to Oct, a different test is required. This change was made due to human error. H2O contacted DEC and has reported our non-compliance. Everything else has been in compliance. While the other test results would indicate that the BOD test should have been in compliance, there is not a calculation that can confirm that. There was a significant toilet leak in one of the apartment buildings on the sewer system. Fortunately the water meter for that building had been changed to a cell meter so the location was isolated quickly. All the extra water flowed into the system to the WWTP which caused the extra EQ to fill up. This reiterates the need for the expanded EQ tank capacity to allow for disruptions in the system. We reviewed the proposed alarm system from Vector and the team determined that we could set up our own system with notification via cell service that would function just as well and would be less expensive. Next steps to be discussed at our next meeting. We received no odor complaints that tied to the WWTP in the month of September. The last WWTP odor complaint we have received was in early May. Rural water is scheduled to meet with the Sewer team in mid-November to help the team begin developing an asset management plan.

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