Suggested Project Meeting Scheduled for Escambia Treating Company Superfund Location

ATLANTA - Today the E.P.A. (EPA) announced a public meeting will be held to discuss the Suggested Project for the SWMU ten area at the Escambia Treating Company (ETC) Superfund Site, which presents the EPA's recommended approach for the SMWU ten cleanup, on August 19, 2014 at six pm at the New Hope Missionary Baptist Church at 3600 North Palafox.

E.P.A. will accept public comments until at least September 15, 2014. After the public review period, the E.P.A. will prepare an Amendment to the existing groundwater Record of Decision (ROD) signed in 2008.

The SMWU ten area is the former location of a wastewater pond and landfill that contains severe contamination and is acting as the "source area" of the groundwater plume leaving the former ETC Facility. The Suggested remedy is Steam-Enhanced Extraction of creosote contamination in the SMWU ten area, followed by additional technologies using surfactants, solvents and oxidants as needed. The Suggested Project contains a more detailed discussion of the remedy selection process and is presented to the community for public review and input.

Together, the 2008 ROD and the 2014 Amended ROD (AROD) will select the cleanup approach for the groundwater contamination from ETC. The timeframe for starting the cleanup will depend on the availability of funding, but the best case scenario is to start the cleanup in 2016. This Suggested Project and an Administrative Record will be accessible in the information repository for the Location located at the Geneology Branch Library, 5740 N. Ninth Ave., Pensacola, Florida 32504.

A summary of information on the ETC Location is accessible here: http://www.epa.gov/region4/superfund/sites/npl/florida/escwprefl.html

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