ASG Letter to the T , Oct. 17, 2024

Brad S. Nicoll, PE, MBTA George Kober, PE, MBTA Dear Messrs. Miller, Nicoll, and Kober, I am writing on behalf of the Alewife Study Group (ASG), a City of Cambridge […]

ASG’s RAM Plan Response Letter to IQHQ, 1 of 3, 2021

In October 2021, Haley & Aldrich filed its 4600-page “Draft RAM (Release Abatement Measure) Plan” for public comment. (Haley & Aldrich is the environmental science firm hired first by W. […]

ASG’s RAM Plan Response Letter to IQHQ, 2 of 3, 2021

In October 2021, Haley & Aldrich filed its 4600-page “Draft RAM (Release Abatement Measure) Plan” for public comment. (Haley & Aldrich is the environmental science firm hired first by W. […]

ASG’s RAM Plan Response Letter to IQHQ, 3 of 3, 2021

In October 2021, Haley & Aldrich filed its 4600-page “Draft RAM (Release Abatement Measure) Plan” for public comment. (Haley & Aldrich is the environmental science firm hired first by W. […]

ASG Comments on Jerry’s Proposals, Testing, Wetlands & Wildlife

ASG Comments on Jerry’s Proposals: ASG Comments on Recent Environmental Testing of Jerry’s Pond ASG Comments on ANI’s Wetlands & Wildlife ReportĀ 

Before IQHQ, Before W. R. Grace, Dewey & Almy Chemical Company Headquartered at 62 Whittemore Avenue

With thanks to the Cambridge Historical Commission for this terrific piece on the history of Dewey & Almy Chemical Company, in honor of National Inventor’s Day on February 11, 2021, […]

IQHQ’s Required Environmental Process Filings, Summarized on March 1, 2021

At ASG’s request, Jennifer L Sweet, P.E., LSP (MA), Senior Associate and Program Manager at Haley & Aldrich, wrote this March 1, 2021 summary below of required environmental process filings […]

Asbestos: Contamination Map

Locations marked in red had detectable asbestos by PLM, Polarized Light Microscopy, at the percentage indicated. TEM is detection by Transmission Electron Microscopy. One in six soil locations tested had […]

Asbestos Used in Manufacturing at the W. R. Grace Site

Asbestos Used in Manufacturing at W. R. Grace site (formerly Dewey and Almy Chemical Co.) November 12, 1997 David B. Struhs Commissioner Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs […]

Asbestos Protection Ordinance

After ASG did two years of research and months of soil-testing and analysis in conjunction with the City and W. R. Grace, Cambridge City Council passed the Asbestos Protection Ordinance, […]