EPA Extends Public Comment Period on Proposed Remedies for Radford Army Ammunition Plant (DE, DC, MD, PA, VA, WV)
PHILADELPHIA ( July 7,
2011) -- The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency has extended the public comment period until Aug.
31 on the proposed remedies for cleaning up the Radford Army
Ammunition Plant (RAAP).
The public comment period, which opened May 25,
was originally scheduled to close July 25. But residents requested
additional time to comment on the proposed remedies that are
outlined in the Corrective Action Statement of Basis
(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 Statement of Basis 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.
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 be submitted in writing no later
than August 31, 2011. Those being submitted U.S. mail, fax,
or
e-mail must be postmarked no later than August 31,
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.
The SB, documents and other information relating
to the investigation and remediation/clean up of the RAAP can be
found at: The Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library, Christiansburg
Branch, 125 Sheltman Road, Christiansburg VA 24073, (540) 382-6965;
and on the internet.
To view the SB go to: http://www.epa.gov/reg3wcmd/publicnotice-pdf/RAAP_SB.pdf
For more information on the RAAP go to:
http://www.epa.gov/reg3wcmd/ca/va/webpages/va1210020730.html
or
https://www.radfordaapirp.org/comminv/RAB.htm
.