NCD980602163_19820928_Warren County PCB Landfill_SERB C_PCB Press Briefing-OCR

PCB PRESS BRIEFING
RALEIGH
SEPTEMBER 28, 1982
GOOD MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
.,. I WE CALLED THIS PRESS BRIEFING TODAY TO
DISCUSS WITH YOU THE SELECTION OF WARREN
COUNTY AS THE SITE FOR THE STORAGE OF PCB
CONTAMINATED SOIL AND THE SAFETY ISSUES
THAT CONTINUE TO BE RAISED ABOUT THE LANDFILL,
MORE SPECIFICA ~LY, WE WANT TO ADDRESS:
(1) THE ISSUE OF WHY WARREN COUNTY WAS
CHOSEN FOR THE LANDFILL AND,
(2) WHY THIS LANDFILL IS SAFE, AND CAPABLE
OF INDEFINITE UY PROTECTING THE PEOPLE
AND ENVIRONME~T IN THE AREA,
OPPONENTS HAYS SAID THE LANDFILL SITING
DECISION WAS POLITICAL, IT WAS NOT, THE
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DECISION WAS BASED ON A NUMBER OF TECHNICAL
CONSIDERATIONS, OPPONENTS CLAIM IT WAS
RACIALLY MOTIVATED, IT WAS NOT, NEITHER .
RACE NOR ECONOMICS WERE EVER ISSUES IN
LOCATING THIS LANDFILL,
THE STATE'S BEST PROFESSIONAL/
TECHNICAL PEOPLE1 WITH ASSISTANCE FROM
SPECIALISTS AT THE EPA1 MADE THE DECISION
TO LOCATE THE LANDFILL NEAR AFTON,
THE DECISION WAS BASED1 AS l HAVE
SAID BEFORE, COMPLETELY ON SOUND TECHNICAL
DATA, WE HAVE SELECTED THE BEST AVAILABLE
SITE AND ARE CONFIDENT THE LANDFILL WILL
PROTECT THE HEALTH1 WELFARE AND ENVIRONMENT
OF ALL PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN NORTH CAROLINA,
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WE HAVE WITH U~ TODAY REPRESENTATIVES
OF EPA AND THE STATE AffiENCIES WHO WERE
INVOLVED IN THE DECISI~N-MAKING PROCESS,
AFTER THEY MAKE THEIR PRESENTATIONSJ
THEY WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS,
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TABLE II
D~TAILED EVALUATION OF ELEVEN POTENTIALLY SUITABLE SITES FOR
DISPOSAL OF TOTAL PCB CONTAMINATED SOIL VOLUME
COUNTY
Franklin
Nash
Wake
Chatham
Harnett
Nash
Person
Wake
Granville
Chatham
Warren
USE-LOCATION
Prison Property NC 39
SQUth of Bunn
Prison Property US 64
Nashville
Prison Property,
Blue Ridge Ro~d
Cherokee Brick Plant
SR 1916
DOT Borrow Pit
SR 1229
Private Woodland on
SR 1004 South of
SR 1401 Junction
Farmland, SR 1326
NCSU Fann
Farmland, SR 1300
Sanitary Landfill us 64
Faniland
SR 1604
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EVALUATION COMMENTS
Static water level within
10 feet of land surface
Water table fluctuation
to within 15 feet of
land surface, 44 percent
of soil volume did not
meet EPA soil criteria,
access through prison
confinement area
Water level within 8.0
feet of land surface
Shallow surface rock
seams, site not avail-
able for purchase
Static water table within
10 feet of land surface
Surficial soils too sandy,
shallow to rock
Close proximity
to populated areas
Close proximity to popu-
lated areas
Site access across undeeded
right-of-way, property tied
up in estate, practical auger
refusal at ll.5 feet
Soil and water table data
satisfactory, site suitu.ble;
site not available for pur-
chase
Soil and water table data
satisfactory
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