Chemical Site Removed From EPA Superfund List

FOXBOROUGH, MA — A once toxic site is no longer on the EPA's Superfund list.

Officials from Mansfield and Foxborough gathered Thursday to celebrate the removal of the 40-acre Hatheway-Patterson site from the list. The site is located on the Foxborough side of the town line, near the Mansfield train station.

The land was once used as a wood preserving facility operated on site. The operation included preserving wood sheeting, planking, timber, piling, poles and other wood products. Facility operations led to soil, groundwater and sediment contamination, according to the EPA.

Cleanup on the site began in 2009 and the site was formally deleted from the national priorities list on Feb. 16.

Image via Town of Mansfield