NCD980602163_19830331_Warren County PCB Landfill_SERB C_Re investigation of landfill-OCR

~-----North Carolina Department of
Crime Control~,
& Public Safety
512 N. Salisbury Street P O Box 27687 Role1gh 27611 -7687 [phone]
James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor Heman R. Clark, Secretary March 31, 1983
MEMORANDUM
TO:
FROM :
RE:
Gary Pearce -Office of the Governor
Bob Jansen -°!,f()ce of the Governor
Bill Phillips~
Warren County PCB Landfill
PR 5
On March 21, ?.2, and 23 , Miss Michelle Grasso and Mr. Jeff Heil of the
General Accounting Office in Washington, D.C. were in North Carolina
investigating the site selection process of t he landfill. This had been
requested by Congressman Florio and Delegate Fauntroy and a copy of this
letter of request is attached. The two stated that this was one of four
landfills to be investigated in EPA Region IV and thn t the need for
investigation of landfills in other parts of t he U. S. would be decided
after this pilot project.
At 1:30 p.m. on March 21, these two repres entatives met with Secretary
Clark, Deputy Attorney General Ike Avery, 0. W. Strickland, Russ Edmonston
and cme. Following this meeting, I made my complete landfill project file
available to them and provided copies of several documents requested.
On the morning of March 22, Miss Grasso and Mr. Heil visited the
landfill in Warren County and met with County Health Director Joe Lennon.
Returning in the afternoon, they reviewed the project files in the OHR
office of 0. W. Strickland.
On March 23, since I was in Warren County District Court on the Ken
Ferrucio matter, the two met with Russ Edmonston to brief him on their
visit. They said that noth ing had been found to indicate anything other
than normal procedures were followed in the site selection process. They
said further that an oral report would be made to the committee and that no
written report was anticipated.
I pass this along to you as a matter of information. If you have any
questions, please let me know.
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December 16, 1982 PCRMANCNT ~CLCCT COMMlll!:: ON ~~a,,.;:,
1r. Charles A. I>owsher
:omntroller General of the United States
~eneral Accounting Of:ice
~ashington, D.C. 2054e
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\s you are aware, hazardous waste generation and disposal are enduring
1ublic health and environmental issues. Of particular concern are
.Jroblems of uncontrolled and illegal disposal, and the siting and
Jperation of hazardous waste facilities.
\ recent illustration of these concerns occurred in Warren County,
~orth Carolina, where a new land disposal facility was constructed to
.:ontain the contaminated soil from a statewide PCB spill.
:n light of the concerns that have been raised by the residents of
farren County, and given other information that has been received
-egarding the:location of other hazardous waste sites, we are request-
,_ng that GAO conduct an investigation of !_he extent to which the
.ocations -0~ hazardous -waste £acilities ,· p~icular1.1--l_an.df_:~J?-~, ·
:orrelate with the racial and socio-ecopomic status oT tne neighboring
:ormmmities.
be investigation should include an examination of the following
·actors:
+the location of existing on-site and off-site interim status
hazardous waste landfills;
+a racial and socio-economic charaterization of the neighboring
populations to such facilities;
+a quantitative correlation between the location of these facil-
ities and the racial and socio-economic makeup of the surrounding
population;
+the extent to which the public participation requirements of
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) have been
observed during the permitting process, generally; and
PLEASE RESPOND TO
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+the imoact of the Environmental Protection Agency's class permit
proposal on the nature and level of public participation in the
permitting process.
Your attention to thi~matter is.appreciated.
Sincerely,
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Walter E. Fauntroy
Chairman
Congressional Black Caucus
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James J / Florio
Chairman
Subco~ittee on Commerce,
Transportation and Tourism
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