EPA Sets June 27, 2011 for Public Hearing on Proposed Remedies for Radford Army Ammunition Plant (PA)
PHILADELPHIA ( June 23,
2011) On Monday, June 27, 2011, the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public meeting
followed by a public hearing for members of the community on the
proposed remedies for cleaning up the Radford Army Ammunition Plant
(RAAP).
The remedies are outlined in the Corrective
Action Statement of Basis (SB) and EPA will present information and
answer questions from the community on the SB during the public
meeting. During the formal public hearing, which will immediate
follow, the community will be able to offer oral
comments.
The public comment period opened May 25 and runs
through July 25, 2011 so anyone who does not provide oral comments
at the public hearing can still submit written comments to the EPA
on the SB. After the comment period closes, EPA will review and
publicly respond to substantive comments received in writing and at
the public hearing. Based on the comments received, the EPA may
revise the proposed remedies.
The SB outlines the proposed remedies for Solid
Waste Management Units being investigated and remediated at the
Radford Army Ammunition Plant which are being addressed under
EPA’s Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Corrective Action Program. The SB also summarizes the corrective
action activities completed to date.
Corrective action is an EPA program designed to
investigate and guide the remediation of contamination from
hazardous waste management spills or releases into the environment.
These releases of hazardous waste and/or hazardous constituents are
the result of past or present activities at facilities regulated
under RCRA. EPA’s corrective action authority allows the
agency to incorporate, investigation and clean up requirements at
facilities such as RAAP.
The public meeting and hearing will be held from
6 to 8 p.m. at the Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library,
Christiansburg Branch, 125 Sheltman Road, Christiansburg, Va.,
24073, (540) 382-6965. The library also serves as the local
repository of documents related to the clean up at RAAP. The
SB
and permit are available at the regional library
and on EPA’s website throughout the comment
period.
Written comments should be submitted to Erich
Weissbart, U.S. EPA Project Manager, Mail Code 3LC50, 1650 Arch
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029 or via fax: 215-814-3113, or
e-mail:
[email protected]. All comments must either be submitted at the hearing
or in writing via U.S. mail, fax, or
e-mail to the EPA Project Manager and must be postmarked no
later than July 25, 2011.
A final decision regarding the selected remedies
proposed for the facility will not be made until the public comment
period has closed and all comments have been evaluated and
addressed.
To view the Statement of Basis go
to:
http://www.epa.gov/reg3wcmd/publicnotice-pdf/RAAP_SB.pdf
For more information on RAAP go to: http://www.epa.gov/reg3hwmd/npl/VA1210020730.htm
or https://www.radfordaapirp.org/comminv/RAB.htm