E.P.A. to Host Open Houses on Ten-Mile Drain Superfund Location in Saint Clair Shores, Mich.

For Immediate Release No. 11-OPA026

Chicago (March 25, 2011) --- The E.P.A. will hold 2 open houses Thursday, March 31, to update the community on spring field sampling at the Ten-Mile Drain location in Saint Clair Shores, Mich.

The open houses will take place from ten a.m. to noon and five to seven p.m. at the Saint Clair Shores Public Library, 22500 11 Mile Road. Residents will have the opportunity to meet one-on-one with local, state and federal environmental and health officials. There will be no formal presentation at either open house.

Soil and sediment in and around an underground storm sewer system in Saint Clair Shores are contaminated with PCBs. PCBs also are in canals where the storm sewer discharges into Lake Saint Clair. E.P.A. and other agencies have been involved in several cleanups at the Ten-Mile Drain location since PCBs were discovered in 2002. However the area has been re-contaminated and the source of the PCBs has not been found.

The Ten-Mile Drain Location was placed on the Superfund National Priorities List last year. Field sampling work to look for the source of the contamination is set to begin in April.

More information about Ten-Mile Drain Location is accessible at http://www.epa.gov/region5/sites/tenmiledrain. For questions or to arrange special accommodations at the meeting, contact Megan McSeveney, E.P.A. community involvement coordinator at mcseveney.megan@ epa.gov, or call 800-621-8431, extension 61972, between 9:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., weekdays.

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