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Fact Sheet

January 2006

Comment Period Extended, Meeting and Hearing Scheduled Doe Run Co., Glover, Missouri

INTRODUCTION

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) invite the public to attend a public availability session and public hearing about the proposal to issue a Remedial Action Plan permit to Doe Run Co. in Glover, Missouri. See box below for details.

Also, EPA and MDNR have extended the public comment period on the proposed permit to allow additional time for interested citizens to review the public record and provide comments. All written comments should be sent to the address below. The public comment period will end on February 28, 2006.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 invites the public to comment on the proposed cleanup plan for soil and groundwater contamination at the Offutt Air Force Base in Bellevue, Nebraska. Specifically, the proposed cleanup plan addresses the Fire Training Area 3. Also, EPA proposes to modify Part II of the Hazardous Waste Storage Permit to include the requirements of the proposed cleanup plan.

REMEDIAL ACTION PLAN PERMIT

The Remedial Action Plan permit would allow Doe Run to treat, store, and dispose hazardous remediation waste at its facility in Glover. The permit would be issued under the authority of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. The remediation waste would come from two locations in Missouri: the Middlebrook Railhead site in Viburnum and a property in Festus.

The Remedial Action Plan permit would allow Doe Run to use treated soil from the Middlebrook Railhead site as intermediate cover for its lead smelter slag repository at the facility in Glover. The soils would be treated to stabilize the lead. Once the soil is placed, Doe Run would grow and maintain a vegetative cover on the cap to reduce soil erosion and wind-blown dust.

The slag repository at the facility in Glover is underlain with clay. Also, the slag repository has a leachate collection system that directs storm-water to the on-site water treatment facility and has diversion ditches to minimize storm-water run-off. Doe Run is required to conduct storm-water and groundwater sampling. This sampling would continue under the permit. Also, the Remedial Action Permit would require Doe Run to provide financial assurance for short- and long-term maintenance of the slag repository in the event Doe Run would no longer be able to fulfill its obligation.

BACKGROUND

The Middlebrook Railhead site is a former lead concentrate loading facility in the Viburnum Trend Lead Mining District. EPA discovered the site during an investigation of the Viburnum Trend Haul Roads site.

The Middlebrook Railhead site is a former lead concentrate loading facility that is currently used as a trailer park. A child living within the site was identified with elevated blood levels. EPA ordered Doe Run to address unacceptable lead exposures by removing the contaminated soil. Because it was vital to quickly remove the contaminated soil, MDNR issued an emergency permit that allowed the temporary storage of the soil at the facility in Glover until permanent storage could be arranged. The soils are currently stored at the smelter according to the emergency permit.

After submitting the Remedial Action Plan application, Doe Run requested to place about 200 tons of soil from a property in Festus with about 20,000 tons of soil excavated from the Middlebrook Railhead site to the facility in Glover.

The property in Festus became contaminated due to unauthorized disposal of construction debris which contained lead slag at the site. Doe Run has agreed to cleanup the property under the authority of MDNR’s Voluntary Cleanup Program. Doe Run will remove the contaminated debris that contains the highest concentrations of lead and transport it to the Buick Smelter facility for the secondary lead smelting recovery process. Only the soils that were beneath the contaminated debris would be added to the soil at the facility in Glover.

ALTERNATIVES FOR SOIL DISPOSAL

There are two alternatives for soil disposal from the Middlebrook Railhead site and property in Festus:

EPA and MDNR believe that treating and placing the soils on the slag repository is the preferable alternative because it is more protective of human health and the environment. Capping and growing native vegetation on the slag repository would provide greater environmental benefit by reducing lead released by wind-blown dust and surface water runoff to the environment.


Public Availability Session and Public Hearing

February 16, 2006
4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Arcadia Valley High School Cafeteria
520 Park Drive
Ironton, MO 63650

From 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., EPA and MDNR will be available to share information and answer questions about the proposed permit. From 7 p.m., to 9 p.m., EPA and MDNR will hold a public hearing to provide a formal opportunity for the public to present comments and oral testimony about the proposed permit. All members of the public are welcome to attend.

Public Comments

Please submit your written comments about the proposed permit to:

Stephanie Doolan
EPA Region 7 ARTD/RCAP
901 N. Fifth St.
Kansas City, KS 66101
Phone: 913-551-7719 or
Toll free: 800-223-0425
E-mail:doolan.stephanie@epa.gov

Written comments will be accepted until February 28, 2006.


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

EPA and MDNR are requesting public comment on the proposed permit. No decision has been made. EPA encourages the community to review the Administrative Record to gain a better understanding of the activities and basis for EPA and MDNR’s proposal to issue a permit. The Administrative Record file is available at the following locations:

Ozark Regional Library
402 N. Main Street
Ironton, MO 63650
(573) 546-2615
Hours of Operation:
Mon., 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Tues., 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Wed.- Fri., 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sat., 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

EPA Region 7
Information Resource Center
901 N. Fifth Street
Kansas City, KS 66101
(913) 551-7241
Hours of Operation:
Mon. – Fri., 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

MDNR
1738 E. Elm Street
Jefferson City, MO 65101
(573) 522-5026
Hours of Operation:
Mon. – Fri., 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

If you have questions or need additional information, please contact:


Shawntell Martin
Office of External Programs
U.S. EPA Region 7
901 N. Fifth Street
Kansas City, KS 66101
Phone: 913-551-7003 or
Toll Free: 1-800-223-0425
martin.shawntell@epa.gov

Heidi Rice
Hazardous Waste Program
MDNR
P. O. Box 176
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: 573-526-8964 or
Toll Free: 1-800-361-4827
heidi.rice@dnr.mo.gov

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