Amy Knisely, chair of the Community Advisory Group for the Chemtronics site, advises that the EPA will hold a public meeting on July 14 at 6:30-8:30 at the Bee Tree Fire Station, 510 Bee Tree Rd. in Swannanoa.
The meeting will discuss the EPA’s proposed cleanup plan for the Chemtronics superfund site, and it will mark the beginning of a public comment that will run through September 12.
Comments may also be submitted to bornholm.jon@epa.gov or John Bornholm, US EPA, 61 Forsyth St., SW, 11th floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30303.
Meeting Agenda:
Welcome – Amy Knisley, Swannanoa CAG
Purpose of the Proposed Plan Meeting – Angela Miller, EPA
Site Background – Stu Ryman, Altamont
Summary of the Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study – Stu Ryman, Altamont
Boundary of Chemtronics Superfund Site – Stu Ryman, Altamont
EPA’s Preferred Alternative – Jon Bornholm, EPA
Questions and Answers – Angela Miller and Jon Bornholm, EPA
Contact information for the Swannanoa Superfund Community Advisory Group (SS-CAG) is:
email: swannanoasuperfund@gmail.com
website: https://sites.google.com/site/swannanoasuperfundcag
phone: (828) 581-9698
An EPA summary of the meeting to discuss the proposed cleanup plan for the Chemtronics superfund site and the opening of the public comment period is available here.
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