ottati & goss/kingston steel drum

HAVERHILL RD RTE 125

The 35-acre Ottati & Goss/Kingston Steel Drum site contains a 1-acre parcel in the southwestern portion that was leased and known as the Ottati & Goss (O&G) area and a 6-acre Great Lakes Container Corporation (GLCC) area consisting of a rectangular parcel bordered on the east by Route 125. From the late 1950s through 1967, Conway Barrel & Drum Company (CBD) owned the site and performed drum reconditioning operations on the parcel of land later owned by the Great Lakes Container Corporation. The reconditioning operations included caustic rinsing of drums and disposal of the rinse water in a dry well near South Brook. Kingston Steel Drum, the operator of the facility since 1967, continued the same operations as GLCC through 1973. South Brook and Country Pond became polluted, so CBD established leaching pits in an area removed from South Brook. The New Hampshire's Water Supply and Pollution Control Commission reported on-site runoff and seepage from the leaching pits draining into South Brook and eventually into Country Pond, where fish kills occurred. In addition, vegetation along South Brook died and swimmers experienced skin irritations. In 1973, International Mineral & Chemical Corporation (IMC) purchased the drum and reconditioning plant and operated it until 1976. In 1978, heavy sludges from the wash tank and from drains, as well as residues from incinerator operations, were brought to the O&G site for processing. After O&G operations ceased in 1979, the New Hampshire Bureau of Solid Waste Management ordered the owners and operators not to restart operations and to remove approximately 4,400 drums that were at various stages of deterioration and were spilling organic compounds onto the ground. Approximately 450 people live within a 1-mile radius of the site. Most of these residents rely on bedrock wells for their water supply. An estimated 4,500 people live within 3 miles of the site. A marshy area lies downgradient of the site. The Powwow River and Country Pond, which are located nearby, are used for swimming and fishing.

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