NCD980602163_19990308_Warren County PCB Landfill_SERB C_Bulletin About the Detoxification Effort-OCR

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NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT or
ENVIRONMENT.AND NA'TURAl~ RESOURCES
March x, 1999
IHJLLf:TIN AUOI./T THE PCU LANDFILL Ult l'OXIFICATION f:Fl10HT
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CITLZF.NS OF WAl~EN C0U:\'l'Y
\ ------MIKE KELLY ,,}.J i
1.n an effort to ke~p citizrns informed about the PCB landf1ll detoxit11.::at \r,n cffo11. !
will occasionally srn<i out a bulletin to those li ving closC'st to r.he la11dfill a11d ud11~1
citi.1.enx on the Working Group's maili11g list. Thi s is the fir st such bulletin
*** As you me aware,. ,;vc receivc-d $2 million fron1 the Gl:nernl Assembly h st fall
to begin the detox.ificat ion proccs~ We me currnmly ncgotiill.ing a contiact with
FT(i En vironmental for the Pha1se Ht final designplam; for the d,itoxilicat i(•P. Mr
i'atrick Harne.s, BFA, Orlando. Fl.. will be working with ETG 011 this pr,:j,.;Lt
**"' 111 fa nua,,, 1 hired an environmental and chen1ical engmcer, M~ Pat Ba cLu:-:.
to be the proj1;•c1 manager fbr the detoxification. 'i'his will be her full ti1rn: it.'l• I ls:r
phone number h; 919-i .H -4996, ~~)(t. 308
~H We are now in comphancc with th~ Notice ofN01Hx'mpliam:e (NON_1 issu1;,:
h~, the FPA lo tlw stale in August 1997. We aie doing all of the 1•~qwred
lllnr,iroring and rce.cntly installed ~n amolllatic pumpi,,g system tu remo 1-e h:ite:-
frnm tlw lu:tdfill . The waler i$ bei!lg pump1~d out at a rate nf about 1/2 1r illnn p1;1
minute . It is bei,,g fllkred through the cnrbon and sand fih er :,y::tcm;; Jt il11.· ::rndfdl
prior lo being discharged mtn the pond The EPA hm, ~•.r antc~d u:; "" irnbli ni tc
~xlension oa the r(~quirement fr,r a new· i.:ap on the landlill :,.inrc we are p;1r•;ui11~:
detoxification.
"""* La:,I 111011th Henry Lnnc,Hter, Put Bad:us and l met with reprcscntaii\l.'5 of
I 111.: EPA in Atlanta to disniss fonding and permitting isr-ues 011 the rlcto,ilk atiun
Henry and I also wcnl to W,1shingto11 to meet with rep1csentativt:s 011 Capitr )I Hi!l
and tlw Pe11lago11, ,Hld I met with nther EPA otlicial g at FPA he:1<.lquarte1--;
-t H We pLrn t.o do our next semi -annual sampling al. the landfi!I in :\pri1 . .
. q +. Dollie Burwell , lknry Lanca5tcr and I, plan to meet with Secretar y !'vkDr:·viu
later lhis month l.o discus~ tht: PCB landfill dc1oxifica1ion eflc.,rt.
'Jhc riext PCB Working Group mct'ting is March 16 at 6 pm. Plc.1:,e c;1 l! ,ti(: a1
1) 19-7.B-4996, ext. 20.l, if you have auy questions.
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