W. R. Grace

North Cambridge MA W. R. Grace site

For more information on W. R. Grace, please search on Grace
(link to search page is at top-right of most pages on this website).

(This page updated February 10 2005, with full text of Grace indictment)

    Brief overviews

• History, by decades (with links) includes surrounding areas of North Cambridge, Massachusetts
• A few sentences on:
  • planned construction (with small map)
  • asbestos (with small map)
  • other contaminants and floodplain
    
    

    Images

• Large map, planned construction
• Large map, asbestos
  
  

    Feedback from the community

• Feedback from the community on the W. R. Grace Site and adjacent areas
  - to the media, public officials, W. R. Grace, and the community at large
  - from community meetings, letters to the editor, letters to government officials...
  
  

    Documents

• W. R. Grace revised Activity and Use Limitation
  January 2005 - (1) links to 4 PDF files on this website and (2) email that accompanied them
  
  
• W. R. Grace public meeting - RTN 3-0277
  December 16, 2004 - Cambridge MA
  
  
• Response to Comments on Phase II Asbestos Risk Characterization
  Letter from Haley & Aldrich - August 30 2004
  
  
• Notice of Placement in Public Repositories
  Phase II Comprehensive Site Assessment for the Presence of Asbestos
  Letter from Haley & Aldrich, January 7 2004
  
  
• Notice of Placement in Public Repositories
  Tier 1 Permit Extension Application
  Letter from Haley & Aldrich, December 19 2003
  
  
• Notice of Placement in Public Repositories
  Public Comment Draft Phase II Comprehensive Site Assessment for the Presence of Asbestos
  Letter from Haley & Aldrich, November 24 2003
  
  
• Notice of Placement in Public Repositories
  Enhanced In-Situ Bioremediation
  Letter from Haley & Aldrich, April 21 2003
  
  
• Notice of Placement in Public Repositories
  Utility trench
  Letter from Haley & Aldrich, February 5 2003
  
  
• Notice of Placement in Public Repositories
  Utility Trench Excavation Release Abatement Measure (RAM) Plan/Asbestos
  Letter from Haley & Aldrich, November 11 2002
  
  
• Notice of Placement in Public Repositories
  Public Comment Draft Utility Trench Excavation Release Abatement Measure.
  Letter from Haley & Aldrich, October 18 2002
  
  
• Notice of Placement in Public Repositories
  Enhanced In Situ Bioremediation Release Abatement Measure (RAM) Status Report No. 1
  and Tier 1 Permit Extension Application.
  Letter from Haley & Aldrich, November 16 2001
  
  
• Notice of Start of Utility Trench Release Abatement
  Letter from Haley & Aldrich, September 20 2001
  
  
• Notice of Start of Utility Trench Release Abatement
  Letter from Haley & Aldrich, May 31 2001
  
  
• Enhanced In-Situ Bioremediation Release Abatement Measure (RAM) Plan
  Letter from Haley & Aldrich, April 13 2001
  
  
• W. R. Grace Halts Construction Plans in North Cambridge
  Press release from W. R. Grace, June 12 2000
  
  
• Wesley Stimpson LSP engagement for W. R. Grace & Co. terminated LSP means Licensed Site Professional
  (from Wesley Stimpson, Apr. 18 2000)
  
  
• "Why is W. R. Grace & Co. suing City Hall?" "This filing was a direct result of a recent City Council decision to approve a zoning petition requiring a 400-foot buffer zone on Grace property in Cambridge."
  (from W. R. Grace & Co., Jan. 6 1997)
  
  
• Technical Assistance Grant Application, for 1996 - 1997
  (from Alewife Study Group, July 16 1996)
  
  
• Cambridge City Council advisory committee created Sept. 18 1995
  "WHEREAS: A number of neighbors in North Cambridge have organized themselves into the Alewife Study Group ...""
  ""ORDERED: That the City Manager and the Community Development Department, be and is hereby requested to take all appropriate steps to determine the best use for the W. R. Grace site in a cooperative manner, including the establishment of a formal committee..."
  
  

W. R. Grace corporation

• Full text of February 2005 Grace indictment - Adobe Acrobat pdf file on this website - original pdf on Findlaw website - http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/asbestos/uswrgrace20705ind.pdf
• links, W. R. Grace corporation
  • Woburn, MA - toxic-waste lawsuit
  • Zonolite / W. R. Grace asbestos-tainted vermiculite mine - Libby, Montana
  • Multibestos / W. R. Grace asbestos manufacturing - Walpole, MA
  • Asbestos history of W. R. Grace, with documents
  • General W. R. Grace information
  • Corporate website, W. R. Grace & Co.
• Media coverage
  • Millions of U.S. homes have asbestos-tainted insulation. The government knows but hasn’t warned the public about it. From February 24, 2002 St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Contact the Alewife Study Group, North Cambridge Massachusetts, by email at information@alewife.org