The Upper Trinity South (New Harbour) Waste Disposal Site operated as a domestic waste disposal facility from the early 1970s until 2009.  In the mid-1990s, Provincial Government undertook a polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) remediation program at a nearby scrap yard located in the community of Makinsons, NL.  During this program, low-level PCB-impacted scrap metal and transformer casings were transported to the New Harbour facility and buried on-site.

The Department of Environment and Climate Change has been completing environmental assessment and remediation work in relation to the PCB area since 2002.  The Department has also been managing closure activities at the New Harbour site since 2009.

Additional Information

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• 2022-2023 Monitoring and Maintenance Program – May 2023
• 2017-18 Monitoring Program – May 2018 (2.8 MB)
• 2015-16 Monitoring and Maintenance Program – June 2016 (9 MB)
• 2014-15 Monitoring and Maintenance Program – February 2015 (4.5 MB)
• 2013-14 Monitoring and Maintenance Program – January 2014 (4.8 MB)

• Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment of PCB Area – July 2013 (2.4 MB)
  • Appendices (3.6 MB)

• Year 2 Interim Cover Report – May 2013 (2.2 MB)

• 2012-13 Annual Report – March 2013 (6.8 MB)

• Test Pit and Soil Sampling Program – February 2013 (6 MB)

• Pond Sampling Report – October 2012 (1.1 MB)
  • Appendices (5.5 MB)

• 2011-12 Annual Report – July 2012 (1.2 MB)
  • Appendix A (5.6 MB)
  • Appendixes B to G (2.5 MB)

• Year 1 Interim Cover Report – March 2012 (3.1 MB)

• Closure Plan – March 2011 (2.8 MB)

• Removal of PCB-Impacted Material – January 2011 (2.9 MB)

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