EPA to host open house for the Centredale Manor Restoration Project Superfund Site and the Woonasquatucket River

EPA to host open house for the Centredale Manor Restoration Project Superfund Site and the Woonasquatucket River

April 23, 2026

BOSTON, MASS. (April 22, 2026) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold an open house Thursday, May 7, 2026, to update community members on the agency's investigation and cleanup activities at the Centredale Manor Restoration Project Superfund Site located in North Providence and Johnston, Rhode Island.

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Rhode Island Department of Health and the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council will join EPA. Community members are invited to stop by to interact directly with representatives from the various agencies and ask questions about the site.

There will be no set presentation. Community members, including families, can stop by anytime within the 2-hour window. Spanish translation will be available.

What: Centredale Manor Restoration Project Superfund Site Open House
When: May 7, 2026, from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Where: Centredale Elementary School, 41 Angell Ave, North Providence, RI

Background:

The Centredale Manor Restoration Project Superfund Site consists of a 9-acre source area and 1.5 miles of the Woonasquatucket River, including Lyman Mill and Allendale Ponds and its floodplain. The area is contaminated with dioxin and other contaminants from chemical production and drum reconditioning that took place on site from the 1940s to the 1970s. Following a thorough investigation and analysis and with public input, EPA decided on a remedy for addressing contamination at the Site in September 2012.