cleanup · Chautauqua County
Pelican Manufacturing
Jamestown
Former manufacturing property where TCE affected soil, groundwater, and surface-water pathways. Soil-vapor extraction, groundwater recovery, sediment removal, building demolition, and continuing property controls addressed the former Class 2 site.
The documented story
What happened here?
Pelican Manufacturing occupied 2223 Washington Street. DEC's legacy record documents disposal of chlorinated hydrocarbons and confirmed TCE contamination.
DEC now classifies site 907010 as completed Class C; EPA lists the property as a non-NPL CERCLA site. Those labels record completed remedial work and federal evaluation, while the continuing controls explain why the parcel is not equivalent to never-contaminated land.
One solvent moved through soil, groundwater, and sediment pathways
Pelican Manufacturing required a sequence of treatment, demolition, and source removal
1995year DEC selected the TCE remedy
Manufacturing era
Chlorinated-chemical disposal created a multi-medium problem
DEC's legacy record documents chlorinated hydrocarbons at 2223 Washington Street. TCE affected soil, groundwater, and surface-water or sediment pathways tied to the former operation.
1995-2003
Cleanup technologies followed the changing property
The response used soil-vapor extraction, groundwater extraction and treatment, contaminated-sediment removal, building demolition, and additional source-soil excavation. No single technology tells the whole cleanup story.
Present
Completion still carries property controls
DEC now lists the site as completed Class C, while engineering and institutional controls preserve isolation and containment. EPA's non-NPL record means federal evaluation occurred without National Priorities List placement.
Chemical guide
Chemicals named in this record
These links explain potential hazards and exposure pathways. A chemical named in a record does not establish that anyone was exposed or harmed.
Chronology
Timeline
- Manufacturing era
Industrial operations at 2223 Washington Street used and disposed of chlorinated compounds associated with the later TCE cleanup.
- 1995
DEC selected a remedy for TCE-affected soil, groundwater, and related pathways.
- 1990s–2003
Treatment, sediment removal, building demolition, and additional soil removal were completed.
- Present
Engineering and institutional controls remain recorded for the property.
Environmental record
Documented impacts
- The principal documented contaminant was trichloroethene in soil, groundwater, and surface-water or sediment pathways.
- EPA's non-NPL status means the property was evaluated under CERCLA but was not placed on the federal National Priorities List.
Response
Cleanup and controls
- Cleanup included soil-vapor extraction, groundwater extraction and treatment, contaminated-sediment removal, and source-soil removal after demolition.
- Use restrictions preserve installed isolation and containment controls.
- The sequence of treatment followed by demolition and additional source removal is important: the final response was not limited to one technology or one environmental medium.
Then and now
The site today
Pelican is a completed cleanup with enduring legal and engineering controls, not an active federal NPL site.
Its CERCLA profile and state completed classification describe regulatory history, not evidence that every former industrial parcel along Washington Street shares its conditions.