NCD003200383_19920930_Koppers Co. Inc._FRBCERCLA RA_Responsiveness Summary to the Proposed Plan Public Comment Period of 17 June - 16 September 1992-OCR

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RESPONSIVENESS SUMMARY
Koppers Company Site
Morrisville, North Carolina
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I. Responsiveness Summary Overview
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA) held a public
comment period from July 17 to September 16, 1992 for interested
·parties to comment on the Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study
(RI/FS) results and the Proposed Plan for the Koppers Company Site
(Koppers site or the site) in Morrisville, North Carolina.
The Proposed Plan, included in Attachment A of this document,
provides a summary of the site's background information leading up
to the public comment period. Specifically, the Proposed Plan
includes the following sections: Introduction; Background
Information; The Remedial Investigation and Key Findings; Risk
Assessment; The Feasibility Study; Developing and Evaluating
Remedial Alternatives; Criteria for Evaluating Remedial
Alternatives; Technologies Considered in Developing Remedial
Alternatives; and Glossary.
EPA held a public meeting at 7: 00 p .m. on July 23, 1992 at
Morrisville Elementary School, Morrisville, North Carolina to
outline the RI/FS and describe EPA's proposed remedial alternatives
for the Koppers site. All comments received by EPA during the
public comment period will be considered in the final selection of
a remedial alternative for the areas of contamination at the
Koppers site.
The Responsiveness Summary, required by Superfund law, provides a
summary of citizens' comments and concerns identified and received
during the public comment period, and EPA's responses to those
comments and concerns.
The Responsiveness Summary is organized into the following sections
and attachments:
I. RESPONSIVENESS SUMMARY OVERVIEW: This section outlines
the purposes of the public comment period and the
Responsiveness Summary. It also references the appended
background information leading up to the public comment
period.
II. BACKGROUND ON COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND CONCERNS: This
section provides a brief history of community concerns
and interest regarding the Koppers site.
III. SUMMARY OF MAJOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS RECEIVED DURING
THE PUBLIC MEETING AND EPA' S RESPONSES TO THESE COMMENTS:
This section summarizes the oral comments received by EPA
at the July 23, 1992 public meeting, and provides EPA's
responses to these comments.
ATTACHMENT A: Attachment A contains the Proposed Plan which
was distributed to the public during the public meeting
held on July 23, 1992 and mailed to the information
repository and those included on the mailing list.
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II.
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B.
ATTACHMENT B: Attachment B includes names, addresses, and
phone numbers of the information repository designated
for the Koppers site.
ATTACHMENT C: Attachment C includes all public notices
regarding the Koppers site that were issued during RI/FS
and ROD activities.
ATTACHMENT D: Attachment D includes the official transcript of
the Public Hearing on the Proposed Plan for the Cleanup
of the Koppers Site located in Morrisville, North
Carolina.
BACKGROUND ON COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND CONCERNS
Background on Community Involvement
Environmental studies were first conducted on the Koppers site
in 1976. The site was added to the National Priority List
(NPL) in 1988. The community has an active coalition, Shiloh
Coalition for Community Control and Improvement, that has been
active since before the site was added to the NPL. A
subgroup of the coalition, called the Clean Water and
Environment Project, was formed more recently. Other
organizations representing community interests are the Shiloh
Baptist Church and the Clean Water Fund.
Each of these organizations has held meetings and press
conferences to explain events and to represent the community's
interests. In 1991, the community was awarded a Technical
Assistance Grant to allow the hiring of a technical advisor.
Community Concerns
The following are major community concerns that have been
identified through the community relations process.
Water Quality
Much of the community depends on privates wells for their
water supply. Because of groundwater contamination, there is
a need for a safe, long-term water supply for the area.
Initially all residents with significantly contaminated wells
were supplied with bottled water. Later, the affected homes
were provided with permanent water lines from the City of
Morrisville. The City required that. these residences be
annexed prior to hookup. The annexation has significantly
increased the taxes of the affected residents.
Current Use of the Site Property
Residents are concerned about the processes being used
currently on the site and whether these processes will also
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ATTACHMENT A
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USE THIS SPACE TO WRITE YOUR COMMENTS
Your input on the Proposed Plan for the Koppers Company, Inc. Supe,:fund Site is
important in helping EPA select a.final remedy for the site. You may use the space below
to write your comments, thenfold and mail. Additional comments may be Included with
thisform.
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Overheads for Proposed Plan Public Meeting
July 23, 1992
Koppers Superfund Site
Morrisville, North Carolina
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c:,MJi.'2~?!": Tbe ?.!.G :::--.s·..:~ :ar.: as:~e-= ~--· effc:: ·.·:..: :-~:..:.~ maC.e to
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:aken =:.:e :: -·· :~e =~:u:e by s::icc:y :iefin::: ::• ne:\odclogy
a=d ::i:eria ~~= ~~=:~-== t-:stin~ a~c ==~71~ng.
C)MY...::~i:·: rr-:-.-: -r.z...:: ::::-.s·..:lt~.::t ~-:s::e::. t: expres: :::=~-=::. :;""lat. the
~::cc::::ecc 1.::::::ess::~. ·•=-S ::eace·:: ;:::a:: :ne :e.::,e:0 :.:o,·::ies 100
;-erce:::. ::lea:-:·..:?, ____ :::1sL:.~tan: :.lsc: 2.s:c::d ·~·h·: ::.~ :~.:.:l::-ine.tion
;::oc=ss ·,.;as :::=l::::ec: i:: so nuct: :f che ::cume:-.:a:~:.: .: i: is not
c::ms::ie:ed a ;:oss:.jle ::ea::nent.
i?A. :IBSPP~j=',: ;_ i\ile .. qt::hl,p:inatio:: ~ , '.~~n~~·;,;_~~!l~--~-~f,,;~::c•~:r::ce~:n, ":,_ thf-,: frq<=_es~s
-c;.i.ox:ns .. ,: ::.T::~r.e.:=:::e, a. to::al0 . c1.ear:iup
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;;.s,;ed ·ii•ow:'; v_ith the uncert: 'oi:--.','. : : t[,; s·i te' s
feel 'c,ejt:.in abc."t' 'the: 1',:,:\:c•::,n '.of. :the
::'?A ?.3S?ONSE: Tr.a c=.t=. =.va.ilabla ?roves :hat ., __ ::c::.'-"1i,.=.tion is
p:::esent at levels ::::a:: ·.ar=ent :emedia;:ion, ~:.'c ~.:.s: reiterated
t.."le :ace thac more eval::ati:m of the Si:.e would ::-a :0 i:.:.,1g ,?lace in
o:::de: to dete:::mine the location cf the ?~ume, a.c-a:i e:i::.::-acti-;m wells
,,ould be pl:.ced =.t st:::ategic ?Oints :n orcie: :apture the
cont:.minants to p:eve::t any mig:::=.tion.
COMM3NT: The TAG consultant asked if tha risk =.ssa~s=nt could be
considered accurate enough to protect hwtan health, ::ua to the fact
that some of the data used comes from ~estiona::la 00 =lysis.
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C:P.!_ ?.::s::·JNS:C: ···-_____ ,.-_:•:.:be s2.:e ·--~----·-_,,':'any uses sire:;; tr.;;y ,<u :·.2.•:e 2.~;::::,::..=2.:;;ly s-: :ee: ·.·",2.:e·:er :he depth :>f :..:.-e 1:.::nC.s c-:: ::..:::.:--. :..:..:--: ::.:..::..ec :.::-. )'."e:-::·.e ::e:'.::.=.e::1: :lottoms.
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:010C:·!iT: • _________ -,. __ ----·-c:nc;;.:-~ :·.-e= ~e2.·::.:1g ::he pond seci~.: .. ,ent wh.::.-p ::-.e·; . :::-.t.~?"~:.:e --·-;:-:·..:.::::·,.;ate:-or be ~nc:~ere::. at a :a:e:-~a:e. :~~ :-es~~e~: ~=~~e=~-~ ~~? ~PA chose to sto= sho.:-'c c: a ::::;:~=:= ::e=-..:.::: a,_.:. s:.m,:~,-::·.-e= ____ sec:iment.
" l ~<· , j 1• ' ' , ' :C:Ph ?.3SP'.iNSE:(\ .::,;:e, ccn·:,,i::at-:; ''in the. se-:.'"~ri:;,=_;e/;1a,t: ,.s_l,l~h,,low, COI)C~:1trati9~§ '(t~F:.-•, ~::ey · ;:e¥e~};-n;.:· b-~al :.i :is:t: ,::' :iI!'l~er·ID~.tPQd · of· fi'l-•'sg 'n --;;-•e· ~;.;r.a·0 ic -or.:·-'e···re~ a'• vi='-;= -='"'"'-'·,. ·whi'ch· would ----'.i'--\~-.... , -------.... ---------:!.1--• ' -orec· ·,de con,:aJili,:,._.-0 ~---i r.-'iito ·t=· c--.,·.c:-'··;--~" and re'ndered ---,· ·:: . -:~-1'-.,:-•·"::t::----:: -........... '-·-._-------•--t::-c~ -. . .• · harn..:.ess if, ·,ncc,.·r.=c·ee =-a ·0 --·ure· d··-e ,· .-. ·:': . -_-_.~ :·: .,;_~:-~c _'--..... ------c._ •
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.:-ete;::ed.
C:PA ?2SPC~SE: T::i; sa,-,,~l:..::c ·•=-= the respc::s:.:::.L:cy :£ the PRP and ;:he 3.:ate of North Carc~ina.. It wa.; c.etes::=' ::e:: that further test' 0 g had been planned :::, 'ca..<:s pla.ce in J;_;,,e, :m:: -.-as postponed jeca~~e it was so near t2 tbe end Jf ~he ~e.2e~~~l Investigation (RI). Accorc.ing to a NC 3tats .:-epresentaive, £1.:rtter testing is plalliled but no dates have bee:: set 2.s yet.
CO~'T: A resident askec .hv '~cineration is a. :€t:er method than dechlcrina.tion for treati.i:g ~mtamination at ;:he site.
EPA :c::SPONSE: The process of c:e=hlorina.ticn is very pentachlorophenol bat not _a.s effective for dioxins.
effective for
Effectiveness.
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-.---'.--,'0 , •• c'.•-~-•+-i·o·n ;pt~c~ss ··th·J co-.. ,tar,,.i·nan.ts ----.. -------•.••.•• ----I • • . .' ' • . . ' ' • < • . ~ -2.::-e :i::-::.<er. ::c-.-:-. ..:.:-. : : ot:.c: ; :..:. , :2.:-,ces that are not ha=ru1, The --~=----t~.e ~ ... :.,:.:.cc. :::::: the chemical structu::-e of the :::::-.:=-:.:-,ants ::~_2.:-,ge. . :.cse non-hazardous subs;:2.nces are =-=:s:::-::·e·.: b·.-::-.e ::.: :'ors :.·.= :.n::inerator. Therefore, nothing
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:==cess. The TAG group, . . ~: __ ~:1 __ =~ ~:::~e.
corr,munity
funded by
··vv-cc,;~-1-. ::-esi::.e:-,:. 2.si:.c: ~::: :r.e direction of the a::-::undwater ---·. Cc:-.::e::-:-. -=-• e;:::c;ss.: =.:iout the vertical -extent of ---.-• .,.., ·•t; --2.:-.::. ·.-:·.et~.s: .:2.a been defined. It ·..;as asked ~~e:~e: 2.sses~e~: ::£the:.:'=~=-= still taking place and, if so, .. ,.,,.,-:·---·-le-~~.,.. · .. ·:·.11: i-::. _____ :-.·.:.~.
:::?.:. ?2::?Q!;S:': ·"·~.e o=='== ::::..:.:.2.:e flow is expressec as two ~-;~:-: .. ~icl ~i:es-::.i:ns :~ :: :~2 northeast and to the northwest. :'?.!. ::e~:.ves ::.2.: ;:;_e \·=:-:·.:2.~ ex:ent of the contarni:-,ation is ::e:i::ec, bu: essessme:it :: ,:..:c site wi!_l .c_ontinue. • ' •~.. a· • ' r·-• .. .• f. •'L. .'.. •. ~ • . . ... '' ,,~'. 'i .,,,. · · ' ~ · · ' ·.;, ._}~. , s· u· f f;i. c''i· e'-'n:.-t> COMM:'N'I: ·A resicient-• =.ske~•· i: ____ recove_ry~'.~elJ woul<;i· be . fj"r · =Em~iatlc·n. :-~-~-s:· .J· • /:· r,,,, .. ., -"ii:-.\ j Jr ... , •. . ,, 2?~;· :Es?ONSE: Tie' aCEU~l ::.:2:e~ ~nd locat_f~r},_'~f··~ti1~· reCovery ~el~~ ·•·iJl be de~ideci c-.:r i:,s· th=-:i'.,.,;:...:.al desigp.~_ ph."as~ ... )hese decis;iqps .·•·i,l-1 be based on ::ur:he·r =--' o:Ss s-:rrent of the· Site\ · : .. · .•. ·_•,,; ..... ,. . ·-' ··-. 1:,. '\ •\, \ , .
CO~!r!': A resicent as:r.c-.: -.. ::e~her the PRP's would be able to change ':he selected ::-emec7 ::: :heir own financial considerations c= c~ne= reasons.
:'?.; "3S?ONSE: The PR?'s ·,..:.~~ :::: be negotiating the remedy. They may ouly decide whether tt=-: -.-~~: or will not voluntarily carry out the remedy selected by EF.' ..
COMMENT: A resicient aske::. ~= ':::ere would be any compensation for their health problems due :: .':~:;:;:iers' operation. A resident said that his son died and his ·•-~-== .:equired a heart transplant because of the contamination.
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--·o;. -:.. · t' ·: -·. - --= · · · · · - · f t' • ,_0 cca J.o_,,=. . .-.-c::,,:::u::ng :: :.·,e s::_, :.·.e =--=,:•in: o wa er seeping
:~,::::ugh t:.e sec'-~er.: ·.:.11 ::e s:.gr.::::ar.:~:· :e::·i::ed. This will, in
:u:~, rec::e :he ::.sk of--= -o•-=--~.--, :e2.:ning another water
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::'?.<. ?2SPC•):.::::: .r.e ::.s~ ,,:~~ ::e ::es:::·:e:: .. ne exact method will
:e ::ie:.en:r . .:..:-.e:: :.:...:.:-.:..:-.~ :::e :e:::e<:.ia~ :es.:..;·:-_ ;:.:..se .
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:o~NT: -~::-.e ::;:-_:._:: ::::::sul ::.:-.: as:,:e-::. · .. ·:.::.: ·,;:·.::.:::. be the extent of
s;:l:.t sa=:;~:.:.; ::::r:e :: i:.s•~:e a :.-.:·~::·::.: :_ea,,up and whether a
no:e agg:ess:7e ac:oa:n ~:u1: oe :a~e~ ::e past problems with
::.a:.a.
:;:p_;, RESPO),SE : .. Gene:aliy,; :'P.; ':akes s;,l;c: ;=::-Les of t~n perc;?nJ: '.,of
':h§i,tota_l· s:an'o_ les ta:'kenlJ • Ti:/e · p' as:: ::iro:'~ens".\·.-~·ill be t:aken c·ar·e ''/of: . • , --• . ' ~, , I • •<
:iy\ deJin_i6.g. the meth;do1C:i;)• arid ·.·hat :i::e .:;c::i,t~,ria are ·a_h~a~_d fqt· ti.me! .. · .... -. ,, \ ;--~
COMMENT:·. ·· 'L:e TJ',.G consd La.c.t :::ecues'.:ec ':hit ·,an· 'RTP studi ;on
int.fl'!~ra.~:.on_ ~f dit:~if deilitig .wi'.:i. ~or::•:,._' t2. tio~, u·nder' lO~Oi Bf-:i:}:._~
oer nulli:n :e consi.dered .anc: adce-::: in:-: -;:.ce ·::ecord · for this.> S,1. te ,· --·"'. • ,._ ,-• , I• , .• • • ~ - , •, -;-• . •-It' was alsc requested tia: the ::ata £:cm what EPA engineers
discovere:i i.c1 the testi::g ::r :ie-::hlc:i:-..2.-:ion as an innovative
:echnoloc;-:· be added t: the S:.-:e :e-::o:c:,
EPA RESPO!iSE: These ::equests wiL ::,e car:::.e·:: out and the relevant
documents adced to the rec:orc.
COMMENT: A :esident :equeste<:i tha': the ;::ivate wells in the area
be tested every six nontb.s for c:he next ten years to give the
residents pe2.ce of lllE!d. It was ::equeste-:: that the residents be
notified of che resulcs.
EPA RESPO!lSE: The request ,,as duly no::ec..
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-~AG group would like a copy
·ne reques'ted from APTUS.
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~e.~: :o __ .---~ -_.-~ut ::! .. --=· e.re not given adequate time to
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-----;:..------:::-.::..:.::. :.b-=-:· 7 : :-ne statement was made, 11 It's
-~.<:: :;,e :::ix ;·~e.r::~:.; :h; :: .. : .,:. : :•~p." The feeling is that the
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r-.ad been conducted
::onnection to the
in the
Koppers
::e a::ea whos• wells had not been
to pay the high
.Uso the_fr taxes.
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re~.!ire, nore:_ ;:es ting bec~u·s_s' :: -::.::adequate
=-:.;..:, ae-c:,;..u·r--.-.;..o t'-eir c·or~-e..;:::!·-P ·-·--·; wish to !. :::,_ :....i. • ..,.,.-_-I.... -:: -:.~ -_ ... _t,'_~.: ,· .-;.:.:: > ' -
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insure that. retestingt.,
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'I.'.': ooar::i me.,,b~rs feel tt.•:rs ~; "''~=h more
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contaminated'' soil ttia/'··
ne=-::is to be treated ttan v;::,.; =-=:,:::-:ed by Beazer.
Ci :izens are concerned a:c'c: :..:.e ::irection the groundwater will
ta);e since so many people a::-s :1:-.· :n city water, and what will be
the effect on people stil~ ::,~:1, ~::ivate wells.
Concern is expressed aboi.:cc: e.....:. :2e drainage in the area entering
Crabtree Lake and cont~a~sc :-in-off from Koppers reaching the
l . _c....ie:.e.
TAG _board menbers want e S:::e.~·2:1:i sign posted and a fence put
around the property.
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at the
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CE.!.ON PrOCffl .1.-... a-.: !he en Ptrd, .1111 ' s !he -?-am; ~1e ~-:, anc rduoei tE ;nrr; -e= araa :,· re >E. The lilldln PttlCI is cca,: ~ of r:e siE · , :i:n; :t'e SO\lthem O 31 -~ ~. lfaFaih $ .it sil! are . • . •· ii. "" . --½I -,.. -.--,. ,,,;rrec:: Oy d!~,ari:l :'llG~ :s l:t ot-si!7 -~' • i ,(-' .. ~ ,' . -

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.=o::.sr,; ::n Area C zs h! lC1Utll na. m.n tan 3l soil
sa!TtleS oEre coleC8:I It, C'ill..::IBU I'll c:JiCilt1iililb1 in TE SltS. As expeded. 11-e g'88l!S iXi r:a aa!i::u ...n :o..n: in re areas ta "'8 ~ moo:ial 1'i!I hi er= area. EJeve:: morillrin; 1181s 111!1'& cal5h:Jld ·#lt'li1 ihe vicirity ol -~ C. Res.is o1 te •+sl .,M., ,ra::ae rat CELLON ::rocess and llQ001 na:s _; as = 1::1,-lt'8 c::r:tamr.iion :c mq-ae rz "'
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s::iiis n ltle ;rocess1la;ccn na. il'aql rot o.m.-.ry
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o:insn.aion ct a Res:uta C:r.satvalion & F.ecoYerJ Act
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-.-::1-~ ~ 17.Cteffientation of 1nS1ltl.JtionaJ conrro1s '.o
:,·,.;-:~c :.:ntact and ,nodental Irqestion ol
:.:~-~: ;,:,is Dy !he gene<aJ public A RCP.A
-_,, .. ,, '=' z :::rs,sts ol lhe lollow,ng layers ,n ascenc,ng
:-~-, :,c-se,·, :.:moacte<l 2 toc1-1t11ck clay layer oiacea
: .,,; ~; :.::-::2·:c,;!E(l soils. a synlheoc oolye1t1:~ene 11ner oi ·.)' ' ,: ;,;s-• :': ::is r, :n,ckness on 100 of !he clay layer. a
, r'.'E'.•: :-:;,·;;,;,; ,ayer over !he synlhetic liner along wI1t1 a
;,;~c-:e =c :: :revent c10gg,ng of !he ara1nage layer
,c·c fr~•-: rc:-Es of nal!Ve soils am 6 incnes ot 100-s011
:· :,: :· ~, ;ec1:l1lie labnc. A vegeial!Ve cover woula ce
:.:•-,:>E:: ,, 'ercng would be installed 10 prov,ce a =-=--~·: ~~$.S,;~.
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:·. :HI Costs:
· :'2 =·11 Costs:
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$ 663.375
$1~.625
$2.170,000
7 montt,s
-~! a"' ~"'! r,oMis excavatng ltle contaminaled soils
:-.: a-cmn; re SO<ls on-mi. Map< components of ltlis ·
:i--s::e E<"'-zr"! NOUld 1/lClude capping and lining Ille
'2ri:m1 :,;; : ~~ RCRA reguiatilns. A leak detection
r,= -=>.e :a rstaJed m ensure ltle liiers do not ta,1. A
i!aCc!I! ::l1l!!:Xl1 ard removaJ system would be installed.
"'.-e :.c -=>.e :a •<len'ical to lhe RCRA cap as identiil'd in
.i,"lr.l:'.,; ... , 'c, soils. Maintenancs of lhe larofiU would
-~ ~ ,1lowi'lg and control of vegetative cover,
!..:n; a:;,, ~ moritcring ~IAd be requred I~• ·
mper,a'r·ns a1etrative. The excavated areas'wouid oe\.' ~ . -· ..
:ao.ii1e: -~ ~ soils, graded, and revege,tated.
Al ~~t 5-a: 901LS :JCr,a.. 111d Off.sita uncfflll
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• :,a ::w Costs:
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$816,000
$ 0
$816.000
approx. 12 monltls
il'is al!r.iaM ~ excavamg 1he contaminated soils
n N a::. 1'3T9' as identiffed in ~ S-5. The
:,::, ra.11....: ds WOlid be tra11spon9d k> a RCRA-
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expos".Z-e. 2,3,7,8-TC0 hu been :ounc! i:. 1: ~: :: :: : ~7-haza::.:·.:s
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1.3, 7 ,!·rG>D lenl m:re :ha:n one million ::m,, ··':'"e· ::=..c: soils ::on
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?Olitive evidence in ar-.:.ul s:--e.., : :. -. !-TOD i, proba::::,
:arcinogenic in hUD,&ns.
L. 5 IS T!ID.! A M!DICA.L TEST TO l>!!!J.L!!t :! • :AV!
!ZDi UPOS!D TO 2,3,7,8-TCDD!
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::hat a blood test to detect :erui.:: ~ :.xicat~ li-;er ~• Olay
:ie helpful in detenaining whether ex;,=-. !as :ccur=ed. These tu:s do
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Pentachlorophenol
. June 1992
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·i-· •. • .• . How cari'pe,ilt.achlbR-Cbeool affect_ ~""'an health? :', L · · · ·· · · · ' '. ·· · · ' ..,:. ~-=x~~ ,,:iJ.:~ibi;;~ wc-:-L!: )~ure :0 "::·t Je\'!:.S :1:· :c~;= . .::~_'.0i-:-::he,,c,i ind):::.:_! ::2~ shon-~e:-:: ~osur;j -.:::; ~-:;.;5e ~-.:~r!'lf'.:t e:·:tcts c,: :i( ~ver. :Cd~ i:<in. :~•.J0: :=~n..:s. ::e0·0us S\"Stem . .:.X ~n~eStinal tnc:.._ ::..:.d can :.:ius: .:'.eJ~h. L0n£-,am ~ure [O J='-level: ·L'~ :cntJ..:;;t0r0ohe;cl such 23 :i:~ lha[ ~• ir ±c wor~-!ac: :2n .:.L~ -::/!~ ~::::-1Jit: ·_: :te Liver, k.id:c-_•~ ::,IOOd.. .rn.: ::er.oi..:.s 5~,-stc:n.
.--\.1 iru . .-~e1se~ risk 0t can~: i-=-S teen ide::tifi=.::.: tabori:o~,
2nim:ils ~.\p0Scd i0 larg: icmmcs of per.~~,.oroptc~oL
=-:Jrmf1.d effects oc ~he ~-':!~0~w.g Fe1us t?..e ·:~n se!n ir, ,nimals exposed ,o this ::.e-:itiwi at ~ revels higt enough 10 CJ!lse ooticei.'"ue sicbess in I.be :m.'tltcrs. EPA ttas ;la.<sifie-d .'pentachla:-cpheool as a p,til:ltle caicer-wusing Jgen[ in humans..
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. ·::i: :•..:·.:.."7::-: -~~--~~; :ff?:~: Se\'eral_1qa~~r E.:~Q_Sur: :..: :e:-.::::.:..-.1isc-.J!.:;.d~.:.~ -:u.z.a;dou.s was re S1[es -~ualJ:. -"::~:·=-==: =~1:~<l/r~ :~..:~r o':g~nic Compollnds, ~'.w~.[! ::s: = ,.: : Jre~i :-:•s'i iota pentachlpropo·~n9L
-,e,::s ·e":e~ :{ =~::.iciL'sJrophenol measured •Iii· ;:-:-c,: :.-:: .. ~2~!\~":~ :ia~-. Jot show exPo.s~fe i0. :~::--~:-:·,.:cie:J:t .:.:.:-:-:? ·' ' _.,,. ' . r ,, • ~. ',1
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;· Peotach.cropr.enol cu,·~-ik=in'cnt_ed hU0<>·.n4
treitmeu "'ith sodiu.n bicartxo.are ora ~d-;:,:a . • • '•j --. . ash mix:-1ie. bci.nerwon of :xntadtloro:ileoc,: ~ ·one c-: the = · ·signlfc:UH so.;_-__::s :i
pol~·chl-:-rinated .:!ibenz.:-p-tioxits c.1·: di~nzotuans: thcrd:'rc, c:;:.-e must ~ t.<.i:!: during ttis pro=.
Current ·and treatmeiit and d~fOS<-1 praci~ 1.--e
being re-.1c:wed. EPA "1:jUire:$ th.at •ny r:,"35< :c-th<e envronment of :nore ti.In !O pomds :-, rep::,ned md is oow '>«ting w measure ti~ k-6 of penta:iloropllenol lound >< ab,rndone: ,.= siccs..
,,.-J.at recommendatioru ha! the federal
r•-ernment made to prot= human : ¢.J tb?
-. , ·_-S. :environmental Pro·,,::;,: .-\gency (EPA)
.:-: . .:: the amount of F-!:-.t3~:.0rophenol in ::-.: c..:ng ·.i,,ater to no more i:-. .:.:1 ! :-Jb. For shon-
:-:: C'(?()Surcs, EPA re..:..:i:"'•,::-,-:~cts that the . c: c:,;itration of_ pentachlo:-:·?htc.,JI in dnnki~g.
a,:;; I for chilpreri) not excec~ 1.,: _:art per million
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GLOSSARY
:::·:::kdown Produas: ~osi ~Jr. :.: .. :ninants are
c::ibinations of spec::ic substances.
:.:-.1tamLnants are degrade~. :-: separated,
·_:_-_J these individual sut~ta2c,:s tbrough
:.:.,:rucal or phr.;ical mear~.
:..::<Jsure Rouies: The wa:.-in a ::.ich people
::·-:::ie int0 contact "'ith a sui:,;.:.inre. The
:::sin routes are ingestion. int.~Jtion. and
,:~.Jrption tbrough the skin.
.,,-;ia: Air, water, and $-'.Ji]
,:•,ironments, or medi,_
:,-~latory action by EPA
c:, 1be three
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-,.·: .. dona/ Priorities List (NPL1. C:?A's list of
-~OJntroUed or abandoned baiaidous ...::iste
' ;;s_es identified for possible long-iefni\clQn--;\ "J;: unddtbe Superfund Pro~ . ' .... , , .
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Fer ~ddidonal foform~;i0a,· about 3,:itachlorophenol, please coiiuct EPA' at
~ following address:
U.S. Environmental Prouctior. Agency
SuperfuNi Program
Community Relations Coord.i•.ator
345 Counland Stru~ N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30365
Tbc inlonnnioa c:aui.oed 11 thls fa=~ was ::::mpoet '.r:lll ::n:: :::cpctcal Profile for Penuchloropbcuol -~er for Toxic Sut.:tmco rod Discuc Rcptty, U.S. :"Jbtic Health S:::w::::. ·.n .:::,1:o:nc:ro win the U.S. Environmental Protcc:tioo A('l:ncy, Dece~_bcr, t989. Thi: ,bet ska foaoa"" d,c inpac of hi=do,,, -=c • _.....,,. i.,,/11,; ,.,..,_, EPA doer ,,,_ ,Joo, mpacu on_ In< . -u,c~ pla,,:,""' --.
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KOPPERS COMPANY, INC.
SUPERFUND SITE
Morrisville, Wake County, North Carolina
REMEDIAL Th'VESTIGATION
MEETING AGENDA
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April 8 t 1992
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Northwoods Elementary School
8850 Chapel Hill Road
Cary, North carolina
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AGENDA
Welcome & Introduction of Participants
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Meeting Purpose & Review of Community
Relations A.ctivities
Site Description, History, Remedial
Investigation Results
The Nert Step -Feasibility Study
Availabl~ Technologies;Jor Clean-up .
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Announcement of EPA's Proposed Plan
•, · Public Meeting ·. '
Question and Answer Session
Closing Remarks, Adjournment
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KOPPERS COMPANY SITE
INFORMATION REPOSITORY
Wake County Public Library, Cary Branch
310 South Academy Street
Cary, North Carolina 27511
Phone: ( 919) 460-3350
Hours: Monday -Thursday:
Friday -Saturday:
Sunday
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EPA TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING IN MORRISVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA ON JULY 23,
1992 REGARDING THE KOPPERS COMPANY, INC. SUPERFUND SITE
The U.S. Environmental Protection
will hold a public meeting on Thursday, July 23, 1992, in
Morrisville, North Carolina regarding the proposed plan for
addressing contamination at the Koppers Company, Inc. Superfund site.
The meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m. at the Morrisville
Elementary School, 1519 Morrisville Parkway. EPA will discuss the-
various alternative methods for treating contamination in the
groundwater and remediation of on-site soils, and will present the
Agency's proposed plan for cleanup. All interested individuals are
invited to attend.
The site occupies approximately 52 acres located on Highway 54
and Koppers Road in an industrial and residential area in
Morrisville. The Koppers Company, Inc. operated the site beginning
in 1959 as a wood preserving treatment facility. The site was
purchased by Beazer, Inc. in 1988. The major contaminants of concern
are pentachlorophenol (PCP) and dioxin. Contaminants which created
an immediate health threat were removed by Koppers from a lagoon area
in 1980 and 1986. The site was added to EPA's National Priorities
List of hazardous waste sites in March 1989. _
Documents pertaining to the site are available for review in the
information repository located in the Wake County Public Library, 310
South Academy Street, Cary, North Carolina. The public co11DUent
period on the proposed plan began on July 17 and will end on August
17, 1992.
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CONTACT:
July 21, 1992
Diane Barrett, Co11DUunity Relations, 404-347-7791
Charlie Thompson, Press Office, 404-347-3004
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ANNOUNCEMENT
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EPA REGION IV
The Environmental Protection Agency is officially
extending the public comment period on the
Koppers Company, Inc. Superfund Site,
Morrisville, North Carolina an additional 30 days
as requested during our July 23, 1992, public
meeting. The public comment period originally
began on July 17 and ended on August 17, 1992, it
now extends until September 16, 1992.
All interested citizens are invited and encouraged
to review the Administrative Record documents for
this Site which are housed in the
Cary Branch • Wake County Public Library,
310 South Academy Street,.
· Cary, North Carolina.
If you have any questions about this action or the
Koppers Site, please contact ~ther Barbara
Benoy, Project Manager, or Diane Barrett,
Community Relations Coordinator,
at 1-800-435-9233.
Citizens, the above display ad will appear in the Cary News on August 15
and the Raleigh News & Observer on August 17, 1992, and is also being
mailed to everyone on the Koppers mailing list for their information.
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Vii~ of ?ublic Affairs
345 Coor11and St NE
A!lanra, Georgia 30365
Environmental News (404) 34Z-3004
EPA TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING IN CARY, NORTH CAROLINA ON APRIL 8, 1992 REGARDING THE KOPPERS COMPANY SUPERFUND SITE
The U.S. Environmental Protection will hold a public meeting in Cary, North Carolina on April 8, 1992, to present the findings of the Remedial Investigation conducted on the Koppers Company Superfund site located in Morrisville, North Carolina.
The meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the Northwoods Elementary School, 8850 Chapel Hill Road in Cary. All interested individuals are invited to attend.
The Koppers Company, Inc. operated the site beginning in 1962 as a wood preserving treatment facility. The site was purchased by Beazer, Inc. in 1988. Residual contamination of pentachlorophenol (PCP) in groundwater and soils as a result of the treatment process exists at the site. Area residents are either on city water or are being supplied bottled water. The site was added to EPA's National Priorities List of hazardous waste sites in March 1989. -0-April 6, 1992 CONTACT: Diane Barrett, Community Relations, 404-347-7791 Charlis Thompson, Press Office, 404-347-3004
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MEETING NOTICE
ANNOUNCEMENT
The Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4 will conduct an informal public meeting
to provide the public with information received from the Remedial
Investigation/Feasibility Study phase for the KOPPERS COMPANY, INC. SUPERFUND
SITE.
DATE: April 8, 1992
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Northwoods Elementary School
8850 Chapel HIii Road
Cary, North Carollna
The Remedial Investigation which is an extensive, in-depth sampling and analytical
study has been completed and the purpose of this meeting is to present these findings
to the public for discussion. The Feasibility Study, currently underway, is a study of
various alternative methods for cleaning up the contamination at the Site. A Proposed
Plan of remedial action will be presented to the public in approximately 30-45 days at
which time we will conduct another public meeting to explain the various processes for
dealing with the contamination and to again solicit your comments and suggestions
concerning which cleanup technology should be used at the Koppers Site.
The information repository housing all documents concerning past, present and future
Site activities is located at:
Wake County Publlc Library, Cary Branch
310 South Academy Street
Cary, North Carollna 27511
For further information about the Site and/or the upcoming meeting, please contact:
Barbara Benoy, Project Manager, or
Diane Ba"ett, Community Relations Coordinator
North Superfund Remedial Branch
Waste Management Division
U.S.E.P.A., Region 4
345 Courtland Street, N.E •
Atlanta, Georgia 30365
[phone]
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UNI TED STATES
ENVIRONMENTAL PRO TE CTI ON
AGENC'' REGION IV
OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
345 COURTLAND ST. N.E.
ATLANTA. GEORGIA 30365.
ALABAMA.
FLORIDA GEORGIA
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oEPA ENVIRONMENT AL NEWS
EPA TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT KOPPERS-MORRISVILLE SUPERFUND SITE ON
MARCH 27 IN CARY, NORTH CAROLINA
The U. s. Environmental Protection
Agency will hold a public information meeting on Tuesday, March 27,
1990 in Cary, North Carolina to discuss the Koppers-Morrisville
Superfund site.
Representatives from the EPA will be at the Northwoods
Elementary School Cafetorium at 7:00 p.m. to discuss the status of
the site and answer questions from the public. All interested
individuals are invited to attend.
EPA is currently overseeing an intensive study of the site t9
describe the extent of contamination at the site and an evaluation of
options for cleanup. The study is being conducted by Beazer, Inc.,
the potentially responsible party, under an Administrative Order on
Consent issued on March 14, 1989. Field work for the study, known as
the Remedial Investigation, is scheduled to begin April 15, 1990.
The site, located approximately one mile north of the
Morrisville Town Hall in Morrisville, NC, was used for wood
preservation activities. Site contamination consists of
pentachlorophenol (PCP) and isopropyl ether (IPE). The site was.
placed on EPA's final National Priorities List of hazardous waste
sites in March, 1989.
Documents pertaining to the site will be available for review at
the Morrisville Town Hall. -o-March 23, 1990
CONTACT: Charlie Thompson of EPA, 404/347-3004
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KOPPERS COMPANY, INC. SUPERFUND SITE
MORRISVILLE, WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
PUBLIC MEETING
JUNE 23, 1992
7:00 P.M.
MORRISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1519 MORRISVILLE PARKWAY
MORRISVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
PARTICIPANTS:
DR. ELMER AKIN, CHIEF, OFFICE OF HEALTH ASSESSMENT
DIANE BARRETT, N.C. COMMUNITY RELATIONS COORDINATOR
BARBARA BENOY, REMEDIAL PROJECT MANAGER
CURT FEHN, CHIEF, NORTH CAROLINA SECTION
CHARLIE HOOPER, OFFICE OF RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
BOB SAFAY, AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES & DISEASE
REGISTRY (ATSDR) REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE
REPORTED BY: SHARON ANDREWS, CCR, CVR, CLVS
AAAAPROFESSIONAL COURT REPORTERS
5 West Hargett Street, Suite 507
Raleigh, North Carolina 27601
Office 1-919-828-7833 Toll Free 1-800-553-9147 . Fax [phone]
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KQ!PPERS COMPANY, INC. SUPERFUND SITE
P R O C E E D I N G S 7:04 P.M.
MR. FEHN: I THINK WE'RE READY
TO START. I'D APPRECIATE IT IF YOU'D COME ON IN AND
TAKE A SEAT. WE APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENDANCE TONIGHT.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SETTING YOU HAVE HERE, AND WE'RE HAPPY
TO BE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE SUPERFUND SITE.
THIS IS ABOUT THE KOPPERS SUPERFUND SITE.
EPA HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME HERE, ALONG WITH OTHERS, TO
LOOK AT THE SITE AND TRY TO FIND OUT WHAT CONTAMINATION
IS ON THE SITE, WHERE THE CONTAMINATION IS, WHAT WE CAN
DO ABOUT IT, WHAT ARE THE ALTERNATIVES FOR CLEANING IT
UP. SO THE POINT OF THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT IS TO
COME TO YOU WITH THE INFORMATION WE'VE FOUND AND TELL
YOU ABOUT IT, TELL YOU WHAT WE KNOW.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO --WHAT WE'LL TRY TO DO
IS GIVE YOU A BRIEF SUMMARY OF WHAT WE KNOW, AND WE'RE
GOING TO TRY TO GIVE YOU A SUMMARY OF THE SUPERFUND
PROCESS, TELL YOU ABOUT THE SITE, AND TELL YOU WHY WE'RE .
HERE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING.
WE'RE GOING TO FINISH THIS OFF WITH A
QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD IN WHICH WE WOULD ENCOURAGE
YOU TO ASK WHATEVER QUESTIONS YOU HAVE IN MIND, AND WE
PLAN TO STAY HERE AS LONG AS IT TAKES TO ANSWER ALL OF
YOUR QUESTIONS TONIGHT.
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Kl[)PPERS COMPANY, INC. SUPERFUND SITE
WE HAVE WITH US PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT PER SE ON
THE PROGRAM TONIGHT, BUT WHO HAVE A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE
ABOUT THINGS AFFECTING THE SITE, AND WE WANTED THEM HERE
TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. SO WHAT WE'D LIKE
TO DO IS JUST HAVE YOU SIT BACK AND RELAX AND LISTEN TO
WHAT WE'VE GOT TO SAY, AND TAKE NOTE OF YOUR QUESTIONS
AND SAVE THEM TO THE END. AGAIN, WE'LL STAY HERE AS
LONG AS IT NEEDS TO BE IN ORDER TO ANSWER THOSE
QUESTIONS TONIGHT.
WE HAVE A SIGN-IN TABLE OVER HERE. WE'D
APPRECIATE YOUR MAKING SURE THAT YOU SIGN IN TONIGHT.
IT LETS US KNOW THAT YOU'RE HERE. IT'S WHERE WE GET
NAMES FOR OUR MAILING LIST TO SEND OUT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND
FACT SHEETS TO EVERYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED IN THE SITc.
SO WE'D LIKE TO KNOW OF YOUR PRESENCE HERE TONIGHT, SO
PLEASE SIGN IN IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY.
ALSO, THE TABLE IS FULL OF INFORMATION ABOUT
CONTAMINANTS ON THE SITE AND THINGS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING . '
TO DO. REALLY, IT'S INFORMATION YOU CAN TAKE HOME, AND
YOU CAN SEE IT LATER.
THIS IS THE START OF THE COMMENT PERIOD. WE
HAVE TO TAKE DOWN YOUR QUESTIONS TONIGHT AND CONCERNS.
WE ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO SEND YOUR COMMENTS LATER BY
MAIL, AND THEY WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE RECORD.
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KffiPPERS COMPANY, INC. SUPERFUND SITE
WE'LL ANSWER ALL THESE COMMENTS ON RECORD, AND ANYTHING
YOU SAY TONIGHT OR SEND IN LATER WILL ALL COUNT EQUALLY,
SO DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO EXPRESS YOUR OPINION
TONIGHT. ON THE OTHER HAND, IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS OR
OPINIONS, WE'D LIKE TO HEAR THEM.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
SITTING UP HERE. THEY'RE ALL FROM --ALMOS~ ALL--FROM
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. BARBARA BENOY IS
TO MY LEFT. SHE'S THE REMEDIAL PROJECT OFFICER ON THE
SITE AND HAS BEEN INTIMATELY INVOLVED WITH IT FOR QUITE
A LONG TIME.
TO HER LEFT IS ELMER AKIN. HE'S A RISK
ASSESSMENT OFFICER FOR REGION IV FOR ALL THE SUPERFUND
SITES AND CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RISKS ~HAT
ARE ON THE SITE FROM A HEALTH AND ECOLOGICAL STANDPOINT.
TO HIS LEFT IS CHARLIE HOOPER FROM OUR
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIVISION. HE'S A CHEMIST. HE
CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE ANALYTICAL ' .
PROCESSES THAT WE WENT THROUGH WHEN WE LOOKED FOR THE
CHEMICALS THAT ARE ON THE SITE.
TO HIS LEFT IS BOB SAFAY WITH THE AGENCY FOR
TOXIC SUBSTANCES & DISEASE REGISTRY, THE PUBLIC HEALTH
SERVICE, AND HE'S ALSO A HEALTH EXPERT AND CAN ANSWER
QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT HEALTH EFFECTS ON THE SITE.
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AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS DIANE BARRETT, THE
COMMUNITY RELATIONS PERSON, WHO HELPED SET UP THIS
MEETING. SHE'S JUST A GOOD PERSON TO CONTACT IF YOU'VE
GOT QUESTIONS AFTER TONIGHT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING UP
HERE. SHE'D LIKE TO HELP KEEP YOU INVOLVED.
SO, AGAIN, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS DIANE
IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE SUPERFUND PROCESS AND THE
PUBLIC RELATIONS, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, THAT WE'RE
ASKING FOR ON THIS. BARBARA IS THEN GOING TO CONTINUE
WITH THE HISTORY OF THE SITE, WHAT WE FOUND THERE, THE
THINGS THAT WE MIGHT DO WITH IT, AND WHAT OUR PROPOSAL
IS. AND THEN WE'RE GOING.TO HAVE A QUESTION AND ANSWER
PERIOD THAT WILL LAST AS LONG AS YOU'D LIKE.
SO WITH THAT, I GIVE YOU DIANE.
MS. BARRETT: AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO
WELCOME YOU AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT --TAKING
YOUR TIME FOR THIS MEETING. HOPEFULLY, I CAN HELP
EXPLAIN SOME THINGS ABOUT THE SUPERFUND PROCESS FOR
THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT BEEN HERE BEFORE AT ONE OF OUR
MEETINGS. I SEE SOME NEW FACES FROM MEETINGS WE'VE HAD
BEFORE, SO I'LL GET STARTED.
THIS CHART IS ONE OF THE HANDOUTS THAT WE
HAVE OVER THERE ON THE TABLE. IT SHOWS THE SUPERFUND
PROCESS, IN GENERAL. ALSO, IT SHOWS THAT COMMUNITY
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KmPPERS COMPANY, INC. SUPERFUND SITE
RELATIONS ARE A CONTINUAL FUNCTION THROUGHOUT THE
PROCESS AND THE ENFORCEMENT EFFORT ALSO.
FIRST OF ALL, THE SITE WHEN IT WAS
ORIGINALLY DISCOVERED, THERE WAS SOME INITIAL
INVESTIGATIONS, AND THEN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
ASKED EPA TO PLACE THE SITE ON THE NATIONAL PRIORITIES
LIST, AND THIS LIST IS THE LIST THAT ENABLES SUPERFUND
SITES TO BE CLEANED UP UTILIZING SUPERFUND MONIES.
THESE MONIES COME FROM A FUND - -OR TAXES.,
RATHER --THAT ARE PLACED ON CHEMICAL AND OIL PRODUCERS,
AND RIGHT NOW I THINK THE FUND MIGHT BE UP ABOUT
$17 MILLION. BUT WE ALSO HAVE COST RECOVERY WHERE YOU
TRY TO KEEP THE FUND FLOWING LIKE THIS SO THAT WHEN
MONIES ARE NEEDED AT SPECIFIC SITES, THAT MONEY CAN SE
TAKEN OUT TO PAY FOR IT, AND THE COST RECOVERED.
AT THIS PARTICULAR SITE, BEAZER IS THE
POTENTIALLY RESPONSIBLE PARTY, AND THEY'VE BEEN PAYING
FOR THE ACTIVITIES TO DATE AT THIS SITE. I THINK SO FAR . ,
THEY HAVE SPENT ABOUT $5 MILLION. EPA HAS SPENT ABOUT
$572,000 IN OVERVIEW, SEEING THAT THE PROCESS HAS BEEN,
CARRIED ON AND ALSO TAKING SAMPLES WITH THEM AND
CHECKING THOSE SAMPLES FOR ACCURACY.
THE SITE WAS RANKED IN MARCH OF 1989. THEN
THE REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION, THE FEASIBILITY STUDY WHICH
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Ka,PPERS COMPANY, INC. SUPERFUND SITE
WAS RECENTLY COMPLETED, YIELDED THE SAMPLING ANALYSIS OF
GROUNDWATER, SOILS, AND SPRING SEDIMENTS. AFTER ALL
THIS WORK HAS BEEN DONE, THEN A FEASIBILITY STUDY WHICH
ANALYZES THE VARIOUS METHODS THAT CAN BE USED TO CLEAN
UP THE CONTAMINATION AT A SITE, THIS IS PREPARED.
THE PROPOSED PLAN FACT SHEET, WHICH I HOPE
YOU ALL GOT WHEN YOU CAME IN --IF YOU DIDN'T GET IT IN
THE MAIL, PLEASE BE SURE TO SIGN IN SO I CAN ADD YOU TO
MY MAILING LIST --THIS WILL GIVE YOU A BRIEF HISTORY OF
THE SITE, WHAT THE PROPOSED PLAN IS I'M SUBMITTING TO
YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT.
THIS MEETING, AS CURT SAYS, IS PART OF THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WHICH BEGAN ON JULY 17TH. A
DISPLAY AD APPEARED IN THE NEWSPAPER HERE AND IN RALEIGH
ADVISING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE PROPOSED PLAN, ABOUT THE
MEETING, AND ASKING YOU TO PLEASE COME. THIS AD IS
ALWAYS PLACED BEFORE ANY PUBLIC MEETING SO THAT YOU ARE
INFORMED.
ALSO, WE HAVE PLACED PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENTS ON PUBLIC CABLE TV STATIONS. I HOPE
SOMEBODY SAW THOSE TO SEE IF THAT DID WORK. DID ANYBODY
SEE ANYTHING ON THE CABLEVISION ABOUT AN AD FOR THIS
MEETING? OKAY, THAT WASN'T WORTH ANYTHING, APPARENTLY.
I THOUGHT IT WOULD HELP.
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BUT WE MAILED OUT THE FACT SHEETS. WE HAD
ADS IN THE PAPERS AND CALLED PEOPLE. WE TRIED TO GET
IT --GET THE WORD OUT. SOMETIMES WE DON'T ALWAYS
SUCCEED. THAT'S ONE REASON WHY THE MAILING LIST IS SO
IMPORTANT TO US SO THAT WE CAN SEND INFORMATION TO THOSE
PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED.
AFTER THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ENDS, AND AS
I SAID THIS ONE BEGAN JULY 16TH (SIC), AND IT WOULD HAVE
ENDED ON AUGUST 17TH. BUT WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN ASKED.BY
THE PUBLIC TO EXTEND THIS ANOTHER THIRTY DAYS.
THEREFORE, THE NEW PERIOD NOW ENDS ON SEPTEMBER 16TH.
THAT'S ANOTHER THIRTY-DAY EXTENSION, SEPTEMBER 16TH.
AFTER THAT TIME ALL OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE
RECEIVE FROM THIS MEETING AND IN WRITING ARE GIVEN GREAT
CONSIDERATION, WEIGHED AGAINST TECHNICAL INFORMATION.
EVERYTHING IS CONSIDERED, AND THEN A DECISION IS MADE,
AND THAT'S THE "RECORD OF DECISION," WHICH IS STEP
NUMBER 6. WE HOPE.TO HAVE THAT FINALIZED BY THE END OF ' '
SEPTEMBER. WE HOPE TO; WE DON'T KNOW. WE'RE SHOOTING
FOR THAT BECAUSE WE WANT SOME ACTIVITIES TO REALLY START
TO CLEAN UP THE SITE.
LET'S SEE. A COMMUNITY RELATIONS PLAN WAS
DONE IN 1989 SHORTLY AFTER THE SITE WAS RANKED ON THE
NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST. WE ALSO ESTABLISHED AN
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INFORMATION REPOSITORY WHICH IS AT THE WAKE COUNTY
PUBLIC LIBRARY IN CARY, NORTH CAROLINA. WE HAD
COMMUNITY INTERVIEWS WHERE WE ESTABLISHED WITH THE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS THEIR CONCERNS AND HOW THEY WANTED US
BEST TO PROCEED IN OUR ACTIVITIES AS TO KEEPING THEM
INFORMED.
SO MANY TIMES BECAUSE OF THE TIME FRAME OF
THE REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION AND FEASIBILITY STUDY,
SOMETIMES THAT CAN TAKE ANYWHERE F.ROM TWELVE MONTHS TO
MAYBE 24 MONTHS. IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE COMPLICATIONS
OF THE SITE, HOW LARGE IT rs. THEREFORE, OUR
CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE PUBLIC SOMETIMES SEEMS SPORADIC
BECAUSE OF THIS TIME LAG OF GETTING ALL THE DATA IN. SO
WE REALLY AREN'T TRYING TO IGNORE THE PUBLIC OR TRYING
NOT TO·· WE'RE NOT TRYING TO KEEP INFORMATION FROM
ANYONE. IT'S JUST THAT AS INFORMATION IS DEVELOPED,
THEN IS WHEN WE INFORM THE PUBLIC. SO OUR
CORRESPONDENCE IS SOMETIMES SPORADIC. . '
WE HOLD PUBLIC MEETINGS LIKE THIS. WE'VE
HELD ALREADY·· COUNTING TONIGHT'S MEETING, THIS IS OUR
FOURTH PUBLIC MEETING. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL INFORMAL
MEETINGS WITH THE PUBLIC AND DIFFERENT PEOPLE. WE'VE
ISSUED FACT SHEETS, TRIED TO KEEP ALL THE LOCAL
OFFICIALS --COUNTY OFFICIALS, STATE OFFICIALS, ALL THE
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PEOPLE INVOLVED --INFORMED.
ALSO ONE IMPORTANT THING, TOO, IS THAT THERE
IS A TAG GROUP, AND THIS IS A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
GRANT, AND EPA OFFERS THIS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANT TO
ALL SUPERFUND SITES FOR A COMMUNITY GROUP. THE
COMMUNITY GROUP HERE IS CALLED THE "CLEAN WATER
ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT FOR SHILOH," AND THEY WERE GRANTED
A TAG GRANT BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 1991, AND THEY'VE BEEN
UTILIZING THOSE FUNDS TO HELP THEM WITH AN ADVISER TO.
BETTER UNDERSTAND ALL THE TECHNICAL INFORMATION THAT'S
IN OUR DOCUMENTS. SO, HOPEFULLY, THAT'S PROVING TO BE
BENEFICIAL TO THE GROUP.
THE LITERATURE, AS I SAID, ON THE TABLE IS
FOR INFORMATION BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH THAT GOES ON·IN
THE SUPERFUND PROCESS THAT YOU DON'T --A LOT OF YOU
DON'T UNDERSTAND UNLESS YOU'RE INVOLVED WITH IT
CONSTANTLY. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU IF YOU DIDN'T GET THE
INFORMATION TO PLEASE DO SO. THAT WILL HELP WITH . .
UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S GOING ON.
ONE THING IMPORTANT, TOO, IS OUR
COMMUNICATION WITH YOU IS TWO-WAY. WE'VE GOT AN 800
NUMBER. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL UTILIZE THAT NUMBER ANY
TIME YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. WE DO WANT TO
BE RESPONSIVE. THE 800 NUMBER IS IN THE FACT SHEET, SO
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K0:PPERS COMPANY, INC. SUPERFUND SITE
PLEASE, ANYTIME, CALL US. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.
THIS MEETING TONIGHT IS ALSO MANDATED BY
LAW, AND IT IS RECORDED. WE HAVE A COURT REPORTER
TONIGHT TAKING THE TRANSCRIPT. SO AS PEOPLE STAND UP TO
MAKE A STATEMENT, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME CLEARLY AND
SPEAK AS DISTINCTLY AS POSSIBLE SO THAT SHE CAN GET IT.
I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. AND IF THERE'S ANY REASON SHE
CAN'T GET YOU, SHE'LL WAVE HER HAND, AND I'LL SAY
SOMETHING TO YOU AND ASK YOU TO REPEAT IT, IF YOU DON'T
MIND.
SO THAT BRINGS US DOWN RIGHT NOW TO, I
THINK, ALL THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE
BEEN HAPPENING. WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE FACT SHEETS,
CONTINUE TO HAVE MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
SO WE'RE NOW AT STEP 5, AND I WILL TURN THIS
MEETING OVER TO BARBARA BENOY, THE PROJECT MANAGER, SO
SHE CAN GIVE YOU ALL THE PERTINENT DETAILS.
MS. BENOY: JUST A SECOND. I
DON'T LIKE MICROPHONES, AND IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, I
THINK THAT MY VOICE PROJECTS ADEQUATELY. IF IT DOESN'T,
LET ME KNOW.
AND I BELIEVE THAT I FIRST HAVE A SLIDE. IF
YOU'LL BEAR WITH ME, I'LL BE MOVING AROUND JUST A LITTLE
BIT. I ONLY HAVE THREE SLIDES, BUT SOME OF THE THINGS
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THAT I HAVE TO SAY WILL BE SOMEWHAT REITERATIVE OF WHAT
DIANE HAS SAID.
MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD A LOT OF THIS, AND IT
WILL BE REDUNDANT TO YOU ALSO. DIANE HAS MENTIONED THE
FACT THAT WE HAVE A COURT REPORTER, AND THAT IT DOES
NEED TO BE RECORDED, SO A LOT OF THE HISTORY THAT SO
MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD OVER AND OVER WILL BE REITERATED.
I'VE TRIED TO MAKE IT EVEN MORE BRIEF THAN WE HAVE IN
THE LAST TIMES.
SO GOOD EVENING AGAIN. I DO THINK THAT YOU
PROBABLY KNOW NOW WHO I AM. MY NAME IS BARBARA BENOY,
AND I HAVE BEEN THE REMEDIAL PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS
SITE NOW SINCE 1989. I HAVE BEEN IN, HOPEFULLY, FAIRLY
FREQUENT CONTACT WITH THE COMMUNITY SINCE THAT TIME.
THIS IS OUR FOURTH PUBLIC MEETING SINCE WE
HAVE MOVED INTO THE REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION AND
FEASIBILITY STUDY. I DO ALSO APPRECIATE THAT YOU'VE
COME OUT, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DIANE HAS SAID THAT WE DO HOLD SEVERAL
MEETINGS --WE HOLD PUBLIC MEETINGS FOR THE SITE. WE
HOLD THEM --EPA HOLDS THEM --BUT YOU'VE ALSO HAD SOME
PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE TRIED TO ATTEND. WE
ATTENDED A VERY INFORMAL MEETING LAST NIGHT, THAT WE
HOPE WAS BENEFICIAL, WITH SEVERAL OF THE COMMUNITY
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KdPPERS COMPANY, INC. SUPERFUND SITE
MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN QUITE ACTIVE. WE DO APPRECIATE
NOT ONLY THE PARTICIPATION, BUT THE SUPPORT AND THE
ASSISTANCE THAT YOU DO PROVIDE.
DIANE DISCUSSED THE TAG, AND FOR THOSE OF
YOU THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TAG IS, THE TAG IS A GRANT
MECHANISM THAT EPA DOES OFFER. THAT TAG GRANT FOR THIS
COMMUNITY WAS $45,000, AND THAT MONEY IS USED FOR HIRING
A TECHNICAL CONSULTANT TO HELP THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND
SOME OF THE TECHNICAL THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
AS YOU KNOW, THE SAMPLING OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA DOES
GET EXTREMELY COMPLICATED IN TRYING TO INTERPRET RESULTS
FROM SAMPLING. IT'S NOT SOMETHING, NECESSARILY, THAT AN
EVERYDAY PERSON BECOMES INVOLVED WITH.
TONIGHT'S MEETING IS A VERY IMPORTANT
MEETING FOR THE AGENCY. THIS MEETING WILL PROVIDE YOU
WITH THE SELECTION OF OUR CLEANUP THAT WE HAVE
DETERMINED, THAT EPA HAS SELECTED, TO BE THE MOST
APPROPRIATE CHOICE FOR THE SITE. THIS SELECTION WAS
BRIEFLY EXPLAINED IN THE PROPOSED PLAN, THE FACT SHEET
THAT WE MAILED OUT LAST WEEK, AND I HOPE THAT EVERYBODY
ON THE MAILING LIST GOT THEIRS, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT
ARE NEW, PLEASE PICK ONE UP.
AGAIN, I'M GOING TO GO INTO THE HISTORY, AND
BEAR WITH ME. YES, THAT WOULD HELP, WOULDN'T IT? THIS
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IS THE SITE PRETTY MUCH AS IT APPEARS TODAY. IT IS
LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 54 AND KOPPERS
ROAD IN MORRISVILLE. THE SITE IS APPROXIMATELY 52 ACRES
IN SIZE, AND CURRENTLY UNIT STRUCTURES INC. OPERATES ON
THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE SITE, AND THEY DO SOME
MANUFACTURING OF WOODEN STRUCTURES, SUCH AS BRIDGES FOR
GOLF COURSES, THE VERY LOW-TYPE BRIDGES. I'VE SEEN SOME
OF THE STRUCTURES. NO WOOD-PRESERVING ACTIVITIES ARE
CONDUCTED ON THE SITE TODAY.
THE HISTORY OF THE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP DATES
BACK TO 1896 WHEN THE CARY LUMBER COMPANY OCCUPIED THE
SITE. THE PROPERTY WAS SOLD TO UNIT STRUCTURES IN 1961,
AND IN 1962 UNIT STRUCTURES SOLD THE PROPERTY TO THE
KOPPERS COMPANY.
THE KOPPERS COMPANY BEGAN TREATING WOOD
USING A PROCESS KNOWN AS "CELLON," AND THIS PROCESS USED
THE CHEMICAL PENTACHLOROPHENOL AS THE PRESERVING AGENT.
PENTACHLOROPHENOL IS A MAIN CONTAMINANT AT THE SITE AND. . .
MAY BE REFERRED TO AS PENTACHLOROPHENOL, PCP, PENTA. SO
IF I REFER TO ANY OF THOSE THREE, I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND
IT'S THE SAME THING --PENTACHLOROPHENOL.
THE WOOD PRESERVING WAS CONDUCTED
PREDOMINATELY IN THIS AREA. THIS IS THE MAIN PROCESS
AREA, AND WE'LL DISCUSS SOME OF THIS LAGOON AREA.
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THERE'S A DRIP-TRACK AREA. THIS IS WHAT IS REFERRED TO
AS THE "FIRE POND. " THIS IS THE PUMPHOUSE AREA. BUT
THIS IS THE MAIN FOCUS. BUT LET ME FOLLOW MY NOTES, AND
I'LL GET INTO THAT.
AFTER THE WOOD WAS TREATED, THE WOOD WAS
WASHED WITH STEAM IN A STEAMING PROCESS, AND THE WASH
WATER WAS COLLECTED AND PUMPED TO A TANK WHERE
FLOCCULANT WAS ADDED THAT SEPARATED OUT THE
PENTACHLOROPHENOL. THE WATER WAS THEN SENT THROUGH A
SAND FILTER TO FURTHER REMOVE THE PENTACHLOROPHENOL, AND
THE REMAINING LIQUID WAS PUMPED TO THE TWO LAGOONS THAT
YOU SEE ON THE SITE.
CAN YOU ALL SEE THAT PHOTOGRAPH? IS THAT
CLEAR? I KNOW WITH THE LIGHTS ON SOMETIMES IT'S NOT.
THE LAGOONS WERE NOT LINED, AND THEY ARE
BELIEVED TO BE THE ONLY LAGOONS THAT EXISTED ON THE
SITE, AND I WON'T SHOW YOU THAT.
THE CELLON PROCESS WAS USED BETWEEN 1962 AND ' '
1975 FOR A PERIOD OF APPROXIMATELY THIRTEEN YEARS. AT
THAT TIME KOPPERS BEGAN TO RECEIVE PRETREATED WOOD, AND
THE WOOD PRESERVING AT THE SITE WAS DISCONTINUED AND NOT
STARTED AGAIN.
IN 1976 THE KOPPERS COMPANY VOLUNTARILY
BEGAN TO CONDUCT SOME ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AT THE SITE,
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FOCUSING ON THE CELLON PROCESS AREA AND THE LAGOON AREA.
ACCORDING TO THE HISTORY OF THE SITE AND BASED ON THE
STUDIES THAT HAD BEEN DONE, IT WAS DECIDED TO RECLAIM
THE LAGOONS BY LAND TREATMENT. IN 1977 THE CONTENTS OF
THE LAGOONS WERE PUMPED OUT AND LAND-FARMED, OR
SPRAYED --I DIDN'T REALIZE I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO CLIMB
STEPS --IN THIS AREA. YOU CAN SEE A BETTER FIGURE ON
ONE OF THE OVERHEADS THAT I USE.
THE AREA WAS PLOWED, AND TWO APPLICATIONS.OF
THE LIQUID FROM THE LAGOONS WERE SPRAYED ONTO THE
GROUND. FERTILIZER WAS SPREAD OVER THE AREA, AND THE
AREA WAS RE-PLOWED. THE BOTTOM SLUDGES, OR THE
SEDIMENTATION FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE LAGOONS, WERE MIXED
WITH SURROUNDING SOILS AND SPREAD OVER THE FORMER
LAGOONS AND CELLON PROCESS AREA --NO, THE FORMER LAGOON
AREA --WHICH WAS ALSO FERTILIZED AND SEEDED. THE
PROCESS OF LAND-FARMING WAS AN ACCEPTED TECHNOLOGY AT
THAT TIME.
IN 1980 KOPPERS CONDUCTED MORE STUDIES ON
THE SITE. THESE STUDIES FOCUSED ON THE GROUNDWATER AND
THE SOILS AT THE FACILITY. FROM 1980 TO 1986 SEVERAL
SOIL REMOVALS WERE CONDUCTED, AND ACCORDING TO THE FILE
INFORMATION APPROXIMATELY 1700 CUBIC YARDS OF SOIL WERE
REMOVED FROM THE SITE DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.
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IN 1986 THE KOPPERS COMPANY SOLD
APPROXIMATELY 80 PERCENT OF THE PROPERTY TO THE CURRENT
UNIT STRUCTURES INC. THE COMPANY THAT'S THERE TODAY
RETAINED THE NAME OF "UNIT STRUCTURES," BUT IT'S
DIFFERENT FROM THE ORIGINAL COMPANY. IT'S JUST
THE --THE ONLY COMMON DENOMINATOR IS THE NAME. THEY'RE
NOT SAME COMPANY.
THE KOPPERS COMPANY WAS ACQUIRED BY BEAZER,
INC. , AND BEAZER AND THE CURRENT UNIT STRUCTURES OWN .. THE
PROPERTY WHICH IS CONSIDERED THE SITE. FOR THE MOST
PART, UNIT STRUCTURES OWNS THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE
PROPERTY, AND BEAZER OWNS THE EASTERN, AND THAT'S A VERY
GENERAL DESCRIPTION.
IN 1986 BEAZER BEGAN SAMPLING PRIVATE
RESIDENTIAL WELLS. NORTH.CAROLINA DIVISION OF HEALTH
SERVICES, SUPERFUND BRANCH-, ALSO BEGAN INVESTIGATING THE
GROUNDWATER IN THE AREA TO DETERMINE IF ANY OF THE
CONTAMINATION AT THE SITE HAD MIGRATED INTO PRIVATE . '
WELLS IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE SITE.
EVENTUALLY, A COOPERATIVE EFFORT BEGAN BETWEEN THE STATE
OF NORTH CAROLINA AND BEAZER IN SAMPLING THE PRIVATE
WELLS IN THE VICINITY.
IN 1986 THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
CONDUCTED A SITE INSPECTION AT THE SITE WHICH WAS USED
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KOPPERS COMPANY, INC. SUPERFUND SITE
FOR THE RANKING OF THE SITE WITH THE HAZARD RANKING
SYSTEM, WHICH DIANE HAS REFERRED TO. THE SITE WAS
PROPOSED FOR THE NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST IN 1988 AND
WAS FINALIZED IN 1989.
DIANE SHOWED YOU AN OVERHEAD OF THE
SUPERFUND PROCESS, AND ONCE A SITE IS LISTED ON THE
NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST WE'RE REQUIRED TO CONDUCT A
REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION OF THE SITE. THE REMEDIAL
INVESTIGATION OF THE SITE IS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE THE
NATURE OF THE CONTAMINATION ON THE SITE AND THE EXTENT,
OR HOW FAR THAT MIGRATION HAS MOVED FROM THE SITE. WE
LOOK AT ALL MEDIA THAT COULD BE AFFECTED: THE
GROUNDWATER, THE SURFACE WATER, THE SOILS, THE
SEDIMENTS.
WE'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO DO A FEASIBILITY
STUDY THAT LOOKS AT THE TECHNOLOGY THAT'S AVAILABLE AT
THE TIME THAT CAN HANDLE IT, THAT CAN DEAL WITH IT, THAT
CAN CLEAN UP THE TYPE OF CONTAMINATION THAT WE HAVE AT A
PARTICULAR SITE.
WE ALSO DO A BASELINE RISK ASSESSMENT THAT
DETERMINES THE RISK ASSOCIATED WITH HUMAN HEALTH AND THE
ENVIRONMENT BASED ON THE CONTAMINATION AT THE SITE.
I'VE GOT A MISTAKE IN MY NOTES.
I WANT TO.JUMP BACK FOR A MOMENT ABOUT THE
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KaPPERS COMPANY, INC. SUPERFUND SITE
PRIVATE WELL SAMPLING. THIS SAMPLING HAS BEEN DONE ON A
QUARTERLY BASIS NOW SINCE FEBRUARY 1989, AND BASED ON
THE RESULTS OF THE PRIVATE WELL SAMPLING BEAZER HAS
PROVIDED BOTTLED WATER TO ALL RESIDENTS WHOSE WELLS HAVE
SHOWN ANY DETECTABLE AMOUNTS OF ISOPROPYL ETHER OR
PENTACHLOROPHENOL. ISOPROPYL ETHER WAS A CONTAMINANT, A
CHEMICAL, THAT WAS USED IN THE CELLON PROCESS. IT WAS A
CARRIER COMPOUND. PENTACHLOROPHENOL WAS STILL THE MAIN
AGENT FOR WOOD PRESERVING.
IN 1989 EPA AND BEAZER ENTERED INTO AN
AGREEMENT FOR BEAZER TO INSTALL A WATER LINE, A PUBLIC
WATER LINE, INTO THE AFFECTED AREA. THE SPECIFIC TERMS
OF THE WATER LINE CONSTRUCTION WERE DEVELOPED BETWEEN
BEAZER AND THE TOWN OF MORRISVILLE. BEAZER TIED INTO
EXISTING LINES --INTO EXISTING WATER LINES ALONG THE
KOPPERS ROAD, WHICH IS THIS ROAD THAT IS THE
SOUTHERNMOST PORTION OF THE SITE. APPROXIMATELY FOUR
MILES OF PUBLIC WATER LINES HAYE ~EEN INSTALLED, AND
ABOUT EIGHTY RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN CONNECTED TO THIS WATER
SUPPLY.
THE TOWN OF MORRISVILLE REQUIRED ANNEXATION
PETITIONS FROM PROPERTY OWNERS BEFORE HOOKUP COULD BE
ALLOWED, AND COMMUNITY CITIZENS HAVE COMPLAINED OVER THE
WATER LINE INSTALLATION BECAUSE OF THE PETITION
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REQUIREMENT STATING THAT THE RESULTING TAXATION SHOULD
NOT HAVE BEEN IMPOSED.
EPA HAD REQUESTED THAT THE TOWN OF
MORRISVILLE CONSIDER, OR RECONSIDER, THAT PETITION
REQUIREMENT, BUT THE TOWN OF MORRISVILLE HAD THE FINAL
DECISION --MADE THE FINAL DECISION --FOR THE
ANNEXATION REQUIREMENT.
IN 1986 THE NORTH CAROLINA SUPERFUND BRANCH
CONDUCTED A SITE INSPECTION --AH, I'M SORRY. THIS IS
WHERE THE MISTAKE IS REPEATED.
SUPERFUND, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, IS A COMMON
NAME THAT WE USE FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL
RESPONSE COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT OF 1980, AND
THIS PROCESS IS WELL-DEFINED, AND WE MUST FOLLOW IT. IT
TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET TO THIS POINT WHERE WE ARE NOW
WHERE WE WILL COME UP WITH REMEDY SELECTION, AND IT
TAKES A LONG TIME, ALSO, TO CLEAN UP SUPERFUND SITES,
BUT I'M GLAD WE'RE HERE.
WHAT I WAS GOING TO TRY TO SHOW YOU IS A
SLIDE VERY SIMILAR TO THE SUPERFUND PROCESS OVERHEAD
THAT DIANE USED. THERE WE HAVE IT, BUT YOU CAN'T READ
IT ANYWAY, CAN YOU? I DON'T THINK THAT OUR PROCESS I
MEAN, OUR FACT SHEET HAS THE DIAGRAM IN IT.
JUST IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS, WE'VE GONE
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THROUGH SITE DISCOVERY, NPL RANKING, IMMEDIATE REMOVAL.
WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE AN IMMEDIATE REMOVAL HERE AT THIS
SITE. THAT HAPPENS AT SOME SITES. WE DID HAVE THE
EMERGENCY PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED IN THE WATER LINE
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER.
WE THEN GO INTO REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION,
WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE DONE OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS,
FEASIBILITY STUDY. THE BASELINE RISK ASSESSMENT IS
CONSIDERED PART OF THE REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION, AND
THOUGH IT'S NOT SHOWN, WE ARE RIGHT HERE.
WE HAVE INITIATED THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD,
AND WE WILL COME TO A DECISION AFTER THAT PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD IS OVER, WHICH HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO SEPTEMBER
16TH, AND WE WILL ISSUE A RECORD OF DECISION WHICH
EMBODIES OUR FINAL DECISION.
THE REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION REPORT, THE
FEASIBILITY STUDY REPORT, BASELINE RISK ASSESSMENT
REPORT, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS WHICH ARE KNOWN AS THE . '
ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD FOR THE SITE HAVE BEEN PLACED AT
THE INFORMATION REPOSITORY. MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT THAT
IS LOCATED AT CARY BRANCH LIBRARY, AND THE MOST UPDATED
DOCUMENTS ARE THERE.
NONE OF THE DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN FINALIZED OR
APPROVED BY THE AGENCY, BUT WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS
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GETTING THOSE DOCUMENTS APPROVED. HOPEFULLY, THAT WILL
BE VERY SOON, AND THE COMMUNITY HAS ASKED THAT WE GET
THEM APPROVED WELL BEFORE WE GET TO THE END OF THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. WE DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH
THAT.
THE LOCAL GROUP HAS HAD ACCESS TO THOSE
DOCUMENTS, TO SOME VERSIONS OF THEM. THEY HAVE NOW
RECEIVED THE VERY LATEST, AND WE HAVE MADE THEM
AVAILABLE IN THE INFORMATION REPOSITORY, AND WE WILL ..
MAKE OTHER DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE
ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD. IF A DOCUMENT IS REVISED AND
UPDATED, THE FINAL VERSION WILL BE PLACED INTO THE
RECORD.
IN ADDITION TO ALLOWING THE PUBLIC, OR THE
COMMUNITY, TO LOOK AT THOSE DOCUMENTS, WE HAVE A
EXTENSIVE REVIEW PROCESS. WE SEND OUR DOCUMENTS TO THE
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. FISH AND WILDLIFE, HERE IN
RALEIGH, HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN ~EVIEW OF THE DOCUMENTS.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR OWN IN-HOUSE WATER DIVISION, OUR
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIVISION, THE LAB PEOPLE, THE
FIELD PEOPLE, THE AIR DIVISION.
WE ALSO HAVE SENT --WE ARE REQUIRED BY
CONGRESS TO HIRE A THIRD-PARTY OVERSIGHT CONTRACTOR;
THAT IS A SEPARATE ENTITY THAT DOES NOT WORK FOR EPA.
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K~PPERS COMPANY, INC. SUPERFUND SITE
WE HIRE THEM TO ALSO CONDUCT A REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT OF
THE STUDY. SOME OF YOU HAVE MET BOB PRASCOE (PHONETIC)
WHO HAS BEEN THE PROJECT MANAGER ON THAT CONTRACT TO
EPA.
I DO HOPE THAT YOU TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
GO OVER TO THE LIBRARY AND SEE THE RECORD. IT DOES
CONTAIN WHAT IS THE OFFICIAL DOCUMENTATION THAT WE BASE
OUR DECISION FOR THE SELECTION OF THE REMEDY ON.
I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE OVERHEADS,
HOPEFULLY, WITH NO MAJOR PROBLEM. THIS OVERHEAD
REPRESENTS OUR MAIN SITE CONTAMINANTS:
PENTACHLOROPHENOL, POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOPARADIOXINS,
REFERRED TO AS "DIOXINS," POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO
FURANS --WE CALL THEM "FURANS" --AND ISOPROPYL ETHSR.
THE LIST OF MAJOR CONTAMINANTS AT THIS SITE IS
RELATIVELY SHORT. FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING I'M GOING TO
TRY TO REFER TO PCDD AND PCDS AS "DIOXIN," JUST THAT
GENERAL TERM. ISOPROPYL ETHER.IS.ALSO CONSIDERED A SITE
CONTAMINANT, AS I TOLD YOU, BECAUSE IT WAS A CARRIER,
WAS USED AS A CARRIER GAS.
OTHER CONTAMINANTS THAT WERE DETECTED AND
ARE CONSIDERED SITE CONTAMINANTS ARE FROM A CLASS OF
CHEMICALS KNOWN AS "PHENOLICS." THESE CONSISTED OF
TWELVE PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE
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HANDOUT THAT SHOWS THE OVERHEADS. THESE ARE CONSIDERED
SITE CONTAMINANTS, BUT THEY ARE NOT THE MAJOR SITE
CONTAMINANTS. THEY WERE DETECTED IN CERTAIN
FREQUENCIES, BUT COMPARED TO THE PENTACHLOROPHENOL,
ESPECIALLY, THEY ARE NOT CONSIDERED MAJOR. BUT I DIDN'T
WANT ANYONE TO FEEL THAT WE DIDN'T AT LEAST IDENTIFY
THEM AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY ARE KNOWN AS SITE
CONTAMINANTS.
THE TWO MAIN CONTAMINANTS, PENTACHLOROPHENOL
AND DIOXIN, ARE THE ONES THAT PRESENT THE OVERALL RISK
TO HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT AT THE KOPPERS
SUPERFUND SITE.
IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, WE HAD A PUBLIC
MEETING TO DISCUSS IN VERY GENERAL TERMS THE RESULTS OF
THE REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION. WE ALSO DID DISCUSS THE
FEASIBILITY STUDY BY IDENTIFYING THE KNOWN OPTIONS FOR
CLEANUP AT THIS SITE, AND I DO WANT TO REVIEW SOME OF
THAT, BUT I ALSO WANT TO A LOOK AT MORE SPECIFIC ' ' '
INFORMATION ON THE REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION AND
FEASIBILITY STUDY AT THIS TIME.
THIS IS A GENERAL SITE MAP, AND THIS IS A
MORE UPDATED MAP THAN IS CONTAINED IN THE PROPOSED PLAN.
IT SHOWS THE CHANGE OF PROPERTY OWNERSHIP. THE SHADED
AREA IS THE AREA THAT BEAZER OWNS. THERE HAS BEEN SOME
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PROPERTY ACQUISITION DOWN AT MEDLIN POND AND SOME AREA
OF THE WESTERN DITCH. UNIT STRUCTURES, AS I SAID, OWNS
THIS EASTERNMOST --EXCUSE ME, WESTERNMOST --PART.
THAT AGAIN JUST IDENTIFIES PROPERTY OWNERSHIP.
THIS FIGURE IS ALSO IN YOUR FACT SHEET, AND
I APOLOGIZE FOR CHANGING THE ORIENTATION FROM THE
PHOTOGRAPHS, BUT NORTH IS THAT WAY. THIS IS THE
DIVISION THAT WAS USED IN THE REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION.
THE SITE WAS SUBDIVIDED INTO THE FOLLOWING AREAS:
AREA A, WHICH IS THE LAND FARM AREA; AREA B, WHICH IS
THE EASTERN AREA THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE AREA A OR AREA C.
IT DOES INCLUDE THE FORMER TEEPEE AREA, WHICH IS
REPRESENTED BY THE CIRCLE.
AREA C, WHICH I'VE IDENTIFIED BEFORE,
INCLUDED THE FORMER LAGOON AREA, THE PROCESS AREA, AND
THE FIRE POND, AND THAT IS OUR MAIN FOCUS AREA FOR
REMEDIATION.
AREA D INCLUDES THE ENTIRE WESTERN PORTION . ,
OF THE SITE, AND THEN WE HAVE OFF-SITE AREAS WHICH ARE
REFERRED TO DIRECTIONS OFFaSITE NORTH, OFF-SITE SOUTH,
AND SO ON, AND THEN THE MEDLIN POND.
THE DIVISION WAS BASED ON PAST SITE
OPERATIONS, POTENTIAL EXPOSURE PATHWAYS, MEDIA OF
INTEREST --FOR EXAMPLE, GROUNDWATER OR SOIL, SURFACE
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WATER --AND ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE CONTAMINATION.
I WANT TO GO INTO THE GROUNDWATER
INVESTIGATION. THIS PREDOMINANTLY SHOWS THE ON-SITE AND
THE NEAR OFF-SITE WELLS. MORE THAN FORTY WELLS WERE
INSTALLED ON-SITE OR IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA OF THE SITE
TO INVESTIGATE THE GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION. THE
GREATEST GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION WAS FOUND TO BE IN
THE AREA KNOWN AS "AREA C," AGAIN, WHICH IS WHERE THE
WOOD PRESERVING PROCESS, THE OPERATIONS, ACTUALLY
OCCURRED.
THE RANGE OF PENTACHLOROPHENOL IN THIS AREA
WAS FROM NONDETECT IN C13A, WHICH IS IN THIS CORNER OF
THE SITE PROPERTY --CAN YOU SEE THAT? IT'S ON YOUR
MAP. NO, IT'S NOT ON YOUR MAP. THIS IS C13A. --TO
0.079 PARTS PER, I'M SORRY, ·TO 2,010 PPB IN C14A, WHICH
IS --I NEED A POINTER AND NO STEPS --RIGHT HERE.
THERE'S A POINTER. IT MAY BE LONG. THAT WOULD WORK
OKAY.
THE RANGE OF DIOXIN EQUIVALENCY
CONCENTRATIONS IN THIS AREA RANGE FROM NONDETECT TO
0.079 PPT. THE QUANTITIES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE
VERY SMALL, AND I DID BRING AN OVERHEAD IF YOU WANTED TO
SEE IT. I WON'T PULL IT OUT NOW --PARTS PER TRILLION,
PARTS PER MILLION, PARTS PER BILLION. THEY ARE VERY,
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VERY SMALL UNITS.
I'D LIKE TO GO ON AND SHOW YOU THE LOCATIONS
FOR THE SAMPLING OF THE SOILS. THE SOILS AT THE SITE
WERE INVESTIGATED BY MORE THAN SIXTY SAMPLING LOCATIONS.
THE SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED AT DIFFERENT DEPTHS. FOR
INSTANCE, SOME SAMPLING LOCATIONS WERE FOR SURFACE
SAMPLING ONLY, AND THEN OTHERS WERE SAMPLED AT MORE THAN
ONE DEPTH.
THE MAJORITY OF THE SOIL SAMPLES THAT WERE
COLLECTED IN AREA C --I'M SORRY. THE MAJORITY OF THE
SOIL SAMPLING WAS DONE ALSO IN AREA C WHERE FIFTY
SPECIFIC SAMPLING LOCATIONS WITH DIFFERENT SAMPLING
DEPTHS WERE USED. THE RANGE OF SOIL CONTAMINATION IN
AREA C FOR PENTACHLOROPHENOL WAS FROM NONDETECT AT
XS9 --IT'S RIGHT UP HERE --TO OVER 3,000,000 PPB AT
X25. THE CONCENTRATIONS FOR DIOXIN EQUIVALENTS RANGED
FROM 0.48 PPB --I'M SORRY, YES, 0.48 PPB --TO 270 PPB.
THE FIRE POND WATER AND SEDIMENTS WERE . .
SAMPLED BY SIXTEEN SAMPLING LOCATIONS, EACH WITH TWO
DEPTHS, AND THREE SURFACE WATER LOCATIONS. I UNDERSTAND
THAT I'M GOING THROUGH THIS PRETTY QUICKLY, BUT I'D LIKE
AT LEAST THE OPPORTUNITY TO IDENTIFY WHERE --I DON'T
WANT TO JUST RUN PAST IT WITHOUT YOU GETTING SOME SENSE
OF WHAT WE DID OR WHAT HAS BEEN DONE, WHAT BEAZER HAS
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DONE. BEAZER DID CONDUCT THE INVESTIGATION.
THE MEDLIN POND WAS SAMPLED BY FIVE SURFACE
WATER --EXCUSE ME --BY FIVE SEDIMENT SAMPLING
LOCATIONS. THIS IS OUR SURFACE WATER. MAYBE I'VE GOT
TOO MANY OVERHEADS. THE MEDLIN POND WAS SAMPLED BY FIVE
SEDIMENT SAMPLING LOCATIONS, EACH WITH TWO DEPTHS, AND
ALSO WITH THREE SURFACE WATER SAMPLES. TWO FIGURES HAVE
THE SURFACE Wl,TER AND THE SEDIMENT, AND I'M SURE YOU
UNDERSTOOD THAT.
THE DRAINAGE DITCH BETWEEN THE TWO PONDS WAS
SAMPLED BY THE COLLECTION OF THREE SURFACE WATER SAMPLES
AND THREE SEDIMENT SAMPLES. SAMPLING WAS CONTINUED
DOWNSTREAM APPROXIMATELY 1500 FEET FROM THE SITE TO
DELINEATE THE EXTENT OF CONTAMINATION.
PENTACHLOROPHENOL IN THE FIRE POND SURFACE
WATER RANGED FROM 0.043 TO 0.17 PPB, IN THE MEDLIN POND
FROM 0.005 TO 0.145 PPB. THE CONCENTRATIONS OF DIOXIN
EQUIVALENTS IN THE SURFACE WATER RANGED FROM
0.00012 --AND, AGAIN, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT VERY, VERY
SMALL UNIT AMOUNTS --TO 0.000285. THAT WAS THE FIRE
POND, AND IN THE MEDLIN POND WERE EVEN SMALLER NUMBERS
AT 0.000005 AND 0.00002.
TWO TIMES 10 TO THE MINUS 5, FOR THOSE OF
YOU THAT DON'T KNOW THIS, THE DECIMAL POINT IS FIRST,
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AND THEN THERE ARE FOUR ZEROS, AND THE "2" IS PUT IN
THAT FIFTH DECIMAL POINT LOCATION.
THE PENTACHLOROPHENOL CONCENTRATIONS IN THE
SEDIMENTS IN THE FIRE POND RANGED FROM 62.5 TO 5,040,
AND IN THE MEDLIN POND WERE NONDETECT. FOR DIOXINS IN
THE FIRE POND IT WAS 0.04 TO 0.49, AND IN THE MEDLIN
POND IT WAS 0.54 TO 1.01.
THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM ON THE EASTERN AND
WESTERN AREAS OF THE SITE WERE ALSO CHARACTERIZED BY
SAMPLES COLLECTED FOR SURFACE WATER AND SEDIMENT, AND IF
YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS THE EASTERN DITCH THAT FLOWS ONTO
THE SITE, OR FLOWS FROM THE SITE, AND THIS IS THE
WESTERN DITCH. THE WESTERN DITCH JOINS THE POND
CONFLUENCE DOWNSTREAM FROM THE MEDLIN POND.
MY MAP SAYS TO. TURN TO THE CURRENT PHOTO,
BUT UNLESS IT BECOMES OBVIOUS, COULD YOU REFER TO THE
SITE MAP.
EACH MEDIA AT THE SITE --THE GROUNDWATER,
THE SURFACE WATER, THE SOILS --MUST BE LOOKED AT
SEPARATELY FOR CLEANUP. THE TECHNOLOGY FOR-CLEANUP IN
THE GROUNDWATER MAY BE VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE
TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE TO USE FOR SOILS, AND,
CERTAINLY, FOR THIS SITE THAT IS TRUE. THE SOURCES OF
CONTAMINATION MAY BE DIFFERENT THEMSELVES, SO, AGAIN, IT
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CAUSES REASONS TO HAVE TO LOOK AT EACH MEDIA
DIFFERENTLY.
THE MEDIA OF CONCERN IN THE RESPECTIVE AREAS
OF THE KOPPERS SITE ARE, NUMBER ONE, THE SOILS IN THE
LAGOON AND THE PROCESS AREAS; NUMBER TWO, THE
GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; AND, NUMBER THREE, THE FIRE
POND, BOTH SURFACE WATER AND SEDIMENTS, AND MEDLIN POND,
BOTH SURFACE WATER AND SEDIMENTS.
FOR THE GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION THE EPA
SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT HAS A MAXIMUM CONCENTRATION AND
LIMIT OF 1 PPB FOR PENTACHLOROPHENOL. THAT MEANS THAT
WHEREVER PENTACHLOROPHENOL EXISTS IN THE GROUNDWATER
ABOVE 1 PPB, THE GROUNDWATER MUST BE CLEANED UP.
FOR DIOXIN THE CLEANUP NUMBER IS 0.05 PPT.
THIS IS EQUIVALENT TO EPA'S PROPOSED MAXIMUM
CONCENTRATION LIMIT. NORTH CAROLINA HAS A STANDARD,
ALSO, BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY AT THE PRACTICAL
QUANTIFICATION LIMIT OF WHAT WE CAN REALLY ACTUALLY
MEASURE.
SO THAT'S OUR CLEANUP STANDARD: WHATEVER WE
CAN PRACTICALLY MEASURE. THERE MAY BE A LOWER NUMBER
THAT'S CALLED A "METHOD DETECTION LIMIT," BUT THIS IS A
LEVEL AT WHICH WE CAN GET TO THAT WE CAN FEEL CONFIDENT
IN THE REPRODUCIBILITY OF THE RESULTS. SO THIS IS AN
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EXTREMELY LOW LEVEL, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE VERY
EDGE OF TECHNOLOGY'S CAPABILITY IN MEASURING DIOXINS IN
GROUNDWATER FOR 2-CHLOROPHENOL, WHICH IS NOT CONSIDERED
ONE OF THE MAJOR CONTAMINANTS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A
PROMULGATED STANDARD BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IT
IDENTIFIED AS A SITE CLEANUP NUMBER.
NOW THIS PLUME IS BASED ON THE RI DATA, ON
THE MONITORING WELL DATA, THAT WAS GENERATED DURING THE
REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION, AND IT DEMONSTRATES WHERE WE
KNOW DEFINITELY THAT UNACCEPTABLE LEVELS OF
PENTACHLOROPHENOL EXIST IN THE GROUNDWATER; THAT IS,
LEVELS ABOVE l PPB.
I HAVE MISPLACED AN OVERHEAD. I DID HAVE
ONE ALSO FOR THE DIOXIN CONTAMINATION --WHERE IT'S
KNOWN.
THIS PLUME DOES NOT INCLUDE THE PRIVATE WELL
DATA. THERE WERE SOME LOCATIONS, LET ME QUOTE IT, WHERE
PRIVATE WELL DATA HISTORICALLY, AND IT'S BEEN QUITE A
WHILE --IF NOT TWO YEARS, PLUS TWO --SINCE WE HAVE
SEEN CONTAMINATION IN THE PRIVATE WELLS THAT EXCEEDED 1
PPB, THE CLEANUP STANDARD. THE LOCATIONS THAT WE DID
SEE --THE SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH, WHICH IS LOCATED RIGHT
HERE. I'M NOT SURE IF I CAN SEE SH TO DELINEATE. THE
COPYING IS NOT EXACTLY THE BEST. I BELIEVE RIGHT HERE,
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AND THEN WE SAW IT RIGHT HERE IN THE PRIVATE WELLS. THE
GROUNDWATER PLUME WAS SHOWN IN MONITORING WELLS TO
CONTINUE UP HERE.AT A CONCENTRATION ABOVE OUR CLEANUP
STANDARD.
SO THE DATA FOR THAT GROUNDWATER PLUME AGAIN
IS BASED ON THE REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION DATA. THERE'S
GOING TO BE A RE-SAMPLING OF ALL THE-GROUNDWATER WELLS
AT THE POINT AFTER WE MAKE --AFTER THE RECORD OF
DECISION IS WRITTEN WHEN WE GO INTO REMEDIAL DESIGN
STAGE. SEVERAL OF THE PRIVATE WELLS THAT DID EXCEED THE
STANDARD WILL HAVE TO BE RE-SAMPLED.
SOME OF THOSE WELLS NO LONGER EXIST, OR
THERE IS NO LONGER A PUMP AVAILABLE, AND WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO EITHER PROVIDE A PUMP OR DIG A NEW WELL OR
WHATEVER. BUT IF THERE IS INCONSISTENCY IN WHERE WE
BELIEVE THE PLUME IS, OR THAT CONCENTRATION IS ABOVE
1 PPB, THEN WE MAY HAVE TO INSTALL NEW MONITORING WELLS.
I DO NEED TO SAY THAT THAT PROMULGATED
STANDARD OF 2-CHLOROPHENOL IS NOT EPA'S NUMBER. IT'S
THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA'S NUMBER, AND THAT'S WHY IT
IS BEING INCLUDED.
THOSE WERE THE CLEANUP STANDARDS FOR
GROUNDWATER, AND AGAIN THE RECORD OF DECISION MAY IN
FACT HAVE HAVE ADDITIONAL CLEANUP NUMBERS THAT ARE
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HEALTH-BASED NUMBERS FOR OTHER SITE CONTAMINANTS, BUT I
DO STRESS THAT THE MAIN CONTAMINANTS THAT WE ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT, AS FAR AS RISK IS CONCERNED, IS DIOXIN
AND PENTACHLOROPHENOL.
I'LL PUT THIS ONE BACK UP AGAIN. I SHOULD
READ FROM MY NOTES AND NOT SPEAK FROM MY HEAD SOMETIMES
BECAUSE I END UP REPEATING MYSELF. THIS OVERHEAD
FOCUSES IN ON AREA C, WHICH YOU'RE BECOMING VERY
FAMILIAR WITH, AND IT KIND OF CHOPS OFF PART OF THE SITE
FEATURES THAT I HOPE YOU CAN SEE WHERE THESE SAMPLING
POINTS ARE FOCUSED IN ON.
FOR SOILS THE AREA OF THE CELLON PROCESS
OPERATION AND THE LAGOON AREA POSES A RISK BOTH TO THE
GROUNDWATER IF LEFT IN PLACE AS WELL AS A POTENTIAL RISK
TO HUMAN HEALTH FROM A DIRECT CONTACT EXPOSURE. CLEANUP
NUMBERS FOR THE SOILS IN THIS AREA WERE CALCULATED BY
DETERMINING THE CONCENTRATIONS THAT WOULD NO LONGER
ALLOW THE CONTAMINATION TO ENTER INTO THE GROUNDWATER
THAT WOULD EXCEED OUR CLEANUP STANDARDS. THESE CLEANUP
STANDARDS FOR SOIL ARE 95 PPM FOR PENTACHLOROPHENOL AND
7 PPB FOR DIOXIN. THESE AREAS ARE THE AREAS THAT WERE
IDENTIFIED IN THE REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION AS REQUIRING
EXCAVATION.
EPA LOOKED AT THE VOLUMES THAT THE BEAZER
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REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION REPORT --WELL, ACTUALLY, IT WAS
PROBABLY MORE THE --WELL, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER
WHICH REPORT. WE LOOKED AT THE VOLUMES THAT BEAZER
ESTIMATED, AND EPA BEING THE CONSERVATIVE AGENCY THAT WE
ARE AND HAVING BEEN OUT AT A SITE AND HAVING
UNDERESTIMATED SOIL QUANTITIES IN THE PAST, WE DID OUR
OWN CALCULATIONS BASED ON SOME MODELING AND JUST TAKING
A LOOK AT THE AREA, AND WE IN FACT --LET ME PAUSE SO I
CAN LINE THESE UP. I'LL SHOW YOU THE MAIN AREAS THAT
BEAZER IDENTIFIED. IT'S FAIRLY CLEAR.
THESE ARE THE MAIN AREAS THAT DO SHOW THE
MAXIMUM, THE HIGHEST LEVELS, THE HOTTEST SPOTS OF
CONTAMINATION FOR SOILS, AND EPA LOOKED AT IT AND SAID,
WELL, OKAY, THIS IS ABOUT 1,000 CUBIC YARDS. BUT BASED
ON WHAT WE KNOW, WE'RE JUST GOING TO LOOK. WE ESTIMATED
THAT THE MAXIMUM EXTENT COULD BE 10,000 CUBIC YARDS, AND
THAT IS A PRETTY GOOD RANGE. BUT WHAT WE DID, BECAUSE
OF THAT RANGE, IS FOR SOME ADDITIONAL SOIL VOLUME
CALCULATIONS FOR COSTS WE LOOKED AT THE MIDPOINT, 5,000
CUBIC YARDS.
THE CONTAMINATION IN THE SURFACE WATER AND
ASSOCIATED SEDIMENTS OF THE FIRE POND AND THE MEDLIN
POND POSE A POTENTIAL ECOLOGICAL RISK THAT THE AGENCY
HAS DETERMINED TO BE UNACCEPTABLE. SPECIFIC CLEANUP
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LEVELS WILL NOT BE CALCULATED BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO
BE DOING ANY SOIL REMOVAL.
REMEDIAL TECHNOLOGY EVALUATIONS IS KIND OF
WHERE WE ARE WHEN WE FINISH A REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION.
WHEN WE'VE GOT ALL THE DATA, WE HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT
WHAT REMEDIAL TECHNOLOGY IS AVAILABLE. AND ONCE WE KNOW
WHAT THE CONTAMINATION IS AT THE SITE AND HOW FAR IT'S
MITIGATED, OUR NEXT STEP IS TO DETERMINE HOW TO CLEAN IT
UP, AND THE FEASIBILITY STUDY IDENTIFIES ALL THAT
TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN ADDRESS IT.
WE ALSO ENCOURAGE NEW TECHNOLOGY TO BE
LOOKED AT, INNOVATION. YOU KNOW, IF WHAT WE HAVE ISN'T
VERY GOOD, THEN THERE'S NO REASON WHY WE CAN'T LOOK AT
BETTER TECHNOLOGY. FOR THE KOPPERS SITE, WE DID
IDENTIFY CLEANUP TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE GROUNDWATER, SOIL,
AND SURFACE WATER. THE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE ALSO
CONSIDER NO ACTION, AND THIS IS BASICALLY BECAUSE WE
NEED TO ESTIMATE A BASELINE FOR COMPARISON.
THE NO ACTION ALTERNATIVE WAS CONSIDERED FOR
ALL THE MEDIA CONCERNED, AND, AGAIN, WE'VE GOT SOILS IN
THE CELLON PROCESS AREA, OR AREA C; WE'VE GOT THE
GROUNDWATER PLUME, AS WE KNOW IT, WHICH WILL BE FURTHER
EVALUATED; THE SURFACE WATER IN THE MEDLIN POND AND THE
FIRE POND FOR REMEDIATION.
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THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED FOR
THE SOIL --AND THIS IS, AGAIN, IDENTIFIED IN MUCH
GREATER DETAIL IN YOUR FACT SHEET, AND I'M NOT GOING TO
GO THROUGH EACH ONE. BUT THESE WERE THE ALTERNATIVES.
S2 WAS ELIMINATED RIGHT OFF THE BAT BECAUSE IT DIDN'T
ALLOW THE PROTECTION THAT WE NEEDED TO REALLY EVALUATE
IT TO CONSIDER IT. EACH ONE OF THESE WERE SCREENED.
AGAIN, IF YOU WOULD REFER TO YOUR FACT SHEET FOR MORE
SPECIFIC INFORMATION, I'M JUST GOING TO LOOK. I'M JUST
GOING TO GO QUICKLY THROUGH EACH OF THE MEDIA.
FOR GROUNDWATER ABOUT THE ONLY THING WE HAVE
AVAILABLE TO US FOR GROUNDWATER IS TO PUMP IT OUT AND
TREAT IT, AND THE TREATMENT CHANGES AS TO HOW YOU
ACTUALLY TREAT IT. SO HERE ARE THE THREE TREATMENT
OPTIONS THAT WE TOOK A LOOK AT. I'VE GOT TOO MANY
PIECES OF PAPER UP HERE.
FOR SURFACE WATER REMEDIATION --THE ONLY
·REAL CHANGE IN THIS ONE, THE TREATMENT'S THE SAME, BUT
WHETHER OR NOT TO KEEP THE POND AND TO MAKE A LINING AND
TO KEEP THE POND AND NOT ACTUALLY DESTROY THE POND.
AGAIN, IF YOU WOULD, REFER TO YOUR FACT
SHEETS. WE'RE GOING THROUGH IT. THE CRITERIA THAT EPA
USES ALWAYS IS WHAT IS KNOWN TO US AS THE "9 POINT
CRITERIA," AND WE MUST USE THAT CRITERIA TO SELECT WHAT
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WE CALL OUR "PREFERRED REMEDY." THE FIRST TWO ARE
CALLED THE "THRESHOLD CRITERIA," AND WE ARE REQUIRED TO
TAKE A LOOK AND EVALUATE THE REMEDIES, THE POTENTIAL
TECHNOLOGIES.
OVERALL PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE
ENVIRONMENT IS, OBVIOUSLY, A PRIORITY THAT WE HAVE, AND
THEN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AND FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS.
IN ADDITION TO THE THRESHOLD CRITERIA, WE
ALSO HAVE WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE "EVALUATING CRITERIA."
THE THRESHOLDS ARE PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY. I'M NOT
GOING TO GO INTO ANY EXPLANATION UNLESS YOU JUST --IF
YOU WANT ME TO, I CERTAINLY CAN.
COST IS ONE THAT PEOPLE A LOT OF TIMES
REALLY DON'T APPRECIATE. THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND. BUT WE
ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO CONSIDER THE COST OF A REMEDY.
IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE A REMEDY IS JUST THE MOST WONDERFUL
THING IN THE WORLD; BUT BECAUSE THE FUND FOR THESE
SITES, THAT COMES OUT OF THE TAXES, THE SUPERFUND, WE
CAN'T JUST SPEND WHATEVER LOOKS THE BEST. IF ITS COST
FAR EXCEEDS THE OPTIONS, WE DO HAVE TO KEEP IT IN
CONSIDERATION. LIKEWISE, WE CAN'T FORCE A COMPANY
THAT'S PAYING FOR A REMEDY TO PAY FOR THE MOST EXPENSIVE '
ONE JUST BECAUSE WE THINK IT'S THE BEST. IT IS A
CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE TO WEIGH VERY CAREFULLY.
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"IMPLEMENTABILITY" --HOW EASY CAN YOU
IMPLEMENT SOMETHING? HOW EASY CAN IT BE TO PUT INTO
PLACE? CAN IT BE PUT INTO PLACE? THERE ARE A LOT OF
TECHNOLOGIES THAT MAY EVEN BE GOOD IDEAS AND WORK VERY
WELL IN THE LABORATORY, BUT IF THEY CAN'T BE IMPLEMENTED
IN REAL WORLD FIELD CONDITIONS, THEN, WELL, THAT'S
CRITERIA THAT ELIMINATES THAT TECHNOLOGY.
"SHORT-TERM EFFECTIVENESS" --I HOPE I'M
GOING IN THE SAME ORDER. HOW EASY IS IT TO GET INTO THE
SITE AND ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THAT REMEDY? HOW EASY IS IT
TO GET IN --ARE TIME --ARE SERVICES/MATERIAL
AVAILABLE?
"LONG-TERM EFFECTIVENESS" IS PRETTY
IMPORTANT. WE WANT --IF WE'RE GOING TO GO IN AND SFEND
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, WE WANT IT TO LAST AND BE EFFECTIVE
FROM HERE ON IN, AND I THINK YOU UNDERSTAND THAT
CRITERIA, AND IT IS A CRITERIA THAT WE DID HAVE TO
CONSIDER BOTH SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM EFFECTIVENESS AT
THIS SITE PRETTY HEAVILY.
"REDUCTION OF MOBILITY, TOXICITY, AND
VOLUME" --THE EPA IS UNDER A MANDATE TO TRY TO REDUCE
THE MOBILITY, THE TOXICITY, AND THE VOLUME OF WASTE.
AGAIN, PLEASE READ THE DESCRIPTIONS IN THE FACT SHEET
FOR EACH OF THESE CRITERIA. THAT'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE
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BIT MORE INFORMATION, AND THEY ALSO --IF YOU GO THROUGH
THE FACT SHEET, THERE'S A SECTION WHERE IT LOOKS AT EACH
REMEDIAL ALTERNATIVE AND GIVES YOU A VERY QUICK BUT A
LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON HOW WE EVALUATE FOR EACH
ONE OF THE CRITERIA FOR ALL THREE OF THE MEDIA.
THE PROPOSED PLAN FACT SHEET, AGAIN,
PROVIDES THAT INFORMATION, BUT THE FEASIBILITY STUDY
PROVIDES INFORMATION IN EVEN GREATER DETAIL. SO,
PLEASE, AGAIN IF YOU WOULD TAKE THE TIME TO VISIT THE
ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD AT THE CARY BRANCH LIBRARY,
THERE'S A LOT MORE INFORMATION AND A LOT MORE DETAIL.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF LITERATURE OVER HERE, TOO, THAT I
HOPE YOU TAKE THE TIME TO TAKE AND READ.
BASED ON THE DETAILED ANALYSIS THAT WE'VF
DONE ON FEASIBLE CLEANUP ALTERNATIVES, AND AGAIN USING
THIS CRITERIA THAT I'VE DESCRIBED, WE'VE COME UP WITH
THE FOLLOWING MULTI-COMPONENT --OH, I'M SORRY. I
MISSED TWO CRITERIA. I APOLOGIZE. THERE ARE NINE.
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I'VE GONE THROUGH SEVEN, AND THESE ARE IMPORTANT.
THESE ARE KNOWN AS THE "MODIFYING
CRITERIA" --"STATE ACCEPTANCE" AND "COMMUNITY
ACCEPTANCE" --AND WE SEEK CONCURRENCE FROM THE STATE OF
NORTH CAROLINA ON THIS REMEDY SELECTION. AND, AGAIN,
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD THAT WE'RE HOLDING RIGHT NOW
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WILL OFFER US A RECORD OF THE COMMUNITY.
WHETHER THEY ACCEPT IT OR NOT, WE ARE
REQUIRED THAT EVERY COMMENT MADE TO US, BOTH DURING THIS
PUBLIC MEETING AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD, WE MUST RESPOND TO THOSE COMMENTS. A
RESPONSIVENESS SUMMARY IS PART OF THE RECORD OF DECISION
AND WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD.
NOW THIS OVERHEAD IS BUSY. IT'S GOT A LOT
ON IT, AND I APOLOGIZE. BUT, ESSENTIALLY, WHAT THIS
OVERHEAD SHOWS IS OUR PREFERRED REMEDY. THE FACT SHEET
PAGE THAT SHOWS THIS IS MUCH BETTER EXCEPT THAT THOSE OF
YOU THAT GOT YOUR FACT SHEET IN THE MAIL, THE
GROUNDWATER IS NOT "S4." IT'S GW4, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR
THAT ERROR.
FOR SOILS WE HAVE SELECTED SOIL EXCAVATION
WITH OFF-SITE INCINERATION. THERE IS A FACILITY THAT IS
NOT LOCATED IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA THAT IS
PERMITTED TO TAKE THESE SOILS. THE SOILS WOULD BE
TRANSPORTED, AGAIN, TO THIS FACILITY WHICH IS A
PERMITTED PERMANENT FACILITY. IT RUNS ALL THE TIME.
THE EXCAVATED AREAS WOULD BE BACKFILLED WITH CLEAN SOIL,
GRADED, AND REVEGETATED. THE AREA OF EXCAVATION IS
AGAIN LOCATED IN AREA C.
FOR GROUNDWATER WE HAVE SELECTED GROUNDWATER
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EXTRACTION, ABOVEGROUND PRETREATMENT BY CARBON
ADSORPTION, FOLLOWED BY SURFACE WATER DISCHARGE. THE
CONTAMINATED WATER WOULD BE PUMPED OUT OF THE AQUIFER
AND TREATED ON-SITE FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE CONTAMINANTS
BY CARBON ADSORPTION. THE TREATED GROUNDWATER WOULD BE
DISCHARGED INTO THE SURFACE WATER AND WOULD BE MONITORED
TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE NATIONAL POLLUTION
DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS.
FOR SURFACE WATER THE SURFACE WATER
POND --THE SURFACE WATER IN THE PONDS --WOULD BE
DEWATERED. WE WOULD PUMP THE WATER OUT. THERE WOULD BE
SURFACE WATER TREATMENT, SURFACE WATER DISCHARGE, AND
BACKFILLING OF THE PONDS WITH CLEAN SOIL FOR BOTH PONDS.
THE CONTAMINATED SURFACE WATER WOULD BE
PUMPED OUT AND TREATED ALSO BY CARBON ADSORPTION. THE
TREATED WATER WOULD BE DISCHARGED INTO THE SURFACE WATER
AND WOULD BE MONITORED TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE ALSO WITH
THE NATIONAL POLLUTION DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM.
THE PONDS WOULD BE FILLED IN WITH CLEAN
SOIL, AND FINAL REGRADING AND REVEGETATION WOULD BE
CONDUCTED. SOME WETLANDS CONSTRUCTION WOULD ALSO BE
CONDUCTED UNDER THE ALTERNATIVE.
BASED ON WHAT WE SAW LAST NIGHT WITH THE
RAINFALL, WE HAVE TO DO SOME DRAINAGE CONTROL ALSO TO
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ENSURE THAT THE AREAS DON'T FLOOD OUT, BUT THAT'S JUST
PART OF THE DESIGN.
THE COSTS ARE ALSO IDENTIFIED IN YOUR FACT
SHEET, BUT, AGAIN, I TOLD YOU ABOUT THE SOIL VOLUME
RECALCULATION THAT WE DID OURSELVES. AND THE TWO,
ON-SITE AND OFF-SITE, GO FROM $11 MILLION FOR ON-SITE
(SIC) INCINERATION FOR THE 5,000, AND I'LL QUALIFY HOW
WE CAME UPON THOSE COSTS. IT'S APPROXIMATELY $15
MILLION FOR OFF---ON-SITE (SIC) INCINERATION.
EPA USED OUR OVERSIGHT CONTRACTOR TO JUST
COME UP WITH THOSE CALCULATIONS, SO THOSE CALCULATIONS
ARE ESTIMATIONS BECAUSE EPA SAID, WELL, WHAT IF THE
VOLUME WAS GREATER? AND I JUST WANT TO AFFORD YOU THE
OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW THAT THOSE COSTS WOULD BE GREATER.
ASSUMING THE COST AT THE MIDPOINT OF 5,000 CUBIC YARDS,
IT'S APPROXIMATELY A $17 MILLION REMEDY, AGAIN, ASSUMING
THE 5,000 CUBIC YARDS, WHICH BEAZER DOES DISAGREE WITH.
THEIR PRESENTATION ORIGINALLY HAS BEEN AT 1,000 CUBIC
YARDS.
BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY $11
MILLION FOR THE SOIL EXCAVATION/INCINERATION,
APPROXIMATELY $4 MILLION FOR THE GROUNDWATER, AND
APPROXIMATELY $2 MILLION FOR THE SURFACE WATER.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS VERY IMPORTANT.
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AGAIN, IT HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 17TH, AND
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SHUT UP AND LET YOU NOW HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK US QUESTIONS.
THESE COMMENTS WILL BE RECORDED TONIGHT, AND
AGAIN THERE IS A 1-800 NUMBER. PLEASE CALL US. THAT'S
A FREE PHONE CALL. WE DO WANT TO KNOW YOUR CONCERNS.
WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE TO OFFER AS FAR AS YOUR
FEELINGS, YOUR OPINIONS. IT IS IMPORTANT, AND I
APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING TO MY LONG-WINDED SPEECH. I DO
UNDERSTAND THAT IT GETS TO BE LONG. THANK YOU.
MR. FEHN: WELL, WITH THAT I
WOULD LIKE TO BE SURE, I THINK, VERY SURE WE HAVE AT
LEAST ONE QUESTION IN THE CROWD.
MS. MEDLIN: I AM PEGGY MEDLIN I
LIVE ACROSS FROM THE SITE, AND I WAS GIVEN A LETTER BY
SOMEONE WHO COULD NOT BE HERE. AND WHILE EVERYBODY ELSE
IS GETTING THEIR THOUGHTS TOGETHER, THESE THOUGHTS ARE
HIS.
"I WAS VOTED IN MORRISVILLE ON NOVEMBER 1,
1991. ON NOVEMBER 8, 1991, I RECEIVED A TAX BILL FOR
$98 FOR SEVEN DAYS OF CITY LIFE. MY TAXES IS USUALLY
AROUND $200. THIS YEAR THEY TOTALLY DOUBLED AND A HALF.
NOW I OWE $500.
"MY WATER BILL RUNS $7.56 A MONTH. I NEVER
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USE THE BASE, MINIMUM AMOUNT, SO I WOULD NOT HAVE JOINED
THE CITY FOR WATER. THE STREET LIGHT IS FAR AWAY, AS IT
IS USELESS FOR ME TO USE.
"I WOULD LIKE MY TAXES PAID FOR MY HOME
ISN'T WORTH MAKING PAYMENTS AND TAXES. THIS WATER IS
RIGHT EXPENSIVE. I PAY BILLS BY MYSELF. I WOULD
APPRECIATE SOME HELP. I DO APPRECIATE THE GARBAGE
PICKUP."
AND I'D LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE FREE WATER
THAT BEAZER HAD INSTALLED FOR US. EVERYBODY KNOWS
BEAZER PAID FOR ALL EXPENSES. WE ANNEXED ON NOVEMBER AT
THE LAST MEETING IN 1990. WHEN WE RECEIVED OUR TAX BILL
IN 1991, IN JULY, WE HAVE SOME OVER $600 OF CITY TAXES.
TWO WEEKS LATER I RECEIVED ANOTHER BILL FOR $285.84, AND
I PONDER WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE CURRENT.
AND I SAID, WELL, I CERTAINLY THOUGHT CITY
TAXES WAS IN THE OTHER BILL. COME TO FIND OUT, FROM THE
LAST WEEK IN NOVEMBER UNTIL THE FIRST OF JANUARY, WE . '
PAID $285.84 TO THE CITY OF MORRISVILLE FOR CITY TAXES,
AND WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY WATER UNTIL THE FOLLOWING
MONTH IN JANUARY.
THIS PAST BILL THAT WE RECEIVED WAS $733.19.
A LONG STORY SHORT --NINETEEN MONTHS OF FREE WATER HAS
CAUSED TAXES OF $1,629.03, AND THEN WE PAY OUR WATER
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BILL JUST LIKE YOU DO, EVERY MONTH. WE THINK THE WHOLE
COMMUNITY HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT THE MEDLINS HAS.
I AM SPEAKING FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT WE
THINK THAT BEAZER SHOULD HELP PAY SOME OF THESE CITY
TAXES IF WE ARE HAVING TO PAY FOR THIS VOLUNTEER/FORCED
ANNEXATION.
MR. FEHN: OKAY, WE'VE GOTTEN
YOUR COMMENT DOWN ON THE RECORD, AND I THINK IT'S FAIR
TO SAY THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY OF TH.E
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS NO STANDING IN THE MATTER, SO
WE'LL CERTAINLY BRING IT TO BEAZER'S ATTENTION. SO
YOU'RE ASKING THEM TO DO THAT?
MS. MEDLIN:
MEDLINS, WE'RE ASKING FOR THE --
MR. FEHN:
MS. MEDLIN:
NOT ONLY FOR THE
THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY?
I THINK YOU SAID IT
WAS EIGHTY HOUSEHOLDS THAT HAD ANNEXED AND HAD --NOW
HAVE CITY WATER.
MR. FEHN: I UNDERSTAND YOUR
FRUSTRATION. IT'S DULY NOTED.
ANYONE ELSE? MA'AM?
MS. GILES: I'M DORIS GILES, AND
I WOULD LIKE YOU TO GO INTO MORE DETAIL, AS YOU DID WITH
us LAST NIGHT, WHY INCINERATION rs A BETTER METHOD THAN
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DECHLORINATION.
MS. BENOY: DECHLORINATION IS A
PROCESS --OKAY, MS. GILES ASKED IF I WOULD GO INTO A
LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AS TO WHY INCINERATION IS A
BETTER SELECTION, A BETTER TECHNOLOGY, THAN
DECHLORINATION.
ONE OF THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE HAD
IDENTIFIED AND EVALUATED WAS DECHLORINATION, AND
DECHLORINATION --THE THEORY BEHIND IT IS THAT YOU PULL
OFF THE CHLORINE ATOMS FROM THE MOLECULES, AND THEY ARE
THE ATOMS THAT CREATE GREATER TOXICITY BASED ON THE
PROCESS, AND IT CAN BE DONE WITHOUT THERMAL TREATMENT.
BUT IT DETOXIFIES THE PENTACHLOROPHENOL. IT
IS VERY EFFECTIVE FOR PENTACHLOROPHENOL, BUT IT IS NOT
KNOWN TO BE EFFECTIVE FOR DIOXINS. AGAIN, I.ALLUDED TO
THE FACT THAT EFFECTIVENESS WAS AN IMPORTANT CRITERIA
FOR US. EPA IS CONTINUING THE RESEARCH ON THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PARTICULAR PROCESS.
THERE ARE TWO DECHLORINATION PROCESSES THAT
I KNOW OF. ONE IS CALLED APEG, AND ONE IS KPEG. THEY
ARE VERY SIMILAR, AND WE HAD HOPED WE WORKED WITH OUR
OFFICE OF RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT. WE HAD HOPED THAT IT
WOULD BE A BETTER TECHNOLOGY TO TAKE A LOOK AT USING FOR
THE KOPPERS SITE, BUT, AGAIN, WE DID NOT SEE THE
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EFFECTIVENESS FOR THE DIOXINS, AND, AGAIN, THEY ARE MAIN
CONTAMINANTS AT THE SITE.
MS. MAYO: MY NAME IS
NATHANETTE MAYO. I'M COORDINATOR FOR SHILOH VOTERS FOR
COMMUNITY CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT.
WE TALKED SOME LAST NIGHT, AND I WANTED
TO --WE DIDN'T GET INTO A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT,
BUT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, TOO, IS MORE CONCERNED
WITH NOT ONLY DO WE WANT A COMPLETE CLEANUP, BUT WE'RE_
CONCERNED ABOUT THE OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT ARE GOING TO
BE INVOLVED OUTSIDE OF SHILOH --WHEREVER THIS SOIL IS
TAKEN TO TO BE INCINERATED. WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
EFFECTS ON THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THE INCINERATION IS
DONE, THE SAFETY OF THE PLANTS THERE, THE INPUT FROM THE
COMMUNITIES THERE.
WE'RE ALSO STILL CONCERNED ABOUT THE OTHER
COMMUNITIES WHERE KOPPERS HAS PLANTS THAT CONTINUE TO
TREAT WOOD WITH THE SAME PROCESS THAT THEY USED HERE. . ,
WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE EFFECTS ON THE COMMUNITIES
THERE. AS I SAID BEFORE AND AS WE HAVE ALWAYS SAID, WE
DO WANT A COMPLETE CLEANUP, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO BE
ASSURED THAT OTHER COMMUNITIES AREN'T AFFECTED LIKE WE
ARE AND PUT INTO THE SAME SITUATION. WE DON'T WANT TO
TAKE OUR PROBLEM AND THROW IT ON SOMEBODY ELSE'S CASE.
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SO IF YOU CAN, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS FACILITY
AND WHAT EXACTLY TAKES PLACE, YOU KNOW, IN SHIPPING
SOILS AND HOW THAT PROCESS WOULD HAPPEN.
MS. BENOY: THE LAST QUESTION,
LET ME MAKE SURE THAT I DO REITERATE EVERYTHING THAT
YOU'D LIKE ME TO SAY BECAUSE I THINK THERE ARE MORE THAN
WHAT I CAUGHT THAT YOU WANT ME TO RESPOND TO. BUT,
SPECIFICALLY, YOU WANT TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
THE FACILITY THAT I TALKED ABOUT AND HOW THE TRANSPORT
OF THE SOILS WOULD OCCUR; IS THAT CORRECT?
AND I DO THINK YOU ASKED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY
AND WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AT THAT FACILITY,
NEAR IT AND AROUND IT?
MS. MAYO: THE SAFETY RECORD.
DO WE HAVE ANY --THE WHOLE PROCESS. BUT WHAT'S
ENTAILED FROM WHEN YOU WANT TO PICK IT UP HERE AND TAKE
IT AND HOW IT'S DEALT WITH, THE WHOLE PROCESS, AND THE
OUTCOME OF THAT? WHAT HAPPENS TO THE SOIL AFTER IT'S
INCINERATED? WHERE IT GOES. THE WHOLE PROCESS.
MS. BENOY: SOME OF THAT
INFORMATION WILL ALSO SUPPLEMENT SOME OF OUR LITERATURE
AND SOME OF OUR DATA. THE FACILITY THAT WE HAVE
IDENTIFIED THAT IS PERMITTED IS LOCATED IN COFFEYVILLE,
KANSAS, AND IT'S THE APCD FACILITY. IT IS PERMITTED TO
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TAKE DIOXIN-CONTAMINATED SOILS.
IN THE FEASIBILITY STUDY WE HAVE IDENTIFIED
REMOVING OR TRANSPORTING THE SOILS IN TRACTOR-TRAILER
TRUCKS. EPA HAS ASKED THAT BEAZER ALSO EVALUATE HOW
FEASIBLE IT WOULD BE TO DO IT BY RAILCAR. WE HAVE A
RAILROAD SPUR THAT COMES TO AREA C, AND SO IT WOULD BE
POTENTIALLY CHEAPER TO HAVE A RAILCAR BE USED INSTEAD OF
TRUCKS.
BASICALLY, YOU GET IN WITH A BACKHOE OR
EARTHMOVING EQUIPMENT, AND YOU DIG OUT SOIL AND PUT
IT --ASSUMING WE USE A TRUCK OR A TRAIN, YOU LOAD IT
INTO EITHER ONE OF THOSE, AND THEN YOU LITERALLY SHIP
IT. IT'S TRANSPORTED TO THAT FACILITY.
AGAIN, TO ENSURE THAT THE CLEANUP IS DONE
COMPLETELY, WE IDENTIFY THE CLEANUP NUMBERS FOR
PENTACHLOROPHENOL AND FOR DIOXIN IN SOILS. THERE WILL
BE ANALYTICAL DATA THAT'S GENERATED. WE'LL HAVE TO
COLLECT SAMPLES, AND ANY LOCATION THAT THOSE SOILS
EXCEED THE 95 PPM FOR PENTACHLOROPHENOL OR THE 7 PPB FOR
DIOXIN, WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND DIG MORE. BUT
THAT CONFIRMATION SAMPLING WILL HAVE TO BE DONE. AGAIN,
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY EPA WENT AHEAD AND SAID,
WELL, LET'S ASSUME THAT THE VOLUME COULD BE GREATER.
THE FACILITY HAS TO HAVE A COMPLIANCE
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RECORD. THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS IDENTIFIED IN THE LAW AS
FAR AS WHAT THE STACK ITSELF MUST MEET. ON DIOXINS
THERE HAVE TO BE SCRUBBERS OR FILTERS OR MECHANISMS THAT
TAKE CONTAMINATION OUT OF THE EMISSIONS THAT COME OUT.
FOR DIOXINS THEY HAVE TO MEET 99.9999 PERCENT. IT'S
KNOWN AS THE 99.9999 RULE, AND THAT IS A REQUIREMENT
SPECIFIC FOR DIOXIN. AND THAT FACILITY WILL LOSE ITS
PERMIT IF IT CANNOT COMPLY WITH THAT, AND IT WILL NOT BE
ABLE TO BURN THESE WASTES.
I DON'T HAVE INFORMATION RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS
THE COMMUNITY AROUND THAT FACILITY, AND AS I TOLD YOU
LAST NIGHT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO MY BEST TO TRY TO FIND
SOME INFORMATION.
EACH REGION HAS A --EACH REGION FOR THE EPA
HAS A REGIONAL COORDINATOR THAT THEIR JOB IS TO KNOW
ABOUT PERMITS OF EACH OF THE FACILITIES, AND THAT PERSON
MAY NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHAT ARE THE ANSWERS TO THE
QUESTIONS YOU'RE ASKING NOW, BUT WE'LL THAT WILL BE
THE FIRST PERSON I CONTACT TO FIND OUT SOME MORE
INFORMATION.
HAVE I RESPONDED? AGAIN, I CAN SUPPLEMENT
SOME OF THE INFORMATION, BUT HAVE I RESPONDED TO IT?
MS. MEDLIN: YOU DIDN'T SAY WHAT
HAPPENS TO THE SOIL AFTER IT'S INCINERATED.
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MS. BENOY: THANK YOU.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE SOIL AFTER IT'S
INCINERATED? WHEN WE HAVE A SUBSTANCE THAT GOES TO AN
INCINERATOR, AFTER IT IS BURNED WE ASSUME THAT IT'S A
HAZARDOUS WASTE. BUT IT CAN BE DELISTED. WE DO
ANALYSES ON IT, AND IF THE LEVELS --WHICH WE ASSUME
THEY WILL BE BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THERMAL
TEMPERATURES OF 1400° FAHRENHEIT, 1800° FAHRENHEIT. BUT
WE DO RE-SAMPLE TO ENSURE THAT THE CONTAMINATION HAS
BEEN DELISTED --HAS BEEN REDUCED.
IF THERE IS STILL SOME CONTAMINATION THAT'S
UNACCEPTABLE, THEN THAT ASH HAS TO GO TO A PERMITTED
FACILITY, A LANDFILL. WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT THERE
WILL BE LEVELS LEFT BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
EXTREMELY LOW LEVELS IN THIS SOIL FOR DIOXIN. THE
PENTACHLOROPHENOL WILL BE DESTROYED IMMEDIATELY. WE
DON'T ANTICIPATE FINDING ANY PENTACHLOROPHENOL IN THE
SOIL AFTER IT'S BURNED.
ASSUMING THAT THE WASTE IS NOT --DOES
NOT --CONTINUE TO CONTAIN LEVELS OF DIOXINS, IT CAN GO
TO A REGULAR LANDFILL. IT WILL JUST BE DIRT.
MR. LAUGHINGHOUSE: THIS IS A QUESTION
ALSO DEALING WITH THE PROCESS.
MS. BENOY: CAN YOU GIVE YOUR
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NAME FOR THE COURT REPORTER?
MR. LAUGHINGHOUSE: YEAH, MY NAME IS
ANGAZA LAUGHINGHOUSE. I'M A MEMBER OF THE SHILOH VOTERS
FOR COMMUNITY CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT.
THESE ARE JUST TWO QUESTIONS ON THE PROCESS.
ONE DEALS WITH YOU SAID THAT THE CONTAMINANTS WILL NO
LONGER BE IN THE SOIL. THAT MEANS THEY'RE PROBABLY IN
THE AIR.
MS. BENOY: NO, SIR.
MR. LAUGHINGHOUSE:
MS. BENOY:
I'M JUST ASKING.
ALL RIGHT.
THE QUESTION IS, IF THE SOILS ARE BURNED,
AND THE CONTAMINANTS ARE NO LONGER IN THE AIR --OR IN
THE SOIL --
MR. LAUGHINGHOUSE: YES.
MS. BENOY: --EXCUSE ME --THEN
THEY MUST BE IN THE AIR. AND THAT'S NOT TRUE BECAUSE OF
THIS REQUIREMENT. I WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN ABOUT THE . ,
99.9999 RULE. WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF CONTAINING ALL
OF THE EMISSIONS --ALL THE AIR, ALL OF WHAT
VOLATILIZES --BURNED UP IN CARBON SCRUBBERS. THEY'RE
CONTAINED. AND THOSE CARBON COLUMNS, OR WHATEVER, THOSE
CONTAINERS OF CARBON MUST BE REGENERATED OR REPLACED,
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THEY CONTAIN IT. SO IT'S NOT LIKE A FILTER, BUT THERE'S
A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION IN THE STATUTE. BUT IT'S
A GOOD QUESTION.
FOR DIOXIN --FOR REGULAR ORGANICS WE HAVE
TO CLEAN THOSE EMISSIONS DOWN TO 99.9999 PERCENT, BUT
FOR DIOXIN BECAUSE OF ITS AFFINITY TO SOILS BECAUSE OF
ITS STRUCTURE, ITS TOXICITY, IT HAS TO BE CLEANED UP TO
99.9999, AND THAT IS ONLY FOR DIOXIN, AND IT IS AN
EXTREMELY RIGID STANDARD. BUT THAT'S A REQUIREMENT.
THAT'S A REQUIREMENT WHETHER WE HAVE THE INCINERATOR IN
KANSAS DO THE WORK OR THE INCINERATOR HERE ON-SITE DO
THE WORK.
MR. LAUGHINGHOUSE: SO THERE'S TWO
QUESTIONS
MR. FEHN: LET ME JUST ADD THE
PURPOSE OF THE INCINERATOR IS TO HEAT THE VOLATILES UP
SO HIGH THAT THEY COME APART, AND THE BONDS BREAK. SO
YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE DIOXIN LEFT. YOU'RE HEATING IT TO '
SUCH A LEVEL THAT YOU'RE GETTING CARBON, INDIVIDUAL
CARBONS, SO YOU'LL END UP WITH CARBON.
MR. LAUGHINGHOUSE:
MR. FEHN:
NOTHING HARMFUL?
NOTHING HARMFUL.
THEN WHAT'S LEFT IS, HOPEFULLY, HYDROCARBON, AND THEN
THAT'S ABSORBED BY THE FILTERS IN THE STACK. THE
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PURPOSE OF THE INCINERATOR IS TO HEAT THE MATERIAL TO
SUCH A TEMPERATURE THAT THE BONDS BREAK.
MS. BENOY: IT' S ACTUALLY
DESTROYED. THANK YOU.
MR. FEHN: WE'RE DESTROYING
WHATEVER IS HARMFUL AND TOXIC IN IT.
MR. LAUGHINGHOUSE: AND THE SECOND
QUESTION I SAID IS THE QUESTION GOING TO PROCESS. THE
OTHER ONE DEALS WITH WHO'LL DO THE DAY TO DAY MONITORING
OF THIS WHOLE PROCESS? I MEAN SO THAT IT'S PROPERLY
REMOVED. WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAY TO DAY
MONITORING?
MS. BENOY: ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT
ON-SITE, THE EXCAVATION, OR THE INCINERATOR?
MR. LAUGHINGHOUSE: FROM BEGINNING TO
END.
MS. BENOY: RIGHT. THE QUESTION
IS, WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAY TO DAY
MONITORING?
EPA IS THE LEAD AGENCY, AND WE ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUPERFUND SITES. WE DO HAVE A
POTENTIALLY RESPONSIBLE PARTY THAT HAS BEEN CONDUCTING
THE.WORK. THEY WILL BE DOING THE ACTUAL REMOVAL.
THEY'LL DO THE DESIGN, WHICH INCLUDES ALL THE
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ENGINEERING SPECS. IT IS JUST A BASIC WORK PLAN ON HOW
TO DO THE WORK. THEY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WORK.
THEY WILL DO THE SAMPLING. THEY WILL SEND IT TO
ANALYSES, TO THE LAB FOR ANALYSES.
BUT WE --AGAIN, THE AGENCY WILL HAVE
OVERSIGHT DONE AT THE SITE AT ALL TIMES. WE'LL HAVE A
CONTRACTOR THAT WE USE. THERE ARE PLANS THAT WASHINGTON
DO THE WORK. WE'LL DO SPLIT SAMPLING AGAIN TO ENSURE
THAT THEIR SAMPLING AND ANALYSES IS GOOD AND APPROPRIATE
AND RIGHT.
NONE OF THE ACTIVITIES ARE DONE WITHOUT
OVERSIGHT. THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA WILL BE INVOLVED
ALSO. AT THE FACILITY, IF IT IS TAKEN OFF-SITE, THAT
FACILITY IS A PERMANENT COMMERCIAL FACILITY, AND
THAT'S --ONCE THE SOILS DO GET TO THAT FACILITY, IT
BECOMES THEIR RESPONSIBILITY: BOTH MONITORING AND
COMPLYING WITH THEIR PERMIT. THEIR PERMIT IS VERY RIGID
ALSO: WHAT THEY MUST DO, HOW THEY MUST DO IT. SO THAT . '
BECOMES THEIR RESPONSIBILITY, AND IT'S NO LONGER A
SITE-RELATED RESPONSIBILITY.
THERE ARE HAZARDOUS WASTE MANIFEST RECORDS
THAT HAVE TO BE FILLED OUT FROM THE POINT OF LEAVING THE
SITE AND THE POINT OF ARRIVAL, AND THAT'S, AGAIN, A VERY
RIGID REQUIREMENT.
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MS. MAYO: YOU'RE SAYING THAT
BEAZER WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING THE SITE? YOU
KNOW, THE EXCAVATION AND THE TRANSPORT AND ALL, THE DAY
TO DAY ACTIVITIES.
MS. BENOY: THE QUESTION IS,
AGAIN, WHETHER I'M SAYING THAT BEAZER IS RESPONSIBLE.
BEAZER WILL BE CONDUCTING THE WORK. WE GO INTO
NEGOTIATIONS JUST LIKE WE DID FOR THE REMEDIAL
INVESTIGATION. WE WILL ASK THAT THEY DO THIS WORK.
THEY ARE THE POTENTIALLY RESPONSIBLE PARTY. SO, YES,
THEY WILL BE CONDUCTING WORK.
EPA DOES HAVE A VERY LARGE RESPONSIBILITY IN
OVERSEEING THAT WORK, SO WE WILL BE DOING SAMPLING. WE
WILL NOT HAVE AN OVERSIGHT CONTRACT AGAIN. ALL THEIR
PLANS, THEIR DOCUMENTS, THEIR SAMPLING, AS WELL AS
CONTROL OF THE DATA WILL BE REVIEWED AND WATCHED. WE
WILL WATCH THEM ACTUALLY COLLECT THE SAMPLES TO MAKE
SURE THEY ACTUALLY SAMPLE THEM CORRECTLY.
WE WILL, EPA AND/OR OUR EPA CONTRACTOR, WILL
ALSO COLLECT SAMPLES AT THE SAME TIME AT THE SAME
LOCATION AND RUN THE SAME ANALYSES TO ENSURE THAT
THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, AND THAT THE
CLEANUP IS COMPLETE.
THERE IS A VERY BIG PERSPECTIVE THAT PEOPLE
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HAVE --YOU KNOW, HOW COULD YOU LET A POTENTIALLY
RESPONSIBLE PARTY DO THIS WORK? IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE
FOX GUARDING THE HENHOUSE. WE ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO
ALLOW POTENTIALLY RESPONSIBLE PARTIES TO PUT UP THAT
UP-FRONT MONEY. WE WOULD PREFER, AS A GOVERNMENT
AGENCY, THAT THEY SPEND THE $11 MILLION RATHER THAN THE
AGENCY. WE ALL KNOW --AND THIS IS JUST A SIDE
ISSUE --THAT SOMETIMES GOVERNMENT AGENCIES SEEM TO TAKE
LONGER TO DO IT MORE EXPENSIVELY. AND WE WOULD GO BACK
FOR THE FUNDS FROM THEM. WE WOULD ATTEMPT TO --THANK
YOU RECOVER THOSE COST FUNDS FROM THE RESPONSIBLE
PARTY.
WE --GO AHEAD .
MR. FEHN: I WAS JUST GOING TO
SAY THAT I GUESS THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE REALIZE THAT IT'S
A HEAVY RESPONSIBILITY, AND WE'RE THERE, THE STATE IS
THERE, AND WE HAVE HIRED PEOPLE TO WATCH THEM IN WHAT
THEY DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THEY TAKE SAMPLES AND ' '
THEY DO WORK, THAT IT'S DONE CORRECTLY. WE WON'T JUST
LEAVE THEM OUT THERE TO DO IT ON THEIR OWN.
MR. LAUGHINGHOUSE: BUT IT SEEMS AS
THOUGH SOME OF THESE COMPANIES TAKE A LESS INEXPENSIVE
WAY TO DO THAT. THAT MAY NOT BE IN OUR BEST INTERESTS.
SO I GUESS THAT'S WHY ALL THESE QUESTIONS ARE BEING
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ASKED IN TERMS OF WHO WILL MONITOR, IF THEY MONITOR, TO
MAKE SURE THIS IS DONE PROPERLY AND TO OUR SATISFACTION.
MR. FEHN: I CAN UNDERSTAND YOUR
CONCERN. BELIEVE ME, WE SPLIT SAMPLES WITH THEM, AND WE
ANALYZE SAMPLES INDEPENDENTLY AND WATCH THEM, YOU KNOW,
WATCH THEM DO THE WORK. IT'S A GOOD POINT, BUT WE
APPROVE THE WORK. WE'RE THE ONE WHO'S SELECTING THE
TREATMENT ALTERNATIVE.
MR. LAUGHINGHOUSE: WHAT ROLE CAN WE PLAY
IN MONITORING THE PROCESS? IS THERE A ROLE TO MAKE SURE
IT'S TAKEN CARE OF?
MR. FEHN: WE WILL STILL
CONTINUE OUR COMMUNICATION WITH THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE
AS TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IN THE WORK-PLAN STAGE, lUID
THE TAG GROUP --THE TAG GRANT --WILL STILL BE IN
EFFECT.
MR. NICHOLSON: THE ACTUAL DESIGN
OF --
MS. BENOY: WOULD YOU GIVE YOUR
NAME, PLEASE?
MR. NICHOLSON: YES, MY NAME IS
BRUCE NICHOLSON WITH THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. I
WILL JUST REITERATE THAT THE ACTUAL DESIGN FOR THE
REMEDY WILL BE REVIEWED, IF POSSIBLE.
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MR. FEHN: OKAY, AND WE WILL BE
APPROVING THE DESIGN, AND THE STATE WILL BE APPROVING
THE DESIGN ..
WELL, IT'S A GOOD POINT. LET'S JUST GO
THROUGH THE PROCESS --WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NOW? AFTER
WE FINISH THIS RECORD OF DECISION, WE'LL BE ENTERING
INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH RESPONSIBLE PARTIES TO SEE IF WE
CAN GET AN AGREEMENT ON THEM DOING THE WORK.
IT BASICALLY COMES DOWN TO THEY EITHER AGREE
TO DO WHAT IS IN THIS RECORD OF DECISION OR NOT BECAUSE
WE'RE NOT GOING TO NEGOTIATE OVER WHAT'S GOING TO BE
DONE. WE'RE JUST GOING TO NEGOTIATE OVER THEY WANT TO
DO IT, OR THEY DO NOT WANT TO DO IT. WE ANTICIPATE
THEY'LL AGREE TO DO THE WORK AS WE SPECIFY IN THIS
RECORD OF DECISION.
AFTER THAT TIME WE'LL ENTER INTO A DESIGN
PERIOD. THEY'LL DO MORE SAMPLING AND DESIGN THE
PROJECT. THEY'LL SUBMIT THAT DESIGN TO US FOR APPROVAL,
AND WE'LL COME OUT AND TELL YOU ABOUT THAT DESIGN. THEN
AFTER THAT IS THE REMEDIAL ACTION PERIOD, AND WE WILL BE
WATCHING THAT REMEDIAL ACTION TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S
DONE ACCORDING TO THE DESIGN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAN.
SO WE'RE THERE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, AND WE
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UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE THOSE CONCERNS, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE
THERE. THAT'S OUR JOB IS TO BE THERE TO MAKE SURE IT
WORKS RIGHT.
MORE QUESTIONS?
MS. FINKBINER: MY NAME IS
JOAN FINKBINER. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. FIRST OF ALL,
WHAT IS THE DIRECTION OF THE GROUND FLOW, GROUNDWATER
FLOW, AT THE SITE?
MS. BENOY: THE PREDOMINATE FLOW,
WE HAVE TWO WHAT IS KNOWN AS "PREFERENTIAL DIRECTIONS,"
TO THE NORTHEAST AND TO THE NORTHWEST.
MS. FINKBINER: OKAY. HAS THE
VERTICAL EXTENT OF CONTAMINATION BEEN DEFINED?
MS. BENOY: WE DO BELIEVE THAT WE
HAVE --HAS THE VERTICAL EXTENT OF CONTAMINATION BEEN
DEFINED?
WE FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT THERE MUST BE
CONFIRMATION SAMPLING. I GUESS I CAN ANSWER IT IN THAT
MANNER. I'M NOT A HYDROGEOLOGIST, AND IT'S A GOOD
QUESTION. WE DIDN'T BRING A HYDROGEOLOGIST TONIGHT.
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MS. BENOY: ABSOLUTELY.
MS. FINKBINER: ASSESSING THE
EXTENT OF CONTAMINATION ON THE SITE?
MS. BENOY: ABSOLUTELY. THERE'S
ALSO BEEN A CHANGE IN THE AQUIFER MECHANICS IN THAT WE
HAVE A REDUCTION OF THE PRIVATE WELLS THAT HAVE BEEN
PULLING ON THE AQUIFER IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY WHICH
MAY AFFECT --WE MAY SEE A CHANGE IN THE ACTUAL
MECHANICS COr-'.'ING BACK TO EQUILIBRIUM. BUT THEREAGAIN,
THERE DOES HAVE TO BE RE-EVALUATION AND RE-SAMPLING. I
CAN'T SAY "YES" OR "NO." I WISH I COULD HAVE A
DEFINITIVE ANSWER. WE'RE NOT COMPLETELY CERTAIN ABOUT
THAT. THAT'S WHY IT'S GOT TO BE FURTHER ASSESSED.
MS. FINKBINER: HOW LONG DO YOU
EXPECT IT TO TAKE FOR THE FURTHER ASSESSMENT? HOW
LONG --WHEN DO YOU THINK THE FURTHER ASSESSMENT WILL BE
COMPLETED?
MS. BENOY: THE QUESTION IS, WHEN
DO WE THINK THE FURTHER ASSESSMENT WILL BE COMPLETED?
YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT THE SPECIFIC
GROUNDWATER RE-SAMPLING?
MS. FINKBINER: YES.
MS. BENOY: UNDER SUPERFUND WE GO
INTO NEGOTIATIONS, AND THE NEGOTIATIONS AND THE WORK
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PLAN TAKE UP A VERY LARGE PERIOD OF TIME. WE'RE HOPING
THAT BEAZER WILL BE WILLING TO DO THAT GROUNDWATER
RE-SAMPLING BEFORE WE GET TO THAT END OF THE
NEGOTIATIONS. WE HAVE NOT DISCUSSED THIS WITH BEAZER,
SO, SHANNON, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE COMING TO.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
MS. FINKBINER: WHEN DO YOU EXPECT
THE REMEDIATION SYSTEM TO BE FULLY DESIGNED, AND WHEN DO
YOU EXPECT IT TO BE OPERATIONAL?
MS. BENOY: THE QUESTION IS, WHEN
DO WE EXPECT THE REMEDIATION SYSTEM TO BE FULLY
DESIGNED, AND WHEN DO WE EXPECT IT TO BE --
MS. FINKBINER: OPERATIONAL?
MS. BENOY: --OPERATIONAL?
THANK YOU.
AGAIN, WE HAVE TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS
WITH THE POTENTIALLY RESPONSIBLE PARTY, BEAZER, AND
WE'RE REQUIRED BY LAW TO HAVE~ CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME.
IT'S CALLED THE "PERIOD OF MORATORIUM." WE EXPECT THE
DESIGN TO TAKE --WITH THE NEGOTIATION PERIOD TO BE
CONSIDERED, ALSO --APPROXIMATELY A YEAR TO SIXTEEN
MONTHS. SIXTEEN MONTHS. THAT'S FOR THE DESIGN TO BE
COMPLETED. FOR IT TO BE OPERATIONAL, WE WOULD HOPE THAT
A YEAR AFTER THAT IT WOULD BE UP AND RUNNING.
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MS. FINKBINER: CONSIDERING THE
HYDRAULIC RATING AT THE SITE, WHERE DO YOU THINK THE
PLUME IS GOING TO BE IN TWO AND A HALF YEARS?
MS. BENOY: THE QUESTION IS,
CONSIDERING THE HYDRAULIC RATING OF THE PLUME, --
MS. FINKBINER: YES.
MS. BENOY: --WHERE DO WE EXPECT
THAT PLUME TO BE IN TWO AND A HALF YEARS?
THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT. WE DON'T WANT
FURTHER MIGRATION TO OCCUR. YOU DO NEED TO KNOW THAT
THE PUMP WELL IS ALREADY INSTALLED; THAT IT IS THERE.
SO THAT IS ALSO AN AREA THAT WE ARE GOING TO APPROACH
BEAZER ON, YOU KNOW, HOW QUICKLY CAN WE GO AHEAD AND GET
THE GROUNDWATER REMEDIATION UP AND RUNNING. AGAIN,
THERE IS NO DEFINITE PLAN IN PLACE THAT SAYS, YES, WE'RE
GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START PUMPING TOMORROW.
WE DO --WE ARE OBLIGATED TO ENTER INTO SOME
SORT OF A NEGOTIATION TO OPEN THAT DISCUSSION AND PUT IT . '
ON THE TABLE WITH BEAZER.
MS. FINKBINER: DO YOU EXPECT TO ONLY
USE ONE RECOVERY WELL ON THE SITE? DO YOU FEEL THAT
THAT'S GOING TO REMEDIATE THE FULL BRUNT OF THE WATER
CONTAMINATION PLUME?
MS. BENOY: THE QUESTION IS
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WHETHER OR NOT WE BELIEVE THAT THE ONE EXTRACTION WELL
WILL BE ADEQUATE.
I DON'T KNOW. WE CERTAINLY HAVE
CREATED --WE HAVE PUT A DESIGN, A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN,
INTO PLACE, I SUPPOSE, WITH THE ONE EXTRACTION WELL, AND
IT'S BASED ON THIS PLUME THAT WE'VE SEEN. OBVIOUSLY, IF
THE PLUME IS GREATER, WE MAY HAVE TO PUT IN ADDITIONAL
PUMP WELLS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW THAT
EXTRACTION WELL WORKS. WE'LL HAVE TO WATCH THE DRAWDOWN
OF THE AQUIFER. WE'LL HAVE TO MONITOR IT AND DO THE
ANALYSES TO SEE IF THAT IS ADEQUATE.
MS. FINKBINER: I THINK YOU ALREADY
DID A PUMP TEST.
MS. BENOY: A PUMP TEST HAS BEEN
DONE, AND THAT ONE EXTRACTION WELL AT THIS POINT IN TIME
IS BASED ON THE REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION. THE REMEDIAL
INVESTIGATION --OBVIOUSLY, IT'S FOCUS IS THE
CONTAMINATION, WHAT THE CONTAMINATION IS, AND HOW FAR
IT'S GONE.
THE REMEDIAL DESIGN WILL GET INTO MORE OF
THE ENGINEERING AND ENSURING THAT THAT EXTRACTION WELL
WILL BE ADEQUATE. IF IT'S NOT, THEN WE'LL PUT IN MORE
BECAUSE WE ARE REQUIRED TO CLEAN THROUGHOUT THE AQUIFER,
THROUGHOUT THE PLUME.
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MS. FINKBINER: ONE LAST QUESTION.
MS. BENOY: YES.
MS. FINKBINER: YOU WILL NOT BE
REMOVING THE POND SEDIMENTS? ONCE THE POND, POND OR
PONDS, ARE DEWATERED, YOU WILL NOT BE REMOVING THOSE
SEDIMENTS FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE PONDS?
MS. BENOY: THE QUESTION IS, WILL
WE BE LEAVING THE SEDIMENTS IN PLACE IN THE TWO PONDS,
AND THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS "YES." WE DO NOT SEE
A HUMAN HEALTH RISK POSED BY THOSE SEDIMENTS. WHAT WE
SEE AS THE RISK POSED BY THOSE SEDIMENTS IS A POTENTIAL
FOR ECOLOGICAL RISK THAT WE BELIEVE NEEDS TO BE
ELIMINATED, AND THE WAY THAT WE ARE --BECAUSE WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT SMALL ECOLOGICAL --WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
SMALL ORGANISMS.
THE WAY WE'RE DEALING WITH THE SEDIMENTS,
BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE VERY SMALL LEVELS, IS TO FILL IT IN
WITH BACKFILL. WHAT THAT DOES IS IT MAKES BY
REMOVING THE OXYGEN, IT MAKES IT BIOLOGICALLY
UNAVAILABLE. YOU DON'T HAVE THE AEROBIC CONDITIONS THAT
WOULD ENCOURAGE THE ORGANISMS IN THAT MEDIA AND MAKE
THAT THEN BECOME BIOLOGICALLY AVAILABLE. SO THE ANSWER
TO YOUR QUESTION THEN IS "NO." WE DO NOT HAVE PLANS TO
REMOVE THE SEDIMENTS FROM EITHER POND.
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MS. FINKBINER: OKAY.
MS. CHARLESTON: I·· OH, I'M SORRY.
PAM CHARLESTON.
I HAVE A QUESTION CONCERNING DURING THE
NEGOTIATION PROCESS. WOULD BEAZER, IF FOR SOME REASON
DUE TO FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS THEY DECIDE THAT·· SAY,
FOR EXAMPLE, THE OFF-SITE INCINERATION --THAT IT'S MORE
COST-EFFICIENT FOR THEM TO SEND IT TO AN OFF-SITE
LANDFILL, IS THAT AN OPTION THAT THEY HAVE DURING THE
NEGOTIATION PROCESS, OR DO THEY HAVE TO STICK TO YOUR
PREFERRED REMEDY? IT'S EITHER ACCEPT IT OR ACCEPT
NOTHING.
MR. FEHN: WE'RE NOT-· I CAN
ANSWER THAT ONE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE NEGOTIATING THE
REMEDY. ONCE WE PICK THE REMEDY, THEY CAN DECIDE
WHETHER THEY VOLUNTARILY WANT TO DO IT OR NOT, BUT
THERE'S NO NEGOTIATION ABOUT WHAT IT WILL BE.
MS. HARRY: DEBBIE HARRY. I LIVE
ON THE OUTER PERIMETER OF THE INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS
WHERE YOU SAMPLED WELLS.
DID I UNDERSTAND YOU TO SAY IT MIGHT BE TWO
AND A HALF YEARS BEFORE A CLEANUP BEGINS?
MS. BENOY: YES, MA'AM.
MS. HARRY: OKAY. THIS MAKES ME
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NERVOUS. IN TWO AND A HALF YEARS, ARE YOU GOING TO
BROADEN THE LIMITS OF WHERE YOU'RE TESTING? IT MIGHT BE
IN MY WELL WITHIN TWO AND HALF YEARS. ARE YOU GOING TO
CONSIDER THE FACT THAT IT'S STILL MOVING, OR ARE YOU
JUST GOING TO FOCUS ON WHERE YOU ALREADY ARE AND STOP
THERE?
MR. FEHN: WE'RE GOING TO KEEP
TRACK OF IT. THAT'S THE FIRST ANSWER. WE KNOW THAT THE
PLUME OF CONTAMINATION IS THERE, AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO
DO IS FURTHER DEFINING OF IT AND DESIGNING THE SYSTEM TO
PULL IT OUT. WE'LL KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THAT PLUME IT,
AND IT'S NOT, TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, MOVING. WE DON'T KNOW
IF IT'S MOVING VERY QUICKLY RIGHT NOW.
MS. HARRY: OKAY, MY SECOND
QUESTION --I FORGOT WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.
MR. FEHN: WE'LL COME BACK.
YOU'LL THINK OF IT. THAT'S NO PROBLEM.
MR. BARBEE: MY NAME IS
WILLIAM J. BARBEE, AND I HAVE A FARM SURROUNDING KOPPERS
ON THE.NORTH SIDE, AND THEY CAME TO ME WANTING TO PUT IN
TEST WELLS. I LET THEM PUT FOUR, AND THEY WON'T SEND.ME
NO SAMPLES WHEN THEY GET THEM. WHY WON'T THEY SEND ME
SAMPLES?
MR. FEHN: THE RESULTS OF THE
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ANALYSIS?
MR. BARBEE: YES. THERE'S BEEN NO
RESULTS OR NOTHING WHEN THEY GET THEM. THEY SAID THEY
WAS, AND I ASKED THEM WHEN THEY PUT THE WELLS IN, BUT
THEY HAVE NOT SENT ME NO SAMPLES.
MS. BENOY: THE QUESTION IS
MR. BARBEE HAS --FOUR OF THE MONITORING WELLS?
MR. BARBEE: RIGHT.
MS. BENOY: --ON HIS PROPERTY.
AND HE'S ASKING WHY HASN'T THE COMPANY SENT HIM RESULTS
OF THE MONITORING WELLS.
I CAN'T SPEAK FOR BEAZER. I DON'T KNOW, BUT
THE RESULTS OF THE ANALYSES SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE
REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION REPORT WHICH IS NOW AVAILABLE. I
CAN CERTAINLY ASK THAT BEAZER ALSO PROVIDE YOU WITH
THOSE ANALYSES IF, YOU KNOW --SINCE THEY ARE ON YOUR
PROPERTY, I DON'T SEE WHY THAT WOULD POSE A PROBLEM.
AND, SHANNON, YOU'RE HERE IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO
THAT.
MS. CRAIG: THAT WOULD BE NO
PROBLEM.
MR. BARBEE: I HAVE TWO. DO THEY
PLAN TO COMPENSATE WHERE THE FAMILIES LIVE (INAUDIBLE)
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MS. BENOY: I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.
IS THERE ANY MR. BARBEE:
COMPENSATION TO COMPENSATE THE FAMILIES FOR THE DAMAGE
THEY HAVE DONE TO THE FAMILIES LIKE OVER THE LAST
FIFTEEN YEARS. IN 1981 MY SON DIED FROM CHEMICAL
CONTAMINATION. IN 1988 MY WIFE HAD TO HAVE A HEART
TRANSPLANT, AND THE DOCTORS FROM DUKE AND THE DOCTORS
HERE SAID THEY WAS IN THE SAME SHAPE FROM CONTAMINATION
OF SOMETHING, AND WE FIGURE THE DOCTORS FIGURE THIS IS
WHAT IT WAS. THEY SAID IF I LIVE A HUNDRED YEARS THE
COMPENSATION WOULD PROBABLY NEVER COMPENSATE.
DO YOU ALL HAVE COMPENSATION FOR US?
MR. FEHN: BOB, DO YOU WANT TO
TACKLE THIS?
MR. SAFAY: WELL, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOUR WIFE'S MEDICAL RECORDS ARE. YOU KNOW, BEFORE
WE COULD GIVE THAT KIND OF AN ANSWER --FIRST OF ALL, WE
CAN'T TELL THE COMPANY TO COMPENSATE ANYBODY. YOU KNOW, ' THAT IS A MATI'ER OF, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT
TO GO THROUGH THE LAW.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY MEDICAL RECORDS ON
YOUR FAMILY, AND BEFORE I COULD SIT HERE AND HAVE OUR
AGENCY MAKE ANY KIND OF A MEDICAL JUDGMENT, WE WOULD
HAVE TO SEE THOSE MEDICAL RECORDS. THOSE ILLNESSES MAY
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OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY CHEMICALS.
MR. BARBEE: YOU CAN GO TO CHAPEL
HILL, AND THEY WILL GIVE YOU ALL OF IT. THEY'RE AT THE
VA HOSPITAL THERE, YOU KNOW. DR. NEEDLES DID THE
TRANSPLANT.
MS. BARRETT: .NEEDLES,
N-E-E-D-L-E-S?
MR. BARBEE:
MS. BENOY:
IN CHAPEL HILL.
CAN WE USE THE
MICROPHONE? IS THAT A PROBLEM FOR ANYBODY OTHER THAN
ME?
WOULD YOU MIND REPEATING THE QUESTION? WE
DO WANT TO MAKE IT A PART OF THE RECORD?
MR. BARBEE: MY NAME IS
WILLIAM J. BARBEE, AND THE CONTAMINATION OF THE WATER
HAS KILLED --IN 1981 MY SON DIED FROM CONTAMINATION,
AND IN 1988 MY WIFE HAD HAD A TRANSPLANT BECAUSE HER
HEART WAS DYING FROM THE SAME CONTAMINATION. I'VE GOT
THE RECORDS TOGETHER FROM THE VA IN CHAPEL HILL, AND
THOSE RECORDS WAS THE SAME RECORDS.
HER HEART WAS DYING. SHE HAD TO STAY IN THE
HOSPITAL ABOUT FOUR MONTHS UNTIL A HEART COME, AND THEY
FINALLY GAVE HER A HEART TRANSPLANT. I'M WONDERING CAN
WE GET ANY KIND OF COMPENSATION FOR THAT? I HAVE BEEN
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TOLD BY LAWYERS THAT I COULD GO THROUGH LAWSUITS, BUT I
DIDN'T WANT TO. I'M ALREADY IN DEBT. I DON'T WANT TO
GET IN DEBT NO MORE TO DO THIS.
MR. FEHN: DID YOU GET THE
REPLY? THANK YOU.
YES, MA'AM.
MS. WILLIAMS: I'LL TRY TO TALK LOUD
ENOUGH SO YOU CAN HEAR ME. I'M TERESA WILLIAMS, AND MY
QUESTION GOES BACK TO THE PONDS.
YOU SAID THAT BY FILLING THEM IN YOU HAD
REMOVED HUMAN EXPOSURE TO THE PONDS. OKAY, THEN I
MISUNDERSTOOD. I THOUGHT THAT YOU WERE REMOVING THE
DAMAGE THAT COULD BE DONE THROUGH HUMAN EXPOSURE BY
FILLING IN THE SOIL.
MS. BENOY: THE QUESTION IS
WHETHER OR NOT.WE'RE GOING TO BE REMOVING THE RISK
ASSOCIATED WITH HUMAN HEALTH BY FILLING IN THE PONDS. I
NEED TO CLARIFY THE RISK ASSOCIATED, AND I'M GOING TO
ALSO DEFER TO ELMER AKIN.
WE HAVE NOT --WE DO NOT SEE --THERE IS NOT
A HUMAN HEALTH RISK POSED BY THE CONTAMINATION IN THOSE
SEDIMENTS IN EITHER POND.
MS. WILLIAMS: AS THEY ARE, WHETHER
ANYTHING IS DONE BEFORE OR NOT?
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MS. BENOY: THAT'S CORRECT.
MS. WILLIAMS: MY QUESTION IS, THERE
ARE WATER TABLES UNDERNEATH OF TH9SE PONDS; WHAT'S THE
LIKELIHOOD THAT THAT SEDIMENT IS GOING TO SEEP THROUGH
THE SOIL AND END UP IN ANOTHER WATER SOURCE THAT FEEDS
LAKE CRABTREE AND DIFFERENT PLACES AND PEOPLE
DOWNSTREAM? ARE WE JUST DELAYING ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT
WE'RE GOING TO LATER HAVE TO ADDRESS BY NOT REMOVING
THAT SOIL AND TREATING THAT AS WELL?
MS. BENOY: THE QUESTION IS
WHETHER OR NOT THOSE SEDIMENTS IN THOSE PONDS WILL
CONTRIBUTE TO THE GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION, AND I'M
GOING TO ANSWER IN TWOFOLD. WE ARE NOT SEEING A
CONTRIBUTION TO GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION FROM THE
SEDIMENTS IN THE PONDS. SO NO, MA'AM, THAT WILL NOT
CONTRIBUTE.
MS. WILLIAMS: HOW CAN YOU TELL THAT
THAT'S NOT CONTRIBUTING?
MS. BENOY: WELL, BY ANSWERING
THE SECOND PART --THE CALCULATED NUMBERS, CLEANUP
NUMBERS, THAT WE HAVE FOR SOILS AT 7 PPB DIOXIN AND THE
95 PPM FOR PENTACHLOROPHENOL WE'RE NOT SEEING IN THOSE
SEDIMENTS. WE'RE NOT SEEING THOSE LEVELS IN THE
SEDIMENTS. THE MAIN AREA OF SOIL CONTAMINATION IS WHERE
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THE PROCESS AREA WAS AND THE LAGOONS WERE, WHERE THERE
WAS MORE OF THE ACTUAL OPERATIONS DONE.
MS. WILLIAMS: SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT
THE PONDS WERE ALREADY AT CONSIDERED SAFE LEVELS?
MS. BENOY: FOR HUMAN HEALTH,
YES, MA'AM.
MR . FEHN: AND FOR HOW THEY
RELATE TO GROUNDWATER. OUR MODELERS, THE GROUNDWATER
EXPERTS, BELIEVE THAT ANY LEVEL IN THERE WILL NOT
CONTRIBUTE TO GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION.
MS. WILLIAMS: CAN YOU JUST COMMENT
ON HOW CLOSE THEY ARE TO THE SAFE LEVELS? ARE WE
TALKING LIKE THEY'RE 50 PERCENT?
MS. BENOY: SHE'S ASKED WHETHE~ I
CAN COMMENT, AND I HAVE MUCH DOCUMENTATION JUST IN CASE
OF QUESTIONS THAT I DON'T HAVE ON THE TOP OF MY HEAD ARE
ASKED. ELMER'S GOT SOME FIGURES ON LEVELS. I'M GOING
-TO LOOK UNDER MY TABLES TOO.
MS. WILLIAMS: I'M JUST CURIOUS AS
TO IF THEY JUST BARELY MISS THE CUTOFF OR IF THEY'RE WAY
OFF.
QUESTION.
MR. FEHN: THAT' S A GOOD
DR. AKIN: WELL, LOOKING AT THE
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PRINTOUT FOR A DOZEN OR SO RESULTS HERE FROM THE
SEDIMENT --AND I'M NOT SURE WHICH SET OF DATA THIS
REALLY IS --MOST OF THEM WERE NOT DETECTABLE AT ALL.
DIOXIN WAS NOT DETECTABLE. SOME LEVELS OF
PENTACHLOROPHENOL WERE DETECTED. TWO OR THREE DIOXIN
SAMPLES WEREN'T DETECTED.
I CAN'T NECESSARILY RELATE THIS TO THE
CUTOFF LEVEL. THEY'RE IN DIFFERENT UNITS. IT LOOKS
LIKE PERCENT-WISE THEY WOULD BE LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.
MOST OF THEM ARE LESS THAN 1 PERCENT OF THE SAFE NUMBER.
THAT SAFE NUMBER, YOU HAVE --WE NEED TO REALLY DISCUSS
A LITTLE BIT THAT SAFE NUMBER. THE SAFE NUMBER IS BASED
ON WHAT IS MODELED TO BE THE ASSUMED TRANSPORT FROM THE
SOIL INTO THE GROUNDWATER.
IF YOU CAN CUT OFF PERCOLATION OF RAINWATER
DOWN THROUGH IT, YOU CAN REDUCE IT EVEN FURTHER. SO
WHEN IT'S --WHEN THE CLEAN FILL IS PLACED THERE, AND
IT'S VEGETATED AND CONTOURED AND ALL, YOU CAN EXPECT TO
REDUCE THE PERCOLATION OF WATER DOWN THROUGH IT, sq
THERE WOULD EVEN BE ANOTHER LEVEL OF SAFETY ADDED TO
THAT CALCULATION AS WELL.
MS . WILLIAMS : OKAY.
MS. MEDLIN: WHAT HAPPENS TO THE
FISH THAT ARE IN THESE PONDS THAT THE DIOXINS WAS
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UNDERNEATH?
MS. BENOY: THE QUESTION IS, WHAT
HAPPENS TO THE FISH THAT ARE IN THESE PONDS?
FISH SAMPLING WAS CONDUCTED ALSO. THE FISH
IN THE PONDS WILL BE DESTROYED.
MS. MEDLIN: THERE'S NOWHERE IN
NORTH CAROLINA THAT'S APPROVED TO BURN, BURY, OR STORE
THEM. WHAT HAPPENS TO THE FISH? ARE YOU GOING TO LEAVE
THEM THERE?
MS. BENOY: NO, MA'AM. THEY WILL
BE DISPOSED OF. OUR REMEDY SELECTION DID NOT ADDRESS
FISH DISPOSAL, AND I REALLY DON'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER,
PEGGY, AT THIS POINT IN TIME. BUT I CAN PROVIDE MORE
INFORMATION. I CAN ALSO ASK SHANNON IF SHE HAS THAT
ALREADY IN THE WORKS.
YOU KNOW, I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO PUT
SHANNON CRAIG ON THE SPOT. SHANNON CRAIG DOES REPRESENT
BEAZER CORPORATION. SHE'S THE PROJECT MANAGER. SHE AND
I WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER ON THE SITE. SHE WAS NOT ASKED
TO PRESENT ANYTHING. SHE WASN'T ASKED TO HAVE ANYTHING
PREPARED, SO, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY I'M PUTTING HER ON
THE SPOT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN I THINK IT'S A FAIR
QUESTION. IF WE CAN'T ANSWER IT TONIGHT, WE CAN
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CERTAINLY ANSWER IN THE FUTURE.
MS. MEDLIN: WHERE WILL THE DIRT
COME FROM THAT FILLS IN THESE TWO PONDS?
MS. BENOY: THE QUESTION IS,
WHERE WILL THE DIRT COME FROM?
THE DIRT WILL BE PURCHASED. CLEAN FILL WILL
BE PURCHASED TO FILL IN THE PONDS. I MEAN YOU CAN BUY
DIRT AT MANY PLACES. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT LOCATION
THE DIRT IS GOING TO BE PURCHASED FROM.
MR. FEHN: PART OF WHAT YOU'RE
ASKING --IF I CAN INTERRUPT ARE DESIGN QUESTIONS,
AND THEY WILL BE ANSWERED LATER. THE DATA WE HAVE ON
THE FISH NOW SHOWS THAT THE FISH AREN'T CONTAMINATED.
WE'LL HAVE TO DO SOME MORE FISH SAMPLES --FISH TISSUE
ANALYSES --TO SEE WHAT WE'VE GOT BEFORE WE DECIDE WHAT
TO DO WITH THEM.
MS. MEDLIN: I WAS THERE THE LAST
TIME THEY WAS TRYING TO CATCH FISH, AND I'M WELL AWARE
THAT THEY CAUGHT VERY FEW, AND I KNOW THE POND IS FULL
OF FISH. BUT IT TURNED COLD, AND I COULDN'T CONVINCE
ANYBODY THEY WAS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE POND. THEY WERE
THERE.
MR. FEHN: WELL, WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO --EVEN IF WE DID GET IT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
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GET MORE DATA TO GET THE CURRENT FISH LEVELS.
MS. MAYO: WELL, THEN I WANT TO
ASK YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THE HEALTH EFFECTS, ESPECIALLY
FOR THE EMPLOYEES THAT WORKED AT THE PLANT DURING THE
TIME THIS PROCESS TOOK PLACE. BECAUSE I WAS AT A
MEETING, AND THERE WERE EIGHT OR NINE OF THE EMPLOYEES
WHO HAD WORKED AT THIS PLANT.
AND I KNOW THE STATE CAME OUT, PEOPLE FROM
THE STATE CAME OUT, AND DID A CANCER SURVEY OF THE
COMMUNITY AFTER WE REQUESTED THAT. AND WE KNOW ALL THE
PROCESSES THEY GO THROUGH THERE, AND THAT YOU DO FROM
THE START BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING IN
THAT PROCESS THAT HAPPENED TO THAT PERSON IN THEIR
LIFETIME BEFORE YOU CAN SAY THAT IT WOULD POSSIBLY COME
FROM THIS CONTAMINATION.
BUT IN SITI'ING IN THAT ROOM WITH THOSE
WORKERS AND LISTENING TO THE COMMON HEALTH PROBLEMS THAT
THEY HAD, IT SEEMED TO ME THEY WEREN'T THE
CHRONIC --YOU KNOW, GOTI'EN TO THE CANCER STAGE --BUT
THE BEGINNING HEALTH PROBLEMS; THAT THEY ALL HAD SINUS
PROBLEMS. THEY ALL HAD RASHES ON THEIR LEGS. THEY ALL
HAD RASHES ON THEIR ARMS. THEY ALL HAD THE BEGINNING OF
LIVER PROBLEMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND LOOKING AT THE HEALTH EFFECTS, YOU KNOW,
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EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE GOTTEN ON THESE CHEMICALS, YOU SEE
THAT THERE IS COMMON ILLNESSES THAT RUN THROUGHOUT ALL
THESE WORKERS THAT WERE AT THAT PLANT. AND WE DIDN'T
GET TO PEOPLE THAT ALSO LIVED IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE
CONCENTRATED ON THE WORKERS THAT WORKED IN THE PROCESS,
THE ONES THAT ARE STILL LIVING.
AND I WANT TO KNOW IS THERE GOING TO BE
ANYTHING IN THIS PLAN OR IN THE FUTURE THAT IS GOING TO
BE SET UP TO FOLLOW THE HEALTH OF THESE WORKERS WHO
WORKED AT THIS, THE PROCESS, AT THIS PLANT?
MR. SAFAY: MY AGENCY,
UNFORTUNATELY, IS NOT ALLOWED TO GET INVOLVED WITH
WORKER SAFETY. THAT COMES UNDER THE UNITED STATES OSHA,
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, OR
THE STATE OSHA. NORTH CAROLINA HAS ITS OWN STATE OSHA.
SO YOU'VE GOT THE FEDERAL OSHA AND THE STATE OSHA, AND
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT FOLLOW THE OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE.
MY AGENCY IS IN THE PROCESS OF DOING A
HEALTH ASSESSMENT ON PEOPLE FOR THE EXPOSURE TO THE
PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. WE GET ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL
DATA FROM THE EPA. WE CONDUCT SITE VISITS. WE WERE OUT
HERE LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE, WALKING AROUND LOOKING AT THE
PONDS. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING THIS ON A
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION COMPUTER SYSTEM.
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WE DO LOOK AT CANCER DATA THAT'S GENERATED
BY THE STATE AND COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS. WE LOOK AT
THE POTENTIAL LAND USE OF THE SITE. YOU KNOW, WE LOOK
AT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE SITE TWENTY YEARS FROM
NOW. THIRTY YEARS FROM NOW WHAT'S THE POTENTIAL LAND
USE. AND THEN WE WRITE A FULL REPORT THAT'S SUBMITTED
TO THE STATE AND TO EPA FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THEN
IT'S ALSO PUT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE'LL, YOU KNOW, HAVE A MEETING ON THAT
WHEN IT'S READY AND IT GOES OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. FOR
THIRTY DAYS THERE'S PUBLIC COMMENT JUST LIKE THE EPA'S
DOCUMENTS.
WE ARE TOTALLY SEPARATE FROM THE EPA,
ALTHOUGH WE GET THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL DATA --OR WE GET
THE CONTRACTOR'S DATA, OR.IN SOME CASES THE COUNTY WELL
DATA, THEIR WATER DATA AND WE ANALYZE ALL THAT. WE
HAVE OUR MEDICAL DOCTORS, OUR TOXICOLOGISTS, OUR
GEOLOGISTS, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENTISTS. IT TAKES A
WHOLE TEAM TO WRITE ONE OF THESE.
WE ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO WRITE A HEALTH
ASSESSMENT ON EVERY NPL SITE IN THE UNITED STATES, AND
WE ARE WRITING ONE OF THIS SITE. HOPEFULLY, WITHIN THE
NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS IT WILL BE READY FOR THE FIRST SET
OF REVIEWS WHERE IT GOES OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
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BUT AS FAR AS WORKER SAFETY, BY LAW THAT
COMES UNDER THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
ADMINISTRATION.
MS. MAYO: BUT DO YOU MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THEM, OR THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY
DO ON THEIR OWN AFTER YOUR REPORT?
MR. SAFAY: YOU NEED TO TALK
LOUDER.
MS. MAYO: DO YOU MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE PARTICULAR AGENCIES WHO ARE GOING
TO BE DOING
MR. SAFAY: WE CAN MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT WE ARE NOT A REGULATORY AGENCY. WE
WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH EPA. WE ACTUALLY ARE PART OF
EPA'S REVIEW PROCESS. YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY COME UP WITH
A SAMPLING PLAN, WE REVIEW IT. IF THEY COME UP WITH A
SITE SAFETY PLAN FOR THE EPA WORKERS --NOT THE PEOPLE
THAT USED TO WORK AT THE PLANT, BUT THE EPA
WORKERS --WE REVIEW THAT. WE REVIEW THEIR REMEDIAL
DESIGN. EVERYTHING THAT EPA DOES, WE'RE PART OF THEIR
REVIEW PROCESS.
MS. BENOY: I WOULD LIKE TO
FURTHER THAT IN ANSWER TO YOUR LAST QUESTION, DO WE MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS? YOU KNOW, BOB IS SPEAKING FOR ATSDR.
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WE DID RECEIVE A LETTER FROM MR. PENNINGTON,
JOE PENNINGTON, AND THAT LETTER WAS REFERRED OVER TO
ATSDR AND ON TO OSHA, SO THAT A REFERRAL HAS BEEN MADE.
THAT, AGAIN, IS OUTSIDE OF THE EPA'S AND ATSDR'S
JURISDICTION, BUT IT WAS SUBMITTED ON TO AND I SENT
MR. PENNINGTON A COPY OF THE LETTER THAT WE SUBMITTED
THAT TO OSHA.
MS. MAYO: IT WAS JUST THE
MEETING, SITTING IN THE ROOM WITH THOSE WORKERS, AND.THE
ONLY THING ABOUT IT THEY HAD IN COMMON WAS THAT THEY
WORKED AT THE PLANT. AND WE SEEN PEOPLE START PULLING
UP THEIR PANTS LEGS AND SHOWING THESE SCARS AND
PSORIASIS, AND EVERYBODY --IT WAS JUST AMAZING, AND
NOBODY --YOU CAN'T SAY THAT --WELL, I WOULDN'T BE
ABLE TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IT CAME FROM SOMETHING THAT
THEY DID OUTSIDE OF THE WORK PLACE.
MR. SAFAY: WELL, YOU HAVE TO
ALSO REMEMBER THAT IN THE OCCUPATIONAL SETTING THE ' '
WORKERS ARE USUALLY EXPOSED TO VERY HIGH CONCENTRATIONS
OF CHEMICALS. I MEAN HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF TIMES
HIGHER THAN WHAT YOU SEE IN THE NORMAL EVERYDAY SETTING .
AND I WORKED IN THE INDUSTRY FOR MANY YEARS,
AND I HAVE YET TO SEE A WORKER WEARING SAFETY EQUIPMENT.
YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN PEOPLE IN THE PESTICIDE INDUSTRY
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MIXING PESTICIDES WITH THEIR BARE HANDS, NO RESPIRATORS.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT IS FRUSTRATING BECAUSE WE KNOW
THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING WRONG, BUT YET YOU CAN'T GO IN
THERE AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, PUT ON SOME GLOVES, PUT ON
THIS RESPIRATOR. GENERALLY, THEIR ATTITUDE IS I'VE BEEN
DOING THIS FOR TWENTY YEARS, AND I'M NOT SICK YET.
MS. MAYO: I WAS SAYING THAT I
KNOW THAT THESE WORKERS DID NOT KNOW WHAT THEY WERE
HANDLING.
MR. SAFAY: WELL, NOW THERE'S
LAWS IN EFFECT THAT THE WORKERS HAVE TO BE INFORMED OF
WHAT THEY'RE HANDLING. THEY HAVE TO BE GIVEN FACT
SHEETS ON ALL THE CHEMICALS. THE FACT SHEETS HAVE TO BE
POSTED. IT'S PART OF THE SITE INSPECTION. BOTH WITH
EPA OR THE STATE, THEY GO IN, AND THOSE FACT SHEETS
BETTER BE THERE.
MR. FEHN: WE CAN CERTAINLY
FOLLOW UP WITH THE CONTACT. WE NEED TO FOLLOW UP ON
THAT. WE'LL DO THAT, AND WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU.
SOMEBODY OVER THERE. ANYMORE QUESTIONS?
YES, SIR.
MR. MARSHBURN: YES, I AM
D. C. MARSHBURN, AND I WAS REAL INTERESTED WHEN YOU GOT
TO TALKING ABOUT PUMPING THE WATER OUT AND TRYING TO
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TREAT IT. MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN WHEN YOU PUMP WATER
OUT OF A WELL IT'S GOT TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE OR OTHER.
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO MY WELL WHEN
YOU START PUMPING THE WATER OUT AND TREATING IT. NOT
ONLY MINE, THERE'S TEN OR FIFTEEN MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE
ON WELL WATER.
MS. BENOY: THE QUESTION IS, WHAT
WILL HAPPEN TO THIS GENTLEMAN'S WELL, THE WATER IN HIS
WELL, WHEN WE START PUMPING?
AGAIN, I AM NOT A HYDROGEOLOGIST, AND I'M
NOT REAL SURE WHERE YOUR WELL IS LOCATED, BUT I DO NOT
BELIEVE THAT IT WILL HAVE AN EFFECT ON YOUR WELL. I
DON'T THINK THAT IT WILL DECREASE YOUR WATER SUPPLY. IT
SHOULD NOT. AS PART OF THE DESIGN, AGAIN, WE'LL LOOK AT
THE MECHANICS OF THE AQUIFER. AND SO MANY OF THE
PRIVATE WELLS IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY HAVE BEEN TAKEN
OFF-LINE; THEY'RE NOT USED ANYMORE.
HOW FAR AWAY ARE YOU FROM THE SITE?
MR. MARSHBURN:
MS. BENOY:
A QUARTER OF A MILE.
BUT BASED ON THE
MECHANICS OF THE AQUIFER, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT WILL
HAVE ANY EFFECT ON YOUR WELL OR THE WATER SUPPLY. THE
PUMP WELL ITSELF WILL BE PUMPED AT A PARTICULAR RATE,
AND SO THE AQUIFER WILL COME BACK TO EQUILIBRIUM. IT'S
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NOT GOING TO PUMP THE AQUIFER DRY BY ANY MEANS.
MR. FEHN: IT MIGHT HELP TO KEEP
IN MIND THAT A FEW YEARS AGO THERE WERE A LOT MORE WELLS
IN THE AREA THAT WERE PUMPING, AND SINCE THEN THEY'VE
BEEN CLOSED DOWN. SO THERE'S LESS WATER BEING DRAWN OUT
NOW THAN BEFORE.
MR. MARSHBURN: BUT MOST OF THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE WATERLINE DIDN'T HAVE ANY WATER,
A QUART TO HALF GALLON A MINUTE.
MR. FEHN: THIS WELL WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT PUTTING IN WON'T BE A HIGH-CAPACITY WELL.
IT'S NOT GOING TO PUMP VERY MUCH EITHER BECAUSE THERE'S
JUST NOT MUCH THERE, BUT IT'S GOING TO PUMP FOR A LONG
TIME.
MR. MARSHBURN: I'M GOING TO CAUSE
TROUBLE IF IT DRIES UP THE WELLS.
MR. FEHN: WE'LL LOOK TO MAKE
SURE IN OUR DESIGN THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN FOR YOU.
UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: WILL NOT THAT WATER
BE RETURNED TO THE GROUND THAT'S TREATED?
MS. BENOY: THE QUESTION IS
WHETHER THE WATER WILL BE RETURNED TO THE GROUND AFTER
IT'S TREATED. IT WILL BE DISCHARGED INTO THE SURFACE
WATER, INTO THE CREEK, IF YOU WILL. IT'LL HAVE TO MEET
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CRITERIA THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR WATER THAT IS
DISCHARGED INTO A STREAM OR CREEK, SO IT'S GOING TO HAVE
TO MEET NOT ONLY OUR CLEANUP STANDARDS BUT WHAT THE
STATE AND THE FEDERAL PROGRAM STANDARDS ARE FOR
DISCHARGING INTO A SURFACE STREAM.
MR. FEHN: AQUIFERS ARE
NATURALLY RECHARGED BY RAINWATER. THAT'S WHERE IT GETS
THE WATER IN THE FIRST PLACE, AND IF THERE'S MORE WATER
THAN IT CAN HOLD, THEN THE WATER FLOWS OUT OF THE GROUND
IN STREAMS. THOSE ARE SPRINGS. SO BY AND LARGE,
THERE'S ALWAYS MORE WATER COMING INTO AN AQUIFER THAN IT
CAN ABSORB, AND THE REST JUST RUNS OFF.
SO PARTICULARLY IN AN AREA LIKE THIS WHERE
THERE'S SO MUCH RAIN, THERE SHOULD REALLY BE NO PROBLEM.
YOU SHOULD NOT --YOU WON'T EVEN NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE
IN THE AQUIFER. WE'LL BE PUMPING SO LITILE COMPARED TO
HOW MUCH WATER IS GOING IN IT, AND THE RAIN, THAT YOU
WON'T NOTICE A DIFFERENCE.
YES, MA' AM?
MS. EWALD: MY NAME IS
PAULA EWALD. I'M FROM A COMPANY CALLED ECO, AND I'M THE
CONSULTANT TO THE TAG GROUP. I HAVE A COUPLE OF
COMMENTS I WANT TO MAKE AND QUESTIONS THAT I WANT TO GET
IN. IF I START GOING LONG, ONE OF MY CLIENTS WILL KICK
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MY CHAIR, AND I'LL BE QUIET.
THE FIRST THING THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS
THE REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION REPORT THAT'S ONE OF THE
DOCUMENTS THAT'S BEING DISCUSSED HERE TONIGHT. ALL
RIGHT, IN GOING OVER THAT THE CHEMIST FROM MY COMPANY
NOTICED THAT THERE WERE SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE SAMPLE
RESULTS THAT WERE REPORTED. APPARENTLY, THE LABORATORY
WAS HAVING SOME PROBLEMS IN GETTING GOOD DUPLICATION OF
THE DATA, WHAT THEY CALL "MATRIX SPIKES," WHERE COVERAGE
WAS VERY LOW. BASICALLY, WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO IS THAT
THE SAMPLING RESULTS REPORTED ARE PROBABLY BIASED VERY
LOW.
GIVEN THESE PROBLEMS WITH THE SAMPLING, HOW
IS EPA GOING TO GUARANTEE TO US IN THE ACTUAL REMEDI~.L
PROCESS THAT THE EXTENT OF THE CONTAMINATION IS BEING
THOROUGHLY COVERED, AND THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO
MEET THE CLEANUP STANDARDS, AND HOW THE --THE INTEGRITY
OF THE CLEANUP STANDARDS. I KNOW YOU HAVE SAID THAT . .
THERE WILL BE SPLIT SAMPLING. I GUESS WHAT WE NEED TO
KNOW IS WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE LEVEL OR THE EXTENT OF
THE SPLIT SAMPLING, GIVEN THE PAST HISTORY OF PROBLEMS
WITH THE LAB FROM THE APPARENT DATA?
MS. BENOY: THE QUESTION IS, WHAT
IS GOING TO BE THE LEVEL OR EXTENT OF SPLIT SAMPLING ON
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THE CLEANUP TO ENSURE THAT THE CLEANUP IS ADEQUATE, THE
ANALYSIS IS ADEQUATE? I'M KIND OF PARAPHRASING, AND I
HOPE THAT I GOT IT ALL.
GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE DO A PERCENTAGE OF
AROUND 10 TO 15 PERCENT OF THIS SITE. TEN PERCENT IS
WHAT EPA USUALLY DOES. WE COLLECT 10 PERCENT. IF THEY
COLLECT A HUNDRED SAMPLES, WE USUALLY COLLECT TEN. WE
SEND.THEM TO OUR LABORATORY, AND THEY ARE SPLIT. THEY
ARE DUPLICATE SAMPLES. THEY SHOULD REPRESENT THE SAME
ANALYSES. IF ALL IS DONE PERFECTLY IN OUR LABORATORY
AND THEIR LABORATORY, THE RESULTS SHOULD MATCH UP FAIRLY
WELL, AND THAT SPLIT SAMPLING WILL HAVE TO BE DONE IN
THE DESIGN PHASE ALSO.
MS. EWALD: OKAY, GIVEN THE PAST
HISTORY WITH SOME OF THE PROBLEMS, OR LEAST ARGUABLE
PROBLEMS, WITH THE LAB DATA, IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY
MORE AGGRESSIVE EFFORT THAN USUALLY WITH THE SPLIT
SAMPLING? AND IF THE PROBLEMS SEEM TO REAPPEAR, IS
THERE GOING TO BE A HEIGHTENED RESPONSE BY EPA IN SOME
MORE SPLIT SAMPLING THAN IS USUALLY SEEN?
MS. BENOY: THE QUESTION IS, ARE
WE GOING TO TAKE A MORE AGGRESSIVE STANDPOINT ON
SPLITTING SAMPLES BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE PAST PROBLEMS?
SOME OF THE PAST PROBLEMS THAT WE HAD, MOST
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ESPECIALLY WITH THE GROUNDWATER SAMPLES, WAS RELATED TO
THE FACT THAT WE HAD TWO DIFFERENT METHODOLOGIES FOR
PENTACHLOROPHENOL FOR THE MOST PART. METHOD 80/40 WAS A
WASTE METHOD, OR A DEVELOPMENT OF THE RCRA PROGRAM, AND
METHOD 515 IS A DRINKING WATER METHOD.
UNDER 80/40 THERE WERE A LOT OF DIFFERENT
OPTIONS THAT YOU COULD SELECT, BUT THE SELECTION THAT
WAS MADE IS THEY DID COLUMN GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY, AND IT'S
USUALLY DONE WITH A DUAL COLUMN CONFIRMATION. YOU HAVE
ONE RUN, AND YOU SEE ON THE CHROMATOGRAM WHAT MIGHT BE
HERE, AND YOUR SECOND COLUMN CONFIRMS, AND IT GETS RID
OF WHAT IS NOISE AND SHOWS WHAT WAS DEFINITELY
CONTAMINATION. THIS IS A VERY SIMPLISTIC EXPLANATION.
THE OTHER PROBLEM --WELL, TWO COLUMNS WERE
NOT DONE. IT WAS ONE COLUMN. SO THAT REDUCED THE
RELIABILITY OF THAT DATA BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE
CONFIRMATION. WE COULDN'T SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
WHAT WAS NOISE AND WHAT WAS ACTUAL CONTAMINATION.
SECONDLY, METHOD 80/40 DID NOT REACH THE
DETECTION LIMITS, THE LOW LEVELS THAT WE NEEDED TO BE
ABLE TO SEE, AND WHICH IS WHY METHOD 515 IN THE REMEDIAL
INVESTIGATION REPORT IS CALLED THE MORE SENSITIVE
METHOD. IT GETS DOWN TO THE LEVELS WE'VE GOT TO SEE.
IN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, WELL, WE ALSO
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USED A THIRD METHOD TO TRY TO BETTER RESOLVE SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT DIDN'T QUITE MATCH UP. AND INSTEAD OF
REALLY CLARIFYING EVERYTHING, IT DID HELP US TO
UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE PROBLEMS, BUT IT ALSO HELPED
US --IT ALSO --I'M SORRY. I JUST LOST MY TRAIN OF
THOUGHT.
THE THIRD METHOD JUST CONTEMPLATED IT ALSO.
HERE WE HAD TWO METHODS OF ANALYSIS WE WERE TRYING TO
COMPARE AND HAD SOME PROBLEMS, AND NOW WE HAVE THREE.
WE ARE GOING TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE IN THIS RESPECT. WE
WILL NOT ALLOW A METHOD SELECTION TO BE MADE WITHOUT
GRADING. WE WILL DEFINE THE LEVELS WE HAVE TO REACH,
WHAT THE DETECTION LIMITS ARE, PRIOR TO SAMPLING.
WE WILL ALSO --WE MAY VERY WELL INCREASE
THE NUMBER OF SPLIT SAMPLES IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES. WE
WILL NOT WAIT UNTIL AFTER WE'VE GOTTEN PROBLEMS. WE'RE
GOING TO HEAD THE PROBLEMS OFF BY DEFINING THE
METHODOLOGY AND WHAT.THE CRITERIA ARE AHEAD OF TIME.
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MR. HOOPER: WELL, I'M NOT SURE
WE'RE EVEN TALKING ABOUT THE NON-DUPLICATION OF
ANALYSES, BUT IF YOU WERE COMPARING THE METHOD 80/40 TO
THE METHOD 515 RESULTS, THAT'S PROBABLY NOT A GOOD
COMPARISON BECAUSE OF THE REASON BARBARA POINTED OUT.
THE INITIAL METHODS THAT WERE CHOSEN FOR THE
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CHLORINATED PHENOLS WAS METHOD 80/40. THE OPTION THAT
WAS USED THAT'S FROM THE SOLID WASTE TOXICITY
REPORTS. THE OPTION THAT WAS CHOSEN, THERE WAS A
DETECTOR KNOWN AS A "FLAME IONIZATION DETECTOR" WITH A
SINGLE COLUMN. WITH A GAS CHROMATOGRAPH IT DEPENDS ON
RETENTION TIMES FOR IT TO ANALYZE THROUGH A COLUMN, AND
THEN THERE'S A TEST.
THE FLAME IONIZATION DETECTOR IS A VERY
UNIVERSAL DETECTOR. IT WILL DETECT A LOT OF DIFFERENT_
CONTAMINANTS. THE ODDS OF THERE BEING INTERFERENCE
WITHIN THAT ANALYSIS ARE PRETTY GREAT ESPECIALLY IN
LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THEY USED ONE COLUMN. SO THE
CONCERN WITH THAT INITIAL DATA WITH THE 80/40 WAS IF
THEY MEASURED SOMETHING, IF THEY FOUND COMPOUND DATA,
WAS IT REALLY COMPOUND DATA.
AT BEST THAT ANALYSIS, THAT INITIAL
ANALYSIS, IN MY OPINION, WAS A SCREENING ANALYSIS, AND
YOU SHOULD BE REAL CAREFUL IN COMPARING THAT DATA WITH
THE 515. THE 515 WAS CHOSEN, AS BARBARA POINTED OUT, AT
A LATER POINT FOR THE PENTACHLOROPHENOL ONLY BECAUSE IT
IS DESIGNED FOR PENTACHLOROPHENOL AMONG OTHER
CHLORINATED PHENOLS, BUT IT'S DESIGNED FOR
PENTACHLOROPHENOL AT A VERY LOW LEVEL. IT USES A
DIFFERENT DETECTOR, AN DETECTOR KNOWN AS "ELECTRON
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CAPTURE," WHICH IS A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC FOR
CHLORINATED-TYPE COMPOUNDS SO IT WOULD CUT OUT SOME OF
THE INTERFERENCE.
ADDITIONALLY, IT REQUIRES TWO COLUMNS, SO
WE'VE GOT RETENTION TIME INFORMATION FROM ONE ANALYSIS
AND RETENTION TIME INFORMATION FROM ANOTHER ANALYSIS
THAT WAS CHOSEN FOR PENTACHLOROPHENOL BECAUSE OF THE
DETECTION LIMIT NEEDS. THE OTHERS ANALYZED IT WAS
DETERMINED THAT A METHOD FROM RCRA KNOWN AS 8270, WHICH
IS A GC MASS SPEC --WHICH IS, BY THE WAY, THE MOST
POWERFUL ANALYTICAL TOOL FOR TO TELL YOU WHETHER
SOMETHING IS REALLY THERE OR NOT THAT IS CURRENTLY
AVAILABLE. THE TRADE-OFF THERE IS IT'S NOT QUITE AS
SENSITIVE. SO THAT'S THE REASON THE 515 WAS USED FOR
PENTACHLOROPHENOL AND THE 8270 WAS THE USED FOR ALL THE
OTHERS.
MS. EWALD: OKAY, I GUESS WHAT I
NEED TO GET ON THE RECORD AND WHAT OUR PROBLEM WAS WITH
THE RESULTS ARE THAT UNDER --WELL, TO START WITH, THE
QA/QC DATA THAT WAS SUPPLIED, AT LEAST TO US, IN THE
DRAFT FS DOES NOT SHOW THE KINDS OF INTERFERENCE, MATRIX
INTERFERENCES AND PROBLEMS, THAT EVERYBODY IS CLAIMING
IT CAN, AND, YOU KNOW, WE AGREED THAT THEORETICALLY THEY
CAN EXIST. THE QA/QC DATA UNDER 80/40 DOES NOT SHOW
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THOSE KIND OF INTERFERENCES.
MOVING THEN TO THE 515 METHOD, WHEN YOU LOOK
AT 515 THE MATRIX SPIKE RECOVERIES ARE VERY LOW. MATRIX
SPIKE DUPLICATE RECOVERY IS VERY LOW, A LOT OF
INTERFERENCE ON THE 515 RESULTS --AND IN MANY CASES
THEY WERE THE 515 RESULTS, WHICH OBVIOUSLY EVERYBODY'S
LOW AS YOU SEE FROM MATRIX SPIKES RECOVERIES THAT WERE
CLEARLY --YOU KNOW, WE NEED WHAT THE FUNCTIONAL
GUIDELINES ALLOW --ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU BIASED LOW
RESULTS. AND IN THE STUDY AND THEN IN THE BASELINE RISK
ASSESSMENT, THOSE RESULTS WERE OFTEN CHOSEN IN
PREFERENCE TO OTHER, YOU KNOW, REPORTED SAMPLE RESULTS.
MR. HOOPER: I CAN'T SPEAK TO
THOSE PARTICULAR DATA WITHOUT HAVING SEEN THEM.
MS. EWALD: BUT THEY DID
MR. HOOPER: --MATRIX SPIKE
RESULTS MAY PREDICT LOW RESULTS, OR WHAT WOULD BE
SURROGATE RECOVERIES COULD BE THE SAME--. . '
MATRIX SPIKE RESULTS MAY OR MAY NOT INDICATE
A LOW BIAS. IF THERE WERE LOW RECOVERIES, THEY COULD,
INDEED, INDICATE THA'.['. MATRIX SPIKES ARE SOMETHING YOU
HAVE TO EVALUATE VERY CAREFULLY, AND THE ORGANIC
NATIONAL (INAUDIBLE) FOR REVIEW, THEY ARE NOT USED TO
TRANSLATE DATA ACROSS THE BOARD BECAUSE A MATRIX TWO
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FEET AWAY CAN BE DIFFERENT FROM THE ONE YOU ACTUALLY
SPIKE. IT'S A GOOD INDICATOR TO USE OVERALL.
MORE IMPORTANT WOULD BE THE SURROGATES YOU
RAISED, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF THAT DATA, SO I CAN'T
REALLY RESPOND TO YOUR CONCERN THERE.
MS. EWALD: OKAY, NOW THAT WE'VE
GOT, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMENTS AND OUR QUESTIONS ON THE
PROBLEMS WITH THE DATA BEING BIASED LOW ON THE RECORD, I
GUESS I WANT TO MOVE ON TO SOME COMMENTS ABOUT
COMBUSTION, THERMAL TREATMENT, INCINERATION.
I THINK IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THIS COMMUNITY AND
PROBABLY COMMUNITIES ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA ARE VERY, VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE HEALTH AND
ENVIRONMENTAL RAMIFICATIONS OF THIS TREATMENT METHOD .
WHICH SEEMS TO PRESENT, AT LEAST FROM THAT LIST, AS ONE
OF THE FEW APPROVED TREATMENT METHODS FOR GETTING RID OF
CHLORINATED SUBSTANCES, THE DIOXINS AND THE DIBENZO
FURANS. I THINK THAT THE EARLIER DISCUSSION ON THIS
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DATA LED TO THE MISTAKEN IMPRESSION FOR PEOPLE SITTING
HERE LISTENING THAT THERMAL TREATMENT, INCINERATION,
COMBUSTION, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, IS A
100 PERCENT EFFECTIVE METHOD AND THAT IT TOTALLY,
100 PERCENT DESTROYS ANY KIND OF TOXIC CHLORINATED
SUBSTANCES IN YOUR WASTESTREAM.
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AND I WOULD WANT YOU TO RESPOND TO THAT, AND
I WOULD WANT TO PUT A COMMENT INTO THE RECORD THAT
THAT'S NOT WHAT WE SEE: THAT THERE AREN'T ANY, YOU
KNOW, CHEMICAL/PHYSICAL PROCESSES OUT THERE THAT ARE
USED FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT THAT ARE 100 PERCENT
EFFECTIVE; THAT YOU DO HAVE FLY ASH ASSOCIATED WITH
INCINERATORS THAT IS MOSTLY TYPICALLY TOXIC OR RECORD
HAZARDOUS WASTE; THAT THE FILTERS COMING OUT OF
THE --THE FILTER CAKE COMING OUT OF CARBON FILTERS IF
YOU HAVE DRY SCRUBBERS, OR THE WATER IF YOU HAVE WET
SCRUBBERS, TYPICALLY CONTAINS CONTAMINANTS; AND THAT
THESE THINGS HAVE TO BE DISPOSED OF SEPARATELY AT A
FACILITY, A LANDFILL OR SOME OTHER COMMITTED FACILITY;
AND THAT THIS IS NOT INCINERATION IS NOT, AS ARE
OTHER TREATMENTS, IS NOT 100 PERCENT EFFECTIVE, AND IT
DOES NOT TOTALLY, 100 PERCENT DESTROY CONTAMINANTS.
THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING
UP IN THAT REGARD·IS WE HAVE DOCUMENTATION --SOME TEST . '
DATA, ACTUALLY --THAT WAS CONTRACTED FOR BY THE AGENCY,
BY THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY --IT WAS ACTUALLY DONE RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD HERE
AT RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK --THAT SEEMS TO VERY STRONGLY
INDICATE THAT WHERE YOU HAVE LOW LEVEL DIOXIN
CONTAMINATION, AND THAT THE CONTAMINATION IS UNDER
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THOUSANDS OF PARTS PER MILLION, WHICH WE DO HAVE
HERE WE HAVE VERY LOW CONTAMINATIONS AT THE KOPPERS
SITE THEY ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR INCINERATION BECAUSE
THEY CANNOT MEET THE 99.9999 AIR EMISSIONS STANDARD
THAT'S REGULATORILY MANDATED.
I WAS WONDERING IF THAT DOCUMENTATION WAS
GOING TO BE LOOKED AT, INCORPORATED INTO THE RECORD, AND
CONSIDERED INTO THE EVALUATION OF THE FINAL CHOSEN
REMEDY, AND WE WOULD ASK THAT IT WOULD BE BECAUSE IT IS
A CONCERN. AND WE BECAME AWARE OF THE DOCUMENT AND
REVIEWED IT, AND IT APPEARS TO BE A FAIRLY COMPETENT
TECHNICAL PRODUCT, AND THAT IT IS, ESSENTIALLY, AN
AGENCY DOCUMENT.
THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT
ON AND ASK FOR --YOU SPOKE ABOUT THE DECHLORINATION
PROCESS WHICH THE COMMUNITY IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT AND
WHICH THEY RIGHTFULLY BELIEVE MEETS A LOT OF THE CERCLA
MANDATES FOR TREATMENT AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY. MY
UNDERSTANDING FROM THE MEETING LAST NIGHT WAS THAT YOU
ALL HAD SAID THERE HAD BEEN A TREATABILITY STUDY DONE.
IS THAT OVER AND ABOVE THE REPORT THAT WAS INCLUDED IN
THE DRAFT FEASIBILITY STUDY --OR I MEAN THE DRAFT
REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION --OR WAS THAT SOMETHING
SEPARATE?
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MS . BENOY: I BELIEVE THE
TREATABILITY STUDY HAS BEEN DONE. NO, IT SHOULD BE
CONTAINED IN THE DOCUMENTATION. WE HAVE ALSO GONE --I
SPOKE MORE OF THE TREATABILITY STUDY, ALSO, THAT WAS
ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO BE DONE BY OUR OWN RESEARCH
PEOPLE, ORD, AND THEY WERE GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN
GENERATING --REVIEWING THE WORK PLAN AND HAVING MORE
COOPERATIVE EFFORT. THAT PARTICULAR TREATABILITY STUDY
DID NOT HAPPEN.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT ON THE
DECHLORINATION PROCESS --OUR OWN RESEARCHERS --WE SEE
BOTH PEOPLE WHO ENCOURAGE US TO CONTINUE TRYING THE
DIOXIN AS WELL AS PEOPLE WITHIN OUR RESEARCH OFFICES
THAT SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULDN'T PURSUE IT AT ALL.
MS. EWALD: OKAY, THAT WAS THE
SECOND THING THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK FOR OR ASK TO BE
INCLUDED IN THE RECORD TO THIS. BECAUSE IN REVIEWING
THE TREATABILITY STUDY THAT WAS INCLUDED AS PART OF THE
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DRAFT RISK ASSESSMENT, ECO ENGINEERS THOUGHT THAT IT
LOOKED AT LEAST SEMI-FEASIBLE THAT THE DATA PROVIDED DID
NOT ENTIRELY PRECLUDE THE USE OF THAT TREATMENT METHOD
ON THE SITE GIVEN THE FACT THAT THERE ARE DIOXINS AT THE
SITE. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT THE ENGINEERING DUBS
OR THE NOTES FROM YOUR TECHNICAL PEOPLE OR THE REPORTS
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ON THAT BE INCLUDED SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THOSE, TOO,
AND SEE WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS WERE ON THAT PARTICULAR
SUBJECT.
MS. BENOY: I WOULD LIKE TO SAY
QUICKLY THAT THOSE SPECIFIC NOTES SHOULD BE IN THE
RECORD. THERE IS A CONTRACTOR THAT DOES THE COMPILING
OF THE RECORD, AND IF THEY HAVE NOT BEEN INCLUDED, WE
CAN CERTAINLY ADD THOSE.
MS. EWALD: OKAY, WE'D APPRECIATE
SEEING THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE
A FEASIBLE INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY, AND THESE ARE
OBVIOUSLY, CHLORINATED SUBSTANCES ARE BIG PROBLEMS AT
MORE SITES THAN JUST THE KOPPERS SITE.
ALSO, I GUESS SOMEWHAT IN DEALING WITH THE
RI AND THE FEASIBILITY STUDY, THE PURPOSE OF THOSE
DOCUMENTS BEING TO DELINEATE THE EXTENT OF
CONTAMINATION, WHAT ARE YOUR FEELINGS, WHAT IS THE
AGENCY'S FEELINGS, ON THE FACT THAT WE'VE GOT A . .
FRACTURED GEOLOGY SYSTEM HERE WHICH LEADS TO VERY
UNCERTAIN GROUNDWATER MOVEMENT, AND THAT WE DON'T REALLY
HAVE ANY MONITORING WELLS THAT ARE INSTALLED IN THE
DRINKING WATER UPPER AQUIFER AROUND THE SITE.
HOW CAN WE, GIVEN THE FACT THAT THERE WERE
SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE DETECTION AND WE, PERHAPS, HAVE
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BIASED LOW RESULTS, AND WE_ DON'T REALLY HAVE VERY MUCH
DATA, IF ANY, RELIABLE DATA, ON THAT DRINKING WATER
AQUIFER --HOW CAN WE BE SURE, OR HOW WILL WE BE SURE,
THAT WE KNOW THE TRUE EXTENT AND NATURE OF THE
CONTAMINATION OF THE DRINKING WATER AQUIFER AROUND THE
SITE?
MS. BENOY: I'M GOING TO RESPOND
THAT THE QUESTION IS, HOW WILL WE KNOW WHETHER OR NOT
WE'RE ADDRESSING THE CONTAMINATION IN THE GROUNDWATER?
IF YOU LOOK AT THE DATA PLUME, WE MAY NOT
HAVE FOUND EVERY PLACE WHERE THAT PLUME IS LOCATED.
WHAT WE HAVE FOUND, AND WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT ABOUT, IS
THAT WE HAVE FOUND THE GROUNDWATER PLUME, OR AN AREA OF
THE PLUME, THAT IS ABOVE LEVELS THAT WE WILL MANDATE
CLEANUP FOR, AND THAT WE DO KNOW AND FEEL STRONGLY THAT
IT IS PRETTY MUCH SET IN THE OLD OPERATIONS AREA. THAT
SAID, WE DON'T WANT TO DELAY THAT PORTION FOR CLEANUP
ANY LONGER THAN NECESSARY, AND WE DO KNOW THAT IT'S . .
UNACCEPTABLE AND HAS TO BE CLEANED UP.
AS I SAID, ALSO, WE WILL BE RE-EVALUATING
THE SAMPLING. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RE~SAMPLE BOTH THE
MONITORING WELLS AND PRIVATE WELLS. WHERE WE KNOW IN
THE PRIVATE WELLS THAT THERE WERE ELEVATED LEVELS ABOVE
WHAT OUR CLEANUP STANDARDS WERE, THERE IS FURTHER
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EVALUATION THAT HAS TO BE DONE OR MORE EVALUATION TO BE
DONE. WE DON'T WANT YOU TO GO AWAY WITH THE ASSUMPTION
OR THE IMPRESSION THAT WE ARE FINISHED WITH EVALUATION
OF THAT AQUIFER.
MS. EWALD: WELL, WILL THAT
EVALUATION POTENTIALLY INVOLVE THE INSTALLATION OF SOME
SHALLOW MONITORING WELLS NEAR OFF-SITE SO THAT THAT
PRIMARY AQUIFER CONCERN CAN BE BETTER STUDIED?
MS. BENOY: YES.
MS. EWALD: AND, FINALLY, I JUST
WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE BASELINE RISK
ASSESSMENT THAT WAS DONE. AGAIN, IT BUILT ON THE DATA
FROM THE RI, WHICH THERE IS SOME QUESTION ABOUT THAT
DATA ACTUALLY REPORTING VALUES AS HIGH AS REALLY EXIST
ON THE SITE, AND THAT BASELINE RISK ASSESSMENT ALSO
FAILS TO CONSIDER GROUNDWATER DERMAL CONTACT, WHICH WE
KNOW DOES ACTUALLY OCCUR ON THE SITE; THAT THERE ARE
WORKERS ON THE SITE THAT DAY IN AND DAY OUT ARE WASHING
VEHICLES WITH THAT GROUNDWATER.
GIVEN, YOU KNOW, THE BIASED LOW NATURE OF
THE RI DATA AND THAT THIS PATHWAY IS MISSED, HOW IS EPA
GOING TO BE SURE THAT THE RISK ASSESSMENT IS, INDEED,
CONSERVATIVE ENOUGH TO REALLY MEET THE PROTECTION OF THE
HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT?
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DR. AKINS: WE'RE CONFIDENT THE
RISK ASSESSMENT IS CONSERVATIVE ENOUGH. SINCE YOU
RAISED THAT PATHWAY OF THOSE WORKERS THAT MAY BE WASHING
VEHICLES OUT THERE, WE LOOKED AT THAT WELL, THE DATA
FROM THAT WELL, THAT'S USED FOR THAT. THE CONTAMINATION
IS LOWER THAN IN THE WELLS THAT WE LOOKED AT WITH
INGESTION AS THE PATHWAY. INGESTION IS THE MOST WORRY,
YOU KNOW, MOST CONSERVATIVE EXPOSURE PATHWAY, AND WE
DIDN'T FIND UNACCEPTABLE RISK EVEN WITH THAT PATHWAY.
SO WE DON'T FEEL THE DERMAL EXPOSURE TO THOSE WORKERS
WOULD POSE ANYTHING NEW OR AN UNACCEPTABLE RISK IN THE
AGENCY'S DEFINITION OF THE RISK AS ACCEPTABLE.
MS. EWALD: WHAT ABOUT IN THE
POTENTIAL SCENARIO WHERE THERE MIGHT BE POTENTIAL FUTURE
USE, YOU KNOW, FOR CUTANEOUS PURPOSES OF WASHING,
WASHING VEHICLES, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT IS
ONE OF THE SCENARIOS THAT WAS DEVELOPED IN THE RISK
ASSESSMENT IS THAT PERHAPS SOMEONE WILL BE LIVING ON
THAT SITE IN THE FUTURE. IS THAT PATHWAY GOING TO BE
DISCUSSED IN THAT REGARD?
DR. AKIN: WE LOOKED AT DERMAL
AS ONE OF THE PATHWAYS. YOUR SKIN FOR MOST
COMPOUNDS --CERTAINLY FOR DIOXIN, LESS SO FOR PCP --IS
NOT THE PATHWAY FOR WHICH WE GET THE MOST ABSORPTION OF
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A COMPOUND INTO OUR BODY. INGESTION OR INHALATION IS
MORE IMPORTANT, TYPICALLY. BUT IT IS A PATHWAY. WE
DIDN'T LOOK AT IT HERE BECAUSE WE TRIED TO LOOK AT MORE
CONSERVATIVE PATHWAYS, AND THEY DIDN'T SHOW AN EFFECT,
SO WE DIDN'T COME BACK AND LOOK AT DERMAL.
WE DON'T REALLY FEEL THAT DERMAL IS A
SIGNIFICANT PATHWAY FOR THOSE CONTAMINANT LEVELS THAT
EXIST IN THE MONITORING WELLS THAT WE'VE ANALYZED UP TO
THIS POINT.
MS. EWALD: BUT YOU DO AGREE THAT
IT ALONG WITH THE OTHER PATHWAYS DOES HAVE AN ADDED
EFFECT ON ULTIMATE BODY BURDEN OF THE CONTAMINANT OF
INTEREST?
DR. AKIN: INSIGNIFICANTLY IN
THIS CASE. WE DON'T PLAN TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT
UNLESS THERE'S MORE DATA THAT WOULD INDICATE THAT THAT
MIGHT BE A PATHWAY OF CONCERN.
MS. EWALD: ISN'T THAT DISCUSSION
OR THAT ANALYSIS OF THAT PARTICULAR PATHWAY GOING TO BE
INCLUDED AS PART OF THE BASELINE RISK ASSESSMENT OR THE
COMMENTS THERETO?
DR. AKIN: THE BASELINE RISK
ASSESSMENT IS NEAR FINAL, AND WHAT YOU SEE THERE NOW IS
TYPICALLY WHAT'S GOING TO BE IN THERE.
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MS. BENOY: IN THE MOST RECENT
VERSION, WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN, THERE'S A
VERY SHORT QUALITATIVE STATEMENT THAT BEARS ON THAT.
MS. MEDLIN: I HAVE TWO THINGS,
AND ONE IS WELLS, AND THE OTHER ONE (INAUDIBLE). I
WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ~T THIS LAND CAN BE USED FOR THAT
YOU'RE GOING TO FILL IN THESE PONDS. I WOULD LIKE TO
KNOW WILL THERE BE A LIMIT? YOU'RE GOING TO FILL THEM
IN, YOU'RE GOING TO PLANT GRASS, AND YOU'RE GOING TO. MOW
THE GRASS. HOW LONG WILL IT BE THAT IT COULD
NEVER --IF YOU DIG, YOU'RE GOING BACK INTO THIS SOIL.
WHAT CAN THE LAND BE USED FOR?
MS. BENOY: THE QUESTION IS, WHAT
CAN THE LAND BE USED FOR?
MS. MEDLIN: WHERE THE PONDS IS
THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MOVE THIS CONTAMINATION.
MS. BENOY: BASED ON THE EXISTING
LAND USE IN THE AREA AND BASED ON THE ZONING, WE DON'T . .
BELIEVE THAT THAT LAND WILL EVER REVERT BACK TO
RESIDENTIAL. WE BELIEVE THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN
INDUSTRIAL FACILITY. WE DON'T HAVE PROPERTY RIGHTS OR
THE RIGHTS WHERE THAT PROPERTY IS CONCERNED. RIGHT NOW
THE REMEDY IS THE STATE'S FOR APPROXIMATELY THIRTY
YEARS. SO FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT THIRTY YEARS, AT LEAST
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FOR THE GROUNDWATER CLEANUP, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOMEONE
THERE AT THE SITE.
BEAZER OR BEAZER'S --WHATEVER ACQUIRES
BEAZER --WHOEVER OWNS THAT PROPERTY, THEY WILL ALSO BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT REMEDY.
IN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, PEGGY, WE DON'T
HAVE --I'M NOT GOING TO BE HERE IN THIRTY YEARS, YOU
KNOW, TO --
MS. MEDLIN: I AM CONCERNED
ABOUT - -
MS. BENOY: THE LAND.
MS. MEDLIN: --OTHER PEOPLE. I
AM CONCERNED ABOUT MY CHILDREN, MY GRANDCHILDREN, MY
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. I WAS RAISED HERE, AND I LOOK
AROUND, AND THERE'S LOTS OF PEOPLE HERE THAT THEIR GREAT
GRANDMOTHER --THE CHURCH CELEBRATED ITS 150TH YEAR AT
SHILOH. WE HAVE TO LOOK OUT FOR THE FUTURE. NO
TELLING, SOME OF YOUR RELATIVES MAY BE LIVING HERE
SOMEDAY.
MY QUESTION IS I HAVE NEVER SEEN COMMERCIAL
OR ANYTHING ELSE. THE FIRST THING WE DO, THEY COME IN
WITH A BULLDOZER. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, IS IT GOING TO
BE SAFE TO STIR UP? IT MIGHT BE ONE OF MY GRANDCHILDREN
THAT'S ON THAT BULLDOZER. IS IT GOING TO BE SAFE TO
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STIR UP THIS LAND? HOW LONG WILL THERE EVER BE A
RESTRICTION ON THIS LAND WHERE THESE PONDS ARE THAT
NOTHING IS GOING TO BE REMOVED FROM?
DR. AKIN: YES, WE THINK THERE
WILL BE, PEGGY, FOR ANY LAND USE PERHAPS OTHER THAN A
SANDBOX FOR A CHILD. WE AREN'T CLEANING IT UP FOR THAT
PURPOSE. BUT WE THINK FOR ANY FORESEEABLE USE OF THAT
LAND, IT WILL BE SAFE IF WE ACHIEVE OUR CLEANUP GOALS.
WE SHOULD NEVER DISTURB THE AREA.
MS. MEDLIN: NO,.I THINK WITHIN
THE STATEMENT IS YOU'RE NOT GOING TO REMOVE ANYTHING
FROM THE PONDS --
DR. AKIN:
EXCEED THE CLEANUP GOALS.
MS. MEDLIN:
DR. AKIN:
THE SEDIMENTS DON'T
--EXCEPT THE WATER.
THE SEDIMENT
CONTAMINATION LEVELS DON'T EXCEED THE CLEANUP GOALS, SO
UNLESS A NEW ROUND OF SAMPLING WOULD INDICATE THEY DO,
THEN THEY WON'T NEED TO BE REMOVED. BUT THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE SAYING: AS LONG AS THEY ARE BELOW THOSE CLEANUP
LEVELS THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED, WE FEEL THAT THAT LAND
WILL BE OKAY FOR FUTURE LAND USE AT THAT SITE.
MS. MEDLIN:
DR. AKIN:
WOULD YOU BUY IT?
WOULD I BUY IT?
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MS. MEDLIN: UH-HUH (YES).
DR. AKIN: I DON'T THINK I CAN
AFFORD PROPERTY IN THIS AREA.
MS. MEDLIN: IT'S GOING REAL CHEAP
RIGHT NOW.
THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST
THAT I WOULD LIKE TO LIST AS GOING IN THE
COMMENTS --AND THIS IS A REQUEST FOR THE COMMUNITY --I
WOULD LIKE TO FOR AT LEAST A TEN-YEAR PERIOD FOR THE.
PRIVATE WELLS IN THE COMMUNITY TO BE TESTED EVERY SIX
MONTHS. WE HAVE QUITE A FEW WELLS, AND I WILL SAY
WITHIN A MILE OF THE CONTAMINATION THAT I FEEL THAT
THESE PEOPLE DESERVE A LITTLE BIT OF PIECE OF MIND THAT
THEY SHOULD NOT SOMEDAY HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHAT MANY-OF
US HAVE GONE THROUGH: THE FEAR OF NOW LOOKING BACK AND
WONDERING WHAT DID WE DRINK, WHAT DID WE BAKE WITH.
AND I FEEL THAT AT LEAST THEY SHOULD KNOW
EVERY SIX MONTHS, AND THEY SHOULD RECEIVE A RESPONSE .
FROM THE TESTING, AND I WOULD LIKE ON BEHALF OF THE
COMMUNITY AND THE CLEAN WATER ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT THAT
THIS BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REQUEST.
SPEAK UP.
MR. FEHN: DULY NOTED.
DO WE HAVE SOME MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
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MS. EWALD: PAULA EWALD FROM ECO,
AGAIN. JUST SHOWING HOW LONG-WINDED ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERS CAN BE, I JUST HAVE ONE FINAL QUESTION THAT I
WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE FACILITY IN COFFEYVILLE, KANSAS;
DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S EXACTLY THE STATUS IN TERMS OF
PERMITTING OF THAT? IS THAT AN INTERIM PERMIT FACILITY,
OR ARE THEY A FULLY PERMITTED FACILITY? AND WOULD IT BE
POSSIBLE SOMEHOW THROUGH YOUR CHANNELS TO GET US A COPY
OF THEIR PERMIT FOR US TO REVIEW, FOR THE COMMUNITY TO
REVIEW?
MS . BARRETT: WE WILL CHECK INTO IT
TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT FOR YOU. THE COMMUNITY DID
EXPRESS THOSE CONCERNS LAST NIGHT, AND SO WE WILL BE
CHECKING INTO THAT TO MAKE SURE ABOUT THEIR PERMIT.
MS. EWALD: IT'S JUST
USUALLY --A PERMIT IS A FAIRLY COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENT.
IT WOULD TELL US JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING ANYBODY WOULD
WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THAT FACILITY AND THE WAY IT'S RUN, , '
SO IT WOULD BE VERY USEFUL FOR US TO HAVE IT. WE'D
APPRECIATE THAT. THANKS.
MS. GILES: ANOTHER THING --I'M
DORIS GILES, AGAIN --LAST NIGHT YOU EXPLAINED TO US
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE HAVE AN ON-SITE INCINERATOR
MOVED IN, AND THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO WAIT BECAUSE IT'S
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PRIVATE. THEY'RE PRIVATELY OWNED. TELL THE MEMBERS OF
THE COMMUNITY JUST HOW THAT WOULD OPERATE. YOU
EXPLAINED MOVING IT OFF-SITE. EXPLAIN WHAT WOULD HAPPEN
ON-SITE.
MS. BENOY: I DON'T KNOW. SORRY.
WE DID DISCUSS FAIRLY AT LENGTH LAST NIGHT
WHAT --PRETTY MUCH IN GENERAL TE~, NOT REALLY IN
TECHNICAL TERMS --WHAT IT ENTAILED BRINGING AN
INCINERATOR ON THE SITE. TRANSPORTING AN INCINERATOR, A
MOBILE INCINERATOR, ON-SITE IS APPROXIMATELY $1 MILLION.
WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THE BIGGEST,
HEAVIEST-DUTY INCINERATOR BECAUSE OF THE DIOXINS. THERE
ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF INCINERATORS THAT ARE AVAILABLE,
BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A FACILITY -

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A MOBILE
INCINERATOR --THAT TAKES ABOUT SIXTEEN TRACTOR-TRAILERS
TO PULL IT IN ON-SITE, AND IT'S A VERY EXPENSIVE
ENDEAVOR. WE HAVE TO HAVE, OBVIOUSLY, THE AREA THAT
WOULD CONTAIN THAT.
WHEN YOU HAVE AN INCINERATOR ON-SITE, YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT 99.9999 RULE. WE HAVE TO DO TEST BURNS TO
MAKE SURE THAT IT'S WORKING PROPERLY AND THAT IT CAN
MEET THOSE STANDARDS AS CRITERIA. WE TALKED ABOUT HOW
WITH A PERMITTED FACILITY OFF-SITE THEY STAY HEATED AT
THAT EXCESSIVE TEMPERATURE. ON A MOBILE INCINERATOR ON
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A SITE, WE HAVE TO HEAT IT UP. IT TAKES SEVERAL DAYS TO
HEAT UP TO 1500° OR 1600°, AND YOU DO A TEST BURN, AND
THEN YOU LET IT COOL DOWN BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO SEND YOUR
SAMPLES OUT AND FIND OUT IF IT'S GOING TO WORK.
IT'S A VERY, VERY NOISY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
IT WOULD BE --YOU'D HEAR IT ALL THE TIME. OBVIOUSLY,
IF YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING HEATED UP TO OVER 1500°
FAHRENHEIT, IT'S GOING TO BE EXTREMELY HOT. I MEAN I
DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S EVER TESTED AT WHAT POINT DOES
THE TEMPERATURE REACH YOU CANNOT FEEL THE TEMPERATURE
FROM THE INCINERATOR ANYMORE. I IMAGINE THAT YOU CAN
FEEL THAT HEAT FOR --AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY CONTAIN
IT. I MEAN, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I PERSONALLY
HAVE CONSIDERED. IF YOU'VE GOT IT ON-SITE, IT'S
PROBABLY GOING TO BE PRETTY WARM AROUND THERE. AGAIN, I
DON'T KNOW. I'VE NEVER BEEN TO AN INCINERATOR,
PERSONALLY.
THOSE ARE SOME OF 'IHE
OTHER THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT
WERE THERE SOME
MR. FEHN: WE NEED TO POINT OUT
IT WOULD RUN 24 HOURS A DAYS. THEY DON'T SHUT IT DOWN
AT FIVE O'CLOCK, SO --
MS. BENOY:
MR. FEHN:
AFTER THE TEST BURNS.
--THERE WILL BE
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CONTINUOUS OPERATION, AND THERE WILL BE BULLDOZERS
RUNNING TO BRING THE SOIL IN AND FEED THE INCINERATOR.
I'VE BEEN TO INCINERATORS. YOU CAN WALK UP
NEXT TO AN INCINERATOR. IT'S NOT THAT HOT, BUT IT IS
NOISY, AND I'M SURE YOU WOULD HEAR IT.
I ALSO HAVE TO SAY IT HAS TO MEET THE SAME
STANDARDS, TO REITERATE, AS FAR AS ITS EFFECTIVENESS AND
HOW IT WOULD OPERATE. IT WOULD HAVE TO MEET THE SAME
99.9999. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO CLEAN UP 100 PERCENT, BUT
IT'S GOT TO CLEAN UP 99.9999 PERCENT OF IT TO OPERATE.
DID WE ANSWER THAT? I DON'T KNOW.
TYPICALLY, THERE'S A --THEY USE BULLDOZERS
TO MIX THE SOIL UP WITH SOMETHING, SOMETIMES SAWDUST OR
SOMETHING, BEFORE THEY FEED IT IN. THEY HAVE TO GET THE
RIGHT FEED MIX. THERE'S A LOT OF MATERIALS ·HANDLING
THAT GOES ON BEFORE IT'S FED INTO THE INCINERATOR.
MS. GILES: I MAY HAVE
MISUNDERSTOOD LAST NIGHT, BUT I LEFT WITH THE IMPRESSION •
THAT IF IT WAS OFF-SITE IT WOULD BE A SPEEDIER CLEANUP
THAN IF IT'S ON-SITE; THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO WAIT TO GET
THE EQUIPMENT MOVED IN. IT MIGHT NOT BE AVAILABLE. YOU
MIGHT DIG THE SOIL AND HAVE IT PILED UP, JUST WAITING.
DID I UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY?
MR. FEHN: WELL, WE HAVEN'T
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DESIGNED --THERE IS NO DESIGN, BUT I DOUBT THAT WE'D
DIG IT UP AND LET IT SIT. WE WOULD WAIT UNTIL THE
INCINERATOR CAME ON. THERE AREN'T A LOT OF THESE
AROUND, --
MS. GILES: THEN I DID
MISUNDERSTAND.
MR. FEHN: --SO WE WOULD HAVE
TO WAIT TO GET THE CONTRACTOR TO DO IT. I MEAN WE MAY
HAVE THE INCINERATOR OPERATING SOMEPLACE ELSE. WE'D
HAVE TO GET IN LINE FOR IT.
MR. SAFAY: I'VE SEEN AN
INCINERATOR IN FLORIDA --A SMALL INCINERATOR, NOTHING
THE SIZE THAT THEY'RE TALKING AND ONCE THEY BROUGHT
IT IN ON-SITE, ON THE TRUCKS, IT STILL TOOK THEM ALMQST
TWO MONTHS .TO PUT IT TOGETHER. I MEAN IT'S AN ENORMOUS
PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, AND IT TOOK TWO MONTHS TO PUT IT
TOGETHER, AND THAT WAS A SMALL ONE. SO IT WOULD, I
IMAGINE, DEFINITELY INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF TIME
INVOLVED.
MR. FEHN: THOSE ARE GOOD
QUESTIONS. DO YOU HAVE MORE?
MS. MEDLIN: I STILL CAN'T GET
OVER THAT YOU AREN'T GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO THESE
PONDS. WHEN WE RECEIVED THE LETTER THAT SAID THERE ARE
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DIOXINS THERE, AND ALL THESE YEARS YOU'VE BEEN SAYING
IT'S IN THE SEDIMENTS, AND ALL OF SUDDEN --I MEAN IF
THESE THINGS WAS PUT IN THERE IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES,
EVEN BEFORE THE SEVENTIES, WHY WEREN'T THEY THERE IN
1988, AND HERE IN 1992 --IN 1992 WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM?
MR. FEHN: THE ANSWER IS IT'S
STILL THERE. WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THEY'RE THERE IN SUCH
LOW LEVELS THAT IT DOESN'T PRESENT A HUMAN HEALTH
PROBLEM.
DR. AKIN: WHAT'S HAPPENED TO
THE CONTAMINANTS, YOU'RE ASKING? WE CAN ONLY GO BY THE
ANALYSES. WE'VE DONE THE MODEL SAMPLING, AND WE'RE
GOING TO DO SOME MORE DURING THE REMEDIAL DESIGN. WE
AREN'T REALLY LEAVING THEM LIKE THEY EXIST. THEY ARE
GOING TO BE BURIED AND IMMOBILIZED THERE IS THE IDEA OF
THIS. SO, YOU KNOW, WE HOPE WE'VE CUT OFF ANY WAY FOR
THESE TO --EVEN THAT LOW LEVEL THAT'S THERE --TO GET
OUT, EITHER DOWN TO GROUNDWATER OR UP TO WHERE PEOPLE
ARE.
I DON'T --IT'S NOT LIKELY TO JUST BE LEFT
LIKE IT EXISTS, MS. MEDLIN. I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE FEEL
LIKE WE'VE CUT OFF ANY HARM FROM IT. WE DIDN'T ALLOW
ANY DEGRADATION TO BE CONSIDERED IN THIS PROCESS, BUT
OVER LONG PERIODS OF YEARS SOME OF THESE THINGS DO
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DEGRADE. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT RATE AND THOSE KINDS OF
THINGS, BUT THEY ARE ORGANIC MOLECULES, AND WE
ANTICIPATE THAT WITH NO NEW MATERIALS, NO NEW
CONTAMINANTS ADDED, THAT OVER SOME PERIOD OF TIME NATURE
WILL HELP SOMEWHAT IN TAKING THEM AWAY, AND THERE'S NO
EXPOSURE DURING THAT TIME. WHAT
MS. MEDLIN; WHAT BOTHERS ME --
DR. AKIN: --NEGATIVISM IS IT
THAT BOTHERS YOU? WHAT RATE WILL PEOPLE BE HARMED IS
BOTHERING YOU MOST ABOUT THAT?
MS. MEDLIN: WHAT BOTHERS ME NOW
IS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO COVER IT UP, AND YET SOMEBODY
CAN GO IN THERE WITH A BULLDOZER AND UNCOVER IT AT ANY
TIME. THERE'S NO LIMIT ON IT ANY. THAT'S WHAT BOTHERS
ME.
MS. GILES: WHAT BOTHERS HER,
TOO, IS THAT WE FEEL THAT THERE'S NOTHING SHORT OF
COMPLETE CLEANUP. WHY NOT GO JUST A LITILE FURTHER AND . '
REMOVE THAT SOIL, THE SEDIMENT, THE SUBSOIL? THAT WOULD
MAKE EVERYBODY FEEL BETIER.
DR. AKIN: WELL, WE DON'T --THE
REASON THAT CLEANUP LEVELS ARE ESTABLISHED IS BASED ON
HEALTH, UNDERSTANDING OF THE TOXICITY -AND THE WAY PEOPLE
CAN BE EXPOSED, IN MAKING THOSE CONSERVATIVE ASSUMPTIONS
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ON HOW PEOPLE COULD BE HARMED, AND THAT PROCESS GIVES US
A NUMBER THAT'S THE CLEANUP NUMBER. AND ANYTHING BELOW
THAT CLEANUP NUMBER IS ASSUMED TO BE NOT A HEALTH
CONSEQUENCE.
THAT NUMBER WILL BE APPLIED TO SEDIMENTS AND
SOILS, AND IT SO HAPPENS THE SEDIMENTS ALREADY, BASED ON
THE CURRENT DATA, THE SEDIMENT IS ALREADY BELOW THAT
NUMBER. SO YOUR QUESTION COULD APPLY TO SOILS AS WELL
AS SEDIMENTS. WHY AREN'T WE STOPPING AT THAT NUMBER IN
THE SOILS AS WELL?
MS. GILES: WELL, WE'RE NOT
COVERING THEM UP. WE FEEL THAT THE COVERING OF THEM IS
WHAT COULD BE A PROBLEM.
DR. AKIN: SEE, I'M MORE
CONCERNED ABOUT THAT THAT'S NOT COVERED UP BECAUSE
THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE SURFACE TO BE BROUGHT OUT IN THE
AIR. I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AND PEOPLE BEING
HARMED FROM IT, BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE COVERED UP. . .
MS. GILES: I SAID THAT WE'RE
STOPPING SHORT OF COMPLETE CLEANUP, AND WE'RE BURYING
THE PROBLEM, COVERING UP THE PROBLEM, AND IT COULD BE A
PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE.
HE'S SAYING THAT HE IS MORE CONCERNED WITH
THE SURFACE SOIL, AND, OF COURSE, WE ARE TOO. BUT WHY
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STOP SHORT AND COVER SOMETHING UP? WE WOULD FEEL BETTER
IN THE COMMUNITY IF IT WAS REMOVED AND THEN FILLED IN.
DR. AKIN: YOU MAY NOT CLASSIFY
THIS AS CONTAINMENT, BUT ONE OF THE REMEDIES THAT IS
ACCEPTABLE UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, FOR INSTANCE, IS
CONTAINMENT; THAT IS, SOLIDIFIED IN PLACE, HOLDING IT IN
PLACE. THAT'S AN ACCEPTABLE REMEDY IN SOME SITUATIONS,
SO THIS IS KIND OF ANALOGOUS TO THAT KIND OF THING.
MS. BENOY: WHAT I ALSO HEAR YOU
SAYING IS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE EXPECTED HIGHER
CONCENTRATIONS IN THE SEDIMENT THAN MAYBE WHAT WE SAW,
AND, FRANKLY, IT SURPRISED ME ALSO. THE FIRE POND WAS
SAMPLED WITH, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, SIXTEEN
LOCATIONS. EVERY ONE OF THEM HAD AT LEAST --WELL, HAD
TWO SAMPLING DEPTHS. SO THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 32
SAMPLES.
WE DIDN'T SEE THE LEVELS THAT I HAD
EXPECTED, AND, AGAIN, WHEN WE DO DEVELOP A REMEDY . '
SELECTION WE BASE IT ON EXPOSURE, PATHWAYS, THE RISK
ASSOCIATED TO IT. AND THE RISK THAT WE HAVE ASSOCIATED
WITH THE ECOLOGICAL ASPECT IS THE GREATER RISK OR THE
GREATEST RISK THAT WE IDENTIFIED WITH THOSE SEDIMENTS.
DR. AKIN: I HAVE ONE THING TO
ADD.. I THINK THERE WAS A LADY BACK THERE WHO ASKED WHAT
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PERCENTAGE OF THE CONTAMINANT WAS THERE RELATIVE TO OUR
CLEANUP GOALS. SOMEBODY BACK THERE ASKED THAT EARLIER,
AND SHE'S GONE. WELL, I DID MATH ON THAT. I DON'T KNOW
IF I'M RIGHT OR NOT, BUT I CALCULATED THAT.
BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3.0 PERCENT --WELL, LET ME
JUST SAY IT THIS WAY. FOR DIOXIN IT WAS 3 PERCENT OF
THE CLEANUP GOAL WAS THE LEVEL THAT WE FOUND THERE,
3 PERCENT OF IT, AND FOR PCP THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION
ON THAT DATA SHEET THAT I HAVE, THE HIGHEST
CONCENTRATION, WAS 1.6 PERCENT OF THE CLEANUP GOAL.
SO, YOU SEE, IT'S ABOUT 1 TO 3 PERCENT OF
THE CLEANUP GOAL, SO IT IS SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW WHAT WE
CAN DETERMINE TO BE THE CLEANUP GOAL ANYWAY. SO THAT
SEDIMENT IS JUST NOT ALL THAT HOT --CHEMICALLY HOT, SO
TO SPEAK
MORE TIME?
FROM THE DATA WE NOW HAVE.
MR. FEHN: ANYONE ELSE?
MS. BENOY:
MS. COOLEY:
WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
WANDA COOLEY.
WHEN DO YOU PLAN TO TEST WELLS AGAIN?
MR. FEHN: GIVE US YOUR NAME ONE
MS. COOLEY:
MR. FEHN:
WANDA COOLEY.
WANDA COOLEY?
MS. COOLEY: I'M WANDA COOLEY.
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WHEN DO YOU PLAN TO TEST WELLS AGAIN?
MS. BENOY: THE QUESTION IS, WHEN
DO WE PLAN TO TEST WELLS AGAIN?
ARE YOU SPEAKING ABOUT THE PRIVATE WELL
SAMPLING?
MS. COOLEY: YEAH. MINE HAS BEEN
TESTED ONE TIME, AND THAT WAS TWO YEARS AGO.
MS. BENOY: THE PRIVATE WELL
SAMPLING EFFORT HAS BEEN A COOPERATIVE EFFORT BETWEE_N
BEAZER AND THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. IT IS A
SEPARATE EFFORT FROM THE EPA AND SO THAT IT HAS BEEN
DONE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS SINCE 1988-89. I'M NOT SURE.
I HAVE IT IN MY NOTES.
I DO KNOW THAT THEY HAD A ROUND SCHEDULED
FOR JUNE, AND IT WAS POSTPONED BECAUSE WE'RE COMING TO
THE END OF THE RI. AGAIN, IT'S NOT AN EFFORT THAT EPA
IS INVOLVED IN. WE DO GET THE DATA, AND THIS DATA WAS
ALSO PART OF THE REMEDIAL INVE9TIGATION REPORT. IT WAS
INCLUDED AS AN APPENDIX. I BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE IT
ON-LINE. DO YOU ALL HAVE THE DATES?
MS. ROSEN: WE HAVEN'T SET A DATE
FOR THAT. AS BARBARA WAS SAYING, WE POSTPONED IT A
LITTLE BIT
MS. BENOY: PAT, I'M SORRY. I
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CAN'T HEAR YOU.
MR. FEHN: WOULD YOU IDENTIFY
YOURSELF?
MS. ROSEN: I'M PAT ROSEN WITH
THE SUPERFUND SECTION.
AS BARBARA WAS SAYING, WE WERE DUE FOR THE
NEXT ROUND OF SAMPLING. IT WAS DUE IN JUNE, AND WE
POSTPONED IT. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FREQUENCY AND THE
LEVELS OF CONTAMINATION AT WHICH WE ASK BEAZER TO
PROVIDE BOTI'LED WATER, AND WE'RE STILL DISCUSSING THAT,
YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE STATE. AS SOON AS WE'VE RESOLVED
THAT, WE'LL, YOU KNOW, WE'LL DISCUSS WHEN THE NEXT ROUND
WILL BE SET UP.
MR. FEHN: ANY MORE QUESTION~?
WE WANT TO ANSWER THEM ALL.
LET ME JUST THANK YOU FOR COMING, NUMBER
ONE. THIS IS --THIS SITE IS --WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF
TIME ON IT, AND IT'S WORTH IT. WE HAVE A STORY TO TELL
ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENED THERE. WE WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND
IT. IF YOU THINK OF MORE QUESTIONS AFTER THE MEETING,
OR QUESTIONS YOU DIDN'T WANT TO ASK DURING THE MEETING,
WE'RE GOING TO STAY HERE SO YOU CAN ASK US INDIVIDUALLY.
WE'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
AGAIN, WE HAVE AN 800 NUMBER. YOU CAN CALL
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US AT OUR OFFICE AND ASK US QUESTIONS. IT RINGS AT OUR
DESK, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE TIME WITH YOU AND EXPLAIN
THINGS OR GIVE YOU FURTHER THOUGHTS.
WE PROMISED SOME THINGS TONIGHT THAT WE
WOULD GET FOR YOU, AND WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT
TOO.
I NOTICE FOR THOSE THAT CAME IN LATE I'D ASK
YOU TO SIGN IN BEFORE YOU LEAVE. WE USE THAT SHEET TO
GET A MAILING LIST TOGETHER TO SEND YOU THINGS LIKE THIS
PROPOSED PLAN, AND THIS ISN'T THE LAST THING WE'LL BE
SENDING OUT. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THE DIALOGUE, AND
WE'D LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT YOU AND YOUR ADDRESS SO THAT WE
CAN CONTACT YOU AND GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION ABOUT
FUTURE MEETINGS.
THIS COMMENT PERIOD, AGAIN, IS OPEN UNTIL
SEPTEMBER 16TH. IT'S OPEN FOR YOU TO MAIL IN TO US YOUR
COMMENTS. ANY COMMENTS YOU MAIL IN WILL BE TREATED JUST
LIKE THE ONES TONIGHT IN THE R~COIµ) OF DECISION; THAT
IS, WE'LL BE ANSWERING THEM IN WRITING AND CONSIDERING
THAT IN THE FINAL REMEDY SELECTION. WHAT YOU THINK
COUNTS, AND WE URGE YOU TO TAKE THE TIME TO COMMUNICATE
WITH US AND SEND US THOSE THINGS.
MS. BENOY: I'D LIKE TO MAKE A
COMMENT. WE EVIDENTLY SET TWO DIFFERENT DATES FOR THE
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END OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, AND IT IS
SEPTEMBER 16TH, AND I WANT EVERYBODY TO BE AWARE OF
THAT. HOPEFULLY, WE HAVEN'T CONFUSED ANYBODY THAT THAT
WILL BE THE END OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD,
SEPTEMBER 16TH, AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REITERATE THAT
THERE'S A TOLL FREE NUMBER THAT WE'VE PROVIDED. AND
IT'S NOT AN ANSWERING MACHINE; IT'S NOT VOICE MAIL. OUR
SECRETARY WILL ANSWER IT, AND IT CAN BE TAPPED DIRECTLY
INTO MY PHONE OR TO CURT'S PHONE. SO, PLEASE, TAKE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO CALL US, WRITE US. WE DO ENCOURAGE YOU
TO PUT YOUR INPUT IN. WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO THIS, BUT
WE ALSO --WE DO DESIRE YOUR INPUT. WE WANT TO KNOW
WHAT YOUR CONCERNS ARE.
MR. FEHN: AND ALSO DIANE'S
PHONE.
MS. BENOY: I'D LIKE TO MAKE ONE
.FINAL COMMENT. WE MAY NOT ALWAYS BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE
CONCERNS IN THE WAY THAT YOU WANT US TO ADDRESS THEM. .
WE MAY, IN FACT, HAVE TO DO SOMETHING EVERY DIFFERENT
FROM WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO DO. BUT AS PART OF THE
SUPERFUND LAW, WE ARE REQUIRED DURING THIS COMMENT
PERIOD TO ANSWER YOUR CONCERNS AND TO MAKE IT PART OF
THE RECORD OF DECISION FOR THE SITE.. I'D JUST AGAIN
ENCOURAGE YOU TO GIVE US YOUR INPUT, AND WE WILL
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ACCOMMODATE AND ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS TO THE BEST OF OUR
ABILITY·.
MR. FEHN: YES, LET ME
REITERATE, TOO, WE DO TAKE YOUR COMMENTS SERIOUSLY. WE
GO OVER THEM. WE DISCUSS THEM. WE TRY TO INCORPORATE
THEM AS BEST WE CAN.
MS. MEDLIN: I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
IF PAULA EWALD, OUR REPRESENTATIVE, COULD HAVE A COPY OF
HER REPORT AFTER IT'S TYPED UP.
MR. FEHN: THE TRANSCRIPT?
MS. MEDLIN: YES, SIR.
MR. FEHN: YES, WE'LL DO THAT.
OKAY, ANYTHING ELSE? ANYBODY AT THE TABLE
HAVE ANY COMMENTS?
AGAIN, THANKS A LOT FOR COMING. WE
APPRECIATE YOUR CONFIDENCE AND YOUR PATIENCE WITH US AND
YOUR COMMUNICATION.
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(THE PUBLIC MEETING CONCLUDED AT
9:52 P.M.)
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF WAKE
C E R T I F I C A T E
I, SHARON ANDREWS, CERTIFIED COURT REPORTER, CERTIFIED VERBATIM REPORTER, CERTIFIED LEGAL VIDEO SPECIALIST, AND NOTARY PUBLIC IN AND FOR THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, DULY COMMISSIONED, QUALIFIED AND AUTHORIZED TO ADMINISTER OATHS, AND TO TAKE AND CERTIFY HEARINGS DO HEREBY CERTIFY:
THAT ON JULY 23, 1992, THE MATTER OF THE PUBLIC MEETING IN RE: KOPPERS COMPANY, INC. SUPERFUND SITE WAS HELD;
THAT THE FOREGOING PROCEEDINGS WERE REPORTED BY ME AND THEREAFTER REDUCED TO TYPEWRITI'EN FORM UNDER MY DIRECT SUPERVISION, AND THAT THE FOREGOING 120 PAGES CONSTITUTE A TRUE AND ACCURATE TRANSCRIPT OF THE RECORD OF THOSE PROCEEDINGS TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND UNDERSTANDING;
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I HAVE HERETO AFFIXED MY HAND AND OFFICIAL NOTARIAL SEAL THIS 29TH DAY OF JULY, 1992.
c;dL_H?::½--/ ~
SHARON ANDREWS, CCR, CVR, CLVS
MY COMMISSION EXPIRES:
DECEMBER 9, 1996
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